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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
Tokyo Olympic Games
July 24 - August 6, 2021

(6) Miki Ishii/Megumi Murakami, Japan

Miki Ishii Koshikawa
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 7, 1989 (35 yrs old)

Home Town:

Fujisawa

Height:

172 cm (5'8")

Weight:

60 kg (132 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Daegu 2017)

Career Winnings:

US$93,090.00

Megumi Murakami
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 14, 1985 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Fukui

Height:

165 cm (5'5")

Weight:

55 kg (121 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Daegu 2017)

Career Winnings:

US$62,710.28

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	42	1	0	1	1	6	0	7	0	11	1	4	6	4	US$118,080.00

Previous Tokyo Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2018	Megumi Murakami - 3rd	Miki Ishii - 3rd
2019	Megumi Murakami - 19th	Miki Ishii - 19th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/1-6/2021	Ostrava 4 Star	20	17th	320	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/25-29/2021	Sochi 4 Star	23	25th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	4/28-5/2/2021	Cancun 4 Star - 3rd	23	17th	320	US$3,000.00
FIVB	4/22-26/2021	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	26	17th	320	US$3,000.00
FIVB	4/16-20/2021	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	24	17th	320	US$3,000.00
FIVB	11/13-17/2019	Chetumal Four Star	18	5th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	9/3-8/2019	World Tour Finals Rome	27, Q9	25th	360	US$4,000.00
FIVB	8/14-18/2019	Moscow Four Star	28	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/30-8/4/2019	Vienna Major Five Star	Q12	41st	60	US$0.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2019	Tokyo Four Star	6	19th	300	US$2,800.00
FIVB	7/8-14/2019	Gstaad Major Series	Q10	41st	60	US$0.00
FIVB	6/28-7/6/2019	World Championships Hamburg	30	33rd	320	US$4,800.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2019	Warsaw Four Star	25, Q5	17th	320	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/29-6/2/2019	Ostrava Four Star	Q4	33rd	160	US$0.00
FIVB	5/22-26/2019	Jinjiang Four Star	22	17th	320	US$3,000.00
FIVB	4/29-5/4/2019	Kuala Lumpur Three Star	6	5th	360	US$3,000.00
FIVB	4/23-28/2019	Xiamen Four Star	18	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	3/6-10/2019	Sydney Three Star	5	5th	360	US$3,000.00
FIVB	1/2-6/2019	The Hague Four Star	6	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	10/16-21/2018	Las Vegas Four Star	11	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	10/10-14/2018	Yangzhou Four Star	11	17th	320	US$3,000.00

Tokyo Olympic Games Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 7/24/2021

Pool F

Barbora Hermannova / Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic (19)

Won By Forfeit

Mon, 7/26/2021

Pool F

Margareta Kozuch / Laura Ludwig, Germany (18)

Lost 17-21, 20-22

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Miki Ishii	Total	17	10	2	0.471	0	7	0	2
	1	9	6	1	0.556	0	3	0	2
	2	8	4	1	0.375	0	4	0	0
Megumi Murakami	Total	32	16	6	0.313	0	7	2	1
	1	14	6	2	0.286	0	4	0	1
	2	18	10	4	0.333	0	3	2	0

Wed, 7/28/2021

Pool F

Nina Brunner / Tanja Huberli, Switzerland (7)

Lost 21-14, 19-21, 12-15

0:56

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Miki Ishii	Total	15	6	0	0.400	1	7	4	5
	1	6	3	0	0.500	0	3	2	3
	2	5	2	0	0.400	1	1	0	2
	3	4	1	0	0.250	0	3	2	0
Megumi Murakami	Total	34	16	1	0.441	0	10	5	3
	1	15	6	1	0.333	0	6	4	0
	2	10	5	0	0.500	0	4	1	1
	3	9	5	0	0.556	0	0	0	2

Sat, 7/31/2021

Lucky Loser

Elsa Baquerizo / Liliana Fernandez, Spain (14)

Lost 15-21, 10-21

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Miki Ishii	Total	12	4	2	0.167	0	14	2	1
	1	9	3	2	0.111	0	8	2	1
	2	3	1	0	0.333	0	6	0	0
Megumi Murakami	Total	35	12	12	0.000	0	3	0	2
	1	15	4	5	-0.067	0	3	0	0
	2	20	8	7	0.050	0	0	0	2

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Miki Ishii	44	20	4	0.364	1	28	6	8
Megumi Murakami	101	44	19	0.248	0	20	7	6
Total	145	64	23	0.283	1	48	13	14
Opponents	143	85	21	0.448	7	53	12	15

Olympic Games, World Championships, World Tour Finals Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Megumi Murakami - 33rd	Miki Ishii - 33rd
2019	World Tour Finals	Rome	Megumi Murakami - 25th	Miki Ishii - 25th
2022	World Championships	Rome	Sayaka Mizoe - 17th	Did not play
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Sayaka Mizoe - 33rd	Did not play
2024	Olympic Games	Paris	Akiko Hasegawa - 9th	Did not play

