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Browse 500 Haikyuu team names and OC names. Schools and clubs from the series such as Karasuno High, Nekoma High and the MSBY Black Jackals come first, followed by new animal-motif teams like Okamidani High and Kurogane Steel Herons, Japanese names for players, managers and coaches, and court epithets like The Quiet Ace.

About Haikyuu names

In Haikyu!!, Haruichi Furudate's volleyball manga, a team's identity often starts with an animal tucked into the school's name. Karasuno holds karasu, crow. Nekoma holds neko, cat. Fukurodani holds fukuro, owl, and Shiratorizawa holds shiratori, swan. The same trick gives Nohebi its snake (hebi), Itachiyama its weasel (itachi) and Kamomedai its seagull (kamome). A place ending such as -no (field), -dani (valley), -zawa (marsh), -yama (mountain) or -dai (heights) finishes the name, so it still reads like an ordinary Japanese school.

This list puts teams first, and they make up more than half of it. It opens with schools and clubs from the series, a dozen characters and a few famous epithets such as Little Giant, King of the Court and Iron Wall, all given by name only. Everything after Battle of the Garbage Dump is new: schools built the same way from real Japanese animal words (okami is wolf, kawasemi is kingfisher, hayabusa is falcon), English team nicknames, company clubs and rivalry names.

The rest is for your OCs: Japanese full names in given-name-first order for players, managers and coaches, many with an animal in the surname, and court epithets for aces, setters, liberos and blockers.

How to choose Haikyuu names

  • Build a school name by putting a Japanese animal word in front of a place ending: okami (wolf) plus dani (valley) gives Okamidani, and misago (osprey) plus zaki (cape) gives Misagozaki.
  • Let the animal suggest how the team plays. An owl team might be the one that wakes up late in a match, a stoat team the small quick one, a serow team the one nobody can push over.
  • Choose the school type for tone. High fits an ordinary local team, Tech and Fisheries feel tough and practical, while Academy, Gakuen and Institute sound like powerhouse programs.
  • Write given name first (Sota Kumagai) for English fan works and surname first if you are imitating a Japanese roster, and stay consistent. Surnames such as Kumagai, Tsurumi and Washizu carry the characters for bear, crane and eagle.
  • Give a player one epithet that describes one skill, as in The Quiet Ace or Guardian of the Back Line. Two titles on one character read as a joke.

Frequently asked questions

Which names on this list come from Haikyuu?

The list opens with schools and clubs from the series, such as Karasuno High, Nekoma High, Aoba Johsai High, Shiratorizawa Academy, Fukurodani Academy and Inarizaki High, then a dozen characters and a few well-known epithets. It is a reference sample, not a full list of the series' teams. Everything after Battle of the Garbage Dump is new and written in the same style.

What do the Haikyuu team names mean?

Many of them hide an animal. Karasuno contains karasu (crow), Nekoma contains neko (cat), Fukurodani contains fukuro (owl), Shiratorizawa contains shiratori (swan) and Kamomedai contains kamome (seagull). Each team then wears that animal as its motif.

How do I name my own Haikyuu fan team?

Pick an animal, take its Japanese word, then add a place ending and a school type. Examples from this list are Kawasemizawa Academy (kingfisher), Hayabusadai Tech (falcon) and Tanukimori Commercial (raccoon dog). For a club team, pair a company with an animal in English, as in Hoshikawa Foods Gray Wolves.

Are the new schools and players real?

No. The new schools, clubs and people are made up for fan fiction, roleplay, OC sheets and fan leagues, and none is meant to be a real school, club or player. We have not compared them with lists of real schools, so look a name up yourself before you use it outside fan work. The names from the series belong to its creator and publisher.

