Yuji Nishida

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Yuji Nishida
Nishida in Callipo Volley's jersey
Personal information
Full nameYuji Nishida
Born (2000-01-30) 30 January 2000 (age 24)
Mie, Japan
HometownInabe
Height1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Weight87 kg (192 lb)
Spike350 cm (138 in)[2]
Block330 cm (130 in)
Volleyball information
PositionOpposite spiker
Current clubJapan Panasonic Panthers[3]
Number1 (national team)
11 (club)
Career
YearsTeams
2017–2021Japan JTEKT Stings
2021–2022Italy Volley Callipo
2022–2023Japan JTEKT Stings
2023–PresentJapan Panasonic Panthers[3]
National team
2018–present Japan
Medal record
Men's volleyball
Representing  Japan
Asian Championship
Gold medal – first place 2023 Urmia Team
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Tehran Team
Asian Youth Championship
Gold medal – first place 2017 Naypyidaw Team
Yuji Nishida
YouTube information
Channel
LocationJapan
Years active2020 - present
Subscribers417K[4]
Total views23.537.960[4]
Contents are inJapanese
100,000 subscribers2020
Last updated: November 24, 2023

Yuji Nishida (西田 有志, Nishida Yūji, born (2000-01-30)30 January 2000) is a Japanese left-handed volleyball player. Currently Nishida plays for Panasonic Panthers at club level.

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,[5] as well as Japan men's national volleyball team. Nishida led the national team to seventh place at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, its best result in 29 years.

Nishida was one of the youngest players in the 2018 roster of the Japan men's national volleyball team and FIVB cup Final.[6] 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.[7] 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.[8] In June 2019, Nishida broke serving records in the VNL history after hitting 7 aces in a single game during a match against Canada.[9]

Nishida transferred to play for Volley Callipo in the Italian Volleyball League for the 2021–22 season.[10][11][12] 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.[13][14]

Career[edit]

Elementary school years[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

He chose to decline the powerhouses in his prefectures and chose to go to Kaisei High School which had never been to nationals. [15] He later joined the newly established U-19 of the local club team Vertian 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. Nishida had an ex-wife named Kubota Sayu which was his high school love. After the school year ended he proposed and married to Kubota before parting ways after 2 years.

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. [16]

Career and Japan national team[edit]

2017/18 season[edit]

In March 2017, Nishida had a name in Japan men's national under-19 volleyball team and competed in 2017 Asian Boys' U19 Volleyball Championship. In October 2017, He joined club JTEKT Stings.[17]

Nishida's V.League debut was on January 6, 2018, in a match against Sakai Blazers.[18] Nishida received the Wakawashi Award in Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Tournament which is the Rookie of the Year award.[19]

2018/19 season[edit]

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, Nishida and Issei Otake from Panasonic Panthers jointly won the Best New Player award.[20]

2019/20 Season[edit]

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.[21]

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.[22][23][24]

2020/21 season[edit]

In February 2020, Nishida had a name in 2020 Japan's national team roster.[25]

In December 2020, JTEKT Stings were crowned champions of the Emperor's Cup and Empress' Cup All Japan Volleyball Championship after defeating the Panasonic Panthers in a 3–1 set.

2021/22 season[edit]

On April 5, 2021, Japan Volleyball Association (JVA) announced the Japanese National Team roster for 2021, where Nishida was named as part of the 25-man provisional roster.[26]

In the "2021 Volleyball Men's National Team Red and White Match", an intra-team scrimmage between the players of the Japanese National Team, Nishida was named as a starting player of the red team.[27][28] Early on in the first set, Nishida's right ankle was injured after he landed awkwardly from blocking. Unable to walk by himself, he was carried from the court and was taken to the hospital. After an X-ray scan, the head coach of the team reported that Nishida had no fractures and had been diagnosed with a sprain on the right ankle. [29][30][31]

Nishida was again named in the Japanese National Team squad for the 2021 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League where the competition would be held in Rimini, Italy, although he had not fully recovered yet at this point.[32][33] He returned in the third week of the tournament for the match against Poland as a substitute and returned to the starting line up in the match against Bulgaria.[34]

On June 21, Japan Volleyball Association announced the Japanese National Team roster for 2020 Tokyo Olympics, where Nishida was once again selected as a member of the starting line-up.[35] He became the first player of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics to break the 30–point scoring mark in the men's division and was the tenth player, and first Japanese player, since the introduction of the rally scoring system.[36][37][38]

On August 9, Nishida officially announced that he would transfer to play for the Italian club Volley Callipo in the Italian Volleyball League for the 2021–22 season.[10][11][12]

On November 21, in the match against Volley Lube, he injured his left calf early in the second set, which took him off the court.[39][40][41]

Nishida was side-lined for two months before returning on January 12 in a match against Gas Sales Blueenergy Piacenza.

