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Japanese volleyball player (born 2002)

FullnameMana Nishizaki

NationalityJapanese

Born (2002-05-01) 1 May 2002 (age 23)
Okazaki City, Aichi, Japan

Height1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)

Mana Nishizaki

Personal information

Full name

Mana Nishizaki

Nationality

Japanese

Born

(2002-05-01) 1 May 2002 (age 23)
Okazaki City, Aichi, Japan

Height

1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)

Weight

53 kg (117 lb)

Spike

265 cm (104 in)

Block

250 cm (98 in)

Volleyball information

Position

Libero

Current club

Osaka Marvelous

Number

35 (national)
10 (club)

Career

Years	Teams
2018–2021 2021–present	Kinrankai High School Osaka Marvelous

National team

2018–2019, 2025

Japan

Honours

Women's Volleyball

Representing Japan
Cornacchia World Cup
	2019 Pordenone	Team
Asian U17 Championship
	2018 Nakhon Pathom	Team

Mana Nishizaki (西崎愛菜, Nishizaki Mana; born 1 May 2002) is a Japanese professional volleyball player. She plays in the SV.League for Osaka Marvelous.

Early Years

In 2018, she was selected to represent Japan in the Asian U17 Championship in Thailand where the team won the championship.^[1]

In 2019, she was selected to represent Japan in the 2019 Cornacchia World Cup, a youth competitive volleyball tournament in Italy. The team won the gold medal in their first appearance at the tournament. She was awarded the Best Libero.^[2]^[3]

She was also selected for the 2019 U19 World Championship. The team finished in the 5th place after defeated by USA in quarterfinals.

Professional Years

On February 17, 2021, JT Marvelous announced that she would join the team.^[4]^[5]

Nishizaki was a setter when she entered Kinrankai Junior High School, and switched to libero in her second year of junior high school. In the 2021–22 season, her first season with JT Marvelous, she was used as a setter from the start of the season.^[6]

In 2025, she was selected as a member of the Japan women's national volleyball team for the first time.^[7]

Award

Individual

2019 Cornacchia World Cup - Best Libero
2023 V.Summer League - Fighting Spirit

High School Team

2018-19 All Japan High School Championship - - Champion, with Kinrankai High School
2019-20 All Japan High School Championship - - Bronze Medal, with Kinrankai High School

Club Team

2020-21 Empress' Cup All Japan Volleyball Championship - - Champion, with JT Marvelous
2020-21 V.League Division 1 Women's - - Champion, with JT Marvelous
2021-22 V.League Division 1 Women's - - Runner-up, with JT Marvelous
2022-23 Empress' Cup All Japan Volleyball Championship - - Bronze Medal, with JT Marvelous
2023-24 Empress' Cup All Japan Volleyball Championship - - Bronze Medal, with JT Marvelous
2023-24 V.League Division 1 Women's - - Runner-up, with JT Marvelous
2024-25 Empress' Cup All Japan Volleyball Championship - - Bronze Medal, with Osaka Marvelous
2024-25 SV.League Women's - - Champion, with Osaka Marvelous
2025-26 Empress' Cup All Japan Volleyball Championship - - Champion, with Osaka Marvelous

National Team

2018 Asian U17 Championship - - Champion
2019 Cornacchia World Cup - - Champion

References