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Kōshi Sugawara (Japanese: , Sugawara Kōshi) was a third-year student at Karasuno High. He was the vice captain, a substitute setter, and pinch server for the Boys' Volleyball Team.

Sugawara is shown to be average in height with a slender build. He has slightly thick eyebrows, light grey hair, and hazel-brown eyes with a birthmark mole under his left eye. He is usually seen with a gentle smile on his face.

Being the vice captain, he has a soothing and gentle personality for his teammates and acts as a pillar of support for them. Even though he isn't Karasuno's regular setter anymore, he does not dream of giving up on playing. As such, he encourages himself and all of his teammates to never give up, no matter how rough the situation might be.

Sugawara's dedication to volleyball is clear when he decides to continue club activities even when most third-years choose to retire in order to focus on their futures. In a meeting, his teacher asked Sugawara why he's so determined to continue playing even though he's not a starting member, and Sugawara answered that he doesn't want to have regrets in the future.

He is also quite perceptive as he noticed how Tanaka asked for the key to the gym just before the first years' 3-on-3 match even though he always comes in late. He is also intelligent as he can come up with helpful tactics during games that his team members can use. An example of this is when he came up with the idea of saying "bring it" and "send it to me" for Kageyama and Hinata's combo. Sugawara also came up with the hand signals overnight while his teammates were all sleeping.
Despite his nurturing behavior, he is sometimes mischievous, as seen from how he supports Hinata when he crashed the First Year Training Camp uninvited. He also tends to get violent when he teases his teammates, often smacking them around when he's excited to join the game; although this does have the effect of cheering up the team as well.

He is also rather proud, although it is very rarely shown. Notable examples are when he said: "Kageyama, from here on out if you start getting bombarded by interviews, you're gonna say 'I learned everything from a magnificent senpai called Sugawara', got it?", and when he bragged about how he came up with the name of Kageyama and Hinata's new technique 'Back Minus'.

Coming from Nagamushi Junior High, Sugawara joined the volleyball club during his first-year with Daichi and Asahi.[2] The three of them were excited to join Karasuno, a school that performed well in the recent nationals. However, they quickly found that reality differed from their expectations. The club lacked a proper coach and couldn't organize practice matches due to their lackluster performances. Everything seems lost until the first-years decided to do extra practice under Daichi's leadership. The team made some progress and became fired up to go to nationals once again. The first-years were particularly excited when the Miyagi Prefecture's Interhigh Qualifiers began, but they were quickly disappointed when Karasuno got knocked out early in the second round. Later, Sugawara, Daichi, and Asahi listened to their previous captain, Tashiro telling them to take advantage of any chances that arose.

Sugawara had always played as a setter and was the official setter at the start of his third year. During the Aoba Johsai High match of Interhigh, Sugawara mentions that, despite being on the team for three years, he has played in very few official matches due to Karasuno having other setters. Kageyama has likely played more games in his first year.

Sugawara's primary skill is his sets. Although he is not as skilled as Kageyama, he has the ability to provide the best sets possible based on each spiker's preference. Knowing that each player has a different set of skills and emotions, Sugawara is able to match his sets to their needs to give them the best chance of scoring. However, he does show to need time to figure out players such as Tsukishima since he does not know the first-year as well as he does the third- and second-years. He is described by players such as Oikawa and Tendō to be predictable and by-the-book. As such, Sugawara's sets can be figured out by skilled players, and he will at times play things safe. When he is aware that a blocker is in waiting, Sugawara will attempt to set away from them since he is fearful that a spiker will be blocked if he chose to set in that same path.
Synchronized Attack: Since the summer training camp arc, Sugawara has been mostly responsible for the team's synchronized attacks. He also practiced spiking during that time and now uses that to confuse opponents in matches. In the final set of the final match against Shiratorizawa, he joins in with the rest of his team for several all-in synchronized attacks off of Nishinoya's overhand tosses.
Sugawara is often subbed in to serve in place of Tsukishima. He isn't capable of performing a powerful spike serve or a jump floater, but he is particularly good at aiming toward difficult spots for opponents to receive through the use of a float serve. He has frequently used float serves to force opponents' spikers, such as Kentarō Kyōtani, to receive, thus slowing them down and/or making them unable to spike.[20]
Calculated One-Point Two-Setter: During a synchronized attack, Sugawara and Kageyama will switch positions; making Sugawara the setter and Kageyama an attacker. Doing this greatly throws off the opposing team as it gives Karasuno five available spikers instead of the usual four