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SHOGI · 2024 · JAPAN

2024 Shogi Money List prize money

The 2024 Shogi Money List paid £2,048,407 to 10 players. Sota Fujii won £884,822. Takumi Ito took £219,946 as runner-up.

TOTAL PAID£2.0m
WINNER£885k
PLAYERS PAID10
RUNNER-UP£220k

The standings

10 players paid, in finishing order

Prize money won by each player at the 2024 Shogi Money List.
PLACE PLAYER NATION PRIZE MONEY
Top earner Sota Fujii Japan £884,822£885k
2nd Takumi Ito Japan £219,946£220k
3rd Takuya Nagase Japan £152,510£153k
4th Yuki Sasaki Japan £146,160£146k
5th Akira Watanabe Japan £130,738£131k
6th Akihito Hirose Japan £124,034£124k
7th Masayuki Toyoshima Japan £118,339£118k
8th Takayuki Yamasaki Japan £107,050£107k
9th Tatsuya Sugai Japan £83,059£83k
10th Yoshiharu Habu Japan £81,749£82k

How the money splits

Every place paid a different cheque, so each band is one player

Where the money went, band by band

Top earner £885k
2nd £220k
3rd £153k
4th £146k
5th £131k
6th £124k
7th £118k
8th £107k
9th £83k
10th £82k

Shogi Money List in other years

Every other edition we hold. Every edition.

Shogi Money List in other years.
YEAR WINNER PAID
2025 Shogi Money List Sota Fujii £2,251,066£2.3m
2023 Shogi Money List Sota Fujii £2,114,129£2.1m
2022 Shogi Money List Sota Fujii £2,049,970£2.0m
2021 Shogi Money List Akira Watanabe £2,089,433£2.1m
2020 Shogi Money List Masayuki Toyoshima £2,115,389£2.1m
2019 Shogi Money List Masayuki Toyoshima £2,136,053£2.1m
2018 Shogi Money List Yoshiharu Habu £1,925,431£1.9m
2017 Shogi Money List Akira Watanabe £1,867,118£1.9m
2016 Shogi Money List Yoshiharu Habu £2,053,498£2.1m
2015 Shogi Money List Yoshiharu Habu £2,021,242£2.0m
2014 Shogi Money List Yoshiharu Habu £2,027,743£2.0m
2013 Shogi Money List Akira Watanabe £1,974,874£2.0m
2012 Shogi Money List Yoshiharu Habu £1,959,602£2.0m
2011 Shogi Money List Yoshiharu Habu £1,951,740£2.0m
2010 Shogi Money List Yoshiharu Habu £2,110,450£2.1m

Frequently asked questions

Who topped the 2024 Shogi Money List?

Sota Fujii, on £884,822.

How much did the runner-up get?

Takumi Ito took £219,946, 25% of the leader's total.

How much did the top 10 win between them?

£2,048,407 between the 10 players in the 2024 Shogi Money List.

How does it compare with other years?

The 2023 Shogi Money List paid £2,114,129, and the 2025 Shogi Money List paid £2,251,066.

Where to next

Every edition is on the Shogi Money List prize money page, and the whole year on shogi prize money in 2024. The edition before was the 2023 Shogi Money List. The one after was the 2025 Shogi Money List.