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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 St. Petersburg Open
July 19 - 23, 2006

(Q4) 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 St. Petersburg Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Tatsuo Yamamoto - 41st	Taichi Morikawa - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/12-16/2006	Canada Open	24, Q5	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2006	France Open	26, Q7	7th	300	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/2/2006	Norway Grand Slam	Q17	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	6/21-25/2006	Switzerland Grand Slam	Q20	33rd	40	US$0.00
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

St. Petersburg Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/19/2006	Qualifier 2	Elia Lulla / Mait Murs, Estonia (Q29)	Won 21-17, 22-20	0:37
Wed, 7/19/2006	Qualifier 3	Dmitry Karasev / Pavel Zaitsev, Russia (31, Q20)	Lost 16-21, 15-21	0:46

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	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	4	$16,000.00	15	13	53.6 %
Total	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	5	$20,000.00	17	20	45.9 %

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
8	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	4	$8,000.00	2006	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	4	$8,000.00
43	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	8	30	$19,437.50	Total	Total	61	0	0	0	0	1	4	7	16	33	$43,110.00

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	6	60.0%	3	30.0%	1	10.0%	9-1	90.0%	1	8.3%	4	33.3%	7	58.3%	1-11	8.3%	12-14	46.2%	8-10	44.4%	0	0	10-12	45.5%

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
Series tied against the field 10-10 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 8 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Brink/Dieckmann, Germany 0-1
7/7/06	FIVB	France Open	Winner 3	Brink/Dieckmann	2	Nishimura/Shiratori	26, Q7	21-17, 21-17	0:50
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
Lead the series against # 9 Arkaev/Barsuk, Russia 1-0
7/6/06	FIVB	France Open	Winner 2	Nishimura/Shiratori	26, Q7	Arkaev/Barsuk	23	21-14, 18-21, 15-11	0:54
Lead the series against # 11 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
Lead the series against # 13 Horrem/Pettersen, Norway 1-0
7/6/06	FIVB	France Open	Winner 1	Nishimura/Shiratori	26, Q7	Horrem/Pettersen	7	21-18, 21-18	0:44
Trail the series against # 15 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 # 16 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
Lead the series against # 18 Heese/VanHuizen, Canada 1-0
7/13/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 1	Nishimura/Shiratori	24, Q5	Heese/VanHuizen	9	22-20, 19-21, 15-12	1:04
Lead the series against # 19 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 # 20 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 0-2
6/28/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	Q16	Nishimura/Shiratori	Q17	21-17, 15-21, 15-12	0:55
6/14/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 3	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	22, Q9	Nishimura/Shiratori	Q8	21-19, 19-21, 23-21	1:15
Trail the series against # 22, Q2 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 # 24, 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 # 26, Q3 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 # 29, Q9 Dahl/Gunnarsson, Sweden 1-0
7/5/06	FIVB	France Open	Qualifier 3	Nishimura/Shiratori	26, Q7	Dahl/Gunnarsson	Q10	21-17, 21-19	0:42
Trail the series against # 31, Q20 Karasev/Zaitsev, Russia 0-1
7/19/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Qualifier 3	Karasev/Zaitsev	31, Q20	Nishimura/Shiratori	Q4	21-16, 21-15	0:46
Lead the series against # Q18 Hakala/Hakala, Finland 1-0
6/14/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 2	Nishimura/Shiratori	Q8	Hakala/Hakala	Q25	21-16, 21-14	0:39
Lead the series against # Q23 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
Lead the series against # Q29 Lulla/Murs, Estonia 1-0
7/19/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Qualifier 2	Nishimura/Shiratori	Q4	Lulla/Murs	Q29	21-17, 22-20	0:37