Ryuuji Umeda

Ryuuji Umeda

Medal record
Competitor for  Japan
Men's Three-cushion billiards
Asian Games
	1998 Bangkok	Individual
	2006 Doha	Individual
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
	2013 Incheon	Individual

Ryūji Umeda (梅田 竜二, sometimes transliterated Ryuji or Ryugi, and often rendered as Umeda Ryuuji in Western media; born October 22, 1968 in Tokyo)^[1] is a Japanese professional three-cushion billiards player.

In 1998, Umeda finished 2nd to fellow Japanese Akio Shimada in the three-cushion event of the Asian Games. He later won it against Duong Anh Vu of Vietnam in 2006.^[2] A year afterward, he dominated the UMB World Three-cushion Championship by defeating Daniel Sánchez, the two-time world champion from Spain. With the victory, he became the second Asian to win it in 34 years since Nobuaki Kobayashi.

References

1. 日本代表選手団 (PDF) (in Japanese). Japanese Olympic Committee. 2006. Retrieved 2007-12-10.
2. "Sports 123: Billiard: Men: Asian Games: 3 Cushion". Sports 123. Retrieved 2008-07-31.