Naofumi Shibayama

**"Insignificant being be gone!"**

## Character Information

### Epithet

Yama-chan (by Natsu)
Mini Régine (by Kochō High)
Boss B\*itch (by former bullies)
Boss/Madame Boss (by former bullies)
Council President/Madame President (by Student Council)

### Also Known As

Yama-chan (by Natsu)
Mini Régine (by Kochō High)
Boss B\*itch (by former bullies)
Boss/Madame Boss (by former bullies)
Council President/Madame President (by Student Council)

## Background Information

### Family

Unnamed Father (Father) †
Unnamed Mother (Mother) †
Unnamed Aunt (Aunt)
Régine Shibayama (Aunt)
Yūki Shibayama (Uncle)
Naoyasu Kuguri (Uncle)

### Goal

To become an amazing professional volleyball player
Get over the deaths of her parents
Learn to trust people again

### Likes

Selena Kageyama
Natsu Hinata
Homework
Volleyball
Philosophy
Sad Music

## Professional Status

### Teams

Shimada Shōgakkō
Sakanoshita Junior Academy
Sakanoshita Academy

## Seiyu Information

### English Actor

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**Naofumi Shibayama** (Japanese: **芝山 (しばやま)  尚文 (ナオファミ)** , *Shibayama Naofumi/Shibayama Naofami*) is Régine Shibayama and Yūki Shibayama`s niece and the later niece-in-law to Naoyasu Kuguri, after the latter marries Yūki; her aunt`s younger brother. She is also a close childhood friend of Natsu Hinata, the two having grown up together acting like sisters to each other. They also attended the same Shōgakkō together; Shimada Shōgakkō and then went onto the same Junior Academy, Sakanoshita Junior Academy. While Natsu decided to attend Niiyama Girls' High, Naofumi opted to advance to Sakanoshita Academy where she became an all-honors student as well as the starting libero for their volleyball team. A protegee of Selena Kageyama, she studied volleyball underneath her as a young child, as well as Yū Nishinoya and Tōru Nishinoya, both of them former liberos. As of 2018, she is a member of Sakanoshita Academy`s volleyball team. As of 2021; she is a undergraduate 1st-year medical student at Lancaster College and the roommate of Natsu Hinata. She is the girlfriend of Nami Shirabu, Shiro Kageyama, and Fredrick Lancaster.

## Appearance

At the start of the series; Naofumi was often described as a "stout" young child, with slightly stubby daikon-like legs, shimmering light silver-gray eyes and a frown that could "permeate the air with it`s mere presence". Often described as "somewhat ill-looking", many people steered clear of her due to this reason. In the years since her childhood; Naofumi has grown into a incredibly beautiful young woman and has a gentle beauty to her. Most notably, her eyesight has vastly improved from where it was in high school, so she now wears her glasses as a "fashion statement"; her eye color has also notably from a shimmering silver-gray to a dark blue, the color of the roaring oceans. Another change from high school is her wearing two hair pins, across a single section at the front of her hair. During her elementary, junior high, and high school years; she has had a consistent habit of wearing her hair down, due to the sheer length of it and the fact that it wasn`t that long to begin with.

Her standard Lancaster College student uniform consists of a gold collared blouse, layered with a gold blazer, with a dark blue bow. The skirt is a deep crimson red, with mandatory below-the-knee socks and brown loafers. Most notably, the emblem of the college itself; a roaring lion, is emblazoned onto the student blazer itself, with the words "Lancaster College" underneath the emblem.

When playing volleyball; she is depicted wearing a simple black Nike Sports T-Shirt, black volleyball shorts, and gray volleyball shoes. According to Miwa Kageyama, she smells like sea salt and caramel.

During tournaments, she wears the standard Lancaster volleyball Jersey with black sport shorts, and black volleyball shoes, as well as four white medical volleyball pads on her two elbows and her thighs in order to prevent her injuries from getting worse.

## Personality

Naofumi is a quiet, somewhat reserved and strong-willed person who is usually truthful and seems to be able to predict anything (within reason); easily predicting that Yū Nishinoya would try to have a encounter with her simply because of her beauty, which enraged her to the point where she decided to slap him on the cheek. In contrast to her more "pure-minded" younger sister; Naofumi is quite perverted as she slapped Nami Shirabu`s bottom when she first met her and called her bottom "a fine one", which heavily embarrassed her younger sister at the time. However when perverted things are done to her; Naofumi seems to be embarrassed by it. Most notably, she seems to be respectful of her girlfriend and boyfriends and is protective over them; their safety seems to be the only thing that can get Naofumi truly enraged. At times, she can behave quite boldly towards her underclassmen in order to keep them underneath control; her underclassmen in turn follow her orders obediently in order to prevent from being punished. Her stabilizing and completely detectable presence makes her the perfect libero, as she blends in with the rest of the skilled third-years, she is assumed to have the same skill level as them; in truth, she is actually the most skilled libero on her school's volleyball team. She is a certified genius, easily understanding major math concepts with only a few applications in real life and easily helped Shōyō Hinata (Natsu Hinata`s older brother) study the entrance exam for Karasuno High.

## Background

Naofumi or as she was born Naofumi Izabella Lancaster Shibayama, is the eldest child and first-born daughter of Mr. Shibayama and Mrs. Shibayama and the niece of Régine Shibayama and Yūki Shibayama; both of them high school liberos. When she was incredibly young, she once got lost in the streets near Natsu Hinata`s home while exploring the countryside of their prefecture with her gathered family members; Natsu then only a young child herself, took Naofumi home with her and she spent the night at the home of Natsu and her family, with Natsu`s mother taking Naofumi home with her the next day. For that, Naofumi was grateful for Natsu and began to see her as an older sister; often letting Natsu take the role in their friendship, she would eventually meet Natsu`s older brother, seeing him as a "kind person" and even referring to him as "Shōyō niichan".

## Plot

Throughout the early episodes of the series (for about 3 episodes), Naofumi`s face had never been revealed; only being revealed when Natsu Hinata (Shōyō Hinata`s younger sister) described her in intricate detail. After all, she has constantly reappeared in the series as a major supporting character, aiding Shōyō in his academics, due to her genius-level intelligence and her knowledge of major match concepts. In fact, she is the only reason why Shōyō passed his entrance exam for Karasuno High and he is seen dragging her to one of his afterschool volleyball practices, with Naofumi menacingly asking Shōyō if volleyball was the reason why he failed his evaluation exams, causing him to stiffen up. Naofumi seemed a bit miffed by this knowledge and started telling him to study or else she would tell his mother to pull him out of volleyball.

#### **Loss and Decisions**

Naofumi appears at the Karasuno High Gym, delivering an after school bento to Shōyō and scolding him for not telling her about his volleyball practices, as well as telling him off for failing one of his tests. At that point; the Third Years appear while Shōyō is cowering underneath Naofumi`s unfiltered criticism of his awful test score, the seemly endless stream of criticism ending with Shōyō receiving a love tap from her. Tsukishima insults her by calling her a "tiny child" only for Naofumi without hesitating to punch him hard in the middle of the stomach; while Tsukishima is surprised by the force behind her punch, he merely stumbles back a few inches. Shōyō then introduces her to the team and she asks him to help adjust her medical knee bracer, as it is slipping down her knee.