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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 le World Series 13
July 5 - 9, 2006

(Q3) 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 Marseille Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	Did not play	Shoji Setoyama - 57th
1999	Did not play	Kazuyuki Takao - 57th
2000	Did not play	Kazuyuki Takao - 57th
2001	Did not play	Katsuhiro Shiratori - 37th
2002	Did not play	Katsuhiro Shiratori - 37th
2003	Koichi Nishimura - 41st	Katsuhiro Shiratori - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/28-7/2/2006	Norway Grand Slam	Q8	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	6/21-25/2006	Switzerland Grand Slam	Q11	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	6/14-18/2006	Portugal Open	Q2	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	6/7-11/2006	Italian Open	Q5	57th	6	US$0.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2006	Croatia Open	Q5	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	5/23-27/2006	China Open	19, Q5	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	11/23-27/2005	South Africa Open	12, Q1	9th	140	US$5,250.00
FIVB	10/25-29/2005	Acapulco Open	21, Q6	25th	40	US$2,000.00
FIVB	10/19-23/2005	Brazil Open	24, Q5	17th	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	8/31-9/4/2005	Greece Open	24, Q4	17th	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	8/3-7/2005	Austria Grand Slam	Q6	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	7/27-31/2005	France Grand Slam	Q12	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	7/20-24/2005	Poland Open	Q9	41st	12	US$0.00
FIVB	7/13-17/2005	Portugal Open	29, Q8	13th	120	US$4,500.00
FIVB	7/6-10/2005	St. Petersburg Open	26, Q4	17th	80	US$3,000.00

France Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/5/2006	Qualifier 2	Daniele Desiderio / Giuseppe Patriarca, Italy (Q30)	Won 21-11, 21-10	0:32
Wed, 7/5/2006	Qualifier 3	Mykola Babich / Oleg Nikolaev, Ukraine (29, Q19)	Lost 18-21, 19-21	0:45

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	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	4	5	$31,500.00	29	23	55.8 %
2006	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	$3,000.00	6	9	40.0 %
Total	FIVB	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	4	11	$34,500.00	35	32	52.2 %

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
14	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	4	5	$15,750.00	2005	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	4	5	$15,750.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	$1,500.00	2006	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	$1,500.00
46	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	8	30	$25,687.50	Total	Total	77	0	0	0	0	0	6	9	16	46	$46,985.00

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%
2005-2006	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%
Against the Field	5	50.0%	2	20.0%	3	30.0%	7-3	70.0%	0	0.0%	3	27.3%	8	72.7%	0-11	0.0%	10-16	38.5%	4-12	25.0%	0	0	7-14	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 6-10 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 10 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 0-1
6/30/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 1	Araujo/Magalhaes	1	Asahi/Watanabe	32, Q13	21-16, 21-16	0:38
Trail the series against # 5 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 0-1
7/15/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 3	Kais/Vesik	12	Asahi/Watanabe	29, Q8	15-21, 21-14, 15-9	0:44
Trail the series against # 6 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 # 7 Horrem/Pettersen, Norway 1-0
7/7/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 1	Asahi/Watanabe	26, Q4	Horrem/Pettersen	10	23-21, 25-23	0:46
Lead the series against # 10 Daguerre/Gagliano, France 1-0
8/31/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Qualifier 2	Asahi/Watanabe	24, Q4	Daguerre/Gagliano	Q13	21-14, 13-21, 15-13	0:44
Lead the series against # 14 Heyer/Laciga, Switzerland 1-0
10/20/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Asahi/Watanabe	24, Q5	Heyer/Laciga	9	21-19, 21-18	0:34
Lead the series against # 16 Amore/Fenili, Italy 1-0
7/6/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Qualifier 3	Asahi/Watanabe	26, Q4	Amore/Fenili	Q20	21-19, 25-27, 15-10	0:59
Trail the series against # 21 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
Trail the series against # 23 Arkaev/Barsuk, Russia 0-1
7/8/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 2	Arkaev/Barsuk	9	Asahi/Watanabe	26, Q4	22-20, 13-21, 15-10	0:58
Trail the series against # 24, Q1 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 0-1
10/21/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 2	De Gruijter/Ronnes	23	Asahi/Watanabe	24, Q5	27-25, 14-21, 17-15	0:58
Trail the series against # 26, Q7 Nishimura/Shiratori, Japan 0-1
5/23/06	FIVB	China Open	Qualifier 3	Nishimura/Shiratori	28, Q12	Asahi/Watanabe	19, Q5	21-15, 21-17	0:34
Trail the series against # 29, Q19 Babich/Nikolaev, Ukraine 0-1
7/5/06	FIVB	France Open	Qualifier 3	Babich/Nikolaev	29, Q19	Asahi/Watanabe	Q3	21-18, 21-19	0:45
Trail the series against Insfran/Marques, Brazil 0-1
11/25/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Winner 2	Insfran/Marques	3	Asahi/Watanabe	12, Q1	21-18, 21-18	0:43
Trail the series against # Q21 Kolar/Tichy, Czech Republic 0-1
5/31/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Qualifier 2	Kolar/Tichy	30, Q37	Asahi/Watanabe	Q5	14-21, 21-19, 15-9	0:50
Lead the series against # Q26 Thomas/Wardrop, Australia 1-0
6/14/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 2	Asahi/Watanabe	Q2	Thomas/Wardrop	Q31	21-16, 21-9	0:34
Lead the series against # Q30 Desiderio/Patriarca, Italy 1-0
7/5/06	FIVB	France Open	Qualifier 2	Asahi/Watanabe	Q3	Desiderio/Patriarca	Q30	21-11, 21-10	0:32