Haikyu!!, serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump, is a sports manga written by Furudate Haruichi about volleyball. Hinata Shoyo, a boy who admires Karasuno High School's former ace, the Little Giant, joins Karasuno High School in order to go to the nationals, and advances through the tournament with his unique teammates.
In this article, we will introduce the characteristics and skills of the members of Nekoma High School, a rival of Karasuno High School in Haikyu!!, who are advancing to the point of a showdown at the garbage dump.
What is Nekoma High School?
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Nekoma High School is a Tokyo high school that appears in Haikyu!!. They have participated in the national tournament several times, and are characterized by their tenacious playing style, which involves steadily accumulating points by connecting with receives. The uniform is mainly red, and there is an exchange with Karasuno High School because the current coach Nekomata and the former coach of Karasuno were rivals from their school days.
List of Nekoma High School members
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So far, we have introduced Nekoma High School, but next we will introduce the characteristics and special skills of each member of the Nekoma High School volleyball club.
Kuroo Tetsuro
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Kuroo Tetsuro is a third-year student in the volleyball club at Nekoma High School. He is also the captain and leads the club. Kuroo Tetsuro's position is middle blocker and his uniform number is 1. He has black hair that is curled up like a crest and sharp eyes. He is 187cm tall, making him one of the tallest students at Nekoma High School.
Kuroo Tetsuro's Personality
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Kuroo Tetsuro is usually calm and mature. At the final barbecue of the training camp in the story, he tried to get various people to eat meat like an uncle. He also has a carefree personality and can casually provoke or irritate others. However, he also has a passionate side, caring for his friends and wanting to have another battle at the garbage dump for Director Nekomata.
Kuroo Tetsuro's Special Skills
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Kuroo Tetsuro is good at blocking because he is a middle blocker. He actively participates in blocking by using his height and intimidating opponents to prevent them from hitting him. In addition, even among the high-receiving students at Nekoma High School, he is one of the best at receiving, and handles the ball with ease.
Umi Nobuyuki
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Umi Nobuyuki is a third-year student who belongs to the volleyball club at Nekoma High School and serves as vice-captain. He has a distinctive shaved head and a well-groomed face. Umi Nobuyuki's position is wing spiker and his uniform number is 2. He is 176cm tall. He is a regular at Nekoma High School, but he does not stand out in the story and there are no scenes in which he is active.
Umi Nobuyuki's special skill
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Umi Nobuyuki's special skill is thought to be spiking, as his position is wing spiker. However, since it is not prominent in the story, the details are not known. Also, since he is a regular at Nekoma High School, it is certain that he is good at receiving. He can be said to be a well-balanced player.
Yaku Eisuke
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Yaku Eisuke is a third-year student in the volleyball club at Nekoma High School. He has distinctive cream-colored hair and short eyebrows. His position is libero and his uniform number is 3. At 165cm tall, he is short among the volleyball team, which he is concerned about, and it is taboo to mention his height in front of Eisuke Yaku. He has a quiet and gentle personality.
Eisuke Yaku's Special Skills
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Eisuke Yaku's special skill is his high receiving ability. His receiving ability is also evident from the fact that he has earned the libero position even among the Nekoma High School team, which has high receiving ability overall. Furthermore, he is active in matches, fending off powerful spikes and serves. His ability has earned him the respect of Nishinoya from Karasuno High School.
Taketora Yamamoto
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Taketora Yamamoto is a second-year student who belongs to the volleyball club at Nekoma High School. His position is wing spiker and his uniform number is 4. He has a soft mohawk hairstyle with blonde hair in the middle, giving him a delinquent-like vibe. Although he has a short-sighted side to his personality, being easily carried away and easily taken in by provocation, he also has a manly, unwavering strength.
He's also one of the mood makers on the team.
Yamamoto Taketora's special skill
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Yamamoto Taketora's special skill is spiking. He is one of the players who can earn points with his spikes as an ace even among the defensive Nekoma High School, and he also has power and force. He is also mentally strong, and one of his special skills is that he can play a game without succumbing to pressure.
