Katsumichi Higashiyama (Japanese:
Appearance[]
He has ashy-brown, spiked hair and arched eyebrows.
Plot[]
Spring High Preliminary Arc[]
When Bobata fails his serve, Higashiyama and Terushima playfully mock him for it, which makes Takinoue notice that despite losing that rally, they are still full of energy. Shortly after, Higashiyama would be able to receive Kageyama's serve on his first try. In another rally, Higashiyama's spike fails to get past Tsukishima. Because each Johzenji player is used not to rely on their other teammates to get a ball, Higashiyama and Futamata both argue when bumping into each other.
Despite their short feud, Higashiyama manages a good emergency set to Futamata in the next rally, and the setter scores successfully. After a lecture from Misaki, Higashiyama does a tip to fool Daichi and his previous impressive saves and the blocker becomes smug when seeing that he successfully scored.
Statistics[]
| High School Statistics | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Power | 3/5 | ||
| Jumping | 3/5 | ||
| Stamina | 4/5 | ||
| Game Sense | 3/5 | ||
| Technique | 3/5 | ||
| Speed | 3/5 | ||
He appears to be a capable emergency setter, as he is shown comfortably setting from the back row. He can use a feint when needed.[1] He also appears to have a jump serve, which he uses early on in the match against Karasuno, but we see him switch to a normal serve later in the match.
Jumping Reach: 315 cm.
Relationships[]
Johzenji High[]
- Johzenji High: Higashiyama works well with the team. He often joins in their celebrations of good plays and was surprised and impressed when Misaki took charge of them during the later part of their match against Karasuno.
Trivia[]
- Higashiyama shared his English voice actor with Shōhei Fukunaga (season 2), Yasushi Kamasaki (season 1), and Yu Shibata.
- Nomenclature:
- Katsumichi (勝道) – Victory Road
- Higashiyama (東山) – East Mountain