Karasuno High

からすのこうこう
(Japanese: 烏 野 高 校 Karasuno Kōkō) is a high school located in Miyagi Prefecture.

Karasuno, like most Japanese schools, has a uniform and dress code. The male uniform consists
of the classic black gakuran, white collared shirt, cream sweater and black pants. Females wear
a more "catholic" uniform, which consists of a white blouse, red ribbon, cream sweater, black
blazer, and a grey skirt[1]. However, since many students are often seen without the cream
sweater and wearing t-shirts instead of the collared shirt, it is assumed that the dress code isn't
strictly enforced.

The boys' volleyball club's uniform consists of a black tracksuit with white details. The members
wear white t-shirts and black shorts during practice matches and often don a yellow sports bib
on top. During official matches, the majority of players don a black jersey and shorts with
orange details. The libero has a contrasting jersey in orange with black details.

The girls' volleyball club uniform consists of a black jersey and shorts, with white details. The
libero has a contrasting jersey in white with black details.
Academic

Each grade has five classes, with classes 4 and 5 being college preparatory classes. Periods are
50 minutes long, with a 10-minute break in between. Subjects taught include English, modern
Japanese literature, math, and physical education. After graduation, students generally either
continue on to higher education or work.

The passing grade for exams is 40 points. Students who fail their final exams must take weekend
supplementary classes and a supplementary exam for each failed subject; these may sometimes
be held during summer vacation. The passing grade for supplementary exams is 80 points, and
students must take them until they pass.

Faculty

Vice Principal: Ittetsu Takeda - Modern Japanese Literature teacher

Minaho Ono - English teacher

Volleyball Club

The school's Boys' Volleyball Club was founded many years ago and has often been associated
with crows due to the school's name. Its banner, in fact, reads "Take to the Skies," which alludes
to crows. It was said that Coach Ukai had a ferocious pack of crows during Karasuno's glory
days.

As a former powerhouse of Miyagi, Karasuno has represented the prefecture at Spring High
nationals nine times. One of those occasions was under the guidance of Coach Ukai and Tenma
Udai, also known as the "Small Giant" ("Tiny Giant" in the anime), and was famous throughout
Miyagi. However, after the initial success, Karasuno failed to pass its prefecture's preliminaries
in future tournaments and therefore received the derogatory nicknames "The Fallen
Champions" and "The Flightless Crows." It wasn't until five years later did the team finally return
to nationals.

For a while, Karasuno did not have a coach due to Ukai's hospitalization after a few months of
coaching the previous year. Daichi Sawamura took on both the captain and the coach's duties
until Ukai's grandson, Keishin Ukai, became the new coach. The managers of the team consist
of Kiyoko Shimizu, a third year and the original manager, and Hitoka Yachi, a first-year recruited
by Kiyoko after the first tournament.
 A team photo with the official banner in the back.

The main starting line-up is composed of Daichi Sawamura, Asahi Azumane, Ryūnosuke
Tanaka, Yū Nishinoya, Shōyō Hinata, Tobio Kageyama, and Kei Tsukishima. Karasuno is
currently famous for its odd quick strike (performed by Kageyama and Hinata) and its unique
members: Kitagawa Daiichi Junior High's "King of the Court," Kageyama; Chidoriyama's
champion libero, Nishinoya; and the 164cm-tall middle blocker, Hinata.

Karasuno's main rivals within the Miyagi Prefecture are Aobajohsai High, Date Tech High,
and Shiratorizawa Academy. The club's "destined" rival is Nekoma High, which Karasuno has
always lost to. Because their animal representatives (cat and crow) are usually found by the
dumpster, their matches are called the "Battle at the Garbage Dump." (In the anime it is
referred to as 'The Trashcan Showdown.')

