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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$1,000,000 2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships
November 14 - 23, 2025

(29) Reika Murakami/Asami Shiba, Japan

Reika Murakami
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 10, 1997 (28 yrs old)

Home Town:

Hyogo

Height:

173 cm (5'8")

Weight:

62 kg (136 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$33,546.45

Asami Shiba
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 18, 1995 (30 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kanagawa

Height:

165 cm (5'5")

Weight:

63 kg (139 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$28,463.78

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	Money
FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	2	2	4	2	US$25,750.00

Previous Adelaide Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/22-26/2025	BPT Elite Cape Town	Q6	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	10/15-19/2025	BPT Challenge Nuvali	15	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	Q14	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	10/1-5/2025	BPT Challenge Veracruz	Q3	33rd	180	US$0.00
FIVB	8/27-31/2025	BPT Elite Hamburg	24, Q9	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	8/13-17/2025	BPT Elite Montréal	Q12	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	8/5-9/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	23	25th	220	US$1,500.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2025	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	30, Q13	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2025	BPT Challenge Alanya	31	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	5/28-6/1/2025	BPT Elite Ostrava	Q14	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	5/14-18/2025	BPT Challenge Xiamen	9	25th	220	US$1,500.00
FIVB	3/19-23/2025	BPT Challenge Yucatan	Q6	33rd	180	US$0.00

2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sat, 11/15/2025	Pool E	Giada Bianchi / Claudia Scampoli, Italy (20)	Won 24-22, 21-14	0:36
Sun, 11/16/2025	Pool E	Tina Graudina / Anastasija Samoilova, Latvia (5)	Lost 18-21, 17-21	0:32
Mon, 11/17/2025	Pool E	Atenas Gutierrez / Susana Torres, Mexico (44)	Won 21-15, 23-21	0:33
Wed, 11/19/2025	Winner 1	Tetiana Lazarenko / Daria Romaniuk, Ukraine (24)	Lost 19-21, 20-22	0:31

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2025	World Championships	Adelaide	Asami Shiba - 17th	Reika Murakami - 17th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	29	17th	640	US$7,000.00

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	1	0	0	$7,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	$5,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	$13,750.00
Total	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	7	4	0	$25,750.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Reika Murakami												Asami Shiba
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	World Tour Finals
8	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	0	$8,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	8	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	0	$8,000.00
33	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	10	0	$9,875.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	30	0	0	0	0	1	2	6	8	2	$11,125.00
29	2	3	3	2	7	5	2	3	0	$11,375.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	25	2	0	5	0	4	6	2	3	0	$5,300.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
74	2	3	3	2	8	9	14	15	0	$32,750.00	Total	64	2	0	5	0	5	10	13	13	2	$27,925.00

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
2024	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00	2	2	50.0 %
2025	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	4	2	$20,250.00	8	21	27.6 %
Total	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	6	4	2	$23,250.00	10	23	30.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Reika Murakami													Asami Shiba
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	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2016	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2017	FIVB Age Group WC
9	1	0	1	0	3	1	1	2	0	$6,225.00	2018	FIVB	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$650.00
16	0	2	0	1	0	2	1	2	8	$3,800.00	2019	FIVB	14	1	0	2	0	3	1	1	2	4	$2,600.00
4	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	$900.00	2020	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	$1,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2021	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,000.00
12	0	0	0	1	1	4	3	2	1	$7,550.00	2022	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	4	3	$6,600.00
10	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	5	2	$800.00	2023	FIVB	7	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	2	$2,600.00
6	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	$2,100.00	2024	FIVB	7	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	2	$2,100.00
13	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	4	2	$10,125.00	2025	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	4	2	$10,125.00
73	2	3	3	2	8	9	13	15	18	$31,500.00	Total	Total	63	2	0	5	0	5	10	12	13	16	$26,675.00

