In 2024, Yuji Nishida, a volleyball player for Panasonic Panthers and the Japanese men's national team, poses with a ball in Tokyo.
In 2024, Yuji Nishida poses in Red Bull gear in Tokyo.

Yuji
Nishida

Japan

Japan

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Volleyball

A left-handed MVP, the Japanese volleyball player has been a major asset to every team he's played for since elementary school.

Date of birth

30 January 2000

Place of birth

Inabe, Japan

Age

25

Nationality

Japan

Japan

Career start

2018

Disciplines

Volleyball (Indoor)

In sixth grade, left-handed volleyball player Yuji Nishida became the captain of his team and led them to win the President's Cup of Mie Prefecture Club Volleyball Federation. A few years later, Nishida practised with three different teams and went on to compete in the Mie Prefectural High School Championship

Nishida debuted at V-League level with JTEKT Stings in 2018. His debut at 17 landed him a spot in JTEKT's starting six and on Japan's men's national volleyball team. The same year, in a match against Argentina at the 2018 World Championships, Nishida became the youngest player to score 30 points.