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(44) 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 Berlin Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	Did not play	Katsuhiro Shiratori - 41st
2002	Koichi Nishimura - 57th	Katsuhiro Shiratori - 41st
2003	Koichi Nishimura - 25th	Katsuhiro Shiratori - 41st
2004	Koichi Nishimura - 41st	Katsuhiro Shiratori - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/15-19/2005	Switzerland Open	29, Q15	25th	40	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/8-12/2005	Croatia Open	Q10	41st	12	US$0.00
FIVB	5/18-22/2005	China Open	Q8	33rd	20	US$0.00

Berlin World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/22/2005	Winner 1	David Klemperer / Eric Koreng, Germany (21)	Won 21-17, 21-18	0:42
Wed, 6/22/2005	Winner 2	Jorre Kjemperud / Tarjei Skarlund, Norway (12)	Lost 19-21, 14-21	0:38
Thu, 6/23/2005	Contender 1	Stephane Canet / Mathieu Hamel, France (42)	Won 21-17, 21-14	0:37
Thu, 6/23/2005	Contender 2	Conrad Leinemann / Rich VanHuizen, Canada (28)	Lost 15-21, 14-21	0:37

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1999	World Championships	Marseille	Did not play	Kazuyuki Takao - 57th
2001	World Championships	Klagenfurt	Did not play	Katsuhiro Shiratori - 33rd
2003	World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	Koichi Nishimura - 37th	Katsuhiro Shiratori - 33rd
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Satoshi Watanabe - 25th	Kentaro Asahi - 25th
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Katsuhiro Shiratori - 37th	Did not play

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/22-26/2005	Berlin World Championships	44	25th	100	US$5,500.00

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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	$7,500.00	7	6	53.8 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	$7,500.00	7	6	53.8 %

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
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	$3,750.00	2005	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	$3,750.00
29	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	6	21	$12,187.50	Total	Total	60	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	14	37	$33,485.00

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	7	63.6%	1	9.1%	3	27.3%	8-3	72.7%	0	0.0%	2	15.4%	11	84.6%	0-13	0.0%	14-22	38.9%	2-10	16.7%	0	0	8-16	33.3%

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
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
Asahi/Watanabe trail the series against the field 3-5 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 5 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 7 Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug, Germany 0-1
6/16/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	4	Asahi/Watanabe	29, Q15	21-11, 21-19	0:33
Trail the series against # 12 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 0-1
6/22/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 2	Kjemperud/Skarlund	12	Asahi/Watanabe	44	21-19, 21-14	0:38
Lead the series against # 21 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 1-0
6/22/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 1	Asahi/Watanabe	44	Klemperer/Koreng	21	21-17, 21-18	0:42
Trail the series against # 28 Leinemann/VanHuizen, Canada 0-1
6/23/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 2	Leinemann/VanHuizen	28	Asahi/Watanabe	44	21-15, 21-14	0:37
Lead the series against # 29 Hernandez/Papaleo, Puerto Rico 1-0
6/15/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 3	Asahi/Watanabe	29, Q15	Hernandez/Papaleo	Q2	29-27, 21-17	0:46
Trail the series against # 32 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 # 42 Canet/Hamel, France 1-0
6/23/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 1	Asahi/Watanabe	44	Canet/Hamel	42	21-17, 21-14	0:37
Trail the series against # 48 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 0-1
6/8/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Qualifier 2	Brenha/Maia	Q23	Asahi/Watanabe	Q10	21-15, 21-18	0:39