Madoka Yachi

Madoka is confident, blunt and demanding. Her strong personality contrasts sharply with Hitoka Yachi's tendency to panic and imagine worst-case scenarios.

She expects Hitoka to communicate clearly and take responsibility for her decisions rather than simply drifting into them. This strictness can intimidate her daughter, but it is not presented as indifference to Hitoka's future.

Madoka is also professionally minded. She takes visual communication seriously and immediately recognizes weaknesses in amateur design work.

Madoka is not an athlete and possesses no volleyball-specific abilities. Her established expertise is graphic design.

That professional knowledge becomes useful when Hitoka works on promotional material connected to Karasuno. Madoka can identify how layout, imagery and presentation affect whether a message attracts attention.

Her competence provides Hitoka with a practical model for the design skills she begins applying to the volleyball club's needs.

Madoka appears during Hitoka's early involvement with Karasuno. Hitoka is uncertain about committing to the manager position and worries about explaining the decision to her formidable mother.

Shouyou Hinata accompanies Hitoka when she goes to speak with Madoka, and the conversation helps Hitoka state her own choice more firmly.

Madoka's profession later provides useful context for Hitoka's ability to create promotional materials, including the club's efforts to raise money for travel and training.

Hitoka Yachi is Madoka's daughter. Their personalities differ considerably, with Madoka's assertiveness often making the anxious Hitoka nervous, but Madoka expects her daughter to learn to make and defend her own decisions.

Shouyou Hinata accompanies Hitoka Yachi when she speaks with Madoka about joining Karasuno's volleyball club.