Seigo Asada | |
Nickname: | "The Ninja" |
Birth Place: | Osaka, Japan |
Hometown: | Osaka, Japan |
Since: | 2000 |
Darts: | 24 Gram |
Laterality: | Right-handed |
Music: | "The Beginning" by ONE OK ROCK |
Bdo: | 2012–2017 |
Pdc: | 2018– |
Bdo World: | Last 32: 2016 |
World Masters: | Last 16: 2014 |
World Darts Trophy: | Last 32: 2016 |
Pdc World: | Last 32: 2020 |
is a Japanese professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
Asada won the Japan Open in 2012 by beating Osamu Niki in the final. He won the tournament for the second time in 2014, beating Katsuya Aiba in the final. Asada reached the last 16 of the 2014 World Masters in Hull and beat Darryl Fitton in the first round before losing to Mark McGeeney. He qualified for the 2015 BDO World Darts Championship, losing to Brian Dawson in the preliminary round. Asada qualified for the 2016 BDO World Darts Championship, beating Darius Labanauskas 3–1 in the preliminary round.
In 2017, Asada won the Japanese Championship, organised by the PDJ (Professional Darts Japan). Thereby, he qualified for the 2018 PDC World Championship. On 26 November, he was drawn for a preliminary round game at the World Championship against Australian Gordon Mathers, whom he defeated 2–1, but was then eliminated 0–3 by eventual tournament winner Rob Cross.
In 2018, Asada won three events on the inaugural PDC Asian Tour,[1] [2] [3] and also won the Japanese Championship to qualify for the 2019 PDC World Darts Championship.
BDO
Tournament | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | |
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DNP | DNQ | DNQ | PR | 1R | PR | ||
World Masters | 3R | 4R | 6R | 1R | DNP | 1R | |
BDO World Trophy | DNP | DNP | DNQ | DNP | 1R | DNP |
PDC
Tournament | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |
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PDC World Championship | 1R | 2R | 3R | |
Non-major televised events | ||||
PDC World Cup of Darts | QF | SF | 1R | |
Career statistics | ||||
Year-end ranking | 105 |