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A: 26 names

  • Advisor Hiroshi Komai
  • Advisor Shigeru Mizushima
  • Agehadai Girls' High
  • Agehibari Academy
  • Ahodorimisaki High
  • Akagitsune High
  • Akari Toriumi
  • Akatonbodai High
  • Akatonbodai Juniors
  • Akira Komazawa
  • Akito Tsukamoto
  • Amagaeru Junior High
  • Amenbo Junior High
  • Anagumayama High
  • Aoba Johsai High
  • Aobazuku High
  • Aoi Shikama
  • Aosaginuma Gakuen
  • Aozame Tech
  • Aozora Rail Swallows
  • Asagiri Tea Dragonflies
  • Asahi Inuzuka
  • Atsushi Tsuchiya
  • Ayaka Sagimori
  • Azarashizaki Fisheries
  • Azuma Pharmacy Green Rockets

B: 12 names

  • Back-Alley Cats
  • Baron of the Block-Out
  • Battle of the Bamboo Grove
  • Battle of the Bell Tower
  • Battle of the Bicycle Shed
  • Battle of the Bird Feeder
  • Battle of the Broken Scoreboard
  • Battle of the Fish Market
  • Battle of the Garbage Dump
  • Battle of the Lost Umbrellas
  • Bear Wall
  • Blue-Collar Badgers

C: 19 names

  • Captain Last Ball
  • Captain Unshakable
  • Cat Reflexes
  • Chidori Minagawa
  • Chidoriyama Junior High
  • Chihiro Himuro
  • Clash of the Harbor Lights
  • Coach Isao Ryuzaki
  • Coach Katsumi Oguma
  • Coach Kazuo Inuzuka
  • Coach Kenichi Torii
  • Coach Masaru Kumazawa
  • Coach Minoru Isogai
  • Coach Noriko Tsuruta
  • Coach Setsuko Uzawa
  • Coach Tadao Washizu
  • Coach Tsutomu Kanie
  • Coach Yoshio Shikano
  • Concrete Swallows

D: 7 names

  • Dai Kamei
  • Daichi Sawamura
  • Daiki Torii
  • Daisuke Kirishima
  • Date Tech High
  • Deep-Water Orcas
  • Duke of the Dump Shot

E: 8 names

  • East Gym Otters
  • Eiji Sugimura
  • Eita Toriumi
  • EJP Raijin
  • Emperor of the Antenna
  • Empress of the Jump Serve
  • Ezorisu Junior High
  • Ezoshikadai High

F: 6 names

  • First-Year Monster
  • Flightless Crows
  • Fox Step
  • Fukurodani Academy
  • Fumiya Serizawa
  • Fuyuki Heating Stoats

G: 12 names

  • Genki Morishita
  • Gingitsune Academy
  • Gingitsune Junior High
  • Ginro Academy
  • Ginyanma High
  • Glass-Wing Swallowtails
  • Glue Hands
  • Goro Saruwatari
  • Grand King
  • Grounded Hawks
  • Guardian Deity
  • Guardian of the Back Line

H: 27 names

  • Haitakadai Institute
  • Hamachidori Gakuen
  • Hanabusa Paper Cranes
  • Harbor Dolphins
  • Harinezumi Tech
  • Haruka Isogai
  • Haruki Sagisaka
  • Hawk Eyes
  • Hayabusadai Girls' High
  • Hayabusadai Tech
  • Hayate Express Hawks
  • Hayato Inukai
  • Hibari Asakura
  • Hideki Kashima
  • Higumadai Tech
  • Higurashidai High
  • Hikaru Enomoto
  • Hina Tsurumi
  • Hinode Bakery Roosters
  • Hiroto Oguma
  • Hojirozaki High
  • Honoka Uozumi
  • Hoshigarasu High
  • Hoshikawa Foods Gray Wolves
  • Hoshizora Planetarium Nightjars
  • Hotarubashi Girls' Academy
  • Hototogisudai High

I: 18 names

  • Ibuki Turbine Eagles
  • Inarizaki High
  • Inoshishizaka Agricultural
  • Inuwashidai High
  • Iron Knees
  • Iron Wall
  • Iron-Beak Woodpeckers
  • Irukahama Beach Volleyball Club
  • Irukahama High
  • Irukahama Minami High
  • Isamu Kumano
  • Isaribi Fisheries Cormorants
  • Ishigamedai High
  • Isoshigihama High
  • Itachiyama Institute
  • Itsuki Kumazawa
  • Iwanazawa High
  • Iwatsubame High

