Meme Todogashi

**"Insignificant being be gone!"**

**Meme Todogashi** (Japanese: **メム とどがし** *Memu Todogashi*) is a second-year student from Senbonzakura High; she is the volleyball team`s vice-captain, wing spiker and opposite hitter. She is also Kanoka Amanai`s childhood crush. She is part of the main cast in *Haikyuu!! Revolt!*

## Appearance

   Meme is a mixture of British, Germanic, Cherokee, Swedish, and Japanese blood, as evidenced by her more tan skin than traditional Europeans. Due to being only one/twelfth Cherokee; she does not posses the dark skin of her mother`s ancestors and predecessors. She possesses large eyes as noted by her parents, which only make her seem more beautiful. She has an array of freckles across the bridge of her nose, which enhances her beauty, with two white feathers from two wild Bald-Eagles perched in her hair, near the back. She has such dark-blue eyes, which were often compared to the color of the ocean. She has some-what darker sandy-brown hair, with the part of her hair being located above her right eyebrow. Around her neck, she wears a black band called a "gremma" said to be a sign of good luck in the family that she was adopted into. She wears silver earrings in both of her earlobes which accent her tomboyish appearance. In reality, Meme appears to be quite feminine and stiff-looking when wearing her attire. She wears a dark-lavender dress-shirt, a light-lilac sweater-vest, a dark-purple skirt, and mary janes with white socks. She is also noted to have teeth that are shaped like the sharp teeth that Vampires possess. She typically has a sweet smile on her face, but when angry (usually at Lev, Kuroo, and or Yamamoto) she gets red pulsing irk marks on her face.

## Personality

She is shown to be quite quiet and meek, even apologizing to people who make fun of her. Even the sight of Kuro`s face scared her, and one of her other teammates had to drag Kuro away from her. Despite her meekness, her true genius shines once she steps on the volleyball court. She maintains a quiet and self-determined nature, that makes use of her ability to be level-headed in hard situations and allows her to react almost instantly. She is very much a wall-flower and reacts badly whenever somebody new that seems scary tries to talk to her. It is shown that one of her teammates is usually the ones who talks for her, as she is far too meek and shy to even attempt to talk to other people. However, there are times where her quiet and meek nature disappears to be replaced with a calm, level-headed, confident, and protective demeanor. It is said that Lev and Alisa are the only ones able to embarrass Meme completely, as whenever Lev or Alisa talk about love or marriage, Meme turns a bright-red and passes out. She is stated to have unconditional love and trusts Lev with all of her heart, often getting jealous when other girls try to get close to her fiancée. She often gets violent when people mention how tall she is which triggers her or when they mention her gender. Wakatoshi is the only person besides Alisha, and Lev that she greets kindly. One of her signature traits is getting angry whenever Tōru brings up Ushijima or vice-versa.

## Background

Meme is a mixture of British/Germanic/Cherokee/Swedish/Japanese blood and is a second-year. She was born and raised in Britain traveling all around the world and can speak most languages. Meme is an exchange student from Britain, who has recently moved to Japan; being renown for her skills in volleyball. She is first introduced in chapter 18 of the Haikyuu!! Revolt! manga and the first OVA episode, shown at Jump Festa 2014. She attends Senbonzakura High, and is a vice-captain, wing spiker, and opposite hitter on the Senbonzakura High Volleyball Team.

## Plot

### **Tokyo Expedition Arc**

Karasuno meets Meme Todogashi as she is here as an ambassador from Senbonzakura High, evidenced by the name of her school on the back of her tracksuit. Kōshi Sugawara and Asashi Azumane ponder what she is doing here, as Senbonzakura High is in another prefecture. They see her working with all of the teams, improving their strengths exponentially with even the other teams including Aobajohsai High praising her abilities which put her on par with Tōru Oikawa, due to both of their intelligence being equal. When Lev comments on how he is the ace, Meme scolds him by kicking him in the stomach much to Lev`s displeasure before walking away without as much as a good-bye. Later on, when the teams take a break; Meme presents all of the teams with food that she had made before-hand before blushing and fainting as Lev said the word love in her ear. Karasuno sees Lev and Meme sitting together talking quietly and the engagement bands on both of their fingers. She is present to say good-bye to Karasuno, having packed a feast for them and a reminder to eat healthy when they get home.

