My Hero Academia/Characters

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Izuku Midoriya - Deku
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Katsuki Bakugō - Dynamight

 * Debut: Chapter 1 (Manga), Episode 1 (Anime)
 * Quirk: Explosion
 * Voiced by Nobuhiko Okamoto (Japanese, TV Anime), Clifford Chapin, (English dub, TV anime)

An almost life-long acquaintance and former friend of Izuku's - a condescending, arrogant and aggressive young man who incessantly bullied Izuku for being Quirkless during childhood and junior high school. By pure surprise, he ends up being in the same class as his former bullying victim. He strongly believes Might Makes Right and that to be a great hero means to be utterly invincible in combat, and as such, detests the notion of being helped by someone else, seeing it as a bad reflection on himself. His Quirk, Explosion, secretes an igneous nitro-glycerin-like substance from his palms that he uses for making explosive attacks, and occasionally to make himself fly away.


 * Affectionate Nickname: Ever since childhood, Midoriya has referred to him as "Kacchan", a portmanteau of his first name, Katsuki, and the honorific "chan", which denotes special endearment and is usually uttered by young boys to one another. The nickname stuck around all the way to high school.
 * Anime Hair: Styled like an explosion, just like his Quirk and attitude.
 * Anti-Hero: Deconstructed. His antagonistic behavior, aggressive temper and overall lack of cooperation prove to be a hindrance for him, even though he's firmly aligned with the Heroes and has vast amounts of potential, what with being both physically fit and very nimble with his Quirk. More to the point, it's exactly why he failed his Provisional Hero License exam.
 * Astonishingly Appropriate Appearance: His hairstyle is shaped like an exploding firecracker, which goes in handy with both the nature of his Quirk and his attitude.
 * Attack! Attack! Attack!: His default approach to combat is to dish out as much dirt as possible to leave as little a window as possible for his opponents to strategize. Downplayed in that he's still capable of concocting more complex plans.
 * The Berserker: He fights very boisterously and very violently, which in some instances works against him.
 * Big Ego, Hidden Depths: He may be stubborn, proud and arrogant to a fault, but it's eventually revealed during his brawl with Midoriya that Bakugō, in spite of all the praise and adulation he was given as a child, has an unfulfilled need for validation and acceptance and longs for someone to see him as a beacon of hope. On the other hand, he can't realize that the way he's going about that is completely wrong.
 * Blood Knight: Bakugō relishes the prospect of an intense fight so much that he becomes angry when his opponent avoids it or doesn't give it their best when taking on him. He wants to earn his victory.
 * Broken Ace: A less sympathetic example; always lauded for his powerful Quirk and amazing bravery as a young child, come high school, Bakugō finds himself in a situation where his nasty demeanor, previously overlooked, works against him in spades, to the point where everyone finds it difficult to work with him.
 * Brutal Honesty: Katsuki always speaks his mind, but rarely ever minds his speech.
 * The Bully: Used to be quite a barbaric one in junior high school, even low-key telling Midoriya to commit suicide when he burns and throws away his notebook on Hero powers.
 * Character Tics:
 * Notably, he likes to bare his teeth whenever he's excited or angry.
 * He hates wearing ties, preferring to leave his own shirt unbuttoned at the top.
 * He sticks his hands in his pockets and lumbers around whenever he's sullen.
 * The Comically Serious: His uncontrollable temper and taking everything as a personal attack is pretty much always played for laughs.
 * Determinator: When Bakugō sets his mind to something, he'll do it no matter how the odds are stacked in or out of his favor. It's this quality that even Midoriya sees as the true trait of a winner.
 * Don't You Dare Pity Me!: He loathes when someone takes sympathy to him when he's in trouble and tries to help him: so much so that he perceives it as a bad reflection on his ego. Especially pronounced when it comes to Midoriya: he perceives his genuine kindness as a means for Midoriya to "show off his moral superiority over him". This is also the root of the animosity the two would share for a good chunk of the story.
 * Everyone Has Standards: Even Bakugō, an overly competitive, violent jerk who bulldozes over people to get what he wants, is genuinely appalled by what Endeavor has done to his family to do the same.
