Sumie Sakai

Kozue is a high school girl and an enthusiastic volleyball player. Her dream is to play on the Japanese national volleyball team. Over the course of the series she makes it from the school district league up to the Japanese volleyball finals, step by step until the international volleyball championship. But the faster and higher Kozue climbs, the more she is confronted with the dark side of success: too-high expectations, self-conceit, and envy.

Kozue, who was in the first year of Fujimi Gakuen High School, and Tsutomu, who succeeded the fruit and vegetable shop of the family business, were close friends who encouraged each other. At that time, Kozue's chest was struck by the trinity attack of the three Yagisawa sisters. Teradoin High School, where these three sisters are, won the Inter-High for the third consecutive year.

The Japanese team has decided to participate in the World Junior Championships for the first time. Kozue, Midori, Kakinouchi and other all-Japan teams, under coach Inokuma, worked hard on rigorous training and boarded New York, where the world's strongest players await. The biggest enemy in this tournament is the Soviet Union's Voltinskaya murder spike. If you don't break this, you can't hope for a victory. ...

The four heavenly kings of Hamaki have joined the Fujimi Gakuen Valley Club, which aims to be the best in Japan. However, one of the four heavenly kings, Yuri, hurts her wrist and becomes unable to play volleyball. Yuri, who once became a spy at another school due to discoloration, decides to throw her best in the track and field club with the encouragement of Kozue and others. And finally the national tournament. ...