Akatsuki Academy

**"Insignificant being be gone!"**

## Team

### Manager

Chiyo Sudō
 Amalia Randolph
 Jane Monroe

### Coach

Sakura Ukai
 Konan Ukai
 Akari Ukai

**Akatsuki Academy** (**Akatsuki AC**, **AKA**, and officially **The Akatsuki Academy of the Arts and Sciences in Hokkaidō**) is a private research university in Hokkaido, Japan. Founded in 3 February 1867 by letters patent issued by Emperor Meiji, it is the oldest institution of both higher education and lower education in Japan and the ninth-oldest in the Aikmariya-speaking world.

Akatsuki educated Aikmariyan Princes Tamaki Suo, Gorou Tachibana, and Lady Elizabeth Tudor, a descendant of House Tudor. It also educated other key figures pivotal to the development of the nation of Aikmariya, including the first Divine Chaplain Kagari Ukai, the first Aikmariya Attorney General Aino Hibarida, the fourth Akimariya Division General of the famed and exalted Tiger Unit Mira Takeda, Speaker of the House of Lords and Ladies Ajisai Washijō, Commanding General of the Akimariya Navy Genryū Tatsushiro, sixteen members of the Aikmariyan Military's sixteen generation of their commanding officers, and four famed chemical scientists for Japan's National Volleyball Team. Their nickname of "Alma mater of the exalted" references all of the illustrated and celeberated people who graduated from it's hallowed halls. A young Victoria Foster, stepsister of famed Shiratorizawa coach Tanji Washijō, was one of the institution's most illustrated and celebrated students, becoming the first woman to graduate with the honorary title of "Shirasagi Himegimi" or "White Heron Princess".

Considered the most traditionalist-style academy, they are considered somewhat eccentric, and display almost supernatural feats in all of their athletic programs due to their rigorous and often dangerous training.

## Uniform

The boys' uniforms consist of a buttoned shirt with a white framed collar having the traditional kanji for **Dragon** (Japanese: **常用**, *Jōyō*) engraved on the back, a shirt pocket on top of the left breast and white undershirt. It also consists of long, saggy tattsuke-hakama pants strapped by a white buckled belt that can be optionally tucked in with any kind of Kyahan that extends into tabi socks. They are most often paired with either zori, or if the user chooses to forgo pants and stick with a knee-length pleated skirt, knee-high lace-up boots.

The girls' uniforms consist of a buttoned shirt with a white framed collar having the traditional kanji for **Dragon** (Japanese: **常用**, *Jōyō*) engraved on the back, a shirt pocket on top of the left breast and white undershirt. It also consists of knee-length pleated skirt in place of the usual tattsuke-hakama pants.

Their volleyball uniforms are basically the same as each other; consisting of a white tracksuit with black, almost silverish-like accents. The members wear grey t-shirts and black shorts during practices; their grey t-shirts have the kanji for **Destroy** (Japanese: **滅 (めつ)** , *Metsu*) written on the back of them, alluding to their motto of "Become the Dragon, Destroy Akatsuki's Enemies". During official matches, they wear a white jersey with the sleeves, the bold vertical stripe on their shorts and number on their jersey top in black. During matches, where another school has the same colors as them or at the very least reversed, Akatsuki Academy's two volleyball teams don a warm gold-yellow-coloured jersey with the sleeves, the bold vertical stripe on their shorts and number on their jersey top in silver.

## Volleyball Club

Both the Girls' and Boys' Volleyball Teams are considered "powerhouses". Ranking consistently at the top at the upper learning level of schools, beating out even Shiratorizawa University, considered a "powerhouse" in their own right as well as the illustrated and highly acclaimed Date Tech Institution for Science and Technology; they are considered the unrivaled masters of the court at the university level of schooling. This formidable reputation, has led to a mirage of colorful rivalries, most playful, some extremely competitive with other schools at the university level of schooling. They have consistently produced players for Japan's National Volleyball Team; being most consistent with producing captains, liberos, and blockers. It has been noted by the captain, Rinko Sudō, Akatsuki has shaped her into a much better captain as well as a competent player, stating that Akatsuki's reputation of having the best volleyball team at the university level to be well-earned. In accordance with this statement, Akatsuki reigns supreme, boasting a record of being unbeaten and the Hokkaido Prefecture representative at national tournaments for generations, only having lost once, and after that one loss, never again. Additionally, all three of their managers are ranked among the top 10 managers in the entire nation of Japan.

Akatsuki, combined with their rapid tacticians, quick adjustment during sets themselves, clean reception, precise sets, as well as rigorous and often dangerous training, are masters of the battlefield that is volleyball. Exponentially strengthened by their sly and cunning managers, as well as their reliable two liberos, captain, and vice-captain, they are able to move around formations and swiftly respond to all kinds of situations, including ones that they aren't expecting to happen. One of the team's main strategy is to confuse and distract their opponents, while letting their decoys wreck havoc, the point-scorers take advantage of the other team's distraction and wrack up points. It is symbolized by a Emperor and Emperor Consort Dragon (the Captain and Vice-Captain of the two teams), along with smaller dragons (symbolizing the familial bonds between team members). Akatsuki focuses on both teamwork, individual strength, as well as singular individuals, allowing them to specialize in multiple areas rather than just one. As a result, they are a well-rounded team with many assets to deploy.

## Trivia

* Many famous athletes have graduated from the school.
* They are described as a horde of dragons who are willy and cunning, using uncovential methods in order to win matches.
* The high schools that cannot beat Shiratorizawa seek help from Akatsuki Academy, who agrees to help, on the condition that their players attend Akatsuki.
* They don't consider any player to be bad or mediocre, they simply find a playing style that suits the strengths and weaknesses of said player, training them fiercely and rigorously. This method has consistently produced awe-stunning players, who hold no allusions to their strengths and weaknesses, simply seeking to improve on them.
* The volleyball club is skilled in a variety of sports, not just volleyball. The two liberos on both teams, constantly practice soccer, as goalies, making them incredible receivers and defensive players. The middle blockers practice tennis, to improve grip strength and stable redirection of ball. While the wing spikers, aces, and defense specialists focus on other areas in order to improve their volleyball gameplay.
* Inarizaki High have been witness to more than one of Akatsuki Academy's high school division practices, describing them as "alarming" and "dangerous".