Daichi Futakuchi

**"Insignificant being be gone!"**

## Character Information

### Epithet

**Demon Captain** (*by teammates*)
 **The More Tolerable Futakuchi** (*by Date Tech*)
 **The Responsible One** (*by teammates*)
 **Reliable Underclassmen** (*by teammates*)
 **1st-Year Captain** (*by other teams*)

### Also Known As

**Demon Captain** (*by teammates*)
 **The More Tolerable Futakuchi** (*by Date Tech*)
 **The Responsible One** (*by teammates*)
 **Reliable Underclassmen** (*by teammates*)
 **1st-Year Captain** (*by other teams*)

### Age

15-16 (*High School 1st Year*)
 22 (*Nov 2018*)

## Background Information

### Family

Régine Futakuchi (*Mother*)
 Unnamed Father (*Father*)
 Kenji Futakuchi (*Older Twin Brother*)

### Goal

Bring Riverstone to Nationals
 Keep his upperclassmen under control
 Prevent his team from causing trouble

### Likes

Volleyball
 Studying
 Playing the Hurdy-Gurdy
 War Games
 Sour gummies
 Brunhilde Riverstone

## Professional Status

### Occupation

High School Student (*1st Year, Class 7*)

### Position

Wing Spiker
 Ace
 Captain (*Co-Captainship with Brunhilde Riverstone*)

## Seiyu Information

### Voice Actor

Corey Hartzog (*English*)
 Sōma Saitō (*Japanese*)

### English Actor

William Moseley

**Daichi Futakuchi** (Japanese: **二口・大地** *Futakuchi Daichi*) was previously a first year at Riverstone Military Academy, serving as the team`s ace, a wing spiker, and one of the two captains, sharing the captain position with Brunhilde Riverstone. The younger twin brother of Kenji Futakuchi, he is the more mature of the two twins having become a captain of Riverstone`s Volleyball Club, while only being a first-year in High School. As of 2018, he is a cafe owner of **Tasty Treats**, a municipal cafe based in Miyagi, with branches all-over Japan, renown for it`s Medieval-European-style music, and sense of fashion.

## Appearance

Daichi is of above-average build and one of the tallest players on Riverstone. Sharing the same appearance as his brother, he possesses the same short brown hair, with his bangs falling naturally in a side swept style. His eyes are sizable and brown with narrow eyebrows. He originally makes his debut dressed up as his older twin brother on accident and is notably upset when he is mistaken for his older brother. He normally has a scowl, but does smile, frown, or even pout given the situation. Normally, he is seen with his standard expression, a scowl and yelling at his team to quiet fighting; something that really sets her apart from his older twin brother. Outside of matches, Daichi is seen wearing the Riverstone Military Academy Volleyball Club`s tracksuit, which consists of a black pants and a black jacket with purple collars and sleeves.

## Personality

Daichi is a very caring and responsible captain who always puts his team first, and never slacks off. Unlike Daichi Sawamura, he is more prone to yelling at his team, as he knows and they know that they can could burn down a building if left unsupervised. He is also very patient and understanding, but becomes terrifying when angry, though he rarely shows this behavior. He becomes very strict when his teammates are out of line, as shown when he forced his teammates after they annoyed him too much, to spend an entire day with his older twin brother. Nevertheless, his actions have always been for the best interest of the team. Due to his devotion to his team and his command, he is both well-respected and feared by his team. Due to these factors, he is often called Daichi Sawamura # 2 by the captains of other teams.

Outside of his traits as a captain and team player, Daichi is incredibly mature and independent. He is prone to being extremely independent, self-sufficient, and lacking a provoking nature, as well as lacking arrogance. Thinking only for the benefit of the team, Daichi is an admired underclassmen according to the upperclassmen and is respected for being a captain, despite his young age. He is an natural leader who relies on experience to guide his teammates and dislikes when his orders are ignored if they benefit the team as a whole. He has been noted to not give off the impression of a high school student because of his mature personality. Despite that, there are moments where even Daichi displays childish behavior, such as when he got in trouble for accidentally hitting the Principal in the head with a received ball during practice. When people are confessing to him, he usually blushes bright-red and attempts to hide his face.

