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Yūki Ishikawa (石川祐希, Ishikawa Yūki, born 11 December 1995) is a Japanese male professional volleyball player from Okazaki City, Aichi Prefecture. Ishikawa is the first volleyball player to have a wax figure in Japan.[1] Currently, his wax figure is displayed at Madame Tussauds Tokyo.[2] Ishikawa was named “Best outside spiker“ award at the FIVB World Cup (2015, 2019), FIVB Nations League (2023), Asian Championship (2017, 2019, 2021), as well as “Most valuable player“ award at the Asian Championship (2017). As of April 2021, Ishikawa is the captain of the Japan men’s national volleyball team, and plays as an outside hitter. He currently plays in the Italian Volleyball League for Allianz Milano. ___________________ Ran Takahashi (髙橋 藍 or たかはしらん, Takahashi Ran, born 2 September 2001) is a Japanese male volleyball player and an Olympian. He plays as an Out