J: 2 names

  • Johzenji High
  • Jun Hachiya

K: 64 names

  • Kabutomushi Tech
  • Kagayaki Glass Swallowtails
  • Kaho Inukai
  • Kaito Chono
  • Kaitsuburi-ike High
  • Kakesuno High
  • Kakkodai High
  • Kakugawa High
  • Kamakirizaka High
  • Kamomedai High
  • Kamoshikazawa High
  • Kanon Katagiri
  • Karasuno High
  • Kasasagidai Daini High
  • Kasasagidai High
  • Kasasagidai Old Boys
  • Kasumi Concrete Rhinos
  • Katsuohama Fisheries
  • Kawasemizawa Academy
  • Kawasemizawa Junior High
  • Kawausobuchi High
  • Kazuki Uzawa
  • Kazuma Fujisaki
  • Kei Torikai
  • Kei Tsukishima
  • Keisuke Shiratori
  • Kenma Kozume
  • Kenta Shishido
  • Kijibatodai High
  • King of the Court
  • Kingfisher Strike
  • Kirigirisu High

K, continued

  • Kitagawa Daiichi
  • Kitakaze Logistics Falcons
  • Kitakitsune Gakuen
  • Kitsutsukimori High
  • Kiyoko Shimizu
  • Kiyoshi Ogami
  • Knee-Pad Philosopher
  • Kogamoike Junior High
  • Kogane Rice Egrets
  • Kogitsunezaka High
  • Kogumadai Junior High
  • Kohei Mizushima
  • Koji Ushikubo
  • Kojikadai Junior High
  • Kojiro Oshiro
  • Komadorimori Girls' High
  • Komorebi Optics Geckos
  • Komoridani High
  • Konohazukumori High
  • Konotorizawa High
  • Korogidani High
  • Kosei Kanie
  • Kota Washizu
  • Kotaro Bokuto
  • Kujiraiwa High
  • Kumabachi High
  • Kumatakadake High
  • Kurageura Marine High
  • Kurogane Steel Herons
  • Kurohyo Tech
  • Kuwagatadai Tech
  • Kyosuke Asakura

L: 5 names

  • Leo Hatoyama
  • Little Giant
  • Little Thunder
  • Lord of the Cross Shot
  • Low-Tide Crabs

M: 38 names

  • Magamogawa High
  • Makoto Mochizuki
  • Mamushidani Tech
  • Manabu Tomioka
  • Manager Asuka Hachiya
  • Manager Minori Shishido
  • Marsh Light Fireflies
  • Masato Ryuzaki
  • Medakagawa Junior High
  • Mei Takatori
  • Midnight Kingfishers
  • Mikazuki Dairy Snow Hares
  • Mikeneko High
  • Mimizukudani Gakuen
  • Minamoto Electric Kingfishers
  • Minato Dockyard Crabs
  • Minato Uozumi
  • Mio Kumagai
  • Misagozaki Alumni Ospreys
  • Misagozaki Commercial
  • Misagozaki High
  • Misaki Karasuma
  • Miss Match Point
  • Mitsubachi Girls' Academy
  • Mitsuki Katagiri
  • Miyamagarasu High
  • Mizudori High
  • Mizuki Serizawa
  • Moguradani Tech
  • Momongamori Gakuen
  • Monster Generation
  • Moonlit Nightjars
  • Mountain Pass Falcons
  • Mr. Deuce
  • MSBY Black Jackals
  • Mujinazaka High
  • Mukudoridaira High
  • Musasabidai High

N: 17 names

  • Nabezuruhara High
  • Nagisa Umino
  • Nanami Ayukawa
  • Naoki Shikano
  • Natsuki Himuro
  • Natsume Seed Honeybees
  • Natsumi Kurebayashi
  • Nekoma High
  • Niiyama Girls' High
  • Nishikigoi Gakuen
  • Noboru Inagaki
  • Nohebi Academy
  • Noraneko Junior High
  • North Wind Ptarmigans
  • Nosuridake High
  • Nousagihara High
  • Nozomi Kujirai