 * Explosion Propulsion: He can use his Quirk to become airborne for a short amount of time.
 * The Friend Nobody Likes: Even with his battle prowess, determined go-getter personality and tactical skill acknowledged, Bakugō is considered an extremely unpleasant individual by pretty much all of his class. Even Midoriya and Kirishima, who are some of the students he's on more familiar terms with, think he's a piece of work. It's also saying a lot that he's less liked than Mineta.
 * Glory Hound: Bakugō strongly craves praise, recognition and accolades for his heroics and fights to one-up and trump anyone whom he perceives as a strong opponent. As he grows more humble over time, however, he grows a more upstanding streak and generally doesn't like winning if he feels he didn't earn it.
 * Good Is Not Nice: He's unambiguously a heroic character, albeit one who's immensely stubborn, mean-spirited, proud and short-tempered.
 * Grumpy Bear: He's so short-tempered, grouchy and anti-social it's easier to count the times in the series where he isn't in a bad mood.
 * Guttural Growler: In the anime, he speaks with a coarse, raspy voice that gets especially gruff when he's bellowing at the top of his lungs.
 * Hair-Trigger Temper: It's easier to list the moments in the series where Bakugō isn't throwing an apoplectic seizure and acting like a self-entitled brat. And heaven forfend that he loses, or wins in a manner that doesn't satisfy him... He loses his temper so many times it becomes a Running Gag.
 * Having a Blast: The essence of his Quirk is that it can create explosions which he uses in many inventive ways.
 * Hero with an F In Good: All of his battle prowess and analytical intelligence are eventually hampered by his charmless, foul personality. More to the point, Bakugō outright ignores this aspect of heroics, and it's been much to his detriment. He fails his Provisional Hero License exam because of it. He later makes efforts to correct this bad habit.
 * Hot-Blooded: Relishing the prospect of a good fight, with a fiery drive to win at all costs and a very powerful ability, he absolutely qualifies.
 * Hypocrite: He dislikes being looked down upon (or at least, what he believes is looking down upon him), but will jump at the opportunity to speak derisively towards someone.
 * Inferiority Superiority Complex: For all his bluster and dauntless combat tactics, he's actually shown to be deeply insecure about being perceived as brave, strong and heroic. More to the point, when he took offense to Midoriya trying to help him up from a fall when they were children, he believed having someone who's as "feeble" as Midoriya helping him, the "strongest of them all", would be a bad reflection on his ego. The envy only became worse when Midoriya got into U.A., stood up to Bakugō and managed to defeat him in the Battle Trial.
 * It's All About Me: Profoundly solipsistic, proud and single-minded in his pursuit of becoming the number-one Hero in Japan, Bakugō will do anything to mow his rivals down. If he doesn't have his way, he'll usually pitch a hissy fit. This was generally visible when he was a child, where he kept other kids around simply as toadies to bolster his ego.
 * Jerkass: A major one. He bullied Midoriya for kicks as a child and in junior high school, and is generally smug and antagonistic even when he enters U.A. High. He's very low on compassion, which is easily reflected by the fact that he's had zero rescue points in the entrance exam, and that he forsook his mission of protecting the projectile in the Battle Trial just to take out his anger on Midoriya, whom he envies more than anyone. It's eventually Subverted; see Jerk with a Heart of Gold below.
 * Jerk Jock: Physically fit? Check. Extremely unpleasant? Check. Bullies meek people? Check. Although, he has better grades than most other examples.
 * Jerk with a Heart of Gold: It turns out that despite being an abrasive, competitive and selfish jerk, Bakugō shows that he truly believes that a Hero should be at the top of his game to protect others. He is very distraught over All Might's retirement and blames himself for causing it, which he confides to Midoriya in a fit of rage. He also went to great lengths to motivate the class band to do their best while preparing for the U.A. Cultural Festival. It's cemented in the Paranormal Liberation War arc, where he takes an attack from Tomura Shigaraki meant for Midoriya and is seriously injured; later on, the first question he asks is about Midoriya's safety.
 * Large Ham: He tends to express every one of his emotions with 100% drive and honesty.
