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'.

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 has extraordinarily good jumping ability. 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. In junior high school, he was referred to as the "King of the Court", notorious for his arrogant demeanor and his 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 and frequently calls Hinata an "idiot" (ぼけ Boke).

Daichi Sawamura (澤村 大地 Sawamura Daichi)

Voiced by: Satoshi Hino^[2]

Sawamura is the captain of the volleyball club and 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. His teammates also fear making him angry.

Kōshi Sugawara (菅原 孝支 Sugawara Kōshi)

Voiced by: Miyu Irino^[2]

Sugawara is the vice captain of the volleyball club and 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 less time on the court. Sugawara have refreshing and cheerful personality but his tactics considered dangerous by the opponent.

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 teams Ace. Despite his large physique 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 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.

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 skills as a libero, having won the "Best Libero" award while he was in middle school. He has a very energetic personality. He's also the shortest player on the team.

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-years; being more responsible and able to say many things straightforwardly without drawback. Prior to the main storyline, he is 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. Later in the story, it's revealed that he had an older brother that used to join Karasuno's volleyball team. Despite his protests, Bokuto and Kuroo called him "Tsukki".

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. Recently he has become a pinch server due to his ability to hit the "float serve".

Aoba Jousai High

Tōru Oikawa (及川 徹 Oikawa Tōru)

Voiced by: Daisuke Namikawa^[4]

Oikawa is the setter and third year captain of the Aoba Josai High School volleyball club. He was also a 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.

Issei Matsukawa (松川 一静 Matsukawa Issei)

Voiced by: Isamu Yūsen

Matsukawa is one of the middle blockers of the Aoba Josai volleyball club 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 Jousai High.

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.

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 Jousai High.

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 Jousai High. He was Kageyama's former teammate at Kitagawa Daiichi Junior High.

Akira Kunimi (国見 英 Kunimi Akira)

Voiced by: Atsushi Tamaru

Kunimi is a first year and one of the wing spikers at Aoba Jousai High. He was Kageyama's former teammate at Kitagawa Daiichi Junior High.

Nekoma High

The name 'neko' means 'cat' in Japanese.

Tetsurō Kuroo (黒尾 鉄朗 Kuroo Tetsurō)

Voiced by: Yuichi Nakamura^[5]

Kuroo is a third year student at Nekoma High and is the captain and middle blocker for the volleyball team. He is also childhood friends with Kenma. He is called as 'scheming captain', also likes to tease someone off. 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 High 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 High 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]

Kozume is a second year student at Nekoma High and a setter for the volleyball team. He is a laid-back individual, but very skilled at the sport. He is childhood friends with Kuroo. He is also quite good friend with Hinata, when they met by coincidence when both of them lost from their companions before they met officially for practice game. He is shown to be texted Hinata often, showing that even though they have opposite personality, both of them are good with each others.

Shōhei Fukunaga (福永 招平 Fukunaga Shōhei)

Voiced by: Shōta Chōnan

Fukunaga is a second year student at Nekoma High 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 High and a middle blocker. Like Hinata, he has a excitable and positive personality. He is the first player who is able to stop Hinata-Kageyama weird quick strike fully. Even so, he also has good friendship with Hinata, even to the point that Hinata praised him later, saying that "Because 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 High 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 made some people believed he would grow stronger. Kenma ever 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 High 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

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.

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 girl's 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 a enthusiastic and brave personality. He often talk in metaphor which sometimes hard to understand by the team.

Keishin Ukai (烏養 繫心 Ukai Keishin)

Voiced by: Kazunari Tanaka^[4]

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.

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. Hewas 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.

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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