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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$170,000 Portugal Open
July 28 - August 1, 1999

(28) Chiaki Kusuhara/Ryo Tokuno, Japan

Chiaki Kusuhara
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 1, 1975 (50 yrs old)

Home Town:

Ehime

Height:

175 cm (5'9")

Weight:

68 kg (150 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

120

Career Best:

4th (2 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

4th (Klagenfurt 2002)

Career Winnings:

US$170,315.00

Ryo Tokuno
Japan

Photo: Carl Schneider

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 27, 1974 (51 yrs old)

Home Town:

Ehime

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (2 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

4th (Klagenfurt 2002)

Career Winnings:

US$102,065.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	10	13	17	25	33	37	41	Money
FIVB	64	0	0	0	1	2	0	5	1	4	24	15	4	5	3	US$170,930.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$2,000.00
Overall	65	0	0	0	2	2	0	5	1	4	24	15	4	5	3	US$172,930.00

Previous Espinho Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1998	Ryo Tokuno - 37th	Chiaki Kusuhara - 37th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/19-24/1999	Marseille World Championships	Q16	33rd	42	US$0.00
FIVB	6/16-20/1999	Canada Open	Q12	37th	20	US$0.00
FIVB	4/7-11/1999	Mexico Open	Q14	41st	14	US$0.00
FIVB	10/29-11/1/1998	Brazil Open	30	25th	34	US$1,400.00
FIVB	8/7-9/1998	Japan Open	Q14	33rd	28	US$0.00
FIVB	7/31-8/2/1998	Portugal Open	Q19	37th	20	US$0.00

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$7,750.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	4	3	0	$45,350.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	50	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	4	17	12	0	$112,830.00
Challenger	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
Goodwill Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00
Total	65	0	0	0	2	2	0	6	4	24	15	0	$172,930.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Chiaki Kusuhara												Ryo Tokuno
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$7,450.00	World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$6,625.00
23	0	0	0	1	0	3	8	5	0	$44,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	12	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	3	0	$25,050.00
88	0	0	0	0	2	22	29	19	0	$114,865.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	62	0	0	0	0	2	9	20	17	0	$66,890.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	Challenger	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,500.00	Goodwill Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,500.00
120	0	0	0	2	2	26	41	24	0	$170,315.00	Total	81	0	0	0	2	2	11	28	21	0	$102,065.00

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
1999	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	$2,500.00	1	2	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	$2,500.00	1	2	33.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Chiaki Kusuhara													Ryo Tokuno
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1997	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	$1,225.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$700.00	1998	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$700.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	$1,250.00	1999	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	$1,250.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	$1,950.00	Total	Total	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	8	$3,175.00

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	39	69.6%	7	12.5%	10	17.9%	46-10	82.1%	11	12.8%	11	12.8%	64	74.4%	11-75	12.8%	39-64	37.9%	18-21	46.2%	1	0	59-87	40.4%
1998-1999	0		0		0		0-0		0		0		0		0-0		0-0		0-0		0	0	1-2	33.3%
Against the Field	5	50.0%	3	30.0%	2	20.0%	8-2	80.0%	2	13.3%	1	6.7%	12	80.0%	2-13	13.3%	10-18	35.7%	10-4	71.4%	1	0	12-13	48.0%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
World Championships	0	0	1	2	2	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	7
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	3	0	8	10	0	0	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	15	17
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	6	0	15	27	0	0	7	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	38	59
Goodwill Games	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Total	0	0	10	2	26	42	0	0	10	24	0	1	0	1	0	0	59	87

Head to Head Results
Kusuhara/Tokuno trail the series against the field 1-2 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 19 Chi/Xiong, China 0-1
7/19/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Chi/Xiong	25	Kusuhara/Tokuno	Q16	15-6	0:30
Trail the series against # 20 Karadassiou/Sfyri, Greece 0-1
7/19/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Karadassiou/Sfyri	26	Kusuhara/Tokuno	Q16	15-9	0:30
Lead the series against # Q17 Enberg/Tvede, Sweden 1-0
7/19/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Kusuhara/Tokuno	Q16	Enberg/Tvede	Q17	15-0	0:05