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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$5,000 Aspire Beach Volleyball Cup
November 12 - 15, 2019

(9, 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 Doha Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2016	Did not play	Hitoshi Murakami - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/1-4/2019	Bandar Torkaman One Star	5	13th	90	US$100.00
FIVB	8/27-31/2019	Montpellier One Star	5	9th	100	€ 200.00
FIVB	8/21-24/2019	Rubavu One Star	1, Q1	1st	200	US$1,000.00
FIVB	8/15-18/2019	Knokke-Heist One Star	5, Q1	9th	100	€ 200.00
FIVB	8/8-11/2019	Budapest One Star	3	4th	140	€ 400.00
FIVB	8/1-4/2019	Ljubljana One Star	7	13th	90	€ 100.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2019	Tokyo Four Star	Q20	33rd	160	US$0.00
FIVB	7/17-21/2019	Edmonton Three Star	Q16	33rd	120	US$0.00
FIVB	7/4-7/2019	Qidong Two Star	Q11	25th	120	US$0.00
FIVB	5/22-26/2019	Jinjiang Four Star	Q14	33rd	160	US$0.00
FIVB	5/15-19/2019	Itapema Four Star	Q20	41st	40	US$0.00
FIVB	4/11-14/2019	Langkawi One Star	10, Q2	9th	100	US$200.00
FIVB	3/7-10/2019	Kampong Speu One Star	10, Q1	9th	100	US$200.00
FIVB	2/28-3/3/2019	Visakhapatnam One Star	12, Q3	5th	120	US$300.00

Doha One Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 11/12/2019	Qualifier 2	Piotr Ilewicz / Tomasz Woloszuk, Poland (Q8)	Won 21-13, 21-18	0:34
Wed, 11/13/2019	Pool A	David Ahman / Jonatan Hellvig, Sweden (8)	Lost 10-21, 18-21	0:36
Wed, 11/13/2019	Pool A	Denis Messelmani / Ahmed Nassir, Qatar (16)	Won 21-12, 21-11	0:29
Thu, 11/14/2019	Winner 1	Carlo Bonifazi / Davis Krumins, Italy (15)	Won 21-19, 21-18	0:35
Thu, 11/14/2019	Winner 2	Jedrzej Brozyniak / Piotr Janiak, Poland (13, Q5)	Lost 21-11, 14-21, 6-15	0:44

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	13	1	0	0	1	1	0	4	1	0	1	4	$2,600.00	22	21	51.2 %
2020	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$400.00	3	4	42.9 %
Total	FIVB	15	1	0	0	1	2	0	4	2	0	1	4	$3,000.00	25	25	50.0 %

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
13	1	0	0	1	1	5	0	1	4	$1,300.00	2019	FIVB	13	1	0	0	1	1	5	0	1	4	$1,300.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$200.00	2020	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$200.00
20	1	0	0	1	2	7	2	1	6	$1,650.00	Total	Total	22	1	0	0	1	2	6	2	1	9	$2,500.00

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%
2019-2020	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%
Against the Field	4	80.0%	0	0.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	1	20.0%	2	40.0%	2	40.0%	1-4	20.0%	8-2	80.0%	2-6	25.0%	1	0	6-4	60.0%

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
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 6-3 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 2 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Nishimura/Shibata, Japan 1-0
8/29/19	FIVB	Montpellier One Star	Pool D	Kurasaka/Shoji	5	Nishimura/Shibata	4	By Forfeit
Series tied with # 6 Murakami/Tsuchiya, Japan 1-1
10/2/19	FIVB	Bandar Torkaman One Star	Pool D	Murakami/Tsuchiya	4	Kurasaka/Shoji	5	21-14, 21-23, 15-11	0:56
4/12/19	FIVB	Langkawi One Star	Pool B	Kurasaka/Shoji	10, Q2	Murakami/Tsuchiya	7	21-15, 21-15	0:44
Trail the series against # 8 Ahman/Hellvig, Sweden 0-1
11/13/19	FIVB	Doha One Star	Pool A	Ahman/Hellvig	8	Kurasaka/Shoji	9, Q1	21-10, 21-18	0:36
Lead the series against # 11, Q2 van Steenis/Vismans, Netherlands 1-0
8/15/19	FIVB	Knokke-Heist One Star	Qualifier 2	Kurasaka/Shoji	5, Q1	Vismans/van Steenis	Q8	19-21, 21-15, 16-14	0:51
Trail the series against # 13, Q5 Brozyniak/Janiak, Poland 0-1
11/14/19	FIVB	Doha One Star	Winner 2	Brozyniak/Janiak	13, Q5	Kurasaka/Shoji	9, Q1	11-21, 21-14, 15-6	0:44
Lead the series against # 15 Bonifazi/Krumins, Italy 1-0
11/14/19	FIVB	Doha One Star	Winner 1	Kurasaka/Shoji	9, Q1	Bonifazi/Krumins	15	21-19, 21-18	0:35
Lead the series against # 16 Messelmani/Nassir, Qatar 1-0
11/13/19	FIVB	Doha One Star	Pool A	Kurasaka/Shoji	9, Q1	Messelmani/Nassir	16	21-12, 21-11	0:29
Lead the series against # Q8 Ilewicz/Woloszuk, Poland 1-0
11/12/19	FIVB	Doha One Star	Qualifier 2	Kurasaka/Shoji	9, Q1	Ilewicz/Woloszuk	Q8	21-13, 21-18	0:34