“There’s no guarantee that the weapon that worked first will continue working until the end.I have to keep moving forward. I have to keep going! My greatest weapon is not getting caught!”
-Shoyo Hinata
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If you guys have never watched Haikyuu!! You would never know the beautiful meaning behind the word “teamwork“. And if you’re looking for some sporty and motivating anime, you have come to the right place!
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The story revolves around a short boy, Shoyo Hinata who is determined to become the best volleyball player. He goes through different adventures to become a good volleyball player like the legendary, “small giant” who’s a star player.
There’s a diversity in the characters and teams of Haikyuu. So, in this blog, we’re going to let you know about the birthdays of Haikyuu characters and their traits based on their birthdays! Now, let’s dig in!
January
Asahi Azumane
Asahi Azumane is a third-year student at Karasuno High. He’s one of the wing spikers and ace. His only goal is to not give up and inconvenience the team. Asahi possesses the self-awareness of an ace.
Opposite of his appearance, he’s very kind and gentle. People born in this month tend to be very goal-oriented! Asahi didn’t realize his position as an ace in the beginning yet slowly he realized the importance of the team, and his position as an ace.
In contrast to his appearance, he has a heart of glass. Asahi takes everything to his heart and gets depressed. At times he feels insecure but he doesn’t let those feelings of self-doubt carry him away from his actual goal!
Kiyoko Shimizu
Kiyoko Shimuzu believes that to start something, you need to have a little curiosity. She used to be the manager of Karasuno High Volleyball Club. Although she’s aloof at times, yet she’s very passionate about her position as a manager.
She also cares a lot about the team members. Once she cleaned the banner of Karasuno High to raise the morale of the team! Therefore, whenever the team is feeling low, she’s always there to boost them up. Kiyoko Shimuzu is very shy as well, for instance when she gives a speech!
Ittetsu Takeda
As the head coach of Karasuno High, Ittetsu Takeda has a very reliable and modest personality. Takeda is very persistent and that’s exactly what made the team have such a good coach and consistent matches! Therefore, Karasuno High can never thank him enough. He’s very clumsy at times too but has an optimistic outlook on life!
Ittetsu Takeda is respectful towards others, he always bows before others to have a match with his team. As he takes his job very seriously, he’s seen being firm with the students who are not serious about practicing!
Rintarou Suna
Rintarou Suna is one of the blockers of Inarizaki High School. Yet he becomes a middle blocker for EJP Raijin, which is one of the professional Volleyball teams.
Rintarou Suna wins without even trying, his team works super hard while he’s slacking off. He’s very expressive with his thoughts and wishes to find a reason to make fun of Tsukishima. He’s quiet most of the time but when it comes to advising volleyball, he expresses his thoughts very well!
February
Sachiro Hirugami
Sachiro Hirugami was a middle blocker at Kamomedai High. He possesses a very calm and stoic demeanor. He doesn’t get distracted easily like other players.
People born in this month are very calculative, observant, and predictive. They can easily tell what’s going to happen next. And when that trait is present in a volleyball player, you know what happens! He can predict their opponents’ moves and BANG! He used to be a perfectionist who tried to become the BEST player and would feel guilty about every mistake that he makes.
Hisashi Kinoshita
Hayato Ikejiri
Hayato Ikejiri is a wing spiker at Tokonami High Volleyball Club. As for his personality, he seems careless yet handles everything very well on his own. At first, he wasn’t really passionate about Volleyball, however, after some time it becomes his ambition! Hayato Ikejiri is very supportive of his team members!
March
Issei Matsukawa
Issei Matsukawa is a third-year student at Aoba Johsai High. He’s one of the middle blockers and his skills are a chef’s kiss! It may seem like he’s an intimidating individual yet he’s known to be an easy-going person who enjoys good jokes and pranks! He has a high game sense when it comes to narrowing Hinata’s cross courts!
Ryunosuke Tanaka
Ryunosuke Tanaka is one of the wing spikers at Karasuno High. As he’s very passionate and EXTRA about everything, it makes him unstoppable. His energy levels are rising to the sky! He’s very energetic and quite flirty around Kiyoki too!
