Volleyball Brothers | Yuji Nishida & Yuki Ishikawa | Amazing Duo | Men's VNL 2021

Volleyball Brothers | Yuji Nishida & Yuki Ishikawa | Amazing Duo | Men's VNL 2021. Yuji Nishida and Yuki Ishikawa, teammates, but above all good friends, so good that many of them were called Volleyball Brothers. Their volleyball actions and volleyball skills are amazing, as is their amazing volleyball vertical jump, so many call them monsters of the vertical jump.

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.[2][3][4]

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 [5] as well as Japan men's national volleyball team. Nishida is also representing Japan in the Tokyo Olympics.

On June 21, Japan Volleyball Asssociation announced Japanese team roster for 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Nishida had a name as one of the opposite hitters.[40] and was a starting lineup in every match. Nishida was the best scorer in the match that Japan beat Canada 3–1 set count, made 23 points.[41] In the match against Iran, Japanese team needed to win for advance to the quarterfinals round, Nishida made 30 point, made him to be the best scorer of the match and led the team to the next round after 29 years.[42][43] Moreover, he became the first player of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics to break the 30–point scoring mark in the men event and was the tenth player, and first Japanese, since the introduction of the rally scoring system.[44][45][46]

On August 9th, Nishida had official announcement that he would transfer to play in Italian Volleyball League for Volley Callipo club in the 2021–22 season.

Yūji Nishida
Personal information
Nationality Japanese
Born 30 January 2000 (age 21)
Mie, Japan
Hometown Inabe
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Weight 88 kg (194 lb)
Spike 350 cm (138 in)
Block 335 cm (132 in)
Volleyball information
Position Opposite Hitter
Current club Italy Volley Callipo
Number 11 (National Team)
14 (JTEKT Stings)
Career
Years Teams
2017–2021 Japan JTEKT Stings
2021– Italy Volley Callipo
National team
2017
2018–present Japan U-19 national team
Japan senior national team

Yūki Ishikawa (石川祐希, Ishikawa Yūki, born 11 December 1995) is a Japanese male professional volleyball player from Okazaki City, Aichi Prefecture. As of April 2021, Ishikawa is the captain of the Japan men's national volleyball team, and plays as an outside hitter. He currently plays in the Italian Volleyball League for Power Volley Milano.

In 2021, Ishikawa became the captain of the Japan men's national volleyball team,[23] and was assigned to lead the team at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[24] The Japanese team finished in 7th place after losing to the Brazil team with a set count 0-3 in the quarterfinals.

Personal information
Full name Yūki Ishikawa
Nationality Japanese
Born 11 December 1995 (age 25)
Aichi, Japan
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 84 kg (185 lb)
Spike 351 cm (138 in)
Block 327 cm (129 in)
College(s) Chuo University
Volleyball information
Position Outside Hitter
Current club Italy Power Volley Milano
Number 14
Career
Years Teams
2014-2015
2015-2016
2016-2018
2018-2019
2019-2020
2020-present Italy Parmareggio Modena
Japan Chuo University
Italy Top Volley Latina
Italy Emma Villas Siena
Italy Kioene Padova
Italy Power Volley Milano
National team
2012-2013
2013
2014-present Japan under-19 national team
Japan under-21 national team
Japan men's national team