The Day When 18 Years Old Yuji Nishida Showed Who is THE BOSS

The Day When 18 Years Old Yuji Nishida Showed Who is THE BOSS !!! 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 as well as Japan men's national volleyball team. Nishida is also representing Japan in the 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. 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. 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. In June 2019, Nishida broke serving records in the VNL history after hitting 7 aces in a single game during a match against Bulgaria.

2019-20 V. League — Best Opposite Spiker
2019-20 V. League — Best 6
2020-21 the Japanese Emperor's Cup — Most Valuable Player
2020-21 V. League — Best Servers at preliminary round
2020-21 V. League — V.League Japan record award player, highest score from Japanese player in the history (with 833 points)
2020-21 V. League — Top 2 best scorer at final round
2020-21 V. League — Top 2 best serve effective rate at final round
Club teams
2019-20 V. League — Simple cup icon.svg Champion, with JTEKT Stings
2020-21 the Japanese Emperor's Cup — Simple cup icon.svg Champion, with JTEKT Stings
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

Yūji Nishida
Personal information
Full name Yuji Nishida
Nickname Yuji
Nationality Japanese
Born 30 January 2000 (age 21)Mie, Japan
Hometown Inabe
Height 1.86 m
Weight 87 kg
Spike 350 cm
Block 335 cm (132 in)
Volleyball information
Position Opposite Spiker
Current club Italy Volley Callipo
Number 11 (National Team)
2 (Volley Callipo)
Career
Years Teams
2017–2021 Japan JTEKT Stings
2021– Italy Volley Callipo

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