Shinji Takahashi (volleyball)

Shinji Takahashi (髙橋 慎治, Takahashi Shinji; born (1980-07-16)16 July 1980) is a retired Japanese male volleyball player and was part of the Japan men's national volleyball team. He started to be the head coach for JTEKT Stings in V.League Division 1 since 2018–19 season until 2020–21 season.^[2][3] He led the team won the first V.League 1 title of the club's history in 2020 and the Emperor's Cup title in 2021. Currently, he is being a management staff of the team.^[4][5][6]

Shinji Takahashi
Personal information
Nationality	Japanese
Born	(1980-07-16) 16 July 1980 (age 45) Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan
Hometown	Tokyo, Japan
Height	182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	75 kg (165 lb)
Spike	315 cm (124 in)
Block	305 cm (120 in)
Coaching information
Previous teams coached Years Teams 2018–2021 JTEKT Stings
Volleyball information
Position	Setter
Career
Years Teams 2006–2009 Blue Rockets Tokyo 2009–2018 JTEKT Stings
National team
2014, 2016[1] Japan

Awards

Personal

• 2019–20 V.League 1 — Yasutaka Matsudaira Award (松平康隆賞), given to the coach of the championship team, with JTEKT Stings^[7]
• 2019–20 V.League 1 — Director Award, with JTEKT Stings^[8]

Coaching club teams

• 2019–20 V.League 1 — Champion, with JTEKT Stings^[9]
• 2020–21 Japanese Emperor's Cup — Champion, with JTEKT Stings^[10][11][12]

Personal life

His younger brother, Kozo Takahashi, was also a part of Japan men's national volleyball team and he already retired.^{[citation needed]}