Monster Volleyball Spikes by Yuji Nishida 西田有志

Monster Volleyball Spikes by Yuji Nishida 西田有志. Yuji Nishida (西田 有志, Nishida Yūji, born 30 January 2000) is a Japanese left-handed volleyball player. As of July 2024, Nishida plays for Panasonic Panthers at club level.

Nishida made his debut with JTEKT Stings at V.League on 6 January 2018 in a match against Sakai's Osaka Blazers Sakai. His impressive debut at the young age of 17 soon earned him a position in JTEKT's starting six,[5] as well as on Japan men's national volleyball team. Nishida led the national team to seventh place at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, its best result in 29 years.

Nishida was one of the youngest players in the 2018 roster of the Japan men's national volleyball team and FIVB cup Final.[6] 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.[7] 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.[8] In June 2019, Nishida broke serving records in the VNL history after hitting 7 aces in a single game during a match against Bulgaria.[9]

Nishida transferred to play for Volley Callipo in the Italian Volleyball League for the 2021–22 season.[10][11][12] He thrice received MVP of the match awards in spite of an injury and subsequent two-month recovery. Nishida would become the highest scorer of his team, with a personal one-match record of 29 points, and held the record for the most aces in one match during the league's first round of the 2021/22 season with eight aces.

In the 2023–24 V.League, Yuji and his team finished 3rd in the regular season standings.[65][66] In the final they faced the Suntory Sunbirds, and although Yuji was not a starting player but he put in a solid performance and scored 18 points.[67] However, the Panthers were beaten 3-0 and finished with silver medals.[68]

2024/25 season
In April 2024, the JVA announced the national team roster for 2024 international tournaments, Yuji was selected for the 6th consecutive season.[69][70]

In June, the Panthers announced their squad for the 2024–25 season and confirmed that Yuji will continue to play at the club and in jersey number 11.[71]

In the 2024 VNL, he led the team to finish 4th in the preliminary rounds with 9 wins and 3 losses. They then defeated Canada and Slovenia in the quarter-finals and semi-finals respectively. The Japanese team advanced to the finals match for the first time in VNL history. They played France in the final succumbing to a 1–3 sets loss. They finished 2nd and took home the silver medal, the highest finish for the team in this tournament and the first silver medal in any major international tournament since 1977.

2020: V.League 1 Best Opposite Spiker
2020: V.League 1 Best 6
2021: V.League 1 Best Server (2)
2021: V.League 1 Record Award Player
2023: Emperor's Cup Most Valuable Player[63]
Club teams
2019–20 V.League 1 — Champion, with JTEKT Stings[75]
2021 Emperor's Cup — Champion, with JTEKT Stings[76][77][78]
2022 Emperor's Cup — Champion, with JTEKT Stings
2023 Emperor's Cup — Champion, with Panasonic Panthers[63]
Junior national team
2017 Asian Boys' U19 Volleyball Championship — Gold medal in Myanmar
National team
2019 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship — Bronze medal in Iran
2023 FIVB Nations League — Bronze 3rd Place[58] in Poland
2023 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship — Gold medal in Iran
2024 FIVB Nations League — Runner-up[72] in Poland

Personal information
Full name Yuji Nishida
Born 30 January 2000 (age 24)
Mie, Japan
Hometown Inabe
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Weight 87 kg (192 lb)
Spike 346 cm (136 in)[2]
Block 330 cm (130 in)
Volleyball information
Position Opposite spiker
Current club Japan Panasonic Panthers[3]
Number 1 (national team)
11 (club)
Career
Years Teams
2017–2021 Japan JTEKT Stings
2021–2022 Italy Volley Callipo
2022–2023 Japan JTEKT Stings
2023–Present Japan Panasonic Panthers[3]
National team
2018–2024 Japan

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