The Day Yuji Nishida & Ran Takahashi Met For the First Time. Yuji Nishida (西田 有志, Nishida Yūji, born 30 January 2000) is a Japanese male volleyball player. Currently, he plays for Volley Callipo in Italian Volleyball League.
Nishida made his debut with JTEKT Stings at V.League 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,[6] as well as Japan men's national volleyball team. Nishida also led the team finishing 7th place after 29 years, in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Personal information
Full name Yuji Nishida
Nickname Yuji
Nationality Japanese
Born 30 January 2000 (age 22)
Mie, Japan
Hometown Inabe
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Weight 87 kg (192 lb)
Spike 350 cm (138 in)[2]
Block 335 cm (132 in)
Volleyball information
Position Opposite Spiker
Current club Italy Volley Callipo
Number 1(National Team)
2 (Volley Callipo)
Career
Years Teams
2017-2021 Japan JTEKT Stings
2021-2022 Italy Volley Callipo
Ran Takahashi (髙橋 藍 or たかはしらん, Takahashi Ran, born 2 September 2001) is a Japanese male volleyball player and an Olympian. He plays as an Outside hitter for Nippon Sport Science University's club,[1] Japan men's national volleyball team and Pallavolo Padova. On November 29, it was reported that Ran would play in the Italian Volleyball League Division 1 with Pallavolo Padova.[13] He flew to Italy on December 10 and his jersey number is 14, the same as Yūki Ishikawa's when he played with Padova.
On December 19, he debuted in the highest Italian league as a substitute in the third set against Modena Volley.
Personal information
Full name Ran Takahashi
Nationality Japanese
Born 2 September 2001 (age 20)
Kyoto, Japan
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 72 kg (159 lb)
Spike 343 cm (135 in)
Block 315 cm (124 in)
College(s) Japan Nippon Sport Science University
Volleyball information
Position Wing spiker/Outside hitter
Current club Italy Pallavolo Padova
Number 12 (National)
20 (University)
14 (Club)
Career
Years Teams
2017-2020 Japan Higashiyama High School [ja]
2020-present Japan Nippon Sport Science University
2021-present Italy Pallavolo Padova
National team
2020-present Japan Japan men's national team
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