Shows Like Haikyu!!

Quintessential peer to Haikyu!! — high school sports shounen with team-vs-team tournament arcs, prodigy dynamics, bromance and the same underdog-rises spirit, just swapping volleyball for basketball.

High school sports shounen about a brash newcomer joining a powerhouse club, all-out tournament focus, bromance and bukatsu — the closest baseball analogue to Haikyu!!.

Eleven shared themes including high school sports, training, rivalry, tournament and bromance — same underdog-club shounen formula with cycling instead of volleyball.

The original high-school-sports shounen blueprint Haikyu!! is often compared to — same school-club, rivalry, tournament structure with a hot-headed novice rising fast.

Team sports drama with training arcs, rivalry and tournament progression, and the same emotional teamwork beats — slightly older skew (uni rather than HS) but the spirit lines up.

High school club sports anime centred on rivalry, training and tournaments with strong friendship dynamics — swimming counterpart to Haikyu!!'s volleyball.

Quiet high-school club-sport anime about rebuilding confidence through teamwork and tournament play, sharing prodigy and rivalry beats with Haikyu!!.

Underdog joins a slacker high school basketball club and reignites it for tournament play — direct shounen-sports peer with bromance and bukatsu themes.

Small-statured underdog rises through a high school club sport (sumo) toward national tournaments — mirrors Hinata's arc closely; shares VA Ayumu Murase.

Underdog school tennis club fights to survive and compete; seven shared themes including school club, bromance and competition give it a Haikyu!!-shaped arc with darker character drama.

Modern high-school sports shounen with intense tournament-style competition and rivalry; ego-driven rather than team-first but the kinetic match energy and audience overlap are strong.

Long-running underdog sports shounen (boxing) with relentless training arcs, tournaments and a meek-protagonist-finds-his-edge story — the spiritual cousin of Haikyu!! in a solo sport.

High school club sport (water polo) with a rebuilding-team arc and competition focus, but heavier amnesia drama and shorter run keep it adjacent rather than peer.

Niche high-school sports comedy following an ex-soccer star pulled into a new team sport — tournament beats and bukatsu match, but a more comedic, lighter register.

Competitive school-club passion drama (karuta) with prodigy rivalry, training, tournaments and team chemistry — same emotional engine, mind-sport rather than physical.

High school badminton club anime with prodigy/rivalry framing and tournament arcs; tone is darker and more psychological than Haikyu!! but the sports-club skeleton fits.

Shounen take on competitive ballroom dance with a passive teen finding obsession and rivals — the 'sports' framing and tournament arcs echo Haikyu!! despite the genre swap.

Junior-high sports drama about a prodigy pitcher and his catcher; shares VAs Ayumu Murase and Kaito Ishikawa and the bukatsu/teamwork core, though more introspective and lower-energy.

Competitive prodigy drama (shogi) with tournament structure and rich character arcs; quieter and more melancholy than Haikyu!!, but beloved by the same audience.

Classic high-school sports shounen featuring a tennis prodigy joining a powerhouse school team — same bukatsu/tournament template as Haikyu!! in an older, more stylised mode.