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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 Portugal Open
July 13 - 17, 2005

(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 Espinho Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	Takuya Noguchi - 49th	Did not play
1998	Takuya Noguchi - 33rd	Did not play
1999	Ko Ozaki - 33rd	Did not play
2000	Ko Ozaki - 41st	Did not play
2001	Did not play	Satoshi Watanabe - 17th
2002	Did not play	Satoshi Watanabe - 17th
2003	Did not play	Satoshi Watanabe - 25th
2004	Did not play	Satoshi Watanabe - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/6-10/2005	St. Petersburg Open	Q7	33rd	20	US$0.00
FIVB	6/29-7/3/2005	Norway Grand Slam	Q15	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	6/22-26/2005	Berlin World Championships	45	33rd	50	US$3,750.00
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

Portugal Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/13/2005	Qualifier 2	Alexandr Dyachenko / Oleksiy Kulinich, Ukraine (30, Q20)	Lost 13-21, 21-18, 13-15	0:53

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	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	$5,750.00	6	9	40.0 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	$5,750.00	6	9	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
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	$2,875.00	2005	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	$2,875.00
60	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	4	52	$8,375.00	Total	Total	48	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	13	26	$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	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	1	12.5%	1	12.5%	6	75.0%	1-7	12.5%	2-12	14.3%	2-4	33.3%	0	0	2-8	20.0%

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 2-7 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 7 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 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 # 8 Alvarez/Ramirez Bernal, Cuba 0-1
6/29/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Alvarez/Ramirez Bernal	8, Q2	Morikawa/Shiratori	Q15	22-20, 21-15	0:43
Trail the series against # 9 Pedrosa/Rosas, Portugal 0-1
7/6/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Qualifier 3	Pedrosa/Rosas	28, Q10	Morikawa/Shiratori	Q7	19-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:58
Trail the series against # 22 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
Lead the series against # 24, Q15 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
Trail the series against # 30, Q20 Dyachenko/Kulinich, Ukraine 0-1
7/13/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 2	Dyachenko/Kulinich	30, Q20	Morikawa/Shiratori	Q13	21-13, 18-21, 15-13	0:53
Lead the series against Coles/Croxford, Australia 1-0
6/8/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Qualifier 1	Morikawa/Shiratori	Q12	Coles/Croxford	Q53	21-17, 21-16	0:34
Trail the series against # Q14 Michalopoulos/Xenakis, Greece 0-1
6/8/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Qualifier 2	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	Q21	Morikawa/Shiratori	Q12	21-18, 21-12	0:37
Trail the series against # Q25 Lione/Varnier, Italy 0-1
6/15/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 2	Lione/Varnier	Q48	Morikawa/Shiratori	Q16	21-16, 25-23	0:42