Jindai Kita High

**Jindai Kita** is a high school in the Hyōgo Prefecture.

## Volleyball Club

The school was built in 2003, and compared to other schools, it's relatively new. In 2004, an exchange student from Hiroshima, Kashiwa Koji, joined the team as a 3rd Year. He was 191 cm tall at the time and was also a powerful wing spiker. He played as the starting ace and also excelled in blocking. The team managed to make it to the semifinals, before being crushed after Kashiwa injured his leg during the quarterfinals.

Since then, Jindai Kita has been known as the worst volleyball team in the Hyōgo Prefecture.

Their reputation changed in 2013, when Akiba Konoha, a 3rd year and former student of Joshibi High and also a former member of the ***Bulldozers*** from Hatsudenjo Academy joined the team. Akiba joined after being kicked off the Joshibi team.

Despite not having a good record, Jindai has some strong players. Their main point getters are their setter Okobe Jin, middle blockers Akira Kugo and Abe Tetsu, and their power spikers, Kinjo Atsuni, Tsudar Koji, and Genji Akashira.

Akiba joins in hopes of taking the team to Nationals and making the most out of his last year of high school.

## Interhigh Preliminaries (2004)

**First Round**

* **Jindai Kita High School** vs Tiikawa High School (2:0 / ??-??, 25-15)

**Quarterfinal**

* **Jindai Kita High School** vs Kopiki Academy (2:0 / ??-??, 29-27)

**Semifinal**

* Jindai Kita High School vs **Inarizaki High School** (0:2 / 11-25, 10-25)

## Interhigh-Preliminaries (2013)

For the Interhigh Prelims, Jindai's venue was Kōbe Tokiwa Arena. They were registered as Team 41, Block E. They played over a span of 2 days (2 games on the first day, and 1 on the second, plus the Pre-Tourney Round) before losing to Matsugaya in the 3rd Round. Overall, they placed within the Top 16.

**Preliminary Round**

* **Jindai Kita High School** vs Hiroo Senior High School (2:0 / 25-13, 25-10)

**First Round**

* **Jindai Kita High School** vs Kobashigawa High School (2:0 / 25-21, 25-17)

**Second Round**

* **Jindai Kita High School** vs Kasai Minami High School (2:0 / 25-21, 27-25)

**Third Round**

* Jindai Kita High School vs **Matsugaya Higashi High School** (1:2 / 25-27, 29-27, 23-25)

## Summer Training Camp

During the summer, Jindai is invited to a training camp in Nagano. They played 4 games against Kamomedai.

* **Jindai Kita High School** vs Kamomedai High School (2:1 / 25-21, 23-25, 32-30)

* Jindai Kita High School vs **Kamomedai High School** (?:2)
* **Jindai Kita High School** vs Kamomedai High School (2:?)
* Jindai Kita High School vs **Kamomedai High School** (1:2 / ??, ??, 26-28)

## Spring-High Hyōgo Representative Playoffs (2013)

For the first preliminary, Jindai was registered as Team 30, Group 4. They won all 3 of their matches and were allowed to advance to the playoffs.

For the representative playoffs, Jindai was registered as team 15. They played at the Kōbe Tokiwa Arena over a span of three days (one game on the first day, two on the second, and one on the third). After winning all of their matches, they became Hyōgo's representative for the Spring Interhigh Nationals.

#### **First Preliminary**

**First Round**

* **Jindai Kita High School** vs Kajiwara High School (2:0 / 25-15, 25-12)

**Second Round**

* **Jindai Kita High School** vs Shōjou High School (2:0 / 29-27, 25-21)

**Final**

* **Jindai Kita High School** vs Kopiki Academy (2:0 / 25-22, 25-23)

#### **Main Preliminary**

**First Round**

* **Jindai Kita High School** vs Matsugaya Higashi High School (2:1 / 29-27, 23-25, 27-25)

**Quarter-final**

* **Jindai Kita High School** vs Ikeda Senior High School (2:1 / 13-25, 31-29, 25-23)

**Semifinal**

* **Jindai Kita High School** vs Joshibi High School (2:0 / 28-26, 27-25)

**Final**

* **Jindai Kita High School** vs Inarizaki High School (3:2 / 18-25, 28-26, 22-25, 25-23, 20-18)

## Spring High Nationals Tournament (2014)

For nationals, they were not exempt from the first round of games. They placed 1st in the nation.

**First Round**

* **Jindai Kita High School** vs Karasuno High School [Miyagi] (2:1 / 22-25, 26-24, 25-23)

**Second Round**

* **Jindai Kita High School** vs Sarukawa Tech High School [Ishikawa] (2:0 / 25-22, 25-18)

**Third Round**

* **Jindai Kita High School** vs Ishikiri High School [Osaka] (2:0 / 25-17, 25-18)

**Quarter-final**

* **Jindai Kita High School** vs Nekoma High School [Tokyo] (2:0 / 27-25, 32-30)

**Semifinal**

* **Jindai Kita High School** vs Fukurōdani Academy [Tokyo] (3:2/ 18-25, 28-26, 25-22, 24-26, 15-13)

**Final**

* **Jindai Kita High School** vs Itachiyama Institute [Tokyo] (3:2 / 25-21, 16-25, 15-25, 33-31, 21-19)

## Spring High Nationals Tournament (2015)

**Quarter-final**

* Jindai Kita High School vs **Karasuno High School** [Miyagi] (1:2 / ??, ??, ??)

## Spring High Nationals Tournament (2016)

**Semifinal**

* Jindai Kita High School vs **Itachiyama Institute** (?:3)

## Practice Matches

* **1st Years + Akiba & Akira** vs 3rd & 2nd Years (2:0 / 25-15, 25-13)
* **Jindai Kita** vs Chikusa High School (2:0 / 25-22, 25-18)
* Jindai Kita vs **Joshibi High School** (0:2)
* Jindai Kita vs **Joshibi High School** (0:2)
* Jindai Kita vs **Joshibi High School** (1:2 / ??, 29-27, ??)
* **Jindai Kita (Benchwarmers)** vs Shiritsu Sakae High (2:1 / ??, ??, 25-21)
* Jindai Kita vs Kasai Minami (?:? / ??, ??, ??, 26-28, ??, 25-20)
* **Jindai Kita** vs Shiratorizawa Academy (3:2 / 25-18, 25-21, 22-25, 24-26, 22-20)

## Trivia

* Jindai's Kanji translation translates to "Enourmous". Since the school's victory against Matsugaya, the school has been known as the "Colossal Titan".