List of Haikyū!! characters

The following is a list of characters that appear in the volleyball manga and anime, Haikyū!!.

Volleyball Teams

Karasuno High School

The word 'Karasu' in the school name "Karasuno" means 'crow'. This is why the volleyball flag has the word "Fly" on it and the team was referred to as "Flightless Ravens" or "Fallen Crows".

Shōyō Hinata (日向 翔陽 Hinata Shōyō)

Voiced by: Ayumu Murase^[1]

Hinata is a first-year student at Karasuno High School. He was initially a wing spiker in junior high school and is currently a middle blocker. He is generally upbeat, clumsy, and weak, however he is very athletic and has extraordinary jumping ability and amazing reflexes. He is able to play immensely well with the help of Kageyama. Although he is a beginner and has a small stature, he is determined to become a strong player and thus manages to grow rapidly through each match.

Tobio Kageyama (影山 飛雄 Kageyama Tobio)

Voiced by: Kaito Ishikawa^[1]

Kageyama is a first-year student at Karasuno High School. He is currently a setter and was referred to as the "King of the Court" in junior high. While Kageyama exhibits prodigious talents as a player, he also has an arrogant demeanor and an inability to cooperate with teammates, instead opting to order them around. After enrolling in Karasuno High School and joining the volleyball club where he meets Hinata, his opinions start to change and he begins to understand the importance of teamwork in a team sport. He tends to hide his feelings thus having bad social skills and frequently calls Hinata a "dumbass".

Daichi Sawamura (澤村 大地 Sawamura Daichi)

Voiced by: Satoshi Hino^[2]

Sawamura is the captain of the volleyball club and a third-year student at Karasuno High School. He is a wing spiker but very dependable at receiving. As the captain he's able to build a solid foundation of the team. He is kind, dependable, and doesn't get easily discouraged, but all of his teammates also fear annoying him because he turns alarmingly terrifying when angry.

Kōshi Sugawara (菅原 孝支 Sugawara Kōshi)

Voiced by: Miyu Irino^[2]

Sugawara is the vice captain of the volleyball club and a third-year student at Karasuno High School. He used to be the main setter of the team, but since Kageyama's addition to the team he has spent lesser time on the court. Sugawara has a refreshing and cheerful personality but his tactics are considered dangerous by opponents.

Asahi Azumane (東峰 旭 Azumane Asahi)

Voiced by: Yoshimasa Hosoya^[3]

Azumane is a third-year student at Karasuno High School and a wing spiker in the volleyball club. He's considered to be the team's ace. Despite his large physique (which makes people believe that he's not really a high school student), spiking power and mature demeanor, he is very timid, and is often referred to as having a "glass heart".

Ryūnosuke Tanaka (田中 龍之介 Tanaka Ryūnosuke)

Voiced by: Yū Hayashi^[2]

Tanaka is a second-year student at Karasuno High School and a wing spiker. He is loud, fierce and abrasive, but looks out for his juniors. Unfortunately, his behavior and appearance makes girls scared of him, and often gets him into trouble with others, needing Sawamura to stop him. He and Nishinoya adore their manager Shimizu.

Yū Nishinoya (西谷 夕 Nishinoya Yū)

Voiced by: Nobuhiko Okamoto^[3]

Nishinoya is a second-year student at Karasuno High School and a libero. He is called "Karasuno's Guardian Deity" because of his excellent and amazing skills as a libero, having won the "Best Libero" award while he was still in middle school. He has a very energetic personality and is ridiculously strong-hearted. He does tend to get carried away because he has so much passion and intensity. He is also mentioned to be the backbone of the team because whenever he is on the court, he assures all of his teammates that even if they get blocked, he will be there to pass it up so they are able to spike as many times as they need to win the point. He is also extremely loud and motivational, and is one of the only people able to bring the team up in good spirits right before matches against the better teams in the prefecture. He's also the shortest player on the team. Like Tanaka, he adores Shimizu, in the episode he is introduced in, he mentions one of the main reasons he came to Karasuno in the first place was because he liked the girls' uniforms.

Chikara Ennoshita (縁下 力 Ennoshita Chikara)

Voiced by: Toshiki Masuda^[4]

Ennoshita is a second-year student at Karasuno High School and a wing spiker. Despite his plain appearance, he is seen as the "leader" of the second-year students and possibly the only one able to control Nishinoya and Tanaka apart from Sawamura; being more responsible and able to say many things straightforwardly without drawback. Prior to the main storyline, he was one of many students who dropped out of the volleyball team due to high standards and extreme practice sessions of Coach Ukai Sr.. Eventually, he returns to team to find that the coach has left.

