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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 China Shanghai Jinshan Open
May 18 - 22, 2005

(29, Q13) Taichi Morikawa/Katsuhiro Shiratori, Japan

Taichi Morikawa
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 25, 1975 (50 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kanagawa (Yokohama)

Height:

190 cm (6'4")

Weight:

76 kg (167 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB C&S Cagliari 1999)

Career FIVB WT Best:

25th (6 times)

Career Winnings:

US$11,175.00

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	57	Money
FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	1	US$5,750.00

Previous Shanghai Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

China Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/18/2005	Qualifier 2	Dmitriy Vorobyev / Pavel Zabuslayev, Kazakhstan (Q20)	Won 12-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:56
Wed, 5/18/2005	Qualifier 3	Dmitri Barsuk / Dmitry Karasev, Russia (25, Q4)	Won 24-22, 21-17	0:42
Thu, 5/19/2005	Winner 1	Benjamin Insfran / Harley Marques, Brazil (4)	Lost 14-21, 16-21	0:36
Thu, 5/19/2005	Contender 1	Jochem De Gruijter / Gijs Ronnes, Netherlands (20)	Lost 21-17, 19-21, 10-15	0:48

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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,750.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00
Total	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$5,750.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Taichi Morikawa												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
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,875.00	World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,075.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	33	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	7	0	$24,000.00
68	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	$5,150.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	84	0	0	0	1	1	12	15	19	0	$78,285.00
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	16	0	0	1	0	5	3	1	2	0	$2,700.00
6	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	$4,150.00	Challenger
82	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	6	0	$11,175.00	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00	2	2	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Taichi Morikawa													Katsuhiro Shiratori
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1996	FIVB
11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	$0.00	1997	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$500.00	1997	FIVB C&S
12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	10	$1,400.00	1998	FIVB
2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	$1,250.00	1998	FIVB C&S
11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	$0.00	1999	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,600.00	1999	FIVB C&S
13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	12	$750.00	2000	FIVB
											2001	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	7	$5,000.00
											2002	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	$4,735.00
											2003	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	$5,000.00
											2004	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	5	1	$15,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00	2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
54	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	4	46	$6,500.00	Total	Total	42	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	13	20	$31,235.00

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	5	71.4%	0	0.0%	2	28.6%	5-2	71.4%	1	10.0%	2	20.0%	7	70.0%	1-9	10.0%	5-7	41.7%	1-4	20.0%	0	0	6-11	35.3%
2004-2005	5	71.4%	0	0.0%	2	28.6%	5-2	71.4%	1	10.0%	2	20.0%	7	70.0%	1-9	10.0%	5-7	41.7%	1-4	20.0%	0	0	6-11	35.3%
Against the Field	2	50.0%	0	0.0%	2	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	1	14.3%	0	0.0%	6	85.7%	1-6	14.3%	4-12	25.0%	2-4	33.3%	0	0	3-8	27.3%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	7
Total	0	0	6	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	11

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 2-2 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 Insfran/Marques, Brazil 0-1
5/19/05	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Insfran/Marques	4	Morikawa/Shiratori	29, Q13	21-14, 21-16	0:36
Trail the series against # 20 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 0-1
5/19/05	FIVB	China Open	Contender 1	De Gruijter/Ronnes	20	Morikawa/Shiratori	29, Q13	17-21, 21-19, 15-10	0:48
Lead the series against # 25, Q4 Barsuk/Karasev, Russia 1-0
5/18/05	FIVB	China Open	Qualifier 3	Morikawa/Shiratori	29, Q13	Barsuk/Karasev	25, Q4	24-22, 21-17	0:42
Lead the series against # Q20 Vorobyev/Zabuslayev, Kazakhstan 1-0
5/18/05	FIVB	China Open	Qualifier 2	Morikawa/Shiratori	29, Q13	Vorobyev/Zabuslayev	Q20	12-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:56