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US$300,000 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Sochi
May 25 - 29, 2021

(23) Miki Ishii/Megumi Murakami, Japan

Miki Ishii Koshikawa
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 7, 1989 (36 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$94,215.00

Megumi Murakami
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 14, 1985 (40 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 Sochi Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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

Sochi 4 Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/27/2021	Pool G	Tina Graudina / Anastasija Samoilova, Latvia (10)	Lost 17-21, 15-21	0:38
Thu, 5/27/2021	Pool G	Megan McNamara / Nicole McNamara, Canada (26, Q3)	Lost 13-21, 14-21	0:32

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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,800.00
World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$4,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$29,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	24	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	10	3	0	$60,100.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	9	1	0	1	1	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	$20,180.00
Total	42	1	0	1	1	6	0	7	0	12	4	0	$118,080.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Miki Ishii												Megumi Murakami
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$8,300.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,400.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00	World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00
19	0	0	0	0	4	1	10	0	0	$24,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	8	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$14,500.00
42	0	0	0	0	3	12	16	3	1	$46,925.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	36	0	0	0	0	1	6	12	6	1	$32,300.00
13	1	1	1	1	4	2	2	0	0	$12,490.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	16	1	0	1	1	5	7	1	0	0	$10,890.00
											Challenger	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$550.00
80	1	1	1	1	11	16	30	4	2	$94,215.00	Total	65	1	0	1	1	8	15	15	7	1	$62,640.00

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	1	2	33.3 %
2016	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	$17,800.00	6	5	54.5 %
2017	FIVB	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	$8,950.00	7	5	58.3 %
2018	FIVB	11	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	2	1	3	$28,730.00	20	16	55.6 %
2019	FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	4	1	4	$42,600.00	23	26	46.9 %
2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00	3	1	75.0 %
2021	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	$11,000.00	3	8	27.3 %
Total	FIVB	40	1	0	1	1	6	0	7	0	10	4	10	$115,080.00	63	63	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Miki Ishii													Megumi Murakami
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2011	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2011	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$550.00
											2014	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,000.00
											2014	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2015	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$8,900.00	2016	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$8,900.00
8	1	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	2	$5,375.00	2017	FIVB	7	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	2	$4,625.00
11	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	1	3	$14,365.00	2018	FIVB	11	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	1	3	$14,365.00
16	0	1	0	0	2	4	4	1	4	$22,800.00	2019	FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	2	4	4	1	4	$21,300.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00	2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	$5,500.00	2021	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	$5,500.00
44	1	1	1	1	7	7	11	4	11	$59,940.00	Total	Total	46	1	0	1	1	6	11	10	4	12	$59,240.00

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	40	66.7%	10	16.7%	10	16.7%	50-10	83.3%	12	17.1%	10	14.3%	48	68.6%	12-58	17.1%	40-48	45.5%	22-20	52.4%	3	0	65-68	48.9%
2020-2021	6	66.7%	1	11.1%	2	22.2%	7-2	77.8%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	12	100.0%	0-12	0.0%	6-12	33.3%	1-2	33.3%	1	0	8-14	36.4%
Against the Field	8	57.1%	2	14.3%	4	28.6%	10-4	71.4%	2	7.1%	2	7.1%	24	85.7%	2-26	7.1%	16-46	25.8%	8-12	40.0%	1	0	13-29	31.0%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
World Tour Finals	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	4	4	3	2	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	8
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	6	5	18	20	0	0	5	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	42
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	0	11	5	1	2	1	1	1	0	20	10
Total	0	0	12	9	29	30	0	2	20	23	1	2	1	1	1	0	65	68