O: 13 names

  • Oboro Lantern Moths
  • Ohgiminami High
  • Okamidani High
  • Okamidani Kita High
  • Okamidani Neighborhood Association
  • Okojoyama Higashi High
  • Okojoyama High
  • Old Man Overhand
  • Oniyanma Tech
  • Oshidorigaike High
  • Otakamine Institute
  • Owl Ears
  • Oyamaneko Tech

P: 3 names

  • Paper Cranes
  • Pinch Server from Nowhere
  • Prince of the Service Line

Q: 1 name

  • Queen of the Back Row

R: 11 names

  • Raichomine High
  • Red Dragonflies
  • Ren Okuma
  • Reo Hachiya
  • Riko Mochizuki
  • Riku Ushiyama
  • Rin Washimi
  • Rintaro Kujirai
  • Rooftop Strays
  • Ryo Kitsunezuka
  • Ryota Shinozaki

S: 56 names

  • Saki Komai
  • Sakigake Software Otters
  • Salt-Wind Ospreys
  • Sarukawa Tech
  • Satoshi Tsuruta
  • Sawagani Junior High
  • Sazanami Marine Dolphins
  • Schweiden Adlers
  • Second-Touch Sorcerer
  • Seiya Arakawa
  • Sekireizaka High
  • Semishigure Gakuen
  • Sendai Frogs
  • Setter of a Thousand Hands
  • Shachinose Gakuen
  • Shigure Umbrella Frogs
  • Shimafukuro Gakuen
  • Shimarisu Junior High
  • Shin Kumada
  • Shinji Washida
  • Shinnosuke Minagawa
  • Shinonome Motors Stags
  • Shinrin Forestry Serows
  • Shinzen High
  • Shiori Tomioka
  • Shiosai Shipping Orcas
  • Shirakaba Lumber Woodpeckers
  • Shirasagidaira High

S, continued

  • Shiratorizawa Academy
  • Shirohebi Academy
  • Shirokuma Academy
  • Shogo Kurebayashi
  • Shota Washimi
  • Showdown at the Shrine Steps
  • Shoyo Hinata
  • Shuhei Kusakabe
  • Shun Tsurumi
  • Silver Wolves of Ginro
  • Skyscraper
  • Small-Town Hornets
  • Snake Arm
  • Snow Country Hares
  • Sora Washida
  • Sosuke Ayukawa
  • Sota Kumagai
  • Spider of the Center Line
  • Steel Forearms
  • Storm Petrels
  • Stray Dog Defense
  • Subaru Yanagisawa
  • Sunrise Roosters
  • Susumu Sekiguchi
  • Suzume Tsuchiya
  • Suzumebachi Tech
  • Suzumedaira High
  • Suzumushidai Junior High

T: 113 names

  • Tachibana Red Falcons
  • Tadashi Yamaguchi
  • Taichi Igarashi
  • Taiga Saruwatari
  • Takeru Kuwabara
  • Takumi Nekota
  • Tall Grass Mantises
  • Tamaden Elephants
  • Tamamushi Gakuen
  • Tanabata Confectionery Magpies
  • Tanchodai Gakuen
  • Tanchodai Girls' Academy
  • Tanukimori Commercial
  • Tanukimori Moms' Volleyball Club
  • Tatsuya Kobayakawa
  • Tempo Thief
  • Tenzawa Kita High
  • Tetsu Kumada
  • Tetsuro Kuroo
  • The Back-Alley Derby
  • The Backup Who Never Blinks
  • The Bench Volcano
  • The Bento Box Classic
  • The Borrowed Wing
  • The Broad-Attack Comet
  • The Calm Before the Spike
  • The Cold Towel
  • The Convenience Store Classic
  • The Court Compass
  • The Crow's Shadow
  • The Decoy King
  • The Extra Practice
  • The Ferry Dock Derby
  • The Fifth-Set Specialist
  • The Float-Serve Phantom
  • The Floor Sweeper
  • The Great Wall of the Marsh

