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Ritsumeikan University.
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Koichi Nishimura
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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".
They were the fourth ranked team at the 2006 Asian Games but were eliminated in the fourth round. 1998 – World ChampionshipsAwarded “Best Digger”
1999 Asian Championships – 4th place
Asian Championships – 4th placeAwarded “Best Digger”
1999 – World Cup
2000 Olympics (Sydney), Asian Preliminary Round - 2nd place
Japan All Stars Awards"
1999 All Star – Fan voting – 1st place
2000 All Star – Fan voting – 2nd place
2001 All Star – Fan voting – 2nd place
In 2002 he switched from indoor volleyball to beach volleyball.
2003 Beach Volleyball Japan - Runner-up
The Japanese team was awarded “Most Improved Team” title.
Achievements
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2004 JBV Tour, Tokyo - Champion 2005 Beach Volleyball Japan - Champion 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. 2008 JVB Tour, Tokyo - Champion.
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