Yu Hazuki

Yu Hazuki is an ambitious and energetic 13-year-old junior high schoolgirl who moved from Tokyo to Osaka to live with her father and young stepbrother Sunny. She is very passionate about volleyball and dreams of one day being a part of Japan's national women's volleyball team in the 1988 Seoul Olympics. Despite her father's disapproval and her team's brutal coach, Yu develops a tumultuous friendship with her arch-rival, Nami Hayase, a former school volleyball champ while dealing with her crush on So Takiki, the captain of the Hikawa boys' volleyball team.

The Attacker You! anime, despite mediocre ratings in Japan, achieved a strong level of popularity in several European countries, including Italy (Mila e Shiro, due cuori nella pallavolo), France (Jeanne et Serge), Spain (called both Dos fuera de serie and Juana y Sergio), Portugal (Joana e Sérgio, O Desafio dos Anjos) and Poland (Pojedynek Aniolow). The anime has been rerun several times in Italy since its original broadcast there, and the manga was also released in Italy. As of 2012, no incarnation of the anime has been licensed in North America.