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(45) 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 Berlin Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	Takuya Noguchi - 57th	Did not play
1998	Takuya Noguchi - 33rd	Did not play
1999	Ko Ozaki - 57th	Did not play
2001	Did not play	Satoshi Watanabe - 41st
2002	Did not play	Satoshi Watanabe - 41st
2003	Did not play	Satoshi Watanabe - 41st
2004	Did not play	Satoshi Watanabe - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/15-19/2005	Switzerland Open	Q16	41st	12	US$0.00
FIVB	6/8-12/2005	Croatia Open	Q12	41st	12	US$0.00
FIVB	5/18-22/2005	China Open	29, Q13	25th	40	US$2,000.00

Berlin World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/22/2005	Winner 1	Linyin Xu / Qiang Xu, China (20)	Lost 18-21, 17-21	0:34
Thu, 6/23/2005	Contender 1	Jochem De Gruijter / Gijs Ronnes, Netherlands (15)	Lost 16-21, 19-21	0:40

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	World Championships	Los Angeles	Takuya Noguchi - 33rd	Did not play
1999	World Championships	Marseille	Ko Ozaki - 41st	Did not play
2001	World Championships	Klagenfurt	Did not play	Satoshi Watanabe - 33rd
2003	World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	Did not play	Satoshi Watanabe - 33rd
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Katsuhiro Shiratori - 33rd	Taichi Morikawa - 33rd
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Did not play	Kentaro Asahi - 37th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/22-26/2005	Berlin World Championships	45	33rd	50	US$3,750.00

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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$5,750.00	4	6	40.0 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$5,750.00	4	6	40.0 %

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
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$2,875.00	2005	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$2,875.00
57	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	4	49	$8,375.00	Total	Total	45	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	13	23	$33,110.00

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	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	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	5	100.0%	0-5	0.0%	0-10	0.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	0-6	0.0%

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
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
Morikawa/Shiratori trail the series against the field 0-4 (Lead 0 Series, Trail 3 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 # 15 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 0-2
6/23/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 1	De Gruijter/Ronnes	15	Morikawa/Shiratori	45	21-16, 21-19	0:40
5/19/05	FIVB	China Open	Contender 1	De Gruijter/Ronnes	20	Morikawa/Shiratori	29, Q13	17-21, 21-19, 15-10	0:48
Trail the series against # 20 Xu/Xu, China 0-1
6/22/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 1	Xu/Xu	20	Morikawa/Shiratori	45	21-18, 21-17	0:34