0 a person who is in the position of having beaten all other competitors in a sports competition:
This was the start of the shogi title matches (see titleholder system).
Each titleholder has her own platform which she supports throughout the state during her reign.
Each titleholder system tournament allows its latest winner of the tournament to be styled with the name ("title").
This is the only time that the first runner-up has not inherited the reign of the original titleholder.
Titles may also be ceded to heirs other than the senior heir, during the lifetime of the main titleholder.
The younger sons of a noble titleholder used one of the family's lesser titles, but rarely one of duke or prince.
The "titleholder" is the previous year's winner of the tournament in interest, who will not have participated in the event up to this point.
She again won a preliminary swimsuit award, and was chosen as the state titleholder for 2006.
