Nohebi Academy (Japanese:
Volleyball Club[]
Having made it to the top four in the Spring High, Nohebi is a formidable opponent. Its playing style consists of feints, block-outs, and pinpoint serves that its members are exceptionally strong at. Nohebi also excels in defense and consistency, focusing its tactics on slowly inducing the self-destruction of other teams or players rather than rushing for a win.
However, the players often trash talk their opponents, but fake politeness and good sportsmanship to win the favor of the referee and spectators. This behavior may be a reason why Kuroo refers to them as snakes ("hebi" also means snake in Japanese); in addition, Suguru uses a snake in an analogy of his team's tactics.[1]
Members[]
Spring High-Tokyo Representative Playoffs (2012)[]
After placing within the top four during the preliminaries, Nohebi was allowed to move onto the representative playoffs held in mid-November.
For the representative playoffs, Nohebi played at Sumida City Gymnasium along with Fukurōdani, Itachiyama, and Nekoma. Despite losing to Itachiyama in the semifinals, Nohebi got to play a second match because of Tokyo's allowance of three prefectural representatives. However, because they lost the third representative decider match to Nekoma, they did not qualify for Spring High National Tournament.
Semifinal
- Nohebi Academy vs Itachiyama Institute (0:2 / 19-25, 18-25)
3rd Representative Playoffs
- Nohebi Academy vs Nekoma High School (0:2 / 26-28, 24-26)
Trivia[]
- Nohebi's official banner reads: "正々堂々" which translates to "Fair and Square".
- All of the names of Nohebi's volleyball club members come from the names of snakes.
- In the stage play, the details on Nohebi's uniform are a gradient mix of yellow and white. In the manga and anime however, it is simply yellow.