Small, fascinating tidbits

So, the collective title given to KnB's five players who were very good but still over shadowed by the Miracle Generation is 無冠 の 五将. This is variously translated as the "Uncrowned Kings" or "Uncrowned Generals". Three of them show up on Akashi's team, and this is significant.

五将 is actually two words: go (five) and shou (commander/leader/general). That shou is also the character used for several kinds of pieces in shougi, the ruling or jeweled general, often called the king in English, the gold generals, and the silver generals. There are five of these pieces to a side. I may have sparkled with helplessly delighted geekery when I realized this.

無冠 is one word, which really does translate pretty directly to "un-crowned", specifically indicating someone who did not receive an award or title despite being nominated or in the qualifying pool.

Now I desperately want the names of the shougi pieces to show up in reference to these guys in some meaningful way.