Hisashi Kinoshita

Hisashi Kinoshita
Japanese	木下 久志
Translation	Kinoshita Hisashi
Character information
Gender	Male
Age	16 - 17 (High School 2nd Year)
Date of birth	February 15, 1996
Height	174.7 cm (5' 8.8") - Apr 2012 175.8 cm (5' 9.2") - Nov 2012
Weight	65.5 kg (144.4 lbs)
Home town	Miyagi Prefecture
Home country	Japan
Likes	Pickled ginger
Status
Team	Karasuno High (Former)
Number	7 (High School 2nd Year)
Position	Wing Spiker
Occupation	High School Student (2nd Year, Class 2)
Affiliation	Karasuno High
Background information
Chapter	The Strain On The Timid
Episode	Karasuno High School's Volleyball Club
Japanese	Sagara Nobuyori
English	Blake Shepard
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Hisashi Kinoshita (Japanese: 木下 (きのした) 久志 (ひさし) , Kinoshita Hisashi) is a second year at Karasuno High. He is one of the boys' volleyball team's wing spikers.

Appearance

Kinoshita has short, spiky light brown hair and large narrowed eyes. He is average in height and is the shortest second year apart from Nishinoya.

Personality

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, Coach Ukai was already gone again. Regretting their decision, they started to call themselves the "Ungrateful Second Years".

Plot

Karasuno High Team Formation Arc

In the anime, Kinoshita debuts in the 3-on-3 match. In the manga, he doesn’t debut until the Aobajōsai match.

Aobajōsai Practice Match

Kinoshita is seen in the background as Daichi explains the roster for the practice match. Kinoshita doesn’t play in this match, but cheers on his teammates on the sides.

Nekoma Practice Match

During the training camp, Hinata and Kageyama approach the second years after hearing Ennoshita’s comment about how he ran away. Shamefully, Ennoshita, Narita, and Kinoshita reveal their past and how they quit the team for a while after the original Ukai returned.

Kinoshita doesn’t play during the match, but cheers on his teammates on the side.

Interhigh Arc

Kinoshita mainly cheers on his teammates.

Tokyo Expedition Arc

Narita, Kinoshita, and Ennoshita help Nishinoya and Tanaka study for the exams at Tanaka’s house. When Saeko enters, Kinoshita remarks that she’s a really cool person.

He, along with the rest of the team, takes part in the training camp with Nekoma High, Ubugawa High, Shinzen High, and Fukurōdani Academy. He's part of Team B in Karasuno's practices.

Spring High Preliminary Arc

Kinoshita doesn’t play but supports his teammates on the side.

Tokyo Nationals Arc

Kinoshita trains with the whole team and focuses on honing his serves before the Nationals. He eventually takes part in the matches in the Nationals as a pinch server together with Yamaguchi.

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. They have also been seen together outside of team events.

Yū Nishinoya

It is shown during Nationals that Kinoshita and Nishinoya also have a good relationship. He was willing to use his time to help Nishinoya out with his upper-hand receives. He's also often seen to cheer on for Nishinoya whenever he seems anxious or troubled.

Karasuno High

Kinoshita has a good relationship with his teammates and are very supportive of them during matches. He is good friends with Tanaka and Nishinoya and helped them study for the exams, though he doesn't hold the same power over them as Ennoshita.

Trivia

• Favorite Food: Pickled ginger.
• Kinoshita wears white gym shoes with black accents.
• 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 Season 2, Episode 1. However, Furudate did mention that he was unsure about Kinoshita’s stance towards “club activities”.
• In Haikyuu's first popularity poll, Kinoshita ranked 31st with 367 votes. In the second, he dropped to 41st with 497 votes.
• When asked about Kinoshita's name, Furudate said that it may have come from his grandfather or grandmother.
• His star sign is Aquarius.
• Nomenclature
  • Kinoshita (木下) - Under the Tree
  • Hisashi (久志) - Always

Quotes

• "No way, I'll pass." (To the second years regarding the next captain of Karasuno, Volume 14 Chapter 119)
• "That's a given, if we're going to the nationals!!" (To Karasuno, Volume 17 Chapter 149)
• "...I thought at the very least, I'd be able to... make some kind of dramatic play when my number was called. I thought I would be able to have my heroic moment too, if only just for a flashing moment. Turns out I was... completely naive about everything." (To himself, Volume 31 Chapter 277)