Biographical Note:
Haruichi Furudate's manga career began at 25 years old with the one-shot Ousama Kid, which won an honorable mention for the 14th Jump Treasure Newcomer Manga Prize. His first series, K iben Gakuha, Yotsuya Senpai no Kaidan (Philosophy School, Yotsuya Senpai's Ghost Stories), was serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump in 2010. In 2012, he began serializing Haikyu!! in Weekly Shonen Jump, where it became his most popular work to date.
Publisher Marketing:
Shoyo Hinata is out to prove that in volleyball you don't need to be tall to fly!
Ever since he saw the legendary player known as "the Little Giant" compete at the national volleyball finals, Shoyo Hinata has been aiming to be the best volleyball player ever! Who says you need to be tall to play volleyball when you can jump higher than anyone else?
After losing his first--and last--middle school volleyball match against Tobio Kageyama, "the King of the Court," Shoyo Hinata swears to become his rival. But the guy he wants to defeat ends up becoming his teammate at Karasuno High School! The two will have to prove themselves capable of playing together if they want to have a future playing volleyball.