Naoya Kihara

Three bracelets deep with a GPI rank that suggests the leaderboard hasn't caught up to him yet.

Player File #341 | Updated 08.29.26

$4,086,519

Career Cashes

3

WSOP Bracelets
(Career)

704

GPI Rank

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Japan
Nationality

THE MUCK FILE

50 appearances since 06/08/26

5Bustouts

45Race Watches

Race Watch 2nd, 3,388 08/29/26·Twenty-two points back with nothing POY-eligible on the calendar until WSOP Paradise in December. Carried, unchanged. Kihara also won the $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship in Las Vegas this summer, coming back from one chip, twelve years after becoming the first Japanese bracelet winner. → Race Watch 2nd, 3,388 08/27/26·Twenty-two points back with nothing POY-eligible on the calendar between now and WSOP Paradise in December. Carried, unchanged. → Race Watch 2nd, 3,388 08/26/26·Twenty-two points back with no POY-eligible event on the calendar between now and WSOP Paradise in December. Carried, unchanged. → Bustout Event #97: $25,000 High Roller H.O.R.S.E. 07/16/26·3rd, $394,433 - The consolation prize for missing a third bracelet of the summer: the Player of the Year lead, per PokerNews. → Bustout Event #76: $100,000 High Roller PLO 07/02/26·14th place (bubble), $204,938 - Eliminated by Martirosian on the money bubble. After two bracelets and a third-place finish this summer, Kihara goes from potential POY leader to painful bubble boy in the $100K PLO. → Bustout Event #71: $2,500 Mixed Big Bet 07/01/26·3rd place, TBD - not confirmed - Eliminated three-handed by Dylan Smith. Was denied a third bracelet of the summer. Kihara is firmly in the POY race. → Bustout Event #67: $10,000 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw Championship 06/27/26·7th place, Not confirmed - Was seeking his third bracelet of the 2026 summer. Eliminated 7th at the final table by Brunson after Brunson made an 8-7. Proceeded immediately to the rail to cheer for Fujimoto and serve as his post-win translator. → Bustout Event #55: $50,000 PLO High Roller 06/22/26·7th place, $189,720 →

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