Haikyuu!!: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Inspired after watching a volleyball ace nicknamed "Little Giant" in action, small-statured Shouyou Hinata revives the volleyball club at his middle school. After finding new members, they set out for the middle school tournament, where they cross paths with a formidable school with the "King of the Upper Court", Tobio Kageyama. Hinata vows to surpass Kageyama, and so after graduating from middle school, he joins Karasuno High School's volleyball team—only to find that his sworn rival, Kageyama, is now his teammate.

Series details

• Title: Haikyuu!!
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Comedy, Anime, Sports
• Premiere date: 2014-04-06
• Final broadcast date listed: 2024-02-16
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: MBS
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 25 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.5/10
• TVMaze ID: 5193

Cast and credited roles

• Ayumu Murase — Shōyō Hinata
• Yuu Hayashi — Ryūnosuke Tanaka
• Kouki Uchiyama — Kei Tsukishima
• Satoshi Hino — Daichi Sawamura
• Kaito Ishikawa — Tobio Kageyama
• Miyu Irino — Kōshi Sugawara
• Daisuke Namikawa — Tōru Oikawa
• Hiroki Matsukawa — Takanobu Aone
• Hiroshi Kamiya — Ittetsu Takeda
• Hiroyuki Yoshino — Hajime Iwaizumi
• Kaori Nazuka — Kiyoko Shimizu
• Kazunari Tanaka — Keishin Ukai

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2014-04-06; final listed air date 2014-09-21; episode order: 25.
• Season 2: premiered 2015-10-03; final listed air date 2016-03-26; episode order: 25.
• Season 3: premiered 2016-10-07; final listed air date 2016-12-09; episode order: 10.
• Season 4: premiered 2020-01-10; final listed air date 2024-02-16; episode order: 13.

Source and licence

Adapted from Haikyuu!! on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.