Koichi Nishimura

Koichi Nishimura

Koichi "Nishi" Nishimura is a beach volleyball player from Japan. He was born in Kyoto, Japan on 30 June 1973. 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.

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