Date Tech High

Date Tech High (Japanese: 伊達 (だて) 工業 (こうぎょう) 高校 (こうこう) , Date Kōgyō Kōkō) is a high school in Miyagi Prefecture.

Uniform[]

Date Tech, like most Japanese schools, has a uniform and dress code. The male uniform consists of a white shirt, orange tie, dark teal blazer, and grey pants.

The boys' volleyball club's uniform consists of a white/light grey tracksuit jacket with teal details and black lettering and the "acis" logo, and green pants. The members wear light grey t-shirts, teal shorts, and blue bibs with white numbers or letters during practice matches. During official matches, the majority of players don a white jersey with teal details and green shorts. The libero has a contrasting jersey in teal with white details and white shorts. The captain of the team wears the number 2 jersey.

Volleyball Club[]

The Boys' Volleyball Club is well-known for its exceptional defense and tall players; it has the highest blocking rate in the prefecture, thus nicknamed the "Iron Wall". In accordance with that name, the team's banner reads "Date's Iron Wall".

Date Tech's most notable players are Aone, the team's lead blocker, Futakuchi, the team's ace and captain, and later Koganegawa, a very tall first-year setter.

The team's employs bunch shift in their blocking, in which all three blockers gather at the center of the court and form a stance there. The blockers would move together to block opponents' spikes and overwhelm them with sheer numbers. There is a downside to bunch shift as it makes it harder to defend the two sides. However, the Date Tech blockers overcome this weakness through their skilled read blocking. This so-called "bunch read" has been noted to be absolutely terrifying when synchronized and rehearsed^[1].

Members[]

Name	Position	Year	Status
Takurō Oiwake	Coach	?	Active
?	Coach	?	Unknown
Mai Nametsu	Manager	2nd Year	Active

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Current Lineup:

Name	Number	Position	Year	Status
Takanobu Aone	#1	Middle Blocker	2nd Year	Active
Kenji Futakuchi	#2	Captain / Wing Spiker / Outside Hitter / Ace	2nd Year	Active
Yutaka Obara	#3	Wing Spiker / Outside Hitter	2nd Year	Active
Kanji Koganegawa	#7	Setter	1st Year	Active
Tarō Onagawa	#8	Wing Spiker / Opposite Hitter	2nd Year	Active
Jingo Fukiage	#11	Middle Blocker	1st Year	Active
Kōsuke Sakunami	#13	Libero	1st Year	Active

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Other Members

Name	Number	Position	Year	Status
?	?	?	?	Active
?	?	?	?	Active
?	?	?	?	Active
?	?	?	?	Active
?	?	Libero	?	Active

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Former Members

Name	Number	Position	Year
Yasushi Kamasaki	#1	Vice Captain / Middle Blocker	3rd Year
Kaname Moniwa	#2	Captain / Setter	3rd Year
Takehito Sasaya	#3	Wing Spiker / Opposite Hitter	3rd Year

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VC Date (2018)[]

Name	Number	Position	Status
Takanobu Aone	?	Middle Blocker	Active
Kenji Futakuchi	?	Wing Spiker / Outside Hitter	Active

Practice Matches[]

• Date Tech High vs Mine Nishi High (?:?) (Score was 8-11 during 1^st set)

• Date Tech High School vs Karasuno High School (4:4 / 25-19, 25-23, ??-??, 23-25, ??-??, ??-??, ??-??, 21-25)

68^th Annual Prefectural Athletic Volleyball Tournament[]

According to Coach Ukai, Date Tech lost in the 3rd Round to Shiratorizawa and placed in the top 16^[2].

Unknown Round

• Date Tech High School vs Karasuno High School (2:0 / 25-??, 25-15)

Third Round

• Date Tech High School vs Shiratorizawa Academy (?:2)

Interhigh Preliminaries (2012)[]

For the Miyagi Interhigh Preliminaries, Date Tech was registered as team 6, Block A. Their venue was the Sendai City Gymnasium, along with Block B. Because they lost in the second round to Karasuno, they only played two matches on the first day.

First Round

• Date Tech High School vs Ōka High School (2:0 / 25-7, 25-8)

Second Round

• Date Tech High School vs Karasuno High School (0:2 / 19-25, 22-25)

Spring High-Miyagi Prefecture Representative Playoffs (2012)[]

For the first preliminary, Date Tech was registered as team 2, Group 1. Their venue has not been revealed in either the manga or anime. Because they won all three of their matches, they were allowed to move on to the representative playoffs held in October.

First Preliminary

• Date Tech High School vs Ōu High School (2:? / ??, ??, ??)

• Date Tech High School vs Senseki Academy (2:? / ??, ??, ??)

• Date Tech High School vs Tenzan High School (2:0 / ??-??, 25-20)^[3]

For the representative playoffs, Date Tech was registered as team 14. They played at the Sendai City Gymnasium over a span of two days (one game on the first day, one on the second) before losing to Aoba Johsai in the quarterfinals. Overall, they placed within the top 8.

First Round

• Date Tech High School vs Shirato High School (2:0 / 25-22, 25-23)

Quarter Final

• Date Tech High School vs Aoba Johsai High School (0:2 / 19-25, 22-25)

Interhigh Preliminaries (2013)[]

Final

• Date Tech High School vs Karasuno High School (2:?/ ??)

Interhigh Nationals Tournament (2013)[]

According to Yachi, Date Tech lost in the third round and placed within the top 16^[4].

Third Round

• Date Tech High School vs ??? (?:2)

Spring High-Miyagi Prefecture Representative Playoffs (2013)[]

First Round

• Date Tech High School vs ??? (?:2)

Spring High-Miyagi Prefecture Representative Playoffs (2014)[]

Semifinal

• Date Tech High School vs ??? (?:2)

Trivia[]

• Date Tech's primary strategy is to start off with a powerful serve which is aimed to break the opponent's formation, and then to block the return-attack.

• Date Tech was named after the famous Japanese historical figure Date Masamune who is considered the founder of Sendai.

• Most Date Tech characters were named after locations in Miyagi Prefecture.

• It has been noted by several players that whenever they hear Date Tech's cheer: "Go, go, let's go, let's go, Datekō!!", they find themselves wanting to cheer along.

• Instead of staying after Interhigh like several other third-years from other high schools, Date Tech's third-years retired and did not go on to play in the Spring High.

• Date Tech has attended a National Tournament at least twice.
  • Yachi states the 2013 Interhigh Tournament was their first appearance in 11 years.

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