Keita Ono
| Keita Ono | |||||||||
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| Personal information | |||||||||
| Nickname | The Samurai | ||||||||
| Born |
December 17, 1987 Edogawa, Tokyo, Japan | ||||||||
| Home town | Edogawa, Tokyo, Japan | ||||||||
| Darts information | |||||||||
| Darts | 18g God Speed | ||||||||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||||
| BDO | 2014–2015 | ||||||||
| PDC | 2015– | ||||||||
| Current world ranking | 88 | ||||||||
| BDO majors - best performances | |||||||||
| World Masters | Last 80: 2015 | ||||||||
| PDC premier events - best performances | |||||||||
| World Ch'ship | Last 64: 2016 | ||||||||
| Other tournament wins | |||||||||
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Keita Ono (born December 17, 1987) is a Japanese darts player.
Career
Ono won a Dartslive event in Hong Kong in 2012 by defeating Lourence Ilagan.[1] He claimed the 2013 Japan Open by beating Gordon Dixon in the final.[2] Ono attempted to qualify for the 2014 PDC World Darts Championship, but lost to eventual winner Morihiro Hashimoto in the Semi-final of the Japan Qualifying Event.[3]
Ono qualified for the 2016 PDC World Championship by winning the Japan Qualifying Event.[4] After defeating Alex Tagarao 2–0 in the preliminary round, he lost 3–0 to 16-time world champion Phil Taylor in the first round.[5] Ono made his debut at the World Cup and, together with partner Haruki Muramatsu, they were beaten 5–2 by Northern Ireland in the first round.[6] Ono lost 6–1 in the opening round of the Tokyo Darts Masters to Raymond van Barneveld, but won the Soft Tip Dartslive Premium Stage event by overcoming Boris Krčmar in the final.[7]
World Championship results
PDC
- 2016: First round (lost to Phil Taylor 0–3)
References
- ↑ "2012 Soft Tip Dartslive Hong Kong Player Prize Money". Darts Database. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
- ↑ "2013 Japan Open Player Prize Money". Darts Database. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
- ↑ "2013 PDC World Japan Qualifying Event Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
- ↑ "Five More International Qualifiers Secured". PDC. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
- ↑ "William Hill World Championship Day Three". PDC. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
- ↑ "Betway World Cup of Darts Day Two". PDC. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
- ↑ "2016 Soft Tip Dartslive Premium Stage Player Prize Money". Darts Database. Retrieved 22 December 2016.