Mana Nishizaki
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| Full name | Mana Nishizaki | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Japanese | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 May 2002 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) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Libero | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Current club |  Osaka Marvelous | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 35 (national) 10 (club) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
Career
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
- ↑ "第12回アジアユース女子選手権大会（U-17）". 公益財団法人日本バレーボール協会 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2026-03-26.
- ↑ Stefano (2019-04-22). "Rankings of Cornacchia World Cup 2019". Cornacchia World Cup. Retrieved 2026-03-26.
- ↑ "U18女子、コルナッキアワールドカップ2019に初出場で初優勝。MVPに主将の和田由紀子（京都橘高）". バレーボールマガジン (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2025-11-15. Retrieved 2026-03-26.
- ↑ 月刊バレーボール (2021-02-17). "JTマーヴェラスに小山 愛実（共栄学園高）と西崎 愛菜（金蘭会高）が加入 | 月バレ.com【月刊バレーボール】". 月バレ.com【月刊バレーボール】 | 月刊バレーボールが運営するバレー情報サイト (in Japanese). Retrieved 2026-03-26.
- ↑ "JTマーヴェラス 小山愛実（共栄学園高）、西崎愛菜（金蘭会高）の内定を発表". バレーボールマガジン (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2025-04-28. Retrieved 2026-03-26.
- ↑ https://vbm.link/175459/
- ↑ "2025年度バレーボール男女日本代表チーム 追加登録選手". 公益財団法人日本バレーボール協会 (in Japanese). 2025-05-09. Retrieved 2026-03-26.