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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite Gstaad
July 1 - 5, 2026

(19, Q5) 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 Gstaad Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/26-29/2026	BPT Challenge Nayarit	2	5th	600	US$5,000.00
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

BPT Elite Gstaad Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/1/2026	Qualifier 1	Linda Bock / Louisa Lippmann, Germany (Q12)	Won 22-20, 11-21, 15-13	0:43
Wed, 7/1/2026	Pool F	Nina Brunner / Tanja Huberli, Switzerland (6)	Lost 22-24, 16-21	0:37
Thu, 7/2/2026	Pool F	Raisa Schoon / Katja Stam, Netherlands (7)	Lost 14-21, 14-21	0:28
Fri, 7/3/2026	Pool F	Liva Ebere / Tina Graudina, Latvia (18, Q4)	Won 23-21, 16-21, 15-13	0:47

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	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$20,500.00	9	4	69.2 %
Total	FIVB	18	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	8	4	2	$46,250.00	20	29	40.8 %

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
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
3	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$10,250.00	2026	FIVB	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$10,250.00
77	2	4	3	2	9	9	15	15	18	$43,000.00	Total	Total	67	2	1	5	0	6	10	14	13	16	$38,175.00

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	1	25.0%	3	75.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	11	100.0%	0-11	0.0%	2-22	8.3%	6-0	100.0%	0	0	4-11	26.7%

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 trail the series against the field 4-10 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 8 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 Gottardi/Orsi Toth, Italy 0-1
6/12/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Alanya	Pool B	Gottardi/Orsi Toth	2	Murakami/Shiba	31	21-18, 21-15	0:32
Trail the series against # 5 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 # 6 Brunner/Huberli, Switzerland 0-1
7/1/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Pool F	Brunner/Huberli	6	Murakami/Shiba	19, Q5	24-22, 21-16	0:37
Trail the series against # 7 Schoon/Stam, Netherlands 0-1
7/2/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Pool F	Schoon/Stam	7	Murakami/Shiba	19, Q5	21-14, 21-14	0:28
Trail the series against # 8 Muller/Tillmann, Germany 0-1
8/28/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Hamburg	Pool A	Muller/Tillmann	1	Murakami/Shiba	24, Q9	21-8, 22-20	0:32
Trail the series against # 14 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
Lead the series against # 18, Q4 Ebere/Graudina, Latvia 1-0
7/3/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Pool F	Murakami/Shiba	19, Q5	Ebere/Graudina	18, Q4	23-21, 16-21, 15-13	0:47
Lead the series against # 21, Q10 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 # Q2 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
Trail the series against # Q3 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
Series tied with # Q6 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
Series tied with # Q12 Bock/Lippmann, Germany 1-1
7/1/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Qualifier 1	Murakami/Shiba	19, Q5	Bock/Lippmann	Q12	22-20, 11-21, 15-13	0:43
5/15/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Pool H	Bock/Lippmann	24, Q2	Murakami/Shiba	9	21-18, 21-14	0:34