A whole lot of players.
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Haikyuu characters are the heart and soul of this beloved sports anime, shaping its narrative with their passion, talent, and camaraderie.
Following the journey of Shoto Hinata, a determined young player with dreams of soaring high on the court, the series resonates with fans worldwide for its gripping matches, compelling characters, and heartfelt moments.
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Let’s explore the diverse cast of characters in Haikyuu who bring this anime to life, each contributing their unique skills and personalities to the team’s dynamic.
Whether you’re a seasoned fan or new to the series, join us in the exploration of all of the players that make Haikyuu an amazing story.
All Haikyuu characters, including teams and players
Haikyuu features numerous schools competing in Japan’s high school volleyball circuit.
While the anime primarily follows Karasuno High School’s team, players from other teams also play significant roles in the series.
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| KARASUNO HIGH SCHOOL | ROLE | SEIYUU |
| Shoyo Hinata | Player | Ayumu Murase |
| Tobio Kageyama | Player | Kaito Ishikawa |
| Kei Tsukishima | Player | Kouki Uchiyama |
| Yu Nishinoya | Player | Nobuhiko Okatomo |
| Ryunosuke Tanaka | Player | Yuu Hayashi |
| Tadashi Yamaguchi | Player | Souma Saitou |
| Daichi Sawamura | Player (Captain) | Satoshi Hino |
| Koshi Sugawara | Player | Miyu Irino |
| Asahi Azumane | Player | Yoshimasa Hosoya |
| Chikara Ennosh*ta | Player | Toshiki Masuda |
| Hisashi Kinosh*ta | Player | Nobuyori Sagara |
| Kazuhito Narita | Player | Koutarou Nishiyama |
| Kiyoko Shimizu | Team manager | Kaori Nazuka |
| Hitoka Yachi | Team manager | Sumire Morohoshi |
| Ittetsu Takeda | Coach | Hiroshi Kamiya |
| Keishin Ukai | Coach | Kazunari Tanaka |
| Ikkei Ukai | Coach | Hiroshi Naka |
| Yui Michimiya | Karasuno girl’s volleyball team | Asami Seto |
| Rinko Sudo | Karasuno girl’s volleyball team | — |
| Mao Aihara | Karasuno girl’s volleyball team | Rie Suegara |
| Manami Aoki | Karasuno girl’s volleyball team | — |
| Moe Kikuchi | Karasuno girl’s volleyball team | — |
| Chizuru Sasaki | Karasuno girl’s volleyball team | Hyang Ri Kim |
| Nozomi Watabe | Karasuno girl’s volleyball team | — |
| Hidemi Tashiro | Karasuno Alumni | Kiko Miyata |
| Hiroki Kurokawa | Karasuno Alumni | Katsuyuki Konishi |
| Akiteru Tsukishima | Karasuno Alumni | Takahiro Sakurai |
| Makoto Shimada | Karasuno Alumni | Tomoaki Maeno |
| Yusuke Takinoue | Karasuno Alumni | Shuuhei Sakaguchi |
| Yukinari Mori | Karasuno Alumni | Tooru Sakurai |
| Hidenori Uchizawa | Karasuno Alumni | Ryo Kuratomi |
| Tanma Udai | Karasuno Alumni | — |
| Natsu Hinata | Family | Haruka Yamazaki |
| Saeko Tanaka | Family | Yuka Komatsu |
| Madoka Yachi | Family | Mie Sonozaki |
| Mrs. Tsukishima | Family | Ayako Takeuchi |
| Mineo Nishinoya | Family | — |
| Miwa Kageyama | Family | — |
| Kazuyo Kageyama | Family | — |
| Minaho Ono | Teacher | Haruka Yamazaki |
| Acchan | Student | Shuichi Uchida |
| METROPOLITAN NEKOMA HIGHSCHOOL | ROLE | SEIYUU |
