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US$250,000 BPT Challenge Nuvali
October 15 - 19, 2025

(20) Sakura Ito/Mayu Sawame, Japan

Sakura Ito
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 26, 2002 (24 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Nuvali 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$3,893.70

Mayu Sawame
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 28, 1994 (31 yrs old)

Home Town:

Tokyo

Height:

171 cm (5'7")

Weight:

65 kg (143 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Nuvali 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$4,867.13

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	8	0	1	1	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	US$7,660.84

Previous Nuvali Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2023	Yurika Sakaguchi - 33rd	Did not play
2025	Mayu Sawame - 2nd	Sakura Ito - 2nd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/19-22/2025	Futures Ios	5	4th	280	€ 400.00
FIVB	5/22-25/2025	BPT Futures Qingshan	6	5th	240	US$300.00
FIVB	5/1-4/2025	Futures Nuvali	7	2nd	360	US$700.00
FIVB	3/26-30/2025	BPT Futures Coolangatta	16, Q5	9th	180	US$200.00
FIVB	3/6-9/2025	BPT Futures Mount Maunganui	Q3	17th	100	US$0.00

BPT Challenge Nuvali Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 10/16/2025	Pool D	Worapeerachayakorn Kongphopsarutawadee / Taravadee Naraphornrapat, Thailand (13)	Lost 19-21, 21-14, 12-15	0:48
Fri, 10/17/2025	Pool D	Floremel Rodriguez / Sunny Villapando, Philippines (29)	Won 21-18, 27-25	0:43
Fri, 10/17/2025	Winner 1	Rumpaipruet Numwong / Tanarattha Udomchavee, Thailand (19)	Lost 9-21, 18-21	0:35

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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$5,500.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	6	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	$2,100.00
Total	8	0	1	1	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	$7,600.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Sakura Ito												Mayu Sawame
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	$2,750.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$2,750.00
7	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	0	0	$1,050.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	11	0	1	2	3	1	3	1	0	0	$2,000.00
14	0	1	1	1	1	2	3	2	0	$3,800.00	Total	13	0	1	2	3	1	4	2	0	0	$4,750.00

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
2025	FIVB	6	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	$3,850.00	13	11	54.2 %
Total	FIVB	6	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	$3,850.00	13	11	54.2 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Sakura Ito													Mayu Sawame
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2019	FIVB	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$250.00
											2022	FIVB	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$650.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	$0.00	2023	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$50.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$0.00	2024	FIVB
6	0	1	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	$1,925.00	2025	FIVB	6	0	1	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	$1,925.00
12	0	1	0	1	1	1	3	2	3	$1,925.00	Total	Total	11	0	1	1	3	1	3	2	0	0	$2,875.00

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	72.2%	4	22.2%	1	5.6%	17-1	94.4%	2	14.3%	2	14.3%	10	71.4%	2-12	14.3%	13-10	56.5%	6-3	66.7%	0	0	19-13	59.4%
2024-2025	10	76.9%	2	15.4%	1	7.7%	12-1	92.3%	1	9.1%	1	9.1%	9	81.8%	1-10	9.1%	10-9	52.6%	3-2	60.0%	0	0	13-11	54.2%
Against the Field	2	40.0%	2	40.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	0	0.0%	2	28.6%	5	71.4%	0-7	0.0%	4-10	28.6%	4-6	40.0%	0	0	4-8	33.3%

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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	2	1	7	3	0	0	5	2	1	2	1	1	0	1	16	10
Total	0	0	2	1	10	4	0	0	5	4	1	2	1	1	0	1	19	13

Head to Head Results
Ito/Sawame trail the series against the field 3-7 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 5 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 MacDonald/Polley, New Zealand 0-1
5/4/25	FIVB	Futures Nuvali	Gold Medal	MacDonald/Polley	3	Ito/Sawame	7	21-18, 21-14	0:37
Trail the series against # 5 Alchin/Johnson, Australia 0-1
3/27/25	FIVB	BPT Futures Coolangatta	Pool A	Alchin/Johnson	1	Ito/Sawame	16, Q5	20-22, 21-17, 15-8	0:55
Trail the series against # 13 Kongphopsarutawadee/Naraphornrapat, Thailand 0-1
10/16/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nuvali	Pool D	Kongphopsarutawadee/Naraphornrapat	13	Ito/Sawame	20	21-19, 14-21, 15-12	0:48
Trail the series against # 14 Hollas/Remmelg, Estonia 0-1
5/24/25	FIVB	BPT Futures Qingshan	Winner 2	Hollas/Remmelg	1	Ito/Sawame	6	21-14, 21-18	0:34
Series tied with # 18 Dumbauskaite/Grudzinskaite, Lithuania 1-1
5/4/25	FIVB	Futures Nuvali	Semi-Finals	Ito/Sawame	7	Dumbauskaite/Grudzinskaite	2	21-17, 15-21, 15-13	0:50
5/2/25	FIVB	Futures Nuvali	Pool B	Dumbauskaite/Grudzinskaite	2	Ito/Sawame	7	21-11, 21-16	0:33
Trail the series against # 19 Numwong/Udomchavee, Thailand 0-2
10/17/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nuvali	Winner 1	Numwong/Udomchavee	19	Ito/Sawame	20	21-9, 21-18	0:35
5/23/25	FIVB	BPT Futures Qingshan	Pool C	Numwong/Udomchavee	3	Ito/Sawame	6	21-19, 21-17	0:44
Lead the series against # 29 Rodriguez/Villapando, Philippines 1-0
10/17/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nuvali	Pool D	Ito/Sawame	20	Rodriguez/Villapando	29	21-18, 27-25	0:43
Lead the series against # Q5 Nishibori/Tsujimura, Japan 1-0
5/3/25	FIVB	Futures Nuvali	Winner 2	Ito/Sawame	7	Nishibori/Tsujimura	5	26-24, 21-17	0:43