Kiri Bokuto

**Kiri Bokuto** (Japanese: **木兎 霧**　*Bokuto Kiri*) was a second-year student at Nekoma Academy and the volleyball team's wing spiker, and ace. She was acknowledged as the strongest female ace throughout Japan. After high school, She became an outside hitter for the [insert name here] , a Division 1 team in Japan's V-League, and married Kuroo Tetsurō after dating him since her second year of High School. She even earned herself and other female characters a spin-off series that showed light to female volleyball.

## Appearance

Kiri is a bit taller than an average person, but a medium-sized person in volleyball. While her averageness in her height when it comes to volleyball, she is known to be able to jump to lengths that low to medium levelled players have a very hard time to reach and keep up to. Even a higher levelled player struggles now and then because of her speed and height that she gains in order to spike. She is rather bulky and muscular, similar to her brother. With that physical build, one might think that her speed might be a bit lowered. Instead, it is enhanced, helping her gain massive height and move quickly to earn points. Many people consider her rather attractive, putting aside her power, that would be the second most reason she is well known. Her large bust attracts many, which she gets annoyed at, claiming it gets in the way of spiking. Her hair is short and trimmed during the summer, but is usually lengthy in the other seasons, which makes her tie her hair up in matches. It is coloured both white and black, but her eyes are blue, unlike her brother.

She is most often seen in a pair of black shorts and a plain white t-shirt or in her Nekoma (volleyball) uniform. Most of her clothes that she owns aren’t very flashy, and she prefers to keep things simple, which results in very similar clothing. Sometimes her friends complain that she should get more “fancy” looking clothes that would help her stand out, which Kiri gets annoyed towards. Her Nekoma uniform is the red and black, the traditional not including the Libero(s).

## Personality

As someone called “two-faced” she does indeed have two faces. One is a very serious person, becoming stoic and starts pointing out every mistake and insulting anyone. Though, she is mostly quiet and gives off glittering stares at people. This is shown during her times she plays volleyball. While some people think that she is nervous and results to these measures, she actually is not. She becomes serious because she wants people to feel pressured, though she doesn’t usually insult her teammates unless it’s part of her “show”. Hinata once commented that she looked like she wasn’t having any fun during her match, and from that you can clearly see how much she turns into a scary person. Though, when she sprouts insults at the people she wants to win or help, she turns the insults into funny, awkward and motivational-like speeches, often surprising others because it comes out of the blue.

Her second face is one very similar to Bokuto, a chill, relaxed and funny character without the mood swings and dramatic swing. While rather quiet like her other face, this is the normal her, who many people feel attracted to. She is often seen joking around with her older brother and playing pranks. She also is known to have a very weird humor, laughing at the most random things normal people would not find funny. This is usually because she has one too many inside jokes with her older brother.

There is also noted to be an “in-between” in which Kiri embraces both of these faces and merges it into one. As in this mixed personality, she is relaxed and jokes but is usually filled with the brim with insults. She also becomes very hyper unlike in her other periods, instead becoming a jumpy, high version of herself, similar to Hinata and Nishinoya during their high school years.

She is also a kind and thoughtful person, who finds herself giving advice to others often. It is said that she is very empathetic, who is very easy to find the cues to discomfort and annoyance. Though, despite people finding her as a fearless and powerful woman, she is actually a bit scared when talking to strangers of difficult people. It is also noted she has a fear for heights despite being a Spiker. Kiri had once explained to Hinata and Kageyama that sometimes she loses her “feel” and wavers in the air. Her “feel” is her power and source and her courage, which she feels that she loses in heights. Though, it is noted that while spiking, this does not usually happen, instead very rare.

While she does not seem very scared of detachment, she is actually a bit scared of being left alone. This is from the slight trauma she received from her second year at Kitagawa Daiichi Junior High of similar situations like Kageyama. Though, because of that incident, she learned the importance of teammates and friendship, leaving her completely cold shell of trying to become number one by herself and slightly narssacistic ways. Though, you can see the traces of her ice-like demeanour during the time on the court, though she adds a tad of warm ness as well as different motivation.

## Background

Born into the family of 3, she started playing volleyball at a young age of 5. She wasn’t always the best at volleyball, but she naturally started adapting as she practiced more and more. She was inspired by a volleyball player under the name of [insert name here], which cued her start to her career. She kept on playing volleyball throughout her years, trying to recruit others such as friends into her favourite sport. Many people she gained her friendship from volleyball during younger years quit at a young age, only playing it for “fun”. This had made Kiri a bit disappointed, but the words her father said cued her to continue on. The exact words were “Go and make history”. She continued volleyball, trying to encourage her older brother to play, which failed.

