Taichi Kawanishi – Character analysis
Taichi Kawanishi is a middle blocker from Shiratorizawa Academy that appears in “Haikyu !!”. He is a second-year student at Shiratorizawa, the champion of the prefecture, but has the ability to become a regular. Blocks are his greatest weapon, and he can use lead blocks and commit blocks depending on the situation. He doesn’t often raise his toss during the match, but he also has the spike power to make a firm decision when it rises. One of the best middle blockers in the prefecture, which is not flashy but is recognized by the team’s absolute ace Ushijima. After graduating from high school, he goes on to university in Tokyo and enjoys his students.
Affiliation: Shiratorizawa Gakuen High School 2nd grade 5 groups
Height: 188.3cm
Weight: 74.0kg (as of October 2nd year of high school)
Position: Middle blocker
Highest achievement point: 330cm Uniform
Number: 12
Favorite food: Sukiyaki
Birthday: April 15th
Recently Trouble: Pollinosis Maybe I made my debut
He is a smart player who can freely use blocks according to the opponent and does not lose the game. He contributes to the team not only with blocks but also with spikes, and he decides spikes in a close battle as well as in the lead scene. He has a lot of trust, such as being entrusted with toss by setter Kenjiro Shirabu in a difficult situation.
Taichi Kawanishi position and ability
Ability parameter (5 grade evaluation)
Power 3 / Spring 2 / Stamina 4 / Brain 4 / Technique 3 / Speed 3
Kawanishi has a brain evaluation of 4, indicating that he is a wise player. He has the strength to fight the full set with perfect stamina.
He is a middle blocker in position. In the film, Tendo Satori, who is on the diagonal of him, stands out, and although Kawanishi’s depiction is small, he is active in the game as a shadow worker who does his job lightly. He is good at blocking and can use lead block (going to stop when the toss goes up) and commit block (jumping according to the opponent’s spiker) according to the opponent, and surely go to stop the spike. When riding on the seaweed, you can also use the Guess block (a block that intuitively goes to stop before the toss goes up), which Tendo is good at. He also has a good ability to judge the situation during the game, and can determine the movement of the opponent and the possibility of increasing the toss. He also contributed to the team with spikes, and the depiction that firmly determines the toss that went up is drawn firmly.
Provenance and activity of Taichi Kawanishi
The players of Shiratorizawa were drawn in detail in the spring high school volleyball Miyagi qualifying final. Shiratorizawa is the strongest team in the prefecture and is a regular school for national competitions. The style of the team is a power valley centered on a large ace with high individual ability. Karasuno’s coach Karasuyo also said at the meeting the day before the match, “When the receive is disturbed or you want to get points surely, it’s almost a wing spiker … Especially to collect toss in Ushijima. One reason is that you can get points.” You can be beaten without worrying about this guard, with the power you have never experienced before. ”
In the first set, super high school class ace Wakatoshi Ushijima showed an activity of 11 points by himself, and Shiratorizawa took the lead at 25-16. At the beginning of the second set, Shiratorizawa’s third-year middle blocker Tendo Satoru creates three consecutive points with the reading and intuition block “Guess Block” to create a flow. However, in Karasuno, Tobio Kageyama shows a toss that punches out the top of Tendo’s head to Shoyo Hinata, and opposes not to pass the flow. At the end of the 2nd set, 20-20 and Karasuno also bite into Shiratorizawa and show an equal battle. 22-21 Shiratorizawa Reed’s scene, Karasuno made him aware that there was a wall with 3 blocks against Ushijima’s strong spike, and made Libero Nishinoya Yu hit a spike “total” “Defense” is decided neatly. Tsukishima scored a spike at the counter, tying 22-22. Karasuno, who had a clue to capture Ushijima, gained momentum and continued to bite into Shiratorizawa. In the scene where Karasuno Reed’s 30-29 was reached, Tsukishima continued to apply one touch to Shiratorizawa’s spikes during the match and continued to stress the setter Shirafu little by little. Tsukishima Kei did not overlook the disturbed toss that contained the desire to shake off the opponent’s block and the stress, and intentionally made a gap and made Ushijima spike. Karasuno stopped Ushijima’s spike for the first time in this game, closing the gap tightly, and Karasuno regained the set with 31-29 in the second set. In the 3rd set, Shiratori became impatient and it seemed that the flow would lean toward Karasuno, but Shiratori regained his composure and Shiratorizawa easily regained the set at 25-20 and won the check.
