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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$500,000 Beach Volleyball World Championships
August 1 - 4, 2001

(30) 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 Klagenfurt Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/24-28/2001	Portugal Open	26	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/16-22/2001	France Grand Slam	27	25th	46	US$2,500.00
FIVB	7/4-8/2001	Spain Open	21	25th	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB C&S	6/29-7/1/2001	Greece Challenger	3	4th	42	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/19-23/2001	Swiss Open	24	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2001	Italy Open	20	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	4/4-8/2001	Macau Open	16	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	10/31-11/5/2000	Brazil Open	13	17th	68	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/9-13/2000	China Open	14	17th	68	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/2-6/2000	Japan Open	19	17th	68	US$2,000.00

Klagenfurt World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/1/2001	Pool C	Michaela Meissinger / Brigitte Stampfer, Austria (35)	Won 21-11, 21-16	0:34
Wed, 8/1/2001	Pool C	Tatiana Minello / Sandra Pires, Brazil (3)	Lost 18-21, 14-21	0:41
Thu, 8/2/2001	Winner 1	Shelda Bede / Adriana Behar, Brazil (1)	Lost 14-21, 14-21	0:34

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1999	World Championships	Marseille	Ryo Tokuno - 33rd	Chiaki Kusuhara - 33rd
2001	World Championships	Klagenfurt	Ryo Tokuno - 17th	Chiaki Kusuhara - 17th
2003	World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	Ryo Tokuno - 17th	Chiaki Kusuhara - 17th
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Satoko Urata - 33rd	Mika Teru Saiki - 25th
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Mika Teru Saiki - 37th	Did not play

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/19-24/1999	Marseille World Championships	Q16	33rd	42	US$0.00
FIVB	8/1-4/2001	Klagenfurt World Championships	30	17th	100	US$2,750.00
FIVB	10/7-12/2003	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	28	17th	160	US$5,000.00

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	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	$4,500.00	1	2	33.3 %
2001	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	$19,250.00	5	14	26.3 %
Total	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	3	5	$23,750.00	6	16	27.3 %

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
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	$2,250.00	1999	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	$2,250.00
12	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	2	3	$9,500.00	2000	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	2	3	$9,500.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	$9,625.00	2001	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	$9,625.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	2001	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
32	0	0	0	1	0	1	12	6	12	$23,075.00	Total	Total	35	0	0	0	1	0	1	13	7	13	$24,300.00

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%
2000-2001	8	57.1%	2	14.3%	4	28.6%	10-4	71.4%	1	5.9%	1	5.9%	15	88.2%	1-16	5.9%	8-15	34.8%	3-5	37.5%	1	0	12-20	37.5%
Against the Field	14	60.9%	4	17.4%	5	21.7%	18-5	78.3%	4	7.4%	5	9.3%	45	83.3%	4-50	7.4%	28-84	25.0%	16-20	44.4%	1	0	23-54	29.9%

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 3-14 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 10 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Bede/Behar, Brazil 0-1
8/2/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Winner 1	Bede/Behar	1	Kusuhara/Tokuno	30	21-14, 21-14	0:34
Trail the series against # 3 Minello/Pires, Brazil 0-2
8/1/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Pool C	Minello/Pires	3	Kusuhara/Tokuno	30	21-18, 21-14	0:41
4/6/01	FIVB	Macau Open	Contender 2	Minello/Pires	18	Kusuhara/Tokuno	16	21-18, 21-14	0:37
Trail the series against # 6 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings, United States 0-2
7/26/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	7	Kusuhara/Tokuno	26	21-13, 21-15	0:38
7/18/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	6	Kusuhara/Tokuno	27	21-14, 26-24	0:27
Trail the series against # 7 Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza, Cuba 0-1
6/21/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Winner 2	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	8	Kusuhara/Tokuno	24	18-21, 21-19, 15-9	0:55
Trail the series against # 8 Oliveira/Silva, Brazil 0-1
6/21/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Contender 2	Oliveira/Silva	7	Kusuhara/Tokuno	24	17-21, 21-18, 18-16	0:57
Trail the series against # 11 Chi/Xiong, China 0-2
7/26/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 2	Chi/Xiong	8	Kusuhara/Tokuno	26	18-21, 21-18, 15-9	0:56
7/19/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Chi/Xiong	25	Kusuhara/Tokuno	Q16	15-6	0:30
Trail the series against # 14 DeNecochea/Masakayan, United States 0-1
6/15/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 2	DeNecochea/Masakayan	19	Kusuhara/Tokuno	20	21-18, 21-17	0:39
Trail the series against # 15 Bruschini/Solazzi, Italy 0-1
7/6/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Bruschini/Solazzi	12	Kusuhara/Tokuno	21	21-12, 21-18	0:33
Trail the series against # 17 Teknedzjanova/Tobiasova, Czech Republic 0-1
7/6/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 1	Teknedzjanova/Tobiasova	28, Q10	Kusuhara/Tokuno	21	25-23, 21-15	0:47
Trail the series against # 22 Karadassiou/Sfyri, Greece 0-2
7/18/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 1	Karadassiou/Sfyri	22, Q1	Kusuhara/Tokuno	27	21-14, 22-20	0:39
7/19/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Karadassiou/Sfyri	26	Kusuhara/Tokuno	Q16	15-9	0:30
Lead the series against # 35 Meissinger/Stampfer, Austria 1-0
8/1/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Pool C	Kusuhara/Tokuno	30	Meissinger/Stampfer	35	21-11, 21-16	0:34
Lead the series against # 38 Koelliker/Trussel, Switzerland 2-0
6/21/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Winner 1	Kusuhara/Tokuno	24	Koelliker/Trussel	9	21-12, 21-15	0:33
6/15/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 1	Kusuhara/Tokuno	20	Koelliker/Trussel	29, Q9	21-13, 21-13	0:37