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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$10,000 BPT Futures Coolangatta
March 11 - 15, 2026

(5) Takemi Nishibori/Riko Tsujimura, Japan

Takemi "Take" Nishibori
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 20, 1981 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Hiratsuka

Height:

171 cm (5'7")

Weight:

58 kg (128 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

173

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Manila 2018)

Career Winnings:

US$76,037.50

Riko Tsujimura
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 19, 1997 (29 yrs old)

Home Town:

Tokyo

Height:

173 cm (5'8")

Weight:

69 kg (152 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB Nuvali 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$1,970.28

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	10	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	US$2,200.00

Previous Coolangatta Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2022	Asami Shiba - 9th	Did not play
2023	Did not play	Kana Motomura - 5th
2024	Sayaka Yamada - 9th	Megumi Murakami - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	12/11-14/2025	Futures Laginha Beach	5	4th	280	US$400.00
FIVB	10/22-26/2025	BPT Elite Cape Town	Q12	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	10/15-19/2025	BPT Challenge Nuvali	Q5	33rd	180	US$0.00
FIVB	8/14-17/2025	Futures Busan Gwangalli	8	5th	240	US$300.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2025	BPT Challenge Alanya	Q18	41st	100	US$0.00
FIVB	5/22-25/2025	BPT Futures Qingshan	5	5th	240	US$300.00
FIVB	5/14-18/2025	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Q14	33rd	180	US$0.00
FIVB	5/1-4/2025	Futures Nuvali	5	5th	240	US$300.00

BPT Futures Coolangatta Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 3/12/2026	Pool D	Erica Brok / Kaeli Crews, United States (12)	Lost 15-21, 21-17, 9-15
Fri, 3/13/2026	Pool D	Lara Limbrick / Lina Mueller, Australia (13, Q2)	Won 21-8, 21-14
Sat, 3/14/2026	Winner 1	Suzuna Fukuda / Ami Shirahata, Japan (10, Q1)	Won 21-12, 21-12
Sat, 3/14/2026	Winner 2	Kayla Mears / Tara Phillips, Australia (3)	Won 22-20, 21-11
Sun, 3/15/2026	Semi-Finals	Francesca Alupei / Beata Vaida, Romania (2)	Lost 21-12, 16-21, 7-15
Sun, 3/15/2026	Bronze Medal	Erica Brok / Kaeli Crews, United States (12)	Lost 16-21, 17-21

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	6	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,200.00
Total	10	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,200.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Takemi Nishibori												Riko Tsujimura
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
51	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	6	0	$22,750.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
90	0	1	0	0	1	7	15	17	0	$40,062.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
31	1	1	2	3	9	12	2	1	0	$13,225.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	18	0	0	1	2	7	2	6	0	0	$1,900.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Challenger
173	1	3	2	3	10	22	18	24	0	$76,037.50	Total	27	0	0	1	2	7	2	6	2	0	$1,900.00

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$500.00	4	1	80.0 %
2025	FIVB	8	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	3	$1,300.00	10	11	47.6 %
2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$400.00	3	3	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	10	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	1	3	$2,200.00	17	15	53.1 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Takemi Nishibori													Riko Tsujimura
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	$0.00	2006	FIVB
15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	12	$3,000.00	2007	FIVB
11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	9	$2,150.00	2008	FIVB
11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	7	$5,150.00	2009	FIVB
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	$1,400.00	2010	FIVB
11	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	9	$3,525.00	2011	FIVB
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	$4,550.00	2012	FIVB
9	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	5	$6,750.00	2013	FIVB
11	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	6	$7,000.00	2014	FIVB
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2014	FIVB C&S
14	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	3	5	$14,600.00	2015	FIVB
6	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	3	$3,287.50	2016	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$800.00	2017	FIVB
10	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	0	1	$5,425.00	2018	FIVB
11	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	2	1	$8,600.00	2019	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	$150.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$500.00	2020	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,000.00	2021	FIVB
12	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	4	3	$6,600.00	2022	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	$0.00
7	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	2	$400.00	2023	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	$400.00
3	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	$450.00	2024	FIVB	4	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	$500.00
8	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	3	$650.00	2025	FIVB	8	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	3	$650.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$200.00	2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$200.00
173	1	3	2	3	10	22	18	24	90	$76,037.50	Total	Total	27	0	0	1	2	7	2	6	2	7	$1,900.00

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	9	60.0%	3	20.0%	3	20.0%	12-3	80.0%	5	29.4%	4	23.5%	8	47.1%	5-12	29.4%	9-8	52.9%	8-7	53.3%	0	0	17-15	53.1%
2025-2026	7	53.8%	3	23.1%	3	23.1%	10-3	76.9%	3	21.4%	4	28.6%	7	50.0%	3-11	21.4%	7-7	50.0%	6-7	46.2%	0	0	13-14	48.1%
Against the Field	3	60.0%	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2	66.7%	0-3	0.0%	6-4	60.0%	2-4	33.3%	0	0	4-4	50.0%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	9	3	0	0	6	3	0	3	1	2	0	0	16	11
Total	0	0	1	4	9	3	0	0	6	3	0	3	1	2	0	0	17	15

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 4-4 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 2 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Alupei/Vaida, Romania 0-1
3/15/26	FIVB	BPT Futures Coolangatta	Semi-Finals	Alupei/Vaida	2	Nishibori/Tsujimura	5	12-21, 21-16, 15-7
Lead the series against # 3 Mears/Phillips, Australia 1-0
3/14/26	FIVB	BPT Futures Coolangatta	Winner 2	Nishibori/Tsujimura	5	Mears/Phillips	3	22-20, 21-11
Series tied with # 4 Lawac/Toko, Vanuatu 1-1
5/24/25	FIVB	BPT Futures Qingshan	Winner 2	Lawac/Toko	7	Nishibori/Tsujimura	5	21-13, 21-16	0:39
5/2/25	FIVB	Futures Nuvali	Pool D	Nishibori/Tsujimura	5	Lawac/Toko	4	21-17, 15-21, 15-11	0:49
Lead the series against # 10, Q1 Fukuda/Shirahata, Japan 1-0
3/14/26	FIVB	BPT Futures Coolangatta	Winner 1	Nishibori/Tsujimura	5	Fukuda/Shirahata	10, Q1	21-12, 21-12
Trail the series against # 12 Brok/Crews, United States 0-2
3/15/26	FIVB	BPT Futures Coolangatta	Bronze Medal	Brok/Crews	12	Nishibori/Tsujimura	5	21-16, 21-17
3/12/26	FIVB	BPT Futures Coolangatta	Pool D	Brok/Crews	12	Nishibori/Tsujimura	5	21-15, 17-21, 15-9
Lead the series against # 13, Q2 Limbrick/Mueller, Australia 1-0
3/13/26	FIVB	BPT Futures Coolangatta	Pool D	Nishibori/Tsujimura	5	Limbrick/Mueller	13, Q2	21-8, 21-14