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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Japan Open
August 7 - 11, 2002

(11) 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 Osaka Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	Did not play	Rii Seike - 25th
1998	Ryo Tokuno - 33rd	Chiaki Kusuhara - 33rd
1999	Ryo Tokuno - 25th	Chiaki Kusuhara - 25th
2000	Ryo Tokuno - 17th	Chiaki Kusuhara - 17th
2001	Ryo Tokuno - 13th	Chiaki Kusuhara - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/31-8/3/2002	Austria Grand Slam	21	4th	280	US$12,100.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2002	Hellas Open	24	17th	60	US$2,520.00
FIVB	7/16-20/2002	France Grand Slam	23	25th	40	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/9-13/2002	Canada Open	14	9th	120	US$3,900.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2002	Norway Open	17	9th	120	US$3,900.00
FIVB	6/18-22/2002	Switzerland Open	18	25th	30	US$1,650.00
FIVB	6/5-9/2002	Spain Open	15	17th	60	US$2,520.00
FIVB	8/29-9/4/2001	Goodwill Games	16	10th	0	US$5,000.00
FIVB	8/22-26/2001	Hong Kong Open	23	5th	216	US$9,000.00
FIVB	8/8-12/2001	Japan Open	10	13th	108	US$4,000.00

Japan Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 8/9/2002	Pool F	Judith Augoustides / Helke Claasen, Germany (27, Q20)	Won 26-24, 21-19	0:51
Fri, 8/9/2002	Pool F	Rebekka Kadijk / Marrit Leenstra, Netherlands (6)	Lost 18-21, 21-18, 9-15	0:55
Sat, 8/10/2002	Pool F	Teresa Galindo / Myrna Serrano Ochoa, Mexico (22)	Won 21-14, 21-19	0:40
Sat, 8/10/2002	Winner 1	Leila Barros / Sandra Pires, Brazil (5)	Lost 12-21, 18-21	0:38

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	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	5	2	0	$37,250.00	12	20	37.5 %
2002	FIVB	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	2	2	0	$32,490.00	14	18	43.8 %
Total	FIVB	25	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	1	8	5	5	$74,240.00	27	40	40.3 %

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
10	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	2	0	$18,625.00	2001	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	2	0	$18,625.00
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
8	0	0	0	1	0	3	2	2	0	$16,245.00	2002	FIVB	8	0	0	0	1	0	3	2	2	0	$16,245.00
43	0	0	0	2	1	6	14	8	12	$48,320.00	Total	Total	46	0	0	0	2	1	6	15	9	13	$49,545.00

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%
2001-2002	19	65.5%	4	13.8%	6	20.7%	23-6	79.3%	4	10.0%	5	12.5%	31	77.5%	4-36	10.0%	19-31	38.0%	8-11	42.1%	1	0	28-42	40.0%
Against the Field	14	66.7%	3	14.3%	4	19.0%	17-4	81.0%	4	7.7%	6	11.5%	42	80.8%	4-48	7.7%	28-82	25.5%	14-20	41.2%	0	0	21-52	28.8%

