Here's Why Yuji Nishida is the Best Volleyball Player in the World !!!

Here's Why Yuji Nishida is the Best Volleyball Player in the World !!! Yuji Nishida (西田 有志, Nishida Yūji, born 30 January 2000) is a Japanese male volleyball player. Currently, he plays for Volley Callipo in Italian Volleyball League.

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,[6] 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.

He is one of the youngest players in the 2018 roster of the Japan men's national volleyball team and FIVB cup Final.[7] 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.[8] 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.[9] In June 2019, Nishida broke serving records in the VNL history after hitting 7 aces in a single game during a match against Canada.[10]

Nishida took MVP awards of the matches in Italian Volleyball League for 3 times despite the injury and 2-month recovery. Furthermore, he helped his team, Volley Callipo, in many matches that made him became the highest scorer of the team. The highest score that he ever done was 29 points and scored the most aces in one match of the league's first round, 2021/22 season, with 8 aces.

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 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.

2020–21 V.League 1 — V.League Japan record award player, highest score from Japanese player in the history (with 833 points)[76][77]
2020–21 V.League 1 — Top 2 best scorer at final round[78]
2020–21 V.League 1 — Top 2 best serve effective rate at final round[79]
Club teams
2019–20 V.League 1 — Simple cup icon.svg Champion, with JTEKT Stings[80]
2020–21 the Japanese Emperor's Cup — Simple cup icon.svg Champion, with JTEKT Stings[81][82][83]
Junior national team
2017 Asian Boys' U19 Volleyball Championship — Gold medal with cup.svg Gold medal in Myanmar
National team
2019 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship — Bronze medal with cup.svg Bronze medal in Iran

Personal information
Full name Yuji Nishida
Nickname daddy
Nationality Japanese
Born 30 January 2000 (age 22)
Mie, Japan
Hometown Inabe
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Weight 89 kg (196 lb)
Spike 350 cm (138 in)[2]
Block 335 cm (132 in)
Volleyball information
Position Opposite Spiker
Current club Italy Volley Callipo
Number 1 (national team)
2 (club)
Career
Years Teams
2017–2021 Japan JTEKT Stings
2021–2022 Italy Volley Callipo

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