She holds the record for being the youngest person at age 11 years 6 months to have ever been awarded women's professional status by the Japan Shogi Association.

[1] She learned how to play shogi from her father as a young girl, but started to become really serious about the game as a second-grade elementary school student.

[2] Fujita entered the JSA's Women's Professional Apprentice League as a student of shogi professional Kazuyoshi Nishimura [ja] in April 1997 and finished second in the league's Class B division for the April – September 1997 season with a record of 14 wins and 4 losses to earn promotion to the Class A division.

[3] Fujita finished her first season in Class A (October 1997 – March 1998) with a record of 7 wins and 9 losses,[4] but obtained women's professional status and promotion to the rank of women's professional 2-kyū after finishing first with a record of 12 wins a 2 losses in the league's Class A division for the April – September 1998 season.

Fujita was 11 years 6 months old when she was promoted which made her the youngest person to ever be awarded women's professional status.