was a Japanese

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Sum ...

player who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics and in the

1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ...

. He was born in

Saga Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyushu. Saga Prefecture has a population of 809,248 (1 August 2020) and has a geographic area of 2,440 km2 (942 sq mi). Saga Prefecture borders Fukuoka Prefecture to the northeast and Nagasa ...

. In 1964 he was part of the Japanese team which won the bronze medal in the Olympic tournament. He played all nine matches. Four years later he was a squad member of the Japanese team which won the silver medal in the 1968 Olympic tournament. He died from lymphoma.元男子バレー代表監督の中野尚弘さん死去　80歳　東京五輪銅、メキシコ五輪銀

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1940 births 2021 deaths Japanese men's volleyball players Olympic volleyball players for Japan Volleyball players at the 1964 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Japan Olympic bronze medalists for Japan Olympic medalists in volleyball Asian Games medalists in volleyball Volleyball players at the 1966 Asian Games Medalists at the 1966 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Deaths from lymphoma 20th-century Japanese people {{Japan-volleyball-bio-stub