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. Nakagaichi was a top player for the Japanese men's national volleyball team in the 1990s. Nakagaichi played at the

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, and he also competed at the 1998 FIVB World Championship in Japan.

Coaching

Nakagaichi was the head coach of the Japanese men's national volleyball team from 2017 to 2021, leading his team as runners-up in the 2021 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship.

Controversies

In November 2016, shortly after an announcement of becoming Japan's men's national team head coach, Nakagaichi was suspected of negligence in allegedly hitting a 41-year-old traffic guard while driving on the Chugoku Expressway in the city of Shobara, Hiroshima prefecture, on 9 November. Nakagaichi told the police that he mistakenly applied the brake of his car, causing it to skid and plow into the victim, according to police officers. In 2017, the Japan Volleyball Association was considering a temporary replacement for Nakagaichi after he stepped back from the role following this incident. The association retained him as coach under the expectation that a criminal charge would be handed down within three months.

Honours

As player

* 1990 Asian Games — Bronze medal with cup

3rd place * 1992 Olympic Games — 6th place * 1994 Asian Games — Simple cup icon

Champion * 1998 FIVB World Championship — 16th place

As coach

* 2017 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship — Simple cup icon

Champion * 2017 FIVB Volleyball World League — 14th place * 2017 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Grand Champions Cup — 6th place * 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League — 12th place *

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— 17th place *

2018 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup The 2018 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup, so-called 2018 AVC Cup for Men was the sixth edition of the Asian Men's Volleyball Cup, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Chinese Taipe ...

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3rd place *

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— 5th place * 2019 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League — 10th place * 2019 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship — Bronze medal with cup

3rd place * 2019 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup — 4th place * 2021 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League — 11th place *

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(was held in 2021) — 7th place * 2021 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship — Silver medal with cup

Runners-up

References

External links

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Olympedia profile: Yuichi Nakagaichi

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