Yūki Kawashima

Yūki Kawashima
Kanji	川島 友喜
Rōmaji	Kawashima Yūki
Character Info
Gender	Male
Status
Age	12-13 (2011)
Occupation	Junior High Student (1st Year)
Teams	Yukigaoka Junior High
Number	3 (Junior High 1st Year)
Background Information
Home town	Japan
Debut Information
In the Manga	Endings and Beginnings
In the Anime	Endings and Beginnings
Seiyū Information
Voice Actor	Kōtarō Nishiyama
English Actor	Joel McCray
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Yūki Kawashima (Japanese: 川島 (かわしま) 友喜 (ゆうき) , Kawashima Yūki) was a first-year student at Yukigaoka Junior High. He was a member of the Boys' Volleyball Club when Hinata was still in junior high.

Appearance

He has dark-grey hair that is shaven and thin eyebrows of a similar color. He wears a light green volleyball jersey with the number 3 printed in dark green. 

Personality

He appears to be timid and unsure of himself at times. He lacks confidence in his abilities and doesn't seem to be very ambitious, as seen when he gave up right as the match against Kitagawa Daiichi began.

Background

He is one of the three first-years who joined Yukigaoka's boys' volleyball club during Hinata's third-year of junior high. He was said to have played volleyball for a short time during elementary school.

Plot

They attended the Junior High Athletics Meet and were paired against the tournament favorite, Kitagawa Daiichi, in their first match. After failing to receive the ball properly and watching Hinata get blocked repeatedly, Kawashima gave up and even questioned Hinata on his determination to win despite it being impossible. In the end, Yukigaoka was beaten by Kitagawa Daiichi.

Later, Kawashima and the others were seen playing with the girls' volleyball team.

Statistics

Kawashima appears to be a beginner at volleyball and has poor receiving skills despite having played for an unknown period of time during elementary school.

Relationships

Yukigaoka Junior High

• Shōyō Hinata: Hinata was Kawashima's captain in the volleyball club when he'd joined in his first-year of junior high. Like the other first years, Kawashima was unsure of what to do and relied heavily on Hinata's guidance. However, when they were paired against a powerhouse in their first match, Kawashima lost all hope immediately and was barely affected by Hinata's motivational speeches.

Trivia

• Kawashima shared his Japanese and English voice actors with other characters.
  • He shared his Japanese voice actor with Kazuhito Narita.
  • He shared his English voice actor with Acchan, Isao Inagaki, Nobuyuki Kai, Masaru Kodama of Shinzen High, Hiroki Kurokawa, Tsuyoshi Matsushima, Kōsuke Sakunami (season 2), Shinji Watari (season 1), and Shun Yokote.

• He, Yūki Shibayama, Yūki Shiroishi, and Yūki Tazawa share the same first name and pronunciation, but not the same kanji.