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(27) 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 Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	Did not play	Satoshi Watanabe - 41st
2002	Koichi Nishimura - 57th	Satoshi Watanabe - 25th
2003	Did not play	Satoshi Watanabe - 33rd
2004	Koichi Nishimura - 33rd	Satoshi Watanabe - 17th
2005	Satoshi Watanabe - 25th	Taichi Morikawa - 41st
2006	Satoshi Watanabe - 33rd	Koichi Nishimura - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/18-22/2007	Marseille Open	18	4th	420	US$12,000.00
FIVB	7/10-15/2007	Berlin Grand Slam	Q7	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	7/3-8/2007	Montréal Open	18	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2007	Stavanger Grand Slam	28, Q9	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2007	Paris Grand Slam	29, Q12	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2007	Espinho Open	23, Q8	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/5-10/2007	Zagreb Open	26, Q13	9th	240	US$6,000.00
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

Gstaad World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 7/24/2007	Pool P	Joao Brenha / Miguel Maia, Portugal (22)	Lost 13-21, 18-21	0:42
Wed, 7/25/2007	Pool P	Marcio Araujo / Fabio Luiz Magalhaes, Brazil (3)	Lost 20-22, 13-21	0:40
Thu, 7/26/2007	Pool P	Jason Lochhead / Kirk Pitman, New Zealand (46)	Lost 21-17, 14-21, 13-15	0:53

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	World Championships	Klagenfurt	Did not play	Satoshi Watanabe - 33rd
2003	World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	Koichi Nishimura - 37th	Satoshi Watanabe - 33rd
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Satoshi Watanabe - 25th	Taichi Morikawa - 33rd
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Katsuhiro Shiratori - 37th	Kentaro Asahi - 37th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/24-29/2007	Gstaad World Championships	27	37th	40	US$3,400.00

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	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	2	4	$37,400.00	19	22	46.3 %
Total	FIVB	11	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	2	4	$40,400.00	21	24	46.7 %

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
10	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	2	4	$18,700.00	2007	FIVB	10	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	2	4	$18,700.00
60	0	0	0	1	1	5	6	11	36	$46,887.50	Total	Total	74	0	0	0	1	1	6	9	19	38	$65,010.00

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	6	37.5%	4	25.0%	6	37.5%	10-6	62.5%	5	10.2%	5	10.2%	39	79.6%	5-44	10.2%	12-78	13.3%	18-22	45.0%	0	0	15-50	23.1%

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
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 trail the series against the field 8-21 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 13 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Cunha/Neto, Brazil 0-1
7/22/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Semi-Finals	Cunha/Neto	1	Asahi/Shiratori	18	21-13, 19-21, 15-7	0:57
Trail the series against # 3 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 1-2
7/25/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool P	Araujo/Magalhaes	3	Asahi/Shiratori	27	22-20, 21-13	0:40
7/19/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 2	Asahi/Shiratori	18	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	19-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:58
6/14/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Winner 2	Araujo/Magalhaes	7	Asahi/Shiratori	23, Q8	21-17, 21-16	0:47
Trail the series against # 4 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 0-2
6/28/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool E	Dalhausser/Rogers	5	Asahi/Shiratori	28, Q9	21-17, 21-18	0:42
10/25/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Winner 1	Dalhausser/Rogers	5	Asahi/Shiratori	28, Q8	21-18, 18-21, 15-12	1:01
Trail the series against # 6 Barsuk/Kolodinsky, Russia 0-3
7/22/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Bronze Medal	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	3	Asahi/Shiratori	18	21-19, 21-15	0:50
7/20/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 4	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	3	Asahi/Shiratori	18	21-9, 21-17	0:36
6/21/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool D	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	4	Asahi/Shiratori	29, Q12	21-16, 22-20	0:47
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
Lead the series against # 8 Marques/Solberg, Brazil 1-0
7/5/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Winner 2	Asahi/Shiratori	18	Marques/Solberg	2	21-17, 18-21, 15-13	0:57
Trail the series against # 9 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 # 11 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-2
6/15/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Contender 2	Nummerdor/Schuil	8	Asahi/Shiratori	23, Q8	21-18, 21-15	0:34
10/26/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Contender 2	Nummerdor/Schuil	11	Asahi/Shiratori	28, Q8	22-20, 21-13	0:46
Trail the series against # 15 Reckermann/Urbatzka, Germany 0-1
7/6/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Contender 4	Reckermann/Urbatzka	5	Asahi/Shiratori	18	21-16, 21-9	0:29
Trail the series against # 16 Schacht/Slack, Australia 1-2
7/21/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 6	Asahi/Shiratori	18	Schacht/Slack	8	14-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:57
7/6/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Winner 3	Schacht/Slack	7	Asahi/Shiratori	18	21-19, 21-14	0:43
6/8/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Winner 3	Schacht/Slack	18	Asahi/Shiratori	26, Q13	21-19, 21-16	0:42
Trail the series against # 19 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 0-2
6/28/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool E	Kais/Vesik	12	Asahi/Shiratori	28, Q9	21-16, 21-18	0:39
6/21/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool D	Kais/Vesik	13	Asahi/Shiratori	29, Q12	21-18, 21-17	0:43
Trail the series against # 20 Doppler/Gartmayer, Austria 0-1
6/22/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool D	Doppler/Gartmayer	20	Asahi/Shiratori	29, Q12	12-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:53
Series tied with # 22 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 1-1
7/24/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool P	Brenha/Maia	22	Asahi/Shiratori	27	21-13, 21-18	0:42
6/14/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Winner 1	Asahi/Shiratori	23, Q8	Brenha/Maia	10	22-20, 25-23	0:51
Trail the series against # 23 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 0-1
6/29/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool E	De Gruijter/Ronnes	21, Q3	Asahi/Shiratori	28, Q9	21-18, 21-19	0:42
Trail the series against # 28 Boersma/Ronnes, Netherlands 0-1
5/1/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Qualifier 3	Boersma/Ronnes	29, Q11	Asahi/Shiratori	Q6	21-11, 21-19	0:45
Lead the series against # 32 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 # 33 Li/Zhou, China 1-0
7/20/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 3	Asahi/Shiratori	18	Li/Zhou	23, Q2	21-18, 21-16	0:43
Lead the series against # 34 Plavins/Samoilovs, Latvia 1-0
7/19/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 1	Asahi/Shiratori	18	Plavins/Samoilovs	15	17-21, 26-24, 15-8	1:00
Trail the series against # 46 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 0-1
7/26/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool P	Lochhead/Pitman	46	Asahi/Shiratori	27	17-21, 21-14, 15-13	0:53