Atsuki Miya

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**Atsuki Miya** (Japanese: 宮淳生 *Miya Atsuki*) was a third-year student in **Yako Junior High School** and the libero for the school's female volleyball team. She was known as Japan's best junior high school libero. She is the younger sister of Atsumu and Osamu Miya. She decided to quit volleyball in high school to focus on her studies, realizing that she didn't like it as much as Atsumu did. After Osamu's declaration that he would quit volleyball, she decided that she would pursue a two-year degree in marketing after she graduated high school. As of 2018, she is the Publicity Manager of Osamu's onigiri shop, "Onigiri Miya."

## Appearance

Atsuki has short black hair, parted in such a way that her bangs fall in the middle. She can sometimes be seen with small braids in her hair. Her eyes are dark brown, large, and hooded like her brothers' but with slightly longer lashes. She can usually be seen with a sleepy look on her face. She is comparatively flat-chested and tall for a girl her age, with an athletic build as well. Her typical attire outside of her school uniform and practice clothes are simple volleyball t-shirts or turtle necks and jean shorts. It is implied that she is fairly cute. Post-Timeskip, her hair is much longer, reaching her shoulders.

## Personality

Atsuki is the least competitive and laziest of the Miya siblings but likes to pretend that her goal in life is to surpass the twins because she finds that it motivates them to do better in volleyball. She doesn't love volleyball as much as them but she is shown to be somewhat obsessed with being a libero and wants them to one day admit that libero  is the coolest position. Her personality is similarly laid-back to Osamu's, although she might seem colder due to the bluntness of her words, lacking Osamu's filter. She rarely shows emotions outside of boredom and only shows excitement when seeing Garigari-kun popsicles. She likes sweets more than any other food, especially Garigari-kun popsicles but her favorite meals are those made by Osamu. She used to be very attached to both twins but eventually grew disinterested in Atsumu after he annoyed her one too many times. She's still shown to be supportive of him, though. Ironically, she laughs in exactly the same way as Atsumu. She showed her attachment more when she was in grade school. A gag about her is how easily she falls asleep during practice if she isn't promised Garigari-kun popsicles afterward. She's not particularly close to any of her teammates but works well enough with them.

## Background

Atsuki lives in Hyogo Prefecture and later attends Inarizaki High School with her older brothers of two years, the Miya twins. For the majority of the series, she was a third-year in the junior high school they once attended, Yako Junior High School. She started playing as a libero there in her 1st Year. Astoundingly, she won the "Best Libero Award" in her prefecture during both her 2nd and 3rd Year in junior high school. She officially quit volleyball in high school to focus on her studies, although she only decided what course she would take after Osamu's declaration.

She developed an interest in volleyball because her brothers had been playing it for as long as she could remember. When she was little, she was incredibly attached to them, particularly Osamu, and she first became interested in volleyball when they went to a volleyball workshop without her. They were in fourth Grade then and her in second Grade. Soon after, she noticed that her brothers had taken a liking to foreign-sounding names and nicknames, calling her 'Tsuki. Her brothers taught her how to play when they had spare time one summer and she started practicing on her own when she was bored. When she entered Yako Junior High School her only thought was to join the female volleyball team as soon as possible.

Her teammates all thought she had the potential to be a great setter, especially if she grew even taller. However, she had no interest in anything but being a libero , believing them to be cool. Some of her friends speculate that it could also have been because she hates serving the most and liberos don't have to, or that it was because she read in a volleyball magazine that libero is the easiest volleyball position to play (albeit the most dangerous due to higher risk of injury). Her brothers gladly agree with this theory, stating that her serves are terrible and that she was the laziest person they had ever met.

## Plot

### **Tokyo Nationals Arc**

Atsuki made her first appearance when the Inarizaki team faced off against Karasuno on the second day of the Spring High Tournament where she can be seen cheering her siblings on with a blank look on her face. Later on, she can also be seen shaking with anger and muttering, "Atsu-nii...!" threateningly when Atsumu provoked Osamu and caused him to miss his serve.
During a flashback scene in the anime where the twins are fighting, Kita tells someone to call her because she is the only one who can stop the two from killing each other when they're really riled up. She isn't shown but in the last scene of the flashback she can be heard screaming at the terrified twins while the team and various other schoolmates take videos.

After her brothers' loss, she can be seen scolding them for apologizing alongside Kita, telling them to turn their remorse into motivation to strive harder. Upon hearing the twins' claim that they would become teammates Kita could be proud of, she teases them that they should very well be unless they want her to outshine them one day.

She stays back after her brothers' team leaves to see the Karasuno players for herself and introduces herself to Nishinoya first, having been impressed by the older libero. She ignores Tanaka who was yelling at the team that a girl was talking to Nishinoya . She says that she would love to learn from a senpai like him some time, causing Nishinoya to nearly faint. She ignores Karasuno's antics and takes his phone from his hand to swap emails. It is implied that this is the first time she has openly shown interest in a volleyball player outside of her siblings.

### **Final Arc**

In the Final Arc, Atsuki is the Publicity Manager of the successful onigiri business called Onigiri Miya that her brother, Osamu, owns and runs. She attends the match between the MSBY Black Jackals and Schweiden Adlers and helps Osamu set up a food vendor booth at the station.

For the majority of the match, she spends her time making business phone calls and responding to emails on her phone. Even when she and Osamu encountered Yamaguchi, she simply greeted him and resumed her work, allowing the two to chat about their excitement about the match.

When Atsumu missed his first serve of the game, Osamu bluntly states that Atsumu was trying too hard to look good from the start, earning a harsh glare from his brother on the court and a laugh from her. While typing to reply to emails and occasionally glancing at the game, she makes a few quips about the liberos of both teams and tells a few embarrassing stories about Atsumu. Osamu prays that he will always be her favorite brother lest he becomes victim to similar treatment.

