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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 China Shanghai Jinshan Open
May 18 - 22, 2005

(Q8) Kentaro Asahi/Satoshi Watanabe, 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

Satoshi Watanabe
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 1, 1975 (50 yrs old)

Home Town:

Gumma

Height:

192 cm (6'4")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$54,235.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	57	Money
FIVB	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	5	6	6	1	US$36,500.00

Previous Shanghai Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

China Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/18/2005	Qualifier 2	Bing Pan / Zhenyu Zhang, China (Q25)	Won 21-13, 21-13	0:31
Wed, 5/18/2005	Qualifier 3	Emiel Boersma / Richard Kogel, Netherlands (18, Q9)	Lost 16-21, 21-23	0:37

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	1	0	$5,500.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$3,250.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	3	0	$27,750.00
Total	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	5	0	$36,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Kentaro Asahi												Satoshi Watanabe
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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$4,250.00
25	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	0	$21,175.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	$5,875.00
66	0	0	0	1	0	10	11	10	0	$57,125.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	70	0	0	0	0	0	6	10	16	0	$44,110.00
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	91	0	0	0	0	0	6	10	21	0	$54,235.00

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
2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Kentaro Asahi													Satoshi Watanabe
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1996	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$500.00
											1997	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
											1999	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00
											2000	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	$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	4	2	$14,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
26	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	20	$8,437.50	Total	Total	57	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	12	36	$29,735.00

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	29	67.4%	6	14.0%	8	18.6%	35-8	81.4%	2	6.7%	6	20.0%	22	73.3%	2-28	6.7%	29-22	56.9%	8-14	36.4%	0	0	37-36	50.7%
2004-2005	21	65.6%	6	18.8%	5	15.6%	27-5	84.4%	2	10.0%	3	15.0%	15	75.0%	2-18	10.0%	21-15	58.3%	8-8	50.0%	0	0	29-23	55.8%
Against the Field	9	52.9%	2	11.8%	6	35.3%	11-6	64.7%	1	10.0%	1	10.0%	8	80.0%	1-9	10.0%	18-16	52.9%	6-14	30.0%	0	0	12-15	44.4%

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	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	7
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	22	9	2	1	0	0	2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	31	27
Total	0	0	26	14	2	1	0	0	3	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	37	36

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 1-1 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 1 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 18, Q9 Boersma/Kogel, Netherlands 0-1
5/18/05	FIVB	China Open	Qualifier 3	Boersma/Kogel	18, Q9	Asahi/Watanabe	Q8	21-16, 23-21	0:37
Lead the series against # Q25 Pan/Zhang, China 1-0
5/18/05	FIVB	China Open	Qualifier 2	Asahi/Watanabe	Q8	Pan/Zhang	Q25	21-13, 21-13	0:31