As she grew more mature, she gained attention of powerhouse schools and top 5 schools in middle school and high school. During her junior high school years, she went to Kitagawa Daiichi Junior High, earning herself a powerful face in the front of many places. She was named the “Two-Sided Spiker” from her two personalities off and on the court, the “Spiker” part coming from the fact that she was a Spiker. She didn’t exactly like cooperation and helping others on the court, instead pushing herself further and further forgetting about her teammates often, trying to get the spotlight on herself, as well as resolving everything. Though, the price was payed for this when her teammates didn’t pass the ball towards her for multiple games, earning her a reputation of “loner”. Her team won many battles despite losing their key player, Kiri. They left her alone, being known as the “Cold-blooded-Team”, for the reason that they were cold towards other teams as well as Kiri. This was during her second year of Middle School. During her second year, she eventually and reluctantly joined forces with others, eventually becoming thankful. Her teammates first neglected her asks for help and proper communication, but bent themselves and eventually had good relationships with each member. This was a change of tide for this team, as they started being known for the “teamy-team” not just a group of powerful players. Their performance had been enhanced, as they won the championship.

In High School, she first went to Fukurōdani, following her older brother who had finally gotten himself into volleyball after watching her play over and over. She stayed there for a year before becoming very close friends with her brother’s friend Kuroo Tetsurō, eventually starting to date the captain of Nekoma. She then decided to transfer schools over to Nekoma, much to her brothers despair. She became well known as the “bird dressed in cat’s clothing” due to her looks but her being on a “cat” team and school.

## Relationships

### Family

* Kōtarō Bokuto: As her younger sister, she tends to be spoiled. While their relationship is very stable, she complains that her brother is a bit overprotective of her. Though, in reality she does the same to her elderly brother, in a less noticeable way. She is there to support him to death, though usually sprouts insults at him to cover that fact she actually cares deeply about her sibling. She is known to be a jokester and prankster, which these traits most likely are an influence of her brother. Kōtarō seems to dislike the other face of Kiri, often saying shes too serious and boring, which ends up in him getting slapped. They try to hang out with each other often, and in cases where this is impossible, they tend to send texts to each other, though Kōtarō texts her and pesters her a lot more than she would like. They also have a fun rivalry, and do not care about each other’s age, gender and body difference, and are found competing in a lot of random things - in which has been kept at a 50-50 record at the moment. As they grew into adults, they became a bit drifted a part, and re-united throughout volleyball. Both of them agreed that becoming a volleyball player would suit their interests and careers.

### Fukurōdani Academy

* While not having much of a relationship to her team during her first year in high school, she has been good friends with most of her brother’s team. She is thankful for the team getting used to her brother’s dramatic and “emo” mood swings, especially Akaashi since he supports her brother the most. She is seen apologizing multiple times to the team, the coach and manager for her elder brother’s lack of sense and responsibility.
	+ Keiji Akaashi: She is pretty close to her brother’s best friend, and is the one she apologizes to the most. Akaashi serves like another brother, and the two have a brother-sister relationship. Kiri calls Akaashi “the mature brother”, as Kōtarō is a “baby”. As friends, they are seen together often with or without Kotarō. In 2018, and earlier, she has helped Akaashi come up with manga ideas, which Akaashi usually takes in to serious consideration and brings to the board despite being an editor.

### Nekoma Academy

* Not much is known about her relationship with her teammates is currently known. Though, with the boys team, she was rather popular, especially because she was “Kuroo-san’s girlfriend”. She considered them her friends, and enjoyed their company.
	+ Kuroo Tetsurō: She also goofed around with him similar to her brother. At first, she only saw him as a brother figure, but the feeling changed as they opened up a bit more about each other. Kuroo is rather flirty around Kiri, which she sometimes tells him to stop out of embarrassment. Having a healthy relationship, they are even married after the time-skip. She trusts him a lot, and considers him about overprotective and too flirty at certain cases, but still loves being with him. Despite them being both relatively attractive and popular, they never cheated on each other or had a large bump in their relationship. As in their high school years concerning volleyball, they have been known to push each other and nab about what they should change and improve. The two have then always jabbed at each other’s weak spots in a good way to keep themselves improving. A time that displays this is when both of them forced Kenma to set for them, and tried to see who was better at spiking or blocking. The dispute was rather long and had them cold-shouldered at each other for a while, until they eventually broke out into a laughter. The two are unable to hold their anger at their best companion, and usually results in a giggle fest.
	+ Kenma Kozume: She played games with a lot, though often losing. She always complained that she sucked at games, in which Kenma told her to “get better” which pissed her off a bit. Though, they were good friends, and she tried to improve Kenma’s stamina, which ended up in failures, multiple times. She also tried to make Kenma feel the sheer feeling and the awe of volleyball, in which Kenma only replied with a smile. Even as adults, they play games with each other, Kenma still beating her in most cases. She also helps out with his company occasionally with her brother or her husband, such as being part of ads.
	+ Morisuke Yaku: She admires his skill as a Libero. She thinks her skills are exceptional, well enough to rival Nishinoya’s if he truly tried. Yaku is usually flustered around Kiri, which Kuroo sometimes picks on. Yaku is seems to be a tiny bit imposed by Kiri, due to the fact that she is taller than him. Though, she often tells him to control his rather strong anger, especially towards Lev.
	+ Lev Haiba: She feels sympathetic for the guy who gets yelled at a lot from Yaku. Though, she tells him to get a grip and stop being a coward. She does acknowledge that his height gives some serious advantage. It is also her that trained him a bit in both spiking as well as blocking.