Hisashi Kinoshita (木下 久志 Kinoshita Hisashi)

Voiced by: Nobuyori Sagara

Kinoshita is a second-year student at Karasuno High School and a wing spiker. He, along with Ennoshita and Narita, were one of many students who left the volleyball club during Ukai Sr.'s time coaching.

Kazuhito Narita (成田 一仁 Narita Kazuhito)

Voiced by: Kōtarō Nishiyama

Narita is a second-year student at Karasuno High School and a middle blocker. He also left the volleyball team temporarily.

Kei Tsukishima (月島 蛍 Tsukishima Kei)

Voiced by: Kōki Uchiyama,^[3] Tomo Muranaka (young)

Tsukishima is a first-year student at Karasuno High School and a middle blocker. He looks down on Hinata at the beginning, stating that he should not rely on his jump. He often teases his teammates and also teases Kageyama by calling him "The King", which angers him to the core. Despite his negative attitude and flippant view on volleyball, Tsukishima is a very analytic and smart blocker, along with his great height, which gives the team a great advantage. Though he also has a stand-offish demeanor and seems to not care about his teammates, it is revealed that he loves volleyball, cares a lot for the sport, and has stayed friends with Yamaguchi not because he felt obliged to because he defended Yamaguchi from bullies in elementary school, but because genuinely cares for him and enjoys playing volleyball with him. Later in the story, it's revealed that he had an older brother that used to join Karasuno's volleyball team. He is the tallest player on the team and is nicknamed "Tsukki" by Yamaguchi.

Tadashi Yamaguchi (山口 忠 Yamaguchi Tadashi)

Voiced by: Sōma Saitō,^[3] Hiro Nakajima (young)

Yamaguchi is a first year student at Karasuno High School and a middle blocker. He usually clings to Tsukishima after Tsukishima saved him from bullies at 3rd grade, despite being told to shut up numerous times. He is shy, but friendly, and tries his best to contribute to the team. With the help of Makoto Shimada, he has recently become a pinch server due to his ability to hit the "jump float serve".

Aoba Johsai High

Tōru Oikawa (及川 徹 Oikawa Tōru)

Voiced by: Daisuke Namikawa^[4]

Oikawa is the setter and third-year captain of the Aoba Johsai High School volleyball club. He was also Kageyama's senior when they both attended Kitagawa Daiichi Middle School. According to Kageyama, he is a talented volleyball player with a bad personality. He is called "The Great King" by Hinata and "alien trash" by the fans. He is essentially the child of the team, the rest of his club frequently being exasperated by his antics, flirting, and alien trivia. It is revealed that in his past, Oikawa was jealous of Kageyama's genius-like qualities, and still is, thus vowing to beat him in Aoba Johsai.

Issei Matsukawa (松川 一静 Matsukawa Issei)

Voiced by: Isamu Yūsen

Matsukawa is one of the middle blockers for Aoba Johsai and a third-year student at Aoba Jousai High.

Takahiro Hanamaki (花巻 貴大 Hanamaki Takahiro)

Voiced by: Tōru Sakurai

Hanamaki is a wing spiker and a third-year student at Aoba Johsai.

Hajime Iwaizumi (岩泉 一 Iwaizumi Hajime)

Voiced by: Hiroyuki Yoshino

Iwaizumi is the ace and third-year vice-captain of the team, as well as one of the team's wing spikers and Oikawa's childhood friend and "pillar"/mother.

Shinji Watari (渡 親治 Watari Shinji)

Voiced by: Arthur Lounsbery

Watari is a second-year and the team's only libero.

Shigeru Yahaba (矢巾 秀 Yahaba Shigeru)

Voiced by: Kengo Kawanishi

Yahaba is a second-year and a setter at Aoba Johsai.

Yūtarō Kindaichi (金田一 勇太郎 Kindaichi Yūtarō)

Voiced by: Makoto Furukawa

Kindaichi is a first-year and a middle blocker at Aoba Johsai. He was Kageyama's former teammate at Kitagawa Daiichi Junior High. He is also known as "Turnip Head."

