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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
XXIX Olympic Games
August 9 - 22, 2008

(19) Kentaro Asahi/Katsuhiro Shiratori, Japan

Kentaro Asahi
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 19, 1975 (49 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 (48 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 Beijing Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/15-20/2008	Marseille Open	18	13th	180	US$3,900.00
FIVB	7/1-6/2008	Moscow Grand Slam	26, Q8	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/24-29/2008	Stavanger Grand Slam	26, Q9	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/17-22/2008	Paris Grand Slam	Q9	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	6/10-15/2008	Berlin Grand Slam	Q10	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	6/3-8/2008	Stare Jablonki Open	23, Q2	25th	60	US$1,800.00
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

Beijing XXIX Olympic Games Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sun, 8/10/2008

Pool F

Julius Brink / Christoph Dieckmann, Germany (6)

Lost 18-21, 18-21

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kentaro Asahi	Total	22	11	4	0.318	4	0	0	2
	1	22	11	4	0.318	4	0	0	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Katsuhiro Shiratori	Total	19	10	3	0.368	0	2	1	2
	1	19	10	3	0.368	0	2	1	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Tue, 8/12/2008

Pool F

Emiel Boersma / Bram Ronnes, Netherlands (18)

Won 21-15, 23-25, 15-11

0:59

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kentaro Asahi	Total	27	19	0	0.704	10	0	0	1
	1	27	19	0	0.704	10	0	0	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Katsuhiro Shiratori	Total	38	16	5	0.289	0	8	2	5
	1	38	16	5	0.289	0	8	2	5
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Thu, 8/14/2008

Pool F

Jake Gibb / Sean Rosenthal, United States (7)

Lost 15-21, 21-19, 16-18

0:55

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kentaro Asahi	Total	38	20	4	0.421	6	0	0	1
	1	38	20	4	0.421	6	0	0	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Katsuhiro Shiratori	Total	32	17	5	0.375	0	5	0	7
	1	32	17	5	0.375	0	5	0	7
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Sat, 8/16/2008

Winner 1

Marcio Araujo / Fabio Luiz Magalhaes, Brazil (4)

Lost 21-23, 15-21

0:47

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kentaro Asahi	Total	31	16	10	0.194	3	1	0	1
	1	31	16	10	0.194	3	1	0	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Katsuhiro Shiratori	Total	15	5	0	0.333	0	7	0	4
	1	15	5	0	0.333	0	7	0	4
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kentaro Asahi	118	66	18	0.407	23	1	0	5
Katsuhiro Shiratori	104	48	13	0.337	0	22	3	18
Total	222	114	31	0.374	23	23	3	23
Opponents	242	126	46	0.331	21	39	7	15

Olympic Games, 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
2012	Olympic Games	London	Katsuhiro Shiratori - 19th	Kentaro Asahi - 19th
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo	Did not play	Gottsu Ishijima - 19th

Head to Head Results
Asahi/Shiratori trail the series against the field 8-28 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 14 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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 # 2 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 0-4
6/28/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 2	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Asahi/Shiratori	26, Q9	21-14, 21-17	0:41
3/28/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Contender 3	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	Asahi/Shiratori	25, Q3	21-14, 21-12	0:38
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 # 3 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-1
7/4/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Rego/Santos	2	Asahi/Shiratori	26, Q8	21-13, 21-13	0:34
Trail the series against # 4 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 1-3
8/16/08	FIVB	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	Winner 1	Araujo/Magalhaes	4	Asahi/Shiratori	19	23-21, 21-15	0:47
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 # 5 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-3
3/27/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Winner 1	Nummerdor/Schuil	8	Asahi/Shiratori	25, Q3	21-16, 21-11	0:35
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 # 6 Brink/Dieckmann, Germany 0-2
8/10/08	FIVB	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	Pool F	Brink/Dieckmann	6	Asahi/Shiratori	19	21-18, 21-18	0:43
5/29/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Winner 2	Brink/Dieckmann	2	Asahi/Shiratori	18	19-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:59
Trail the series against # 7 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 0-1
8/14/08	FIVB	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	Pool F	Gibb/Rosenthal	7	Asahi/Shiratori	19	21-15, 19-21, 18-16	0:55
Lead the series against # 8 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
Trail the series against # 9 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
Trail the series against # 10 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
Lead the series against # 11 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 # 13 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 # 14 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 0-1
8/17/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 3	Baracetti/Conde	7	Asahi/Shiratori	15	21-14, 21-7	0:33
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
Trail the series against # 16 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
Lead the series against # 17 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 1-0
6/28/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 1	Asahi/Shiratori	26, Q9	Kjemperud/Skarlund	9	21-19, 21-17	0:44
Trail the series against # 18 Boersma/Ronnes, Netherlands 1-2
8/12/08	FIVB	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	Pool F	Asahi/Shiratori	19	Boersma/Ronnes	18	21-15, 23-25, 15-11	0:59
9/7/07	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 2	Boersma/Ronnes	14	Asahi/Shiratori	13	21-18, 25-23	0:46
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 # 21 Amore/Lione, Italy 1-0
7/18/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 2	Asahi/Shiratori	18	Amore/Lione	16	21-18, 22-20	0:40
Series tied with # 23 Plavins/Samoilovs, Latvia 1-1
6/18/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Plavins/Samoilovs	31, Q8	Asahi/Shiratori	Q9	21-14, 14-21, 15-9	0:52
7/19/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 1	Asahi/Shiratori	18	Plavins/Samoilovs	15	17-21, 26-24, 15-8	1:00