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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Nayarit
March 26 - 29, 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$42,546.45

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$37,463.78

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	Money
FIVB	17	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	3	2	2	4	2	US$43,750.00

Previous Nayarit Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/5-8/2026	BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar	2	2nd	760	US$13,000.00
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

BPT Challenge Nayarit Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 3/26/2026	Pool B	Anna Cepek / Ana Juarez, Mexico (31)	Won 21-11, 21-4	0:33
Thu, 3/26/2026	Pool B	Heleene Hollas / Liisa Remmelg, Estonia (18)	Won 21-15, 21-17	0:34
Fri, 3/27/2026	Winner 2	Rika Dieckmann / Paula Schurholz, Germany (24)	Won 13-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:42
Sat, 3/28/2026	Winner 3	Maddie Anderson / Alaina Chacon, United States (16)	Lost 14-21, 11-21	0:33

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	10	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	2	0	$31,750.00
Total	17	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	7	4	0	$43,750.00

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
35	0	1	0	0	2	1	6	10	0	$18,875.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	32	0	1	0	0	2	2	6	8	2	$20,125.00
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
76	2	4	3	2	9	9	14	15	0	$41,750.00	Total	66	2	1	5	0	6	10	13	13	2	$36,925.00

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	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	4	2	$22,750.00	9	23	28.1 %
2026	FIVB	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$18,000.00	7	2	77.8 %
Total	FIVB	17	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	7	4	2	$43,750.00	18	27	40.0 %

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
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
2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00	2026	FIVB	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00
76	2	4	3	2	9	9	14	15	18	$41,750.00	Total	Total	66	2	1	5	0	6	10	13	13	16	$36,925.00

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	61.9%	3	14.3%	5	23.8%	16-5	76.2%	2	8.3%	3	12.5%	19	79.2%	2-22	8.3%	13-19	40.6%	5-8	38.5%	0	0	18-27	40.0%
2025-2026	12	66.7%	2	11.1%	4	22.2%	14-4	77.8%	2	8.7%	3	13.0%	18	78.3%	2-21	8.7%	12-18	40.0%	4-7	36.4%	0	0	16-25	39.0%
Against the Field	6	85.7%	1	14.3%	0	0.0%	7-0	100.0%	2	40.0%	0	0.0%	3	60.0%	2-3	40.0%	12-6	66.7%	6-0	100.0%	0	0	9-3	75.0%

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	7	8	0	0	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	15	16
Total	0	0	3	7	9	13	0	0	5	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	18	27

Head to Head Results
Murakami/Shiba lead the series against the field 9-3 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 8 Gutierrez/Torres, Mexico 1-0
11/17/25	FIVB	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool E	Murakami/Shiba	29	Gutierrez/Torres	44	21-15, 23-21	0:33
Trail the series against # 9 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 # 10 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
Lead the series against # 11 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
Lead the series against # 12 Corrales/Valiente, Paraguay 1-0
6/26/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	Pool C	Murakami/Shiba	30, Q13	Corrales/Valiente	3	21-19, 18-21, 15-13	0:50
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
Trail the series against # 16 Anderson/Chacon, United States 0-1
3/28/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nayarit	Winner 3	Anderson/Chacon	16	Murakami/Shiba	2	21-14, 21-11	0:33
Lead the series against # 17 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 # 18 Hollas/Remmelg, Estonia 1-0
3/26/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nayarit	Pool B	Murakami/Shiba	2	Hollas/Remmelg	18	21-15, 21-17	0:34
Trail the series against # 19 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 # 24 Dieckmann/Schurholz, Germany 1-0
3/27/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nayarit	Winner 2	Murakami/Shiba	2	Dieckmann/Schurholz	24	13-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:42
Lead the series against # 31 Cepek/Juarez, Mexico 1-0
3/26/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nayarit	Pool B	Murakami/Shiba	2	Cepek/Juarez	31	21-11, 21-4	0:33