Akira Kunimi (国見 英 Kunimi Akira)

Voiced by: Atsushi Tamaru

Kunimi is a first-year and one of the wing spikers at Aoba Johsai. He was Kageyama's former teammate at Kitagawa Daiichi Junior High. He is also known as "Curtain Hair."

Nekoma High

The word 'neko' means 'cat' in Japanese. Thus, when there used to be rivalry between Nekoma and Karasuno, it was often referred to as the "Battle by the Garbage Dump" or "Cat Vs. Crow".

Tetsurō Kuroo (黒尾 鉄朗 Kuroo Tetsurō)

Voiced by: Yūichi Nakamura^[5]

Kuroo is a third-year student at Nekoma and is the captain and middle blocker for the volleyball team. He is also childhood friends with Kenma. He is called as 'scheming captain', as he also likes to tease people. Very different from his childhood friend Kenma who is very serious and silent, Kuroo is quite playful and also sly.

Nobuyuki Kai (海 信行 Kai Nobuyuki)

Voiced by: Takanori Hoshino

Kai is a third-year student at Nekoma High and is the vice-captain and wing spiker for the volleyball team.

Morisuke Yaku (夜久 衛輔 Yaku Morisuke)

Voiced by: Shinnosuke Tachibana^[5]

Yaku is a third-year student at Nekoma and is a libero for the volleyball team. He acts like a mother hen to his teammates.

Taketora Yamamoto (山本 猛虎 Yamamoto Taketora)

Voiced by: Seigo Yokota

Yamamoto is a second-year student at Nekoma and a wing spiker for the volleyball team. Like Tanaka, he has a tendency to lash out, but also has bad luck when it comes to girls.

Kenma Kozume (孤爪 研磨 Kozume Kenma)

Voiced by: Yūki Kaji^[5]

Kenma is a second-year student at Nekoma High and a setter for the volleyball team, usually the main. He is a laid-back individual, but very skilled at the sport. He is childhood friends with Kuroo. He is also became good friends with Hinata, when they met by coincidence when both of them lost from their companions before they met officially for practice game. He is considered the rock for the Nekoma team, and all of his teammates are very protective of him and admire him greatly. He is shown to text Hinata often, showing that even though they have opposite personalities, both of them are good friends with each others.

Shōhei Fukunaga (福永 招平 Fukunaga Shōhei)

Voiced by: Shōta Chōnan

Fukunaga is a second-year student at Nekoma and a wing spiker for the volleyball team.

Sō Inuoka (犬岡 走 Inuoka Sō)

Voiced by: Kyōsuke Ikeda

Inuoka is a first-year at Nekoma and a middle blocker. Like Hinata, he has a excitable and positive personality. He is the first player who was able to stop Hinata and Kageyama's weird quick strike fully. He also has a good friendship with Hinata, even to the point that Hinata praised him later, saying that "Inuoka is really awesome!".

Lev Haiba (灰羽 リエーフ Haiba Riēbu)

Voiced by: Mark Ishii

Lev is a first-year at Nekoma and a middle blocker. He is the tallest of the team, also having an ambition to become Nekoma's ace. Even though he is very green and a newbie in volleyball, he has talent that makes some people believe he would grow stronger. Kenma even thought that Lev looks like Hinata.

Yūki Shibayama (芝山 優生 Shibayama Yūki)

Voiced by: Takumi Watanabe

Shibayama is a first-year student at Nekoma and is a libero.

Date Tech High

Kaname Moniwa (茂庭 要 Moniwa Kaname)

Voiced by: Takashi Onozuka

Moniwa is a third year student at Date Tech High. He is a setter and the captain of Date Tech's volleyball team.

Yasushi Kamasaki (鎌先 靖志 Kamasaki Yasushi)

Voiced by: Takuya Satō

Kamasaki is a third year student at Date Tech and a middle blocker.

Kenji Futakuchi (二口 堅二 Futakuchi Kenji)

Voiced by: Masatomo Nakazawa

Futakuchi is a second year student at Date Tech and a wing spiker. He and Kamasaki always argue and don't get along. He is not used being a serious guy, pointed out by himself that he realized his own 'sin' for pissing his seniors off after he had to take care of their new setter, Koganegawa. He used to be seen together with Aone, also having the same class together.

