Hakira Hayama is a volley player at Calico Aster State University. She was born and raised in Calico Aster, North Carolina. Her parents are immigrants from Japan. Her father, Hitogawa Hayama, who is fluent in English and Japanese, is an aircraft maintenance technician and works at Fort Calloway.

Hakira Hayama is a forensic pathology major, and is beginning her junior year this upcoming school year of August, 2025.