Naoya Kihara

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Naoya Kihara
  Personal information  
Date of birth July 23, 1981
place of birth JapanJapan Nayoro
Nickname
nkeynoPokerStars
place of residence JapanJapan Tokyo
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money 0.$ 512,029
Total prize money $ 1,172,370
World Series of Poker
Bracelets 1
Cashes 35
Best main event 653rd ( 2011 )
  Main Event of the World Poker Tour  
title no
Cashes 3
  Main event of the European Poker Tour  
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Cashes 1
Last updated: January 17, 2020

Naoya Kihara ( Japanese 直 哉 木 原 , Kihara Naoya ; born July 23, 1981 in Nayoro , Hokkaidō ) is a professional Japanese poker player .

Personal

Kihara studied physics at Tokyo University and worked as a teacher for some time . He started playing backgammon and became a semi-professional while still a student . Today he still plays backgammon as well as mah-jongg and shogi in addition to poker . Kihara lives in Tokyo.

Poker career

Kihara plays at the online poker room PokerStars under the nickname nkeyno . On September 21, 2012, he became the first Japanese player to join Team PokerStars , where he was active until 2016. Since 2010 Kihara can also be seen at renowned live tournaments .

In July 2011 , he cashed for the first time at the Main Event of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas and finished in 653rd place, worth almost 20,000 US dollars . The following year he won at the 2012 WSOP tournament of the variant PLO , which is more than $ 500,000 prize money and the first Japanese to a bracelet . At the end of February 2013, Kihara reached the final table at the Main Event of the World Poker Tour in Los Angeles and received almost $ 100,000 for his ninth place.

Overall, Kihara has made more than a million dollars playing poker in live tournaments.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b プ ロ プ レ イ ヤ ー Naoya Kihara on poker-beginners.dream777.info from October 12, 2012, accessed on December 4, 2015 (Japanese).
  2. ↑ a b c Naoya Kihara on PokerStars.eu, accessed December 4, 2015.
  3. ↑ Naoya Kihara in the World Series of Poker database, accessed December 4, 2015.
  4. ↑ a b Naoya Kihara in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed December 4, 2015.
  5. ↑ 42nd World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2011 ($ 10,000 World Championship - No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed December 4, 2015.
  6. ↑ 43rd World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2012 ($ 5,000 Pot Limit Omaha - Six Handed (Event # 34)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed December 4, 2015.
  7. ↑ 2013 LA Poker Classic ($ 10,000 No Limit Hold'em - Championship) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed June 2, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Kihara, Naoya
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 直 哉 木 原 (Japanese); nkeyno (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese poker player
DATE OF BIRTH July 23, 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Nayoro , Hokkaidō , Japan