Shūichi Anahori

Shūichi Anahori
Kanji	穴掘 秀一
Rōmaji	Anahori Shūichi
Character Info
Gender	Male
Status
Height	177 cm (5' 9.7")
Occupation	High School Student (1st Year)
Teams	Fukurōdani Academy
Number	10 (High School 1st Year)
Position	Setter
Debut Information
In the Manga	Task Focus
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Shūichi Anahori (Japanese: 穴掘 (あな ほり) 秀一 (しゅういち) , Anahori Shūichi) is a first-year student at Fukurōdani Academy. He is a setter for the Boys' Volleyball Team.

Appearance

Anahori is a player of average height. He has short, light-colored hair with a fringe that converge at the center. He has large eyes with small pupils.

Personality

Anahori was shown to be fairly excited about getting to play in the match against Mujinazaka and was determined to show his skills. However, once he got onto the court, he quickly became pressured by Mujinazaka's blockers. Despite this, he was still able to play well until Akaashi returned to the court.

Plot

Tokyo Nationals Arc

During Fukurōdani's match against Mujinazaka, Akaashi is subbed out when it is clear he is off his game, and Anahori is sent in. Anahori, being a rookie first-year setter, is excited at this as he wishes to demonstrate his own skills. However, he is still surprised that Akaashi was the one who was being subbed out.

Once on the court, Anahori gets intimidated by Usuri, Mami and Kiryū behind him. Because of this, he unintentionally set a low ball to Sarukui. While Sarukui was blocked, Anahori was able to get the ball up which gave Konoha the chance to provide Sarukui another chance to attack.

As the first set ended with Fukurōdani losing 23-25, Anahori expresses frustration at his performance even if Onaga tries to assure him that he played well. By this time, Akaashi has composed himself and was sent back into the match.

Relationships

Fukurōdani Academy

• Keiji Akaashi: Anahori appears to think highly of Akaashi as he was surprised the second-year setter would be subbed out of a match.

Quotes

• (To himself) "Wow, Akaashi-san actually got benched? Never expected that. But now's my chance to show everybody what I've got."

Trivia

• His surname should not be confused with zanahoria, a Spanish word meaning "carrots" (and where the Bulakeño Tagalog word asanorya or asinorya comes from).

• Anahori is Fukurōdani's only known first-year besides Onaga.

• He is Fukurōdani's second-shortest known player, the shortest being Komi.

• He may have had another number since Fukurōdani's #10 was a libero during the Tokyo Prefecture Qualifiers.
  • The anime has also shown Fukurōdani to have #10 as a libero when Fukurōdani is playing against Eiwa High School in Season 4 Episode 12.
  • It is unknown whether it is a corrected error in either the manga or the anime.