is a Japanese professional darts player who plays in

Professional Darts Corporation The Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) is a professional darts organisation in the United Kingdom, established in 1992 when a group of leading players split from the British Darts Organisation (BDO) to form what was initially called the World ...

(PDC) events.

Career

Yamada first came to prominence in 2015, when he was one of eight Japanese qualifiers who played in the 2015 Japan Darts Masters, where he lost 6–2 to Gary Anderson, although he hit a 121 checkout, one of the highest in the tournament. He then represented Japan alongside

Haruki Muramatsu Haruki Muramatsu (村松治樹; born 15 April 1977) is a Japanese darts player. Career Muramatsu qualified for the 2010 PDC World Darts Championship. He defeated Poland's Krzysztof Kciuk 4–1 in the preliminary round, but lost 3–0 to Ron ...

in the

2017 PDC World Cup of Darts The 2017 Betway World Cup of Darts was the seventh edition of the PDC World Cup of Darts. It took place between 1–4 June 2017 at the Eissporthalle in Frankfurt, Germany. The England pairing of Phil Taylor and Adrian Lewis were the reigning cham ...

, where they let a 3–1 lead slip into a 5–3 defeat against the Spanish duo of Cristo Reyes and

Toni Alcinas Antonio Alcinas Estelrich (born 7 April 1979) is a Spanish darts player playing in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Career Alcinas started competing in PDC Europe events in 2010. After reaching the quarter-finals of a Players Champ ...

. His big breakthrough came in 2019, where he won a PDC Asian Tour event in Hong Kong, defeating

Paul Lim Paul Lim Leong Hwa (born 25 January 1954) is a Singaporean professional darts player. He was the first player to hit a perfect nine-dart finish during the Embassy World Darts Championship, which he achieved in 1990 during his second round ...

in the final. He finished 5th in the Asian Tour standings, but thanks to

Seigo Asada 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 Kats ...

winning the PDJ Championships, he qualified for the

2020 PDC World Darts Championship The 2020 PDC World Darts Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2020 William Hill World Darts Championship) was the 27th World Championship organised by the Professional Darts Corporation since it separated from the British Darts ...

World Championship results

PDC

* 2020: Second round (lost to Darren Webster 0–3) * 2022: First round (lost to

Callan Rydz Callan Rydz ( born 3 July 1998, from Newcastle upon Tyne) is a professional England, English darts player who plays in the Professional Darts Corporation events. Darts career At 2018 PDC Q-School he tried to win a tour card, however he missed o ...

0–3)

References

External links

* 1983 births Living people Japanese darts players Professional Darts Corporation associate players PDC World Cup of Darts Japanese team {{Japan-sport-bio-stub