Ryunosuke Tanaka is very loud and ill-tempered. He loses his temper when his opponents are pissing him off or are looking down on his team. He’s average in height but has a strong build.
Akane Yamamoto
Akane Yamamoto is the younger sister of Taketora. She’s a college freshman. Just like her brother, she’s very energetic! Akane is enthusiastic about everything she does and is also known to be quite knowledgeable in the field of Volleyball!
Akira Kunimi
Akira Kunimi is a first-year student at Aoba Johsei High. Unlike other players, he’s very quiet. Due to his laziness, he’s indifferent yet his competence is second to none during a match.
Akira hates loud and energetic people. Despite being super lazy, he’s super smart!
April
Shinji Watari
Shinji Watari is one of the liberos at Aoba Johsei High. He’s always smiling and loves being challenged. He’s shown to be very supportive and kind, with his smile he fixes everyone up! He’s a quite tan person of average height.
Aran Ojiro
Aran Ojiro is a third-year student at Inarizaki High School. He’s one of the top aces in Japan! He’s a very mature individual. Though he thinks that his teammates still lack a lot of things and is always teaching them stuff.
He believes that you don’t need a specific reason to be happy, if you’re happy, you’re happy. And he doesn’t react to his teammates’ senseless jokes!
Alisa Haiba
Being Lev Haiba’s older sister, Alisa is very lively and bubbly. She’s very innocent as well! Alisa respects everyone and cares deeply for her family members. Though, she’s a bit of a hopeless romantic as well!
Yuuji Terushima
Yuuji Terushima is one of the captains of the Volleyball teams at Johzenji High! He’s not the type of person to take things very seriously. He’s a childish person yet extremely energetic too! Yuuji Terushima is a very persistent person as well! Although he thinks that Volleyball is something that should be played for fun, yet slowly his interest increased and he took it seriously!
May
Saeko Tanaka
Being Ryunosuke’s sister, Saeko Tanaka is a very tough girl. She was the classmate of the legendary, “giant”. She’s very loud and extroverted! Her energy throughout the anime is amazing, Saeko gives good vibes.
To match her energy, she’s working with the Taiko Team, which is the team of drums. Saeko is smart since she passed the college entrance exam on her first try. Although Ryunosuke gets embarrassed by her yet Nishinoya sees his sister as a cool big sister.
Satori Tendou
Satori Tendou is a third-year student at Shiratorizawa. He’s a very able middle blocker of the team and is often referred to as the Guess Monster. Satori is a bit cynical yet he’s very energetic as well! Most people find him very weird or creepy. As a child, he was picked on for not liking to join the team’s practice matches but as he grew up, he polished his skills of middle blocking which raised his confidence.
June
Hajime Iwaizumi
Being a wing spiker from Aoba Johsei High, he’s very able and confident. He’s also one of the childhood friends of Tooru. Even though Hajime Iwazumi appears stubborn, everyone relies on him. Whenever Oikawa is picking on Tobio Kageyama, he stops him and calls him childish. His firm yet uptight attitude made everyone respect him and look up to him.
Koushi Sugawara
Koushi Sugawara is one of the third-year students at Karasuno High. When it comes to giving moral support, Sugawara is always there for his team. He fixes everyone up with his smile. As he’s the vice-captain of the team, his personality is a pillar of support for them. Even if he isn’t a very able setter, he doesn’t give up. And he can easily predict things before they happen!
Shoyo Hinata
Hinata is the main protagonist of the series, Haikyuu!!. His famous saying is, “I may be small but I can jump”. He’s an averagely heightened boy who can jump very high! Although his opponents mock him for being so small and playing Volleyball yet it doesn’t stop him from flying high or slaying during the match. He has an energetic personality and is very lively. Overall, he gives very good vibes!
July
Toru Oikawa
He’s also one of the most skilled third-year students at Aoba Johsei High. Toru Oikawa is also known as Tohru Oikawa in English translation. Even though he’s very flirty which kind of pisses Nishinoya and Tanaka off, yet he’s a well-rounded player. At one moment he’s cheerful, the other moment, he’s serious!
