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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$180,000 Portugal Open
June 2 - 6, 2004

(30, Q14) Kentaro Asahi/Koichi Nishimura, 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

Koichi Nishimura
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 30, 1973 (52 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kyoto

Height:

175 cm (5'9")

Weight:

68 kg (150 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (FIVB C&S Athens 2003)

Career FIVB WT Best:

7th (Marseille 2006)

Career Winnings:

US$35,551.48

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	41	57	Money
FIVB	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	3	1	9	6	US$15,375.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$1,500.00
Overall	25	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	4	3	1	9	6	US$16,875.00

Previous Espinho Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2002	Koichi Nishimura - 57th	Kentaro Asahi - 57th
2003	Koichi Nishimura - 41st	Kentaro Asahi - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/26-30/2004	Serbia and Montenegro Open	30, Q15	25th	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/19-23/2004	China Open	Q11	41st	12	US$0.00
FIVB	3/23-28/2004	South Africa Open	Q16	41st	12	US$0.00
FIVB	3/16-21/2004	Brazil Open	Q17	41st	12	US$0.00
FIVB	10/14-19/2003	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	44	37th	80	US$1,875.00
FIVB	9/18-21/2003	United States Grand Slam	Q23	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	9/3-7/2003	Spain Open	Q20	41st	10	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	8/19-24/2003	Greece Challenger	10	5th	36	US$1,500.00
FIVB	7/23-27/2003	Portugal Open	Q21	41st	10	US$0.00
FIVB	7/16-20/2003	France Grand Slam	Q28	41st	16	US$0.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2003	Germany Grand Slam	31	25th	60	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/4-8/2003	Hellas Open	Q34	57th	4	US$0.00

Portugal Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 6/3/2004	Qualifier 2	Florian Gosch / Bernhard Strauss, Austria (Q19)	Won 21-19, 21-15	0:43
Thu, 6/3/2004	Qualifier 3	Antonio Cotrino / John Garcia-Thompson, Spain (Q3)	Won 22-20, 21-16	0:41
Fri, 6/4/2004	Winner 1	Marcio Araujo / Benjamin Insfran, Brazil (3)	Lost 11-21, 13-21	0:37
Fri, 6/4/2004	Contender 1	Francisco Alvarez / Juan Rossell, Cuba (14)	Lost 18-21, 21-23	0:44

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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,875.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$3,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	$10,000.00
Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00
Total	25	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	4	0	$16,875.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Kentaro Asahi												Koichi Nishimura
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	0	0	1	0	$5,387.50	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$937.50
25	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	0	$21,175.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	$7,200.00
66	0	0	0	1	0	10	11	10	0	$57,125.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	62	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	12	0	$24,400.00
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	18	0	0	0	0	0	9	4	2	0	$1,300.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00	Challenger	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$1,550.00
97	0	0	0	1	1	12	15	16	0	$84,437.50	Total	97	0	0	0	0	3	10	8	18	0	$35,387.50

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
2002	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00	1	6	14.3 %
2003	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	$5,375.00	1	11	8.3 %
2003	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	3	2	60.0 %
2004	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	$4,000.00	4	7	36.4 %
Total	FIVB	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	15	$9,375.00	6	24	20.0 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	3	2	60.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Kentaro Asahi													Koichi Nishimura
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00	2002	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	$2,687.50	2003	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	$2,687.50
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00	2003	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	$2,000.00	2004	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	$2,000.00
19	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	15	$5,437.50	Total	Total	19	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	15	$5,437.50

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	10	90.9%	0	0.0%	1	9.1%	10-1	90.9%	0	0.0%	3	9.7%	28	90.3%	0-31	0.0%	10-28	26.3%	0-4	0.0%	1	0	11-32	25.6%
2003-2004	9	90.0%	0	0.0%	1	10.0%	9-1	90.0%	0	0.0%	3	12.0%	22	88.0%	0-25	0.0%	9-22	29.0%	0-4	0.0%	1	0	10-26	27.8%
Against the Field	8	88.9%	0	0.0%	1	11.1%	8-1	88.9%	0	0.0%	1	5.6%	17	94.4%	0-18	0.0%	16-34	32.0%	0-4	0.0%	0	0	8-19	29.6%