Kawanishi’s ability
Kawanishi shows his ability in the tie-breaking scene of 7-7 in the 4th set. He calmly judged that he was “U-this unpleasant attack (the guy) that came,” in response to Karasuno’s synchronized attack, and stopped the eastern peak of Karasuno by narrowing down the four attacks. He made an instant decision that he was likely to get spiked and cut off Sawamura, who had collapsed, and move up to the left. He found that he had good judgment, although it was only a short time before the spikes were hit.
When Tendo saw the Kawanishi block, he said, “It’s still an omnivorous block!” He went on to say, “He’s basically a lead block, but when he’s not in good shape, he’s guessing, and he’s jumping with a commitment to Chibi No. 10 this time. It’s a style that doesn’t lose.” did. Eita Semi, a third-year student who heard that, rushed in, saying, “It’s the smartest.” However, Tendo complained to Kawanishi’s style, “Usseewa! It seems that Kawanishi’s play style cannot be understood by Tendo, who sticks to his own style.
In the early stages, a slight difference in points opened, but after that, Karasuno was not separated and bite into 20-20. Kawanishi, who was watching Hinata who was moving around with Karasuno’s attack and block spikes, said, “Kasuno’s setter goes down and the previous three are attacked. Normally, he commits to No. 10, but he continues to move No. 10. “Do you want to attack in a row?” “Focus on two people other than No. 10” and made a cool one-touch attack on Karasuno. However, despite one touch, this rally was taken by Karasuno and was one step ahead with 21-20. However, without panicking Shiratorizawa, Kawanishi scored a point with spikes and caught up with 21-21. In Karasuno, Tsukishima’s one-person time difference, Combimis was well linked to the score, and 24-22 was the first set point. Although it seemed to be advantageous, Ushijima regained two points and immediately brought it to Deuce with 24-24. After that, the offensive and defensive movements continued, and the 4th set was entangled from 27 to 27. Ryunosuke Tanaka’s straight spikes and toss were a little disturbed, but Hinata successfully dropped the ball on the opponent’s court, and Karasuno took it on 29-27 and succeeded in bringing it to the full set.
In the fifth set of fate, the members of Shiratorizawa were the starting members, and Karasuno started in Sugawara instead of Kageyama, who was beginning to feel tired. The fifth set is different from the previous sets, with Asahi Azumane and Koshi Sugawara scoring and Karasuno leading 4-1. However, Shiratorizawa didn’t let him win easily, and Ushijima scored three consecutive goals with Spike Serve and quickly caught up with the tie. Ushijima, who was in good shape, did not stop and continued to score points to make it 7-4. Tendo and Ohira also scored a score of 9-6, leading Shiratorizawa. Karasuno returned one point and changed the setter from Sugawara to Kageyama when it became 9-7. Karasuno fights back with Kageyama, who has recovered his physical strength. He regained momentum from the combination with Hinata and managed to eat Shiratorizawa. The fifth set is a 15-point match, but they don’t take a step back and get involved in a long deuce of 19-19. In Karasuno, Libero Nishitani struggles in a pinch where set points are taken, and succeeds in picking up the opponent’s serve and spikes and connecting them to the score. On 20-19, Karasuno reached the set point. Karasuno, who had closed the cross against Ushijima in this match, went to the match to close the straight at the last minute. Ushijima also shoots spikes on the cross just before stopping it. Karasuno, who manages to pick up and connect, keeps attacking thinking about protecting and creates a chance ball. In Karasuno, where the system was in place, all five spikers attacked and went on to the final attack. Karasuno, who left the block completely, had Hinata shoot a spike from behind and played the libero receive of Shiratorizawa to score a goal. Karasuno won the fierce battle of the full set and won the Harutaka qualifying, and Shiratorizawa became the runner-up.
After the match, Shiratorizawa players other than Ushijima and Tendo were weeping at the end of Harutaka, which was too early. Kawanishi, who did not reveal his emotions, was also weeping. Director Washijo Tanji instructed the players, “After the meeting is back, get on the bus after the awards ceremony.” The players, who thought they had to run and go back to school if they had a bad match, were a little surprised by the instructions. After that, Takumi Washi continues to tell the players, “And later, serve 100.” The players looked convinced of it.
Post-match meeting
After the match, Shiratorizawa’s players who returned to school were taking over the meeting and the new team. Finally, Ushijima gives advice to each of the first and second graders. Kawanishi was the first to receive advice from Ushijima, saying, “After Tendo, you are the key to the block. You can be more confident. And strengthen your serve.” It turns out that Kawanishi’s ability is high even in the activity of the game, but it turned out that he is also recognized by Ushijima for his ability.
After graduating from high school, Kawanishi went on to university in Tokyo. It seems that he wanted to go to Sendai to see the match between Black Jackal and Adlers (the top volleyball team in Japan), but the transportation cost was not enough and he was depicted as working part-time.