Haikyu!!/Ships

DaiSuga
 DaiSuga is the slash ship between Daichi Sawamura and Kōshi Sugawara. AKA: SugaDai, SawaSuga, Sugar and Spice, Daikoshi, Kosaichi, Sawamurgawara, Sugawarwamura

Canon
Daichi and Suga are both members of the Karasuno high school volleyball club. They have a lot of canon factors, making them a strong pair. Firstly, they're both 3rd years and also in the same class, Class 4. Secondly, Daichi's the captain while Suga's the vice-captain. Thirdly, Daichi's a wing spiker and Suga's a setter, making them have the setter/hitter relationship. In addition, Daichi's jersey is No 1 and Suga's jersey is No 2.

Throughout the series, these two have a strong friendship, off and on the court. Their personalities are quite similar, both being friendly, kind and also firm when their underclassmen are misbehaving. As they are both 3rd years, this is their last year to succeed in the high school vollyball circuit and to play with each other on the same team which they helped build.

Season 1
At the start of Season 1:, when Suga's subbed in for Kageyama, Suga tells Daichi to speak up more, as he's been quiet from the start. This shocks Tanaka and Asahi, as they both think that Suga's the only one who can lecture Daichi. This shows that they have a strong bond with each other. Although they don't have a lot of events together, they help their team become stronger, being the sturdy foundation.

Season 2
At the end of Season 2 Episode 16 Daichi collides with Tanaka when they both dive to get the ball before it hits the floor. Daichi is motionless for a few moments, shocking his teammates including Suga. Whilst Daichi leaves the match due to a possible concussion and spitting out a tooth, Suga encourages Chikara, who is the only person they have to fill Daichi's position.

Fanon
DaiSuga is the most popular ship for both characters. In most fanwork, these two are often referred to as the parents of Karasuno: Dadchi or Sawapapa and Sugamama. Asahi has remarked that they are like his parents, and has been scolded by them multiple times. They're often shown with the rest of Karasuno, trying to control the team/crows. In other fanworks, they're shown to be happy and caring towards each other. Overall, their ship is healthy and seen as "fluffy".

On AO3, DaiSuga is the 4th most written ship for the Haikyu!! fandom.

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 * AsaDaiSuga refers to the ship between the two and Asahi Azumane

SakuKomo
 SakuKomo is the family ship between Sakusa Kiyoomi and Komori Motoya. AKA: KomoSaku

Canon
Sakusa and Komori are cousins, second years and members of the Itachiyama Institute volleyball club. Sakusa's the ace/wing spiker and Komori's the libero. The two have very contrasting personalities: Sakusa being quiet, cautious and a "realist" while Komori's loud, friendly, full of energy and jokes about Sakusa. Nevertheless, the two have a strong relationship with each other.

We see them for the first time during the All Japan youth training camp in Tokyo, which Kageyama was invited to. When Sakusa starts to talk to Kageyama about the match between Karasuno and Shiratorizawa, Komori appears, apologizing for Sakusa's insistent behaviour and describes him as a real downer. In addition, Komori laughs at Sakusa when Kageyama calls Sakusa 'normal' due to his lack of motivation so far.

Despite all of this, Komori knows and understands Sakusa very well. Komori's familiar with Sakusa's quirks and personality, showing that they're close friends, though it's unknown what Sakusa thinks of Komori. After they joined different professional teams many years later, Komori's shown worrying about Sakusa fitting in with his team due to his prickly personality, showing that Komori cares about Sakusa.

Quotes
"Hey! Sorry 'about this. This guy is kinda the most utterly pessimistic person you'll find on the whole planet."

- Komori to Kageyama about Sakusa, Chapter 215

"As soon as he thinks somebody might be a threat to him, he just has to know all he can about them!"

- Komori to Kageyama about Sakusa, Chapter 215

"Right now he thinks his shoulder isn't feeling up to snuff. Though it's almost always completely in his head. Oh well! There's nothing bad about being careful, right? Better safe than sorry, they say!""

- Komori to Kageyama about Sakusa, Chapter 215

"Sakusa really, really hates crowds."

- Komori to Kageyama about Sakusa, Chapter 231

"I'm not a pessimist, I'm a realist."

- Sakusa to Komori, Chapter 215

Fanon
SakuKomo is not a very popular ship among the fans, probably because they are both side characters. Despite this, they have a small group of followers. In fan fiction, Komori is often the only person who can touch Sakusa, despite his germophobia.

SakuKomo is the third most popular ship with Sakusa and the most popular with the Komori. The rival ships are SakuAtsu and Sakuaka.

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Trivia

 * They're often shown together when there's a scene with Sakusa. You can usually see Komori next to him.
 * Komori knows and accepts most of the habits and quirks of Sakusa.
 * Komori often teases and jokes with Sakusa. He describes Sakusa as being very blunt suggesting that they are good friends.

TanaNoya
 TanaNoya is the slash ship between Ryūnosuke Tanaka and Yū Nishinoya. AKA: NoyaTana

Canon
Tanaka and Nishinoya have had a close friendship throughout the series, and were practically inseparable. Their similar personalities allow them to get along best with each other. Much to the annoyance of Daichi, both of them tend to shout and celebrate excessively when excited.

They were the only ones on the bus to sleep with their head on each others' shoulders, and Nishinoya is also the only second year allowed to keep clothes at Tanaka's house. They also frequently praise each other on their skills as well. Many times, Tanaka is shown holding Nishinoya up when they are cheering.