## Background

Daichi went to Izumitate Junior High with Brunhilde Riverstone, and the rest of the first-years, and second-years in the volleyball club. He and Brunhilde played in the same volleyball team with Daichi as captain, and Brunhilde disguising her gender to fit in. In their final tournament, they won the first match, going up against a powerhouse in a second and winning up until they went against Shiratorizawa Junior High losing. Daichi is part of the greatest generation that Izumitate Junior High has ever produced and is acclaimed as a "prodigy" even if he achieved all of this through hard-work. Despite being only a first year, he is already the ace of Riverstone and a captain to boot.

## Plot

### **Interhigh Arc**

Daichi and Riverstone happen upon a confrontation between Date Tech and Karasuno, having noticed Riverstone standing around; Date Tech then provokes them which leads to Daichi declaring that unless Date Tech wants to be crushed, they should keep out of their way, with even his teammates shivering at his declaration of war. Brunhilde then approaches Daichi giving him the bracket for the participating teams and calling Riverstone to attention. While they are warming up in the gym, both Karasuno and Date Tech approach Daichi which shocks the audience into silence to personally challenge Daichi to see who of their captain`s are better among them all. When their match starts, Daichi saves a lot of the balls when Riverstone`s libero is unable to earning the crowd`s instant admiration, while Brunhilde easily spikes past the other team`s blockers with ease causing the crowd to go wild. Daichi comments to Brunhilde on how the crowd used to be shocked when they were revealed to be the captains of the team, with Brunhilde snickering. Upon winning against the other team in straight-sets, Daichi and Riverstone decide to have lunch, with Brunhilde mentioning that Daichi hasn`t stretched at all.

### Stats

 Stamina
 Game Sense
 Technique
 Speed

Daichi's weapon isn't his attack, but his solid receive. He is considered a defensive specialist, and along with Riverstone`s libero, is often tasked with handling difficult receives (such as Kenji's serve) or covering for another teammate's mistakes. Due to being elevated as a captain and forced to teach his teammates attack and defensive formations through constant practices, he has a through understanding of the game and it shows through his advanced technique despite being only a first-year and a captain to boot.

#### **Skills**

* **Solid Receives**: Daichi is one of the defensive pillars of the team and is often tasked with some of the most difficult receives. He is capable in both underhand and overhand receives, allowing him to save the powerful spike serves as well as the tricky jump floaters. His expertise in receives is a result of his observing the spikers' forms and deducing the path of the spike.
* **Back Row Attack**: He is considered one of the most powerful back-row attackers, the least powerful being Riverstone`s libero. His refined ball control allows him to spike the ball wherever he wants it on the opponents` side of the net.
* **Jump Serve**: He is able to execute a jump-serve but can`t do so consistently due to the amount of energy he spends receiving the ball from the other team. Despite that, his jump-serves are nevertheless powerful but are refined in terms of technique. His jump-serve emphasizes both control and technique, considered by many teams to be weak. He is noted by his team`s coach to be a powerful server.

## Relationships

### **Riverstone Military Academy**

* **Brunhilde Riverstone**: Daichi has a close relationship with Brunhilde, having been friends since their first years in Riverstone`s Junior High Division of Kitagawa Daiichi Junior High. They know each other very well and rely on each other as teammates and friends as they've been through the ups and downs of their team together. Along with Sana Honda, they often hang out together outside of the team. Brunhilde seems to be the only member of Riverstone can lecture Daichi and is noted to be immune to his intimidation.
* **Sana Honda**: Daichi has a close relationship with Riverstone`s ace libero and enjoys talking with him. Along with Brunhilde Riverstone, they've been through the ups and downs of their team together since joining together in their first year. They often hang out with one another outside of team activities. Despite Sana only being a replacement libero, Daichi believes in his abilities and trusts him with the extremely difficult receives, even complimenting him after he digs up a practically difficult ball from another team on-the-fly.
* **Artemis Grace**: Riverstone`s resident manager, the two are rather close due to their entwined childhoods. Daichi trusts her so much that Artemis is the only other person besides Brunhilde who can lecture Daichi and get away with her, without as much as a scratch to the face. In addition, she is immune to his intimidation.

