7.7/10845 votesLoading...#1 - Karasuno High School Volleyball Club
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/13/2014
Before starting high school, Hinata had sworn revenge against Kageyama of Kitagawa Daiichi. But strangely enough he encounters the "king of the court" again, but this time in the gym of Karasuno High School. Their head-butting is unrelenting and they start their own match, but the third-year captain Sawamura disallows them from participating in the volleyball club until they learn to show team spirit. What now?
Director: Koichi Kikuta
Writer: Taku Kishimoto
7.7/10548 votesLoading...#2 - Cats vs. Monkeys
Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 10/24/2020
In their match against Inarizaki, Karasuno manages to take the first set. Meanwhile on another court, Nekoma High School was going up against Ishikawa’s team, Sarukawa Tech. They’re both known for their defense. Who will come out the victor?
Director: Ho Pyeon-gang
Writer: Taku Kishimoto
7.8/10733 votesLoading...#3 - A Coward's Anxiety
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 5/4/2014
Kageyama is improving his natural skills as setter, and Hinata has natural speed and spring. When the two of them get synched, their combination brings them victory in the three-on-three match. So they are officially accepted as members of the Karasuno High School Volleyball Club.
Director: Yasuo Ejima
Writer: Taku Kishimoto
7.8/10665 votesLoading...#4 - Decision
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 6/15/2014
The Karasuno Volleyball Club is at training camp, getting ready for the practice-match against Nekoma and for the Interhigh preliminaries. Even while the team's intense training is showing promising results, Keishin is in a quandary: Who will he choose as setter against Nekoma, Kageyama or Sugawara?
Director: Hirotaka Endo
Writer: Taku Kishimoto
7.8/10554 votesLoading...#5 - Lost
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 1/18/2020
Just one more month until the Spring Tournament. Hinata crashed the Miyagi Prefecture Rookie Select Training Camp and got to stay as one of their ball boys. While the boys are doing a practice match, the third-year players from Shiratorizawa show up.
Director: Takahiro Otsuka
Writer: Taku Kishimoto
7.9/10656 votesLoading...#6 - Formidable Opponents
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 7/6/2014
Interhigh is coming up next month. The Karasuno volleyball club is pensive, tension rises. They endeavor in training individually and with clearer vision as a team, as they get more inspired. In the meantime, pairings of the preliminaries get announced...
Director: Tomoko Hiramuki
Writer: Taku Kishimoto
7.9/10558 votesLoading...#7 - Center Ace
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/25/2015
With the supplementary tests over, Karasuno heads to Tokyo for the away games. Karasuno is having a hard time dealing with powerful schools like Nekoma, Fukurodani, Shinzen, and Ubugawa High Schools. During their matches, they notice a new face on the Nekoma team...
Director: Mariko Ishikawa
Writer: Taku Kishimoto
7.9/10521 votesLoading...#8 - Challenger
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 2/29/2020
The practice match against Date Tech before the Spring Tournament is about to come to an end. Each member of Karasuno tries to better themselves personally. Will they be able to acquire a new weapon and evolve as a team?
Director: Tomoe Makino
Writer: Taku Kishimoto
8.0/10806 votesLoading...#9 - The Formidable Ally
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 4/20/2014
Hinata and Kageyama are challenged to a match against fellow first-years, with the aid of second-year Tanaka. While they practice for the match early one morning, Hinata demands Kageyama to give him a toss, to which Kageyama responds: “I don't think you're essential in winning,” and refuses to toss him the ball.
Director: Tomoko Hiramuki
Writer: Taku Kishimoto
8.0/10590 votesLoading...#10 - Direct Sunlight
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 10/11/2015
In order to go to the training camps to Tokyo, none of the team members can get failing grades. In order to be able to go to the away games in Tokyo, Hinata, Kageyama, Tanaka, and Nishinoya get the aid from their other teammates to raise their grades. Meanwhile, their manager Shimizu tries to find a new manager.
Director: Yoshitaka Koyama
Writer: Susumu Mitsunaka
8.0/10550 votesLoading...#11 - Moonrise
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/15/2015
In order to achieve a new form, Hinata and Kageyama start practicing on their own. The other members of Karasuno have also started practicing on their own to better themselves, and they have shown some evolution. However, Tsukishima seems indifferent about change and one day after practice, he is asked to serve as blocker for Kuroo and Bokuto's spiking practice.
Director: Shintaro Itoga
Writer: Taku Kishimoto
8.0/10531 votesLoading...#12 - Hunger
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 2/8/2020
The training camp does another practice match with the 3rd year OB players from Shiratorizawa. Meanwhile, Kageyama and the others at the All-Japan youth camp were doing a practice match with everyone playing different positions. Both training camps were about to come to an end...
Director: Tomoe Makino
Writer: Taku Kishimoto
8.0/10517 votesLoading...#13 - Enhancements
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 2/15/2020
Hinata, Kageyama, and Tsukishima all come back from their training camps, and Karasuno had lined up a training match against Date Tech, the school with the strongest blockers in the prefecture. But after coming back from the training camp, Kageyama seems to be acting a bit strange...