August
Yui Michimiya
Yui Michimiya is the captain of Karasuno High. She’s shown to be very active all the time and is always smiling. Yui Michimiya is a very determined person who’s always there for her team. She gives motivational speeches to her team as well!
Wakatoshi Ushijima
Wakatoshi Ushijima is from Shiratorizawa. He’s one of those people whom people look up to. And Wakatoshi Ushijima is highly respected by his teammates! He’s a stoic person who rarely speaks. He gets very serious and intense when it comes to challenges. Being very confident in his skills, he is sure about his victory during every match. That’s right, Waktoshi Ushijima is one of the most skilled players in Haikyuu!!
September
Hitoka Yachi
Careful yet cute-looking girl, Hitoka Yachi is Karasuno’s manager. She easily gets intimidated by literally everything! She got intimidated by Tanaka’s energy and all other team members too! Hitoka apologizes a lot to everyone when she acts this way showing that her manners are on another level! She seems to underestimate and doubt herself very much and thinks that she’s incapable. However, the team loves her for trying so hard.
Koutarou Bokuto
Koutarou Bokuto is a third-year student at Fukurodani Academy. He’s known as one of the top aces. As for his personality, he’s a playful person. He’s very extroverted and loves talking to others. It’s like he expresses himself very well. However, everyone thinks that Bokuto is rather an ignorant person for being so prideful.
Kei Tsukishima
Kei Tsukishima is one of the middle blockers at Karasuno High. Tsukishima is very blunt due to his antagonistic nature. He doesn’t show that he cares but he genuinely cares a lot about his team. Whenever someone does something hilarious, he’s always laughing at the back and makes sure that nobody’s looking at him!
October
Atsumu Miya
Atsumi Miya is a starting setter for School’s Volleyball team. He’s known as Japan’s BEST setter and server! Atsumu is an out-going person with a lazy smile on his face. He’s shown to be a perfectionist who has high standards for him. He does everything for his sake, just to make himself proud!
Nishinoya
Nishinaya has served as the libero for the team. He’s very skilled when it comes to saving the team from an “out”. Nishinoya is a very bright person who loves endless talking. Overall, the energy around him is great!
Kenma Kouzume
Kenma Kouzume is from Nekoma High School. He’s known as the heart and brain of the team. He doesn’t express emotions and we see a constant expression on his face all the time. He rarely loses his cool and is composed mostly.
November
Tadashi Yamaguchi
Tadashi Yamaguchi serves as one of the pinches in Karasuno’s Volleyball team. He’s a demure person who relies on others mostly. He relies a lot on Tsukishima. Tadashi is a nice person who likes to throw jokes and make everyone around him laugh.
Tetsuro Kuroo
Tetsuro Kuroo is one of the middle blockers at Nekoma High. He’s the person who’s protecting Kenma all the time since he gets distracted very easily. He takes good care of Kenma and makes sure that he eats his meals on time! Yet his scheming personality makes him an expert when it comes to playing Volleyball.
December
Keiji Akaashi
Keiji Akaashi is one of the second-year students at Fukurodani Academy. He’s the vice-captain of the team and a great setter as well! Keiji Akaashi makes sure that he doesn’t express a lot of his emotions. Therefore, he’s quiet most of the time. He’s a careful individual who makes sure that everything’s on the track.
Tobio Kageyama
Tobio Kageyama is one of the most skilled setters. He devotes himself completely to anything he does. And he loves working hard too! Whenever his team is slacking off, he gets pissed and asks them to practice. Kageyama is the perfect example of a TSUNDERE. He might not show it but he cares deeply for his team, especially for Hinata!
Daichi Sawamura
Daichi Sawamura is the captain and wing spiker of Karasuno’s volleyball team. He’s one of the sweetest guys in Haikyuu!! Daichi is understanding and responsible. He’s very patient but at times he has a firm attitude to intimidate his team members to work hard!
Final Verdict
I hope you guys enjoyed reading the list of Haikyuu characters’ birthdays. Do let us know in the comments down below about which character is your birthday twin! And stay tuned for more!
