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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$75,000 Kish Island Open
February 15 - 19, 2016

(Q12) Hitoshi Murakami/Kensuke Shoji, Japan

Hitoshi Murakami
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 5, 1989 (36 yrs old)

Home Town:

Shiga

Height:

188 cm (6'2")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB Langkawi 2019)

Career Winnings:

US$5,313.98

Kensuke Shoji
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 13, 1990 (35 yrs old)

Home Town:

Tottori

Height:

182 cm (6'0")

Weight:

83 kg (183 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Rubavu 2019)

Career Winnings:

US$4,131.10

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	US$0.00

Previous Kish Island Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	11/8-13/2015	Qatar Open	Q24	41st	30	US$0.00
FIVB	9/22-26/2015	Xiamen Open	Q11	33rd	60	US$0.00

Kish Island Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Mon, 2/15/2016	Qualifier 1	Reza Assari Naeini / Bahman Gholipoury, Iran (Q21)	Lost 11-21, 12-21	0:34

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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Hitoshi Murakami												Kensuke Shoji
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$400.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
20	0	0	1	4	1	8	3	0	0	$2,750.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	31	1	1	0	1	6	12	6	1	0	$3,850.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
32	0	0	1	4	1	8	4	2	0	$5,150.00	Total	38	1	1	0	1	6	12	6	1	0	$3,850.00

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
2015	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2016	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	0	3	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	0	4	0.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Hitoshi Murakami													Kensuke Shoji
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2009	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$400.00	2014	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$2,000.00	2015	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2016	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	$2,400.00	Total	Total	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00

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	0	0	0	0-0	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4	100.0%	0-4	0.0%	0-4	0.0%	0-0	0	0	0-4	0.0%
2015-2016	0	0	0	0-0	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4	100.0%	0-4	0.0%	0-4	0.0%	0-0	0	0	0-4	0.0%
Against the Field	0	0	0	0-0	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	0-4	0.0%	0-0	0	0	0-2	0.0%

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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Total	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4

Head to Head Results
Murakami/Shoji trail the series against the field 0-2 (Lead 0 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 25, Q5 Li/Li, China 0-1
11/9/15	FIVB	Qatar Open	Qualifier 1	Li/Li	Q9	Murakami/Shoji	Q24	21-16, 21-15	0:36
Trail the series against # Q21 Assari Naeini/Gholipoury, Iran 0-1
2/15/16	FIVB	Kish Island Open	Qualifier 1	Assari Naeini/Gholipoury	Q21	Murakami/Shoji	Q12	21-11, 21-12	0:34