was a Japanese

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

player. He played for Japan national team.

National team career

Nishikawa was born on June 29, 1907. In August 1927, when he was a Hosei University student, he was selected Japan national team for

1927 Far Eastern Championship Games The 1927 Far Eastern Championship Games was the eighth edition of the regional multi-sport event, contested between China, Japan and the Philippines, and was held from 28–31 August 1927 in Shanghai, Republic of China. A total of eight sports were ...

in Shanghai. At this competition, on August 27, he debuted against

Republic of China Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast ...

. On August 29, he also played against Philippines and Japan won this match. This is Japan national team first victory in

International A Match Association football (more commonly known as football) was first codified in 1863 in England, although games that involved the kicking of a ball were evident considerably earlier.

. He played 2 games for Japan in 1927.Japan National Football Team Database
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National team statistics

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1907 births Year of death missing Hosei University alumni Japanese men's footballers Japan men's international footballers Men's association football goalkeepers {{Japan-footy-goalkeeper-stub