{"id":58630,"date":"2021-04-17T12:50:51","date_gmt":"2021-04-17T12:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/?p=58630"},"modified":"2021-04-17T12:50:51","modified_gmt":"2021-04-17T12:50:51","slug":"japan-looking-to-leave-mark-on-vnl-ahead-of-home-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/japan-looking-to-leave-mark-on-vnl-ahead-of-home-olympics\/","title":{"rendered":"JAPAN: LOOKING TO LEAVE MARK ON VNL AHEAD OF HOME OLYMPICS"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><p><strong>Hosts of Tokyo 2020 in last show of power before Games<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Japan&#8217;s men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s national teams will be seeking to make their presence felt at the 2021 FIVB Volleyball Nations League, before welcoming the world later this year at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Yuki Ishikawa and Yuji Nishida were instrumental in leading Japan to fourth place at the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Men&#8217;s World Cup, so keep an eye out for them as they try to make a statement in this year&#8217;s VNL, after finishing 12th in the inaugural edition of 2018 and 10th in 2019.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-58633\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/2-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/2-5.jpg 650w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/2-5-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/2-5-600x886.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the women&#8217;s team, 10th in 2018 and 9th in 2019, follow Mayu Ishikawa (Yuki&#8217;s younger sister) who at 20 is already making waves and emerging as one of the the next national team stars.<\/p>\n<p>Watch all Japan&#8217;s 2018 and 2019 VNL matches on Volleyball TV for free! <a href=\"https:\/\/welcome.volleyballworld.tv\">https:\/\/welcome.volleyballworld.tv<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-58632\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/GetImage.asmx_-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/GetImage.asmx_-1.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/GetImage.asmx_-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/GetImage.asmx_-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/GetImage.asmx_-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/GetImage.asmx_-1-600x338.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Related links of AVC<br \/>\nAVC Website: click www.asianvolleyball.net<br \/>\nAVC Facebook: click www.Facebook.com\/AsianVolleyballConfederation<br \/>\nAVC Twitter: click: https:\/\/twitter.com\/avcvolley<br \/>\nAVC Instagram: click: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/avcvolley\/?hl=en<br \/>\nAVC Youtube: click: Asian Volleyball Confederation<br \/>\nAVC WeChat: Asian Volleyball Confederation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hosts of Tokyo 2020 in last show of power before Games Japan&#8217;s men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s national teams will be seeking to make their presence felt at the 2021 FIVB Volleyball&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":58631,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"pgc_sgb_lightbox_settings":"","_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[100,86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-slider","category-volleyball-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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