Yuta Iyama

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Yuta Iyama

Full name	Iyama Yuta
Kanji	井山裕太
Date of birth	May 25, 1988 (1988-05-25) (age 20)
Place of birth	Osaka, Japan
Residence	Tokyo, Japan
Teacher	Kunio Ishii
Turned pro	2002
Rank	7 dan
Affiliation	Nihon Ki-in

Yuta Iyama (井山裕太, Iyama Yūta^?, born May 24, 1988) is a Japanese professional Go player.

[edit] Biography

Iyama made history by becoming one of the youngest professional Go player in history. 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. He slipped up in the final of the 30th Shinjin-O tournament against Kim Shushun 7 dan. Then, he leapfrogged to 7 dan in the same year when he won the 12th Japanese Agon Cup.

[edit] Promotion record

Rank	Year	Notes
1 dan	2002
2 dan	2002
3 dan	2003
4 dan	2004
5 dan	2005	Skipped due to winning Agon Cup. (Special Nihon Ki-in rule)
6 dan	2005	Skipped due to winning Agon Cup. (Special Nihon Ki-in rule)
7 dan	2005	Defeated Satoru Kobayashi to win the 12th Agon Cup.
8 dan
9 dan