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Haikyu!! follows Shoyo Hinata, a short boy who falls for volleyball after watching Karasuno High play on TV, and Tobio Kageyama, a gifted setter with a reputation for being hard to play with. Both end up at Karasuno, a once-strong school trying to get back to the national tournament. The cast is organised by school: Karasuno's players, coach and managers on one side, and the rival teams they meet on the other, including Aoba Johsai, Nekoma, Fukurodani, Shiratorizawa and Inarizaki. Each rival has its own style of play, and several of them are as popular with fans as the leads. This page covers 18 characters, 11 from Karasuno and 7 from rival schools, with their court position, personality, Japanese voice actors and Brazilian dub voices where a source names them. No spoilers.
Karasuno first-year and the series lead. He is short for a volleyball player but plays middle blocker thanks to a huge vertical jump and speed that catches blockers off guard. Impatient and endlessly upbeat, he wants to prove height does not decide who gets to be an ace. His quick attack with Kageyama becomes the centre of Karasuno's offence. Voiced by Ayumu Murase in Japanese.
Karasuno's first-year setter, a prodigy with unusually precise sets. He starts the story with a reputation as a tyrant, because in middle school he pushed teammates too hard. At Karasuno he learns to set for his hitters rather than at them, and builds a lightning-fast combination with Hinata. Serious, competitive and fixated on volleyball. Voiced by Kaito Ishikawa.
Karasuno's captain, a third-year wing spiker. He is the steadiest player on the team, holding things together with solid receiving and defence rather than flashy spikes. He can be stern when the first-years get out of hand, and the whole club respects him. His goal is to take Karasuno back to the nationals before he graduates. Voiced by Satoshi Hino.
Third-year setter who was Karasuno's starter before Kageyama arrived. Kind and perceptive, he is the one who talks the first-years through problems and calms the team when nerves take over. Even from the bench he studies the match and comes on to change the rhythm when the coach needs it. Many fans see him as the emotional centre of the club. Voiced by Miyu Irino.
Third-year wing spiker and Karasuno's ace. He looks intimidating, with a beard and tied-back hair, but he is shy, anxious and easily rattled. Being the hitter everyone relies on weighs on him, and mistakes hit him hard. When he trusts himself, he is the player Karasuno counts on for hard points. Voiced by Yoshimasa Hosoya.
Second-year libero and Karasuno's defensive specialist. Small, loud and full of energy, he digs balls that look impossible to reach. As a libero he cannot attack, and he takes pride in that role: his job is to keep the ball alive for the hitters. He is close friends with Tanaka and looks up to Asahi. Voiced by Nobuhiko Okamoto.
Second-year wing spiker with a short temper and a big heart. He likes to pull faces at opponents, but he is also one of the first to back the new first-years and lift the team's mood. On court he is a strong, stubborn hitter who does not back down from tall blockers. With Nishinoya he forms Karasuno's noisiest duo. Voiced by Yu Hayashi.
First-year middle blocker and one of Karasuno's tallest players. Clever and sarcastic, he enjoys needling Hinata and Kageyama and at first shows little passion for the sport. His strength is reading blocks: he watches the opposing setter instead of simply jumping high. He is almost always with his friend Tadashi Yamaguchi. Voiced by Koki Uchiyama.
Captain and setter of Aoba Johsai, a third-year. Charming and popular, he hides an intensely competitive player who studies every opponent. He gets the most out of each hitter and has a dangerous serve. He went to the same middle school as Kageyama, Kitagawa Daiichi, and their rivalry drives much of the early story. Voiced by Daisuke Namikawa.
Nekoma's captain, a third-year middle blocker. A teasing, tactical player, he leads a Tokyo team built on defence that wears opponents down over long rallies. Nekoma has an old rivalry with Karasuno known as the Battle of the Trash Heap, cats against crows. Kuroo is happy to coach blocking even to players from other schools. Voiced by Yuichi Nakamura.
Nekoma's second-year setter. Quiet and happier playing video games, he dislikes wasted effort, yet he is an unusually sharp observer who reads opponents like a game to be solved. He is Kuroo's childhood friend and hits it off with Hinata the first time they meet. Teammates call him the brain of Nekoma. Voiced by Yuki Kaji.
Captain and ace of Fukurodani Academy in Tokyo, a third-year. Loud, cheerful and one of the top spikers in the country, he has moods that swing fast: one mistake can deflate him mid-match. At summer training camp he teaches Hinata attacking tricks and becomes a mentor to him. Akaashi is the one who keeps him on track. Voiced by Ryohei Kimura.
Fukurodani's second-year setter. Calm, polite and observant, he knows exactly how to handle Bokuto's mood swings and keeps the team running smoothly. His setting is precise and low-key, never drawing attention to himself. Along with Kenma and Oikawa, he is one of the rival setters fans talk about most. Voiced by Ryota Osaka.
Left-handed wing spiker and star of Shiratorizawa Academy, the strongest school in Miyagi Prefecture. A third-year, he is considered one of the best spikers in Japan. He speaks bluntly, with little visible emotion, and believes raw power beats tricks. Shiratorizawa is the biggest obstacle between Karasuno and the national tournament. Voiced by Ryota Takeuchi.
Second-year setter for Inarizaki High in Hyogo, regarded as one of the best high-school setters in Japan. He has a real gift for running an offence. Confident and sharp-tongued, he demands a lot from teammates and can be immature off the court. He plays alongside his twin brother Osamu, and the two argue constantly. He appears in Season 4, during the national tournament. Voiced by Mamoru Miyano.
Karasuno's coach and grandson of the school's previous coach, also named Ukai. A Karasuno alumnus, he works at his family's convenience store, which the team often visits, and only agrees to coach after teacher Ittetsu Takeda keeps pestering him. He is gruff, but he reads matches well and plans a strategy for each opponent. Voiced by Kazunari Tanaka and later Hisao Egawa.
Karasuno's third-year manager. Quiet and reserved, she handles the club's organisation, records and practice support with real care. She rarely says much, but her few words of encouragement land at the right moments, and Tanaka and Nishinoya are forever trying to get her attention. Thinking ahead, she recruits Yachi to take over after she graduates. Voiced by Kaori Nazuka.
First-year who joins as Karasuno's new manager after Kiyoko recruits her to take over once she graduates. She knows nothing about volleyball at first and is a born worrier who imagines the worst outcome of everything. Over time she gains confidence and finds her own ways to help the club off the court. She becomes good friends with Hinata and Kageyama. Voiced by Sumire Morohoshi.
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