The Game When Wilfredo Leon Became a Yuji Nishida Fan

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 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. Nishida is also representing Japan in the Tokyo Olympics. 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 Cham