Yuji Nishida | Monster of the Vertical Jump | Men's VNL 2022

Yuji Nishida | Monster of the Vertical Jump | Men's VNL 2022. Volleyball Nations League 2022 lasts a long time and the young monster of the vertical jump Yuji Nishida is one of the best scorers in Men's VNL 2022. In every volleyball match he showed why he is one of the best volleyball players in the world and helped the Japan volleyball team win.

Yuji Nishida (西田 有志, Nishida Yūji, born 30 January 2000) is a Japanese male 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.

He 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 in Italian Volleyball League for 2021–22 season.[8][9][10] He took MVP awards of the matches 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. His national team jersey number changed from No.11 to No.1.[61]

On June, 1, JTEKT Stings announced that Nishida would joint the club again for Season 2022–23

Personal information
Full name Yuji Nishida
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 Japan JTEKT Stings
Number 1 (national team)
2 (club)
Career
Years Teams
2017–2021 Japan JTEKT Stings
2021–2022 Italy Volley Callipo
2022–present Japan JTEKT Stings
National team
2017
2018–present Japan U-19 national team
Japan senior national team
Medal record
Men's volleyball
Representing Japan

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