Layla Goshiki

**"Insignificant being be gone!"**

**Layla Goshiki** (Japanese: **五色 レイラ** *Goshiki Reria*) is the current vice-captain and a wing spiker for the Azuma Pharmacy Green Rockets, a professional volleyball team in Division 1 of Japan's V. League.

At the time of her introduction, she was a third year wing spiker on Templar Academy`s volleyball team and was one of the choices for vice-captain due to her calm and composed demeanor.

## Appearance

Layla is a young girl of average height with long red hair in a hime cut and red eyes. She is normally always seen wearing her school uniform, though she is seen changing her outfit on occasion. She carries a sword with her, that can be light itself on fire at her command word of "Hi!" (火). At school, she is seen dressed in no armor unlike the rest of her classmates, with her sword sheath usually located at the side of her waist. A scowl is her usual facial expression.

## Personality

Layla takes her role as the next head of the Goshiki family very seriously. She has a cold, and humorless nature preferring to provoke people rather than battle them, showing a laid-back nature. Far from being elegant, Layla is shown to be very rebellious and is also very antagonist-like in terms of her nature, often amusing herself by insulting people in her free time. Despite that, Layla has a true passion for Volleyball and usually practices whenever she doesn`t have homework, chores, or any obligations. She flies into a jealous rage whenever she sees Satori talking with another girl other than her, making her a textbook example of a tsundere. Layla also has a big sweet tooth, spending a lot of time at cake shops after school and gorging herself on cakes and sweets, especially if she's in a bad mood. Despite her cold attitude and short temper, Layla is a kind person who cares a great deal for those close to her; she is very affectionate towards her youngest cousin, Ren, and while she sometimes get annoyed with them, she considers Yuki and Konoha to be the best friends she could ever have, since they don't fear her. However, much like Aqua, she can also be brutally honest at times.

## Background

She is currently in her third year of high school at Templar Academy and plays as a wing spiker & a outside hitter on the Academy`s Volleyball Team.

Layla is a well-known wing spiker and outside hitter, with most of her fame being derived from middle school and elementary school. Due to her immense power and great resolve, many people in her school looked up to her as a role model. Becoming the Student Council President by her first-year in High School, and joining the Girls` Volleyball Team made her a instant celebrity. Satori Tendō, her current boyfriend even remarked that Layla was actually the one who taught him how to do guess-blocking due to her prodigious talent in Volleyball and that he started falling more and more in love with him, the more he talked with her. After elementary school, Layla and Satori attended separate middle schools only meeting up when their schools faced each other in competition, with Templar losing. She would go onto Templar Academy`s High School Division while her boyfriend Satori Tendō, would go onto join Shiratorizawa Academy`s High School Division, pitting them against each other.

## Plot

### **Spring High Preliminary Arc**

In the anime, she appears right as the Spring High begins. In the manga, she doesn`t appear until the Shiratorizawa vs Karasuno match.

Tendō entered the stadium with his team for their match against Karasuno. As both sides were warming up, Hinata accidentally sent a ball over to Shiratorizawa. Layla who had been jogging over to say good luck to Tendo quickly received the ball, preventing it from landing near Ohira. The audience is shocked into silence, before they begin cheering, as they notice the name on her jersey. Hugging Satori, she tells him good-luck before jogging back to her school`s side of the stadium where Petra teases her and Eita reminds her not to get distracted.