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Japanese Titles Priority

Random titbit of information. Japanese 7 big titles in order from the most important to the least important: Kisei 棋聖 Meijin 名人 Honinbo 本因坊 Ouza 王座 Tengen 天元 Gosei 碁聖 Juudan 十段 These determine the title of players. Normally players have no title and referred with their rank, for example, Nakamura Sumire 2p. If a player holds a title, they use their title as suffix because it’s cooler than rank, for example, Shibano Toramaru Ouza. If they have multiple titles then they use the one with higher …

See also Etiquette Title at Sensei's Library