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Oikawa History
17 February 2022 08:57Note: While the vast majority of these events have confirmed dates or years, not all have exact dates or years, just a vague "it happens within this timeframe" and I'll do my best to state whether these dates are confirmed or if I'm taking a wild guess about when a specific event takes place as well as stating what leans more into very minor headcanon in this colour, although these are fairly insignificant guesses and just my personal thoughts of when they could have taken place.
For now, the things referenced are from the manga with a very minor mention of things from the anime, but will be updated with light novel references once I'm able to finish reading them.
There's also the overall series timeline with confirmed dates as well as a helpful detailed spreadsheet made by someone compiling most information, for the whole series. However, it's not fully up to date, and it's unknown when or if it will be updated.
▶1994 - 2007◀
• Oikawa is born on 20th July 1994.
° Chapter N/A
• Oikawa enters kindergarten.
• Oikawa meets Iwaizumi. It is unknown when they met, but I personally place them meeting around ages 3 or 4.
• Oikawa enters elementary school.
• Oikawa becomes an uncle to Takeru. Takeru's age is not confirmed, so this is hard to pin down, but I place Takeru around age 7 or 8 during the main series.
° Chapter N/A
• Oikawa and Iwaizumi attend a volleyball game between Japan and Argentina in elementary school, where Oikawa decides he wants to become a setter after seeing José Blanco help his team's ace get back on his feet.
° Chapter 372
▶2007 - 2010◀
• Oikawa enters Kitagawa Daiichi middle school and joins the boys volleyball team alongside Iwaizumi.
• Oikawa becomes Captain of the Kitagawa Daiichi boys volleyball team.
° Chapters N/A
• Oikawa and the team keep losing to Ushijima and Shiratorizawa, with Oikawa becoming bitter towards Ushijima and holding a grudge against the boy.
• Kageyama, a volleyball prodigy, enters Kitagawa Daiichi and joins the boys volleyball team, his skills showing that he would be a setter, which causes Oikawa to panic and begin overworking himself.
• Oikawa is subbed out of a practice match after missing multiple sets, being replaced by Kageyama. That same night, Kageyama asks Oikawa to teach him how to serve, which causes him to freak out and nearly strike him in a fit of anger had Iwaizumi not intervened.
• Iwaizumi tells Oikawa he needs to calm down, and Oikawa insists that he has no time to and that he needs to win and get to Nationals, which Iwaizumi headbutts him and tells him he can't do that on his own.
• Kageyama again approaches Oikawa to ask him for help, but Oikawa again refuses, but doesn't strike him this time.
• Kitagawa Daiichi loses its final match with Oikawa as its captain to Shiratorizawa, but finally manages to win a set. Oikawa also receives a Best Setter award after the match, as well as declaring to Kageyama that he'll beat him one day no matter what high school he ends up at. Oikawa and Iwaizumi also promise to beat Shiratorizawa once they're in high school.
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° Chapter 60
• Oikawa's motto "If you're going to attack, then keep it up until your opponent breaks" is revealed.
° Chapter 52
• Oikawa graduates from Kitagawa Daiichi.
° Chapter N/A
▶2010 - 2013◀
• Oikawa enters Aoba Johsai private high school and joins the boys volleyball team alongside Iwaizumi, Matsukawa, and Hanamaki.
• Oikawa and Kuroo meet. While not having this confirmed in the series proper, they're both shown together in multiple extra chapters, which I personally include as canon.
• Oikawa becomes Aoba Johsai's starting setter
• Oikawa becomes the team's Captain with Iwaizumi as his Vice-Captain and Ace.
° Chapter N/A
• Aoba Johsai agrees to a practice match with Karasuno, as long as Kageyama is the setter the entire match at Oikawa's demands.
• Oikawa sprains his ankle from over-practicing. (I refuse to play any of the knee injury headcanons, the manga states an ankle sprain.)
• Oikawa arrives late before the 3rd set, subbing in at the end as a pinch server and gains five points back, although Aoba Johsai still loses the match. He later declares to Kageyama that he'll defeat him in an official match.
