is a Japanese professional
darts
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player who plays in
Professional Darts Corporation
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(PDC) events.
Career
BDO
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
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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.
PDC
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,
and also won the Japanese Championship to qualify for the
2019 PDC World Darts Championship.
World Championship results
BDO
* 2015: Preliminary round (lost to
Brian Dawson 1–3)
* 2016: First round (lost to
Wesley Harms 2–3)
* 2017: Preliminary round (lost to
Jeff Smith 1–3)
PDC
* 2018: First round (lost to
Rob Cross 0–3)
* 2019: Second round (lost to
James Wade
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2–3)
* 2020: Third round (lost to
Peter Wright 2–4)
Performance timeline
BDO
PDC
References
External links
Seigo Asada's profile and stats on Darts Database
1980 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Osaka
Japanese darts players
British Darts Organisation players
PDC World Cup of Darts Japanese team
Professional Darts Corporation associate players
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