Kiyoko, their manager, is both of their crushes. Instead of being rivals, however, they work together to protect Kiyoko from other guys. Nishinoya and Tanaka often work together and act like Kiyoko's bodyguards. They also seem to share a hatred of guys like Oikawa who get all the girls.

Fanon
This ship is quite rare in the Haikyu!! fandom, because they are often considered to be like "brothers". As of March 16, 2021, there are 377 fanfictions containing the relationship tag Ryuunosuke Tanaka/Yuu Nishinoya on AO3 (Archive of our Own). Though this could count as a huge amount, Haikyuu!! generally has tons and tons of fanfictions for each ship, with usually over at least a thousand, so TanaNoya is considered a very small ship.

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Trivia

 * Nishinoya often calls Tanaka a form of his first name, "Ryuu." The only other person to call him this is Tanaka's sister, Saeko.

ToraKen
 ToraKen is the slash ship between Taketora Yamamota and Kenma Kozume. AKA: KenTora, TakeKen, KenTake

Canon
Taketora and Kenma are both sectond years and members of the Nekoma Volleyball Club, with their jersey numbers being 4 and 5, respectively. Kenma is a setter while Taketora is the ace, a wing spiker and an outside hitter.

Fanon
ToraKen is a rarepair, being overshadowed by more popular ships like KuroKen and KenHina. For a rarepair, they have a decent amount of fan content. They have a fair amount of fan art and 97+ romantic works on AO3. They also have 23+ gen works on AO3. ToraKen shippers normally shipped them after the episode.

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UkaTake
 UkaTake is the slash ship between Keishin Ukai and Ittetsu Takeda from the Haikyu!! fandom.

Canon
Ittetsu Takeda teaches Japanese Literature at Karasuno High School and he becomes the volleyball clubs faculty advisor, even though he knows almost nothing about volleyball.

Keishin Ukai is the grandson of the former Karasuno High School volleyball coach. Keishin also went to Karasuno and played in the volleyball team as a setter. He played through college then after graduating he works at Sakanoshita Store which he inherited, but he still plays with a local team.

Ittetsu Takeda finds out that Keishin is the grandson of the former volleyball coach and pesters him with calls and visiting the store to try and get Keishin to take up the position of volleyball coach since the team doesn't have one. Keishin turns the job down multiple times, he said he did not want to coach and also because he did not want to set foot in the gymnasium as it holds fond memories from when he was young and he played there, yet he won't be able to play in there again.

Takeda casually brings up that he managed to get a practice match with Nekoma High School. Which changes Keishin's mind because when he was playing at Karasuno, was when the rivalry with Nekoma High School was at it's peak. And the new coach at Nekoma was a player from back then and Keishin knew him. Keishin grabs Takeda by his suit jacket and starts shaking him whilst shouting at him "You trying to seduce me?". Takeda keeps repeating "I'm sorry" over and over. While Keishin shouts that he isn't going to fall for such an obvious ploy but then follows up by asking when practice starts.

Originally Keishin said that he would only be Karasuno's coach until the game with Nekoma but that soon changed.

Since Ittetsu doesn't know alot about volleyball Keishin is often explaining things to him when they are both sitting on the sidelines during practice and matches.

Fanon
Ittetsu and Keishin are seen as the the parents of the vollyball team, they both help and support the boys in different ways, Ittetsu being the soft enthusiastic one and Keishin being firm but fair. This encouraged fans to think of them in a relationship.

There are many different types of fanfics for this pairing but they include high school/college AU's, soulmates, friends to lovers and established relationships.

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Trivia

 * Gareth West, the English voice actor for Takeda, called the ship of Ukai and Takeda canon.

UshiTen
 UshiTen is the slash ship between Wakatoshi Ushijima and Satori Tendō. AKA: TenUshi, Wakatori

Canon
Ushijima is the ace/wing spiker and Tendō is a middle blocker. They are both third years and members of the Shiratorizawa Academy volleyball team. They presumably met as first years, having both joined the volleyball team.

Tendō is a chatty young man, usually partaking in friendly conversations with Ushijima. He refers to the latter as 'Wakatoshi,' due to the fact that Ushijima has never made a comment against being called that. Most of their conversations are one-sided, though, but Tendō never seems to mind.

Tendō is shown to admire Ushijima's spiking form and wants to be able to say that he is Ushijima's best friend.

Fanon
UshiTen, being a ship that hasn't gotten nearly as much screen time as others, is usually paired with an abundance of headcanons to fill in unanswered facts in their relationship.

Dominance Portrayal

Ushijima is usually portrayed as the more dominant part of their relationship. This is due to his seemingly cold and reserved nature, as well as him being taller than Tendō. He is also a more muscular and sturdy person, whereas Tendō is a lanky young man and falls into the "chatty girl" stereotype that is popular among anime and manga.

Despite these facts putting more popularity on the 'UshiTen' ship, 'TenUshi' is shipped by more than a few Haikyuu!! fans as well. This is due to Tendō's more assertive attitude, as he does appear to be the kind of person to take the lead in certain intimate advances. Not only that, but Ushijima doesn't come across as the kind of person who would be comfortable in such situations, leading some fans to believe that Tendō would act as the more dominant part in their relationship.

There is not much argument around the ship, as both Ushijima and Tendō are not particularly popular characters.

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 * Ushijima/Tendou tag on FanFiction.net
 * Ushijima/Tendou tag on FanFiction.net

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Trivia

 * After closing the gap between Shiratorizawa and Karasuno in the 4th set, Ushijima quoted Tendō.
 * Following their match against Karasuno, Tendō told Ushijima that he was looking forward to seeing him on TV in the future and be able to say that he was Ushijima's best friend.