Takanobu Aone (青根 高伸 Aone Takanobu)

Voiced by: Hiroki Matsukawa

Aone is a second year student at Date Tech and a middle blocker. He has a scary face, but actually very kind. He used not to talk, only when he really needs to. He establishes a bond with Hinata after he loses 2-0 against Karasuno, even to the point of feeling offended when Futakuchi called that Hinata is useless without Kageyama and defended Hinata when Koganegawa said that he would grow stronger to stop 'tall-guys' in the future by saying that the tall guys are not the only ones who are to be stopped.

Yutaka Obara (小原 豊 Obara Yutaka)

Voiced by: Isamu Yusen

Obara is second year student at Date Tech and a wing spiker for the volleyball team.

Kousuke Sakunami (作並 浩輔 Sakunami Kousuke)

Voiced by: Mao Ōnishi

Sakunami is a first year student at Date Tech and libero for the volleyball team.

Koganegawa Kanji (黄金川貫至 Koganegawa Kanji)

Voiced by: Masayuki Shouji^[6]

Koganegawa is the first-year setter who becomes regular after the third-years are retired from the tournament. He is very green in setting, as seen to set a ball towards Futakuchi with a 'frigging' high angle, also when he sets the ball towards Aone, the ball ends up caught by their coach, instead. But then, Koganegawa has strong point, which is his height that is very tall for a setter.

Fukurodani Academy

The word 'Fukuro' in the school name means 'owl'.

Kōtaro Bokuto (木兎 光太郎 Bokuto Kōtaro)

Voiced by: Ryōhei Kimura

Bokuto is a third year student at Fukurodani Academy, and is the captain and wing spiker of its volleyball team. He is called 'simple-minded' by his teammates and is easily flattered by praise, as shown by Hinata and his teammates. In spite of this, he is a very talented volleyball player. Takeda also notes that Bokuto is a "weird" player who can lift up the ambition and spirit of both his teammates and rivals.

Keiji Akaashi (赤葦 京治 Akaashi Keiji)

Voiced by: Ryōta Ōsaka

Akaashi is a second year student at Fukurodani Academy. He is the vice-captain and a setter for the volleyball team.

Shiratorizawa Academy

The word 'Shiratori' in the school name "Shiratorizawa" means 'swan'.

Wakatoshi Ushijima (牛島若利 Ushijima Wakatoshi)

Voiced by: Ryota Takeuchi^[7]

Ushijima (sometimes referred to as Ushiwaka) is a third year student at Shiratorizawa Academy, and is the captain, ace and a wing spiker of its volleyball team. He is one of the top 3 aces of the nation, even chosen for playing in the under 19 Japan national team. He spikes left handed and his spikes are really powerful and difficult to block. He is known to be a super ace in the team.

Satori Tendō (天童覚 Tendō Satori)

Voiced by: Subaru Kimura^[7]

Tendō is a third year student at Shiratorizawa Academy, and is a middle blocker for the volleyball team. He is known as the 'Guess Monster' as his blocking style is guess blocking, which involves guessing which spiker the opposite team's setter will pass the ball to, and also where the spiker will hit the ball. His guesses are known to be either 120% or 0%, since if they are right, he will block them for sure, but if they are wrong, there is no way he can stop them.

Tsutomu Goshiki (五色工 Goshiki Tsutomu)

Voiced by: Shimba Tsuchiya^[7]

Goshiki is a first year student at Shiratorizawa Academy, and is a wing spiker for the volleyball team. He is the second ace in the team, and also hits powerful spikes.

Kenjirō Shirabu (白布賢二郎 Shirabu Kenjiro)

Voiced by: Toshiyuki Toyonaga^[7]

Shirabu is a second year student at Shiratorizawa Academy, and is a setter for the volleyball team.

Reon Ōhira (大平獅音 Ōhira Reon)

Voiced by: Teruyuki Tanzawa^[7]

Ōhira is a third year student at Shiratorizawa Academy, and is a wing spiker for the volleyball team.

Eita Semi (瀬見英太 Semi Eita)

Voiced by: Takuma Terashima^[7]

Semi is a third year student at Shiratorizawa Academy, and is a setter for the volleyball team. He used to be the setter for Shiratorizawa, but now plays as a pinch server, leaving Shirabu to play as the main setter.

Hayato Yamagata (山形隼人 Yamagata Hayato)

Voiced by: Kenji Fukuda^[7]

Yamagata is a third year student at Shiratorizawa Academy, and is a libero for the volleyball team.

