Shinju Kawaragi

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**Shinju Kawaragi** (Japanese: **瓦 (かわら) 城 (ぎ)  真 (しん) 珠 (じゅ)** , *Kawaragi Shinju*), or **Shinju Kageyama** (Japanese: **影 (かげ) 山 (やま)  真 (しん) 珠 (じゅ)** , *Kageyama Shinju*), was a first-year student at Aoba Johsai High, serving as the setter and vice-captain of the girls' volleyball team.

She was chosen to train at the All-Japan youth training camp at the start of her second year of high school and joined the V league shortly following her graduation, also marrying Haruko Nakazawa. In 2017, Homura joined Japan's National Volleyball Team, serving as their setter and vice-captain; participated in the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. As of 2022, she plays as the setter and captain of Hikari Pharmaceutical Red Rabbits, a professional volleyball team in Division 1 of Japan's V.League. She is also set to represent Japan in the 2024 Paris Olympics.

## Appearance

Shinju is a fair-complexioned young girl of fairly tall height for a girls' volleyball player, standing at just over six feet tall, in addition to having a slender physique. She has long, charcoal gray hair that is styled straight, with a few pins, including a bunny clip around her fringe. Her eyes are large, possessing dark blue irises and notably long, thick eyelashes. Many boys in her school find her attractive, to the point boys will try to peer through the windows during her classes and volleyball practices. She often smiles and doesn't hide her emotions; unless she is at a game.

While on the court, Shinju wears the standard aqua and white Aoba Johsai High girls' volleyball uniform, consisting of a fairly tight, sleeveless athletic shirt emblazoned with the number seven and matching fairly short, shorts. She also wears light gray athletic shoes with darker gray details. On her left leg, she wears a white kneepad which is sometimes swapped out for a dark gray one. During practices, she wears a tight white sleeveless shirt and aqua shorts, sometimes layered over a long sleeve jacket afterwards. At other times, Shinju dresses in the Aoba Johsai uniform, which consists of a white long-sleeve shirt layered over a plain sweater vest and ribbon tied around the collar; all paired with a pleated with a tan skirt.

Post-timeskip, Shinju appears practically the same although her hair is grown out longer and her physique is slightly slimmer.

## Personality

Shinju is a kind young girl who takes a lot of pride in her appearance and is very confident in her looks, typically showing an extent of vanity. However, despite this superficial quality of her personality, Shinju is an incredibly sharp, good-natured, and well-rounded volleyball player. She is known to be exceptionally patient, gentle, and caring of all the teammates in her team, and is even shown to get upset for time to time if she feels she is not fulfilling that responsibility. Although it is not against her to make provoking remarks against her opposing team at matches; in attempt to make them more active.

Coming from a wealthy family, Shinju tends to shrug off the price of majority of things; clothing, food, traveling costs, ect. When asked why she packed so many clothes to the Nekoma practice match, Shinju was surprised that Momoko didn't have a lot of clothes to pack.

## Background

Since her childhood years, Shinju has been greatly involved in the sport of volleyball. Having both parents being volleyball players, Shinju was heavily influenced by them to play volleyball also. She was taught majority of her skills from them who encouraged her to become the best player in any team she were to play in. With clear natural talent and determination, Shinju never found it difficult to get what she wanted in a team but was rather pushy with her teammates when they weren't doing things as told. She was applauded greatly and thus, didn't think about the way she was treating her own team.

Once older in Kitagawa Daiichi Junior High, it became apparent that Shinju's growth in the sport could only go up from there. Her talent and determination gave her the nickname "Queen of the Court", as she practically ruled over anyone else who stepped onto the court floor. Although Shinju had little belief in her abilities despite her great efforts and this only became worse when her parents passed away. She was adopted by the Kageyama family, whose son, Tobio, also happened to play volleyball and whose nickname was "King of the Court". Shinju found it difficult to get along with him but they were able to bond over volleyball on a few sparse occasions.

Shinju found it difficult to maintain her passion of volleyball following her parents' passing. She continued to play and lead her team to victory, but couldn't feel any attachment. However, after meeting Toru Oikawa, and developing a rivalry over who could serve the best, Shinju's passion was reignited.

## Abilities

 Stamina
 Game Sense
 Technique
 Speed

Shinju has been trained by her parents from a young age and thus, has had a long time to fine tune her skills and techniques. In particular, she is well-known and feared for her serves, especially her regular jump and jump float serve. Despite not being considered the fastest player on her team, Shinju is a phenomenal player and one of the best all-around players in the Miyagi prefecture.

**Height and Reach**

* **April 2012:**
	+ Jumping Reach: 345 cm