Reina Naoki

* Pre-timeskip
* Post-timeskip

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**Reina Naoki** (Japanese: 怜奈直樹, *Naoki Reina*) is a first-year student at Karasuno High for majority of the series, and will be a main character in an upcoming fanfiction. Her position in volleyball was formerly a pinch server, but after she joined the Karasuno High volleyball club, her position changed into a middle blocker. In her second-year, Reina joined the Karasuno High Girl's Volleyball club. Her jersey number is 5.

In 2018, Reina had graduated from Karasuno and retired from volleyball in favor of pursuing her family's business. She becomes the owner for her family business in 2021.

## Appearance

Reina is noted to have a 'woman-like' appearance, many people often mistake she is a teacher on campus. She is tall and has a slim body, having long blonde hair tied into a high ponytail and a neatly cut fringe. She has dark hazel eyes and long eyelashes, because of her mother, she sometimes wears light makeup to school, often lip gloss or some mascara.

However, as the series progresses, Reina seems to have a much less 'woman-like' face, noted by many. Reina noticed and said it was because she wanted to 'defy' the rules because she was influenced by the Karasuno Volleyball team.

She wears the standard Karasuno High girl's uniform, which consists of a white blouse, red ribbon, cream sweater, black blazer, and a grey skirt. When helping out the male's Volleyball Club, she is most commonly seen to wear the Karasuno's volleyball club uniform.

In the final arc, Reina lets her hair down and no longer wears it in a ponytail, letting it grow up to her waist and wears thin, black-rimmed glasses.

## Personality

Reina is known to be a person of few words. She rarely speaks and is often seen with an emotionless expression, quiet and distant. Focused and unemotional, Reina prefers to keep to herself instead of hanging out with other people. She is known to be rational and intelligent and excels in academics. Reina is self-righteous and diligent, she knows how to differentiate the right from the wrong. Because of her aloof and composed personality, Reina can't pick up social cues properly. She lacks understanding of social situations, and sometimes offends people even if she doesn't mean it.

Since Reina doesn't talk much, she is noted to be extremely expressive through her facial expressions. This was seen a few times, commonly being negative reactions rather than positive ones.

## Background

In the past, Reina was often neglected by her parents because of work.

## Plot

### Karasuno High Team Formation Arc

Reina is first seen along with her friends during the episode and chapter "Five Odd Ones Out", where they appear on the doorstep of the male's volleyball club in Karasuno High asking to join.

## Statistics

 Stamina
 Game Sense
 Technique
 Speed

Although Reina isn't very athletic in volleyball, she knows the game rules and what they can or cannot do, and is well-versed with how the game works. She is often described as the 'brain' of Karasuno, devising strategies and plans in order to win. She is naturally able to observe the opponent and analyze their next move, which makes her a formidable blocker and a strategist. Reina would calculate her opponents' skillset before coming up with a plan for her teammates to follow. Most of her plans are unnoticeable in the beginning but become more effective as time progresses. As such, her opponents often fail to realize they have fallen into her trap before it's too late.

Reina is on-court during her second year is because of her height and ability to jump and block the ball. She is good at reading other people's actions, like Kenma Kozume, but she relies on what her eyes see rather than relying on her intuition.

### Skills

 Setting
 Spike
 Technique
 Block

## Quotes

* *"Hurry. Let's get to the infirmary. Trust your team mates and you'd better come with me quickly, you don't want to miss the match, do you?"* Reina Naoki, to Kei Tsukishima, Chapter 178, Volume 12 / Episode 7, Season 3.
* *"Romance isn't my priority. Who needs boyfriends or girlfriends if you've got a close circle of best friends? I think I'm happy with them and I'd like it to stay that way until I graduate."* Reina, to Yako Momoka.

## Trivia

* Pre-timeskip concern: She doesn't know what to do in the future.
* Post-timeskip concern: She is afraid of missing out volleyball matches because of work.
* Favorite food: Udon noodles.
* Her star sign is Capricorn.
* When playing an online chess game, her username is 'ReiRei'.
* **Nomenclature:**
	+ Reina (直樹) - *Wise.*
	+ Naoki (怜奈) - *Direct tree.*