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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Xiamen
May 14 - 18, 2025

(9) 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$43,796.45

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$38,713.78

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	Money
FIVB	18	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	3	3	2	4	2	US$46,250.00

Previous Xiamen Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2019	Kaho Sakaguchi - 41st	Did not play
2024	Suzuka Hashimoto - 33rd	Saki Maruyama - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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 Xiamen Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/15/2025	Pool H	Linda Bock / Louisa Lippmann, Germany (24, Q2)	Lost 18-21, 14-21	0:34
Thu, 5/15/2025	Pool H	Marie-Alex Belanger / Lea Monkhouse, Canada (25, Q3)	Lost 19-21, 21-18, 17-19	0:50

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	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	$7,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	10	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	2	2	$31,750.00
Total	18	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	8	4	2	$46,250.00

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
9	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	2	0	$9,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	9	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	2	0	$9,250.00
35	0	1	0	0	2	1	6	10	15	$18,875.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	32	0	1	0	0	2	2	6	8	13	$20,125.00
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
77	2	4	3	2	9	9	15	15	18	$43,000.00	Total	67	2	1	5	0	6	10	14	13	16	$38,175.00

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,500.00	0	3	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	$4,500.00	2	5	28.6 %

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
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$750.00	2025	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$750.00
62	2	3	3	2	8	8	7	12	17	$22,125.00	Total	Total	52	2	0	5	0	5	9	6	10	15	$17,300.00

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	13	56.5%	5	21.7%	5	21.7%	18-5	78.3%	2	7.7%	3	11.5%	21	80.8%	2-24	7.7%	13-21	38.2%	7-8	46.7%	0	0	20-29	40.8%
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	2	33.3%	2	33.3%	2	33.3%	4-2	66.7%	1	11.1%	1	11.1%	7	77.8%	1-8	11.1%	4-14	22.2%	6-6	50.0%	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	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	11
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	2	2	7	8	0	0	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	15	16
Total	0	0	4	7	10	15	0	0	5	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	20	29

Head to Head Results
Murakami/Shiba trail the series against the field 1-5 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 5 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Xue/Zeng, China 0-1
11/16/24	FIVB	Challenge Haikou	Winner 2	Xue/Zeng	2	Murakami/Shiba	10	17-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:46
Lead the series against # 10 Yan/Zhou, China 1-0
11/16/24	FIVB	Challenge Haikou	Winner 1	Murakami/Shiba	10	Yan/Zhou	6	21-17, 21-13	0:29
Trail the series against # 21 Ahtiainen/Lahti, Finland 0-1
11/15/24	FIVB	Challenge Haikou	Pool C	Ahtiainen/Lahti	3	Murakami/Shiba	10	21-16, 21-16	0:32
Trail the series against # 24, Q2 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
Trail the series against # 25, Q3 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
Trail the series against # 29, Q6 Cory/Van Winkle, United States 0-1
3/19/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Yucatan	Qualifier 2	Cory/Van Winkle	27, Q11	Murakami/Shiba	Q6	21-17, 21-16	0:34