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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
London 2012 Olympic Games
July 28 - August 9, 2012

(23) 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 London Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/7-12/2012	Moscow Grand Slam	Q18	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	5/22-27/2012	Prague Open	Q22	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	5/8-13/2012	Beijing Grand Slam	Q27	41st	24	US$0.00

London 2012 Olympic Games Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sun, 7/29/2012

Pool B

Phil Dalhausser / Todd Rogers, United States (2)

Lost 15-21, 16-21

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kentaro Asahi	Total	38	15	0	0.395	1	2	2	2
	1	38	15	0	0.395	1	2	2	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Katsuhiro Shiratori	Total	14	4	0	0.286	0	13	0	2
	1	14	4	0	0.286	0	13	0	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Tue, 7/31/2012

Pool B

Petr Benes / Premysl Kubala, Czech Republic (14)

Lost 21-17, 12-21, 7-15

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kentaro Asahi	Total	30	15	0	0.500	2	2	0	0
	1	30	15	0	0.500	2	2	0	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Katsuhiro Shiratori	Total	27	13	0	0.481	0	10	0	5
	1	27	13	0	0.481	0	10	0	5
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Thu, 8/2/2012

Pool B

Adrian Gavira / Pablo Herrera, Spain (11)

Lost 19-21, 20-22

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kentaro Asahi	Total	19	13	0	0.684	1	1	3	0
	1	19	13	0	0.684	1	1	3	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Katsuhiro Shiratori	Total	28	12	0	0.429	0	12	0	0
	1	28	12	0	0.429	0	12	0	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kentaro Asahi	87	43	0	0.494	4	5	5	2
Katsuhiro Shiratori	69	29	0	0.420	0	35	0	7
Total	156	72	0	0.462	4	40	5	9
Opponents	156	90	0	0.577	17	48	9	8

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
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing	Katsuhiro Shiratori - 9th	Kentaro Asahi - 9th
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo	Did not play	Gottsu Ishijima - 19th

Head to Head Results
Asahi/Shiratori trail the series against the field 1-21 (Lead 0 Series, Trail 8 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 0-6
7/29/12	FIVB	London 2012 Olympic Games	Pool B	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	Asahi/Shiratori	23	21-15, 21-16	0:39
7/30/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool C	Dalhausser/Rogers	3	Asahi/Shiratori	19, Q19	21-11, 21-13	0:38
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 # 4 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 0-2
4/22/10	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 1	Gibb/Rosenthal	9	Asahi/Shiratori	24	21-19, 21-18	0:41
8/14/08	FIVB	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	Pool F	Gibb/Rosenthal	7	Asahi/Shiratori	19	21-15, 19-21, 18-16	0:55
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 # 9 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 0-3
6/17/10	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 1	Fijalek/Prudel	8	Asahi/Shiratori	25, Q12	21-19, 21-17	0:41
5/1/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Fijalek/Prudel	18	Asahi/Shiratori	15	21-16, 21-17	0:42
6/5/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 1	Fijalek/Prudel	10	Asahi/Shiratori	23, Q2	21-19, 16-21, 15-13	1:03
Trail the series against # 10 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 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 0-2
8/2/12	FIVB	London 2012 Olympic Games	Pool B	Gavira/Herrera	11	Asahi/Shiratori	23	21-19, 22-20	0:41
5/20/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool N	Gavira/Herrera	5	Asahi/Shiratori	28, Q15	21-12, 23-21	0:36
Trail the series against # 14 Benes/Kubala, Czech Republic 0-2
7/31/12	FIVB	London 2012 Olympic Games	Pool B	Benes/Kubala	14	Asahi/Shiratori	23	17-21, 21-12, 15-7	0:44
6/17/10	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 1	Benes/Kubala	9	Asahi/Shiratori	25, Q12	21-19, 25-23	0:43
Trail the series against # 20 Hernandez/Villafane, Venezuela 1-2
6/30/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Hernandez/Villafane	Q19	Asahi/Shiratori	Q14	21-17, 21-16	0:38
6/9/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Hernandez/Villafane	Q20	Asahi/Shiratori	Q13	22-20, 22-20	0:46
5/1/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 2	Asahi/Shiratori	15	Hernandez/Villafane	16	19-21, 21-17, 15-7	0:52