Yuji Nishida

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In this Japanese name, the surname is Nishida.
In this Japanese name, the person is referred to by their given name, Yūji.
Yuji Nishida
Yūji Nishida (Legavolley 2021).png
Nishida in Volley Callipo's jersey
Personal information
Full nameYuji Nishida
NationalityJapanese
Born (2000-01-30) 30 January 2000 (age 23)
Mie, Japan
HometownInabe
Height1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Weight89 kg (196 lb)
Spike350 cm (138 in)[2]
Block335 cm (132 in)
Volleyball information
PositionOpposite Spiker
Current clubJapan JTEKT Stings
Number1 (national team)
14 (club)
Career
YearsTeams
2017–2021Japan JTEKT Stings
2021–2022Italy Volley Callipo
2022–presentJapan JTEKT Stings
National team
2017
2018–present		Japan U-19 national team
Japan senior national team
Medal record
Men's volleyball
Representing  Japan
Asian Youth Championship
Gold medal – first place 2017 Naypyidaw Team
Asian Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Tehran Team

Yuji Nishida (西田 有志, Nishida Yūji, born (2000-01-30)30 January 2000) is a Japanese volleyball player. Currently, he plays for JTEKT Stings in V.League Division 1.

Nishida made his debut with JTEKT Stings at V.League on 6 January 2018 in a match against Osaka Blazers Sakai. His impressive debut at the young age of 17 soon earned him a position in JTEKT's Starting 6,[3] as well as Japan men's national volleyball team. Nishida also led the team finishing 7th place after 29 years, in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Nishida is one of the youngest players in the 2018 roster of the Japan men's national volleyball team and FIVB cup Final.[4] 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.[5] 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.[6] In June 2019, Nishida broke serving records in the VNL history after hitting 7 aces in a single game during a match against Canada.[7]

Nishida transferred to play for Volley Callipo in the Italian Volleyball League for the 2021–22 season.[8][9][10] He received MVP of the match awards thrice in spite of an injury and subsequent 2-month recovery. Nishida would become the highest scorer of his team, with a personal one-match record of 29 points, and held the record for the most aces in one match during the league's first round of the 2021/22 season with 8 aces.[11][12]

Career

Elementary school years

Nishida first started volleyball due to his elder sister and brother and joined the same team as his brother 'Daian Beetles'.

While being fascinated by the Olympics, his attention was caught by Kunihiro Shimizu, a left-handed opposite like him which instigated and inspired him to want to be like Shimizu and compete in the Olympics.

In his fourth year of elementary school, Nishida achieved a huge goal of winning the 29th All Japan Volleyball Tournament in Mie Prefecture.

In his sixth year of elementary school, he became the captain and led the team to win the President's Cup of Mie Prefecture Club Volleyball Federation

Middle School Years

After graduation, he went to a local junior high (middle school) which was not a powerhouse.

Nishida had the opportunity to participate in Kaisei High School [ja]'s volleyball club practice in Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture as he was a regular player since freshman year. His play there caught the attention of Masanobu Onishi, the volleyball team manager at that time, and Katsunari Fujita, the head of the team. In June of the same year, he joined the junior high school club team 'NFO Ocean Star', recommended by Fujita.

In March 2013, Nishida was selected for the U-14 team in the Hokusei district of Mie Prefecture. In August of the same year, he was selected for the Mie Prefecture selection team and competed with teams from all over Japan in the Junior Olympic cup held in December.

High school years

He chose to decline the powerhouses in his prefectures and chose to go to Kaisei High School which had never been to nationals. [13] He later joined the newly established U-19 of the local club team Veertian Mie. In June, they won the U-19 boys division of the Mie Prefecture Young Volleyball Championship, and in September, they won the national championship. Nishida received the Japan Young Club Volleyball Federation Award as an outstanding player in that tournament.

Just as he had done in junior high school, Nishida practiced with three different teams and went on to compete in the Mie Prefectural High School Championship (Haruko Preliminaries) in November. [14]

Career and Japan national team

2017/18 season

In March 2017, Nishida had a name in Japan men's national under-19 volleyball team for competed in 2017 Asian Boys' U19 Volleyball Championship. In October 2017, He joined club JTEKT Stings.[15]

Nishida's V.League debut was on January 6, 2018, in a match against Sakai Blazers.[16] Nishida received the Wakawashi Award in Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Tournament which is the Rookie of the Year award.[17]

2018/19 season

He was called up to the Senior National team for the first time in April of age at 18. Nishida made his senior national team debut on May 25, 2018, in his first Nations League match in Rouen, France. He was named a starter in that match against Australia.

Then, in September, he competed in the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship, jointly hosted by Italy and Bulgaria. Nishida had a minor foot injury and missed the first match with Italy.

In the V.League 2018–19 season, along with Nishida, the other candidate was Issei Otake from Panasonic Panthers, who won that season's Rookie of the Year.[18]

2019/20 Season

In April 2019, Yuji Nishida was selected to represent Japan for the second year in a row.

