is a Japanese former professional racing cyclist who competed professionally between 2006 and 2014, entirely for the . He was the winner of the Japanese National Road Race Championships in 2009. He retired at the end of the 2014 season, and now works as a directeur sportif for the . He joined soon after graduating from Nihon University and had success on the UCI Asia Tour. He was the third Japanese to win a stage at the HC classified Tour de Langkawi. In addition to road races, Nishitani also represented Japan in international track cycling competitions, riding in such events as the scratch race, Madison, and omnium. Major results 2003 Tour de Hokkaido 1st Prologue & Stage 2 2004 Tour de Hokkaido 1st Prologue, Stages 2 & 3 2006 1st Overall Tour de Hokkaido 1st Stage 3 2007 Tour of South China Sea 1st Stages 6 & 8 1st Stage 2 Tour de Hokkaido 2008 1st Stage 3 Tour de East Java 1st Stage 6 Tour de Hokkaido 2009 1st Road race, National Road Championships 1st Stage 6 Jelajah Malaysia 1st Stage 3b Tour de Singkarak 2010 1st Stage 4 Tour de Langkawi 1st Prologue Tour de Hokkaido 2011 1st Stage 8 Tour de Taiwan 1st Stage 3 Tour de Kumano 2012 1st Stage 6 Tour of Japan 1st Stage 4 Tour of China I 2013 Tour of Japan 1st Stages 1 (ITT) & 6 7th Overall Tour de Korea 8th Overall Tour de East Java 1st Points classification 9th Japan Cup 2014 1st Stage 6 Tour of Thailand References External links 1981 births Living people Japanese male cyclists People from Hiroshima Prefecture Nihon University alumni Asian Games medalists in cycling Cyclists at the 2002 Asian Games Cyclists at the 2006 Asian Games Cyclists at the 2010 Asian Games Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for Japan