Yuta Iyama
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| Full name | Yuta Iyama | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 May 1989 Higashiosaka, Osaka, Japan | |||||||||||||||||
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| Turned pro | 2002 | |||||||||||||||||
| Teacher | Kunio Ishii | |||||||||||||||||
| 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. In January 2018, Iyama became the first professional Go player to be awarded Japan's People's Honour Award.