NISHIDA Yuji

World Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
17	Men	2018

World Cup

Rank	Event	Year	Location
4	Men	2019	Japan

Asian Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Men	2019	Islamic Republic of Iran

Yu, Yuji (jtekt-stings.jp, 10 Jul 2019)

Shopping, golf, watching films. (jtekt-stings.jp, 10 Jul 2019; nikkansports.com, 29 Feb 2020)

Athlete

Japanese

JTEKT Stings [Kariya, JPN] since 2017

Shinji Takahashi [club], JPN; Yuichi Nakagaichi [national], JPN

Opposite spiker (jtekt-stings.jp, 10 Jul 2019; jva.or.jp, 31 Jul 2019)

Left (sportiva.shueisha.co.jp, 17 Feb 2018)

2018 for Japan (sports.yahoo.co.jp, 28 Nov 2018)

In May 2021 he suffered a right sprained ankle. He returned to competitive action in a match against Poland at the 2021 Nations League in Italy. (daily.co.jp, 21 Jun 2021)

He injured his left knee during training three days before the 2018 World Championship in Italy and Bulgaria. Although he missed the first match, he returned to competitive action in the second match of the tournament. (sports.yahoo.co.jp, 28 Nov 2018)

V.League Division 1 [JPN] (sportiva.shueisha.co.jp, 21 Feb 2020)

He began the sport at age five in Inabe, Japan. (jtekt-stings.jp, 10 Jul 2019; sports.yahoo.co.jp, 28 Nov 2018)

He was encouraged by his older sister and brother. (jtekt-stings.jp, 10 Jul 2019)

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (nagoyatv.com, 10 May 2019)

Polish volleyball player Michal Kubiak, Japanese volleyball player Hiroaki Asano. (sportiva.shueisha.co.jp, 17 Feb 2018)

"Be positive." (jtekt-stings.jp, 10 Jul 2019)

He was presented with the Most Valuable Player [MVP] Award, Top Scorer Award and Serve Award for the 2019/20 V.League Division 1 season in Japan. He was also named in the Best Six team of the year. (yahoo.co.jp, 03 Mar 2020)

He received the Serve Award and Rookie of the Season Award for the 2018/19 V.League Division 1 season in Japan. (vleague.jp, 24 Feb 2019; jiji.com, 29 Jul 2019)