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Suga

Real Name: Sugawara Koushi Nicknames: Sugar, Team Mum, Angel, Mr. Sunshine, Mr. Refreshing Age: 21 Position: Performance Group Leader, Main Dancer, Sub-Vocalist Unit: Performance Nationality: Japanese Languages: Japanese, Korean, Some English Height: 5′9 Weight: 63.5kg Training Period: 4 Years Fun Facts:

He’s head of choreography for HQ20, meaning he choreographs nearly all their (very complicated) dances. He works incredibly hard to do this but when asked about how he manages choreographing dances for 19 people, he always answers that he is just incredibly thankful that he gets to work with such good dancers on a daily basis. (Secretly it’s because he got used to choreographing dances for all the crazy 12 original members of Karasuno, so 19 doesn’t seem like that much more of a jump).

He has 12 years of classical dance training, from the age of 4, before he started training for K-Pop.

He’s ranked 3rd best visual in the group by the other members, but says he doesn’t necessarily believe that’s true.

He says he strives to gently guide the younger members in the group and make sure everyone stays well. For this he is often called the Group Mum.

Despite this, he can be incredibly mischievous at times. He also doesn’t know his own strength and many of the other members say they’ve gotten bruises from his ‘supportive punches’.

He did Judo up until the age of 13, when he got his black belt. He says he doesn’t really remember much of the moves but the rest of the group say that he could probably take them down anyway. 

He was voted the most flexible in the group by the other members.

Asahi

Real Name: Azumane Asahi Nicknames: Goatee, Big Guns, Samurai, Scaredy-Asahi, Negativity, Jesus Age: 21 Position: Vocalist Unit: Vocal Nationality: Japanese Height: 6′2 Weight: 75.2kg Training Period: 3 Years Fun Facts:

There are a lot of rumours about him, ranging from him being part of a gang, to him being a drug dealer, based on his appearance. Due to this, it was originally part of his contract that he had to keep clean-shaven, but his goatee kept growing back too fast. Therefore, the production company decided to make it a part of his ‘look’ and started marketing him as the ‘scary’ or ‘mature’ one, but the other members, if asked, all say he’s the least scary of any of them.

He was originally supposed to have a stage name but, because of how he looked, all the suggestions had something to do with mafia or bikers, so he decided maybe he was better sticking with ‘Asahi’.

He says of all the other members, he ‘s probably closest to Noya, because the pair have been through a lot together.

He was originally supposed to debut as part of a group called TME, but it was brutally cut at the very last minute. Because of this, Asahi almost gave up on his K-Pop career, but it was Nishinoya (who was also supposed to debut with TME, and looked up to Asahi as a hero back then) who, after a huge argument, convinced him to stay.

He currently ranks 3rd in arm wrestling in the group (they have weekly competitions between the members of HQ20).

He has more phobias than he can count on one hand.

Noya

Real Name: Nishinoya Yuu Nicknames: Noya, Guardian God, Little-God, Nishiya, Yu-chan, Thunder Boy Age: 19 Position: Main Dancer, Sub-Rapper Unit: Performance Nationality: Japanese Languages: Japanese Height: 5′4 Weight: 51.1kg Training Period: 1 Year 11 Months Fun Facts:

He’s the shortest in the group and, even though he gets teased about it, he’s very proud of his short stature. He says it’s what makes him so good at dancing.

He’s been dancing hip-hop since he was 5 years old, and used to participate in Junior competitions for it, but he still says that until he met with Suga’s choreography, dancing had never felt so good.

Next to Suga, he’s the best dancer in the group.

He started training for J-Pop because his dance teacher suggested he should, and when he went for auditions at the nearest academy he saw Asahi practising for an audition for a J-Pop group and from that moment he decided he wanted to do that, with ‘that scary looking guy’.

He got into the same academy and, when he heard Asahi had been invited to audition for TME, he worked incredibly hard to get an audition too. They both got accepted, and Noya has never been happier to be working with someone.

However, He says he’s never been more angry than the moment when Asahi confessed that he was thinking of giving up J-Pop when TME was pulled from showcasing at the very last minute.

