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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$5,000 VolleyFest Cook Islands
January 14 - 17, 2020

(2) 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 Cook Islands Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	11/12-15/2019	Doha One Star	9, Q1	5th	120	US$300.00
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

Cook Islands One Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 1/15/2020	Pool B	Jack Gregory / Tim Gregory, Australia (15, Q4)	Won 21-10, 21-16	0:38
Wed, 1/15/2020	Pool B	Griffin Muller / Sam O'Dea, New Zealand (7)	Lost 15-21, 17-21	0:34
Thu, 1/16/2020	Winner 1	Ampelosa Luka / Saaga Malosa, Tuvalu (12)	Won 21-14, 21-19	0:34
Thu, 1/16/2020	Winner 2	Christopher Austin / Earl Schultz, United States (9)	Lost 17-21, 22-20, 17-19	1:07

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	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	$700.00	5	6	45.5 %
Total	FIVB	16	1	0	0	1	3	0	4	2	0	1	4	$3,300.00	27	27	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
3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$350.00	2020	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$350.00
21	1	0	0	1	3	7	2	1	6	$1,800.00	Total	Total	23	1	0	0	1	3	6	2	1	9	$2,650.00

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	3	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	2	50.0%	2	50.0%	0-4	0.0%	6-2	75.0%	0-4	0.0%	1	0	4-3	57.1%

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 4-3 (Lead 3 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 # 3, Q1 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 # 7 Muller/O'Dea, New Zealand 0-1
1/15/20	FIVB	Cook Islands One Star	Pool B	Muller/O'Dea	7	Kurasaka/Shoji	2	21-15, 21-17	0:34
Trail the series against # 9 Austin/Schultz, United States 0-1
1/16/20	FIVB	Cook Islands One Star	Winner 2	Austin/Schultz	9	Kurasaka/Shoji	2	21-17, 20-22, 19-17	1:07
Lead the series against # 12 Luka/Malosa, Tuvalu 1-0
1/16/20	FIVB	Cook Islands One Star	Winner 1	Kurasaka/Shoji	2	Luka/Malosa	12	21-14, 21-19	0:34
Lead the series against # 15, Q4 Gregory/Gregory, Australia 1-0
1/15/20	FIVB	Cook Islands One Star	Pool B	Kurasaka/Shoji	2	Gregory/Gregory	15, Q4	21-10, 21-16	0:38