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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 BPT Challenge Chiang Mai
November 16 - 19, 2023

(Q22) Gottsu Ishijima/Takumi Takahashi, Japan

Yusuke "Gottsu" Ishijima
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 9, 1984 (41 yrs old)

Home Town:

Tokyo

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Weight:

100 kg (220 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Bangkok 2018)

Career Winnings:

US$10,434.25

Takumi Takahashi
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 1, 1991 (34 yrs old)

Home Town:

Saitama

Height:

179 cm (5'10")

Weight:

72 kg (158 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Bangkok 2018)

Career Winnings:

US$13,670.28

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	14	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	2	2	3	1	US$8,648.21

Previous Chiang Mai Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/19-22/2023	Challenge Goa	Q21	33rd	140	US$0.00
FIVB	8/17-20/2023	Futures Qidong	5	3rd	320	US$500.00

Challenge Chiang Mai Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 11/16/2023	Qualifier 1	Timothy Brewster / Kyle Friend, United States (Q11)	Lost 19-21, 19-21	0:43

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	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$2,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	8	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	2	0	0	$6,600.00
Total	14	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	2	2	0	$8,600.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Gottsu Ishijima												Takumi Takahashi
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	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,700.00	World Championships
											Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$2,000.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	$2,400.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	0	$4,100.00
27	1	0	1	0	4	9	8	0	0	$6,100.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	26	1	1	1	1	2	12	7	1	0	$7,500.00
38	1	0	1	0	4	9	10	2	0	$10,200.00	Total	45	1	1	1	1	2	12	10	8	0	$13,600.00

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
2018	FIVB	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	1	1	$6,600.00	12	13	48.0 %
2019	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$1,500.00	1	3	25.0 %
2023	FIVB	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$500.00	4	3	57.1 %
Total	FIVB	13	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	2	1	4	$8,600.00	17	19	47.2 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Gottsu Ishijima													Takumi Takahashi
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2014	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$400.00
											2015	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	$2,800.00
											2016	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$650.00	2017	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$250.00
10	1	0	0	0	0	4	3	1	1	$4,300.00	2018	FIVB	9	1	0	0	0	0	4	1	2	1	$3,300.00
10	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	5	$4,300.00	2019	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	3	$4,050.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2021	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00	2022	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	$500.00
3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	$250.00	2023	FIVB	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	$250.00
29	1	0	1	0	1	5	10	1	10	$9,500.00	Total	Total	34	1	0	1	0	1	6	10	7	8	$12,550.00

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	14	70.0%	3	15.0%	3	15.0%	17-3	85.0%	0	0.0%	2	12.5%	14	87.5%	0-16	0.0%	14-14	50.0%	3-5	37.5%	1	1	18-20	47.4%
2022-2023	3	60.0%	2	40.0%	0	0.0%	5-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	3-3	50.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	1	5-4	55.6%
Against the Field	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4	100.0%	0-4	0.0%	2-6	25.0%	0-0		0	1	1-4	20.0%

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	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	2	0	10	6	0	0	2	6	1	1	1	0	1	0	17	13
Total	0	0	3	5	10	8	0	0	2	6	1	1	1	0	1	0	18	20

Head to Head Results
Ishijima/Takahashi trail the series against the field 1-3 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 16 Li/Wang, China 0-1
8/20/23	FIVB	Futures Qidong	Semi-Finals	Li/Wang	1	Ishijima/Takahashi	5	21-13, 21-15	0:36
Trail the series against # 24, Q15 Fokerots/Plavins, Latvia 0-1
10/19/23	FIVB	Challenge Goa	Qualifier 1	Fokerots/Plavins	Q12	Ishijima/Takahashi	Q21	21-19, 21-14	0:38
Trail the series against # Q11 Brewster/Friend, United States 0-1
11/16/23	FIVB	Challenge Chiang Mai	Qualifier 1	Brewster/Friend	Q11	Ishijima/Takahashi	Q22	21-19, 21-19	0:43
Lead the series against # Q21 Li/Liu, China 1-0
8/18/23	FIVB	Futures Qidong	Pool D	Ishijima/Takahashi	5	Li/Liu	4	21-15, 21-17	0:43