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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$10,000 BPT Futures Nuvali
Saturday, May 3, 2025 Court #2 16:00

Match #22: Winner's Bracket Round 2

(5) Takemi Nishibori/Riko Tsujimura, Japan
vs.
(7) Sakura Ito/Mayu Sawame, 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:

172

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Manila 2018)

Career Winnings:

US$75,787.50

Riko Tsujimura
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 19, 1997 (28 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$1,720.28

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	9	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	US$1,700.00

Previous Nuvali Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2023	Sayaka Yamada - 25th	Miyu Sakamoto - 33rd
2024	Did not play	Reika Murakami - 33rd
2024	Riko Tsujimura - 3rd	Takemi Nishibori - 3rd

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

Futures Nuvali Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 5/2/2025	Pool D	Alexa Polidario / Floremel Rodriguez, Philippines (12)	Won 21-13, 17-21, 15-13	0:53
Fri, 5/2/2025	Pool D	Majabelle Lawac / Sherysyn Toko, Vanuatu (4)	Won 21-17, 15-21, 15-11	0:49
Sat, 5/3/2025	Winner 2	Sakura Ito / Mayu Sawame, Japan (7)	Lost 24-26, 17-21	0:43

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	5	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,700.00
Total	9	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,700.00

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
30	1	1	2	1	9	12	2	1	0	$12,975.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	17	0	0	1	0	7	2	6	0	0	$1,650.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Challenger
172	1	3	2	1	10	22	18	24	0	$75,787.50	Total	26	0	0	1	0	7	2	6	2	0	$1,650.00

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	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$300.00	2	1	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$800.00	6	2	75.0 %

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
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$150.00	2025	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$150.00
165	1	3	2	1	8	22	18	23	87	$75,337.50	Total	Total	19	0	0	1	0	5	2	6	1	4	$1,200.00

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	6	54.5%	3	27.3%	2	18.2%	9-2	81.8%	4	33.3%	3	25.0%	5	41.7%	4-8	33.3%	6-5	54.5%	7-5	58.3%	0	0	13-10	56.5%
2024-2025	6	54.5%	3	27.3%	2	18.2%	9-2	81.8%	4	33.3%	3	25.0%	5	41.7%	4-8	33.3%	6-5	54.5%	7-5	58.3%	0	0	13-10	56.5%
Against the Field	1	25.0%	2	50.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	2-4	33.3%	4-2	66.7%	0	0	3-3	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	8	2	0	0	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	12	6
Total	0	0	1	4	8	2	0	0	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	13	10

Sakura Ito
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 26, 2002 (23 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Nuvali 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$2,018.70

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$2,992.13

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	6	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	US$3,910.84

Previous Nuvali Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2023	Yurika Sakaguchi - 33rd	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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

Futures Nuvali Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 5/2/2025	Pool B	Anita Dave / Ronni Lavie, Israel (10)	Won 21-17, 21-9	0:36
Fri, 5/2/2025	Pool B	Ieva Dumbauskaite / Gerda Grudzinskaite, Lithuania (2)	Lost 11-21, 16-21	0:33
Sat, 5/3/2025	Winner 1	Yu Okuno / Nozomi Sekiguchi, Japan (14, Q12)	Won 21-11, 21-4	0:26
Sat, 5/3/2025	Winner 2	Takemi Nishibori / Riko Tsujimura, Japan (5)	Won 26-24, 21-17	0:43
Sun, 5/4/2025	Semi-Finals	Ieva Dumbauskaite / Gerda Grudzinskaite, Lithuania (2)	Won 21-17, 15-21, 15-13	0:50
Sun, 5/4/2025	Gold Medal	Olivia MacDonald / Shaunna Polley, New Zealand (3)	Lost 18-21, 14-21	0:37

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,250.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	5	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	$1,600.00
Total	6	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	$3,850.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Sakura Ito												Mayu Sawame
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	$1,125.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,125.00
6	0	1	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	$800.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	10	0	1	1	3	1	3	1	0	0	$1,750.00
12	0	1	0	1	1	1	3	2	0	$1,925.00	Total	11	0	1	1	3	1	3	2	0	0	$2,875.00

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	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$900.00	7	5	58.3 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$900.00	7	5	58.3 %

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
3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$450.00	2025	FIVB	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$450.00
9	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	2	3	$450.00	Total	Total	8	0	1	1	2	0	3	1	0	0	$1,400.00

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	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%
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	4	80.0%	1	20.0%	0	0.0%	5-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	8-4	66.7%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	5-2	71.4%

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	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	2	1	5	3	0	0	4	2	1	1	0	1	0	1	12	9
Total	0	0	2	1	6	4	0	0	4	3	1	1	0	1	0	1	13	11

Head to Head Results
Ito/Sawame lead the series 1-0

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
5/3/25	FIVB	Futures Nuvali	Winner 2	Ito/Sawame	7	Nishibori/Tsujimura	5	26-24, 21-17	0:43