#### **Other Schools**

* **Daichi Sawamura**: Futakuchi and Daichi share a mutual respect as they are both team captains and many times look out for their teammates and underclassmen. Most of their interactions take place during the training camps where their teams play against one another. It was during one of these camps that Futakuchi approached Daichi to apologize for intimidating Hinata. Futakuchi and Daichi get incredibly competitive when they are facing each other, with Futakuchi actually smiling which intimidates his team.
* **Sanae Taiga**: He first met Sanae after bumping into her during the Interhigh preliminaries and apologized to her, even buying her a drink as an apology. Daichi finds her to be an interesting girl, and even offers her free tickets to the next High School War Games for her and her friends. Whenever greeting her, he acts like a gentlemen to her and even offers to escort her or even have his parents escort her home. She is the first person outside of his volleyball club teammates that knows of his love for singing and wearing female medieval cosplay costumes. Despite having only recently met, the two are rather close and he finds to be a soothing presence whenever he is stressed over something, usually his rowdy teammates or even upcoming tests. The two often have sleepovers due to Sanae`s mother becoming close friends with his parents or if one pair of parents wants to go on a vacation with each other but don`t trust their child to be home alone.
* **Yasushi Kamasaki**: He has only interacted with him once, being mistaken for his older twin brother; an event that caused Daichi to show up to Date Tech one-day to jump-serve a volleyball at the back of his older twin brother`s head in retaliation for the event. Ever since then, the two have bonded over their hatred of his older twin brother, Kenji Futakuchi and often hang out on weekends.

## Quotes

* (To Sanae Taiga) "*Oh! I`m terribly sorry for bumping into you."*
* (To Kenji) "*Why do I have to be always mistaken for you! Why can`t you just leave me alone!"*
* (To himself) "*Calm down and resist the urge to punch them. Resist!"*
* (To Brunhilde) "*Brun, get the remaining members of our team who haven`t made it back yet."*
* (To Sanae Taiga) "*Some guy named Yasushi Kamasaki came up to me and started yelling at me, calling me by my older twin brother`s name. That was...eventful."*
* (To himself) "*I`m the nicer, the better, and the smarter twin so why! Why! I`m always mistaken for my older twin brother!"*
* (To Daichi Sawamura) "*I`m really sorry for intimidating your team! I had no idea that my faces were that scary!"*
* (To Daichi Sawamura about Brunhilde) "*She`s my co-captain, we share the captain position. She specifically chose me because I wasn`t swayed by her charms like the other boys and I displayed the qualities of a natural leader at least according to her."*
* (To Riverstone before matches) "*I chose you all alongside my co-captain for a reason. You all were chosen specifically to be starters due to your amazing talent, I trust you. Let`s win this!"*
* (To Artemis Grace) "*Hopefully they don`t cause more trouble...dealing with them during club hours actually tires me out."*
* (To Riverstone) "*What are you guys doing! I told you to stretch not fool away, if you don`t want to run laps then **start stretching right now!**"*
* (To Coach) "*They`d better get their act together before the game, or they`re running laps. I`m not allowing them to slack off in the slightest."*
* (To Aone) "*Karasuno`s number ten is amazing. We can`t jump like that, I`m extremely jealous of him."*
* (To Sanae Taiga) "*You should be proud of yourself, despite the circumstances of your birth, you are a powerful person. You should be more confident in yourself, because you deserve the world. You know that right?"*
* (To Sanae) "*I always thought that my older twin brother was the better one of us because our parents always praised him over me."*
* (To Brunhilde) "*Am I weak? I know that I don`t have a myriad of expressions like the other first-years but still am I weak?"*

## Trivia

* Favorite Food: Sour gummies
* Current Concern: How to prevent his team from causing trouble
* Daichi is top of his class and is the smartest of the first-years, being tied with Brunhilde in terms of their brains.
* Because the upperclassmen and his fellow first-years frequently misbehave, he always has to be around.
* He shares his first name with Daichi Sawamura, the Captain of Karasuno High and their stats are exactly the same.
* **Nomenclature**:
	+ Daichi (大地) - *Ground; Earth*
	+ Futakuchi (二口) - *Two mouths*