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This Haikyuu trivia quiz has 49 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, born in 1983, wrote and drew Haikyu!!, having played the sport himself through middle and high school.
Q 02In which magazine was Haikyu!! serialized from 2012 to 2020?
Weekly Shōnen Jump
Haikyu!! ran in Weekly Shōnen Jump from February 2012 to July 2020, after two one-shots had appeared in 2011.
Q 03How many tankōbon volumes make up the complete manga?
45
The complete manga spans 45 tankōbon volumes, released between June 2012 and November 2020.
Q 04Where was the series' creator born?
Iwate
The series' creator was born in Karumai, a small town in Iwate Prefecture in the Tōhoku region of northern Japan.
Q 05What inspires the young Hinata to take up volleyball?
Seeing Karasuno's 'Little Giant' at Nationals on TV
The Little Giant was a short but talented wing spiker, and Hinata is short himself.
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
Rivals mocked Karasuno, a former powerhouse fallen into mediocrity, as 'The Flightless Crows'.
Q 08In which prefecture is Karasuno High School located?
Miyagi
Karasuno High School is in Miyagi Prefecture, in the Tōhoku region of northern Japan, and plays in Miyagi's prefectural qualifiers.
Q 09What position does Hinata play for Karasuno despite his height?
Middle blocker
Hinata plays middle blocker for Karasuno; at about 162 cm his speed and jump make him the team's 'ultimate decoy'.
Q 10Which junior high did Kageyama attend before Karasuno?
Kitagawa Daiichi
Kageyama played for Kitagawa Daiichi Junior High, where teammates stopped jumping for his sets during his final tournament.
Q 11Who is Karasuno's captain?
Daichi Sawamura
Daichi Sawamura, a third-year wing spiker, captains Karasuno; he entered the club alongside Sugawara and Asahi.
Q 12What is Kōshi Sugawara's role on the team?
Vice captain and setter
Sugawara is Karasuno's vice captain and its third-year setter, who cedes the starting setter role to first-year Kageyama.
Q 13What position does Yū Nishinoya play?
Libero
Nishinoya is Karasuno's libero, the defensive specialist nicknamed its 'Guardian Deity'; at about 159 cm he is the team's shortest player.
Q 21Who captains Aoba Johsai?
Oikawa
Tōru Oikawa captains Aoba Johsai, running its offense and treating his former junior Kageyama as a rival.
Q 22What nickname is Shiratorizawa's ace known by?
Ushiwaka
'Ushiwaka' is what Hinata and others call Shiratorizawa's left-handed ace Ushijima, one of Japan's top three high-school aces.
Q 23Which school does Kōtarō Bokuto, one of Japan's top five aces, captain?
Fukurodani Academy
Bokuto captains Fukurodani Academy, a Tokyo powerhouse; he adopts Hinata as his 'disciple' at the Tokyo training camp.
Q 14Who is Karasuno's tallest player?
Kei Tsukishima
Kei Tsukishima, a sarcastic first-year who likes dinosaurs, is Karasuno's tallest player at about 188 cm.
Q 15What serving technique does Yamaguchi adopt to earn court time as a pinch server?
Float serve
Yamaguchi learns the jump float serve from Shimada, a former Karasuno player, and becomes the team's pinch server.
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
Keishin Ukai, who runs the Sakanoshita store, is the grandson of Ikkei Ukai, the coach of Karasuno's powerhouse years.
Q 19In which Tokyo ward is Nekoma High located?
Nerima
Nekoma High is in Nerima, a ward in north-western Tokyo; its players, the 'cats', are Karasuno's oldest rivals.
Q 20Which Nekoma player is called the 'brain' of the team?
Kenma Kozume
Kenma Kozume, Kuroo's childhood friend, is Nekoma's 'brain', the player who reads opponents and dictates the team's play.
Q 24Which brothers, Atsumu and Osamu, star for Inarizaki?
The Miya twins
The Miya twins star for Inarizaki; Atsumu directs the offense while his minutes-younger brother Osamu is a wing spiker.
Q 25Which school does the short but explosive Kōrai Hoshiumi play for?
Kamomedai High
Hoshiumi, a second-year at Kamomedai High, stands about 169 cm yet out-jumps far taller players.
Q 26After the time skip, which national team does Aoba Johsai's former captain play for against Japan?
Argentina
He plays for CA San Juan and gained Argentine citizenship.
Q 27Which pro club does Hinata join in 2018 after the time skip?
MSBY Black Jackals
Hinata joins the MSBY Black Jackals, an Osaka-based V.League Division 1 club, in 2018 alongside Bokuto and Sakusa.
Q 28Which team does Kageyama play for post-timeskip?
Schweiden Adlers
Kageyama joins the Schweiden Adlers straight out of high school, teaming with Ushijima and Hoshiumi in V.League Division 1.
Q 29In which country does Hinata play beach volleyball for two years after graduating?
Brazil
Hinata moves to Brazil after high school, training in beach volleyball in Rio de Janeiro for two years before returning to Japan.
Q 30Which company, run by Nekoma's former setter, appears among Hinata's sponsors after the time skip?
Bouncing Ball Corp.
Bouncing Ball Corp.'s logo appears among Hinata's sponsors; its CEO, Nekoma's former setter, is also a pro gamer and investor.