Yuji Nishida

Yuji Nishida (西田 有志, Nishida Yūji, born (2000-01-30)30 January 2000) is a Japanese male volleyball player.

Nishida currently plays for JTEKT Stings, a volleyball club based in Kariya, Aichi, Japan. He made his debut with JTEKT Stings at V.League (Japan) on 6 January 2018 in a match against Osaka Blazers Sakail. His impressive debut at the young age of 17 soon earned him a position in JTEKT's Starting 6as well as Japan men's national volleyball team.

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.

Individuals

• 2018 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League - Top 4 Best Scorers at Preliminary Round
• 2018/2019 2018-19 V. League - Rookie of the Year
• 2019 2019 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League - Top 4 Best Scorers at Preliminary Round
• 2019 2019 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League - Top 4 Best Servers at Preliminary Round
• 2019 FIVB World Cup - Best Opposite Spiker

Junior Team

National Team

• Nishida started playing volleyball after watching his sister playing the sport.
• He listed watching movies and shopping as his hobbies.
• In the interview, he said his idol is Yūki Ishikawa, another Japanese Volleyball Player.