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.
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
Volleyball information
Position Opposite Spiker
Current club Italy Volley Callipo
Number 11 (National Team)
2 (Volley Callipo)
Individuals
2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League — Top 4 Best Scorers at Preliminary Round
2018-19 V. League — Rookie of the Year
2018-19 V. League — Best Servers
2018-19 V. League — 3rd Best Scorer
2019 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League — Top 2 Best Scorers at Preliminary Round
2019 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League — Top 2 Best Servers at Preliminary Round
2019 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship — Best Servers
2019 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup — Best Opposite Spiker
2019 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup — Best Servers
2019-20 V. League — Most Valuable Player
2019-20 V. League — Best Scorers
2019-20 V. League — Best Servers
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
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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.
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
Volleyball information
Position Opposite Spiker
Current club Italy Volley Callipo
Number 11 (National Team)
2 (Volley Callipo)
Individuals
2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League — Top 4 Best Scorers at Preliminary Round
2018-19 V. League — Rookie of the Year
2018-19 V. League — Best Servers
2018-19 V. League — 3rd Best Scorer
2019 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League — Top 2 Best Scorers at Preliminary Round
2019 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League — Top 2 Best Servers at Preliminary Round
2019 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship — Best Servers
2019 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup — Best Opposite Spiker
2019 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup — Best Servers
2019-20 V. League — Most Valuable Player
2019-20 V. League — Best Scorers
2019-20 V. League — Best Servers
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
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