Head to Head Results
Ishii/Murakami trail the series against the field 6-29 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 12 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Humana-Paredes/Pavan, Canada 0-1
6/4/21	FIVB	Ostrava 4 Star	Winner 1	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	2	Ishii/Murakami	20	21-14, 21-13	0:33
Trail the series against # 2 Klineman/Ross, United States 0-2
4/30/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 3rd	Winner 1	Klineman/Ross	5	Ishii/Murakami	23	21-14, 21-16	0:44
10/12/18	FIVB	Yangzhou Four Star	Winner 1	Klineman/Ross	2	Ishii/Murakami	11	21-15, 21-15	0:30
Trail the series against # 3 Bednarczuk/Lisboa, Brazil 0-3
6/30/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Pool F	Bednarczuk/Lisboa	6	Ishii/Murakami	30	21-13, 21-18	0:37
7/11/18	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Pool C	Bednarczuk/Lisboa	3	Ishii/Murakami	30, Q12	21-14, 19-21, 15-8	0:45
5/4/18	FIVB	Huntington Beach Four Star	Contender 2	Bednarczuk/Lisboa	8	Ishii/Murakami	24	21-15, 21-18	0:36
Trail the series against # 4 Cavalcanti/Silva, Brazil 0-2
9/5/19	FIVB	World Tour Finals Rome	Pool F	Cavalcanti/Silva	6	Ishii/Murakami	27, Q9	21-15, 21-18	0:35
10/19/18	FIVB	Las Vegas Four Star	Winner 2	Cavalcanti/Silva	8, Q1	Ishii/Murakami	11	21-11, 21-12	0:26
Trail the series against # 7 Brunner/Huberli, Switzerland 0-2
7/28/21	FIVB	Tokyo Olympic Games	Pool F	Brunner/Huberli	7	Ishii/Murakami	6	14-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:56
10/19/18	FIVB	Las Vegas Four Star	Pool F	Brunner/Huberli	6	Ishii/Murakami	11	22-20, 21-18	0:41
Trail the series against # 8 Kholomina/Makroguzova, Russia 0-1
4/29/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 3rd	Pool G	Kholomina/Makroguzova	7	Ishii/Murakami	23	21-15, 21-13	0:39
Lead the series against # 11 Keizer/Meppelink, Netherlands 3-1
6/3/21	FIVB	Ostrava 4 Star	Pool D	Keizer/Meppelink	13	Ishii/Murakami	20	21-9, 21-18	0:34
11/14/19	FIVB	Chetumal Four Star	Pool B	Ishii/Murakami	18	Keizer/Meppelink	2	21-16, 22-20	0:38
8/15/19	FIVB	Moscow Four Star	Pool E	Ishii/Murakami	28	Keizer/Meppelink	5	24-22, 21-18	0:40
4/26/19	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Winner 1	Ishii/Murakami	18	Keizer/Meppelink	12	18-21, 3-2 Retired	0:23
Trail the series against # 13 Borger/Sude, Germany 0-3
8/16/19	FIVB	Moscow Four Star	Winner 2	Borger/Sude	14	Ishii/Murakami	28	21-15, 21-16	0:35
7/25/19	FIVB	Tokyo Four Star	Pool F	Borger/Sude	18	Ishii/Murakami	6	21-18, 26-24	0:49
4/25/19	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Pool B	Borger/Sude	15	Ishii/Murakami	18	21-16, 21-16	0:40
Trail the series against # 14 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 0-2
7/31/21	FIVB	Tokyo Olympic Games	Lucky Loser	Baquerizo/Fernandez	14	Ishii/Murakami	6	21-15, 21-10	0:36
6/14/19	FIVB	Warsaw Four Star	Winner 1	Baquerizo/Fernandez	16	Ishii/Murakami	25, Q5	21-18, 21-18	0:41
Trail the series against # 15 Wang/Xia, China 0-3
11/16/19	FIVB	Chetumal Four Star	Winner 3	Wang/Xia	11	Ishii/Murakami	18	19-21, 21-19, 16-14	0:54
6/28/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Pool F	Wang/Xia	19	Ishii/Murakami	30	21-19, 20-22, 17-15	1:01
10/13/17	FIVB	Qinzhou Three Star	Winner 2	Wang/Xia	1	Ishii/Murakami	16	21-13, 23-21	0:37
Series tied with # 16 Graudina/Samoilova, Latvia 1-1
5/27/21	FIVB	Sochi 4 Star	Pool G	Graudina/Samoilova	10	Ishii/Murakami	23	21-17, 21-15	0:38
7/10/18	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Qualifier 2	Ishii/Murakami	30, Q12	Graudina/Samoilova	Q5	8-21, 21-17, 15-9	0:44
Trail the series against # 17 Menegatti/Orsi Toth, Italy 0-1
4/21/16	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool E	Menegatti/Orsi Toth	5	Ishii/Murakami	28, Q11	21-15, 21-14	0:35
Trail the series against # 18 Kozuch/Ludwig, Germany 0-3
7/26/21	FIVB	Tokyo Olympic Games	Pool F	Kozuch/Ludwig	18	Ishii/Murakami	6	21-17, 22-20	0:44
4/23/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	Pool G	Kozuch/Ludwig	7	Ishii/Murakami	26	21-18, 21-19	0:44
5/24/19	FIVB	Jinjiang Four Star	Winner 1	Kozuch/Ludwig	23	Ishii/Murakami	22	19-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:55
Trail the series against # 19 Hermannova/Slukova, Czech Republic 1-3
7/24/21	FIVB	Tokyo Olympic Games	Pool F	Ishii/Murakami	6	Hermannova/Slukova	19	By Forfeit
9/6/19	FIVB	World Tour Finals Rome	Pool F	Hermannova/Slukova	22	Ishii/Murakami	27, Q9	21-14, 21-12	0:32
5/3/19	FIVB	Kuala Lumpur Three Star	Winner 3	Hermannova/Slukova	1	Ishii/Murakami	6	21-16, 21-16	0:41
4/27/19	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Winner 2	Hermannova/Slukova	1	Ishii/Murakami	18	21-17, 15-21, 15-8	0:43
Series tied with # 23 Wang/Xue, China 1-1
7/2/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Lucky Loser	Wang/Xue	29	Ishii/Murakami	30	21-15, 21-10	0:31
6/13/19	FIVB	Warsaw Four Star	Pool H	Ishii/Murakami	25, Q5	Wang/Xue	24	21-23, 21-15, 15-13	0:51