° Chapters 10 - 15
• Inter-High begins, Aoba Johsai is a seeded team in the tournament in the same block as Karasuno and Datekō.
° Chapter 37
• Aoba Johsai vs Oomisaki. Oikawa declares he'll defeat champions and dark horses alike to get to Nationals. Oikawa's skill as a setter is revealed.
• Aoba Johsai wins 2-0.
• Oikawa states in an interview that he'd like to crush Karasuno in their match.
• Oikawa stays up that night watching the match between Karasuno and Datekō, figuring out the combination between Kageyama and Hinata.
° Chapters 47 - 48
• Aoba Johsai vs Karasuno.
• Oikawa pulls a setter dump early in the match as well as shows off how aggressive of a player and setter he is, showing his threat level on the court.
• Oikawa calls for an early time-out to reveal what he'd figured out the night before about Kageyama and Hinata's combo.
• Iwaizumi points out the early time-out and Oikawa says it's fine because it'll get under Karasuno's skin, namely Kageyama's. Hanamaki and Matsukawa tease him about figuring out people's weaknesses.
• Oikawa states that while he's not as skilled as Kageyama at tosses and can't do them with pinpoint accuracy, he won't lose to him as a setter and is confident in his ability to give his team the absolute best tosses.
• Oikawa becomes distracted by thinking about defeating Ushijima, causing him to lose a few points for Aoba Johsai until Iwaizumi gets him to snap out of it.
• Aoba Johsai wins 2-1.
• Iwaizumi and Oikawa discuss Kageyama's growth.
• Aoba Johsai vs Senzeki. Aoba Johsai wins 2-0.
° Chapters 49 - 69
• Aoba Johsai vs Shiratorizawa. Shiratorizawa wins 2-0.
° Chapters 70 - 71
• Oikawa, Iwaizumi, Hanamaki, and Matsukawa all remain on the Aoba Johsai team in order to try and defeat Shiratorizawa one more time.
° Chapter N/A
• Oikawa goes to talk with José Blanco, unsure if he wants to continue playing, but is given advice to look past his limits.
° Chapter 146
• Oikawa decides to go to Argentina after high school.
° Chapter 97 + 372
• Oikawa's approached by Kageyama, who asks him for help with tosses, and declines at first out of petty jealousy until Kageyama begs him. Oikawa gets teased by his nephew about how his girlfriend broke up with him, but gets Takeru to take a picture before giving advice to Kageyama.
° Chapter 83
• Aoba Johsai plays a practice match with a college team, with Oikawa being the setter on their side. He is able to easily toss to these members, having likely only just met them.
• Kyōtani is invited back to the Aoba Johsai team by Oikawa, and insults the third years who chose to remain. Oikawa, although angered by this, plays it off as a joke while telling Kyōtani he'll be grateful to play with him and the team; causing Kyōtani to become immediately defensive and wary of Oikawa.
° Chapters 106 - 107
• Spring Inter-High begins, Oikawa and Iwaizumi run into Hinata, and Oikawa taunts him.
• Oikawa and Iwaizumi also run into Ushijima, getting angry at the sight of him and declare they'll win against Shiratorizawa.
° Chapters 108
• Aoba Johsai vs Datekō.
• Oikawa notes Koganegawa as a potential threat, setting differently for Iwaizumi, which gets him lectured by him for it.
• Aoba Johsai wins 2-0.
° Chapters 125 - 128
• Aoba Johsai vs Karasuno.
• Oikawa childishly taunts Kageyama before the match, earning a questioning comment from Hanamaki about how he's supposed to be a third year.
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• Aoba Johsai loses 1-2.
• Oikawa thanks the third years for the past three years after getting ramen with the team, tearing up and crying with them after a final practice match with just the third years.
• Iwaizumi tells Oikawa he's the best partner and setter, and that he'll defeat him one day, which Oikawa tells him to bring it on.
