Tadashi Yamaguchi

**Tadashi Yamaguchi** is a first-year student at Karasuno High and a member of the school's volleyball club, serving as a pinch server.

## Statistics

* **Name**: Tadashi Yamaguchi
* **Origin**: Haikyū!!
* **Gender**: Male
* **Age**: 15
* **Birthday**: November 10, 1996
* **Classification**: Human, Karasuno High First-Year Student, Karasuno Volleyball Club Middle Blocker and Pinch Server
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* **Height**: 179.5 cm (5'10.5")
* **Weight**: 63.0 kg (138.9 lbs)
* **Skin Color**: Light Tan
* **Eye Color**: Black
* **Hair Color**: Dark Gray-Green
* **Alignment**: Good
* **Status**: Active
* **Class**: **B-Class**
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* **Voice Actor**: Sōma Saitō

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## Appearance

Yamaguchi is a young-looking boy with an average build. He has dark grayish-green hair with a flyaway piece of hair sticking up at the top. Back in middle school, he was teased for his freckles and overall scrawniness. He seems to have grown into it now and isn't bothered about it as much.

After joining the Karasuno volleyball team during games, Yamaguchi wears Karasuno's black, orange, and white uniform with the number 12 on the back. He also wears knee pads and white volleyball shoes with black accents.

Outside of matches and practice, Yamaguchi wears a black gakuran, the Karasuno uniform.

## Personality

Yamaguchi is a pretty shy person who relies on others. Though he is generally a nice person, he tends to snicker along or join in with Tsukishima whenever he's mocking others, especially Kageyama and Hinata.

He is hardworking, as shown when he sought for extra training on his own and how he continued practicing outside of the team, after seeing how weak he was compared to his other teammates.

After a fatal loss in the match against Aobajohsai High, he gained a lot of confidence thanks to his teammates and Makoto Shimada, who has helped him practice the jump float serve. During the summer training camp, he even stood up against Kei Tsukishima, resulting in him being surprised at Yamaguchi's actions and even calling him "cool" for the first time. Tsukishima started working harder, and their relationship returned to normal after that event.

## Main Skills and Equipment

**Volleyball Skills**: Yamaguchi grows into a reliable pinch server with his jump float serve. Early on, Yamaguchi began practicing the jump float serve technique, not wanting to be left behind by the other first years. Although attempting and failing the serve against Aoba Johsai at a tight moment of the match, he works extremely hard to improve it. He is originally hindered by his lack of experience and weak-heartedness but, since then, has grown much more assertive and confident about his role.

Despite his skills as a server improved over time, his body control as a receiver is still lacking, resorting to body saves and unorthodox shots.
* **Jump Float Serve**: This serve is Yamaguchi's main weapon and has helped out Karasuno in many clutch moments. His jump float serves can vary from skimming the top of the net to catching the opponent off guard having to receive from further out before. Under the tutelage of Makoto Shimada, Yamaguchi increases the speed of his serve so that opponents have a harder time reading the trajectory. He also has worked on improving his aim and accuracy to target a specific player.

## Relationships

* Kei Tsukishima
* Shoyo Hinata
* Tobio Kageyama
* Hitoka Yachi
* Makoto Shimada