Later, she finally puts her phone away and chats with Akaashi and Osamu. Osamu mentions setting up an onigiri shop in Tokyo and she launches into a tirade on the details, and her wish that Osamu would eventually set shops all over Japan.

During the match, a flashback shows that Osamu had decided to retire from volleyball after graduating high school in favor of a career in food-service and due to this Atsuki had decided that she would attend a junior university and get a two-year Marketing Degree so she could help Osamu run it once she graduated. Osamu's announcement caused tension between the twins but Atsuki's decision was comically ignored. This went on until Osamu challenged Atsumu to see who lives a happier life until their deathbed, to which Atsuki can be seen muttering about how overdramatic her siblings are. Still, she was relieved that the two seemed to have reconciled afterward. Atsumu would visit his siblings when he was having trouble perfecting his new serve, Osamu would comfort them with tuna and spring onion rice balls made with fresh rice received from Kita's rice farm when they seemed down, and Atsuki would simply appear in their houses and insist they all went for Garigari-kun popsicles if she was feeling lonely or sensed that something was off about the two. Another flashback was shown of Osamu and Atsumuattending both her graduations despite their busy schedule, her graduation from Inarizaki High School in 2016, and from her junior college in 2018.

During the 2021 Olympics, she was watching Japan's match against Argentina in Osamu's shop with Osamu and Kita.

## Statistics

 Stamina
 Game Sense
 Technique
 Speed

**Jumping Reach: 295 cm**

## Relationships

### Atsumu Miya

Atsuki and Atsumu have a relatively typical sibling relationship. Atsumu and her were closer when they were in grade school but eventually, it became quite obvious that Osamu was her favorite and Atsumu thus distanced himself from her. They rarely fight and always reconcile quite easily but Atsuki is quite prone to teasing him. It is implied that Atsuki is uncomfortable with the fact that she seems to be named after Atsumu. Despite him calling her 'Tsuki, a nickname in the same pattern as his nickname for his twin, Atsuki prefers to call him Atsu-nii, believing the foreign-sounding nicknames to be the twins' thing. While they may be comparatively distant among the siblings, Atsumu can be overprotective of her at times, especially when it involves boys, as shown by his actions when he thought Nishinoya was her boyfriend.

### Osamu Miya

Atsuki and Osamu have a closer sibling relationship compared to her and Atsumu. It's well-known that Osamu is her favorite as shown by her devotion to his dreams and her tendency to tease Atsumu more than him. This is perhaps due to his relatively unproblematic personality, ability to make delicious food, and similarly laid-back disposition. Another reason is her lack of patience for Atsumu's tendency to lie unconvincingly and steal things from them. Quite ironic is the fact that she likes to steal her brothers' jackets, however, unlike Atsumu, she never gets caught. Despite him calling her 'Tsuki, a nickname in the same pattern as his nickname for his twin, Atsuki prefers to call him Osa-nii, believing the foreign-sounding nicknames to be the twins' thing. She and Osamu became closer as adults due to her working with him. Osamu is less overprotective of her than Atsumu but would help her in anything if she asked. Atsumu also seems to be able to rile up Osamu easily and turn him overprotective as well at times as shown when he ended up following Atsumu in glaring at Nishinoya whenever they saw him.

### Shinsuke Kita

Atsuki met him when she first visited Osamu and Atsumu during practice when her own got canceled. She respects the way that Kita is able to keep her brothers' in check and admires his lack of nervousness during matches. The twins think that the reason they get along well is that they both talk bluntly.

### Yū Nishinoya

Atsuki first met Nishinoya on the second day of the Spring Interhigh when her brothers' team, Inarizaki, faced off against Karasuno. She'd only ever heard of him before because of the "Best Libero Award" he won in Junior High School, but she immediately internally idolized him upon seeing him play. After that, they formed a somewhat friendship, somewhat mentorship. They often went to play together in their spare time and eat Garigari-kun popsicles afterward. He was one of few who went to yell at her when she decided to quit volleyball. He respected her decision, though, and continued playing with her when she had time. He admires her self-control and natural fearlessness and she admires his ability to always stay cheerful and act tough during matches, as well as his resolve to travel the world, a thing that she dreams of doing one day. A few people thought they might end up together but they are currently both still single. However, they've always kept in touch, and Osamu swears that her smile is a little bit different when she reads emails about his travels and answers phone calls from him. It is quite heavily implied that these are all her brothers' delusions.There was even a time that Atsumu and Osamu were convinced that he was her boyfriend and they glowered at him whenever they saw him. The misunderstanding had been quickly cleared up by an Atsuki who was quite nearly dying from laughter. She prefers to call him Yū-Senpai because Noya-Senpai is a mouthful in her opinion. Although they are the same height (to be honest she's 0.5 cm taller) despite her being younger and a girl, she never jokes about it. Since she frequently teases Atsumu, Nishinoya thinks this is due to the fact that she is considerate towards him. In reality, she simply didn't notice she was taller than him.

## Trivia

* Favorite Food: Garigari-kun popsicles (Grape flavor)
* Favorite Song: Compared Child (Tuyu)
* Current Concern: Having too much work
* Atsuki wears black gym shoes with grey accents.
* Yako (野狐; lit. field fox) is a spirit possession of foxes in Japanese folklore. Unlike how most of the other schools were named, Yako Junior High School uses the actual kanji of what it's referencing.
* In a few extra manga panels, it shows that all the Miya siblings are fans of Saeko Tanaka, although the twins are more obvious about it than Atsuki is.

#### **Nomenclature**

* Atsuki (淳生) - *Living Sincerely* ("淳" is sincerity.　"生" is living.)

* Miya (宮) - *Shrine*