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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$10,000 BPT Futures Sanya
March 5 - 8, 2026

(4) 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$500.00

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$3,371.85

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	33	Money
FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	1	2	0	2	US$1,000.00

Previous Sanya Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2011	Did not play	Junko Komada - 57th
2012	Did not play	Miwa Asao - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	2/5-8/2026	BPT Futures Mount Maunganui	6	9th	180	US$200.00
FIVB	10/15-19/2025	BPT Challenge Nuvali	Q10	33rd	180	US$0.00
FIVB	8/21-23/2025	Futures Bujumbura	7	5th	240	US$300.00
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

BPT Futures Sanya Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 3/6/2026	Pool D	Kristina Karimova / Yekaterina Ryukhova, Kazakhstan (13)	Won 27-25, 21-14
Fri, 3/6/2026	Pool D	Zhang Kexin / Lvwen Yuan, China (12)	Lost 7-21, 13-21
Sat, 3/7/2026	Winner 1	Laura Kubistova / Amalie Tonova, Czechia (11)	Lost 16-21, 12-21

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	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	3	0	0	$1,000.00
Total	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	3	0	0	$1,000.00

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
8	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	0	0	$500.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	21	0	0	0	0	1	8	10	2	0	$1,800.00
											Challenger	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$625.00
10	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	0	0	$500.00	Total	44	0	0	0	0	1	9	12	4	0	$3,325.00

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	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	$300.00	1	5	16.7 %
2026	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$400.00	2	4	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	3	0	2	$800.00	3	13	18.8 %

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
4	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	$150.00	2025	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	1	$350.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$200.00	2026	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$200.00
9	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	0	2	$400.00	Total	Total	43	0	0	0	0	1	8	12	4	18	$3,225.00

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	2	40.0%	2	40.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	14	100.0%	0-14	0.0%	2-14	12.5%	2-1	66.7%	0	0	4-15	21.1%
2025-2026	2	40.0%	2	40.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	10	100.0%	0-10	0.0%	2-10	16.7%	2-1	66.7%	0	0	4-11	26.7%
Against the Field	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4	100.0%	0-4	0.0%	2-8	20.0%	0-0		0	0	1-4	20.0%

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
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	4	6	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	13
Total	0	0	0	5	4	6	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	15

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 # 11 Kubistova/Tonova, Czechia 0-1
3/7/26	FIVB	BPT Futures Sanya	Winner 1	Kubistova/Tonova	11	Asano/Urata	4	21-16, 21-12
Trail the series against # 12 Kexin/Yuan, China 0-1
3/6/26	FIVB	BPT Futures Sanya	Pool D	Kexin/Yuan	12	Asano/Urata	4	21-7, 21-13
Lead the series against # 13 Karimova/Ryukhova, Kazakhstan 1-0
3/6/26	FIVB	BPT Futures Sanya	Pool D	Asano/Urata	4	Karimova/Ryukhova	13	27-25, 21-14