Iyama Yuta

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Iyama Yuta (井山 裕太 Iyama Yūta, born May 24, 1989) is the first Japanese pro who was born in the Heisei era.

Iyama is a child prodigy being the third youngest person to become a professional player in Japan as of 2008. The other two are Cho Chikun and Hashimoto Utaro. His teacher was Ishii Kunio. At 16 years of age, he established the current records for youngest professional to hold a Japanese professional open title (Agon Cup), and the youngest to reach 7-dan rank. He was promoted to 8-dan for becoming the challenger for the 33rd Meijin title in 2008. He is a member of the Nihon Kiin Kansai branch.

John Fairbairn said "Iyama plays thickly, waits for the opponent to attack, then tries to take the initiative with his counterattack."[ext] http://www.nihonkiin.or.jp/topics2008/topics11.html

[ext] Nihon Ki-in Profile (Japanese)

Promotion Record

  • 8-dan 2008 for becoming the challenger for the 33rd Meijin Title.
  • 7-dan 8 October 2005 for winning the Agon Cup.
  • 4-dan 2005
  • 1-dan 2002

Tournament Results


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