Hisashi Kinoshita

Hisashi Kinoshita
Japanese	木下 久志
Translation	Kinoshita Hisashi
Character information
Gender	Male
Age	16
Date of birth	February 15
Height	174.7 cm (5' 8.8") - April 175.8 cm (5' 9.2") - November
Weight	65.5 kg (144.4 lbs)
Home town	Miyagi Prefecture
Home country	Japan
Likes	Pickled ginger
Status
Team	Karasuno High
Number	7
Position	Wing Spiker
Occupation	High School Student (2nd Year, Class 2)
Affiliation	Karasuno High
Background information
Chapter	Endings and Beginnings
Episode	Karasuno High School's Volleyball Club
Japanese	Sagara Nobuyori
Image gallery (186)

Hisashi Kinoshita (Japanese: 木下 久志, Kinoshita Hisashi) is a 2nd year in Class 2 at Karasuno High. He is one of the volleyball team's wing spikers.

Appearance

Hisashi has short spiky hair that's light brown in color, and cat-like eyes. He is average in height, but compared with the other second-year players he is the shortest aside from Nishinoya.

Personality

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Kinoshita making fun of Tanaka

He's very anxious when it comes to his own abilities and constantly worries about whether he’s good or not. Even though he isn’t a regular, he is very supportive of his team. He's also been noted to have an "uncanny knack of putting points on the board" by Ukai. He's always seen cheering Karasuno on. It seems he's not afraid to make sly remarks about his teammates such as telling Tanaka, "Don't take off your shirt, baldy!"

Background

In his first year, he joined Karasuno boys' volleyball team, which had been more of a recreational club than a team at that time. However, Coach Ukai returned from retirement shortly after and restarted training. Unable to keep up with it, Kinoshita left the volleyball team, along with Ennoshita and Narita, for a while. By the time they realized how much volleyball meant to them and decided to return, however, Coach Ukai was already gone. Regretting their decision, they started to call themselves the "Ungrateful Second Years".

Plot

Tokyo Expedition Arc

He, along with the rest of the team, takes part in a series of training camp with Nekoma High, Ubugawa High, Shinzen High, and Fukurōdani Academy. It is noted that he's part of Team B.

Statistics

High School Statistics
Power		3/5
Jumping		2/5
Stamina		3/5
Game Sense		2/5
Technique		2/5
Speed		4/5

He is a good overall player, whose main strength lies in his ability to accurately aim for specific spots on the court with his serves. He has experience in the jump float serve and is one of Karasuno's pinch servers, along with Yamaguchi.

As of mid-November:

• Fingertip Height: 223 cm
• Jumping Reach: 297 cm (spike) / 280 cm (block)

Relationships

Kazuhito Narita and Chikara Ennoshita

They are good friends with one another and are often together during practice or matches. Ennoshita and Kinoshita have a very close relationship and offer call each others "jimjam" and "jamming".

Karasuno High

Kinoshita has a good relationship with his teammates and are very supportive of them during matches.

Trivia

• Favorite Food: Pickled ginger.
• In the anime, his jersey number is switched from 7 to 8 during the Interhigh Preliminaries matches against Date Tech and Aobajōsai. In the second season, his jersey number is switched back to 7. It is not known whether this was an animation error or was done on purpose.
• He owns a VHS.
• The first time he's shown playing in a match is in the first episode of the second season of the anime. However, Furudate did mention that he was unsure about Kinoshita’s stance towards “club activities”.
• In the first "Haikyuu!!" Character Popularity Contest, he ranked 31st, dropping to 41st in the second.
• His star sign is Aquarius.
• When asked about Kinoshita's name, Furudate said that it may have come from his grandfather or grandmother.
• Nomenclature
  • Kinoshita (木下) - Under the Tree
  • Hisashi (久志) - Always

Quotes

• "Seijou must be pissed!" (Chapter 59)
• "No way, I'll pass." (Chapter 119, regarding being the next captain of Karasuno)
• "That's a given, if we're going to the nationals!!" (Chapter 149)