Okobe Jin

**Okobe Jin** was a 3rd Year student at Jindai Kita High School and was the starting setter for the Boy's Volleyball Team. He was the Vice-Captain in his 3rd Year.

As of 2018, he is a setter for the DESEO Hornets and is teammates with Tsukasa Iizuna and Ryosei Kai. By 2021, he is dating Kinjo Atsuni and plays on the Japan national Team

## Personality

Okobe has a very laid back personality. He has very sharp game sense and is able to predict things such as feints or dumps. He won best setter in his 3rd Year of Junior High.

## Background

Okobe started to play volleyball in about 3rd or 4th grade. He originally wanted to be a spiker but changed his mind after seeing a game on TV and being inspired by an unnamed setter. He wasn't as good of a setter as other people at first, but got better throughout Middle School. In his 3rd year of middle school, his team placed 4th at his last tournament after losing to Hatsudenjo Academy. He won the "Best Setter" award shortly after.

He eventually went to Jindai Kita for High School, where he played as the starting setter for all 3 years.

At one point during his second year, he contemplated leaving as the team never won any rounds in any tournaments, but Kinjo was able to motivate him to come back.

## Skills

* **Blind Dump Shot:** Unlike most setters who do dumps with their right side facing the net, Okobe's dump shot is done with his back facing the net. Whenever the ball comes to his hand, he quickly snaps his hand backwards, smacking the ball down into the opponent's side. He mainly does this to avoid being predictable.
* **Jump Serve:** He possesses a powerful jump serve, but tends to focus on accuracy more than power. He still scores many aces tho.
* **Dual Position Wielder:** Despite being a setter, Okobe excels at other aspects of the game, such as spiking, blocking, and receiving.
* **Soul Swapped Broad Quick:** During the training camp in Nagano, Genji and Okobe develop a new attack. Whenever Okobe is forced to get the first touch and is unable to set, Genji will set the ball to the right, allowing Okobe to take part in the attack. They don't use the attack in offical games until the Spring Qualifiers. From that point on, they use it a lot.
* **Adaption:** Okobe is able to adapt to the different playstyles of different spikers.
* **Sharp Game Sense:** Okobe has sharp instincts when in game and is able to predict dumps and fake-outs from opposing players, and this makes a good blocker as well as a good Setter.

## Relationships

* **Kinjo Atsuni**: The two are close friends. This is most likely due to Kinjo being the former Ace of the team, meaning Okobe would set to him a lot. When Akiba took Kinjo's place as the Ace and starting player of the team, Okobe told him not to worry about it and to remember when Okobe and one of the former 3rd years went through the same situation. By 2021, the two are currently dating.
* **Akiba Konoha**: Okobe doesn't communicate much with Akiba at first, but the 2 soon become good friends. Akiba complimented Okobe on being able to adapt to his playing style quicker than most setters.
* **Tsudar Koji**: As Koji is the captain of the team, Okobe respects him a lot. The 2 practice back attacks a lot prior to the Interhigh Prelims.
* **Genji Akashira**: Genji and Okobe seem to be good friends. Like Akiba, Genji trusts Okobe's sets 100% and believes he will set the right ball for him.
* **Kenjirō Yamashita**: Yamashita is a 2nd year and a setter as well. He plans to be as good of a setter as Okobe so he can lead the team to victory after the 3rd Years graduate. Yamashita is subbed in for Okobe when he is injured during the Semifinal match against Matsugaya. He is super nervous at first, but Akiba is able to help him calm his nerves. Okobe compliments Yamashita on his plays and espicially on when he recieved Nagashima's serve at the end.
* **Abe Tetsu:** Like the other 3rd Years, Okobe gets along really well with Abe.
* **Jindai Kita**: Okobe gets along well with the rest of his team.

## Trivia

* Favorite Food: Udon
* Pre-Timeskip concern: People say I brag about my trophies too much
* Post-Timeskip Concern: Ryosei is crazy, Tsukasa is cool.