### Other Schools

* Karasuno High: She is friends with multiple people in the Karasuno High, and they have often went to her matches. She has earned herself a reputation their as “demon” due to her terrifying aura and battle skills during battle.
	+ Shoyo Hinata: Hinata looks up to her as a Spiker despite her being a female. Kiri is proud of Hinata because he is his brothers “disciple”, which she thinks is a bit funny. She was a bit surprised by how much Hinata admired Kotarō, though she remembered the slight jealousy of how her brother was very quick at getting the hang of volleyball. Even after the time skip, she has been an influence to him, and they maintain a good friendship. She even encouraged his trip half way around the world to play beach volleyball, since she had also spent some of her time playing it, mainly during the summers.
	+ Tobio Kageyama: As he was Hinata’s friend and Spiker-setter combo, she acknowledged his talent and skill. She always thought he needed loosen up a bit, and stop overthinking everything. Since they both went to the same school in Junior High, they met each other on different occasions despite their one year age gap. Kiri is somewhat a worry-rat around this guy, concerned for many, many reasons especially since she knew the true fact about him being called “King of the Court”. She also worried about his social status and lack of being able to properly communicate a way a normal human would. Though, as she saw him and Hinata come together with the team nicely, she felt reassured. In the time skip, she was seen laughing at Kageyama when he started easily watching younger kids and playing a bit with them, in which Kageyama pouted at.
	+ Daichi Sawamura: As Kiri has many relationships with other captains from many other teams, she is known to have another brother like relationship with this captain. She is amazed by how he is able to keep the somewhat crazy team on line, and praises him for that. She also always gets annoyed at his obliviousness despite him being smart.
	+ Nishinoya: Due to the fact Kiri is taller than Nishinoya, the Libero of the Karasuno volleyball team was a bit awkward around her at first. Noya always tried to test his own and Kiri’s skills by playing volleyball. Often, they could be seen in tight games of One-v-one which the complete score remains unknown. Despite Noya being wary of Kiri, her perseverance went through him as he accepted her as a fellow volleyball player.
* Aobajosai High: While she has not been in many relationships with the people on this team, she is friends with Iwaizumi, and he has been her means of contact to the Aoba team.
	+ Hajime Iwaizumi: A close friend. She has kept contact with him for years, as they were friends as little kids.
	+ Oikawa Tōru: Kiri has a hate-friend passion for this “flamboyant idiot”. While she understands that he is Iwaizumi’s friend, she does not like his strange “I’m awesome” kind of passion. Though, she acknowledges the fact he is a very good setter, and has forced him to practice set for her several times. Oikawa like most of Karasuno, calls her a demon.

## Statistics

 Stamina
 Game Sense
 Technique
 Speed

Kiri is described as a powerhouse of movement and attacks. She has gained long years of experience of knowledge and game-play of volleyball. Both of her power, speed are extremely high in stats. She is also able to gather the team together with her game-side persona. Due to some of the happenings that happened during her middle-school years, Kiri also knows that it's best to play volleyball as a unified team. Being the captain of her team during her high school years has also helped her gain a higher knowledge of what it means to be leader. Flexible and can easily change through her strategies in stiff games, she always looks for something else to do when in gameplay. Despite being a great spiker, she also knows it's not just spiking that gets the wins for the team. While not having an A-game technique, she still knows that she also has to try. She gives her all in even simple matches, often getting called out for being "too-serious".

**Height and reach**

* 341 cm

**Skills**