Himawari Tanaka

**"Insignificant being be gone!"**

**Himawari Tanaka** (Japanese: **田中 ヒマワリ** *Tanaka Himawari*) was previously a member of the Senbonzakura High volleyball team. For the majority of the series, she was a first-year student and a middle blocker on Senbonzakura`s team and it`s unofficial manager. After graduating High School, she went overseas to study for four years before returning to Japan and becoming a Bakery Owner after she graduated from College. As of November 2018, she married Kōshi Sugawara becoming **Himawari Sugawara** (Japanese: **菅原 ヒマワリ** *Sugawara Himawari*). Seven years after that, they have four children in order of birth; Hotaru Sugawara, Angelica Sugawara, Erina Sugawara, and Kiku Sugawara. During her High School years, she was referred to as the "Queen of the Court" a nickname referring to her skills, and bonds that she forged with her teammates.

## Appearance

Himawari heavily resembles the Tanaka Family`s grandmother on their mother`s side of the family; with a slender, petite, and muscular body figure. She is an abnormal girl, being much shorter and standing at 4'11. She has short, black hair cut into a tomboyish hair-style and iridescent eyes. Unlike her elder siblings, her eyes are not slightly slanted, making her seem different from her elder siblings in that regard. She usually dressed in a formal and stiff style like the rest of the academy`s male students.

## Personality

Unlike her elder siblings, Himawari is a stoic individual to the point of seeming emotionless. She is quiet, and studious to the point where she fades in with the rest of her classmates. However, out on the court; she experiences a violent personality switch becoming exactly like Tobio Kageyama. Even her teammates note that when she changes personalities by just walking onto the court, it is kind of shocking to one`s heart. However, this flip-side of her personality does not cloud her superior judgement skills and unlike her siblings, she is not one to gloat about her victories. Unlike her elder sister Saeko Tanaka, Himawari is a responsible driver and when driving with her; one can fall asleep in seconds except when she is using defensive driving to protect herself and her passengers. Like her nickname, Queen of the Court; Himawari is able to adapt to any situation taking them in stride regardless of what they are. Her answers are usually curt and monotone.

### Background

Himawari is the youngest child and the second "boy" in her family. Even as a child, she was very mature and showed no sign of childhood innocence. Unlike her elder siblings, she was very detached from reality, and was very much of a loner. As she grew up into the age where she could attend Junior High, she shied away from making friends. Due to her coldness and inability to make friends, the Tanaka Family`s parents decided to send Himawari away to their grandparents who lived near Senbonzakura Junior High, where she eventually went onto attend the internationally acclaimed Senbonzakura High School where members of the Volleyball Team managed to become friends with her which resulted in her becoming one of their middle blockers and one of their acclaimed first-year volleyball members.