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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 BPT Elite Newport Beach
October 7 - 11, 2025

(Q14) 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$31,196.45

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$26,113.78

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	Money
FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	2	4	2	US$21,050.00

Previous Newport Beach Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

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

BPT Elite Newport Beach Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 10/7/2025	Qualifier 1	Kelley Kolinske / Madison Shields, United States (Q3)	Lost 19-21, 21-18, 11-15	0:45

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	$4,800.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	$2,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	$13,750.00
Total	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	5	4	0	$21,050.00

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	0	0	0	$2,400.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,400.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	World Tour Finals
7	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	0	$6,750.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	0	$6,750.00
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
73	2	3	3	2	8	9	12	15	0	$30,400.00	Total	63	2	0	5	0	5	10	11	13	2	$25,575.00

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	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	3	2	$11,000.00	5	16	23.8 %
Total	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	3	2	$14,000.00	7	18	28.0 %

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
10	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	2	$5,500.00	2025	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	2	$5,500.00
70	2	3	3	2	8	9	11	14	18	$26,875.00	Total	Total	60	2	0	5	0	5	10	10	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	6	42.9%	3	21.4%	5	35.7%	9-5	64.3%	0	0.0%	2	12.5%	14	87.5%	0-16	0.0%	3-7	30.0%	6-14	30.0%	0	0	9-21	30.0%
2024-2025	6	42.9%	3	21.4%	5	35.7%	9-5	64.3%	0	0.0%	2	12.5%	14	87.5%	0-16	0.0%	3-7	30.0%	6-14	30.0%	0	0	9-21	30.0%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2	66.7%	0-3	0.0%	0-4	0.0%	0-4	0.0%	0	0	0-4	0.0%

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7
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	2	7	5	10	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	21

Head to Head Results
Murakami/Shiba trail the series against the field 0-3 (Lead 0 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
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 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 # Q3 Kolinske/Shields, United States 0-1
10/7/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Newport Beach	Qualifier 1	Kolinske/Shields	Q3	Murakami/Shiba	Q14	21-19, 18-21, 15-11	0:45