Shiratorizawa Academy (Japanese: 白鳥沢学園 Shiratorizawa Gakuen) is a high school in Sendai, the capital of the Miyagi Prefecture. Since the entrance exam is extremely difficult, most students get in by studying vigorously or through sport scholarships.
Uniform
Male Uniforms as worn by Shirabu, Ushijima, and Tendou.
The boys' uniform consists of a white jacket, light blue dress shirt, purple tie, purple pants, and brown loafers. The girls wear a white jacket, light blue dress shirt, purple bow tie, purple skirt, and gray sweater.
Shiratorizawa's volleyball uniform
The boys' volleyball club's uniform in the anime consists of a white tracksuit with maroon accents. The members wear black t-shirts and white shorts with maroon detailing during practice matches[1]. During official matches, they wear a white jersey with the sleeves, the bold vertical stripe on their shorts and number on the jersey top in a maroon colour. In the manga, it is the same except purple instead of maroon.
Volleyball Club
The Boys' Volleyball Club is considered a "powerhouse", ranked among the Top 8 of Japan. It has been noted by the captain, Wakatoshi Ushijima, that Shiratorizawa supposedly never weakens no matter what; in accordance with that, Shiratorizawa had been undefeated and the representative for Miyagi Prefecture for generations, only having lost to Karasuno recently. Additionally, Ushijima is one of the three best aces in the whole country and is currently one of Japan's under-18 (under-19 in the anime) volleyball representatives for the Youth World Championship.
"Intense Force"
Shiratorizawa, combined with clean reception and precise sets, is exponentially strengthened with super-ace Ushijima, who tears down the blocks and strategical plays of its adversaries (as seen in the battle against Aobajōsai in the Interhigh). The team's main strategy is to focus everyone's strength to support Ushijima, hence the reason why it's symbolized by a single eagle; this is unlike Karasuno with its multiple crows as it focuses on teamwork and individual strength.
The team has also defeated Aobajōsai in the final match of the Miyagi Prefecture Interhigh Preliminaries and advanced to Nationals. The third years of the team had decided against retiring for a chance to compete in the Spring Tournament.
The most well-known generation of Shiratorizawa is the current one, but the most successful one was Ushijima's father's generation. Utsui's generation had a 190 cm ace and had probably won first place in Nationals[2].
Members
Former Players
Interhigh-Preliminaries
For Interhigh's Miyagi Preliminaries, Shiratorizawa was registered as team 55, Block I. Their venue was the Shiratorizawa Civic Gymnasium, along with Block J. They were exempt from the first round of matches and played over the span of three days (one game on the first day, three on the second, one on the third). They made it to the finals after beating the winner of Block F and the winner of either Block E or Block B (it is not revealed exactly which block Shiratorizawa faced). For the finals, they played against Aobajōsai at the Sendai City Gymnasium. Because they won, they became Miyagi Prefecture's Representative for the Interhigh National Playoffs.
- Shiratorizawa Academy vs Ougiminami High School (2:0 / 25-10, 25-6)
- Shiratorizawa Academy vs Aobajōsai High School (2:0 / 25-22, 25-23)
Spring High-Miyagi Prefecture Representative Playoffs
Shiratorizawa was exempt from the first preliminary after placing within the top four during Interhigh.
For the representative playoffs, Shiratorizawa was registered as team 1. They played at the Sendai City Gymnasium over a span of three days (one game on the first day, two on the second, one on the third). Because they lost in the finals to Karasuno, they became Miyagi Prefecture's Playoffs runner-up.
- Shiratorizawa Academy vs Araigawa High School (2:0 / 25-15, 25-12)
- Shiratorizawa Academy vs Hakusuikan High School (2:0 / ??-??, ??-??)
- Shiratorizawa Academy vs Kesenike West High School (2:0 / 25-20, 25-21)
- Shiratorizawa Academy vs Karasuno High School (2:3 / 25-16, 29-31, 25-20, 27-29, 19-21)
Shiratorizawa Academy Junior High
Shiratorizawa Academy Junior High (Japanese: 白鳥沢学園中等部 Shiratorizawa Gakuen Chūtō-bu) is the middle school division of Shiratorizawa Academy.
Boys' Volleyball Club
Just like its high school counterpart, the junior high Boys' Volleyball Club is considered the strongest team in Miyagi Prefecture. They frequently take first place in tournaments.
One of the team's most prominent players was Wakatoshi Ushijima, who was nicknamed 'Young Giant'.
The boys' volleyball club's uniform consists of a white tracksuit with maroon accents. During official matches, members wear maroon shorts with a vertical stripe down each side, and a white jersey top with maroon accents and a maroon number in the center[3].
Members
Former Players
- Shiratorizawa Academy Junior High vs Kitagawa Daiichi Junior High School (2:1 / ??-??, 29-27, ??-??)
Trivia
- The 'Shiratori' in 'Shiratorizawa' means 'swan', but Ushijima has been symbolized as an eagle.
- Ukai described Shiratorizawa as a spear that only uses brute strength to destroy.
- No more high schools in the Miyagi prefecture can challenge Shiratorizawa so they have to practice with schools outside of the prefecture or college students
- There is a horseback riding club in the school and an entire field for it[4].
- The volleyball club has its own bus and a cheering squad (cheerleaders and drummers). During the finals against Karasuno in the Spring High, many students from Shiratorizawa wore their school uniforms and joined the cheering squad. In addition, they also sing the school anthem where Sendai Castle is overlooking the city of Sendai.
- Sendai has the most universities relative to its population.
- The lineup first shown in Chapter 108 is composed of Ushijima, Reon, Shirabu and five unknown members. In the anime[5], it's shown with Goshiki, Tendō, and Yamagata replacing the five members.
- Shiratorizawa provides dorming for its students.[6]