Head to Head Results
Ishii/Murakami trail the series against the field 13-24 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 13 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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
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
Series tied with # 4 Antunes/Lima, Brazil 1-1
4/17/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	Pool H	Antunes/Lima	9	Ishii/Murakami	24	21-9, 21-10	0:28
5/23/19	FIVB	Jinjiang Four Star	Pool F	Ishii/Murakami	22	Antunes/Lima	11, Q1	27-25, 21-9	0:37
Trail the series against # 6 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 # 7 Kozuch/Ludwig, Germany 0-2
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
Lead the series against # 8 Keizer/Meppelink, Netherlands 3-0
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 # 9 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 0-1
6/14/19	FIVB	Warsaw Four Star	Winner 1	Baquerizo/Fernandez	16	Ishii/Murakami	25, Q5	21-18, 21-18	0:41
Series tied with # 10 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 # 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 # 15 Brunner/Huberli, Switzerland 0-1
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 # 16 Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer, Austria 0-1
4/24/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	Winner 1	Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer	25	Ishii/Murakami	26	21-16, 21-16	0:41
Series tied with # 17 Kociolek/Wojtasik, Poland 1-1
4/24/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	Pool G	Ishii/Murakami	26	Kociolek/Wojtasik	23	21-17, 21-13	0:40
6/13/19	FIVB	Warsaw Four Star	Pool H	Kociolek/Wojtasik	8	Ishii/Murakami	25, Q5	21-18, 16-21, 15-10	0:51
Trail the series against # 18, Q1 Sweat/Walsh Jennings, United States 0-1
7/26/19	FIVB	Tokyo Four Star	Pool F	Sweat/Walsh Jennings	7	Ishii/Murakami	6	21-19, 21-15	0:38
Trail the series against # 19 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
Lead the series against # 21 Bieneck/Schneider, Germany 1-0
7/13/18	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Winner 2	Ishii/Murakami	30, Q12	Bieneck/Schneider	11	21-17, 16-21, 15-13	0:53
Trail the series against # 22, Q2 Ittlinger/Van de Velde, Germany 1-2
1/4/19	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Winner 2	Ittlinger/Van de Velde	10	Ishii/Murakami	6	21-16, 21-19	0:38
7/5/18	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Pool G	Ishii/Murakami	23	Ittlinger/Van de Velde	10	21-15, 16-21, 15-12	0:47
1/6/18	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Winner 2	Ittlinger/Van de Velde	17	Ishii/Murakami	21	21-16, 21-16	0:34
Lead the series against # 25 Dabizha/Rudykh, Russia 1-0
5/1/19	FIVB	Kuala Lumpur Three Star	Pool F	Ishii/Murakami	6	Dabizha/Rudykh	27, Q14	21-14, 21-17	0:37
Trail the series against # 26, Q3 McNamara/McNamara, Canada 0-1
5/27/21	FIVB	Sochi 4 Star	Pool G	McNamara/McNamara	26, Q3	Ishii/Murakami	23	21-13, 21-14	0:32
Lead the series against # 27, Q5 Lobato/Navarro, Spain 2-1
11/15/19	FIVB	Chetumal Four Star	Winner 2	Ishii/Murakami	18	Lobato/Navarro	27, Q9	21-15, 21-15	0:36
5/1/19	FIVB	Kuala Lumpur Three Star	Pool F	Ishii/Murakami	6	Lobato/Navarro	11	22-20, 21-18	0:45
10/11/18	FIVB	Yangzhou Four Star	Pool F	Lobato/Navarro	22	Ishii/Murakami	11	26-28, 21-17, 15-5	0:57
Lead the series against # 29, Q7 Ahtiainen/Lehtonen, Finland 1-0
7/29/18	FIVB	Tokyo Three Star	Winner 3	Ishii/Murakami	1	Ahtiainen/Lehtonen	2	21-17, 21-17	0:36
Lead the series against # 31, Q11 Lopes/Silva, Brazil 1-0
10/12/18	FIVB	Yangzhou Four Star	Pool F	Ishii/Murakami	11	Lopes/Silva	27, Q4	14-21, 21-19, 15-10	0:45
Trail the series against # Q4 Carro/Soria, Spain 0-1
7/30/19	FIVB	Vienna Major Five Star	Qualifier 1	Carro/Soria	30, Q21	Ishii/Murakami	Q12	17-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:46