Haikyuu Trivia
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This Haikyuu trivia quiz has 98 free questions with answers and covers Haruichi Furudate's volleyball epic from the first one-shot to the final films: Hinata's glimpse of the Little Giant, his rivalry and partnership with the King of the Court, the Karasuno roster from Daichi and Suga to Nishinoya, Tanaka, Tsukishima and Yamaguchi, the managers and coaches, and the rival schools — Nekoma and the Battle at the Garbage Dump, Aoba Johsai's Oikawa, Shiratorizawa's Ushijima, Fukurodani's Bokuto, Inarizaki's Miya twins and Kamomedai's Hoshiumi. It also covers the time-skip careers, the manga's serialization and sales, the Shogakukan award, Production I.G's anime seasons and the Dumpster Battle and Little Giant films. Early questions suit anyone who has finished season one; later ones reward fans who know positions, prefectures and post-timeskip jobs. Every answer was checked against encyclopaedia entries before publishing.
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Q 01Who wrote and illustrated Haikyu!!?
Haruichi Furudate
Haruichi Furudate played club volleyball through middle and high school, and after his first series, a ghost story, he built his next one around the sport.
Q 02In which magazine was Haikyu!! serialized from 2012 to 2020?
Weekly Shōnen Jump
Weekly Shōnen Jump published Haikyu!!, so Hinata appears as a support character in J-Stars Victory VS, the magazine's 45th-anniversary crossover fighting game.
Q 03Which Shiratorizawa player is nicknamed the 'Guess Monster'?
Satori Tendō
Satori Tendō traded the court for a kitchen after high school, moving to France to work as a chocolatier.
Q 04What role does Shiratorizawa's coach make Hinata take after he sneaks into the first-year training camp?
Ball boy
Ball boy duty kept Hinata off the court, but chasing the ball and watching taller players taught him to read where a spike will land, sharpening his receives.
Q 05What inspires the young Hinata to take up volleyball?
Karasuno's 'Little Giant' on TV
Seeing Karasuno's 'Little Giant' on TV drove Hinata to enroll at Karasuno, where he finds Kageyama, whose team crushed his in junior high, has enrolled too.
Q 06What nickname does Tobio Kageyama carry from junior high?
The King of the Court
Junior-high teammates dubbed Kageyama 'The King of the Court', a jab at his tyrannical, demanding way of directing the offense.
Q 07What do rival teams call the fallen Karasuno?
The Flightless Crows
The Flightless Crows was the jibe after Karasuno kept failing its prefecture's qualifiers, until the team beat powerhouse Shiratorizawa in a five-set final to qualify again.
Q 08In which prefecture is Karasuno High School located?
Miyagi
Miyagi Prefecture is where the manga's creator moved from neighboring Iwate after high school, enrolling at a design school in Sendai.
Q 09What position does Hinata play for Karasuno despite his height?
Middle blocker
Middle blocker put Hinata's speed and jump to work as a decoy, pulling blockers away so teammates' spikes can succeed.
Q 10Which junior high did Kageyama attend before Karasuno?
Kitagawa Daiichi
Kitagawa Daiichi is where Kageyama's teammates let his set fall with nobody there to hit it, and he was benched, ending his junior-high career in shame.
Q 11Who is Karasuno's captain?
Daichi Sawamura
Daichi Sawamura was knocked unconscious during a Spring qualifier, and Ennoshita, the second-year who filled in for him, went on to succeed him as captain.
Q 12What is Kōshi Sugawara's role on the Karasuno team?
Vice captain and setter
Vice captain and setter Sugawara lost his starting spot to first-year Kageyama, yet the coach still sends him in when morale dips because he steadies the team.
Q 13What position does Yū Nishinoya play?
Libero
Libero Nishinoya lives for his position in high school, yet after graduating he gives up volleyball altogether to travel the world.
Q 21Who captains Aoba Johsai?
Oikawa
Oikawa grew so rattled by his gifted junior Kageyama in middle school that best friend Iwaizumi had to pull him back; he has bristled at so-called geniuses ever since.