Karasuno's strongest attribute is its offensive power, with a heavy focus on attacks such as the
quick strike, pipe-line, and synchronized attacks using tempo. It also utilizes uncommon
techniques like the Calculated One-Point Two-Setter, the jump float serve, and a libero toss to
throw off opponents.
Members

Name Position Year Status

Ikkei Ukai Coach ? Retired

Keishin Ukai Coach Graduate Active

Ittetsu Takeda Faculty Advisor Teacher Active

Kiyoko Shimizu Manager 3rd Year Active

Hitoka Yachi Manager 1st Year Active

Name Number Position Year Status

Captain / Wing Spiker / Opposite Hitter

Daichi Sawamura #1 3rd Year Active
/ Defensive Specialist

Kōshi Sugawara #2 Setter / Vice-Captain / Pinch Server 3rd Year Active

Asahi Azumane #3 Wing Spiker / Outside Hitter / Ace 3rd Year Active

Yū Nishinoya #4 Libero 2nd Year Active

Ryūnosuke Tanaka #5 Wing Spiker / Outside Hitter 2nd Year Active

Chikara Ennoshita #6 Wing Spiker 2nd Year Active

Hisashi Kinoshita #7 Wing Spiker / Pinch Server 2nd Year Active

Kazuhito Narita #8 Middle Blocker 2nd Year Active

Tobio Kageyama #9 Setter 1st Year Active

Shōyō Hinata #10 Middle Blocker / Decoy 1st Year Active

Kei Tsukishima #11 Middle Blocker 1st Year Active

Tadashi Yamaguchi #12 Middle Blocker / Pinch Server 1st Year Active
Former Players

Name Number Position Current Age

Yūsuke Takinoue #9 Middle Blocker 26

Wing Spiker / Pinch

Makoto Shimada #11 26
Server

Keishin Ukai #2 Setter 26

Akiteru Tsukishima #5 Wing Spiker 22

Tenma Udai #10 Wing Spiker / Ace 21

Hidemi Tashiro #1 Captain 19-20

Wing Spiker /
Hiroki Kurokawa #2 18-19
Captain

Girls Club

Name Number Position Year Status

Wing Spiker /
Yui Michimiya #1 3rd Year Retired
Captain

Mao Aihara #2 Vice-captain / Ace 3rd Year Retired

Rinko Sudou #3 Captain 2nd Year Active

Moe Kikuchi #4 ? 2nd Year Active

Manami Aoki #5 Setter ? Active

Nozomi Watabe #7 Libero ? Active

Chizuru Sasaki #11 Wing Spiker 3rd Year Retired

Trivia

 One of the team's strategic teamwork moves is known as mobbing, which is when they
attack as a group to drive an opponent off. In the wildlife, it's a type of behavior that
birds use against a large predator on the prowl; this is another reference to Karasuno's
nickname as crows.
 Karasuno has the Kanji "crow" (烏 Karasu) in its name.
 Karasuno High also has a girls' volleyball club, with Yui Michimiya as the captain during
the Interhigh and Rinko Sudou replacing Yui after her retirement for the Spring High.
However, they didn't do very well in their matches due to lack of practice[2].
 There is a girls' tennis club, boys' soccer club, boys' basketball club, boys' tennis club, and
boys' baseball clubs as well.
 Karasuno High has two gyms and a track field. The girls' volleyball club and boys'
basketball club practice in First Gymnasium; the boys' volleyball club practices in Second
Gymnasium.[3]
 The fictional brand for their uniforms and warm-up sweats is shown to be a foot with the
letters "ics" underneath. The word for foot in Japanese is "ashi", so the full name would
be "ashi-ics". This is a play on the name for the real life sports brand "asics", which in
Japanese would be pronounced the same way. Asics is a Japanese sports company, and
is recognized worldwide for their volleyball athletic wear.
 Like many of the other teams featured in the series, all of Karasuno seems to wear
"asics" volleyball shoes, based on their shoe design.
 Other schools often misread Karasuno (烏野) for Torino (鳥野) because they have very
similar kanji. Karasu (烏) refers to crows, whereas Tori (鳥) refers to birds in general.
 Like most Japanese high schools, Karasuno holds an annual sports festival. One of its
events is a four-member relay race between the school's sports clubs. The winning club
receives 20 boxes of sports drink mix.
 Karasuno in the season 3 anime now has its own cheering squad, consisting its own
students from the School itself, including the principal himself. However, their cheer
doesn't give off a vibe of being a powerhouse school, compared to Shiratorizawa's, since
they only practised a little after school during the day of the finals. While in the manga,
this did not happen.
 Karasuno has participated in the Spring High tournament nine times and this time is
their first appearance after five years.
 Karasuno High is based on Karumai Highschool in the Iwate prefecture