Seigo Asada (浅田 斉吾,Asada Seigo; born 6 March 1980) is a Japanese professionaldarts player who plays inProfessional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.

Asada won theJapan 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 the2014 World Masters in Hull and beatDarryl Fitton in the first round before losing toMark McGeeney. He qualified for the2015 BDO World Darts Championship, losing toBrian Dawson in the preliminary round. Asada qualified for the2016 BDO World Darts Championship, beatingDarius 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 the2018 PDC World Championship. On 26 November, he was drawn for a preliminary round game at the World Championship against AustralianGordon Mathers, whom he defeated 2–1, but was then eliminated 0–3 by eventual tournament winnerRob 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 the2019 PDC World Darts Championship. At the World Championship, Asada won his first round match 3–2, despite losing the first two sets toKrzysztof Ratajski, upsetting the Pole who had won threePDC Pro Tour titles that year.^[4] In the second round, Asada's match again went to a deciding set, which he lost toJames Wade. The match was controversial, with Wade appearing to shout at Asada on stage, and saying in the post-match interview that he "wanted to hurt [Asada] in his face".^[5] This was criticised bySky Sports punditWayne Mardle, who described his behaviour as "thuggish" and "overly aggressive".^[5] Wade apologised the next day, attributing his behaviour to an episode ofhypomania.^[6]

• 2015: Preliminary round (lost toBrian Dawson 1–3)
• 2016: First round (lost toWesley Harms 2–3)
• 2017: Preliminary round (lost toJeff Smith 1–3)

• 2018: First round (lost toRob Cross 0–3)
• 2019: Second round (lost toJames Wade 2–3)
• 2020: Third round (lost toPeter Wright 2–4)

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