Takeomi Kaidou

Takeoumi Kaidou is a student at Seiryoh Private High School and plays the position of middle blocker/hitter on the boys' volleyball team.

Appearance
Kaidou is a huge, tall, and muscular guy, with an angular face, dark, slicked-back hair, and what appears to be a scar on his left cheek. He is much more muscular than an average high schooler, just like the rest of his team. He also wears glasses when not playing volleyball, and bandages his fingers to protect them while blocking.

Personality
Kaidou is serious, proud, and commanding. He takes his role as captain and strongest middle blocker very seriously, and is very proud of his skill. He is very intimidating, partly because of his size. He does have a soft side, too, though, and shows it when he is around volleyball-playing children or when talking about his favorite bands. For the most part, Kaidou is one of the most serious and intense blockers to ever meet at the net.

Seiryoh Tryouts Arc
At the tryouts for the Seiryoh team, Kaidou was part of the final test. He agreed to try and block Katta's spike, and since it was a hard spike, he agree to let them join the team, even though they ended up rejecting the offer. He also promised Akira that he could be the best setter in the nation if he joined Seiryoh.

Kanto Preliminaries Arc
Kaidou played in Seiryoh's match against Johnan, the same school that gave them trouble in a recent tournament. He led the blocking when up at the net, and also proved to be an effective attacker. When he and his teammates utilized their chain block technique, they were almost invincible, stopping most of Johnan's attacks and scoring points for their team. The only spiker they had real trouble stopping was Katta, but Yagibashi and Matsudaira managed to get some spikes past them during the game.

Later in the match, Kaidou was challenged by Matsudaira, who said that "the emperor can't lose to the king." They both worked hard to prove that they were the stronger blocker, and one of Kaidou's spikes was blocked by the Johnan player, who proved to be more of a challenge than Kaidou expected, but was not hard enough for the high-level blocker to be fazed by. At the end of the match, the mighty Seiryoh fell to the scrappy Johnan team, and Kaidou demonstrated unexpected good sportsmanship, humbly congratulating Akira and Katta on their victory and expressing his surprise at how much they've improved since the Seiryoh tryouts.

Akira Honda
Kaidou and Akira were both selected for the JOC team for a few years in a row, and they both went to the National Youth Team training camps. Akira does not get along with Kaidou because of an insensitive comment Kaidou made at a training camp once, and Kaidou considers Akira a selfish brat who is not fit to play the position of setter. Because of this, sparks fly whenever they meet, but Kaidou tends to be the one to end the argument, making a comment about Akira that shuts him up. However, when they were being interviewed by Ms. Aizawa, they were able to temporarily put aside their differences and see each other as fellow high school volleyball players, but once they got on the court, their status as opponents and rivals was renewed.

Seiryoh Boys' Volleyball Team
Kaidou is highly respected - and almost worshiped - by his teammates, who are always asking if he needs help with something and if he's alright. They are always willing to support him and are reassured to have him on their team, believing that there is no spike he cannot block. All of the team's managers appear to have a slight crush on him, as well. The coach of the team trusts him, and it is said that Kaidou holds more power in the team than the coach, but the two respect each other's authority and work together to strengthen the team. Overall, Kaidou's relationship with his team is a positive one.

Trivia

 * Kaidou is the only player on the Seiryoh team whose name is given in the manga.
 * It is never explicitly stated which year of high school he is in, but it is assumed that he is a third-year, as he is the captain of the team.

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