° Chapters 129 - 148, Bonus Chapter + 3rd movie ending
• Karasuno vs Shiratorizawa.
• Oikawa and Iwaizumi watch the match together, Iwaizumi having caught Oikawa there looking miserable despite claims of not being able to sit around and feel sorry for himself.
• Karasuno wins 3-2.
° Chapters 150 - 189
• Nationals begin, and Oikawa is shown watching the matches. Oikawa is shown watching Karasuno's matches against Inarizaki and Kamomedai.
° Chapters 231 - 369
• Oikawa graduates from Aoba Johsai.
° Chapter N/A
▶2013 - 2022◀
• Oikawa goes to Argentina to learn from José Blanco.
• Iwaizumi sends Oikawa a selfie of himself and Ushijima, knowing it'll cause him to blow a fuse.
° Chapter 395
• Oikawa becomes a setter for Club Atlético San Juan.
• Oikawa meets up with Hinata in Brazil, and plays beach volleyball with him after catching up with him and telling him why he went to Argentina. This experience reminds Oikawa that volleyball is still fun.
• Oikawa sends a selfie of himself and Hinata to others while in Brazil.
° Chapters 371-374
• MSBY Black Jackals vs Schweiden Adlers match, MSBY wins 3-1. While he is not shown watching this match, Oikawa claims to not have been watching Kageyama's matches but Hinata makes a mental comment in chapter 372 about how he and Kageyama are the same while calling Kageyama a liar, so it can be assumed he is as well as supporting a friend (Hinata).
° Chapters 378 - 401
• Oikawa naturalizes as an Argentinian citizen.
• Oikawa makes it onto the Argentine National Team and competes in the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, facing off against Team Japan on the 12th day in August 2021. The match outcome is never confirmed, but a common agreement is that Argentina took gold and Japan took silver. I'll personally be going by this common agreement, however I can also adjust to what happened in the real world of Argentina winning bronze at those Olympics.
° Chapter 402
• Kuroo invites Oikawa to participate in the "Monster Generation" match. Reunions with friends, as well as Oikawa and Atsumu immediately getting off on the wrong foot, and Iwaizumi steps in to make them both behave.
° Chapter 402.1 Anniversary one-shot
For now, the things referenced are from the manga with a very minor mention of things from the anime, but will be updated with light novel references once I'm able to finish reading them.
There's also the overall series timeline with confirmed dates as well as a helpful detailed spreadsheet made by someone compiling most information, for the whole series. However, it's not fully up to date, and it's unknown when or if it will be updated.
Timeline
Childhood
▶1994 - 2007◀
• Oikawa is born on 20th July 1994.
° Chapter N/A
• Oikawa enters kindergarten.
• Oikawa meets Iwaizumi. It is unknown when they met, but I personally place them meeting around ages 3 or 4.
• Oikawa enters elementary school.
• Oikawa becomes an uncle to Takeru. Takeru's age is not confirmed, so this is hard to pin down, but I place Takeru around age 7 or 8 during the main series.
° Chapter N/A
• Oikawa and Iwaizumi attend a volleyball game between Japan and Argentina in elementary school, where Oikawa decides he wants to become a setter after seeing José Blanco help his team's ace get back on his feet.
° Chapter 372
Middle School
▶2007 - 2010◀
• Oikawa enters Kitagawa Daiichi middle school and joins the boys volleyball team alongside Iwaizumi.
• Oikawa becomes Captain of the Kitagawa Daiichi boys volleyball team.
° Chapters N/A
• Oikawa and the team keep losing to Ushijima and Shiratorizawa, with Oikawa becoming bitter towards Ushijima and holding a grudge against the boy.
• Kageyama, a volleyball prodigy, enters Kitagawa Daiichi and joins the boys volleyball team, his skills showing that he would be a setter, which causes Oikawa to panic and begin overworking himself.
• Oikawa is subbed out of a practice match after missing multiple sets, being replaced by Kageyama. That same night, Kageyama asks Oikawa to teach him how to serve, which causes him to freak out and nearly strike him in a fit of anger had Iwaizumi not intervened.