Director: Mayo Nozaki
Writer: Taku Kishimoto
8.0/10575 votesLoading...#14 - Found
Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 10/10/2020
Karasuno is able to regain their rhythm with Saeko's help, but the Miya Twins weirdo quick gives Inarizaki the lead. How will Karasuno deal with this unexpected turn of events?
Director: Rokou Ogiwara
Writer: Taku Kishimoto
8.1/101,002 votesLoading...#15 - The End & The Beginning
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/6/2014
Shouyou Hinata is enamored with volleyball; he is in the 3rd year of middle-school, and will not be discouraged by the fact that he has no teammates to play with. He finally scrapes together a team to enter his first and last official tournament.
Director: Susumu Mitsunaka
Writer: Taku Kishimoto
8.1/10677 votesLoading...#16 - Yearning
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 6/8/2014
Asahi proves his imposing presence as ace in the Karasu versus Neighborhood Association team practice-match. Hinata gazes in a awe at Asahi who possesses both power and height that Hinata doesn't have. But Kageyama, seeing him being so enamored, takes unexpected action to make Hinata focus on the game instead.
Director: Shintaro Itoga
Writer: Taku Kishimoto
8.1/10544 votesLoading...#17 - VS "Umbrella"
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/29/2015
The members of Karasuno continue to strengthen the new things they've learned while at the Tokyo training camp. However, Hinata and Kageyama still can't get their quick down. Kageyama is anxious about Hinata losing his spirit and tries to do a normal toss during a practice match, but...
Director: Shintaro Itoga
Writer: Taku Kishimoto
8.1/10531 votesLoading...#18 - Still Growing
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 1/10/2016
Just about 2 more months until the qualifiers. Tsukishima's brother invites him to practice with his own team, Kageyama goes to observe a certain team, and Hinata and Kenma promise to have a match that they wouldn't be able to repeat.
Director: Kouji Komurakata
Writer: Taku Kishimoto
8.1/10529 votesLoading...#19 - The Iron Wall Can Be Rebuilt Again and Again
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 2/14/2016
Karasuno manages to make it to the semi-finals. Which ever team wins the match between Aoba Johsai and Date Tech will be their next opponent. Date Tech was considered to be the underdog against Oikawa and Aoba Johsai, but they have a new strength on their side...
Director: Masako Sato
Writer: Taku Kishimoto
8.1/10626 votesLoading...#20 - Introductions
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 1/11/2020
As the Karasuno High School Volleyball Team is trying to get ready for nationals, they receive word that Kageyama has been invited to the All-Japan Youth Training Camp. On top of that, Tsukishima had been invited to the Miyagi Prefecture Rookie Select Training Camp. Despite not being invited to the Miyagi Prefecture Rookie Select Training Camp, Hinata decides to show up anyway?!
Director: Masako Sato
Writer: Taku Kishimoto
8.1/10536 votesLoading...#21 - Return
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 2/22/2020
Karasuno holds their practice match against Date Tech. Karasuno has a hard time dealing with the best blockers in the prefecture. Kageyama gets frustrated and ends up yelling at the spikers who aren’t able to get hits in. Seeing that, Hinata...
Director: Yuya Horiuchi
Writer: Taku Kishimoto
8.2/10713 votesLoading...#22 - An Interesting Team
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 5/11/2014
Karasuno High School Volleyball Club has challenged Aoba Johsai High School to a practice match. But even before the match begins, Hinata's anxiety level reaches maximum. And Kageyama has a "reunion" with his ex-teammate Kindaichi, who now attends Aoba Johsai.
Director: Tomohiro Hirata
Writer: Taku Kishimoto
8.2/10571 votesLoading...#23 - Greed
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 11/1/2015
The second day of the Tokyo away games. Karasuno isn't able to get a single set against Nekoma, especially with their new player. Hinata and Kageyama's weirdo quick doesn't seem to work on the new Nekoma or the other powerhouse schools for long. Seeing this, Hinata makes a decision...
Director: Tomoko Hiramuki, Tetsuaki Watanabe
Writer: Taku Kishimoto
8.2/10568 votesLoading...#24 - Tempo
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 11/8/2015
Hinata and Kageyama are at odds. Keishin decides to take Hinata to his grandfather, who lead Karasuno to the nationals. Meanwhile, Kageyama runs into...
Director: Hirotaka Mori
Writer: Taku Kishimoto
8.2/10547 votesLoading...#25 - Above
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 12/13/2015
The training camp comes to a close with a barbeque battle. Bokuto talks about rivals from all over the country and the prepare for the upcoming Spring Miyazaki Prefectural Tournament.
Director: Tetsuaki Watanabe
Writer: Taku Kishimoto
The Worst Episodes of Haikyu!!
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"Karasuno High School Volleyball Club" is the worst rated episode of "Haikyu!!". It scored 7.7/10 based on 845 votes. Directed by Koichi Kikuta and written by Taku Kishimoto, it aired on 4/13/2014. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Cats vs. Monkeys".