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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$5,000 Anchor Beach Volleyball Carnival
March 7 - 10, 2019

(10, Q1) Masato Kurasaka/Kensuke Shoji, Japan

Masato Kurasaka
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 7, 1990 (35 yrs old)

Home Town:

Ishikawa

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Rubavu 2019)

Career Winnings:

US$2,160.83

Kensuke Shoji
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 13, 1990 (35 yrs old)

Home Town:

Tottori

Height:

182 cm (6'0")

Weight:

83 kg (183 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Rubavu 2019)

Career Winnings:

US$4,131.10

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	31	33	41	Money
FIVB	17	1	0	0	1	3	0	4	2	0	1	1	3	1	US$3,400.79

Previous Kampong Speu Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	2/28-3/3/2019	Visakhapatnam One Star	12, Q3	5th	120	US$300.00

Kampong Speu One Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 3/7/2019	Qualifier 2	Stian Opsahl / Christian Ruud, Norway (Q8)	Won 21-15, 21-19	0:36
Fri, 3/8/2019	Pool B	Gasper Plahutnik / Danijel Pokersnik, Slovenia (7)	Lost 25-23, 16-21, 7-15	0:56
Fri, 3/8/2019	Pool B	Fan Shen / Kingsley Tay, Singapore (2)	Won 21-19, 21-15	0:38
Sat, 3/9/2019	Winner 1	Moritz Kindl / Arwin Kopschar, Austria (13, Q2)	Lost By Forfeit

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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	14	1	0	0	1	3	0	4	2	0	1	0	$3,300.00
Total	17	1	0	0	1	3	0	4	2	0	1	0	$3,300.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Masato Kurasaka												Kensuke Shoji
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
22	1	0	0	1	3	9	4	1	0	$1,950.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	31	1	1	0	1	6	12	6	1	0	$3,850.00
26	1	0	0	1	3	9	4	1	0	$1,950.00	Total	38	1	1	0	1	6	12	6	1	0	$3,850.00

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
2019	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$500.00	5	4	55.6 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$500.00	5	4	55.6 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Masato Kurasaka													Kensuke Shoji
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2015	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2016	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$150.00	2017	FIVB
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$0.00	2018	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$1,000.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$250.00	2019	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$250.00
7	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	2	$400.00	Total	Total	9	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	5	$1,250.00

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	21	84.0%	1	4.0%	3	12.0%	22-3	88.0%	3	11.1%	6	22.2%	18	66.7%	3-24	11.1%	21-18	53.8%	4-9	30.8%	2	1	27-28	49.1%
2018-2019	16	84.2%	1	5.3%	2	10.5%	17-2	89.5%	3	14.3%	3	14.3%	15	71.4%	3-18	14.3%	16-15	51.6%	4-5	44.4%	2	1	22-21	51.2%
Against the Field	6	85.7%	0	0.0%	1	14.3%	6-1	85.7%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	12-0	100.0%	0-4	0.0%	0	1	6-3	66.7%

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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	8	3	9	13	0	0	7	7	1	1	0	1	1	0	26	25
Total	0	0	9	6	9	13	0	0	7	7	1	1	0	1	1	0	27	28

Head to Head Results
Kurasaka/Shoji lead the series against the field 3-2 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 Shen/Tay, Singapore 1-0
3/8/19	FIVB	Kampong Speu One Star	Pool B	Kurasaka/Shoji	10, Q1	Shen/Tay	2	21-19, 21-15	0:38
Trail the series against # 7 Plahutnik/Pokersnik, Slovenia 0-1
3/8/19	FIVB	Kampong Speu One Star	Pool B	Plahutnik/Pokersnik	7	Kurasaka/Shoji	10, Q1	23-25, 21-16, 15-7	0:56
Trail the series against # 13, Q2 Kindl/Kopschar, Austria 0-1
3/9/19	FIVB	Kampong Speu One Star	Winner 1	Kindl/Kopschar	13, Q2	Kurasaka/Shoji	10, Q1	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # Q4 Hsu/Wu, Taiwan 1-0
2/28/19	FIVB	Visakhapatnam One Star	Qualifier 2	Kurasaka/Shoji	12, Q3	Hsu/Wu	Q6	21-16, 21-12	0:35
Lead the series against # Q8 Opsahl/Ruud, Norway 1-0
3/7/19	FIVB	Kampong Speu One Star	Qualifier 2	Kurasaka/Shoji	10, Q1	Opsahl/Ruud	Q8	21-15, 21-19	0:36