| Tetsuro Kuroo | Player (Captain) | Yuuchi Nakamura |
| Kenma Kozume | Player | Yuuki Kaji |
| Taketora Yamamoto | Player | Seigo Yokota |
| Nobuyuki Kai | Player | Takanori Hoshino |
| Morisuke Yaku | Player | Shinnosuke Tachibana |
| Lev Haiba | Player | Mark Ishii |
| Shohei f*ckunaga | Player | Shouta Chounan |
| So Inouka | Player | Kyosuke Ikeda |
| Tamahiko Teshiro | Player | Fushiyoshi Shioya |
| Yuki Shibayama | Player | Takumi Watanabe |
| Yasufumi Nekomata | Coach | Nobuaki f*ckada |
| Manabu Naoi | Coach | Kanehira Yamamoto |
| Alisa Haiba | Family | Mao Ichimichi |
| Akane Yamamoto | Family | Misako Tomioka |
| AOBA JOHSAI HIGH SCHOOL | ROLE | SEIYUU |
| Toru Oikawa | Player (Captain) | Daisuke Namikawa |
| Issei Matsukawa | Player | Isamu Yusen |
| Takahiro Hanamaki | Player | Tooru Sakurai |
| Hajime Iwaizumi | Player | Hiroyuki Yoshino |
| Shigeru Yahaba | Player | Kengo Kawanishi |
| Shinji Watari | Player | Arthur Lounsbery |
| Yutaro Kindaichi | Player | Makoto Furukawa |
| Akira Kunimi | Player | Atsushi Tamaru |
| Kentaro Kyotani | Player | Shunsuke Takeuchi |
| Nobuteru Irihata | Coach | Mitsuaki Hoshino |
| Sadayuki Moizoguchi | Coach | Seiro Ogino |
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| DATE TECH HIGH SCHOOL | ROLE | SEIYUU |
| Takanobu Aone | Player/Alumni | Hiroki Matsukawa |
| Yashushi Kamasaki | Player/Alumni | Takuya Satou |
| Kaname Moniwa | Player/Alumni (Former captain) | Takashi Onozuka |
| Takehito Sasaya | Player | Junji Majima |
| Kenji Futakuchi | Player (Captain) | Masamoto Nakazawa |
| Yutaka Obara | Player | Isamu Yusen |
| Kanji Koganegawa | Player | Masayuki Shouji |
| Taro Onagawa | Player | Shoya Chiba |
| Jingo f*ckiage | Player | — |
| Kosuke Sakunami | Player | Mao Oonishi |
| Mai Nametsu | Team manager | Yumi Uchiyama |
| Takuro Oiwake | Coach | Shinichiro Miki |
| f*ckURODANI ACADEMY | ROLE | SEIYUU |
| Kotaro Bokuto | Player | Ryohei Kimura |
| Tatsuki Washio | Player | Akira Koga |
| Keiji Akaashi | Player | Ryota Osaka |
| Yamato Sarukui | Player | Junji Tachibana |
| Akinori Konoha | Player | Taishi Murata |
| Shuichi Anahori | Player | Yukitoshi Kikuchi |
| Haruki Komi | Player | Yukitoshi Kikuchi |
| Wataru Onaga | Player | Toshiyuki Hara |
| Yukei Shirof*cku | Team manager | Ayako Takeuchi |
| Kaori Suzumeda | Team manager | Misuzu Togashi |
| Takeyuki Yamiji | Coach | — |
| SHIRATORIZAWA ACADEMY | ROLE | SEIYUU |
| Wakatoshi Ushijima | Player | Ryouta Takeuchi |
| Satori Tendo | Player | Subaru Kimura |
| Eita Semi | Player | Takuma Terashima |
| Reon Ohira | Player | Teruyuki Tanzawa |
| Tsutomu Goshiki | Player | Shimba Tsuchiya |
| Kenjiro Kawanishi | Player | Toshiyuki Toyonaga |
| Kai Akakura | Player | Koji Seki |
| Hayato Yamagata | Player | Kenji f*ckuda |
| Yusho Sagae | Player | Akihiro Mine |
| Taichi Kawanishi | Player | Daiki Omori |
| Tanji Washijo | Coach | Ryusei Nakao |
| Akira Saito | Coach | Kenji Sugimura |
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| JOHZENJI HIGH SCHOOL | ROLE | SEIYUU |
| Yuji Terushima | Player | Takuya Eguchi |
| Kazuma Bobata | Player | Shoya Chiba |
