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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite Itapema
December 3 - 7, 2025

(17, Q1) 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	1	2	4	2	US$25,750.00

Previous Itapema Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2019	Did not play	Satono Ishitsubo - 33rd
2021	Suzuka Hashimoto - 33rd	Takemi Nishibori - 25th
2022	Did not play	Takemi Nishibori - 33rd
2023	Suzuka Hashimoto - 33rd	Did not play

Recent 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
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

BPT Elite Itapema Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 12/3/2025	Qualifier 1	Josemari Alves / Carol Goerl, Brazil (Q16)	Won 21-10, 22-20	0:34
Thu, 12/4/2025	Pool E	Piper Ferch / Teegan Van Gunst, United States (8)	Lost 17-21, 16-21	0:31
Fri, 12/5/2025	Pool E	Verena Figueira / Kyce Martins, Brazil (20, Q4)

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	3	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	6	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	3	2	0	$8,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	8	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	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	13	15	0	$32,750.00	Total	64	2	0	5	0	5	10	12	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	9	22	29.0 %
Total	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	6	4	2	$23,250.00	11	24	31.4 %

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%	2	10.5%	17	89.5%	0-19	0.0%	8-17	32.0%	3-7	30.0%	0	0	11-24	31.4%
2024-2025	8	50.0%	3	18.8%	5	31.3%	11-5	68.8%	0	0.0%	2	10.5%	17	89.5%	0-19	0.0%	8-17	32.0%	3-7	30.0%	0	0	11-24	31.4%
Against the Field	3	50.0%	0	0.0%	3	50.0%	3-3	50.0%	0	0.0%	2	28.6%	5	71.4%	0-7	0.0%	6-10	37.5%	0-10	0.0%	0	0	3-10	23.1%

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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8
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	12	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	24

Head to Head Results
Murakami/Shiba trail the series against the field 3-10 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 8 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 Dumbauskaite/Grudzinskaite, Lithuania 0-1
10/16/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nuvali	Pool B	Dumbauskaite/Grudzinskaite	18	Murakami/Shiba	15	15-21, 21-19, 15-8	0:41
Series tied with # 7 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 # 8 Ferch/Van Gunst, United States 0-1
12/4/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Itapema	Pool E	Ferch/Van Gunst	8	Murakami/Shiba	17, Q1	21-17, 21-16	0:31
Trail the series against # 9 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
Trail the series against # 12 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 # 13 Matsumoto/Matsumoto, Japan 0-1
10/17/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nuvali	Winner 1	Matsumoto/Matsumoto	12	Murakami/Shiba	15	26-24, 21-16	0:36
Trail the series against # 14 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 # 16 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
Trail the series against # 18, Q2 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
Trail the series against # Q5 Helland-Hansen/Pavlova, Norway 0-1
10/22/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Cape Town	Qualifier 1	Helland-Hansen/Pavlova	24, Q11	Murakami/Shiba	Q6	21-17, 21-16	0:36
Lead the series against # Q16 Alves/Goerl, Brazil 1-0
12/3/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Itapema	Qualifier 1	Murakami/Shiba	17, Q1	Alves/Goerl	Q16	21-10, 22-20	0:34