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In Haikyuu fandom, fans may be divided due to their team and character interests. Most fans of the rival teams that appear in canon tend to group themselves in a type of niche.

Karasuno

School: Karasuno High (Japanese: 烏野からすの高校こうこう Karasuno Kōkō)

Mascot: This team's unofficial mascot is the crow. The team's colors are black and orange.

Tropes:

  • Crow symbolism sometimes leads to wingfic.

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Fandom

Since Karasuno is the "protagonist team," it tends to be the most well-liked. Fans don't tend to designate themselves as Karasuno fans, as it is often implied.

Shipping

Popular in-team ships on the Karasuno team are:

Nekoma

School: Metropolitan Nekoma High (Japanese: 都立とりつ音駒ねこま高校こうこう Toritsu Nekoma Kōkō)

Mascot: This team's unofficial mascot is the cat. The team's colors are red and black.

Tropes:

  • Cat symbolism sometimes leads to catboy fanworks.

Members:

Fandom

Shipping

Enamel pins of Haikyuu team symbols by hawberries.

Popular pairings include Kuroken (Kuroo/Kenma) and Levyaku (Lev/Yaku). Kuroyaku (Kuroo/Yaku) and LevShiba (Lev/Shibayama) are also popular for Nekoma-only ships.

Many fans ship Kenma and/or Kuroo with characters on teams other than Nekoma, such as Bokuto (Bokuroo) or Hinata (Kenhina), respectively. Other popular cross-team Kuroo ships are KuroTsukki (Kuroo/Tsukishima Kei) and Kurodai (Kuroo/Sawamura Daichi).

Aobajohsai (aka Seijoh, Seijou, Aoba Johsai)

School: Aobajohsai High (Japanese: 青葉あおば城西じょうさい高校こうこう Aoba Jōsai Kōkō)

Mascot: There's no "official" unofficial mascot for Aobajohsai, but since the characters for "aoba" can also be read as "green leaf" (and Ushijima likens the team to "plants growing in infertile soil"), many take the mascot to be plants or ivy. Another popular interpretation is of a kingdom where the players are knights, since the team's banner reads "Rule the Court" and the captain, Oikawa Tooru, is referred to as "The Grand King." The team's colors are mint green and white.

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Fandom

Seijou, despite being a narrative rival team, has a remarkable following, particularly among western fans. Fans tend to identify with one particular ship on the team, and only interact with that part of the fandom.

Shipping

Fans tend to ship Iwaizumi/Oikawa and Hanamaki/Matsukawa - the team’s second semester third-years - predominantly, sometimes cross- or poly-shipping. Another popular ship is Yahaba/Kyoutani. Kunimi and Kindaichi are frequently shipped together, while Watari does not receive much attention from fans. Some characters, notably Oikawa, Iwaizumi, and Kindaichi, are shipped with characters from other teams. These ships include Oikawa/Kageyama, Oikawa/Kuroo, Oikawa/Ushijima, Iwaizumi/Ushijima, and Kindaichi/Kageyama.

Fukurodani

School: Fukurodani Academy (Japanese: 梟谷ふくろうだに学園がくえん Fukurōdani Gakuen)

Mascot: The unofficial mascot for Fukurodani is the owl. The team's colors are black and white.

Tropes:

  • Owl Symbolism sometimes leads to wingfic.

Members:

Fandom

Shipping

The most popular Fukurodani pairing is BokuAka (Bokuto Koutarou/Akaashi Keiji). Bokuto is often also shipped with characters from other teams, notably BoKuroo (Bokuto Koutarou/Kuroo Tetsurou). Akaashi is also notably shipped with other second years or setters (or second year third years) on other teams, such as Akaashi/Ennoshita and Akaashi/Yahaba.

Shiratorizawa

Haikyuu jersey enamel pins by califlair.

School: Shiratorizawa Academy (Japanese: 白鳥沢しらとりざわ学園がくえん Shiratorizawa Gakuen)

Mascot: The unofficial mascot for Shiratorizawa is the eagle. The team's colors are purple and white.

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Fandom

Shipping

Some popular ships include:

Ushijima is often paired in ships outside of his team, particularly with Oikawa (UshiOi) and Hinata (UshiHina).

Dateko (aka Date Tech)

School: Date Tech High (Japanese: 伊達工業だてこうぎょう高校こうこう Datekōgyō Kōkō)

Mascot: The unofficial mascot for Dateko is a wall, which derives from their high, powerful blocks like "an iron wall." The team's colors are white/grey and teal.

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Fandom

Shipping

Nohebi

School: Nohebi Academy (Japanese: 戸美のへび学園がくえん Nohebi Gakuen)

Mascot: The unofficial mascot for Nohebi is a snake. The team's colors are yellow and green.

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Inarizaki

School: Inarizaki High (Japanese: 稲荷崎いなりざき高校こうこう Inarizaki Kōkō)

Mascot: The unofficial mascot for Inarizaki is a fox. The team's colors are maroon and black.

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Members:

Fandom

Shipping

Popular pairings involving characters from Inarizaki are SakuAtsu (Sakusa Kiyoomi/Miya Atsumu) and Atsuhina (Miya Atsumu/Hinata Shouyou). One consistently recurring pairing when discussing Inarizaki High is AranKita (Kita Shinsuke/Ojiro Aran).

Haikyuu Girls Teams

The Karasuno High also has a girls volleyball team which is seen in minor role in canon. In 2015, a trend began in which fantartists would create OC character designs to imagine the equivalents to the volleyball teams of each school. The trend was begun by 8oo with the Nekoma girls team in early March. 8oo's post gained over 400 notes.

slimyhipster (shounenkings), a popular Seijou fanartist, followed with with the Seijou girls team on April 24, 2015. The original post gained over 8,000 notes and further art of the OCs was also well received.

Other fanartists began creating their own teams for different schools.

Fans created art for the OCs.

Notable Fanworks

Fanfiction

  • In Another Life by LittleLuxray - Perhaps the most well-known fanfic amongst fans, "In Another Life" is a hospital AU in which Bokuto is terminanally ill and yet he and Akaashi fall in love.
  • the courtship ritual of the hercules beetle by kittebasu - Considered a staple Iwaizumi/Oikawa fic, it's an au in which Iwaizumi and Oikawa fall in love after Oikawa stops playing volleyball due to injury and becomes an entomologist.

Fanart

References

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