| Takeharu Futamata | Player | Junta Terashima |
| Rintaro Numajiri | Player | Taishi Murata |
| Katsumichi Hagashiyama | Player | Kiyotaka Furushima |
| Nobuyoshi Izaka | Player | Shuhei Matsuda |
| Arata Tsuchiyu | Player | Junji Tachibana |
| Hana Misaki | Team manager | Ayumi Fujimura |
| Runa Kuribayashi | Team manager | — |
| Takaai Anabara | Coach | Eiji Hanawa |
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| TOKONAMI HIGH SCHOOL | ROLE | SEIYUU |
| Hikaru Komaki | Player | Ken Takeuchi |
| Kazuma Chaya | Player | Kiyohito Yoshikai |
| Hayato Ikejiri | Player | Hiromu Miyazaki |
| Hiroki Tamagawa | Player | Takashi Ohara |
| Yoshiharu Haga | Player | — |
| Rikuto Shibuya | Player | Nobuyori Sagara |
| Taiga Sakurai | Player | Arthur Lounsbery |
| WAKUTANI MINAMI HIGH SCHOOL | ROLE | SEIYUU |
| Takeru Nakashima | Player | Atsushi Abe |
| Shunki Kawatabi | Player | Chado Horii |
| Yuki Shiroishi | Player | Shuhei Matsuda |
| Kazumasa Hanayama | Player | Taro Kiuchi |
| Teppei Nakuro | Player | Yamato Kinjo |
| Kazuteru Akiu | Player | Masaaki Mizunka |
| Tsuyoshi Matsushima | Player | Hisafumi Oda |
| Masaomi Onikobe | Coach | Kazuaki Ito |
| Masayoshi Nakashima | Family | Shunsuke Sakuya |
| Ai Nakashima | Family | Tomoe Hanaba |
| Isamu Nakashima | Family | Showtaro Morikubo |
| Makoto Nakashima | Family | Tomoaki Maeno |
| Minoru Nakashima | Family | Ayumi Miura |
| Taira Nakashima | Family | — |
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| OHGIMINAMI HIGH SCHOOL | ROLE | SEIYUU |
| Yoshiki Towada | Player | Masakazu Nishida |
| Takumi Karamatsu | Player | Haruki Ishiya |
| Yuki Tazawa | Player | Yamato Kinjo |
| Ayumu Moritake | Player | Junji Tachibana |
| Soma Oyatsu | Player | — |
| Ibuki Natsuse | Player | — |
| Shun Yokote | Player | — |
| Shintaro Ninomiya | Coach | — |
| Noboru Akimiya | Ohgiminami Alumni | Hisayoshi Suganuma |
| KAKUGAWA ACADEMY | ROLE | SEIYUU |
| Yoshiaki Nurukawa | Player | Taishi Murata |
| Eiji Makado | Player | — |
| Kaito Asamushi | Player | Ryuichiro Ihara |
| Yuzuru Komika | Player | Yasuaki Takumi |
| Isao Inagaki | Player | Yamato Kinjo |
| Yudai Hyazukawa | Player | Shota Yamamoto |
| Tashi Minamida | Player | Yuskitoshi Tokumoto |
| Goro Sakakibara | Coach | Hiroki Matsukawa |
| UBUGAWA HIGH SCHOOL | ROLE | SEIYUU |
| Masaki Gora | Player | Shuhei Matsuda |
| Yohei Ashiya | Player | — |
| Kengo Nanasawa | Player | — |
| Yuji Isehara | Player | — |
| Shingo Sengoku | Player | — |
| Koji Yukawa | Player | — |
| Toshimi Nakagawa | Player | — |
| Eri Miyanosh*ta | Team manager | Misa Kayama |
| SHINZEN HIGH SCHOOL | ROLE | SEIYUU |
| Daiki Ogano | Player | Chihiro Suzuki |
| Shota Naguri | Player | — |
| Noriaki Shimafu | Player | — |
| Eikichi Chigaya | Player | Shota Chonan |
| Masaru Kodama | Player | — |
| Yu Akatani | Player | — |
| Kazutaka Yoshikawa | Player | — |
| Mako Otaki | Team manager | Yo Taichi |
| NOHEBI ACADEMY | ROLE | SEIYUU |
| Suguru Daisho | Player | Kazuyaki Okitsu |
| Yoshiya Takachiho | Player | — |
| Kazuma Namai | Player | — |
| Koji Hiroo | Player | Masanori Shimizu |
| Isumi Sakishima | Player | Shota Chonan |
