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Head-to-head record

Manuel Valbuena vs Shigeru Ihara

Manuel Valbuena
Manuel Valbuena
4 0
4 head-to-head meetings
SI
Shigeru Ihara
Athlete A
Manuel Valbuena
Manuel Valbuena
United States Other Divisions
Athlete B
SI
Shigeru Ihara
Japan Other Divisions
4 Shared Contests
2007 First Meeting
2011 Last Meeting
Query-derived Compiled from contest-result records and cached for performance; community flags are reviewed before any change. Updated August 15, 2026

Manuel Valbuena vs Shigeru Ihara head-to-head record and every decided contest between them on record.

Meetings
4
Manuel Valbuena
4 ahead
Shigeru Ihara
0 ahead
Span
2007–2011

In 4 meetings, Manuel Valbuena finished ahead of Shigeru Ihara 4 times to 0.

Head-to-Head Meetings

Year Contest Division Manuel Valbuena Shigeru Ihara Winner
2011 World Amateur Championships Masters 65+ #2 #6 Manuel Valbuena
2009 World Amateur Championships Masters 60+ #4 #8 Manuel Valbuena
2008 World Amateur Championships Masters 60+ #1 #8 Manuel Valbuena
2007 World Amateur Championships Masters 60+ #3 #5 Manuel Valbuena

Head-to-Head at Shared Contests

Manuel Valbuena
4
Wins Head-to-Head
4 shared contests
Shigeru Ihara
0
Wins Head-to-Head

Attribute Tug-of-War

Each bar splits a metric by each athlete's share of their combined total. A centered bar means they are level.

Career Overlap Timeline

Shared Contest

Career Stats Comparison

Shared Contest History

Year Contest Division Manuel Valbuena Shigeru Ihara Winner

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Method

This page counts finishing positions

Every figure here comes from where each athlete placed in the contest record. Judging sheets and point spreads are not in the database, so a comparison tells you who finished higher on the night. It does not tell you by how much, or how close the call was.

  • A head-to-head result needs both athletes at the same contest in the same division. Two athletes on the same stage in different divisions were never judged against each other, so that show is not counted as a meeting.
  • Only contests both athletes actually entered can be settled here. Careers that never overlapped produce a side-by-side record and no head-to-head, because there is nothing to count.
  • Career totals cover the results we hold. A missing regional or amateur show lowers a total; it never invents one.
  • A shared placement is left as a tie. It is reported separately rather than split between the two athletes.

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