His favourite dance move is what he calls ‘Rolling Thunder’ and involves jumping into a headstand, spinning three times, and back-flipping out of it.

He’s one of few members of HQ20 that can do crazy breakdance moves like backflips, headstands, etc., but it’s only due to so many years of practice.

He’s a proud member of the HQ20 Attack Squad.

Alongside Tanaka, he gets some of the least solo singing/rap lines in the group.

But, when he debuted in Karasuno, he was one of their Lead Rappers.

Ryu

Real Name: Tanaka Ryuunosuke Nicknames: Ryu, Buddha, Attack Squad Leader, Loud-Mouth, Lady-Killer Age: 19 Position: Lead Dancer, Sub-Rapper Unit: Performance Nationality: Japanese Languages: Japanese, Basic English Height: 5′10 Weight: 68.8kg Training Period: 2 Years 8 Months Fun Facts:

He’s the leader of the HQ20 Attack Squad (the loud-mouths of the group who get fired up way too easily are referred to as ‘the Attack Squad’ by the others, and happily hail Tanaka as their leader)

He’s known as the ‘lady-killer’ as a joke by the others, not only because he’s the most straight member of the group, but also because he once tried to help a girl who looked lost by calling out to her and she started to cry (he has no luck with the ladies, bless his heart).

He has incredibly good hearing.

Like many of the group, his English is very limited, but one phrase he does know and love, is at the beginning of concerts when he will shout “R YU READY?” as a joke on his stage name. Daichi sighs every time. 

Alongside Noya, he gets some of the least solo singing lines in the group, even though he was a Main Rapper in Karasuno.

His sister is part of a really well known Fem J-Pop group, known as Sisterhood.

He was voted biggest eater in the group, overall.

Hina

Real Name: Hinata Shoyo Nicknames: Sunshine Child, Number-One Shorty, Shrimpy, Chibi-chan, Mini Spider-man, True Maknae, Dumbass (by Kageyama)  Age: 18 Position: Lead Dancer, Sub-Vocalist Unit: Performance Nationality: Japanese-Korean Languages: Japanese, Korean Height: 5′5 Weight: 51.9kg Training Period: 1 Year 4 Months Fun Facts:

Even though he’s not the youngest, he’s often treated as the official Maknae of the group because of the way he acts. The fans refer to him as ‘Sugamomma’s baby’

He has the highest pitch voice in the group. Some people question if it’s actually dropped at all in his teen years, but, to be honest, his managers would rather it didn’t at this point. As a result, he often gets the high solos & harmonies, even though he is mainly part of the performance unit.

He likes to spread positive and happy energy.

He’s the most excitable member of the HQ20 Attack Squad.

He wishes to be taller.

He has the worst English in the group. A lot of people think, because he can already speak two languages, he should pick up a third easily, but he only knows Korean and Japanese because his parents talked to him in both languages from when he was little.

He still sometimes forgets to differ between the two languages and accidentally says something in Korean, and the others have to tell him he’s not speaking Japanese, and vice versa.

He’s been dancing since he was little, and always dreamt of being part of a J or K-Pop group, but could never afford official training until he was 16. Therefore, some of his movements are described by Suga as ‘erratic’ but the group recognise he has a lot of talent.

Tobiyo

Real Name: Kageyama Tobio Nicknames: King, Selfish King, Genius, Milk/Calcium, Tobio, Bakageyama (by Hinata) Age: 17 Position: Lead Vocalist Unit: Vocal Nationality: Japanese Languages: Japanese, Korean, Some English Height: 6′0 Weight: 66.3kg Training Period: 3 Years  Fun Facts:

He’s the youngest member of HQ20.

Even though he is so young, he still has the strongest vocal in HQ20, followed closely by Kuroo. It pisses Oikawa off no end. 

His parents moved him from Japan to Korea to train for K-Pop when he was only 10 years old, even though he didn’t speak much Korean at the time. They enrolled him in Kitigawa Daiichi Academy, which was supposed to be one of the best training facilities for K-Pop stars in the country, and is also where he met Oikawa Tooru.