| So Akama | Player | Taishi Murata |
| Akihiko Seguro | Player | Subaru Hayama |
| Naoyasu Kuguri | Player | Takeo Otsuka |
| Kiyoshi Omizu | Coach | — |
| Maki Yamaka | Nohebi Academy Alumni | Karen Miyama |
| TSUBAKIHARA ACADEMY | ROLE | SEIYUU |
| Kazuki Maruyama | Player | Yoshiki Nakajima |
| Sakae Echigo | Player | Shoya Ishige |
| Chiharu Tsukioka | Player | Tomohiro Ono |
| Motoki Teradomari | Player | Shuichi Ushida |
| Dai Mikawa | Player | — |
| Togo Iwamuro | Player | — |
| Yosh*tomo Atema | Player | Takara Inoue |
| Yushi Maiko | Player | Yusuke Suda |
| Akifumi Kaikake | Player | Aoi Ichikawa |
| Aoi Himekawa | Player | Yuki Inoue |
| Tatsumi Osado | Coach | Issei Maeda |
| INARIZAKI HIGH SCHOOL | ROLE | SEIYUU |
| Atsumu Miya | Player | Mamoru Miyano |
| Osamu Miya | Player | Hideaki Kabumoto |
| Aran Ojiro | Player | Jun Kasama |
| Rintaro Suna | Player | Nobunaga Shimazaki |
| Michinari Akagi | Player | Yoshiyuki Masuura |
| Ren Omimo | Player | Takumu Miyazono |
| Hitoshi Ginjima | Player | Shouma Yamamoto |
| Yuto Kosaku | Player | Masaya f*ckuishi |
| Heisuke Riseki | Player | — |
| Shinsuke Kita | Player | Kenji Nojima |
| Norimune Kurosu | Coach | Nobuaki Kanemitsu |
| SARUKAWA TECH HIGH SCHOOL | ROLE | SEIYUU |
| Itaru Shiramine | Player | Yu Miyazaki |
| Hisahiko Wakura | Player | Reo Nakanishi |
| Iori Kanazawa | Player | Justin Tomimori |
| Tomonari Shiga | Player | Satoru Okabe |
| Tomokazu Wajima | Player | Yuki Shin |
| Kenro f*ckatani | Player | Kentaro Kumagai |
| Soji Yamashiro | Player | — |
| Aritaka Shishio | Coach | Kentaro Tone |
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| NIIYAMA GIRLS’ HIGH | ROLE | SEIYUU |
| Kanoka Amanai | Player | Saori Onishi |
| Maiko Yonezawa | Player | Ayaka Ohashi |
| KAMOMEDAI HIGH SCHOOL | ROLE | SEIYUU |
| Korai Hoshiumi | Player | Natsuki Hanae |
| Sachiro Hirugami | Player | Yu Miyazaki |
| Aichi Suwa | Player | — |
| Izuru Nozawa | Player | — |
| Isao Norikura | Player | — |
| Kazuyoshi Bessho | Player | — |
| Gao Hakuba | Player | — |
| Laim Tokura | Player | — |
| Keiichiro Kanbayashi | Player | — |
| Aaron Murphy | Coach | — |
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| YUKIGAOKA MIDDLE SCHOOL | ROLE | SEIYUU |
| Shoyo Hinata | Player | Ayumu Murase |
| Yukitaka Izumi | Player | Kyosuke Ikeda |
| Koji Sekimukai | Player | Seigo Yokota |
| Tatsuya Mori | Player | Kazutomi Yamamoto |
| Saiya Suzuki | Player | Junya Enoki |
| Yuki Kawashima | Player | Koutarou Nishiyama |
| KITAGAWA DAIICHI MIDDLE SCHOOL | ROLE | SEIYUU |
| Toru Oikawa | Player | Daisuke Namikawa |
| Tobio Kageyama | Player | Kaito Ishikawa |
| Hajime Iwaizumi | Player | Hiroyuki Yoshino |
| Yutaro Kindaichi | Player | Makoto Furukawa |
| Akira Kunimi | Player | Atsushi Tamaru |
| Kaito Hashikami | Player | — |
| SUPPORTING CHARACTERS | DESCRIPTION | SEIYUU |
| f*cki Hibarida | Japan National Volleyball team coach | Hiroshi Yanaka |
| Kotaro Hitaki | All Japan’s Boys’ Youth team coach | Takashi Matsuyama |
| Fumi Enaga | Sports reporter | — |
| Junji Kuroishi | Hakusuikan High School player | Takeo Otsuka |
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