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Inarizaki High  ( Japanese :  稲荷崎 いなりざき 高校 こうこう   Inarizaki Kōkō )  is a high school in the  Hyōgo Prefecture .  The boy's volleyball team is a long-time powerhouse that has attended Nationals for three years consecutively, and 31 times overall. They are the runners-up of the last Interhigh and the current 2nd seed. They defeated a nationally ranked top 3 spiker   Wakatsu Kiryū   and his team in the semifinals before taking a set from eventual champions   Itachiyama . The year prior, Inarizaki finished in third place in both the Interhigh and Spring High tournaments. They are known for their skilled list of players, such as the Miya Brothers, and the top 2 scorers for Inarizaki,   Rintarō Suna   and   Aran Ojiro   who is said to be one of the top five aces in the nation. The team has garnered a reputation as the "strongest challengers" for their unconventional play style and tendency to take risks. The team's motto is "We ...

  Shiratorizawa Academy  ( Japanese :  白鳥沢 しらとりざわ 学園 がくえん   Shiratorizawa Gakuen )  is a high school in  Sendai , the capital of  Miyagi Prefecture.  Since the entrance exam is extremely difficult, most students get accepted by studying hard or through sports scholarships.  The Boys' Volleyball Club is considered a "powerhouse", ranked among the Top 8 of Japan. It has been noted by the captain,   Wakatoshi Ushijima , that Shiratorizawa supposedly never weakens no matter what; in accordance with that, Shiratorizawa had been undefeated and the representative for Miyagi Prefecture for generations, only having lost to Karasuno recently. Additionally, Ushijima is one of the three best aces that the whole country has seen and he is currently one of Japan's under-18 (under-19 in the anime) volleyball representatives for the Youth World Championship. "Intense Force" Shiratorizawa, combined with their clean reception and precise sets, is exponent...

  Fukurōdani Academy  ( Japanese :  梟谷 ふくろうだに 学園 がくえん   Fukurōdani Gakuen )  is a high school in Tokyo.  The Boys' Volleyball Team is currently a top four team in Tokyo and the ace of the team,   Bokuto , is one of the top five aces in the nation, just barely missing the top three. Additionally, the volleyball team has gone to Nationals each of the last three years, coinciding with the ace's attending years. At the Spring High Nationals (2013), they finished as runners up and lost to   Ichibayashi High . Fukurodani's most notable players are Bokuto, the captain and one of the Top 5 Aces in the nation, and  Akaashi , the team's setter and vice-captain. Fukurōdani's team is also a member of the Fukurōdani Academy Group, which is composed of teams from the Kanto Region. For years, the schools have been holding summer training camps and practice matches with one another. The school's official representative is an owl, coinciding with Bokuto'...