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Yuta Iyama
Full name	Iyama Yuta
Kanji	井山裕太
Date of birth	May 24, 1989 (1989-05-24) (age 20)
Place of birth	Higashiosaka, Osaka, Japan
Residence	Tokyo, Japan
Teacher	Kunio Ishii
Turned pro	2002
Rank	9 dan
Affiliation	Nihon Ki-in

Yuta Iyama (井山裕太, Iyama Yūta ^?, born May 24, 1989) is a Japanese professional Go player.

Biography

Iyama made history by becoming the youngest player to win the title of Meijin at the age of 20. By the time he reached the level of 1 dan in Japan, he was only 12 years old. He quickly rose among the ranks, achieving 4 dan in 2005. Then he leapfrogged to 7 dan in the same year when he won the 12th Japanese Agon Cup. In 2008 he was promoted to 8 dan for challenging for the Meijin title. One year later he won the title, thus being promoted to 9 dan.

About Iyama's style, John Fairbairn said: "Iyama plays thickly, waits for the opponent to attack, then tries to take the initiative with his counterattack."

Promotion record

Titles & runners-up

Title	Years Held
Current	10
Meijin	2009
Agon Cup	2005
Ryusei	2009
Shinjin-O	2007
Daiwa Grand Champion Cup	2008, 2009
Nakano Cup	2005, 2006, 2007
Yugen Cup	2009
Total	10

Title	Years Lost
Current	3
Meijin	2008
Shinjin-O	2005
Daiwa Cup	2007
Continental	1
China-Japan Agon Cup	2006
Total	4