| Mikuru Suzuki | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Mikuru Suzuki in 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname | "The Miracle" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1982-02-05)5 February 1982 (age 43) Kagawa Prefecture, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Takamatsu, Kagawa, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Darts information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing darts since | 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Darts | 24g Target Signature Gen 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Walk-on music | "Baby Shark" byPinkfong | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Organisation (seesplit in darts) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BDO | 2016–2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PDC | 2019– | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WDF | 2016– | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current world ranking | (PDC)NR (23 November 2025)[1] (WDFW) 27  2 (7 November 2025)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WDF major events – best performances | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championship | Winner (2):2019,2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Masters | Quarter Final:2017,2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Trophy | Quarter Final:2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | Runner Up: 2019,2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dutch Open | Winner (1): 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PDC premier events – best performances | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championship | Last 96:2020,2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam | Group Stage:2019,2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mikuru Suzuki (鈴木 未来,Suzuki Mikuru; born 5 February 1982) is a Japanesedarts player who competes in bothWorld Darts Federation (WDF) andProfessional Darts Corporation (PDC) events and previously competed inBritish Darts Organisation (BDO) events. She is a two-time women's world champion, having won two consecutiveBDO World Darts Championship titles.
Suzuki is an experienced soft-tip darts player, having competed in many tournaments and professional tours in her home country of Japan, as well as across east Asia. She began playing darts in her late twenties,[citation needed] winning many mainly soft-tip tournaments in Asia before becoming BDO World Champion aged 36 in 2019.[citation needed]
In 2018, Suzuki qualified for the2019 BDO World Darts Championship as a qualifier, where she caused a huge upset by defeating the reigning champion and number two seed and four-time championLisa Ashton in the first round, 2 sets to 0. At the Quarter-Final stages of the championship, she defeated Dutch playerSharon Prins by the same score to reach the Semi-Final. In the Semi-Finals, once again by 2 sets to 0, she defeatedMaria O'Brien, keeping her Lakeside record of dropping no sets fully intact to reach her firstBDO World Darts Championship final on her debut. She went on to defeatLorraine Winstanley 3–0 to win the title on her debut year. She did not drop a set en route to the title, and only lost two legs in the Final.[3]Former professional darts player and current punditChris Mason said of her victory onEurosport that: "She is thePhil Taylor of the ladies' game. He raised the bar for the men, this is the same for the ladies' game."[3]Suzuki was also the Ladies' Singles winner in the 2019 Dutch Open.
Suzuki retained her BDO title in 2020, beatingLisa Ashton in the2020 BDO World Darts Championship final.
Suzuki qualified for the2020 PDC World Darts Championship by winning a women's qualifying event. In the first round she was againstJames Richardson. She came from 0–2 down to bring it back to 2–2 but lost the deciding set in a 2–3 defeat.
Suzuki participated in PDC UK Q-School in 2020, but was unable to obtain a tour card after losing toNathan Rafferty.
In 2021 Suzuki won one PDC Women's Series event but failed to qualify for the 2022 PDC World Championship.
In 2022 Suzuki reached the final in five PDC Women's Series events but didn't win any of them.[4]
In the third PDC Women's Series event of 2023 Suzuki endedBeau Greaves 70 match winning run in PDC Women's Series events by beating her 5–4 in the quarter final.[4] Suzuki then beatTrina Gulliver 5–0 in the semi final andRhian O'Sullivan 5–1 in the final.[4]
Suzuki qualified for the2023 Women's World Matchplay by being in the top 8 of Women's Series order of merit at the cut off point. This was her debut at the event.[5] She reached the final but lost 1–6 to Greaves.
In total Suzuki won three PDC Women's Series events in 2023 and qualified for the2024 PDC World Darts Championship.
BDO
| Tournament | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| World Championship | Did not qualify | W | W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Masters | 3R | QF | QF | 3R | NH | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Trophy | Did not participate | QF | NH | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
WDF
| Tournament | 2019 | 2022 | |||||||||
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| World Championship | NH | 2R | |||||||||
| World Masters | NH | 5R | |||||||||
| Australian Open | F | F | |||||||||
| Dutch Open[a] | W | DNP | |||||||||
PDC
| Tournament | 2019 | 2020 | 2023 | 2024 | |||||||
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| World Championship | DNQ | 1R | DNQ | 1R | |||||||
| Grand Slam of Darts | RR | RR | Did not qualify | ||||||||
| PDC Televised women's events | |||||||||||
| Women's World Matchplay | Not held | F | SF | ||||||||
| Performance Table Legend | |||||||||||
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| W | Won the tournament | F | Finalist | SF | Semifinalist | QF | Quarterfinalist | #R RR Prel. | Lost in # round Round-robin Preliminary round | DQ | Disqualified |
| DNQ | Did not qualify | DNP | Did not participate | WD | Withdrew | NH | Tournament not held | NYF | Not yet founded | ||
