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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$10,000 BPT Futures Nuvali
April 11 - 14, 2024

(3) Gottsu Ishijima/Kensuke Shoji, 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

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	19	25	Money
FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	3	1	1	0	US$3,420.96

Previous Nuvali Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2023	Takumi Takahashi - 25th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/20-24/2024	BPT Futures Coolangatta	6	13th	140	US$100.00
FIVB	3/7-10/2024	BPT Futures Mount Maunganui	3	13th	140	US$100.00
FIVB	2/28-3/3/2024	BPT Futures Mollymook	4	5th	240	US$300.00

Futures Nuvali Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 4/12/2024	Pool C	Shiro Furuta / Ryo Tatsumi, Japan (14, Q3)	Won 21-17, 21-11	0:34
Fri, 4/12/2024	Pool C	Vaclav Kurka / Krystof Oliva, Czech Republic (11, Q1)	Lost 18-21, 17-21	0:39
Sat, 4/13/2024	Winner 1	Batuhan Kuru / Yusuf Ozdemir, Türkiye (7)	Won 24-22, 21-15	0:54
Sat, 4/13/2024	Winner 2	James Buytrago / Rancel Varga, Philippines (4)	Lost 15-21, 24-26	0:48

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$)
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	9	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	3	2	0	0	$3,400.00
Total	9	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	3	2	0	0	$3,400.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Gottsu Ishijima												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	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	$2,400.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
27	1	0	1	0	4	9	8	0	0	$6,100.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	31	1	1	0	1	6	12	6	1	0	$3,850.00
38	1	0	1	0	4	9	10	2	0	$10,200.00	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
2018	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$2,000.00	3	3	50.0 %
2024	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	$800.00	4	7	36.4 %
Total	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	$2,800.00	7	10	41.2 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Gottsu Ishijima													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
											2016	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$650.00	2017	FIVB
10	1	0	0	0	0	4	3	1	1	$4,300.00	2018	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$1,000.00
10	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	5	$4,300.00	2019	FIVB	13	1	0	0	1	1	5	0	1	4	$1,300.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2020	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	$350.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2021	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00	2022	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	$250.00	2023	FIVB	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$500.00
4	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	$400.00	2024	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	$400.00
34	1	0	1	0	3	7	10	2	10	$9,900.00	Total	Total	35	1	1	0	1	5	10	6	1	10	$3,550.00

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	6	66.7%	2	22.2%	1	11.1%	8-1	88.9%	2	11.8%	5	29.4%	10	58.8%	2-15	11.8%	6-10	37.5%	4-6	40.0%	0	0	10-16	38.5%
2023-2024	4	66.7%	1	16.7%	1	16.7%	5-1	83.3%	2	14.3%	5	35.7%	7	50.0%	2-12	14.3%	4-7	36.4%	3-6	33.3%	0	0	7-13	35.0%
Against the Field	3	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3	75.0%	0-4	0.0%	6-6	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	3-4	42.9%

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
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	3	0	5	11	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	16
Total	0	0	3	0	5	11	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	16

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

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 Buytrago/Varga, Philippines 0-1
4/13/24	FIVB	Futures Nuvali	Winner 2	Buytrago/Varga	4	Ishijima/Shoji	3	21-15, 26-24	0:48
Lead the series against # 7 Kuru/Ozdemir, Türkiye 1-0
4/13/24	FIVB	Futures Nuvali	Winner 1	Ishijima/Shoji	3	Kuru/Ozdemir	7	24-22, 21-15	0:54
Trail the series against # 11, Q1 Kurka/Oliva, Czech Republic 0-1
4/12/24	FIVB	Futures Nuvali	Pool C	Kurka/Oliva	11, Q1	Ishijima/Shoji	3	21-18, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # 14, Q3 Furuta/Tatsumi, Japan 1-0
4/12/24	FIVB	Futures Nuvali	Pool C	Ishijima/Shoji	3	Furuta/Tatsumi	14, Q3	21-17, 21-11	0:34
Trail the series against # Q5 Grahn/Isaksson, Sweden 0-1
3/8/24	FIVB	BPT Futures Mount Maunganui	Pool C	Grahn/Isaksson	14, Q4	Ishijima/Shoji	3	21-18, 17-21, 15-13	0:55