TRIO of Volleyball Team Japan, Yuji Nishida, Yuki Ishikawa and Ran Takahashi, HD

Yuji Nishida (西田 有志, Nishida Yūji, born 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 Sakai. His impressive debut at the young age of 17 soon earned him a position in JTEKT s Starting 6 as 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 you