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	8	50.0%	3	18.8%	5	31.3%	11-5	68.8%	0	0.0%	3	15.0%	17	85.0%	0-20	0.0%	8-17	32.0%	3-8	27.3%	0	0	11-25	30.6%
2024-2025	8	50.0%	3	18.8%	5	31.3%	11-5	68.8%	0	0.0%	3	15.0%	17	85.0%	0-20	0.0%	8-17	32.0%	3-8	27.3%	0	0	11-25	30.6%
Against the Field	3	50.0%	2	33.3%	1	16.7%	5-1	83.3%	0	0.0%	1	10.0%	9	90.0%	0-10	0.0%	6-18	25.0%	4-4	50.0%	0	0	5-11	31.3%

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	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	5	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	2	2	4	8	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	14
Total	0	0	3	7	6	13	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	25

Head to Head Results
Murakami/Shiba trail the series against the field 5-11 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 8 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 5 Graudina/Samoilova, Latvia 0-1
11/16/25	FIVB	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool E	Graudina/Samoilova	5	Murakami/Shiba	29	21-18, 21-17	0:32
Trail the series against # 8 Muller/Tillmann, Germany 0-1
8/28/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Hamburg	Pool A	Muller/Tillmann	1	Murakami/Shiba	24, Q9	21-8, 22-20	0:32
Trail the series against # 9 Gottardi/Orsi Toth, Italy 0-1
6/12/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Alanya	Pool B	Gottardi/Orsi Toth	2	Murakami/Shiba	31	21-18, 21-15	0:32
Trail the series against # 16 Denaburg/Donlin, United States 0-1
6/27/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	Winner 1	Denaburg/Donlin	12	Murakami/Shiba	30, Q13	21-14, 21-17	0:31
Trail the series against # 17 Bock/Lippmann, Germany 0-1
5/15/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Pool H	Bock/Lippmann	24, Q2	Murakami/Shiba	9	21-18, 21-14	0:34
Series tied with # 20 Bianchi/Scampoli, Italy 1-1
11/15/25	FIVB	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool E	Murakami/Shiba	29	Bianchi/Scampoli	20	24-22, 21-14	0:36
5/28/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Ostrava	Qualifier 1	Bianchi/Scampoli	19, Q3	Murakami/Shiba	Q14	21-13, 27-25	0:41
Trail the series against # 24 Lazarenko/Romaniuk, Ukraine 0-1
11/19/25	FIVB	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	Winner 1	Lazarenko/Romaniuk	24	Murakami/Shiba	29	21-19, 22-20	0:31
Lead the series against # 25 Corrales/Valiente, Paraguay 1-0
6/26/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	Pool C	Murakami/Shiba	30, Q13	Corrales/Valiente	3	21-19, 18-21, 15-13	0:50
Trail the series against # 27 Almeida/De Souza, Brazil 0-2
8/29/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Hamburg	Pool A	Almeida/De Souza	12	Murakami/Shiba	24, Q9	21-23, 21-12, 15-11	0:53
6/13/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Alanya	Winner 2	Almeida/De Souza	6	Murakami/Shiba	31	21-16, 21-17	0:38
Lead the series against # 28 Placette/Richard, France 1-0
6/12/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Alanya	Pool B	Murakami/Shiba	31	Placette/Richard	18, Q3	21-19, 19-21, 15-13	0:47
Series tied with # 35 Alchin/Johnson, Australia 1-1
8/13/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Montréal	Qualifier 1	Alchin/Johnson	16, Q5	Murakami/Shiba	Q12	21-19, 21-15	0:36
6/13/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Alanya	Winner 1	Murakami/Shiba	31	Alchin/Johnson	9	21-19, 21-15	0:35
Trail the series against # 40 Belanger/Monkhouse, Canada 0-1
5/15/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Pool H	Belanger/Monkhouse	25, Q3	Murakami/Shiba	9	21-19, 18-21, 19-17	0:50
Lead the series against # 44 Gutierrez/Torres, Mexico 1-0
11/17/25	FIVB	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool E	Murakami/Shiba	29	Gutierrez/Torres	44	21-15, 23-21	0:33