List of Connect!! characters

**"Insignificant being be gone!"**

The following is a list of characters from *Haikyuu!! - Connect*, a manga and anime series created by Alexandrina Feodorovna and Cherrial Arctic. The story takes place in Japan, albeit a remote concern of the country, and follows Seta Institute's girls' volleyball team on their journey to restore Mirai's ability to walk and compete in volleyball as well beat Itchiyama Institute; their long-time rival.

## Main Characters

### **Seta Institute**

Seta Institute (瀬田学院, *Seta Gakuin*) is located in Hachijō Island, in one of the various special wards of Tokyo. The *seta* part of the school name means 'rice paddy located on the strait'. Seta is nicknamed as the "Holy Centipedes" and the "Isolated Institute", since they live in an isolated place of Japan, where they hardly ever get visitors, as a result, they became less known as a powerhouse school with even Coach Ukai having trouble identifying them. According to their club advisers Seta doesn't have a particular or specific play style like any of the other schools that surround them and instead they opt to be open and try out new play styles. Seta has a secret and well-hidden rivalry with Itachiyama Institute, located in Tokyo, which is known as the "Battle of the Holy Giant Centipedes and the Weasels" because of the opposing nature of the two school`s mascots (centipeds and weasels respectively). Within its own prefecture, its main rival is Itachiyama Institute and its secondary rival is Nekoma High. It is renown for it`s defensive players, having produced some of the best liberos known in the Professional Volleyball World. While one of their mascots are centipedes; a dove carrying an olive branch is also another one of their mascots. Seta`s banner is a mix between dark blue-green teal and white with the team`s motto "strength and honor in honesty" written in gold lettering. Its team colors are blue-green teal, white and gold.

### **Mirai Nozaki, #10**

> Mirai Nozaki (野崎未来 *Nozaki Mirai*) is a first-year student at Seta Institute and the protagonist of the storyline itself. She was initially a first-year wing spiker in Junior High [before her accident] but is currently a libero. Her jersey number is coincidentally #10, which her older sister, the former Seta ace and Mirai`s inspiration for playing volleyball, also wore. Her speed, reflexes and the incredible eye coordination that she has honed for her entire life allow her to act as the "unseen backbone" of the team and function as if she was made of shadows rather than flesh. Her nickname of the "Shadow Libero" refers to her ability to go completely undetected by anybody on the opposing team, with her seemly plain appearance serving to divert attention from her to her teammates. For the rest of her high school years, she recovers to the point where there is no need for her to wear braces on her legs in order to support them. After high school, she chose to travel around the world in order to train her body fully for top performance. Mirai currently plays for the Butler Weasels, along with Karasuno`s Seo, Fukurodani's Yuu, Inarizaki's Chiyo and Itachiyama's Yukari. She also started a romantic relationship with Yukari [one of her fellow teammates], after the latter confessed to her. She is the youngest of five children born to Mikoto Nozaki (née Makushita) and Naruhito Nozaki; being the youngest sister of her four older siblings.
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### **Yuzuki Hori, #9**

> Yuzuki Hori (堀結月 *Hori Yuzuki*) is a first-year student at Seta Institute and a middle blocker. She is Seta's tallest player and known for her calm and level-headed nature, which aids her in her blocking techniques and in standard gameplay. The childhood best friend of Mirai Nozaki; she serves as the latter`s personal secretary and is the first-cousin [through both sides of her family] of Mamiko Wakamatsu [by both blood and marriage]. She originally tried to enroll at Shiratorizawa but was rejected after the news of her broken femur reached them. At Seta, Yuzuki recovers from the trauma that she endured while still in her junior high school's girls' volleyball team.
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### **Mamiko Wakamatsu, #11**

> Mamiko Wakamatsu (若松マミコ *Wakamatsu Mamiko*) is a first-year student transfer student at Seta Institute and a middle blocker. She is Seta Institute's second-tallest player and renown for being a calm and clever blocker, being a vital component of Seta`s defensive and offensive abilities. Her simultaneously polite yet condescending attitude often angers even her own teammates (usually Yuzuki and Mirai) and opposing teams. Despite her seemly polite yet condescending attitude, Mamiko actually has trouble with expressing her emotions and appears to be somewhat of a sociopath. As a player, she is the opposite of fellow Middle Blocker: Yuzuki Hori. She is the first [through both sides of her family] of Yuzuki Hori [by both blood and marriage]. Her simultaneously polite yet condescending attitude hides her emotionally depressed mental state of mind. Post-timeskip, she is a leading nursing assistant at the Tokyo Metropolitan Matsuzawa Hospital; a public psychiatric nursing facility in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan.
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### **Yekaterina Alexandorovna, #1**

