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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. 

Haikyuu Battle at the Garbage Dump movie official key visual featuring Shoyo Hinata and Tobio Kageyama, a feature image for ONE Esports article "How to watch Haikyuu in order: Complete list of seasons, OVAs, movies"
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How to watch Haikyuu in order: Complete list of seasons, OVAs, movies

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 anime poster from TOHO Animation
Credit: TOHO Animation, Shueisha

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.

Haikyuu manga official art showing the full Karasuno High male volleyball team in the featured image for ONE Esports' Where to read the Haikyuu manga right now' featured image
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Where to read Haikyuu manga right now
KARASUNO HIGH SCHOOLROLESEIYUU
Shoyo HinataPlayerAyumu Murase
Tobio KageyamaPlayerKaito Ishikawa
Kei TsukishimaPlayerKouki Uchiyama
Yu NishinoyaPlayerNobuhiko Okatomo
Ryunosuke TanakaPlayerYuu Hayashi
Tadashi YamaguchiPlayerSouma Saitou
Daichi SawamuraPlayer (Captain)Satoshi Hino
Koshi SugawaraPlayerMiyu Irino
Asahi AzumanePlayerYoshimasa Hosoya
Chikara EnnoshitaPlayerToshiki Masuda
Hisashi KinoshitaPlayerNobuyori Sagara
Kazuhito NaritaPlayerKoutarou Nishiyama
Kiyoko ShimizuTeam managerKaori Nazuka
Hitoka YachiTeam managerSumire Morohoshi
Ittetsu TakedaCoachHiroshi Kamiya
Keishin UkaiCoachKazunari Tanaka
Ikkei UkaiCoachHiroshi Naka
Yui MichimiyaKarasuno girl’s volleyball teamAsami Seto
Rinko SudoKarasuno girl’s volleyball team
Mao AiharaKarasuno girl’s volleyball teamRie Suegara
Manami AokiKarasuno girl’s volleyball team
Moe KikuchiKarasuno girl’s volleyball team
Chizuru SasakiKarasuno girl’s volleyball teamHyang Ri Kim
Nozomi WatabeKarasuno girl’s volleyball team
Hidemi TashiroKarasuno AlumniKiko Miyata
Hiroki KurokawaKarasuno AlumniKatsuyuki Konishi
Akiteru TsukishimaKarasuno AlumniTakahiro Sakurai
Makoto ShimadaKarasuno AlumniTomoaki Maeno
Yusuke TakinoueKarasuno AlumniShuuhei Sakaguchi
Yukinari MoriKarasuno AlumniTooru Sakurai
Hidenori UchizawaKarasuno AlumniRyo Kuratomi
Tanma UdaiKarasuno Alumni
Natsu HinataFamilyHaruka Yamazaki
Saeko TanakaFamilyYuka Komatsu
Madoka YachiFamilyMie Sonozaki
Mrs. TsukishimaFamilyAyako Takeuchi
Mineo NishinoyaFamily
Miwa KageyamaFamily
Kazuyo KageyamaFamily
Minaho OnoTeacherHaruka Yamazaki
AcchanStudentShuichi Uchida
Haikyuu manga volume 4 cover featuring Nekoma High player
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METROPOLITAN NEKOMA HIGHSCHOOLROLESEIYUU
Tetsuro KurooPlayer (Captain)Yuuchi Nakamura
Kenma KozumePlayerYuuki Kaji
Taketora YamamotoPlayerSeigo Yokota
Nobuyuki KaiPlayerTakanori Hoshino
Morisuke YakuPlayerShinnosuke Tachibana
Lev HaibaPlayerMark Ishii
Shohei FukunagaPlayerShouta Chounan
So InoukaPlayerKyosuke Ikeda
Tamahiko TeshiroPlayerFushiyoshi Shioya
Yuki ShibayamaPlayerTakumi Watanabe
Yasufumi NekomataCoachNobuaki Fukada
Manabu NaoiCoachKanehira Yamamoto
Alisa HaibaFamilyMao Ichimichi
Akane YamamotoFamilyMisako Tomioka
Haikyuu manga volume 17 cover featuring Aoba Johsai High
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AOBA JOHSAI HIGH SCHOOLROLESEIYUU
Toru OikawaPlayer (Captain)Daisuke Namikawa
Issei MatsukawaPlayerIsamu Yusen
Takahiro HanamakiPlayerTooru Sakurai
Hajime IwaizumiPlayerHiroyuki Yoshino
Shigeru YahabaPlayerKengo Kawanishi
Shinji WatariPlayerArthur Lounsbery
