Name Koichi Nishimura Role Beach Volleyball Player | Weight 66 kg Spouse Kaoru Sugayama (m. 2011) | |
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2015 avp huntington beach open marty lorenz and koichi nishimura vs todd rogers and stafford slick
Koichi "Nishi" Nishimura (born 30 June 1973 in Kyoto, Japan) is a beach volleyball player from Japan. Nishimura began his career as an indoor volleyball player and played Libero for the Japanese National Team. In 2002 Nishimura switched to beach volleyball. He currently plays in "Winds" beach volleyball team. In 2009, Nishimura founded the environmental non-profit-organisation "Save the Beach".
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- 2015 avp huntington beach open marty lorenz and koichi nishimura vs todd rogers and stafford slick
- 2015 avp huntington beach open marty lorenz and koichi nishimura vs adam cabbage and john moran
- Career and awards
- References
They were the fourth ranked team at the 2006 Asian Games but were eliminated in the fourth round.
2015 avp huntington beach open marty lorenz and koichi nishimura vs adam cabbage and john moran
Career and awards
Japan All Stars Awards'
In 2002 he switched from indoor volleyball to beach volleyball.
At the 2006 Swatch FIVB World Tour, France, he won the 7th place and accomplished the unprecedented feat of becoming the first Japanese man to reach 7th place in a beach volleyball world tour tournament. The Japanese team was awarded “Most Improved Team” title.