Yuichi Nakagaichi

is a professional volleyball coach from Japan. Nakagaichi was a top player for the Japanese men's national volleyball team in the 1990s. Nakagaichi played at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, and he also competed at the 1998 FIVB World Championship in Japan.

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.

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.

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.

Honours As player

1992 Olympic Games — 6th place

1998 FIVB World Championship — 16th place

As coach

2017 FIVB Volleyball World League — 14th place 2017 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Grand Champions Cup — 6th place 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League — 12th place 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship — 17th place

2018 Asian Games — 5th place 2019 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League — 10th place

2019 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup — 4th place 2021 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League — 11th place 2020 Summer Olympics (was held in 2021) — 7th place