Chikara Ennoshita

Chikara Ennoshita is a 2nd year at Karasuno High. He is one of the team's wing spikers. Ennoshita is an average-looking guy, with slightly downturned eyes causing him to have a somewhat sleepy look on his face. He has medium dark brown hair, kept parted near the middle, his eyebrows and eyes being the same colour. He often doesn't attract much attention and often goes unmentioned even when he's on court. He seems quiet and reserved but can behave boldly towards the other 2nd years. He's smart and hasn't received a failing mark before. Similarly to Sugawara, he can usually be seen with a gentle smile on his face.

He's the only one within the 2nd years to be able to control Tanaka and Nishinoya. He's also able to understand and relate to different people, as stated a few times by Tanaka and when he knew what to do to give Yamaguchi some courage before his jump float serve. He also became super-critical of his failures early in his apperance as an injury replacement for Daichi, where he had three spikes going out of bounds, even when his late saves helped Karasuno to a win over Wakutani. Prior to the events in Haikyuu, Ennoshita leaves the volleyball team, together with Kinoshita and Narita as they are unable to keep up with Ikkei Ukai's harsh training methods.  They come back after they hear about Ukai Sr.'s hospitalization and regret their decision, starting to call themselves "The Ungrateful Second Years". His regular position on the team is taken by Tanaka and Asahi. He can be seen cheering from the bench during games. He appeared briefly as a regular until Asahi came back and took his spot. For a while, he stood on the sidelines cheering the team on in official matches with the other benched players, having never missed a game despite not playing.

In chapter 119 after Daichi collided and had to be taken out, Ennoshita took his spot. He helped encourage Tanaka, who felt guilty about colliding with Daichi. Later in the same match, when Ukai went to yell at Yamaguchi, Ennoshita built up the courage and stepped in front of him, most likely avoiding a bad lecture for Yamaguchi. During the chapter, he misses the ball multiple times, but rather than cave into dismay, he's inspired by his teammates to be a better player. When the match ends with the team winning, instead of being elated, he realizes he's bitter about not being able to play more or being good enough compared to his teammates. Ennoshita's fundamentals all seem pretty much intermediate, as commented by Iwaizumi, his playing style isn't that bad, but wasn't that outstanding overall, he is predominantly a left-wing spiker, and rather poor on the right side. No ability in particular stands out, but is level headed and smart during in games, despite his game sense in volleyball being much lower than Sugawara and Daichi. This was showcased as he was able to deduce Takeru's plan of using his blockouts every time he goes up against blockers, each time he attempts to spike the ball. Even though he is a bench player, his smart thinking in games is what got him voted to be the next captain for the whole team next year, by the time the current third years graduate and leave for university.