Talk:Ryu-oh

English Translation of the word "Eisei"

In my opinion, the words "Permanent" and "Honorary" are not really natural and accurate translations of the word "Eisei," at least in the context it is being used in here. "Honorary" is more commonly used as an English translation of the word "Meiyo", such as in "Honorary Professor" ("Meiyo Kyoujyuu"), etc. "Honorary" titles are quite often given in Shogi, but these are usually given to famous politicians, media personalities, amateur players, etc. but are not really used with respect to actual performance in professional shogi. The "Lifetime Oza" title and the "Lifetime NHK Cup Holder" are respectively "Meiyo Oza" and "Meiyo NHK hai Senshukensha" in Japanese, but I feel these are exceptions that still should be translated as "Lifetime Oza" and "Lifetime NHK Cup Holder" to make them more natural sounding and true to original context.

Furthermore, although "permanent" can be used as a translation for "eisei," it is not a very common way of expressing this particular concept in English and the word "Lifetime" is used much more instead, e.g., "Lifetime Achievement," "Lifetime Master," etc., etc.

Therefore, I suggest using "Lifetime Ryo-oh" in place of both "Honorary Ryo-oh" and "Permanent Ryu-oh."

Marchjuly (talk) 00:50, 12 December 2013 (UTC)

Ryu-oh Tournament

I suggest changing the name of this page to the "Ryu-oh Tournament." Technically, this tournament is referred to as "Ryu-oh Sen"(竜王戦) in Japanese. Since "Ryu-oh" is used to refer to the "promoted rook" in shogi and can be used in other non-shogi related contexts, maybe the tournament should get it's own page. -- Marchjuly (talk) 01:36, 13 December 2013 (UTC)

I still feel that the page name should be changed for the reasons stated above. One possibility is changing it from Ryu-oh to Ryu-oh (shogi) which would be consistent with the wording used for the other seven major titles. If anybody else is of a different opinion or has another suggestion, then please respond. Thanks in advance - Marchjuly (talk) 01:11, 4 June 2014 (UTC)

Counting title matches

The Japan Shogi Association does not, in general, use calendar years to identify major title matches. It uses ordinal numbers and either the counter word kai (回) or ki (期) instead to refer to the title match by the number of "times" or "periods" it has been held to date. For example, the Ryūō title match which began in October 2013 is officially referred to as the "26th Ryūō (Title) Match" (第26期竜王戦, dai nijūrokki ryūō sen) and not the "2013 Ryūō (Title) Match" because it was the 26th time such a title match had been held; moreover, major title holders are referred to in a similar fashion, e.g., the official title of Moriuchi is "26th Ryūō" (第26期竜王, dai nijūrokki ryūō) and not "2013 Ryūō". So, I have added another column ("No.") to the table listing the past winners to reflect this practice. - Marchjuly (talk) 00:53, 4 June 2014 (UTC)

Length of lead

The length of the lead section seems to be a bit long and a little too detailed per MOS:BEGIN. IMO, much of the information, particularly, the details about the tournament would work better as it's own section below the TOC. For example, the article could be rearranged like this

Ryu-oh or Ryūō (竜王, lit. "Dragon King") is the name of a promoted piece in shogi, a Japanese professional shogi tournament, and the title of its winner.

TOC

Meaning

The basic meaning of "Ryu-oh" is a "promoted rook". It can move as either a rook (hisha 飛車, lit. flying chariot") or a king (gyokushō 玉将, lit. "jade general") during a turn, and is one of the two most powerful pieces in shogi.

Ryu-oh tournament

"Ryu-oh" also refers to the annual Ryu-oh Tournament (Ryūō-sen 竜王戦) sponsored by the Yomiuri Shimbun as well as the title awarded to its winner. The Ryu-oh Tournament, which is one of the seven major professional shogi title matches, was first held in 1988. It comprises preliminary tournaments in six classes and one final. The final tournament, which determines the challenger, involves competitions among eleven players (the top five players from 1st class, top two from 2nd class, and the top four from 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th classes). The first player to win four out of seven championship games becomes the new titleholder. This title should not be confused with that of "Amateur Ryu-oh" which is awarded each year to the winner of the Amateur Ryu-oh Tournament.

Cash prizes are ¥32,000,000 for the winner of championship and new Ryu-oh titleholder, and ¥8,000,000 for the loser (approximately US$320,000 and $80,000 respectively). Additional compensation includes ¥14,500,000 for the previous titleholder and ¥7,000,000 for the challenger (approximately US$145,000 and $70,000).

Among the seven titles in the professional shogi titleholder system, Ryu-oh and Meijin are the most prestigious ones.

Lifetime Ryu-oh

Winners

References

External links

I am interested in hearing what others think. Thanks in advance. - Marchjuly (talk) 01:06, 4 June 2014 (UTC)