Q 22What nickname is Shiratorizawa's ace known by?
Ushiwaka
Ushiwaka echoes Ushiwakamaru, the boyhood name of samurai hero Minamoto no Yoshitsune, and it fits the opening syllables of Ushijima Wakatoshi, the left-handed ace's full name.
Q 23Which school does Kōtarō Bokuto, one of Japan's top five aces, captain?
Fukurodani Academy
Fukurodani Academy's captain takes to Hinata at a summer training camp, teaching him feints and rebounds and proudly calling him his number-one disciple.
Q 14Who is Karasuno's tallest player?
Kei Tsukishima
Kei Tsukishima starts out indifferent to the sport, yet he roars in triumph after baiting and stuffing a star spiker in the prefectural final against Shiratorizawa.
Q 15What serving technique does Yamaguchi adopt to earn court time as a pinch server?
Float serve
Float serve lessons were Yamaguchi's secret project: he asked a Karasuno alumnus to teach him so he wouldn't be the only first-year with nothing to contribute.
Q 16Who is Karasuno's head manager?
Kiyoko Shimizu
Third-year Kiyoko Shimizu is Karasuno's manager; she recruits first-year Hitoka Yachi as her successor.
Q 17What subject does faculty adviser Ittetsu Takeda teach?
Japanese literature
Takeda teaches Japanese literature (modern Japanese) at Karasuno and serves as the club's faculty adviser, having badgered Ukai into coaching.
Q 18What relation is coach Keishin Ukai to Karasuno's previous coach?
Grandson
Grandson of the old coach, Keishin Ukai kept refusing the job until he heard of a practice match against old rival Nekoma, and at first he signed on only until it ended.
Q 19Which Nekoma player invites a Karasuno first-year to after-hours blocking practice at a summer training camp?
Tetsurō Kuroo
Tetsurō Kuroo helped a rival on purpose: he wanted Karasuno to reach Nationals so that his veteran coach could finally see the two schools meet in an official match.
Q 20Which Nekoma player is called the 'brain' of the team?
Kenma Kozume
Kenma Kozume is so uneasy around people that he watches them closely, a habit that lets him spot opponents' quirks and plan Nekoma's counters.
Q 24Which brothers, Atsumu and Osamu, star for Inarizaki?
The Miya twins
The Miya twins stun Karasuno at Nationals by copying the freak quick on the spot; after graduation Atsumu turns pro while Osamu quits volleyball to run an onigiri shop.
Q 25Which school does the short but explosive Kōrai Hoshiumi play for?
Kamomedai High
Kamomedai High's ace stands about 169 cm, yet his all-round play at the Spring tournament leads commentators to dub him a small giant.
Q 26After the time skip, which national team does Aoba Johsai's former captain play for against Japan?
Argentina
Argentina draws him because he follows José Blanco, the setter who inspired him as a boy; he joins CA San Juan, takes citizenship and lines up against Japan in the manga's last chapter.
Q 27Which pro club does Hinata join in 2018 after the time skip?
MSBY Black Jackals
MSBY Black Jackals sign Hinata in 2018 after a tryout, and the league sets him against Kageyama, his Karasuno partner turned opponent.
Q 28Which V.League club does Kageyama play for after the time skip?
Schweiden Adlers
Schweiden Adlers put Kageyama on the same side as Ushijima and Hoshiumi, aces he once faced across the net in high school; he later leaves for Italy's Ali Roma.
Q 29In which country does Hinata train in beach volleyball after graduating?
Brazil
Brazil is where Hinata goes alone to train on sand, hoping to widen his range of skills; he comes home with far better balance and a place in the V.League.
Q 30Which company, run by Nekoma's former setter, appears among Hinata's sponsors after the time skip?
Bouncing Ball Corp.
Bouncing Ball Corp. is run by a stock trader, pro gamer and YouTuber who tells Hinata he sponsors him because he has money to spare, and will stop if Hinata gets boring.