Koha Kokiri

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Koha Kokiri
Personal information
Nickname"The Kiwi"
Born (1976-06-07) 7 June 1976 (age 47)
Porirua, New Zealand [1]
Home town Perth, Australia
Darts information
Playing darts since1996
Darts23 Gram Shot! Darts
Laterality Right-handed
Walk-on music"Regulate" by Warren G ft. Nate Dogg
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO 2008–2012
PDC 2012–
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship Last 64: 2016
Other tournament wins
New Zealand Open 2009
Oceanic Masters 2015
Ted Clements Open 2010
West Coast Classic 2016
DPA World Series Qualifier 2017
DPA Pro Tour 2017, 2019
DPA Western Australia Bubble 2021 (x3)
Medal record
Men's Darts
Representing Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
WDF Asia-Pacific Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 Tokyo Men's singles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 Tokyo Team event

Koha Kokiri (born 7 June 1976) is a New Zealand-born Australian professional darts player.

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Career

Kokiri won the men's singles at the 2010 WDF Asia-Pacific Cup in Tokyo, seeing off Morihiro Hashimoto 4–1 in the final. [2]

Kokiri defeated Warren Parry in the final of the 2015 Oceanic Masters to qualify for the 2016 PDC World Darts Championship. [3] He competed with the former world champion Steve Beaton in the first round, losing 3–0. [1] Kokiri won the 2016 West Coast Classic by beating Adam Rowe and lost 6–3 in the final of the Perth Open to David Platt. [4] [5] He played in the Perth Darts Masters, but was knocked out 6–1 by Dave Chisnall in the opening round. [6] Who played in the 2017 Melbourne Darts Masters but knocked out 6–3 by James Wade and the 2017 Perth Darts Masters but was knocked out stages by 6–0 by Daryl Gurney.

World Championship record

PDC

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References

  1. 1 2 "Kiwi Koha Kokiri pushes former champion at darts world championship". Stuff.co.nz . 20 December 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  2. ↑ "2010 WDF Asia-Pacific Cup Singles Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  3. ↑ "Ryder & Kokiri Claim DPA Wins". PDC.tv. 8 November 2015. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  4. ↑ "2016 West Coast Classic Player Prize Money". Darts Database. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
  5. ↑ "2016 DPA Perth Open Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
  6. ↑ "2016 Perth Masters Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 21 December 2016.


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