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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
XXVIII Olympic Games
August 14 - 24, 2004

(24) Chiaki Kusuhara/Ryo Tokuno, Japan

Chiaki Kusuhara
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 1, 1975 (49 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 (50 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 Athens Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/6-10/2004	Spain Open	29	25th	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/29-7/3/2004	Norway Open	26	13th	108	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/22-26/2004	Germany Grand Slam	24	17th	120	US$5,000.00
FIVB	6/15-19/2004	Switzerland Open	21	25th	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/2-6/2004	Japan Open	9	25th	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/26-30/2004	China Open	18, Q2	25th	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/19-23/2004	Greece Open	23, Q3	5th	216	US$9,000.00
FIVB	3/9-14/2004	Brazil Open	22	13th	108	US$4,000.00
FIVB	10/7-12/2003	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	28	17th	160	US$5,000.00
FIVB	9/18-21/2003	United States Grand Slam	29, Q2	17th	120	US$5,000.00
FIVB	9/3-7/2003	Italy Open	23, Q2	17th	60	US$2,500.00

Athens XXVIII Olympic Games Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sun, 8/15/2004

Pool A

Misty May-Treanor / Kerri Walsh Jennings, United States (1)

Lost 9-21, 16-21

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Chiaki Kusuhara	Total	8	4	0	0.500	0	3	2	4
	1	8	4	0	0.500	0	3	2	4
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Ryo Tokuno	Total	40	15	0	0.375	0	10	0	3
	1	40	15	0	0.375	0	10	0	3
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Tue, 8/17/2004

Pool A

Eva Celbova Rysava / Sona Novakova, Czech Republic (12)

Lost 21-23, 12-21

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Chiaki Kusuhara	Total	23	10	0	0.435	0	6	2	1
	1	23	10	0	0.435	0	6	2	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Ryo Tokuno	Total	29	12	0	0.414	0	6	2	0
	1	29	12	0	0.414	0	6	2	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Thu, 8/19/2004

Pool A

Rebekka Kadijk / Marrit Leenstra, Netherlands (13)

Won 15-21, 21-17, 15-13

0:58

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Chiaki Kusuhara	Total	30	14	0	0.467	3	10	1	2
	1	30	14	0	0.467	3	10	1	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Ryo Tokuno	Total	33	15	0	0.455	0	13	0	0
	1	33	15	0	0.455	0	13	0	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Chiaki Kusuhara	61	28	0	0.459	3	19	5	7
Ryo Tokuno	102	42	0	0.412	0	29	2	3
Total	163	70	0	0.429	3	48	7	10
Opponents	157	91	0	0.580	4	60	10	14

Olympic Games, 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
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing	Mika Teru Saiki - 19th	Did not play

