Japanese volleyball player
| Yuichi Nakagaichi |
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| Full name | Yuichi Nakagaichi |
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| Nationality | Japanese |
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| Born | (1967-11-02) 2 November 1967 (age 56)
Fukui, Fukui, Japan |
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| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) |
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| Weight | 90 kg (198 lb) |
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| Position | Outside hitter |
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| Number | 3 |
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Yuichi Nakagaichi (中垣内 祐一, Nakagaichi Yuichi, born 2 November 1967, in Fukui, Fukui) is a Professional Volleyball Coach from Japan. Nakagaichi was a top player for the Japanese men's national volleyball team in the 1990s.[1] Nakagaichi played at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain,[2] and he also competed at the 1998 FIVB World Championship in Japan.[3]
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.[4][5]
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.[6]
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.[7]