T, continued

  • The Gym Key Keeper
  • The Headwind Albatrosses
  • The Heron's Reach
  • The Human Trampoline
  • The Hungry Wolves
  • The Last Bus Rivalry
  • The Last Line
  • The Late Bloomer
  • The Late-Summer Cicadas
  • The Leaping Carp
  • The Left-Handed Cannon
  • The Long-Winter Stoats
  • The Lucky Number Twelve
  • The Net Whisperer
  • The Never-Drop Magpies
  • The One-Touch Artist
  • The Overtime King
  • The Patient Spiders
  • The Pride of Wakajishi
  • The Quiet Ace
  • The Quiet Kites
  • The Rain-Day Ace
  • The Rally Eater
  • The Read-Block Professor
  • The Rebound Hunter
  • The Rice Field Derby
  • The Roof
  • The Rooftop Rivalry
  • The Runaway Libero
  • The Scoreboard Watcher
  • The Second-String Sparrows
  • The Shortest Ace
  • The Silent Signal
  • The Sleepless Owls
  • The Sleepy Genius
  • The Smallest Blocker
  • The Snow Day Rematch
  • The Sparrow Who Flew

T, continued

  • The Stoat in the Seam
  • The Swallow's Dive
  • The Third-Gym Geckos
  • The Third-Tempo Ghost
  • The Tide Pool Showdown
  • The Two-Bridge Rivalry
  • The Two-Meter Shadow
  • The Unblinking Herons
  • The Underdog Foxes
  • The Unlucky Seven
  • The Unreturnable Serve
  • The Unshaken Serows
  • The Vending Machine Cup
  • The Walking Timeout
  • The Weasel's Turn
  • The Whistle Beater
  • The Wrong-Foot Wizard
  • Thousand-Dig Turtles
  • Thunder on the Right Side
  • Tin-Roof Starlings
  • Tiny Titan
  • Tobigamine High
  • Tobio Kageyama
  • Tobiuozaki Marine High
  • Tokagezawa High
  • Tokibane Institute
  • Tokonami High
  • Toma Wakabayashi
  • Tomoya Komai
  • Toru Oikawa
  • Tsubakihara Academy
  • Tsubamenosu High
  • Tsubasa Air Cargo Albatrosses
  • Tsubasa Karasuma
  • Tsugumi Hiraoka
  • Tsugumizaka Junior High
  • Tsukishiro Pharma White Owls
  • Twin Towers of the East Gym

U: 7 names

  • Ubugawa High
  • Uguisumori High
  • Umidori Marine High
  • Umigamehama High
  • Umiuiwa High
  • Upstream Trout
  • Uribo Junior High

W: 11 names

  • Wakaba Credit Union Sparrows
  • Wakagoma Academy
  • Wakajishi Academy
  • Wakatoshi Ushijima
  • Wakutani Minami High
  • Wall of the North Gym
  • Washinosu Institute
  • Wataridori Gakuen
  • Wataru Hiraoka
  • White Snakes of the South Court
  • Wolf at the Net

Y: 24 names

  • Yadokari Marine High
  • Yamabato Gakuen
  • Yamabuki Textile Foxes
  • Yamadori High
  • Yamagaradai High
  • Yamainuzaka High
  • Yamamezawa Minami High
  • Yamanekozaka High
  • Yamato Sagimori
  • Yamorizaka High
  • Yoake Roasters Badgers
  • Yohei Takigawa
  • Yotakadani High
  • Yotakadani Tech
  • Yu Nishinoya
  • Yui Shiratori
  • Yuki Tobita
  • Yukigaoka Junior High
  • Yukihyo Institute
  • Yukiusagi Academy
  • Yuma Takatori
  • Yusuke Isogai
  • Yuto Kameyama
  • Yuzuki Kusakabe