Kunihiko Takahashi

Japanese pool player

Kunihiko TakahashiBorn|  (1969-03-04) 4 March 1969 (age 54)
Nagasaki, Japan

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Nickname| "The Sniper"
Professional| 1996
Pool games| 9-Ball
Tournament wins
World Champion| 9-Ball (1998)

Medal record

Representing  Japan
Men's Eight-Ball
1998 Asian Games
|  1998 Bangkok | Individual

Kunihiko Takahashi (高橋 邦彦, Takahashi Kunihiko) (born March 4, 1969 in Nagasaki) 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.[1] 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.[2]

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.[3]

## Achievements[edit]

* 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 Shootout
* 1999 Hokuriku 9-Ball Open
* 1998 WPA World Nine-ball Championship
* 1997 All Japan Championship 9-Ball
* 1996 Japan Open 9-Ball

## References[edit]

1. ^ "高橋 邦彦 Kunihiko Takahashi". Cosmo-Tokyo (in Japanese). 2001. Archived from the original on 27 March 2008. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
2. ^ "Other titles". Azbilliards.com. Archived from the original on 8 February 2012. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
3. ^ "Result in 2002 World Championship". Billiardsdigest.com. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 6 November 2017.

## External links[edit]

* Takahashi's official website
* Kunihiko Takahashi's AZBilliards profile

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World pool champions

Nine-ball
(men's)|

* 1990: Earl Strickland
* 1991: Earl Strickland
* 1992: Johnny Archer
* 1993: Chao Fong-pang
* 1994: Takeshi Okumura
* 1995: Oliver Ortmann
* 1996: Ralf Souquet
* 1997: Johnny Archer
* 1998: Kunihiko Takahashi
* 1999: Efren Reyes & Nick Varner
* 2000: Chao Fong-pang
* 2001: Mika Immonen
* 2002: Earl Strickland
* 2003: Thorsten Hohmann
* 2004: Alex Pagulayan
* 2005: Wu Chia-ching
* 2006: Ronato Alcano
* 2007: Daryl Peach
* 2010: Francisco Bustamante
* 2011: Yukio Akakariyama
* 2012: Darren Appleton
* 2013: Thorsten Hohmann
* 2014: Niels Feijen
* 2015: Ko Pin-yi
* 2016: Albin Ouschan
* 2017: Carlo Biado
* 2018: Joshua Filler
* 2019: Fedor Gorst
* 2021: Albin Ouschan
* 2022: Shane Van Boening
* 2023: Francisco Sanchez Ruiz

Nine-ball
(women's)|

* 1990: Robin Bell
* 1991: Robin Bell
* 1992: Franziska Stark
* 1993: Loree Jon Jones
* 1994: Ewa Laurance
* 1995: Gerda Hofstätter
* 1996: Allison Fisher
* 1997: Allison Fisher
* 1998: Allison Fisher
* 1999: Liu Hsin-mei
* 2000: Julie Kelly
* 2001: Allison Fisher
* 2002: Liu Hsin-mei
* 2004: Kim Ga-young
* 2006: Kim Ga-young
* 2007: Pan Xiaoting
* 2008: Lin Yuan-chun
* 2009: Liu Shasha
* 2010: Fu Xiaofang
* 2011: Bi Zhu Qing
* 2012: Kelly Fisher
* 2013: Han Yu
* 2014: Liu Shasha
* 2015: Liu Shasha
* 2016: Han Yu
* 2017: Chen Siming
* 2018: Han Yu
* 2019: Kelly Fisher

Eight-ball
(champions)|

* 2004: Efren Reyes
* 2005: Wu Chia-ching
* 2007: Ronato Alcano
* 2008: Ralf Souquet
* 2010: Karl Boyes
* 2011: Dennis Orcollo
* 2012: Chang Jung-Lin
* 2022: Francisco Sanchez Ruiz

Ten-ball|

* 2008: Darren Appleton
* 2009: Mika Immonen
* 2011: Huidji See
* 2015: Ko Pin-yi
* 2019: Ko Ping-chung
* 2021: Eklent Kaçi
* 2022: Wojciech Szewczyk

Straight pool|

* 2006: Thorsten Hohmann
* 2007: Oliver Ortmann
* 2008: Niels Feijen
* 2009: Stephan Cohen
* 2010: Oliver Ortmann
* 2011: Thorsten Hohmann
* 2012: John Schmidt
* 2013: Thorsten Hohmann
* 2014: Darren Appleton
* 2015: Thorsten Hohmann
* 2016: Mika Immonen
* 2017: Lee Vann Corteza
* 2018: Thorsten Hohmann
* 2019: Shane Van Boening

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