Yūji Nishida

Yuji Nishida (西田 有志, Nishida Yūji, born (2000-01-30)30 January 2000) is a Japanese male volleyball player.

Yuji Nishida
Personal information
NationalityJapan
Born (2000-01-30) 30 January 2000
HometownInabe
Height186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb)
Spike347.5 cm (137 in)
Block335 cm (132 in)
Volleyball information
PositionOpposite spiker
Current clubJTEKT Stings
Number11 (National Team)
14 (JTEKT Stings)
Career
YearsTeams
2017– JTEKT Stings
National team
2018 Japan
Medal record
Men's volleyball
Representing  Japan
2017 Asian Boys' U19 Volleyball Championship
2017 Myanmar Team
2019 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship
2019 Iran Team

Nishida currently plays for JTEKT Stings, a volleyball club based in Kariya, Aichi, Japan. He made his debut with JTEKT Stings at V.League (Japan) on 6 January 2018 in a match against Osaka Blazers Sakail. His impressive debut at the young age of 17 soon earned him a position in JTEKT's Starting 6 [1] as well as Japan men's national volleyball team.

He is one of the youngest players in the 2018 roster of the Japan men's national volleyball team and FIVB cup Final.[2] He made his first international performance with the Japanese national team in 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League. In June 2018, he played a pivotal role in securing Japan's first win in 11 years against Italy where he collected 24 points from 21 spikes and 3 aces.[3] In September 2018, in a match against Argentina in 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship, Nishida became the youngest player ever to score 30 points in a match.[4] In June 2019, Nishida broke serving records in the VNL history after hitting 7 aces in a single game during a match against Bulgaria.[5]

Awards

Individuals

Junior Team

National Team

Personal life
  • Nishida started playing volleyball after watching his sister playing the sport.
  • He listed watching movies and shopping as his hobbies.
  • In the interview, he said his idol is Yūki Ishikawa, another Japanese Volleyball Player.[12]

References
  1. "バレー界に現れたスーパーな18歳。西田有志「大学は遠回りというか」". Number Web. Bunshun. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  2. "Senior Men's National Team". Japan Volleyball Association. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  3. "Nishida on fire in Japan's thrilling upset over Italy". FIVB. FIVB. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  4. "Nishida and Conte Make History with 30+ Point Outputs in Same Match". Volley Mob. Volley Mob. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  5. "Silvano Prando: There's No Way to Win When You Make Seven Serve Errors in the Tiebreak". Volleyball Nations League. FIVB. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  6. "Statistics - preliminary round". Volleyball Nations League. FIVB. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  7. {{Cite web|url=https://vleague.jp/|title=一般社団法人日本バレーボールリーグ機構|website=一般社団法人日本バレーボールリーグ機構|language=ja|access-date=2019-05-28}}
  8. {{Cite web|url=https://vleague.jp/|title=一般社団法人日本バレーボールリーグ機構|website=一般社団法人日本バレーボールリーグ機構|language=ja|access-date=2019-05-28}}
  9. {{Cite web|url=https://vleague.jp/|title=一般社団法人日本バレーボールリーグ機構|website=一般社団法人日本バレーボールリーグ機構|language=ja|access-date=2019-05-28}}
  10. "Statistics - preliminary round". Volleyball Nations League. FIVB. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  11. "Statistics - preliminary round". Volleyball Nations League. FIVB. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  12. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXG9TvTponk


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