is a Japanese former professional

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player.

Career

Nagakawa qualified for the

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, losing in the preliminary round to Anthony Forde. He qualified again for the

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, but lost again in the preliminary round, this time losing to

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. The match with French is widely considered to be the worst match ever in the history of either the PDC or BDO World Championships, where both players averaged 54. The standard was so poor, that

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stopped broadcasting it halfway through.

World Championship results

PDC

* 2008: Last 68: (lost to Anthony Forde 2–5) (legs) * 2009: Last 70: (lost to

3–5)

External links

Profile and stats on Darts Database
* https://web.archive.org/web/20120406211250/http://www.pdc.tv/page/WorldChampsDetail/0%2C%2C10180~1494376%2C00.html 1972 births Japanese darts players Living people Professional Darts Corporation associate players {{Japan-sport-bio-stub