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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".[1]
They were the fourth ranked team at the 2006 Asian Games but were eliminated in the fourth round.[2]
He married volleyball player Kaoru Sugayama in 2011.[3]
- ^ "特定非営利活動法人(NPO)Save the Beach(セーブザビーチ)公式サイト". Savethebeach.jp. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
- ^ "People's Daily Online - Top Chinese seeds advance to men's beach volleyball semifinals at Doha Asiad". English.peopledaily.com.cn. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
- ^ "遠征費だけで4000万も!? 「かおる姫」菅山かおる氏が語る夫の競技費用". Livedoor (in Japanese). 7 November 2018. Retrieved 25 November 2019.