In March 2022, it was reported that at the end of the season that Nishida would return to the V.League in Japan.[42]

2022/23 season[edit]

On April 4, 2022, the Japan Volleyball Association (JVA) announced the 2022 Japanese roster for competing in Nations League, Asian Games and World Championship. Nishida was named amongst the 35-player roster not joining the team in the 2021 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship tournament the previous year, due to his preparation for Italian league and subsequent injury. His national team jersey number changed from No.11 to No.1.[43]

On June 1, JTEKT Stings announced that Nishida would join the club again for 2022-23 V.League Season.[44][45]

At the Nations League, Nishida scored the highest of the Japanese team and the third highest in the first round with 201 points, including 162 attacks, 10 blocks and 29 aces. He delivered 28 points in a victory after a full set match over Italy on June 24, 2022, advancing to the quarter-finals of the tournament.[46][47] Nishida and the Japanese team then faced France which they lost in a 3–0 set, eliminating them from the competition, placing fifth overall.[48]

On August 26, the Japanese team played their first match in the 2022 World Championship against Qatar where they won in three straight sets. Nishida contributed 17 points, including 4 blocks. In the next two games, Japanese team faced against Brazil and Cuba in which they lost and won, respectively.[49] With a record of 2-1, Japan placed second behind Brazil in the group stages and Japan advanced to the final round for the first time since 2006. They were matched up against France, the 2020 Olympics and the Nations League gold medallists, in the round of 16 where they eventually lost 3-2 after a tough contest. Nishida finished with a total of 31 points, the highest of all the players on both teams. The result eliminated Japan from the tournament, finishing at 12th place.[50][51]

Two weeks after the 2022-23 V.League season began, Nishida came down with an unknown illness which caused him to miss three weeks at the start of the season with a continuous high fever. During this time, Nishida underwent multiple medical tests which all came back inconclusive. Nishida began to wonder "Will I able to play volleyball this year with JTEKT?" as he explained in a later announcement about his extended absence from competition. Fortunately, all the symptoms gradually disappeared and Nishida was cleared play volleyball again. After his return, Nishida was able to lead his team to win the 2022 Emperor's Cup title in three straight sets against Toray Arrows.[52]

2023/24 season[edit]

It's announced that Nishida joined Panasonic Panthers for 2023/24 season.[53][3]

In 2023 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League, Nishida joined the team with 14 games. Yuji had an injury at his back which made him absent from matches against Poland. He was out of the roster and replaced by Larry Ebade-Dan in the third place match.[54][55][56]

Awards[edit]

Individuals[edit]


Club teams[edit]

Junior national team[edit]

National team[edit]

Personal life[edit]

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.[15] In an interview, he said his idol is Yūki Ishikawa, Masahiro Yanagida,[61] Michal Kubiak and Hiroaki Asano.[62]

In 2020, Nishida announced a partnership with Asics, a Japanese multinational corporation which produces sports equipment, through product promotions and advertisement.[63]

In February 2021, Nishida had entered a sports sponsorship agreement with Zamst [ja], a brand of athletic braces and care products.[64][65] In October 2021, it was announced that Nishida had signed a partnership with CLEVER, Japanese protein brand.[66]

He started his own Youtube Channel on December 6, 2020, surpassing 100,000 subscribers in six months. Nishida established his personal apparel brand, Crazy Jump, which was launched to the public in August, 2022.

On December 31, 2022, Nishida announced through his Instagram that he had married fellow volleyball player Sarina Koga.[67]

In April 2023, he reached 1 million followers on his Instagram, setting another milestone for his career.[68]

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Awards
Preceded by Best Opposite Spiker of
FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup
2019 		Succeeded by
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