Head to Head Results
Kusuhara/Tokuno trail the series against the field 17-54 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 15 Series, 3 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 0-8
8/15/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Pool A	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Kusuhara/Tokuno	24	21-9, 21-16	0:35
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 0-7
5/22/04	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 3	Bede/Behar	2	Kusuhara/Tokuno	23, Q3	21-11, 21-16	0:38
10/9/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Winner 1	Bede/Behar	3	Kusuhara/Tokuno	28	21-12, 21-14	0:43
6/19/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool C	Bede/Behar	3	Kusuhara/Tokuno	19	21-12, 21-15	0:38
9/19/02	FIVB	Brazil Open	Pool C	Bede/Behar	3	Kusuhara/Tokuno	14	21-13, 21-12	0:32
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 # 4 McPeak/Youngs, United States 0-4
7/31/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool D	McPeak/Youngs	4	Kusuhara/Tokuno	20	22-20, 21-15	0:32
8/3/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	McPeak/Youngs	4	Kusuhara/Tokuno	21	21-17, 21-15	0:39
7/31/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool D	McPeak/Youngs	4	Kusuhara/Tokuno	21	21-18, 21-14	0:36
7/12/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 1	McPeak/Youngs	4	Kusuhara/Tokuno	14	21-15, 21-16	0:36
Trail the series against # 5 Cook/Sanderson, Australia 0-1
8/16/03	FIVB	Lianyungang Open	Winner 1	Cook/Sanderson	1	Kusuhara/Tokuno	19	21-18, 21-13	0:34
Trail the series against # 6 Karadassiou/Sfyri, Greece 2-3
3/11/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Karadassiou/Sfyri	11	Kusuhara/Tokuno	22	21-19, 21-11	0:38
9/6/03	FIVB	Italy Open	Pool G	Kusuhara/Tokuno	23, Q2	Karadassiou/Sfyri	10	24-22, 23-21	0:46
7/16/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool G	Kusuhara/Tokuno	26, Q1	Karadassiou/Sfyri	23	21-13, 18-21, 16-14	0:53
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 # 7 Tian/Wang, China 0-4
10/7/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool D	Tian/Wang	4	Kusuhara/Tokuno	28	21-15, 21-18	0:39
9/19/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool D	Tian/Wang	4	Kusuhara/Tokuno	29, Q2	21-19, 15-21, 15-10	0:52
8/1/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool D	Tian/Wang	13	Kusuhara/Tokuno	20	21-19, 21-14	0:42
8/16/02	FIVB	China Open	Pool G	Tian/Wang	7	Kusuhara/Tokuno	10	17-21, 21-12, 15-12	0:50
Trail the series against # 8 Pohl/Rau, Germany 1-5
6/23/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Winner 1	Pohl/Rau	9	Kusuhara/Tokuno	24	21-17, 21-16	0:39
8/15/03	FIVB	Lianyungang Open	Pool C	Pohl/Rau	3	Kusuhara/Tokuno	19	21-16, 21-15	0:34
6/27/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Winner 1	Pohl/Rau	9	Kusuhara/Tokuno	26	21-12, 21-12	0:34
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
Trail the series against # 9 Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit, Switzerland 0-1
9/19/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool D	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	13	Kusuhara/Tokuno	29, Q2	21-15, 24-22	0:45
Series tied with # 10 Lahme/Musch, Germany 1-1
5/21/04	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 2	Kusuhara/Tokuno	23, Q3	Lahme/Musch	7	19-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:51
9/5/03	FIVB	Italy Open	Pool G	Lahme/Musch	7	Kusuhara/Tokuno	23, Q2	32-34, 28-26, 15-12	1:11
Trail the series against # 11 Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza, Cuba 0-2
5/28/04	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	15	Kusuhara/Tokuno	18, Q2	21-16, 21-18	0:37
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 # 12 Celbova Rysava/Novakova, Czech Republic 2-3
8/17/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Pool A	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	12	Kusuhara/Tokuno	24	23-21, 21-12	0:42
5/22/04	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 4	Kusuhara/Tokuno	23, Q3	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	12	21-19, 21-16	0:36
7/17/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool G	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	7	Kusuhara/Tokuno	26, Q1	21-11, 21-11	0:32
7/3/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool G	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	7	Kusuhara/Tokuno	23	25-23, 21-17	0:43
8/31/01	FIVB	Goodwill Games	Contender 1	Kusuhara/Tokuno	16	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	9	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 13 Kadijk/Leenstra, Netherlands 2-4
8/19/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Pool A	Kusuhara/Tokuno	24	Kadijk/Leenstra	13	15-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:58
7/2/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Contender 3	Kadijk/Leenstra	17	Kusuhara/Tokuno	26	23-21, 21-18	0:45
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool G	Kadijk/Leenstra	7	Kusuhara/Tokuno	26	21-14, 21-14	0:34
6/13/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool C	Kadijk/Leenstra	3	Kusuhara/Tokuno	14	21-17, 21-15	0:39
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
Series tied with # 15 Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou, Greece 1-1
5/21/04	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 1	Kusuhara/Tokuno	23, Q3	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	10	21-16, 21-12	0:37
6/13/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool C	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	30	Kusuhara/Tokuno	14	28-26, 21-11	0:45
Lead the series against # 16 Dumont/Martin, Canada 2-0
3/11/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 2	Kusuhara/Tokuno	22	Dumont/Martin	21	23-21, 21-16	0:36
6/19/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool C	Kusuhara/Tokuno	19	Dumont/Martin	30, Q24	21-17, 14-21, 15-13	0:53
Trail the series against # 17 Wang/You, China 0-2
3/12/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 3	Wang/You	13	Kusuhara/Tokuno	22	21-17, 21-14	0:42
6/14/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool C	Wang/You	19	Kusuhara/Tokuno	14	17-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:53
Trail the series against # 18 Lochowicz/Pottharst, Australia 1-3
7/8/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Lochowicz/Pottharst	4	Kusuhara/Tokuno	29	17-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:57
7/1/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 1	Kusuhara/Tokuno	26	Lochowicz/Pottharst	7	14-21, 21-19, 17-15	0:55
6/24/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Contender 2	Lochowicz/Pottharst	10	Kusuhara/Tokuno	24	21-14, 26-24	0:50
6/4/04	FIVB	Japan Open	Contender 1	Lochowicz/Pottharst	8	Kusuhara/Tokuno	9	21-13, 21-16	0:35
Trail the series against # 19 Garcia/Gaxiola, Mexico 1-2
6/17/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 1	Garcia/Gaxiola	28, Q2	Kusuhara/Tokuno	21	21-10, 16-21, 15-11	0:46
9/19/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool D	Kusuhara/Tokuno	29, Q2	Garcia/Gaxiola	20	28-26, 21-11	0:44
7/3/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool G	Garcia/Gaxiola	26, Q2	Kusuhara/Tokuno	23	21-19, 21-18	0:40
Lead the series against # 20 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 2-0
7/1/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Contender 2	Kusuhara/Tokuno	26	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	24	23-21, 21-18	0:38
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 # 21 Glesnes/Maaseide, Norway 0-1
9/20/02	FIVB	Brazil Open	Pool C	Glesnes/Maaseide	19	Kusuhara/Tokuno	14	21-12, 21-17	0:37
Series tied with # 22 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 2-2
7/1/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 2	Hakedal/Torlen	10	Kusuhara/Tokuno	26	22-20, 23-21	0:43
8/9/03	FIVB	Japan Open	Pool H	Hakedal/Torlen	24, Q3	Kusuhara/Tokuno	9	17-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:54
7/31/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool D	Kusuhara/Tokuno	20	Hakedal/Torlen	29, Q17	16-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:54
7/4/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool G	Kusuhara/Tokuno	23	Hakedal/Torlen	10	21-7, 21-14	0:29