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Gorō Sakakibara (Japanese: 榊原 (さかきばら) 五郎 (ごろう) Sakakibara Gorō) is the coach for Kakugawa High Boys' Volleyball Club.

Appearance[]

Sakakibara is an older person of average height. He has black hair with small eyebrows of the same color. Reflecting his age, he is shown to have some wrinkles.

Personality[]

Sakakibara appears to be a kind and encouraging coach.

Background[]

Not much is known about his background.

He currently coaches the volleyball team for Kakugawa High School located in Miyagi Prefecture. It's unknown how long he's been the coach.

Plot[]

Spring High Preliminary Arc[]

Sakakibara is briefly shown in the Kakugawa volleyball gym, where Hyakuzawa is introducing himself to the team.[1]

Shortly before the match begins, Sakakibara assures that Hyakuzawa is in top form and therefore is confident to win the game. When Kakugawa loses the first set and Hyakuzawa becomes confident about gaining more points, Sakakibara is seen being proud of his determination. After Kakugawa loses, Sakakibara uses the metaphor of the team having "being baby chicks" to say that they weren't prepared enough to win.

Relationships[]

Kakugawa High[]

  • Kakugawa High:
    Kakugawa-Anime
    Sakakibara has a good relationship with his team. He helps with encouraging Hyakuzawa before the match against Karasuno.

Trivia[]

  • Sakakibara shared his Japanese and English voice actors with other characters.

References[]

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