The following October, the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup was held in Japan. He was awarded "Best Server" and "Best Opposite" for his impressive performance.[19]

Nishida went on to lead his team to their first V.League title. Nishida ranked as "High scorer" and "Serve Effectiveness Rate," which were fixed at the end of the regular round, as well as MVP.[20][21][22]

2020/21 season

In February 2020, Nishida had a name in 2020 Japan's national team roster.[23]

December 2020, in the Japanese Emperor's Cup, JTEKT Stings finished at the 1st place of the competition by defeated Panasonic Panthers in 3–1 set.

2021/22 season

On April 5, 2021, Japan Volleyball Association (JVA) announced the Japanese national team roster for Year 2021,[24] Nishida was in the roster.

In the "2021 Volleyball Men's National Team Red and White Match", which is a competing between Japanese national team themselves, Nishida had a name in starting player of the red team.[25][26] In the early of the first set, Nishida got an injury on his right ankle after landed from blocking, he couldn't walk by himself so he got carried out from the court and was taken to the hospital. The head coach of the team said that Nishida had taken a roentgen, the result was he had no fractures and was diagnosed with a sprain on the right ankle. [27][28][29]

Nishida had the name in the 2021 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League Japanese team roster, the competition would hold in Rimini, Italy, although he wasn't fully recovered.[30][31] He was back in the third week of the tournament, in the game with Poland, as a substitute and came back in the starting line up in the match against Bulgaria.[32]

On June 21, Japan Volleyball Association announced the Japanese team roster for 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Nishida had a name as one of the opposite hitters.[33] He became the first player of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics to break the 30–point scoring mark in the men event and was the tenth player, and first Japanese, since the introduction of the rally scoring system.[34][35][36]

On August 9, Nishida had official announcement that he would transfer to play in Italian Volleyball League for Volley Callipo club in the 2021–22 season.[8][9][10]

On November 22, in the match against Volley Lube, he injured his left calf at the early of second set, which took him out of the court.[37][38][39]

Nishida recovered for about 2 months and absent from the court for many matches. He came back, on mid-January.

In March 2022, it was reported that after the end of the season, Nishida will return to play in his domestic league.[40]

2022/23 season

On April 4, 2022, Japan Volleyball Association (JVA) announced the 2022 Japanese roster for competing in Nations League, Asian Games and World Championship. Nishida had the name among 35-player roster after he didn't join the team in 2021 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship tournament last year, due to his preparation for Italian league and the injury. His national team jersey number changed from No.11 to No.1.[41]

On June 1, JTEKT Stings announced that Nishida would join the club again for Season 2022–23.[42][43]

At the Nations League, Nishida scored the highest of the Japanese team and the third of the league's first round with 201 points, including 162 attacks, 10 blocks and 29 aces. He delivered 28 points for winning Italy with the full-set match on June 24, 2022.[44][45] At the end of the preliminary round, Japan advanced to the quarterfinals after placed 5th. Then, Japanese team was scheduled to face with France which they lost with 3–0 set, making Japanese team ended at 5th place in the final standing.[46]

On August 26, Japanese team first played in 2022 World Championship against Qatar which the team won in a straight set. Nishida contributed for 17 points, including 4 blocks. In the next two games, Japanese team faced with Brazil and Cuba that they lost and won, respectively.[47] Resulting the Japan advanced to the final round since many years. They have managed to fought against France, the 2020 Olympic and the Nations League gold medalists. In the game, Nishida scored total 31 points, which the most in the game. They played in the full set but Nishida's team was lost, making them finished at the 12th place.[48][49]

Awards

Individuals

Club teams

  • 2019–20 V.League 1 — Simple cup icon.svg Champion, with JTEKT Stings[63]
  • 2020–21 the Japanese Emperor's Cup — Simple cup icon.svg Champion, with JTEKT Stings[64][65][66]

Junior national 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.
  • He has an elder sister 8 years older than him and a brother 6 years older than him.[13]
  • In the interview, he said his idol is Yūki Ishikawa, Masahiro Yanagida,[67] Michal Kubiak and Hiroaki Asano.[68]
  • In 2020, there was announced that he would support Asics, a Japanese multinational corporation which produces sports equipment, through product promotions and advertisement.[69]
  • In February 2021, Nishida had entered a sports sponsorship agreement with Zamst [ja], a brand of athletic braces and care products.[70][71]
  • In October 2021, it was announced that Nishida had signed a partnership with CLEVER, Japanese protein brand.[72]
  • He started his own Youtube Channel on Dec 6th, 2020, it surpassed 100,000 subscribers in 6 months.
  • Nishida established his personal apparel's brand, Crazy Jump which first launched to the public in August, 2022.

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Awards
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FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup
2019 		Succeeded by
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