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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite16 Hamburg
August 5 - 9, 2026

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$43,796.45

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$38,713.78

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	Money
FIVB	18	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	3	3	2	4	2	US$46,250.00

Previous Hamburg Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2025	Asami Shiba - 19th	Reika Murakami - 19th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/29-8/2/2026	BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro			0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/22-26/2026	BPT Challenge Shangluo			0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/1-5/2026	BPT Elite Gstaad	19, Q5	19th	380	US$2,500.00
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

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	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	$7,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	10	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	2	2	$31,750.00
Total	18	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	8	4	2	$46,250.00

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
9	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	2	0	$9,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	9	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	2	0	$9,250.00
35	0	1	0	0	2	1	6	10	15	$18,875.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	32	0	1	0	0	2	2	6	8	13	$20,125.00
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
77	2	4	3	2	9	9	15	15	18	$43,000.00	Total	67	2	1	5	0	6	10	14	13	16	$38,175.00

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	13	56.5%	5	21.7%	5	21.7%	18-5	78.3%	2	7.7%	3	11.5%	21	80.8%	2-24	7.7%	13-21	38.2%	7-8	46.7%	0	0	20-29	40.8%
2025-2026	12	60.0%	4	20.0%	4	20.0%	16-4	80.0%	2	8.0%	3	12.0%	20	80.0%	2-23	8.0%	12-20	37.5%	6-7	46.2%	0	0	18-27	40.0%
Against the Field	3	50.0%	1	16.7%	2	33.3%	4-2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	7.7%	12	92.3%	0-13	0.0%	6-24	20.0%	2-6	25.0%	0	0	4-15	21.1%

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	2	5	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	11
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	4	7	10	15	0	0	5	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	20	29

Head to Head Results
Murakami/Shiba trail the series against the field 4-15 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 13 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against 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 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
Series tied with 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 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
Trail the series against 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 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 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
Trail the series against 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 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 Graudina/Samoilova, Latvia 0-1
11/16/25	FIVB	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool E	Graudina/Samoilova	5	Murakami/Shiba	29	21-18, 21-17	0:32
Trail the series against 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 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 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 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 Mellmolle/Windeleff, Denmark 1-0
10/17/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nuvali	Pool B	Murakami/Shiba	15	Mellmolle/Windeleff	31, Q12	21-18, 22-20	0:34
Trail the series against 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 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