Seigo Asada

Seigo Asada
Personal information
Nickname	"The Ninja"
Born	(1980-03-06) 6 March 1980 (age 44) Osaka, Japan
Home town	Osaka, Japan
Darts information
Playing darts since	2000
Darts	24 Gram
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	"The Beginning" by ONE OK ROCK
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO	2012–2017
PDC	2018–
WDF major events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Last 32: 2016
World Masters	Last 16: 2014
World Trophy	Last 32: 2016
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Last 32: 2020
Other tournament wins
Japan Open 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 PDC Asian Tour Japan 2019 PDC Asian Tour Malaysia 2018 PDC Asian Tour Singapore 2019 (x2) PDC Asian Tour South Korea 2018 PDC Asian Tour Taipei 2018 PDC World Japan Qualifying 2017, 2018, 2019

Seigo Asada (浅田 斉吾, Asada Seigo, born 6 March 1980) is a Japanese professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (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 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,^[1][2][3] 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 2–3)
• 2020: Third round (lost to Peter Wright 2–4)

Performance timeline

BDO

Tournament	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
BDO World Championship	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
PDC World Championship	1R	2R	3R
Non-major televised events
PDC World Cup of Darts	QF	SF	1R
Career statistics
Year-end ranking	105

References

1. Allen, Dave. "Lam & Asada Share Asian Tour Wins". PDC. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
2. Allen, Dave. "Asada & Ilagan's PDC Asian Tour Wins". PDC. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
3. Allen, Dave. "Lim & Asada Land PDC Asian Tour Crowns". PDC. Retrieved 7 October 2018.

External links

• Seigo Asada's profile and stats on Darts Database