Yutaro KindaichiPlayerMakoto Furukawa
Akira KunimiPlayerAtsushi Tamaru
Kentaro KyotaniPlayerShunsuke Takeuchi
Nobuteru IrihataCoachMitsuaki Hoshino
Sadayuki MoizoguchiCoachSeiro Ogino
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DATE TECH HIGH SCHOOLROLESEIYUU
Takanobu AonePlayer/AlumniHiroki Matsukawa
Yashushi KamasakiPlayer/AlumniTakuya Satou
Kaname MoniwaPlayer/Alumni (Former captain)Takashi Onozuka
Takehito SasayaPlayerJunji Majima
Kenji FutakuchiPlayer (Captain)Masamoto Nakazawa
Yutaka ObaraPlayerIsamu Yusen
Kanji KoganegawaPlayerMasayuki Shouji
Taro OnagawaPlayerShoya Chiba
Jingo FukiagePlayer
Kosuke SakunamiPlayerMao Oonishi
Mai NametsuTeam managerYumi Uchiyama
Takuro OiwakeCoachShinichiro Miki
Fukurodani Academy's Koutarou Bokuto on Haikyuu volume 11 manga cover
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FUKURODANI ACADEMYROLESEIYUU
Kotaro BokutoPlayerRyohei Kimura
Tatsuki WashioPlayerAkira Koga
Keiji AkaashiPlayerRyota Osaka
Yamato SarukuiPlayerJunji Tachibana
Akinori KonohaPlayerTaishi Murata
Shuichi AnahoriPlayerYukitoshi Kikuchi
Haruki KomiPlayerYukitoshi Kikuchi
Wataru OnagaPlayerToshiyuki Hara
Yukei ShirofukuTeam managerAyako Takeuchi
Kaori SuzumedaTeam managerMisuzu Togashi
Takeyuki YamijiCoach
Shiratorizawa Academy on cover of Haikyuu manga volume 18
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SHIRATORIZAWA ACADEMYROLESEIYUU
Wakatoshi UshijimaPlayerRyouta Takeuchi
Satori TendoPlayerSubaru Kimura
Eita SemiPlayerTakuma Terashima
Reon OhiraPlayerTeruyuki Tanzawa
Tsutomu GoshikiPlayerShimba Tsuchiya
Kenjiro KawanishiPlayerToshiyuki Toyonaga
Kai AkakuraPlayerKoji Seki
Hayato YamagataPlayerKenji Fukuda
Yusho SagaePlayerAkihiro Mine
Taichi KawanishiPlayerDaiki Omori
Tanji WashijoCoachRyusei Nakao
Akira SaitoCoachKenji Sugimura
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JOHZENJI HIGH SCHOOLROLESEIYUU
Yuji TerushimaPlayerTakuya Eguchi
Kazuma BobataPlayerShoya Chiba
Takeharu FutamataPlayerJunta Terashima
Rintaro NumajiriPlayerTaishi Murata
Katsumichi HagashiyamaPlayerKiyotaka Furushima
Nobuyoshi IzakaPlayerShuhei Matsuda
Arata TsuchiyuPlayerJunji Tachibana
Hana MisakiTeam managerAyumi Fujimura
Runa KuribayashiTeam manager
Takaai AnabaraCoachEiji Hanawa
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TOKONAMI HIGH SCHOOLROLESEIYUU
Hikaru KomakiPlayerKen Takeuchi
Kazuma ChayaPlayerKiyohito Yoshikai
Hayato IkejiriPlayerHiromu Miyazaki
Hiroki TamagawaPlayerTakashi Ohara
Yoshiharu HagaPlayer
Rikuto ShibuyaPlayerNobuyori Sagara
Taiga SakuraiPlayerArthur Lounsbery
Takeru Nakashima from Wakutani Minami High on Haikyuu manga cover volume 14 alongside Chikara Ennoshita from  Karasuno High Volleyball Club
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WAKUTANI MINAMI HIGH SCHOOLROLESEIYUU
Takeru NakashimaPlayerAtsushi Abe
Shunki KawatabiPlayerChado Horii
Yuki ShiroishiPlayerShuhei Matsuda
Kazumasa HanayamaPlayerTaro Kiuchi
Teppei NakuroPlayerYamato Kinjo
Kazuteru AkiuPlayerMasaaki Mizunka
Tsuyoshi MatsushimaPlayerHisafumi Oda
Masaomi OnikobeCoachKazuaki Ito
Masayoshi NakashimaFamilyShunsuke Sakuya
Ai NakashimaFamilyTomoe Hanaba
Isamu NakashimaFamilyShowtaro Morikubo
Makoto NakashimaFamilyTomoaki Maeno
Minoru NakashimaFamilyAyumi Miura
Taira NakashimaFamily
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OHGIMINAMI HIGH SCHOOLROLESEIYUU
Yoshiki TowadaPlayerMasakazu Nishida
Takumi KaramatsuPlayerHaruki Ishiya
Yuki TazawaPlayerYamato Kinjo
Ayumu MoritakePlayerJunji Tachibana
Soma OyatsuPlayer
