Sudoku ya fara gano su Sudoku ta hanyar sunan Howard Garns a 1979.
Sunan Sunoku ya fito ne daga Jafananci, wanda yake nufin lamba ɗaya.
An fara gabatar da Sudoku a Japan a shekarar 1986 ta hanyar mujallar wasa da ake kira Nikoli.
Sudoku da farko bai yi amfani da lambobi ba, amma alamu kamar furanni, taurari, ko haruffa.
Sudu yana da ka'idodi mai sauki, wanda shine ya cika lambobi daga 1 zuwa 9 a cikin akwatunan guda 1, don haka babu lambobi iri ɗaya a jere ɗaya, shafi ɗaya, ko akwatin guda 3x3.
Sudoku yana da fa'idodi da yawa, kamar ƙara taro, rage damuwa, da kuma yawan ƙarfin lissafi.
Akwai bambance-bambancen Sudoku da yawa kamar Samurai Sudoku, Keoku, da Sudoku wanda ke amfani da haruffa ko alamomin a madadin lambobi.
A halin yanzu rikodin Sudoku na Sudoku a halin yanzu 1 minti 23.93 seconds, buga Jafananci mai suna Taro Arimatsu a cikin 2017.