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(28, Q14) Koichi Nishimura/Katsuhiro Shiratori, Japan

Koichi Nishimura
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 30, 1973 (52 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kyoto

Height:

175 cm (5'9")

Weight:

68 kg (150 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (FIVB C&S Athens 2003)

Career FIVB WT Best:

7th (Marseille 2006)

Career Winnings:

US$35,551.48

Katsuhiro Shiratori
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 29, 1976 (49 yrs old)

Home Town:

Saitama

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

140

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB Boracay 2019)

Career Winnings:

US$110,317.68

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	3	3	US$23,400.00

Previous Zagreb Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Tatsuo Yamamoto - 25th	Taichi Morikawa - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/23-27/2006	China Open	28, Q12	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	11/23-27/2005	South Africa Open	29, Q7	25th	40	US$2,000.00
FIVB	10/25-29/2005	Acapulco Open	30, Q16	25th	40	US$2,000.00
FIVB	10/19-23/2005	Brazil Open	Q20	41st	12	US$0.00

Croatia Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/31/2006	Qualifier 1	Janis Freidenfelds / Andris Laizans, Latvia (Q51)	Won 21-12, 18-21, 15-13	0:56
Wed, 5/31/2006	Qualifier 2	Igor Hernandez / Farid Mussa, Venezuela (Q19)	Won 21-14, 21-14	0:42
Thu, 6/1/2006	Qualifier 3	Michal Biza / Premysl Kubala, Czech Republic (Q30)	Won 21-18, 21-19	0:37
Thu, 6/1/2006	Winner 1	Patrick Heuscher / Stefan Kobel, Switzerland (5)	Lost 15-21, 11-21	0:34
Thu, 6/1/2006	Contender 1	Jorre Kjemperud / Tarjei Skarlund, Norway (12)	Won 21-16, 21-18	0:37
Fri, 6/2/2006	Contender 2	Dax Holdren / Sean Scott, United States (22)	Lost 15-21, 19-21	0:38

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$3,400.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	0	$20,000.00
Total	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	0	$23,400.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Koichi Nishimura												Katsuhiro Shiratori
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$937.50	World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,075.00
14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	$7,200.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	33	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	7	0	$24,000.00
62	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	12	0	$24,400.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	84	0	0	0	1	1	12	15	19	0	$78,285.00
18	0	0	0	0	0	9	4	2	0	$1,300.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	16	0	0	1	0	5	3	1	2	0	$2,700.00
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$1,550.00	Challenger
97	0	0	0	0	3	10	8	18	0	$35,387.50	Total	140	0	0	1	1	6	17	21	28	0	$110,060.00

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
2005	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	$4,000.00	2	7	22.2 %
2006	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$5,000.00	6	4	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	$9,000.00	8	11	42.1 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Koichi Nishimura													Katsuhiro Shiratori
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1999	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2001	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	7	$5,000.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00	2002	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	$4,735.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	$2,687.50	2003	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	$5,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00	2003	FIVB C&S
11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	7	$5,000.00	2004	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	5	1	$15,500.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	$3,000.00	2005	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	9	$4,875.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$2,500.00	2006	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$2,500.00
37	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	8	26	$13,937.50	Total	Total	55	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	16	29	$37,610.00

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	14	73.7%	3	15.8%	2	10.5%	17-2	89.5%	2	8.7%	6	26.1%	15	65.2%	2-21	8.7%	14-15	48.3%	5-8	38.5%	0	0	19-23	45.2%
2005-2006	14	73.7%	3	15.8%	2	10.5%	17-2	89.5%	2	8.7%	6	26.1%	15	65.2%	2-21	8.7%	14-15	48.3%	5-8	38.5%	0	0	19-23	45.2%
Against the Field	9	75.0%	2	16.7%	1	8.3%	11-1	91.7%	2	10.5%	5	26.3%	12	63.2%	2-17	10.5%	18-24	42.9%	8-12	40.0%	0	0	13-18	41.9%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	11	5	0	3	0	0	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	18
Total	0	0	14	8	0	3	0	0	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	23

Head to Head Results
Nishimura/Shiratori trail the series against the field 6-10 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 9 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Egger/Laciga, Switzerland 0-1
10/26/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Winner 1	Egger/Laciga	3	Nishimura/Shiratori	30, Q16	21-18, 21-15	0:40
Trail the series against # 5 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 0-1
6/1/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Winner 1	Heuscher/Kobel	5	Nishimura/Shiratori	28, Q14	21-15, 21-11	0:34
Trail the series against # 11 Heyer/Laciga, Switzerland 0-1
5/24/06	FIVB	China Open	Contender 1	Heyer/Laciga	12	Nishimura/Shiratori	28, Q12	21-13, 21-14	0:30
Lead the series against # 12 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 1-0
6/1/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Contender 1	Nishimura/Shiratori	28, Q14	Kjemperud/Skarlund	12	21-16, 21-18	0:37
Trail the series against # 15 Amore/Fenili, Italy 0-1
11/24/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Pool D	Amore/Fenili	13	Nishimura/Shiratori	29, Q7	18-21, 24-22, 15-10	1:02
Trail the series against # 22 Holdren/Scott, United States 0-1
6/2/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Contender 2	Holdren/Scott	22	Nishimura/Shiratori	28, Q14	21-15, 21-19	0:38
Trail the series against Cunha/Neto, Brazil 0-2
5/24/06	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Cunha/Neto	5	Nishimura/Shiratori	28, Q12	21-12, 21-19	0:42
10/25/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Qualifier 2	Cunha/Neto	10, Q1	Nishimura/Shiratori	30, Q16	23-21, 21-17	0:54
Trail the series against # Q3 Gosch/Strauss, Austria 0-1
11/25/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Pool D	Gosch/Strauss	20	Nishimura/Shiratori	29, Q7	21-11, 21-17	0:38
Trail the series against # Q4 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 0-1
10/26/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Contender 1	Lochhead/Pitman	19, Q4	Nishimura/Shiratori	30, Q16	22-20, 21-15	0:48
Lead the series against # Q5 Asahi/Watanabe, Japan 1-0
5/23/06	FIVB	China Open	Qualifier 3	Nishimura/Shiratori	28, Q12	Asahi/Watanabe	19, Q5	21-15, 21-17	0:34
Trail the series against # Q10 Ces/Dugrip, France 0-1
10/19/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Qualifier 1	Ces/Dugrip	30, Q13	Nishimura/Shiratori	Q20	21-12, 18-21, 18-16	1:13
Lead the series against # Q19 Hernandez/Mussa, Venezuela 1-0
5/31/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Qualifier 2	Nishimura/Shiratori	28, Q14	Hernandez/Mussa	Q19	21-14, 21-14	0:42
Lead the series against # Q23 Ellingson/Montgomery, Canada 1-0
10/25/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Qualifier 1	Nishimura/Shiratori	30, Q16	Ellingson/Montgomery	Q17	21-19, 21-19	0:41
Lead the series against # Q30 Biza/Kubala, Czech Republic 1-0
6/1/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Qualifier 3	Nishimura/Shiratori	28, Q14	Biza/Kubala	Q30	21-18, 21-19	0:37
Lead the series against # Q51 Freidenfelds/Laizans, Latvia 1-0
5/31/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Qualifier 1	Nishimura/Shiratori	28, Q14	Freidenfelds/Laizans	Q51	21-12, 18-21, 15-13	0:56