What does "一連覇中" mean?


From this article: <https://baseballking.jp/ns/75506>

> 日本一連覇中の王者でありながら

What is the meaning and purpose of 一連覇中 here? Does it mean he became champion
multiples?

Won't 日本の王者 just mean the same thing?




There is no such a word as 一連覇 or 一連覇中. It's parsed like `日本一` + `(連覇 + 中)`.

  * **日本一【にほんいち】** : (Japan's) number one; being a champion (in Japan)
  * **連覇** : straight victory; successive winning
  * **-中(の)** : in the middle of ～

> 日本一連覇中の王者でありながら  
>  despite being a reigning champion winning multiple times in a row

日本の王者 does not have the meaning of 連覇中 ("currently winning in a row").




There is no such a word as 一連覇 or 一連覇中. It's parsed like `日本一` + `(連覇 + 中)`.

  * **日本一【にほんいち】** : (Japan's) number one; being a champion (in Japan)
  * **連覇** : straight victory; successive winning
  * **-中(の)** : in the middle of ～

> 日本一連覇中の王者でありながら  
>  despite being a reigning champion winning multiple times in a row

日本の王者 does not have the meaning of 連覇中 ("currently winning in a row").

