{"id":787257,"date":"2022-04-01T07:28:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-01T07:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/news\/787257\/"},"modified":"2022-04-01T07:28:00","modified_gmt":"2022-04-01T07:28:00","slug":"yuki-ishikawa-from-child-to-legend-of-volleyball-team-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/news\/787257\/","title":{"rendered":"Yuki Ishikawa | From Child to Legend of Volleyball Team Japan !!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aeDjNcp2_dQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\nYuki Ishikawa | From Child to Legend of Volleyball Team Japan !!! Y\u016bki Ishikawa (\u77f3\u5ddd\u7950\u5e0c, Ishikawa Y\u016bki, born 11 December 1995) is a Japanese male professional volleyball player from Okazaki City, Aichi Prefecture.<\/p>\n<p>Ishikawa is the first volleyball player to have a wax figure in Japan.[1] Currently, his wax figure is displayed at Madame Tussauds Tokyo.[2]<\/p>\n<p>Ishikawa was named &#8220;Best Outside Spiker&#8221; award at the FIVB World Cup (2015, 2019), Asian Championship (2017, 2019, 2021), as well as &#8220;Most Valuable Player&#8221; award at the Asian Championship (2017).<\/p>\n<p>As of April 2021, Ishikawa is the captain of the Japan men&#8217;s national volleyball team, and plays as an outside hitter. He currently plays in the Italian Volleyball League (7th consecutive seasons) for Allianz Milano.<\/p>\n<p>In July 2017, Ishikawa participated in the 2017 Asian Men&#8217;s Volleyball Championship in Gresik, Indonesia for the first time[31] (He wasn&#8217;t called to the tournament in 2015).[32] The Japanese team won the gold medal and he also won the first &#8220;Most Valuable Player&#8221; award as a member of the senior national team.[33]<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, Ishikawa became the captain of the Japan men&#8217;s national volleyball team,[34] and was assigned to lead the team at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[35][36] The Japanese team finished in 7th place after losing to the Brazil team with a set count 0\u20133 in the quarterfinals.<\/p>\n<p>2017 All Japan Intercollegiate Volleyball Championship \u2013 Spike Award[61]<br \/>\n2019 Asian Men&#8217;s Volleyball Championship \u2013 Best Outside Spiker<br \/>\n2019 FIVB Volleyball Men&#8217;s World Cup \u2013 Best Outside Spiker<br \/>\n2021 Asian Men&#8217;s Volleyball Championship \u2013 Best Outside Spiker<\/p>\n<p>Personal information<br \/>\nFull name Y\u016bki Ishikawa<br \/>\nNationality Japanese<br \/>\nBorn 11 December 1995 (age 26)<br \/>\nOkazaki, Aichi, Japan<br \/>\nHeight 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)<br \/>\nWeight 88 kg (194 lb)<br \/>\nSpike 351 cm (138 in)<br \/>\nBlock 327 cm (129 in)<br \/>\nCollege(s) Chuo University<br \/>\nVolleyball information<br \/>\nPosition Outside Hitter<br \/>\nCurrent club Italy Allianz Milano<br \/>\nNumber 14<br \/>\nCareer<br \/>\nYears Teams<br \/>\n2005\u20132008 Japan Yahagi Minami Elementary School<br \/>\n2008\u20132011 Japan Yahagi Junior High School<br \/>\n2011\u20132014 Japan Seijoh High School<br \/>\n2014 Japan Chuo University<br \/>\n2014\u20132015 Italy Parmareggio Modena<br \/>\n2015\u20132016 Japan Chuo University<br \/>\n2016 Japan Chuo University<br \/>\n2016\u20132017 Italy Top Volley Latina<br \/>\n2017 Japan Chuo University<br \/>\n2017\u20132018 Italy Taiwan Excellence Latina<br \/>\n2018\u20132019 Italy Emma Villas Siena<br \/>\n2019\u20132020 Italy Kioene Padova<br \/>\n2020\u2013 Italy Allianz Milano<br \/>\nNational team<br \/>\n2012\u20132013 Japan under-19 national team<br \/>\n2013\u20132014 Japan under-21 national team<br \/>\n2014\u2013 Japan senior national team<\/p>\n<p>-Like, Share, Subscribe- For More Volleyball content<br \/>\n* \ud83d\udd14 Don&#8217;t Forget to Hit the Bell Icon \ud83d\udd14 *<\/p>\n<p>All Credits by FIVB:<\/p>\n<p>Volleyball TV: https:\/\/go.volleyball.world\/TV?ytv=d <\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Watch ALL the Volleyball Action https:\/\/go.volleyball.world\/TV?ytv=d<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Subscribe NOW https:\/\/go.volleyball.world\/Subscribe&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; News, Schedules, Results &#038; more: https:\/\/go.volleyball.world\/VNL?ytv=d<\/p>\n<p>FOLLOW VOLLEYBALL WORLD ON SOCIAL MEDIA<br \/>\nInstagram: https:\/\/go.volleyball.world\/Instagram&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Facebook: https:\/\/go.volleyball.world\/Facebook?&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Twitter: https:\/\/go.volleyball.world\/Twitter?y&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>More info: https:\/\/go.volleyball.world\/home?ytv=d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yuki Ishikawa | From Child to Legend of Volleyball Team Japan !!! 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