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| Full name | Yuta Iyama | |||||||||||||||||
| Kanji | 井山裕太 | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 May 1989 Higashiosaka, Osaka, Japan | |||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Tokyo, Japan | |||||||||||||||||
| Teacher | Kunio Ishii | |||||||||||||||||
| Turned pro | 2002 | |||||||||||||||||
| Rank | 9 dan | |||||||||||||||||
| Affiliation | Nihon Ki-in, Kansai branch | |||||||||||||||||
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Yuta Iyama Kisei, Honinbo, Meijin (井山 裕太, Iyama Yūta, born 24 May 1989) is a Japanese professional Go player. In April 2016, he became the first player in Japanese history to hold all seven major titles simultaneously.[1] In January 2018, Iyama became the first professional Go player to be awarded Japan's People's Honour Award.[2]
- ^ "Iyama Yuta". nihonkiin.or.jp. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
- ^ Japan Times.