Taisei Ichikawa and Yusuke Kusuhara have met 1 time since 2025; Yusuke Kusuhara leads 1–0. Their most recent meeting: Yusuke Kusuhara won at M15 Tokyo (2025).
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Ichikawa
🛡️ The Spoiler
Kusuhara
🛡️ The Spoiler
Matchup analysis
Both Taisei Ichikawa and Yusuke Kusuhara are 🛡️ The Spoiler types. Mirror matchups usually come down to execution, fitness, and surface fit — across 626 matches in our dataset the historical split is about even.
1 career meeting, newest first
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Ichikawa | Kusuhara | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Taisei Ichikawa | Yusuke Kusuhara | ||
| 1 or more | 100% | 17/17 | 75% | 6/8 |
| 3 or more | 47% | 8/17 | 25% | 2/8 |
| 5 or more | 24% | 4/17 | 25% | 2/8 |
| 10 or more | 12% | 2/17 | 13% | 1/8 |
| 15 or more | 6% | 1/17 | 0% | 0/8 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/17 | 0% | 0/8 |
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Ichikawa | Kusuhara |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 6–5 | 3–5 |
| Avg odds | 1.63 | 2.59 |
| ROI % | -29.7% | -46.0% |
| Units P/L | -3.27u | -3.68u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Kusuhara has a higher win rate against shared opponents (50% vs Ichikawa's 13%).
| Opponent | Ichikawa | Kusuhara |
|---|---|---|
| Naoya Honda | L | W 36 61 62 |
| Yu Tanaka | L 67 67 | W 64 60 |
| Hikaru Shiraishi | L 26 46 | L 46 64 36 |
| Yuta Shimizu | L 63 67 46 | W 63 63 |
| Ethan Cook | W 63 63 | L 16 57 |
| Akira Santillan | L 16 16 | L 36 26 |
| Kokoro Isomura | L 26 16 | W 75 63 |
| Charles Broom | L 63 06 16 | L 46 36 |
Last five matches per player
Shu Matsuoka
Futures 2026 ·
Jun 16
Eito Komada
M15 Harmon · Round of 32
Jun 1
Youssef Kadiri Hassani
M15 Harmon · Quarterfinals
Jun 1
Kazuki Nishiwaki
M15 Harmon · Round of 16
Jun 1
Yu Tanaka
M15 Karuizawa · Round of 32
May 25
Shu Matsuoka
M15 Karuizawa · Round of 16
May 25
Matthew Dellavedova
Jiangxi Open · 1st Round Qualifying
Apr 26
Leo Vithoontien
WUNING OPEN 2 · 1st Round Qualifying
Apr 12
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 30–56 matches
| Metric | Ichikawa | Kusuhara |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 50% | 43% |
| Sets won | 51% | 41% |
| Games won | 50% | 47% |
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Ichikawa | Kusuhara |
|---|---|---|
| ITF M15 | 0 | 1 |
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Ichikawa | Kusuhara |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 0 | 1 |