• Iwaizumi tells Oikawa he needs to calm down, and Oikawa insists that he has no time to and that he needs to win and get to Nationals, which Iwaizumi headbutts him and tells him he can't do that on his own.
• Kageyama again approaches Oikawa to ask him for help, but Oikawa again refuses, but doesn't strike him this time.
• Kitagawa Daiichi loses its final match with Oikawa as its captain to Shiratorizawa, but finally manages to win a set. Oikawa also receives a Best Setter award after the match, as well as declaring to Kageyama that he'll beat him one day no matter what high school he ends up at. Oikawa and Iwaizumi also promise to beat Shiratorizawa once they're in high school.
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° Chapter 60
• Oikawa's motto "If you're going to attack, then keep it up until your opponent breaks" is revealed.
° Chapter 52
• Oikawa graduates from Kitagawa Daiichi.
° Chapter N/A
High School
▶2010 - 2013◀
• Oikawa enters Aoba Johsai private high school and joins the boys volleyball team alongside Iwaizumi, Matsukawa, and Hanamaki.
• Oikawa and Kuroo meet. While not having this confirmed in the series proper, they're both shown together in multiple extra chapters, which I personally include as canon.
• Oikawa becomes Aoba Johsai's starting setter
• Oikawa becomes the team's Captain with Iwaizumi as his Vice-Captain and Ace.
° Chapter N/A
• Aoba Johsai agrees to a practice match with Karasuno, as long as Kageyama is the setter the entire match at Oikawa's demands.
• Oikawa sprains his ankle from over-practicing. (I refuse to play any of the knee injury headcanons, the manga states an ankle sprain.)
• Oikawa arrives late before the 3rd set, subbing in at the end as a pinch server and gains five points back, although Aoba Johsai still loses the match. He later declares to Kageyama that he'll defeat him in an official match.
° Chapters 10 - 15
• Inter-High begins, Aoba Johsai is a seeded team in the tournament in the same block as Karasuno and Datekō.
° Chapter 37
• Aoba Johsai vs Oomisaki. Oikawa declares he'll defeat champions and dark horses alike to get to Nationals. Oikawa's skill as a setter is revealed.
• Aoba Johsai wins 2-0.
• Oikawa states in an interview that he'd like to crush Karasuno in their match.
• Oikawa stays up that night watching the match between Karasuno and Datekō, figuring out the combination between Kageyama and Hinata.
° Chapters 47 - 48
• Aoba Johsai vs Karasuno.
• Oikawa pulls a setter dump early in the match as well as shows off how aggressive of a player and setter he is, showing his threat level on the court.
• Oikawa calls for an early time-out to reveal what he'd figured out the night before about Kageyama and Hinata's combo.
• Iwaizumi points out the early time-out and Oikawa says it's fine because it'll get under Karasuno's skin, namely Kageyama's. Hanamaki and Matsukawa tease him about figuring out people's weaknesses.
• Oikawa states that while he's not as skilled as Kageyama at tosses and can't do them with pinpoint accuracy, he won't lose to him as a setter and is confident in his ability to give his team the absolute best tosses.
• Oikawa becomes distracted by thinking about defeating Ushijima, causing him to lose a few points for Aoba Johsai until Iwaizumi gets him to snap out of it.
• Aoba Johsai wins 2-1.
• Iwaizumi and Oikawa discuss Kageyama's growth.
• Aoba Johsai vs Senzeki. Aoba Johsai wins 2-0.
° Chapters 49 - 69
• Aoba Johsai vs Shiratorizawa. Shiratorizawa wins 2-0.
° Chapters 70 - 71
• Oikawa, Iwaizumi, Hanamaki, and Matsukawa all remain on the Aoba Johsai team in order to try and defeat Shiratorizawa one more time.
° Chapter N/A
• Oikawa goes to talk with José Blanco, unsure if he wants to continue playing, but is given advice to look past his limits.
° Chapter 146
• Oikawa decides to go to Argentina after high school.