Taichi Kawanishi (川西太一 Kawanishi Taichi)

Voiced by: Daiki Ōmori^[7]

Kawanishi is a second year student at Shiratorizawa Academy, and is a middle blocker for the volleyball team.

Others

Kiyoko Shimizu (清水 潔子 Shimizu Kiyoko)

Voiced by: Kaori Nazuka^[4]

A beautiful third year student and manager of the Karasuno High School volleyball club. Nishinoya and Tanaka are her fans.

Yui Michimiya (道宮 結 Michimiya Yui)

Voiced by: Asami Seto

The captain of girls' volleyball team at Karasuno High School; she is a third year student. Friends with Daichi Sawamura since middle school. Like Daichi, she is also a wing spiker.

Ittetsu Takeda (武田 一鉄 Takeda Ittetsu)

Voiced by: Hiroshi Kamiya^[4]

A teacher at Karasuno High School and the faculty advisor of the volleyball team. While he doesn't know much of the sport, he always takes notes about everything he learns. He has an enthusiastic and brave personality. He often talks in metaphor which is sometimes hard to understand by the team.

Keishin Ukai (烏養 繫心 Ukai Keishin)

Voiced by: Kazunari Tanaka,^[4] Hisao Egawa^[8]

An alumnus and the coach of the Karasuno High School volleyball team. He is the grandson of previous coach and also a member of Karasuno Neighborhood Association. He helps out his mother at her shop. He was voiced by Kazunari Tanaka in seasons 1-3 until 10 October 2016 when Tanaka passed away from a brain stem hemorrhage.^[9] From episode 9 of season 3 onwards, he is voiced by Hisao Egawa.

Hitoka Yachi (谷地 仁花 Yachi Hitoka)

Voiced by: Sumire Morohoshi

A first year student who is recruited by Shimizu to be an assistant manager for the volleyball club. She appears to be nervous, but makes friends with Hinata. She learns about volleyball quickly and often takes notes.

Saeko Tanaka (田中 冴子 Tanaka Saeko)

Voiced by: Yuka Komatsu

She is Ryunosuke's energetic older sister and a college student. She takes Hinata and Kageyama to their training camp in Tokyo after they finish their make-up exams. She watches Karasuno High's games after that. People thinks she looks alike with her brother.

Ukai Sr. (烏養 Ukai)

Voiced by: Hiroshi Naka

Keishin's grandfather who used to coach Karasuno's volleyball team until he was hospitalized, now teaches little kids volleyball. He had friendly rivalry with Nekomata. He was known as a strict coach. Later he spends time to teach Hinata and comes to see one of Karasuno's games.

Nobuteru Irihata (入畑 伸照 Irihata Nobuteru)

Voiced by: Mitsuaki Hoshino

The coach/advisor of the Aoba Jousai High volleyball team.

Takurō Oiwake (追分 拓郎 Oiwake Takurō)

Voiced by: Shin-ichiro Miki

The coach/advisor of the Date Tech High volleyball team.

Yasufumi Nekomata (猫又 育史 Nekomata Yasufumi)

Voiced by: Nobuaki Fukuda

The coach/advisor of the Nekoma High volleyball team.

Tanji Washijō (鷲匠 鍛治 Washijō Tanji)

Voiced by: Ryusei Nakao^[10]

The coach/advisor of the Shiratorizawa Academy volleyball team.

Yūsuke Takinoue (滝ノ上 祐輔 Takinoue Yūsuke)

Voiced by: Shūhei Sakaguchi

An alumnus of Karasuno's volleyball team. He and Shimada are part of the Karasuno Neighborhood Association and both come to watch Karasuno High's games. He works at Takinoue Electronics.

Makoto Shimada (嶋田 誠 Shimada Makoto)

Voiced by: Tomoaki Maeno

An alumnus of Karasuno's volleyball team. He and Takinoue are part of the Karasuno Neighborhood Association and both come to watch Karasuno High's games. He works at Shimada Mart. Yamaguchi learns how to "jump float" from him after seeing him use the technique in their practice match.

Natsu Hinata (日向 夏 Hinata Natsu)

Voiced by: Haruka Yamazaki

Shōyō's little sister.

References

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5. "Yuichi Nakamura, Yuki Kaji and Shinnosuke Tachibana Join Hakyuu!! Cast". Anime News Network. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
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