Kuroo Tetsuro

Kuroo Tetsurō Character Info Also Known As Scheming Captain, Comb Head, and Rooster Head (by Hinata) Kuroo-senpai (by Tsukishima) Kuro (by Kenma) Pain-in-the-ass Kuroo-san (by Akaashi) Rooster-hair bastard (by Suguru Daishō) Gender Male Date of Birth November 17, 1994 Pre-timeskip Post-timeskip Age 17 - 18 (High School 3rd Year) - 2012 Height 187.7 cm (6' 1.9") - Apr 2012 188 cm (6' 2") - Jan 2013 Weight 75.3 kg (166.0 lbs) Occupation High School Student (3rd Year, Class 5) - 2012 Teams Hikarigayama Fighters (Former) Unnamed Middle School (Former) Nekoma High Number 1 (Junior High 3rd Year) 1 (High School 2nd Year) 1 (High School 3rd Year) Position Captain Middle Blocker Background Information Family Unnamed father Mentioned grandparents Unnamed Older Sister Goal Make the Battle at the Trash Heap happen Likes Volleyball Grilled Salted Mackerel Pike Mikasa volleyballs Girls with long hair Going to the beach during the summer Dogs Home town Tokyo Home country Japan Debut Information In the Manga Go, Team Karasuno! In the Anime Decision Seiyū Information Voice Actor Yuichi Nakamura Yuka Komatsu (young) English Actor Ty Mahany Image gallery More Remember. We are blood. Never stop flowing. Keep moving. Keep bringing oxygen... So that our 'brain'... can operate at its best.

Tetsurō Kuroo to Nekoma[1]

Tetsurō Kuroo (Japanese: 黒尾くろお 鉄朗てつろう, Kuroo Tetsurō) was a third-year student at Nekoma High. He was the captain and one of the starting middle blockers for the Boys' Volleyball Team.

As of November 2018, he is part of the Japan Volleyball Association's sports promotion division.

Appearance Kuroo is noted to be tall and lean with broad shoulders, well-built arms, and a muscular frame. He has narrow, hazel-colored (grey in the manga) eyes with cat-like pupils that make him appear sly and intimidating. His black hair is naturally messy and spikes upwards due to his bed head. He also has a fringe on his right side that partially covers his eye. As a result of his peculiar hairstyle, he is occasionally called "Rooster Head".

Kuroo is often seen wearing a black shirt, red sweatpants, and the Nekoma High jacket. During official matches, he wears the Nekoma uniform numbered with the number 1.

Post-timeskip, Kuroo's hair is now slightly shorter in length, and he now wears suits to reflect his position as a sports promoter.

Personality Kuroo has a laid-back yet scheming personality and is considered a "provocation expert" by many.[2] He would actively provoke others and is unrelenting when dishing out snide remarks. This is demonstrated in the way he angers Tsukishima when the first-year blocker maintained a nonchalant attitude toward volleyball during the summer training camp. However, Kuroo is kinder and more genuine than what his exterior image conveys. After realizing he has overstepped a line, Kuroo seeks out and apologizes to Daichi about the provocation. Later on, proving that while he is a "provocation expert," sportsmanship is still important to him.[2] He also cares and respects his elder coach, Yasufumi Nekomata, immensely, enough to help Karasuno improve to fulfill Nekomata's dream of competing against each other at nationals. As an adult, Kuroo uses flattery on certain players when trying to get them to agree to something, like flattering Oikawa to get him to join the All-Stars match in A Party Reignited.

According to Kenma, Kuroo was a shy and withdrawn kid who first moved into his neighborhood when he was eight years old.[3] He was quiet in front of strangers and awkward around Kenma at first, despite the two being close in age. Both of them bonded over video games and eventually practiced volleyball together. Slowly, Kuroo began to come out of his shell as the two got increasingly involved in the sport. He became a much louder and energetic person, made new friends at school, and started going out to play soccer with the other kids.

Kuroo is also shown to be a highly observant and intuitive person when it comes to both volleyball and other people. Even as a kid, he was incredibly mindful of Kenma's quiet, withdrawn personality, and had the sense to not drag him out to do something the boy didn't have any fun in doing.[3] In matches, his attentive nature as a middle blocker proves to be extremely lethal for Nekoma's opponents. He quickly tracks down and analyzes every move of the spikers, allowing him to put up a successful block and destroy the momentum of the opposing team.

Around his teammates, Kuroo is a reliable, strong captain, often responsible for lifting the spirits of the team when they are feeling down using sly quips. He seems to derive enjoyment from facing strong opponents and hides his frustration with sharp smirks and boisterous remarks, all the while scheming strategies to break down the opposing team.

Despite seeming sly and cool on the outside, Kuroo possesses a silly side that is on display when he belts out in loud obnoxious laughter and engages in frivolous conversation with Bokuto.[4] Kuroo also seems to either see himself as more of an old man or people only a year or two younger than him as children, as shown when he proclaims "Ah, youth" after seeing Inuoka and Hinata interact together and talking with Tsukishima.[5]