Ibuki NatsusePlayer
Shun YokotePlayer
Shintaro NinomiyaCoach
Noboru AkimiyaOhgiminami AlumniHisayoshi Suganuma
KAKUGAWA ACADEMYROLESEIYUU
Yoshiaki NurukawaPlayerTaishi Murata
Eiji MakadoPlayer
Kaito AsamushiPlayerRyuichiro Ihara
Yuzuru KomikaPlayerYasuaki Takumi
Isao InagakiPlayerYamato Kinjo
Yudai HyazukawaPlayerShota Yamamoto
Tashi MinamidaPlayerYuskitoshi Tokumoto
Goro SakakibaraCoachHiroki Matsukawa
UBUGAWA HIGH SCHOOLROLESEIYUU
Masaki GoraPlayerShuhei Matsuda
Yohei AshiyaPlayer
Kengo NanasawaPlayer
Yuji IseharaPlayer
Shingo SengokuPlayer
Koji YukawaPlayer
Toshimi NakagawaPlayer
Eri MiyanoshitaTeam managerMisa Kayama
SHINZEN HIGH SCHOOLROLESEIYUU
Daiki OganoPlayerChihiro Suzuki
Shota NaguriPlayer
Noriaki ShimafuPlayer
Eikichi ChigayaPlayerShota Chonan
Masaru KodamaPlayer
Yu AkataniPlayer
Kazutaka YoshikawaPlayer
Mako OtakiTeam managerYo Taichi
NOHEBI ACADEMYROLESEIYUU
Suguru DaishoPlayerKazuyaki Okitsu
Yoshiya TakachihoPlayer
Kazuma NamaiPlayer
Koji HirooPlayerMasanori Shimizu
Isumi SakishimaPlayerShota Chonan
So AkamaPlayerTaishi Murata
Akihiko SeguroPlayerSubaru Hayama
Naoyasu KuguriPlayerTakeo Otsuka
Kiyoshi OmizuCoach
Maki YamakaNohebi Academy AlumniKaren Miyama
TSUBAKIHARA ACADEMYROLESEIYUU
Kazuki MaruyamaPlayerYoshiki Nakajima
Sakae EchigoPlayerShoya Ishige
Chiharu TsukiokaPlayerTomohiro Ono
Motoki TeradomariPlayerShuichi Ushida
Dai MikawaPlayer
Togo IwamuroPlayer
Yoshitomo AtemaPlayerTakara Inoue
Yushi MaikoPlayerYusuke Suda
Akifumi KaikakePlayerAoi Ichikawa
Aoi HimekawaPlayerYuki Inoue
Tatsumi OsadoCoachIssei Maeda
INARIZAKI HIGH SCHOOLROLESEIYUU
Atsumu MiyaPlayerMamoru Miyano
Osamu MiyaPlayerHideaki Kabumoto
Aran OjiroPlayerJun Kasama
Rintaro SunaPlayerNobunaga Shimazaki
Michinari AkagiPlayerYoshiyuki Masuura
Ren OmimoPlayerTakumu Miyazono
Hitoshi GinjimaPlayerShouma Yamamoto
Yuto KosakuPlayerMasaya Fukuishi
Heisuke RisekiPlayer
Shinsuke KitaPlayerKenji Nojima
Norimune KurosuCoachNobuaki Kanemitsu
SARUKAWA TECH HIGH SCHOOLROLESEIYUU
Itaru ShiraminePlayerYu Miyazaki
Hisahiko WakuraPlayerReo Nakanishi
Iori KanazawaPlayerJustin Tomimori
Tomonari ShigaPlayerSatoru Okabe
Tomokazu WajimaPlayerYuki Shin
Kenro FukataniPlayerKentaro Kumagai
Soji YamashiroPlayer
Aritaka ShishioCoachKentaro Tone
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NIIYAMA GIRLS’ HIGHROLESEIYUU
Kanoka AmanaiPlayerSaori Onishi
Maiko YonezawaPlayerAyaka Ohashi
KAMOMEDAI HIGH SCHOOLROLESEIYUU
Korai HoshiumiPlayerNatsuki Hanae
Sachiro HirugamiPlayerYu Miyazaki
Aichi SuwaPlayer
Izuru NozawaPlayer
Isao NorikuraPlayer
Kazuyoshi BesshoPlayer
Gao HakubaPlayer
Laim TokuraPlayer
Keiichiro KanbayashiPlayer
Aaron MurphyCoach
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YUKIGAOKA MIDDLE SCHOOLROLESEIYUU
Shoyo HinataPlayerAyumu Murase
Yukitaka IzumiPlayerKyosuke Ikeda
Koji SekimukaiPlayerSeigo Yokota
Tatsuya MoriPlayerKazutomi Yamamoto
Saiya SuzukiPlayerJunya Enoki
Yuki KawashimaPlayerKoutarou Nishiyama
KITAGAWA DAIICHI MIDDLE SCHOOLROLESEIYUU
Toru OikawaPlayerDaisuke Namikawa
Tobio KageyamaPlayerKaito Ishikawa
Hajime IwaizumiPlayerHiroyuki Yoshino
Yutaro KindaichiPlayerMakoto Furukawa
Akira KunimiPlayerAtsushi Tamaru
Kaito HashikamiPlayer
SUPPORTING CHARACTERSDESCRIPTIONSEIYUU
Fuki HibaridaJapan National Volleyball team coachHiroshi Yanaka
Kotaro HitakiAll Japan’s Boys’ Youth team coachTakashi Matsuyama
Fumi EnagaSports reporter
Junji KuroishiHakusuikan High School playerTakeo Otsuka

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