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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar
March 5 - 8, 2026

(2) 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 Bhubaneswar Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	12/3-7/2025	BPT Elite Itapema	17, Q1	19th	380	US$2,500.00
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 Challenge Bhubaneswar Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 3/5/2026	Pool B	Kadeliye Halaiti / Mingli Zhou, China (18)	Won 21-15, 24-22	0:35
Fri, 3/6/2026	Winner 2	Deepika Kandasamy / Pavithra Sudalaikasi, India (20)	Won 21-10, 21-7	0:22
Sat, 3/7/2026	Winner 3	Francesca Alupei / Beata Vaida, Romania (7)	Won 18-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:46
Sat, 3/7/2026	Semi-Finals	Carly Kan / Natalie Myszkowski, United States (13)	Won 22-20, 21-12	0:35
Sun, 3/8/2026	Gold Medal	Alexis Durish / Audrey Koenig, United States (9)	Lost 18-21, 16-21	0:31

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	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	4	2	$22,750.00	9	23	28.1 %
2026	FIVB	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$13,000.00	4	1	80.0 %
Total	FIVB	16	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	7	4	2	$38,750.00	15	26	36.6 %

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
14	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	4	2	$11,375.00	2025	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	4	2	$11,375.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,500.00	2026	FIVB	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,500.00
75	2	4	3	2	8	9	14	15	18	$39,250.00	Total	Total	65	2	1	5	0	5	10	13	13	16	$34,425.00

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%
2025-2026	13	56.5%	5	21.7%	5	21.7%	18-5	78.3%	2	6.9%	5	17.2%	22	75.9%	2-27	6.9%	13-22	37.1%	7-10	41.2%	1	0	21-32	39.6%
Against the Field	3	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	6-4	60.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	4-2	66.7%

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 lead the series against the field 4-2 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 6 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
Lead the series against # 7 Alupei/Vaida, Romania 1-0
3/7/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar	Winner 3	Murakami/Shiba	2	Alupei/Vaida	7	18-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:46
Trail the series against # 9 Durish/Koenig, United States 0-1
3/8/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar	Gold Medal	Durish/Koenig	9	Murakami/Shiba	2	21-18, 21-16	0:31
Lead the series against # 13 Kan/Myszkowski, United States 1-0
3/7/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar	Semi-Finals	Murakami/Shiba	2	Kan/Myszkowski	13	22-20, 21-12	0:35
Lead the series against # 18 Halaiti/Zhou, China 1-0
3/5/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar	Pool B	Murakami/Shiba	2	Halaiti/Zhou	18	21-15, 24-22	0:35
Lead the series against # 20 Kandasamy/Sudalaikasi, India 1-0
3/6/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar	Winner 2	Murakami/Shiba	2	Kandasamy/Sudalaikasi	20	21-10, 21-7	0:22