Kozume Kenma
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Kozume Kenma is a second-year student who belongs to the volleyball club at Nekoma High School. He plays the setter position and wears the number 5. He has a pudding-like head with blonde hair and black hair on top, and he dyed his black hair because he was told that it would make him stand out more like something from a horror movie. He has a very quiet and gloomy personality. He is always calm and cold. He rarely shows his emotions, and he is not good at hierarchical relationships or socializing.
Kozume Kenma's Special Skills
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Kozume Kenma's special skill is his analytical ability to try to conquer something, which he developed through playing games. He is considered the best gamer among the characters in Haikyu!!, and is always playing games. He is also shy and not good at interacting with others, but he is good at observing people and calmly identifying their weaknesses and coming up with countermeasures. For this reason, he is also referred to as the "brain of Nekoma" at Nekoma High School.
Shohei Fukunaga
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Shohei Fukunaga is a second-year student in the volleyball club at Nekoma High School. His position is wing spiker and his uniform number is 6. He is relatively tall at 178cm, has short black hair, round eyebrows, and is always hunched over. He has a quiet personality and hardly talks about it in the story.
Shohei Fukunaga's special skill
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Shohei Fukunaga's special skill is probably spiking, as his position is wing spiker, but it is not yet clear as he does not play a prominent role in the story. However, he is a regular at Nekoma High School, and it is certain that he has good receiving skills, so he is a well-balanced player.
Inuoka Hashiru
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Inuoka Hashiru is a first-year student who belongs to the volleyball club at Nekoma High School. His position is middle blocker and his uniform number is 7. He has spiky brown hair. He has a very bright and lively personality, and in the story, he hits it off with Hinata during a practice match against Karasuno High School. He also often speaks in onomatopoeia, which Hinata seems to understand, but no one else does.
Inuoka Hashiru's special skill
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Inuoka Hashiru's special skill is blocking, which makes use of his blessed physique and physical abilities, being 185 cm tall. By concentrating on one thing, he shows his true potential with a very impressive performance. In the story, he gradually becomes able to touch Hinata and Kageyama's eccentric quick attacks by using his explosive power, and is active in stopping them at the end of the match.
Haibane Lev
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Haibane Lev is a first-year student who belongs to the volleyball club at Nekoma High School. His position is middle blocker and his uniform number is 11. Haibane Lev is half Japanese and half Russian, with short grey hair and emerald green eyes. At 194cm tall, he is the tallest player at Nekoma High School. Although he is a beginner at volleyball, he has excellent athletic ability and is a quick learner, which has allowed him to improve rapidly. He has a naturally naive personality, which also makes him well-liked by others.
Haibane Lev's Special Skill
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Haibane Lev's special skill is spiking, which makes full use of his tall height and physical ability. He is also one of the important scorers at Nekoma High School, and contributes to the game. However, as a beginner at volleyball, he is not good at receiving, blocking, and serving, so he practices every day.
Shibayama Yusei
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Shibayama Yusei is a first-year student who belongs to the volleyball club at Nekoma High School. His position is the reserve libero, and his uniform number is 12. Her appearance is center-sitter with black hair, and her personality is quiet and responsible.
Shibayama Yusei's special skill
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Shibayama Yusei's special skill is receiving. Although he is not as good as regular players such as Eisuke Yaku and third-year students, he has been active as a first-year student, playing in place of Eisuke Yaku when he was injured and keeping the ball moving well.
Nekoma High School Summary
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This time, we introduced the details of the members of Nekoma High School, a Tokyo school that is a rival high school of Karasuno High School that appears in Haikyu!!. Like Karasuno High School, they also participate in the national spring school volleyball tournament and play against Karasuno High School. Although they are rival schools, they have many cool players and are one of the popular schools, so we can expect them to do well in the future.