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 10-23 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 10 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings, United States 0-7
7/16/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool B	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	2	Kusuhara/Tokuno	23	21-13, 21-14	0:34
7/5/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 1	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	2	Kusuhara/Tokuno	17	21-7, 21-13	0:31
6/20/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool B	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	2	Kusuhara/Tokuno	18	21-17, 21-12	0:36
6/7/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool B	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	2	Kusuhara/Tokuno	15	21-12, 21-11	0:42
8/25/01	FIVB	Hong Kong Open	Winner 4	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	3	Kusuhara/Tokuno	23	21-11, 21-14	0:34
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 # 2 Bede/Behar, Brazil 0-3
8/3/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Bede/Behar	2	Kusuhara/Tokuno	21	18-21, 21-19, 17-15	1:04
7/4/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool A	Bede/Behar	1	Kusuhara/Tokuno	17	21-9, 21-12	0:32
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 Cook/Pottharst, Australia 0-2
7/11/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Pool C	Cook/Pottharst	3	Kusuhara/Tokuno	14	21-13, 21-19	0:34
8/29/01	FIVB	Goodwill Games	Winner 1	Cook/Pottharst	1	Kusuhara/Tokuno	16	21-16, 15-21, 15-13	0:49
Trail the series against # 4 Connelly/Minello, Brazil 0-1
6/8/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool B	Connelly/Minello	18	Kusuhara/Tokuno	15	21-17, 21-18	0:33
Trail the series against # 5 Barros/Pires, Brazil 0-1
8/10/02	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 1	Barros/Pires	5	Kusuhara/Tokuno	11	21-12, 21-18	0:38
Series tied with # 6 Kadijk/Leenstra, Netherlands 1-1
8/9/02	FIVB	Japan Open	Pool F	Kadijk/Leenstra	6	Kusuhara/Tokuno	11	21-18, 18-21, 15-9	0:55
8/2/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 3	Kusuhara/Tokuno	21	Kadijk/Leenstra	20	21-18, 21-18	0:37
Trail the series against # 10 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
Trail the series against # 13 Pohl/Rau, Germany 1-2
7/5/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool A	Kusuhara/Tokuno	17	Pohl/Rau	16	21-18, 21-19	0:37
9/2/01	FIVB	Goodwill Games	Contender 4	Pohl/Rau	11	Kusuhara/Tokuno	16	21-17, 21-19	0:36
8/11/01	FIVB	Japan Open	Contender 3	Pohl/Rau	16	Kusuhara/Tokuno	10	25-23, 21-19	0:45
Lead the series against # 16 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 1-0
9/1/01	FIVB	Goodwill Games	Contender 2	Kusuhara/Tokuno	16	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	12	21-19, 22-24, 18-16	0:59
Trail the series against # 18 Arlaisuk/Pangka, Thailand 0-1
8/10/01	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 1	Arlaisuk/Pangka	23	Kusuhara/Tokuno	10	21-19, 21-19	0:44
Trail the series against # 21 Clarke/Gooley, Australia 0-2
7/16/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool B	Clarke/Gooley	26	Kusuhara/Tokuno	23	21-19, 21-16	0:41
6/20/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool B	Clarke/Gooley	31, Q4	Kusuhara/Tokuno	18	21-17, 19-21, 15-13	0:54
Lead the series against # 22 Galindo/Serrano Ochoa, Mexico 1-0
8/10/02	FIVB	Japan Open	Pool F	Kusuhara/Tokuno	11	Galindo/Serrano Ochoa	22	21-14, 21-19	0:40
Lead the series against # 24, Q2 Gerlic/Lochowicz, Australia 1-0
7/12/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Pool C	Kusuhara/Tokuno	14	Gerlic/Lochowicz	19	21-13, 21-18	0:32
Lead the series against # 25, Q1 Gougeon/Lessard, Canada 1-0
8/1/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool D	Kusuhara/Tokuno	21	Gougeon/Lessard	28	21-19, 21-14	0:40
Lead the series against # 26, Q22 Arjona/Kadjo, France 1-0
7/16/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool B	Kusuhara/Tokuno	23	Arjona/Kadjo	47	17-21, 21-14, 15-13	0:58
Lead the series against # 27, Q20 Augoustides/Claasen, Germany 1-0
8/9/02	FIVB	Japan Open	Pool F	Kusuhara/Tokuno	11	Augoustides/Claasen	27, Q20	26-24, 21-19	0:51
Lead the series against # 31, Q13 Nagy/Schlegl, Hungary 1-0
7/11/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Pool C	Kusuhara/Tokuno	14	Nagy/Schlegl	30, Q1	21-12, 21-9	0:31
Trail the series against # Q4 Ikauniece/Minusa, Latvia 0-1
7/26/02	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool H	Ikauniece/Minusa	25, Q11	Kusuhara/Tokuno	24	21-13, 16-21, 15-10	0:51
Lead the series against # Q11 Koutroumanidou/Nikolaidou, Greece 1-0
6/7/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool B	Kusuhara/Tokuno	15	Koutroumanidou/Nikolaidou	31, Q8	21-17, 19-21, 15-9	0:38