user9531: In western chess, the Fool's mate and Scholar's Mate are two well-known mates that take very few moves from the starting position.  What would be the shogi equivalents to these, or, more generally, what are the fastest checkmates in shogi?

user18361: 
P-2f 2. K-4b 3. P-2e 4. K-3b 5. P-2d 6. R-4b 7. Px2c+ Checkmate

The King is trapped by his own Rook on 4b.
It's a bad idea to have the King and Rook close together or an early mate like this could happen in the worst case


user7297: A very fast checkmate (6 moves) is described here:
1. P-7f P-8d 2. P-5f P-5d 3. R-5h S-4b 4. P-5e Px5e 5. Bx5e P-8e 6. Bx7c+ mate


apologies in advance for everyone who feels insulted because of the use of figurines instead of real Shogi pieces - I couldn't find another analysis board

9531: <p>In western chess, the Fool's mate and Scholar's Mate are two well-known mates that take very few moves from the starting position.  What would be the shogi equivalents to these, or, more generally, what are the fastest checkmates in shogi?</p>
 18361: <ol>
<li>P-2f 2. K-4b 3. P-2e 4. K-3b 5. P-2d 6. R-4b 7. Px2c+ Checkmate</li>
</ol>

<p>The King is trapped by his own Rook on 4b.
It's a bad idea to have the King and Rook close together or an early mate like this could happen in the worst case
<a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/yhO9e.png" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/yhO9e.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
 7297: <p>A very fast checkmate (6 moves) is described <a href="http://81squareuniverse.heavenforum.org/t98-quick-checkmate#336" rel="noreferrer">here</a>:</p>

<pre><code>1. P-7f P-8d 2. P-5f P-5d 3. R-5h S-4b 4. P-5e Px5e 5. Bx5e P-8e 6. Bx7c+ mate
</code></pre>

<p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/zl9mC.png" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/zl9mC.png" alt="position after above moves"></a></p>

<p><sub>apologies in advance for everyone who feels insulted because of the use of figurines instead of real Shogi pieces - I couldn't find another analysis board</sub></p>
