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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$10,000 BPT Futures Bujumbura
August 21 - 23, 2025

(7) Minami Asano/Keiko Urata, Japan

Minami Asano
Japan

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Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 6, 1996 (29 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (FIVB Bujumbura 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$200.00

Keiko Urata
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 30, 1977 (48 yrs old)

Home Town:

Fukuoka

Height:

174 cm (5'9")

Weight:

63 kg (139 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (FIVB Bujumbura 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$3,071.85

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	33	Money
FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	2	US$400.00

Previous Bujumbura Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/14-17/2025	Futures Busan Gwangalli	Q8	21st	60	US$0.00
FIVB	5/1-4/2025	Futures Nuvali	Q1	17th	100	US$0.00
FIVB	12/5-8/2024	Futures Pompano Beach	12	13th	140	US$100.00
FIVB	11/21-24/2024	Challenge Chennai	Q24	33rd	140	US$0.00
FIVB	9/12-15/2024	BPT Futures Qingdao	Q9	21st	60	US$0.00

Futures Bujumbura Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/21/2025	Pool B	Pamella Irakoze / Emmanuelie Ndayikengurukiye, Burundi (10)	Won 21-8, 21-10	0:29
Thu, 8/21/2025	Pool B	Dina Mellal / Mahassine Siad, Morocco (2)	Lost 17-21, 15-21	0:36
Fri, 8/22/2025	Winner 2	Rika Dieckmann / Sandra Ferger, Germany (9)	Lost 15-21, 24-26	0:39

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	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	$400.00
Total	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	$400.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Minami Asano												Keiko Urata
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	$900.00
5	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	$200.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	18	0	0	0	0	1	5	10	2	0	$1,500.00
											Challenger	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$625.00
7	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	$200.00	Total	41	0	0	0	0	1	6	12	4	0	$3,025.00

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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	$100.00	0	4	0.0 %
2025	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	$300.00	1	4	20.0 %
Total	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	0	1	$400.00	1	8	11.1 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Minami Asano													Keiko Urata
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2009	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2011	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
											2011	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00
											2012	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
											2012	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$375.00
											2014	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$400.00
											2015	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2016	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
											2018	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	$500.00
											2019	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$500.00
											2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2021	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00
											2022	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	3	$600.00
											2023	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	$50.00	2024	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	$50.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$150.00	2025	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$150.00
6	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	1	$200.00	Total	Total	38	0	0	0	0	1	4	12	4	17	$2,825.00

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	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	8	100.0%	0-8	0.0%	1-8	11.1%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	1-9	10.0%
2024-2025	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	8	100.0%	0-8	0.0%	1-8	11.1%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	1-9	10.0%
Against the Field	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	2-4	33.3%	0-0		0	0	1-2	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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	3	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7
Total	0	0	0	5	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9

Head to Head Results
Asano/Urata trail the series against the field 1-2 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Mellal/Siad, Morocco 0-1
8/21/25	FIVB	Futures Bujumbura	Pool B	Mellal/Siad	2	Asano/Urata	7	21-17, 21-15	0:36
Trail the series against # 9 Dieckmann/Ferger, Germany 0-1
8/22/25	FIVB	Futures Bujumbura	Winner 2	Dieckmann/Ferger	9	Asano/Urata	7	21-15, 26-24	0:39
Lead the series against # 10 Irakoze/Ndayikengurukiye, Burundi 1-0
8/21/25	FIVB	Futures Bujumbura	Pool B	Asano/Urata	7	Irakoze/Ndayikengurukiye	10	21-8, 21-10	0:29