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Darts: Japanese women's world champion Mikuru Suzuki is used to defying expectations and odds
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Mikuru Suzuki is the first Asian winner of the BDO World Darts Championship, having won the tournament in January.
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SINGAPORE - Baby Shark is her walk-on song when she enters the arena for a major competition and it aptly captures the bubbly personality of Japan's dart sensation Mikuru Suzuki.
But make no mistake. The 37-year-old, whose bleached hair suggests someone comfortable with the spotlight, is a cold-blooded killer in competition, as she boldly told The Straits Times: "My ultimate goal is to be greater than Phil Taylor."

