Participating Team
| Developer | Program | Machine | CPU | Clock | Language | |
| 1 | Shinichirou Kanazawa | Kanazawa Shogi | AT compatible | PentiumIII | 800MHz | C |
| 2 | Hiroshi Yamashita | YSS 10 | AT compatible | PentiumIII | 840MHz | C |
| 3 | Jeff Rollason | Shotest 4.0 | AT compatible | PentiumIII | 750MHz | C |
| The above three are the seeds to the final. | ||||||
| 4 | Nobuhiro Yoshimura | Eisei Meijin | AT compatible | PentiumIII | 933MHz | C |
| 5 | Yasushi Tanase, Norifumi Gotou, Akihiro Kishimoto | IS Shogi | AT compatible | Athlon | 800MHz | C |
| 6 | KCC Shogi Development Team | KCC Shogi | Self Made | PentiumIII | 750MHz | C++ |
| 7 | Yoshikazu Kakinoki | Kakinoki Shogi | Self Made | PentiumIII | 880MHz | C |
| 8 | Takeshi Koizumi | Sougin | PC-LW500J | PentiumIII | 500MHz | C++ |
| 9 | Masaaki Arioka | KFEnd | PowerBook 2400c | PowerPC750 | 320MHz | C++ |
| 10 | Shouichi Kawabata | Kawabata Shogi | AT compatible | PentiumIII | 800MHz | C++ |
| 11 | SPEC. Co., Ltd. | Tanchou under Reiki | AT compatible | PentiumIII | 800MHz | C, C++, ASM |
| 13 | Yasuo Minata | Sakura | AT compatible | PentiumII | 400MHz | C++ |
| 14 | Nobuyoshi Sekita | Sekita Shogi 6 | AT compatible | PentiumIII | 700MHz | C++ |
| 15 | Yuuji Takahashi | Nazoteki Dengi | DOS/V | PentiumIII | 733MHz | C, C++ |
| 17 | Tooru Maruyama | Maruyama Shogi ver0.5 | DOS/V | PentiumII | 366MHz | C |
| 18 | University of Electro-Communications (Noshita Laboratory) |
S1.5 | IBM/PC | PentiumIII | 733MHz | C |
| 19 | Shigeki Wakabayashi | Hyper Shogi 6 | AT compatible | Athlon | 850MHz | PASCAL |
| 21 | Junichi Takada | Takada Shogi Ver.3.3 | PowerBook G3 | PowerPC750 | 400MHz | C, Java |
| 22 | Sachio Hakoda | Maruden Shogi | Aptiva | K6-2 | 400MHz | C++ |
| Team #4 thru #22 are the seeds to the upper division contest. | ||||||
| 24 | Pauli Misikangas | Shocky 3 | AT compatible | PentiumIII | 450MHz | C++ |
| 25 | Reijer Grimbergen | SPEAR | Gateway | PentiumIII | 700MHz | C++ |
| 26 | Shizuoka University (Iida Laboratory) |
TACOS ver2 | ? | Celeron | 400MHz | C++ |
| 27 | Naohiro Yokoyama | Yokoyama Shogi | AT compatible | K6-2 | 350MHz | C, Java |
| 28 | Yasuo Suzuki, Yasuhiro Ike | Suzuki Shogi | DELL | PentiumIII * 2 | 733MHz | C++ |
| 29 | Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (Kotani Laboratory) |
Sexy-AI-chan | AT compatible | PentiumIII * 4 | 700MHz | C |
| 30 | Hisashi Kikuchi | Kikuchi 1400 | AT compatible | PentiumIII | 733MHz | C |
| 31 | Kenta Amano | DNA Shogi | Lavie NX | Celeron | 400MHz | C++ |
| 32 | Osamu Tsubakihara, Fukumoto, Kenji Mori | Tsubakihara Shogi 2000 | Gateway | PentiumII | 300MHz | VB |
| 33 | Masayuki Isobe | Isobe Shogi | AT compatible | K6-3 | 475MHz | C++ |
| 35 | Taikou Yamada | Yamada Shogi | AT compatible | PentiumIII | 600MHz | C |
| 37 | Ichirou Ujiie | Ujiie Shogi | VAIO N505 | Celeron | 300MHz | C++ |
| 40 | Waseda University (Tsutsumi Laboratory) |
U10 Ver.2 | AT compatible | Alpha | 600MHz | C |
| Participating Team of the 7th Championship | ||||||
| 17 | Masahiro Sakashita | Sakashita Shogi Ver 1.0 | AT compatible | Athlon | 800MHz | C |
| New comers | ||||||
| Takanobu Baba | Hello Baba Shogi | iBook | PowerPC750 | 266MHz | C | |
| Yuuichi Nakatani | Ryuu no Tamago | Self Made | PentiumIII | 840MHz | C | |
| Hiroshi Fukuoka | Fuku Shogi | AT compatible | Celeron * 2 | 504MHz | C | |
| Tetsufumi Tanaka | Shogi Moba | MobileGear MC-MK12 | 486 | 16MHz | C | |
| Kazuhiko Shutou | Shutou Shogi | AT compatible | PentiumIII | 770MHz | C | |
| Shinohara | Suzu no Ne | COMPAQ 500a | Alpha21164A | 500MHz | C++ | |
| Kenji Hiruta | Kiraku | DOS/V | PentiumIII | 500MHz | C | |
| Hiroyuki Nagayoshi | Nagayoshi Shogi | AT compatible | Cyrix M2 | 233MHz | C | |
| Satoshi Tsutsumi | Aoi | AT compatible | PentiumIII | 733MHz | C++ | |
| Hiroyuki Okii | Piece Captor | AT compatible | MMXPentium | 266MHz | C++ | |
| Seiichi Oosawa | Oojirou | DOS/V | PentiumIII | 450MHz | C++ | |
| University of Tokyo (Chikayama Laboratory) |
Gekisashi | AT compatible | PentiumIII * 2 | 700MHz | C++ | |