Kenma Kozume

**Kenta Kozume** is a 2nd-year student from Nekoma High, serving as the volleyball team's setter and was referred to as the "heart" and "brain" of the team by his teammates.

## Statistics

* **Name**: Kenma Kozume, Nekoma's Brain
* **Origin**: Haikyū!!
* **Gender**: Male
* **Age**: 17
* **Birthday**: October 16, 1995
* **Classification**: Human, Nekoma High Second-Year Student, Nekoma High Volleyball Club Setter
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* **Height**: 169.2 cm (5'6.5")
* **Weight**: 58.3 kg (128.5 lbs)
* **Skin Color**: Light
* **Eye Color**: Gold
* **Hair Color**: Blond with black tips
* **Relatives**: Unnamed Parents
* **Alignment**: Good
* **Status**: Active
* **Class**: **A-Class**
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* **Voice Actor**: Yūki Kaji

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## Appearance

Kenma is depicted with an average height, a small build, and has an unsteady posture. He has many outstanding features, including his cat-like golden eyes and blond hair with black roots (sometimes referred to as "Pudding-Head"). He dresses casually, and his Nekoma uniform is the standard black and red jersey. He is usually seen carrying a portable game console and a cellphone with him.

## Personality

Kenma has a composed and analytical personality. He hardly ever loses his cool and usually never gets excited or fired up about anything (except Hinata, video games, Lev - in The Arrival of Haiba Lev (OVA), which Kuroo points out, and Yamamoto in the past). He is quiet and reserved and does not often voice out his opinions since he is afraid of what others might think of him, and hates standing out or being noticed in any way.

Kenma is not very approachable and doesn't make friends easily. His manner of speaking tends to be shy and reserved. He also has a disdain for pointless authority and doesn't just blindly expect his juniors to respect him, unlike others.

Kenma rarely shows emotions; as such, he usually ends up giving a cold impression to others, but it is shown that he does care about his friends and notices small upsets in their behavior. An example is when they were younger Kuroo badly lost a volleyball match and was feeling down and Kenma noticed this feeling and despite not caring for volleyball asked if Kuroo would like to practice and "level up" to which he agreed eagerly. Another can be seen later in the manga when he admits that he tries hard to win for his friends.

Apart from Tetsuro Kuroo, his next-door neighbor, Kenma hasn't befriended anyone ever since he was at elementary school. Despite his modest personality, Kenma is quite skilled in volleyball, with his extraordinary game sense, technique and strong analytical abilities, which makes up for his slight lack of power, speed, and stamina.

Although he seems somewhat apathetic about it Kenma is the type of person to only do things he enjoys, and would therefore quit volleyball if he didn't enjoy it someway, which according to him was the aspect of improving his skills (kind of like a video game). However, despite having a tough time admitting his feelings, the real motivation behind his continuation of volleyball are his friends. Kenma is also shown to be quite competitive.

## Relationships

* Tetsuro Kuroo
* Taketora Yamamoto
* Lev Haiba
* Shoyo Hinata