I might just be IRL hinata?
I got into volleyball when i was 11, the same age as Shoyo did, my height is 5’4 like him, i have some japanese blood, my first name starts with an S and my last name starts with an H (if you don’t romanize it because i am half russian and i speak it so in english it would actually be K cause pronunciation and stuff) and throughout all 3 years of middle school i practiced volleyball by myself because my school didn’t have a volleyball team and i begged them every year to make one and they said that they used to have a club but the number of members decreased until eventually there was nobody (exactly what happened in hinatas case). Then i finally got to go to a high school where they have a volleyball club and had a lot of fun. Those 3 years of waiting sure was a pain though. If you’re wondering why didn’t i just join a club, well where i’m from there’s like 0 volleyball related things outside of school :’(.