 * Laser-Guided Karma: For all the bullying and abuse he rent on Midoriya over the years, he got one of the biggest bruises onto his ego - his unpleasant personality has driven away the majority of his class, and his former bullying target is now considered the shining example of heroism.
 * Mr. Fanservice: He's more muscular than Midoriya and has a more revealing costume than him. There's also the occasional Shirtless Scene and the second end credits to Season 2, where he's shirtless and decked out in tribal tattoos, flaunting his musculature all around.
 * The Nicknamer: He's so self-absorbed he doesn't even bother learning his classmates' names, often referring to them according to their physical features. The only exception to this, of course, was "Deku".
 * No Indoor Voice: He's rarely ever seen or heard not screeching at the top of his lungs.
 * No Sense of Humor: Downplayed. While he can make others laugh in rather roundabout ways, he absolutely can't take a joke at his expense.
 * Not Quite Flight: He can use Explosion to propel himself into the air to cover a larger stretch of distance than he normally would running.
 * Not So Above It All: Try as hard as he might to present himself as a cantankerous grouch, it's very obvious he's having fun during the music performance at the U.A. School Festival, cracking a heartfelt smile while drumming.
 * Out-of-Character is Serious Business: Normally, he's exceedingly loud and aggressive, but when he becomes calm and quiet, you will know he's caught onto something, or that something's amiss.
 * Perpetual Frowner: He's rarely ever seen without a scowl on his face.
 * Red Eyes, Take Warning: As a perpetually furious berserker, it's only fitting that he has blood-red eyes.
 * Renaissance Man: He's a lot more sophisticated than he looks - he has some of the best grades in class, is a good chef, a good babysitter and a very skilled drummer.
 * The Rival: Set up as one to Izuku Midoriya ever since the beginning of the story. It stems from years of bullying and a sudden realization that his former victim was now powerful enough to compete with him, not to mention that his belief of what a Hero should be is a stark contrast with his own. Eventually, it becomes more of a Friendly Rivalry.
 * Screaming Warrior: He is very rarely heard speaking in a normal tone of voice, especially during battle.
 * Sleeves Are for Wimps: Has a tank top on his Hero costume.
 * Smarter Than You Look: His tripwire temper, overall vulgarity and unlikable behavior make it very easy to forget just how intelligent Bakugō is. He's shown to be very analytical and observant, and on the formal side of things, his grades are the third-best in class (for comparison's sake, better than Midoriya's).
 * Sore Loser: Bakugō almost never takes kindly to either defeat or failure, perceiving them as a bad reflection on his ego. Especially if Midoriya succeeds and he doesn't.
 * Strong Family Resemblance: He is practically the spitting image of his mother, Mitsuki Bakugō, with the only difference being that he's male. They even share the same trip-wire temper and propensity for violence.
 * Super Toughness: Given that he has a Quirk that's about producing explosions, his body is incredibly resistant to its recoil and effects, and consequently more resilient to impacts in general.
 * Tricked-Out Gloves: Designed to look like hand grenades, with the function of both minimizing the damage done to his hands and arms and of collecting more sweat to make stronger explosions.
 * Tsurime Eyes: He has strongly slanted eyes which fit very well with his angry expressions and his default mood.
 * Underestimating Badassery: Tends to happen when people assume he's a meathead because of his aggressive personality. In turn, he underestimates Midoriya the first time they come to blows during the Battle Trial, and he's left shocked that his former bullying victim fought back.
 * Ungrateful Bastard: Despite Midoriya risking his life several times to save him, Bakugō has never thanked him, or apologized for all the bullying he put him through since when they were children.
 * Unscrupulous Hero: He's savvy enough to know that Heroes are always the winners, which goes in hand with his philosophy, which makes him reject Tomura Shigaraki's offer to join the League without a second thought.
 * Weaponized Headgear: The edges of the explosion-shaped accessories that are part of his face mask are sharp, evidenced by how during a comedic moment, he threw it at Midoriya and they stabbed him in the head.
 * Would Hit a Girl: For him, it doesn't matter what's between his opponent's legs - he will go all out with the full brunt of his power against a woman as hard as he would against a man.