Aged just 11, he made his first debut with the Kitigawa Kings, which was the academy’s Junior K-Pop group, which only had a three year contract and was pooled from the best students at Kitigawa to showcase the academy’s talents.

He was nicknamed by the rest of the Kings as the Selfish King because he had an oversized sense of his own talent, having been trained for such a short period of time, and often insisted on getting the best singing roles.

After his contract ended with the Kings, he tried to audition for multiple K-Pop groups that were supposed to be the best in Korea, but failed to get into anywhere due to his selfish nature, and was eventually invited back to Japan to debut in J-Pop as part of Karasuno.

His parents decided his stage name, and he still doesn’t know what the inspiration was. He used to hate it but has grown into it.

Given a choice of beverage, he always picks milk and drinks a lot of it. This is what got him the nickname Milk or Calcium by the other members.

He’s not nearly so selfish as he used to be now, and he says Hinata was a big part of his development as a person, and is thankful for that.

K

Real Name: Tsukishima Kei Nicknames: Tsukki, Glasses, Salt King, Saltyshima, Stingyshima  Age: 17 Position: Rapper, Sub-Vocalist Unit: Hip-Hop Nationality: Japanese Languages: Japanese, Mandarin, Some English Height: 6′3 Weight: 68.4kg Training Period: 2 Years 4 Months Fun Facts:

His stage name came about because management told him ‘Tsukishima’ was too long and wasn’t fit for a stage name, so he wanted to be known as ‘Kei’ but people kept pronouncing his name ‘Key’, so he decided to just be known as the initial ‘K’.

His brother was part of a popular J-Pop group, but worked himself too hard and had to quit for health reasons. For that reason, Tsukishima judges people who insist on overworking themselves and will only work as much as he has to to keep up.

His brother was the main reason he got into J-Pop at an early age as he would watch his brother’s group regularly. 

He is well known for his ‘bored rapping style’, where he raps in an incredibly passive manner, and his facial expression changes very little in comparison to the others. It’s known by the fandom as ‘k-style’ and Iwaizumi has admitted, at this point, he tries to avoid writing overly emotional rap for Tsukishima, because his style doesn’t account for it. 

In one of the hip-hop unit’s music videos, Tsukishima looked directly at the camera and smirked at the end of his rap. It broke the fandom.  

He loves dinosaurs.

Of all the group, he says he’s closest to Yamaguchi because he’s known Yamaguchi the longest. Yamaguchi is also the only person Tsukishima allows to call him ‘Tsukki’, however, even though Bokuto and Kuroo also try to and at one point it was even suggested he should use it as his stage name.

Suta

Real Name: Yamaguchi Tadashi Nicknames: Star-Boy, Freckles, Yams Age: 18 Position: Lead Dancer, Sub-Vocalist Unit: Performance Nationality: Japanese Languages: Japanese, English, Some Korean Height: 5′11 Weight: 63kg Training Period: 2 Years 7 Months Fun Facts:

His stage name was chosen by his parents. ‘Suta’ was picked because it is how the Japanese spell ‘Star’ in Katakana, and his parents always planned for him to be a star.

He feels a lot of pressure to please his family as they expect such big things for him.

His parents travelled a lot when he was little, and he grew up mostly with his Aunt and Uncle, but, since his parents were travelling to English speaking countries a lot, they insisted Yamaguchi learn English fluently.

He suffers from severe stage fright, but is learning to manage it.

He’s had classical dance training since he was little, and used to get bullied for it.

He met Tsukki in Junior High School, when he was being bullied for his dancing and Tsukki called out his bullies on being ‘lame’. Yamaguchi recognised him as Tsukishima Akiteru’s brother, who was one of his J-Pop idols, and says that he thought of Tsukki as his ‘hero’ at the time. Overtime, the pair became best friends. 

He was voted as the shyest member of the group by the other members.

He looks up to Suga as a mentor, as they both came from classical dance backgrounds and Suga admits he also used to suffer from bullying for it, but has since learned that polishing his talents and enjoying something he loves is far more important than what other people think.

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