DragonKing: Tatsushi Higuchi, a Japanese shogi fan, carculates and published the rating of pro players on his website.
http://members3.jcom.home.ne.jp/ta-higu/shogi/pro-rating.html
According to him, Top 5 players as of September 30, 2005 are as followings;
Habu 3176
Maruyama 3081
Sato 3080
Watanabe 3067
Moriuchi 3066
His rating list will be updated quarterly.
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