Shogi star Fujii Sota, who has become the first player to hold all eight of the game's major titles, says he wants to perform well for a long time.

Shogi is a traditional Japanese board game similar to chess.

Fujii won a best-of-five series with the Oza title holder, Nagase Takuya. After the decisive match on Wednesday, Fujii spoke to reporters.

He said he is very happy because he did not think he could achieve such a result.

He said time has passed quickly since he became a professional, and that he thinks he was able to achieve better results than he had expected, especially after he started appearing in title matches.

He said he had difficult games in the Oza championship, and that he feels there is still much room for him to improve. He said he must work harder to develop skills that match his position. He added he wants to play interesting shogi.

Fujii pointed out that Habu Yoshiharu has long been a top player after gaining seven major titles. The young star hopes to emulate him.