Renami

**"Insignificant being be gone!"**

**Renami Haiba** (Japanese: **灰羽** **怜和未, 玲奈美** *Haiba Renami*) is a 1st year student from Nekoma High. She is the manager for the volleyball team. She is the younger sister of Alisa Haiba and the twin sister of Lev Haiba, as well as Yasufumi Nekomata`s adoptive granddaughter.

## Appearance

Renami is of average height, compared to her more taller obviously half-Russian/half-Japanese twin brother. She has inherited the Japanese characteristics of her mother, having long, orange-brownish chestnut hair and hazel eyes. She wears a red and white uniform with a silvery chestplate over her uniform and a sheath incorporated into her uniform, tied to her waist which her sword rests in when she is not using it. She has a promise ring given to her by Nobuyuki Kai on her left ring finger. Her usual facial expressions consist of a soft smile, an annoyed look, and a angered look.

## Personality

Renami is a kind and helpful young woman who, similarly to Shōyō Hinata, cannot abandon another in trouble. She takes everything very seriously and is always determined to finish her work before playing around. Renami is also somewhat proud and despite her kind personality, she will not hesitate to get physical with those that challenge her authority or make fun of her abilities, such as cooking. She even challenged Bokuto to a sword duel after an argument over how to handle her more energetic twin brother. She is not afraid to act out on her own and will take matters into her own hands from time to time. Nobuyuki is said to be able to notice her changing moods, and is able to swiftly identify when she is about to blow her gasket, even warning the players of her own team and the other teams to stay away from her. A passionate person, she is constanally at odds with Lev due to his horrible abilities, telling Lev off often. Despite, being Lev`s twin sister, she is considerably more mature and more lethal. Perceptive, temperamental, and encouraging; Renami has been referred to as the "mom" of the volleyball team.

## Background

Renami is a half-Japanese, half-Russian first-year. She was born and raised in Russia and consequently cannot speak Japanese very fluently. She is first introduced in chapter 78 of the Haikyū!! manga and the first OVA episode, shown at Jump Festa 2014. She attends Nekoma High, and is the manager on the Nekoma High Volleyball Team.

## Plot

#### **Tokyo Expedition Arc**

Karasuno meets Renami Haiba during the first round of away-games. She was not present at the practice match between Nekoma and Karasuno, due to being needed somewhere else leaving Nekoma without a manager. Kōshi Sugawara and Asahi Azumane ponder if the first-year that was staring at them was present at the practice game. When Lev demonstrates his whip-like spike, Renami shouts to Lev to keep up the work, as his basics suck. Nekomata laughs at this, with Lev later complaining that his twin sister, Renami-chan is so mean to him. His twin sister just stares down at him, a blank look on her face.

### Statistics

 Stamina
 Game Sense
 Technique
 Speed

Being the top #1 fencer in Japan, Renami has incredible speed enough to avoid being tackled by her teammates whenever they try to hug her. Despite being a fencer, Renami`s strength is nothing to scoff at and she is said to be the strongest fencer in her entire age-group and in the entire country. Being experienced in Volleyball having played it, and being taught by Nekomata her adoptive grandfather; she is fairly decent and is considered a valuable asset. She is often asked to be a setter for her team and is sometimes requested by other clubs in the school, due to her incredible physical abilities.

### **Skills**

* **Blocking**: Due to being a former Blocker, she is said to possess unparalleled skill in blocking. She is said to be extremely capable and even her adoptive grandfather respects her skills in blocking. Even Kei Tsukishima acknowledged her skills, saying that her skills in blocking are far superior to his`s. One of the defensive cornerstones of her former team, she was praised by many people due to her high defensive skills and incredible game sense. She is known to use two types of blocking;
	+ **Read Blocking**: While using read blocking, she interprets the information in front of her allowing her not to be tricked by the wing spikers, and setter.
	+ **Guess Blocking**: While using guess blocking, she bases her blocks on her intuition and reading.

* **Backrow Attack**: She was capable of attacking from the backrow showing her versatility in official games. The power of this attack is often compared to Ushijima`s spikes, and Oikawa`s incredible control combined into one making her a powerful attacker and defender.
* **Defensive Capabilities**: As one of the defensive pillars of her former team, Renami possessed an incredible game prowess enough to earn her the name of **Titania**.

**Jumping Reach:** 327 cm