° Chapter 97 + 372
• Oikawa's approached by Kageyama, who asks him for help with tosses, and declines at first out of petty jealousy until Kageyama begs him. Oikawa gets teased by his nephew about how his girlfriend broke up with him, but gets Takeru to take a picture before giving advice to Kageyama.
° Chapter 83
• Aoba Johsai plays a practice match with a college team, with Oikawa being the setter on their side. He is able to easily toss to these members, having likely only just met them.
• Kyōtani is invited back to the Aoba Johsai team by Oikawa, and insults the third years who chose to remain. Oikawa, although angered by this, plays it off as a joke while telling Kyōtani he'll be grateful to play with him and the team; causing Kyōtani to become immediately defensive and wary of Oikawa.
° Chapters 106 - 107
• Spring Inter-High begins, Oikawa and Iwaizumi run into Hinata, and Oikawa taunts him.
• Oikawa and Iwaizumi also run into Ushijima, getting angry at the sight of him and declare they'll win against Shiratorizawa.
° Chapters 108
• Aoba Johsai vs Datekō.
• Oikawa notes Koganegawa as a potential threat, setting differently for Iwaizumi, which gets him lectured by him for it.
• Aoba Johsai wins 2-0.
° Chapters 125 - 128
• Aoba Johsai vs Karasuno.
• Oikawa childishly taunts Kageyama before the match, earning a questioning comment from Hanamaki about how he's supposed to be a third year.
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• Aoba Johsai loses 1-2.
• Oikawa thanks the third years for the past three years after getting ramen with the team, tearing up and crying with them after a final practice match with just the third years.
• Iwaizumi tells Oikawa he's the best partner and setter, and that he'll defeat him one day, which Oikawa tells him to bring it on.
° Chapters 129 - 148, Bonus Chapter + 3rd movie ending
• Karasuno vs Shiratorizawa.
• Oikawa and Iwaizumi watch the match together, Iwaizumi having caught Oikawa there looking miserable despite claims of not being able to sit around and feel sorry for himself.
• Karasuno wins 3-2.
° Chapters 150 - 189
• Nationals begin, and Oikawa is shown watching the matches. Oikawa is shown watching Karasuno's matches against Inarizaki and Kamomedai.
° Chapters 231 - 369
• Oikawa graduates from Aoba Johsai.
° Chapter N/A
Final Arc
▶2013 - 2022◀
• Oikawa goes to Argentina to learn from José Blanco.
• Iwaizumi sends Oikawa a selfie of himself and Ushijima, knowing it'll cause him to blow a fuse.
° Chapter 395
• Oikawa becomes a setter for Club Atlético San Juan.
• Oikawa meets up with Hinata in Brazil, and plays beach volleyball with him after catching up with him and telling him why he went to Argentina. This experience reminds Oikawa that volleyball is still fun.
• Oikawa sends a selfie of himself and Hinata to others while in Brazil.
° Chapters 371-374
• MSBY Black Jackals vs Schweiden Adlers match, MSBY wins 3-1. While he is not shown watching this match, Oikawa claims to not have been watching Kageyama's matches but Hinata makes a mental comment in chapter 372 about how he and Kageyama are the same while calling Kageyama a liar, so it can be assumed he is as well as supporting a friend (Hinata).
° Chapters 378 - 401
• Oikawa naturalizes as an Argentinian citizen.
• Oikawa makes it onto the Argentine National Team and competes in the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, facing off against Team Japan on the 12th day in August 2021. The match outcome is never confirmed, but a common agreement is that Argentina took gold and Japan took silver. I'll personally be going by this common agreement, however I can also adjust to what happened in the real world of Argentina winning bronze at those Olympics.
° Chapter 402
• Kuroo invites Oikawa to participate in the "Monster Generation" match. Reunions with friends, as well as Oikawa and Atsumu immediately getting off on the wrong foot, and Iwaizumi steps in to make them both behave.
° Chapter 402.1 Anniversary one-shot
