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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Veracruz
October 1 - 5, 2025

(Q3) Reika Murakami/Asami Shiba, Japan

Reika Murakami
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 10, 1997 (29 yrs old)

Home Town:

Hyogo

Height:

173 cm (5'8")

Weight:

62 kg (136 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$47,271.45

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$42,188.78

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	Money
FIVB	20	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	4	3	2	4	2	US$53,200.00

Previous Veracruz Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
FIVB	11/12-17/2024	Challenge Haikou	10	7th	520	US$3,000.00

BPT Challenge Veracruz Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 10/1/2025	Qualifier 2	Sophie Bukovec / Tiadora Miric, Canada (32, Q14)	Lost 11-21, 14-21	0:33

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	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	$11,200.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	11	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	2	2	2	$35,000.00
Total	20	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	9	4	2	$53,200.00

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	1	$0.00	World Tour Finals
10	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	2	0	$11,100.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	10	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	2	0	$11,100.00
36	0	1	0	0	2	2	6	10	15	$20,500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	33	0	1	0	0	2	3	6	8	13	$21,750.00
29	2	3	3	2	7	5	2	3	2	$11,375.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	25	2	0	5	0	4	6	2	3	3	$5,300.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
79	2	4	3	2	9	10	16	15	18	$46,475.00	Total	69	2	1	5	0	6	11	15	13	16	$41,650.00

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	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	3	2	$11,000.00	5	15	25.0 %
Total	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	3	2	$14,000.00	7	17	29.2 %

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
9	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	2	$5,500.00	2025	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	2	$5,500.00
69	2	3	3	2	8	9	10	14	18	$26,875.00	Total	Total	59	2	0	5	0	5	10	9	12	16	$22,050.00

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	53.8%	6	23.1%	6	23.1%	20-6	76.9%	2	6.7%	5	16.7%	23	76.7%	2-28	6.7%	14-23	37.8%	8-11	42.1%	1	0	23-34	40.4%
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	42.9%	2	28.6%	2	28.6%	5-2	71.4%	0	0.0%	3	37.5%	5	62.5%	0-8	0.0%	6-10	37.5%	4-10	28.6%	0	0	5-10	33.3%

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	2	5	2	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	14
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	2	2	8	9	0	0	6	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	17	18
Total	0	0	4	7	12	18	0	1	6	7	1	0	0	0	0	1	23	34

Head to Head Results
Murakami/Shiba trail the series against the field 3-4 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 3 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 9 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 # 11 Makhno/Makhno, Ukraine 0-1
8/7/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Baden	Pool G	Makhno/Makhno	26, Q5	Murakami/Shiba	23	15-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:42
Trail the series against # 16 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 # 17 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
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 # 32, Q14 Bukovec/Miric, Canada 0-1
10/1/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Veracruz	Qualifier 2	Bukovec/Miric	32, Q14	Murakami/Shiba	Q3	21-11, 21-14	0:33