°Kenya Kozume°

Nekoma High Tetsuro Kuroo: Due to Kenma's lack of interest in making friends on his own volition, Kuroo, who was around his age when he moved into Kenma's neighborhood, became his friend just because of their similar age. At first, they would just play Kenma's video games silently, but once Kenma asked Kuroo what he wanted to do, Kuroo introduced Kenma to volleyball. During their youth, Kenma, being the attentive person he was even at that age, was sensitive to Kuroo's own shyness and often internally understood the latter's reasons for being so withdrawn at the time. Under Kuroo's influence, Kenma joined the volleyball club in middle school and high school, and even convinced him not to quit and stay in the club during Kenma's first year. Kenma has also admitted that the reason he hasn't quit volleyball is because he would feel bad about letting Kuroo and his other teammates down. Kuroo is normally seen looking out for Kenma; He once brought Kenma back to the team when the latter got lost in Miyagi, and made sure Kenma ate during the summer training camp. Kenma also calls Kuroo by his nickname "Kuro". In the Cross Team Match game, Kenma has stated that he has never failed a test because Kuroo teaches him before them. They are still close friends after the time skip and even talk about being together in videos.

Taketora Yamamoto: The two started out on rocky terms due to their completely different personalities, but eventually grew close and now comfortably rely on each other on the court. Yamamoto even asked Kenma to call him "Tora." Yamamoto also seems to somewhat admire the fact that even though Kenma slacks off and complains all the time, he always sees things through to the end.

Lev Haiba: In the Nekoma OVA, it is seen that Kenma is not very enthusiastic about being paired with Lev due to not being able to

Trivia -Current concern: summer is too hot, winter is too cold.

-Kenma is shy around others except Hinata, Inuoka and Kuroo.

-Favorite food: Apple pie.

-He is an only child.

-He doesn't like animals; Kenma himself says this in the OVA "The Arrival of Lev Haiba"

-He has the smallest appetite in the series; although he claims to eat normally and everyone else just overeats.

-She dyed her hair blonde so as not to "stand out" because Yamamoto had previously said that her hair resembled Sadako's, which would draw people's attention.

-Kenma keeps his hair long because he gets anxious when his field of vision is too wide.

-Her zodiac sign is Libra.

-Kenma is the second oldest second year student.

-He neither likes nor hates volleyball; he hates getting tired.

-Until high school, he would get sick easily after practice days or games.

-He's always on edge because he doesn't want anyone to notice.

-He considered quitting volleyball when he was a first year because his seniors constantly attacked him. However, Kuroo dissuaded him.

-His username in his games is 'applepi'.

-The blue console that you can see him holding is a Playstation Portable... However, the brand of the console is called POP

-In the first Haikyuu popularity poll, Kenma ranked 10th with 3,256 votes. In the second, he still ranked 10th with 4,863 votes.

-It is usually represented as a small calico cat.

-The reason most people call him by his given name (Kenma) is because he doesn't like the social hierarchy implied by calling people by their surnames, as is the norm in Japan.

NICKNAME Nekoma's Brain (by Nekoma) Pudding Head (by Kuroo and Yamamoto)Kenken (video game username, Haikyū-bu!! only)

GENDER Male BIRTHDAY October 16, 1995 AGE 16 - 17 (2nd year of high school) - 2012 HEIGHT 1.69 WEIGHT 58.3 kg

Appearance Kenma is depicted as being of average height, with a small build, and has an unstable stance. He has many outstanding features, including his golden cat-like eyes and his blonde hair with black roots (sometimes referred to as "Pudding Head"). He dresses casually, and his Nekoma uniform is the standard black and red jersey. He is usually seen carrying around a handheld game console and a cell phone.

He has naturally dark hair which he had dyed in his first year of high school, claiming that he did not want to "stand out" after Yamamoto pointed out that he resembled Sadako in the Haikyuu Extra Pudding Head story. Kenma also stated that he keeps his hair at its current length as he does not like his field of vision being too wide.

Sometime after the events of the Spring Tournament, Kenma allowed his hair to grow a little longer and appears to be letting it return to its natural dark color; though there is still some blonde left.