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
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	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	3	9	12	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	23
Challenger	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Total	0	3	9	15	2	7	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	34

Head to Head Results
Asahi/Nishimura trail the series against the field 4-18 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 15 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 0-1
5/28/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Winner 1	Dieckmann/Reckermann	3	Asahi/Nishimura	30, Q15	23-21, 21-16	0:49
Trail the series against # 3 Araujo/Insfran, Brazil 0-1
6/4/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Araujo/Insfran	3	Asahi/Nishimura	30, Q14	21-11, 21-13	0:37
Trail the series against # 4 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 0-1
6/27/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool B	Laciga/Laciga	2	Asahi/Nishimura	31	24-22, 21-17	0:39
Trail the series against # 10 Rogers/Scott, United States 0-2
5/28/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Contender 1	Rogers/Scott	14	Asahi/Nishimura	30, Q15	21-12, 21-16	0:37
6/27/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool B	Rogers/Scott	18	Asahi/Nishimura	31	21-12, 21-13	0:40
Trail the series against # 13 Egger/Heyer, Switzerland 0-1
10/15/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool E	Egger/Heyer	5	Asahi/Nishimura	44	21-17, 21-13	0:39
Trail the series against # 14 Alvarez/Rossell, Cuba 0-1
6/4/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 1	Alvarez/Rossell	14	Asahi/Nishimura	30, Q14	21-18, 23-21	0:44
Trail the series against # 18, Q4 Cunha/Ferreira, Brazil 0-1
3/16/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Qualifier 2	Cunha/Ferreira	21, Q16	Asahi/Nishimura	Q17	21-18, 21-15	0:41
Trail the series against # 19 Berg/Dahl, Sweden 0-1
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool B	Berg/Dahl	15	Asahi/Nishimura	31	16-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:56
Trail the series against # 22 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 0-1
8/23/03	FIVB C&S	Greece Challenger	Winner 2	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	1	Asahi/Nishimura	10	21-17, 21-15	0:43
Trail the series against # 24, Q1 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 0-2
9/18/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Kais/Vesik	29, Q10	Asahi/Nishimura	Q23	21-17, 21-8	0:35
8/21/03	FIVB C&S	Greece Challenger	Pool C	Kais/Vesik	3	Asahi/Nishimura	10	21-11, 21-12	0:33
Trail the series against # 25, Q9 Arkaev/Barsuk, Russia 0-1
10/15/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool E	Arkaev/Barsuk	29	Asahi/Nishimura	44	21-18, 21-18	0:40
Lead the series against # 27 Canet/Hamel, France 1-0
5/27/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Qualifier 3	Asahi/Nishimura	30, Q15	Canet/Hamel	Q2	21-19, 21-14	0:40
Lead the series against # Q3 Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson, Spain 1-0
6/3/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 3	Asahi/Nishimura	30, Q14	Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson	Q3	22-20, 21-16	0:41
Trail the series against # Q8 Backer/Boersma, Netherlands 0-1
7/24/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 2	Backer/Boersma	Q12	Asahi/Nishimura	Q21	25-23, 12-21, 15-12	0:57
Trail the series against # Q12 Ces/Salvetti, France 0-1
9/4/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 2	Ces/Salvetti	Q13	Asahi/Nishimura	Q20	21-17, 21-18	0:46
Trail the series against # Q16 Silva/Xisto, Angola 0-1
3/23/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Qualifier 1	Silva/Xisto	Q17	Asahi/Nishimura	Q16	21-19, 21-11	0:38
Lead the series against # Q19 Gosch/Strauss, Austria 1-0
6/3/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 2	Asahi/Nishimura	30, Q14	Gosch/Strauss	Q19	21-19, 21-15	0:43
Series tied with # Q20 Kouchnerev/Sayfulin, Russia 1-1
5/27/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Qualifier 2	Asahi/Nishimura	30, Q15	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	Q18	21-10, 21-19	0:35
9/5/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 2	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	Q3	Asahi/Nishimura	Q35	21-18, 21-16	0:49
Trail the series against # Q30 Aoki/Kirihara, Japan 0-1
5/19/04	FIVB	China Open	Qualifier 1	Aoki/Kirihara	Q22	Asahi/Nishimura	Q11	21-10, 21-13	0:33