> Yekaterina Alexandrovna (アレクサンドロブナ イェケーテリナ *Arekusandorobuna Yekeeterina*) is the captain of Seta and a third-year student at Seta Institute. Despite being half-Russian, Yekaterina is only the third-tallest person on the volleyball team of Seta Institute. One of the team`s starting players; she plays as both a wing spiker [in the position of an opposite hitter] and versatile at executing many varieties of attacks ranging from the tricky Jump Floater to the terrifying Jump Serve. For her age and level of experience, she is quite skilled and serves as an under-19 youth repersentive for the Junior Olympics Team [on the female side] representing Japan, specifically the special wards of Tokyo. Her 'read blocks' are considered to be some of her most formidable assets as she has extremely sharp eyesight; using her eyesight to see the 'slight' tensing of her opponents` muscles and the 'ticks', which she describes as 'tells' which she uses to form a informed strategy of putting up an effective block. She is nicknamed the 'falcon-eyed captain' because she is both a clever strategist and due to her extremely sharp eyesight; she is also considered to be a bit of a schemer, as she is always planning out her next step for all of her plans all at the same time. Despite her stoicism and general cold nature, Yekaterina is a geniunally kind and thoughtful person and looks down on people who use cheating as a method to gain victory over their opponents. During a training camp, she gives advice to Hanako about blocking and even cooks her a nutrition-filled meal, as Yekaterina wanted her to not pass down during practice. Post-timeskip, Yekaterina is a fifth-year medical student alongside Shiratorizawa graduate: Kenjirō Shirabu. She has also started to date one of her former underclassmen: Mamiko Wakamatsu.
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### **Megumi Kashima, #2**

> Megumi Kashima (鹿嶋恵 *Kashima Megumi*), often nicknamed Maggy or Meggie, is the vice-captain of the volleyball club and a third-year student at Seta Institute. Originally one of the three starting middle blockers in her junior high`s female volleyball club, she switched over to the libero in her third year of junior high. The #1 female libero in the female division of high school volleyball, she is seemly the unwilling mentor of Mirai Nozaki. She is brooding, extremely focused and determined, and somewhat cold-tongued yet she holds a soft spot towards Mirai and is fiercely overprotective over her fellow libero. Despite her blatant favoritism towards Mirai, she is affectionate towards her other teammates [especially her underclassmen; the second and first-year students]. Highly intelligent and perceptive, she is a qualified paramedic and one of the top-scoring students at Seta Institute, helping her fellow teammates to study for their exams. Her signature move is a highly-calibrated libero toss, which utilizes her jumping strength. She has also shown abilities in the pinch-serving area when subbed on as a pinch server; able to aim her Jump serves accurately to specific places on the court. Despite playing as a libero, Megumi is an all-rounder and is often substituted in for her younger teammates. After the time skip, she is an editor for *Shonen Jump* alongside Fukurōdani graduate: Keiji Akaashi.
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### **Medea Yachi**

> Medea Yachi (谷地メデイア, *Yachi Medeia*) is a third-year student and one of the managers of Seta's volleyball club. A former member of the track and field club, she was recruited by all of the current third-years to become the manager of their volleyball team. Though initially very reluctant, she eventually agreed and used her medical expertise and existing knowledge experience of volleyball in order to encourage her team. A seemly cheerful person; Medea is noted to be rather ruthless and harsh in her criticism towards her father [Rokuta Yachi], whom she calls a "deadbeat" - similarly she also has a strained relationship with her mother [Madoka Yachi]. Her relationship with her youngest sister: Hitoka Yachi is loving and Hitoka considers Medea to be her "surrogate mother" rather than her oldest sister. Despite her exasperation towards her teammates when they mess up or goof off during a game, she has complete confidence in their skills and is seen as the "leader" of the "Keep the Idiots in Line Squad". Though only one of the managers of the team, Medea shows great potential for her leadership skills and her ability to motivate and keep the team in check. Similar to Ennoshita Chikara, she suddenly quit volleyball [temporarily] after an unknown series of events, believed to be related to the death of Anu Hirawa [the former #4 player on the team, as well as the former starting libero]. Her belief that she caused the death of Anu [one of her closest friends] caused her such great anguish that she pointily refused the offer of her parents to transfer to Karasuno High from Seta Institute [her current high school]. Scarred by the death of one of her closest friends; Medea acts cheerful in order to draw attention away from her but is actually emotionally numb inside. She is the mentor of Madoka Yome [the first-year assistant manager], having taken her underneath her wing as her protegee. After the timeskip, she is now a diplomat for Japan.
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### **Madoka Yome**

> Madoka Yome (嫁まどか, *Yome Madoka*) is a second-year student and the assistant manager of Seta Institute's volleyball club. She was recruited by Yachi before the beginning of her team`s first Interhigh tournament [with their new lineup] to become assistant manager and to take over as manager when all of the other managers [including Medea graduate]. Madoka is an excessively brutally honest, sharp-eyed, sarcastic, and dry-humored girl, and was not impressed the first time that she was introduced to either the starting lineup [by her fellow managers] or the second-string players. Also an expert in first-aid, Madoka is a charismatic and charming young teenager, who inspires her teammates to work hard. Very intelligent and a gymnastics genius, she won gold in the Junior Olympics for Japan earning her the nickname of 'Athletic Goddess'.
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