### **Spring High Preliminary Arc**

#### Stats

* **Power**: 4/5
* **Jumping**: 3/5
* **Game Sense**: 4/5
* **Technique**: 4/5
* **Speed**: 3/5

Meme`s weapon isn`t her attack but her solid receive, famed as the **Defensive Dragon of Senbonzakura**. She is considered a defensive specialist, and along with Mu, is often tasked with handling difficult receives (such as Ginerva's serve) or covering for another teammate's mistakes. She is considered a powerful defensive player and was elected the Vice-Captain spot due to her calmness and even temperament which allows her to keep her cool in hard situations and underneath massive pressure.

**Height and reach, as of mid-November:**

* Fingertip height: 223 cm
* Jumping Reach: 310 cm (spike) / 298 cm (block)

#### **Skills**

* **Solid Receives**: Meme is one of the defensive pillars of the team and is often tasked with some of the most difficult receives. She is capable in both underhand and overhand receives, allowing her to save the powerful spike serves as well as the tricky jump floaters.
* **Back Row Attack**: Meme is considered an expert in back row attacks, due to that being one of her main weapons. She is skilled enough in them, that they are considered the team`s ultimate weapon.

## Relationships

### **Family**

* **Wakatoshi Ushijima**: Meme has a close relationship with her cousin, as he willingly defends and protects from people who would take advantage of her. After she became a exchange student, moving from Britain to Japan to attend Senbonzakura High; he took her in without protest. He hates males who would use his cousin and disapproves of males who are weak and ineffective to protect his cousin. As Lev Haiba has shown his ability to protect her, he trusts Lev but barely. She is often annoyed with both him and Tōru whenever they start fighting with each other.

### **Shiratorizawa Academy**

* **Shiratorizawa Academy**: Meme is well respected among her cousin`s team and gets along with them well enough that they are even acquainted with her, calling her by various versions of Lady/Milady/My Ladyship/Todogashi-senpai/and or Duchess Todogashi. Much like her teammates, they act as her mouthpiece as she is too shy to even speak to new people and act as her bodyguards whenever she is on Shiratorizawa`s campus or another school`s campus.
* **Satori Tendō**: Satori is like Meme`s older brother and protects her without question, most often scolding and intimidating those people who would dare harm her. He is easily able to guess Meme`s thoughts just by her body language and often teases her only to be lightly slapped by her. The two get along well, with Satori being the only people besides Meme`s parents, Lev, Alisa, and Tōru that Ushijima trusts with his cousin.

### **Other Schools**

* **Tōru Oikawa**: Meme is well-acquainted with Oikawa and gets along well with him, though she is often annoyed when he starts ranting about Ushijima her cousin for hours on end. However, she tolerates him most often even helping him with practice schedules despite the long hours she has to spend behind the wheel driving just to get to this prefecture.
* **Tobio Kageyama** and **Shōyō Hinata**: Meme is well-acquainted with the two, often greeting them politely and inviting them out to lunch with her. When they announce their plans to take down her cousin, Meme offers to help them as she wants Karasuno to face Senbonzakura High in the Finals due to wanting to see what their spirit brings them. In turn, the two regard her with respect as she is a self-independent volleyball player who is called the most-skilled of the 2nd years in Senbonzakura High.

## Trivia

* Favorite Food: Hayashi rice
* Current Concern: Getting over fear of public-speaking
* She was adopted by the Todogashi Family, due to her family`s status as members of the Churchill Earldom being information that allowed her two sisters (Miriam and Alice) and two brothers (Nora and Petra) to be assassinated by private assassins hired by Vladimir Putin.
* **Nomenclature**:
	+ Meme (メム) - *Unit of Cultural Information*
	+ Todogashi (とどがし) - *???*