Hu Yaoyu
{{short description|Chinese Go player}}
{{BLP sources|date=December 2010}}
{{Infobox go player
| name=Hu Yaoyu
| fullname=Hu Yaoyu
| chinese=胡耀宇
| pinyin=Hú Yàoyǔ
| image=Hu Yaoyu 2024.jpg
| caption=Hu at 2024 6th {{ill|Nie Weiping Cup|zh|中日韩聂卫平杯围棋大师赛}}
| birth_date={{birth date and age|1982|1|18}}
| birth_place=Shanghai, China
| residence={{flagicon|China}} China
| turnedpro=1993
| rank=8 dan
| affiliation=Zhongguo Qiyuan
}}
Hu Yaoyu ({{zh|s=胡耀宇|p=Hú Yàoyǔ}}; born January 18, 1982) is a Chinese professional Go player.{{cite web|url=http://fuseki.info/games_list.php?lang=en&sb=full&d=0&q=Hu+Yaoyu&q2=&bs=pl|title=Games List: Hu Yaoyu|publisher=Fuseki Info|accessdate=28 December 2010}}
Biography
Hu became a pro at the age most Chinese players do, which is 11. He quickly achieved 5 dan in 5 years, and became 8 dan in 2005. He has beaten some of the best players in the world, and he did it in order. From 2002 to 2003, he beat Kobayashi Koichi, Kim Seung-Jun, Kato Masao, Cho Hun-hyeon, and Yoda Norimoto in the 4th Nong Shim Cup.
Titles & runners-up
| class="wikitable"
!Title | Years Held |
| align="center" | Current
| align="center" | 4 | |
| {{flagicon|China}} CCTV Cup
| 2001 | |
| {{flagicon|China}} Liguang Cup
| 2007 | |
| {{flagicon|China}} Xinren Wang
| 1999 | |
| {{flagicon|China}} Yongda Cup
| 2004 |
| class="wikitable"
!Title | Years Lost |
| align="center" | Current
| align="center" | 2 | |
| {{flagicon|China}} Xinren Wang
| 2003 | |
| {{flagicon|China}} Lebaishi Cup
| 2001 | |
| align="center" | Continental
| align="center" | 1 | |
| {{flagicon|China}} {{flagicon|South Korea}} China-Korea New Pro Wang
| 1999 | |
| align="center" | International
| align="center" | 1 | |
| {{flagicon|China}} {{flagicon|South Korea}} {{flagicon|Japan}} {{flagicon|Taiwan}} LG Cup
| 2007 |