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Kunihiko Takahashi

Japanese pool player

Summary

Japanese pool player

Field	Value
name	Kunihiko Takahashi
birth_date
birth_place	Nagasaki, Japan
death_date
nickname	"The Sniper"
professional	1996
game	9-Ball
world_champ	9-Ball (1998)
highest_ranking
website

Kunihiko Takahashi (born March 4, 1969) is a Japanese professional pool player and a WPA World Nine-ball Champion. Nicknamed "the Sniper".

He began practicing pool at 17 and turned professional in 1996. In 1998, he won the WPA World Nine-ball Championship by defeating the reigning champion, Johnny Archer, in the final match. He became the second World Nine-ball Champion from Japan, after Takeshi Okumura, who won it in 1994. In 1999, Takahashi won the ESPN Ultimate Shootout, earning him US$40,000.

Four years later, Takahashi was three stages away from a second world title when he lost to Earl Strickland, who would later win the championship. Takahashi was critical of the Strickland's behavior during the match: "I lost up here. Strickland shows no sportsmanship. He played very well. But no sportsmanship." Strickland denied the allegation of unsportsmanlike conduct.

Titles & Achievements

2013 All Japan 14.1 Championship
2011 All Japan 14.1 Championship
2009 Shikoku 9-Ball Open
2005 All Japan 14.1 Championship
2005 Hokuriku 9-Ball Open
2004 Hokuriku 9-Ball Open
2003 Hokuriku 9-Ball Open
2002 All Japan 14.1 Championship
2001 Tohoku 9-Ball Open
2000 Hokkaido 9-Ball Open
2000 Hokuriku 9-Ball Open
1999 Kansai 9-Ball Open
1999 ESPN Ultimate Champions Shootout
1999 Hokuriku 9-Ball Open
1998 WPA World Nine-ball Championship
1997 All Japan Championship 9-Ball
1996 Japan Open 9-Ball

References

(2001). "高橋　邦彦　Kunihiko Takahashi". Cosmo-Tokyo.
"Other titles".
"Result in 2002 World Championship".

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