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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Baden
August 5 - 9, 2025

(23) 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 Baden Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2018	Did not play	Satono Ishitsubo - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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 Baden Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/6/2025	Pool G	Savvy Simo / Abby Van Winkle, United States (10)	Lost 16-21, 15-21	0:30
Thu, 8/7/2025	Pool G	Inna Makhno / Iryna Makhno, Ukraine (26, Q5)	Lost 21-15, 18-21, 11-15	0:42

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	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	1	$8,500.00	5	10	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	3	1	$11,500.00	7	12	36.8 %

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
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	1	$4,250.00	2025	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	1	$4,250.00
66	2	3	3	2	8	9	8	14	17	$25,625.00	Total	Total	56	2	0	5	0	5	10	7	12	15	$20,800.00

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	2	33.3%	1	16.7%	3	50.0%	3-3	50.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	6	100.0%	0-6	0.0%	4-12	25.0%	2-6	25.0%	0	0	3-9	25.0%

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	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 3-6 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 6 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 # 7 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 # 10 Simo/Van Winkle, United States 0-3
8/6/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Baden	Pool G	Simo/Van Winkle	10	Murakami/Shiba	23	21-16, 21-15	0:30
6/26/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	Pool C	Simo/Van Winkle	19	Murakami/Shiba	30, Q13	21-13, 21-19	0:32
3/19/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Yucatan	Qualifier 2	Simo/Van Winkle	27, Q11	Murakami/Shiba	Q6	21-17, 21-16	0:34
Lead the series against # 17 Alchin/Johnson, Australia 1-0
6/13/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Alanya	Winner 1	Murakami/Shiba	31	Alchin/Johnson	9	21-19, 21-15	0:35
Lead the series against # 18 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
Trail the series against # 26, Q5 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
Lead the series against # 32, Q29 Parkkinen/Prihti, Finland 1-0
6/25/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	Qualifier 1	Murakami/Shiba	30, Q13	Parkkinen/Prihti	Q20	22-20, 21-18	0:36