Masanori Okamura

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**Masanori Okamura** (Japanese: **岡村 柾則** *Okamura Masanori*) is a third-year student from Kumazawa Academy. He plays as setter and captains the Boys' Volleyball Team.

## Appearance

Okamura has an exceptionally well-built physique for a setter, largely due to his incredible work ethic, and stands 182 cm. He has short ash-blond hair with sharp olive-coloured eyes. He noticeably wears black, rectangular-framed glasses.

## Personality

Okamura is a highly intelligent and motivated captain. He harbours an enormous responsibility for his team and is able to easily lift his teammates' spirits when times on the court gets tough due to how determined, ambitious and strong-willed he is. He uses this motivation to strive towards the goal of winning the Spring High. He is also said to be incredibly courageous and fearless, not backing away from nationally ranked setters. He is known to be very strict about hierarchy within the team and has the respect of all of his teammates. As such, he shows a much more caring and warmer side to his teammates. Okamura is said to be very patient with individuals who work hard, above all else. Despite this, he is said to become terrifying when angry, particularly when his teammates are out of line, though he only shows this side when necessary. As a result, he has generally been noted to not give off the impression of a high school student because of his mature stoic personality. Though, he can't deal with girls and whenever he talks to one, he ends up blushing and stuttering.

## Statistics

 Stamina
 Game Sense
 Technique
 Speed

Okamura is known as a steady and reliable setter, being skilled enough to have been the main setter for Kumazawa since his second year. He is considered a very balanced player, who can accurately set the toss for a wide range of attacks.

### Skills

* **Setting**: Okamura is a very formidable setter, with the ability to provide the best sets possible based on each spiker's preference. Knowing that each player has a different set of skills and emotions, Okamura is able to match his sets to their needs to give them the best chance of scoring.

* **Dump Shot**: Okamura's favourite attack is a dump shot. His incredible height and power allow him to slam the ball down quickly instead of feinting, proving his dump shots very difficult to save used against.

* **Blocking**: Like the rest of Kumazawa, Okamura is strong at blocking. He is capable of reading a spiker's form to deduce the path of the spike.

* **Receives**: Due to his position as a setter, Okamura often does not participate in receives. Despite this, he is shown to have incredible defensive skills and does not have much trouble making receives when needed.

* **Serves**: Okamura's serves are said to be quick and powerful, but not as difficult to save as those of Katsuro Hara.

* **Synchronized Attack**: Okamura holds the responsibility for the team's synchronised attacks.

## Etymology

* His given name, **Masanori** (**柾則**) means "model of justice".
* Masanori's surname **Okamura** (**岡村**) comes from *oka* meaning "hill" and *mura* meaning "village".

## Trivia

* Okamura's favourite book is The Art of War by Sun Tzu.