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HAIKYU!!

Haikyuu!!ハイキュー!!High Kyuu!!HAIKYÛ !!

2014 · TV · 25 eps Finished

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83%
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What is HAIKYU!! about?

HAIKYU!! is a TV anime series of 25 episodes animated by Production I.G, adapted from a manga. It aired from April 6, 2014 to September 21, 2014. AniList classifies it as comedy, drama and sports.

Inspired after watching a volleyball ace nicknamed "Little Giant" in action, small-statured Shouyou Hinata revives the volleyball club at his middle school. The newly-formed team even makes it to a tournament; however, their first match turns out to be their last when they are brutally squashed by the "King of the Court," Tobio Kageyama. Hinata vows to surpass Kageyama, and so after graduating from middle school, he joins Karasuno High School's volleyball team—only to find that his sworn rival, Kageyama, is now his teammate.

Thanks to his short height, Hinata struggles to find his role on the team, even with his superior jumping power. Surprisingly, Kageyama has his own problems that only Hinata can help with, and learning to work together appears to be the only way for the team to be successful. Based on Haruichi Furudate's popular shounen manga of the same name, Haikyuu!! is an exhilarating and emotional sports comedy following two determined athletes as they attempt to patch a heated rivalry in order to make their high school volleyball team the best in Japan.

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Themes AniList users associate with it: Volleyball, School Club, Male Protagonist, Primarily Male Cast, Shounen, Ensemble Cast, Primarily Teen Cast, School, Coming of Age.

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Main characters

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  • Shouyou Hinata 日向翔陽

    Main character

    Hinata has an unusually high ability to jump. Since he was young, Hinata trained his legs to compensate for his lack of height. He joins the Karusuno High School Volleyball team and amazes the team with his natural affinity as a spiker.

    Japanese voice: Ayumu Murase

  • Tobio Kageyama 影山飛雄

    Main character

    A famous setter in his middle school who joins the Karusuno High Volleyball team. He was known as the "King of the Court" in his middle school because of his arrogant demeanor and the way he would order around his teammates.

    Japanese voice: Kaito Ishikawa

Supporting characters

  • Koushi Sugawara 菅原孝支

    Supporting character

    Being the vice captain, Sugawara has a soothing personality for his teammates and acts as a pillar of support for them. Even though he isn't Karasuno's official setter anymore, he doesn't dream of giving up on playing in general.

    Japanese voice: Miyu Irino

  • Daichi Sawamura 澤村大地

    Supporting character

    The captain of the Karasuno High volleyball club.

    Japanese voice: Satoshi Hino

  • Yuu Nishinoya 西谷夕

    Supporting character

    Yuu is a very energetic and temperamental person. His boisterous nature and crazy shenanigans can attract unwanted attention quite easily, which often bodes ill for him.

    Japanese voice: Nobuhiko Okamoto

  • Kei Tsukishima 月島蛍

    Supporting character

    A member of the Karasuno High volleyball club. Tsukishima is very blunt and will sometimes rile his teammates up due to his antagonistic nature (most notably being Hinata, Kageyama, Nishinoya, and Tanaka) and sometimes other teams because of his casual smug attitude, taking pride in and relishing when his opponents…

    Japanese voice: Kouki Uchiyama

  • Chikara Ennoshita 縁下力

    Supporting character

    Ennoshita seems quiet and reserved but can behave boldly towards the other 2nd years. He's smart and hasn't received a failing mark before. Similarly to Sugawara, he is always smiling. He's supposedly the only one within the 2nd years to be able to control Tanaka and Nishinoya.

    Japanese voice: Toshiki Masuda

  • Asahi Azumane 東峰旭

    Supporting character

    In contrast to his appearance, he is rather quiet and gentle and has his difficulties realizing that he is Karasuno's ace as he initially doesn't feel that way.

    Japanese voice: Yoshimasa Hosoya

  • Kiyoko Shimizu 清水潔子

    Supporting character

    The manager of the Karasuno High volleyball club.

    Japanese voice: Kaori Nazuka

  • Kouji Sekimukai 関向幸治

    Supporting character

    Hinata's good friend back when they still were attending Yukigaoka Junior High. He's playing soccer.

    Japanese voice: Seigo Yokota

  • Yukitaka Izumi 泉行高

    Supporting character

    Hinata's good friend from Yukigaoka Junior High. He's playing basketball, but often helped out Hinata with practicing volleyball.

    Japanese voice: Kyousuke Ikeda

  • Keishin Ukai 烏養繋心

    Supporting character

    Karasuno High School volleyball club's alumnus, currently coaching volleyball club and helping out his mother at the shop.

    Japanese voice: Kazunari Tanaka

  • Kenma Kozume 孤爪研磨

    Supporting character

    The setter of the Nekoma High School volleyball club. Kenma is Kuroo's childhood friend and keeps playing volleyball because of him. He has a very calm personality and is usually doing things at his own pace. Often seen playing video games and being introverted. Nekoma's backbone, brain and heart.

    Japanese voice: Yuuki Kaji

  • Tetsurou Kuroo 黒尾鉄朗

    Supporting character

    The captain of the Nekoma High School volleyball club. Kuroo has a somehow manipulative and cunning personality, but cares about his friends and teammates very deeply. As Nekoma's captain he has a sense of responsibility and confidence. Even though Kuroo's a middle blocker, he often uses offensive plays too.

    Japanese voice: Yuuichi Nakamura

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