is a former

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player from

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, who played for the

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in the 1990s. Playing at the

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he ended up in 16th place at the 1998 World Championship. On 26 October, 2017, Nakagaichi became the head coach of the Japan men's national volleyball team and he retired in September 2021, after led the team finished as runners-up in

2021 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship The 2021 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship was the twenty-first staging of the Asian Men's Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Japan Volleyball Assoc ...

Controversies

In November 2016, shortly after an announcement of becoming Japan men's national team new head coach, he was suspected of negligence in allegedly hitting a 41-year-old traffic guard while driving on the Chugoku Expressway in the city of Shobara,

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, on November 9. 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

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is considering a temporary replacement for him after his stepped back from the role following his involvement. The association retained Nakagaichi as coach under the expectation that a criminal charge will be handed down within three months.

Honours

As player

* 1992 Olympic Games — 6th place *

1998 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship The 1998 FIVB Men's World Championship was the fourteenth edition of the tournament, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB. It was held from 13 to 29 November 1998 in Fukuoka, Kobe, Sendai, Sapporo, Kawasaki, Uozu, Hiroshima, Osaka ...

— 16th place

As coach

2017 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship The 2017 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship was the nineteenth staging of the Asian Men's Volleyball Championship, the biennial international men's volleyball championship of Asia organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Indon ...

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Champion *

2017 FIVB Volleyball World League The 2017 FIVB Volleyball World League was the 28th edition of the annual men's international volleyball tournament played by 36 teams between 2 June and 8 July. The Group 1 Final Round was held in Curitiba, Brazil. In front of a crowd of 23,149 ...

— 17th place *

2017 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Grand Champions Cup The 2017 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Grand Champions Cup was the 7th staging of the FIVB Volleyball World Grand Champions Cup, a quadrennial international men's volleyball tournament organized by the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FI ...

— 6th place *

2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League The 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League was the inaugural edition of the FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League, a new annual international men's volleyball tournament contested by 16 national teams that replaced the former World League in t ...

— 12th place *

2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship The 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship was the 19th staging of the FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship, contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the ' (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The final tour ...

— 17th place *

2018 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup The 2018 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup, so-called 2018 AVC Cup for Men was the sixth edition of the Asian Men's Volleyball Cup, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Chinese Taipei ...

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3rd place *

2018 Asian Games The 2018 Asian Games ( id, Pesta Olahraga Asia 2018 or ''Asian Games 2018''), officially known as the 18th Asian Games and also known as Jakarta-Palembang 2018 or Indonesia 2018, was a Asia, continental multi-sport event that was held from 18 A ...

— 5th place *

2019 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League The 2019 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League was the second edition of the FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League, an annual international men's volleyball tournament contested by 16 national teams. The competition was held between May and July 20 ...

— 10th place *

2019 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship The 2019 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship was the twentieth staging of the Asian Men's Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Islamic Republic of Iran ...

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3rd place *

2019 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup The 2019 FIVB Men's World Cup was the 14th edition of the event, contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the ' (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The tournament was held from 1 to 15 October 2019 in Japan. That wa ...

— 4th place *

2021 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League The 2021 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League was the third edition of the FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League, an annual men's international volleyball tournament. The 2021 version of VNL was scheduled to start earlier than the previous editi ...

— 11th place *

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...

(was held in 2021) — 7th place *

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Runners-up

Controversies

Honours

As player

As coach

References

See also