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(26, Q13) Kentaro Asahi/Katsuhiro Shiratori, Japan

Kentaro Asahi
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 19, 1975 (50 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kumatmoto

Height:

199 cm (6'6")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (FIVB Marseille 2007)

Career Winnings:

US$84,437.50

Katsuhiro Shiratori
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 29, 1976 (49 yrs old)

Home Town:

Saitama

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

140

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB Boracay 2019)

Career Winnings:

US$110,317.68

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	37	41	Money
FIVB	44	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	2	10	1	7	10	1	5	US$115,500.00

Previous Zagreb Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Satoshi Watanabe - 41st	Taichi Morikawa - 41st
2006	Satoshi Watanabe - 41st	Koichi Nishimura - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/23-27/2007	Italian Open	Q5	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	5/1-5/2007	Shanghai Open	Q6	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	10/24-28/2006	Mexico Open	28, Q8	17th	120	US$3,000.00

Zagreb Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/6/2007	Qualifier 1	Richard Honti / Mate Vocsko, Hungary (Q52)	Won 21-13, 21-13	0:32
Wed, 6/6/2007	Qualifier 2	Jackson Henriquez / Igor Hernandez, Venezuela (Q20)	Won 21-19, 21-12	0:39
Wed, 6/6/2007	Qualifier 3	Jose Pedrosa / Pedro Rosas, Portugal (Q4)	Won 21-14, 21-10	0:38
Thu, 6/7/2007	Winner 1	Patrick Heuscher / Sascha Heyer, Switzerland (7)	Won 12-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:50
Thu, 6/7/2007	Winner 2	Eugenio Amore / Andrea Tomatis, Italy (23)	Won 23-25, 25-23, 15-10	1:06
Fri, 6/8/2007	Winner 3	Andrew Schacht / Joshua Slack, Australia (18)	Lost 19-21, 16-21	0:42
Fri, 6/8/2007	Contender 4	Penggen Wu / Linyin Xu, China (3)	Lost 18-21, 16-21	0:40

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$)
Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,400.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	3	0	$35,600.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	2	7	4	0	$76,500.00
Total	44	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	2	11	7	0	$115,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Kentaro Asahi												Katsuhiro Shiratori
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$5,387.50	World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,075.00
25	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	0	$21,175.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	33	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	7	0	$24,000.00
66	0	0	0	1	0	10	11	10	0	$57,125.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	84	0	0	0	1	1	12	15	19	0	$78,285.00
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	16	0	0	1	0	5	3	1	2	0	$2,700.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00	Challenger
97	0	0	0	1	1	12	15	16	0	$84,437.50	Total	140	0	0	1	1	6	17	21	28	0	$110,060.00

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
2006	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,000.00	2	2	50.0 %
2007	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	$6,000.00	6	4	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	$9,000.00	8	6	57.1 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Kentaro Asahi													Katsuhiro Shiratori
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1999	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2001	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	7	$5,000.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00	2002	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	$4,735.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	$2,687.50	2003	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	$5,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00	2003	FIVB C&S
11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	7	$5,000.00	2004	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	5	1	$15,500.00
14	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	4	5	$15,750.00	2005	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	9	$4,875.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	8	$4,000.00	2006	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	2	5	$11,200.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	$3,000.00	2007	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	$3,000.00
53	0	0	0	0	1	4	5	9	34	$31,187.50	Total	Total	67	0	0	0	0	1	5	8	17	36	$49,310.00

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	37	62.7%	12	20.3%	10	16.9%	49-10	83.1%	17	18.9%	13	14.4%	60	66.7%	17-73	18.9%	37-60	38.1%	29-23	55.8%	0	1	66-84	44.0%
2006-2007	14	58.3%	6	25.0%	4	16.7%	20-4	83.3%	5	15.2%	4	12.1%	24	72.7%	5-28	15.2%	14-24	36.8%	11-8	57.9%	0	0	25-32	43.9%
Against the Field	16	66.7%	4	16.7%	4	16.7%	20-4	83.3%	7	17.1%	3	7.3%	31	75.6%	7-34	17.1%	32-62	34.0%	22-14	61.1%	0	0	27-38	41.5%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6
World Championships	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	14	8	6	15	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	28
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	18	8	0	0	0	0	15	19	0	1	0	1	0	0	44	47
Total	0	0	32	16	7	23	0	0	16	25	0	1	0	1	0	0	66	84

Head to Head Results
Asahi/Shiratori lead the series against the field 5-4 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Wu/Xu, China 0-1
6/8/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Contender 4	Wu/Xu	3	Asahi/Shiratori	26, Q13	21-18, 21-16	0:40
Trail the series against # 6 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-1
10/26/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Contender 2	Nummerdor/Schuil	11	Asahi/Shiratori	28, Q8	22-20, 21-13	0:46
Lead the series against # 7 Heuscher/Heyer, Switzerland 1-0
6/7/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Winner 1	Asahi/Shiratori	26, Q13	Heuscher/Heyer	7	12-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:50
Trail the series against # 18 Schacht/Slack, Australia 0-1
6/8/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Winner 3	Schacht/Slack	18	Asahi/Shiratori	26, Q13	21-19, 21-16	0:42
Lead the series against # 23 Amore/Tomatis, Italy 1-0
6/7/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Winner 2	Asahi/Shiratori	26, Q13	Amore/Tomatis	23	23-25, 25-23, 15-10	1:06
Lead the series against # Q4 Pedrosa/Rosas, Portugal 1-0
6/6/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Qualifier 3	Asahi/Shiratori	26, Q13	Pedrosa/Rosas	Q4	21-14, 21-10	0:38
Lead the series against # Q20 Henriquez/Hernandez, Venezuela 1-0
6/6/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Qualifier 2	Asahi/Shiratori	26, Q13	Henriquez/Hernandez	Q20	21-19, 21-12	0:39
Trail the series against # Q31 Blauel/Huber, Austria 0-1
5/23/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 2	Blauel/Huber	Q28	Asahi/Shiratori	Q5	22-20, 27-25	0:47
Lead the series against # Q52 Honti/Vocsko, Hungary 1-0
6/6/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Qualifier 1	Asahi/Shiratori	26, Q13	Honti/Vocsko	Q52	21-13, 21-13	0:32