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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$350,000 GE Money Bank Mazury Open
June 3 - 8, 2008

(23, Q2) 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 Stare Jablonki Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Satoshi Watanabe - 41st	Taichi Morikawa - 57th
2007	Katsuhiro Shiratori - 17th	Kentaro Asahi - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/27-6/1/2008	Barcelona Open	18	17th	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	5/20-25/2008	Zagreb Open	Q4	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	5/13-18/2008	Italian Open	Q6	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	4/28-5/3/2008	China Shanghai Open	17	25th	60	US$1,800.00
FIVB	3/25-30/2008	Adelaide Australia Open	25, Q3	13th	180	US$3,900.00
FIVB	9/5-9/2007	Stare Jablonki Open	13	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	8/29-9/2/2007	St. Petersburg Open	11	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/15-19/2007	Aland Open	15	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/8-12/2007	Kristiansand Open	17	17th	100	US$2,500.00
FIVB	7/24-29/2007	Gstaad World Championships	27	37th	40	US$3,400.00
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

Stare Jablonki Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/4/2008	Qualifier 2	Sebastian Dollinger / Thomas Kaczmarek, Germany (Q34)	Won 22-20, 17-21, 15-12	0:58
Wed, 6/4/2008	Qualifier 3	Felix Blauel / Alexander Huber, Austria (Q18)	Won 21-18, 21-12	0:40
Thu, 6/5/2008	Winner 1	Grzegorz Fijalek / Mariusz Prudel, Poland (10)	Lost 19-21, 21-16, 13-15	1:03
Thu, 6/5/2008	Contender 1	Kjell Goranson / Vegard Hoidalen, Norway (26, Q6)	Lost 32-34, 21-19, 12-15	1:16

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	14	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	3	3	4	$50,900.00	23	30	43.4 %
2008	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	$10,000.00	8	11	42.1 %
Total	FIVB	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	5	5	6	$63,900.00	33	43	43.4 %

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
14	0	0	0	1	0	3	3	3	4	$25,450.00	2007	FIVB	14	0	0	0	1	0	3	3	3	4	$25,450.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	$5,000.00	2008	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	$5,000.00
70	0	0	0	1	1	7	9	14	38	$58,637.50	Total	Total	84	0	0	0	1	1	8	12	22	40	$76,760.00

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%
2007-2008	24	57.1%	11	26.2%	7	16.7%	35-7	83.3%	11	19.0%	9	15.5%	38	65.5%	11-47	19.0%	24-38	38.7%	22-16	57.9%	0	0	46-54	46.0%
Against the Field	17	65.4%	6	23.1%	3	11.5%	23-3	88.5%	5	15.6%	7	21.9%	20	62.5%	5-27	15.6%	34-40	45.9%	22-20	52.4%	0	0	28-30	48.3%

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 17-19 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 11 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 1-0
8/16/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 2	Asahi/Shiratori	15	Klemperer/Koreng	2	21-16, 18-21, 15-11	0:59
Lead the series against # 3 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 # 4 Reckermann/Urbatzka, Germany 0-2
8/17/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 4	Reckermann/Urbatzka	3	Asahi/Shiratori	15	21-17, 28-26	0:54
7/6/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Contender 4	Reckermann/Urbatzka	5	Asahi/Shiratori	18	21-16, 21-9	0:29
Trail the series against # 5 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 # 6 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 # 8 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 0-2
8/9/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 1	De Gruijter/Ronnes	16	Asahi/Shiratori	17	26-24, 21-19	0:48
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 # 10 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 0-1
6/5/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 1	Fijalek/Prudel	10	Asahi/Shiratori	23, Q2	21-19, 16-21, 15-13	1:03
Series tied with # 11 Lione/Varnier, Italy 1-1
4/30/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Lione/Varnier	16	Asahi/Shiratori	17	21-9, 21-15	0:35
3/28/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Contender 2	Asahi/Shiratori	25, Q3	Lione/Varnier	23	21-17, 21-17	0:41
Trail the series against # 13 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 0-2
9/6/07	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 1	Lochhead/Pitman	20, Q2	Asahi/Shiratori	13	18-21, 21-14, 15-13	0:48
7/26/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool P	Lochhead/Pitman	46	Asahi/Shiratori	27	17-21, 21-14, 15-13	0:53
Trail the series against # 15 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 0-1
5/30/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Contender 2	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	17	Asahi/Shiratori	18	21-19, 21-10	0:44
Series tied with # 18 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
Lead the series against # 19, Q4 Amore/Bizzotto, Italy 1-0
8/16/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 1	Asahi/Shiratori	15	Amore/Bizzotto	18, Q1	21-18, 12-21, 15-13	0:52
Trail the series against # 21, Q5 Ces/Ces, France 0-1
7/11/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Ces/Ces	31, Q10	Asahi/Shiratori	Q7	21-16, 13-21, 15-10	0:54
Lead the series against # 22 Dugrip/Gagliano, France 1-0
5/29/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Winner 1	Asahi/Shiratori	18	Dugrip/Gagliano	15	21-19, 17-21, 15-13	0:57
Trail the series against # 24 Matysik/Uhmann, Germany 0-1
6/27/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Matysik/Uhmann	31, Q25	Asahi/Shiratori	28, Q9	21-16, 19-21, 15-10	0:55
Trail the series against # 26, Q6 Goranson/Hoidalen, Norway 0-1
6/5/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 1	Goranson/Hoidalen	26, Q6	Asahi/Shiratori	23, Q2	34-32, 19-21, 15-12	1:16
Trail the series against # 29 Deulofeu/Salvetti, France 0-1
8/30/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 1	Deulofeu/Salvetti	22	Asahi/Shiratori	11	21-11, 21-14	0:37
Lead the series against # 30 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
Lead the series against # 31, Q10 Miramontes/Virgen, Mexico 1-0
6/27/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Asahi/Shiratori	28, Q9	Miramontes/Virgen	Q24	21-17, 21-12	0:34
Lead the series against # Q3 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
Lead the series against # Q7 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 # Q15 Kapa/Richardson, Australia 3-0
5/14/08	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 2	Asahi/Shiratori	Q6	Kapa/Richardson	Q27	21-9, 21-13	0:36
3/27/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Contender 1	Asahi/Shiratori	25, Q3	Kapa/Richardson	9	25-27, 21-12, 15-10	1:01
7/11/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Asahi/Shiratori	Q7	Kapa/Richardson	Q26	21-16, 21-14	0:37
Series tied with # Q18 Blauel/Huber, Austria 1-1
6/4/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Qualifier 3	Asahi/Shiratori	23, Q2	Blauel/Huber	Q18	21-18, 21-12	0:40
5/23/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 2	Blauel/Huber	Q28	Asahi/Shiratori	Q5	22-20, 27-25	0:47
Lead the series against # Q33 Goldschmidt/Rorich, South Africa 1-0
5/21/08	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Qualifier 2	Asahi/Shiratori	Q4	Goldschmidt/Rorich	Q36	21-17, 21-11	0:38
Lead the series against # Q34 Dollinger/Kaczmarek, Germany 1-0
6/4/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Qualifier 2	Asahi/Shiratori	23, Q2	Dollinger/Kaczmarek	Q34	22-20, 17-21, 15-12	0:58