Yuki Ishikawa makes history by being the first male player in the history of Japanese volleyball to win a gold medal in the Champions League

The 2025 European Men's Volleyball Champions League Volley (CEV Champions League Volley) ended successfully on the evening of the 18th local time in Poland (early morning of the 19th Beijing time), and Yuki Ishikawa, the captain of the Japanese men's volleyball team who played for Sir Safety Perugia in the Italian First Division, won the first Champions League gold medal in team history with his teammates, becoming the first male player in Japanese volleyball history to win this honor.

Yuki Ishikawa, captain of the Japanese men's volleyball team, won the first Champions League gold medal in the team's history along with his teammates from the Italian Serie A Perugia volleyball team

According to comprehensive Japanese media reports, Perugia volleyball faced the Polish First Division in the gold medal match on the 18th, and the two sides went through a wonderful 5-game battle, and finally Perugia volleyball won the gold medal with 3:2 (25:22, 25:22, 20:25, 22:25, 15:10). Among them, Yuki Ishikawa played in all 5 games, and scored the second highest 20 points in the team, making a significant contribution to the victory of the game.

Japanese media pointed out that Ishikawa Yuki also created a new history, becoming the first male player in Japanese volleyball history to win a gold medal in the Champions League.

After the game, Ishikawa was interviewed by the media, in addition to thanking all the fans who supported him, he also revealed that it was a very difficult game, "I am very happy that we won this Champions League, and it is the first time for Perugia volleyball to win the championship. And I think I should be the first Japanese player to win the Champions League, which makes me really happy, and I'm proud that I can make a name in history in this way. ”

In his post, Ai Hibashi specifically joked about Yuki Ishikawa, asking him to "treat him to sushi" to celebrate when he returned to Japan, and Onodera Taishi echoed this message

In addition, Hiroshi Takahashi and Taishi Onodera, who are also members of the Japanese men's volleyball team and currently play for the Suntory Sunbirds Osaka in the Japanese SV League, also congratulated Ishikawa Yuki on the social platform "X" (formerly Twitter). However, Takahashi Blue, who likes to play pranks, especially joked about Yuki Ishikawa in the post, asking him to "treat him to sushi" to celebrate after returning to Japan, and Onodera Taishi also echoed this message, and the fun interaction amused many fans.