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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$580,000 1to1 energy Grand Slam
June 21 - 25, 2006

(Q20) 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 Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	Did not play	Satoshi Watanabe - 41st
2002	Kentaro Asahi - 57th	Satoshi Watanabe - 25th
2003	Did not play	Satoshi Watanabe - 33rd
2004	Kentaro Asahi - 33rd	Satoshi Watanabe - 17th
2005	Tatsuo Yamamoto - 57th	Taichi Morikawa - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/14-18/2006	Portugal Open	Q8	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2006	Croatia Open	28, Q14	17th	120	US$3,000.00
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

Switzerland Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/21/2006	Qualifier 2	Thanassis Michalopoulos / Emmanouil Xenakis, Greece (Q13)	Won 17-21, 21-15, 15-8	0:54
Wed, 6/21/2006	Qualifier 3	Florian Gosch / Bernhard Strauss, Austria (20, Q4)	Lost 14-21, 26-28	0:49

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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	$5,000.00	8	6	57.1 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	$9,000.00	10	13	43.5 %

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
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	$2,500.00	2006	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	$2,500.00
39	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	8	28	$13,937.50	Total	Total	57	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	16	31	$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	7	70.0%	2	20.0%	1	10.0%	9-1	90.0%	2	10.0%	6	30.0%	12	60.0%	2-18	10.0%	14-24	36.8%	8-14	36.4%	0	0	11-19	36.7%

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 4-12 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 10 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 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 # 6 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 # 8 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 # 9 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
Lead the series against # 14 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 # 20, Q4 Gosch/Strauss, Austria 0-2
6/21/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	Gosch/Strauss	20, Q4	Nishimura/Shiratori	Q20	21-14, 28-26	0:49
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 # 26 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
Trail the series against # 29 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 # Q8 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 # Q11 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
Lead the series against # Q13 Michalopoulos/Xenakis, Greece 1-0
6/21/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Nishimura/Shiratori	Q20	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	Q13	17-21, 21-15, 15-8	0:54
Trail the series against # Q18 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
Trail the series against # Q19 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 0-1
6/14/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 3	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	22, Q9	Nishimura/Shiratori	Q8	21-19, 19-21, 23-21	1:15
Lead the series against # Q30 Nausch/Steinoker, Austria 1-0
5/23/06	FIVB	China Open	Qualifier 2	Nishimura/Shiratori	28, Q12	Nausch/Steinoker	Q21	21-12, 23-21	0:42