Shōto Todoroki - Shōto

 * Debut: Chapter 6 (Manga), Episode 5 (Anime)
 * Quirk: Half-Cold Half-Hot
 * Voiced by Yuuki Kaji (Japanese, TV Anime), David Matranga, (English dub, TV anime)

One of two students enrolled into U.A. by recommendations, Todoroki is a reserved, but persevering youth. He's the son of Endeavor (Enji Todoroki), the number-two Hero in Japan, who groomed him to supersede All Might and, consequently, saw him as more of a pawn, than his child. His Quirk, Half-Cold Half-Hot, allows him to shoots jets of ice from his right side and jets of fire from his left. Given that his abusive father's Quirk is all about fire, Shōto refuses to use it out of spite.


 * Abusive Parents: Oh brother, where to start here. His dad was an unsuccessful rival to All Might, so he married a woman with an ice-based Quirk, hoping to sire a son with both Quirks, regarding said offspring as a weapon that would outshine his rival. While Shōto's mother treated him better, she was also a victim of her husband's abuse, and was prone to fits of rage, one of which caused her to throw boiling water in Shōto's face. Understandably, Shōto hates his father.
 * The Ace: He is an incredibly talented, powerful and perceptive Quirk fighter, the strongest in his class by a wide margin. It comes of no surprise that he got into U.A. via recommendations, without going through the entrance exam.
 * Achilles' Heel: Since he almost exclusively uses his ice abilities, he has difficulty defending his left flank.
 * Adorkable: Despite being very stoic, tactical and efficient as a fighter, Todoroki is very socially awkward and it comes through in generally endearing ways.
 * Ascended Extra: From the U.A. Sports Festival onward, he becomes a main character.
 * Astonishingly Appropriate Appearance: His hairstyle very conveniently highlights where his powers each come from: white to the right (ice) and red to the left (fire).
 * Awesomeness By Analysis: Todoroki is very perceptive and analytical when it comes to drawing conclusions, as he was easily able to deduce that Midoriya's Quirk has more than a passing resemblance to All Might's, even though he's Entertainingly Wrong about their apparent connection.
 * Berserk Button:
 * Comparing him to his father, Enji, is a very easy way to get under his skin.
 * Urging him to stand idly by while his friends are in danger is another, and he gave the Hosu Chief of Police a mouthful for it.
 * Bishonen: He's considered handsome by almost all of his female classmates.
 * Boring but Practical: His current Hero costume is not all too flashy or or adorned, but it's fireproof and lends itself very well to his Quirk.
 * Brutal Honesty: He'll usually say what's on his mind with 100% earnesty, with little regard whether or not it's awkward.
 * The Comically Serious: His awkwardness makes for some very funny comedy relief: metaphors tend to go over his head, and he has a habit of making comical understatements about things he's done, like when asked about arranging his dorm.
 * Defrosting Ice King: Humorously enough, almost literally. He began as very cold, aloof and stubborn, holding onto a grudge against his father which stopped him from tapping into his full potential. Later, especially after his fateful duel with Midoriya in the Sports Festival, he began to thaw away and warm up to his classmates. Midoriya becomes his first true friend, while he also befriends Ida and Yaoyorozu.
 * Elemental Hair: White on the right and red on the left. Take a wild guess which side each of his powers comes from.
 * Everyone Has Standards: Despite having a rough relationship with his father, he does have some genuine love for him, as seen in his reaction to his battle with a very powerful Nomu.
 * A Friend in Need: In more than a few instances, Shōto reached out to his friends to offer help when the need was dire.
 * Heroic Lineage: Son of Endeavor, the 2nd highest-ranking Hero in Japan.
 * An Ice Person: The right side, which he inherited from his mother, allows him to shoot out ice.
 * The Jinx: Played for laughs when he claims that he has some kind of curse that makes other people mess up their hands or arms (namely Midoriya and Ida).
 * Literal-Minded: Shōto doesn't understand metaphors and tends to take them at face value. Most notably, when Mt. Lady said "his smile would make her heart jump out of her chest", he becomes worried.
 * Logical Weakness: Overusing his ice powers will give Shōto frostbite on his right arm and leg, as well as hypothermia. His movements slow down and he becomes sluggish unless he uses his left side to thaw away the cold.
 * Meaningful Name: His first name, "Shōto", is comprised of two Japanese characters that mean "freezing" and "heating", respectively.
 * Mundane Utility: During the Forest Training Camp Arc, he uses his fire powers to light a barbecue grill.
 * Mr. Fanservice: To a much lesser extent than Midoriya, but he does get some scenes of Clothing Damage and a single Shirtless Scene. To boot, his female classmates consider him very handsome.
 * Nice Guy: Sure, he's not very good at expressing his feelings, but through his actions it's very clear that Shōto's heart is in the right place and more. When seeing Midoriya distressed over his mission to save Eri, he comforts him and offers him some of his food.
 * No Social Skills: Due to his sheltered, uptight childhood, Todoroki is quite oblivious to social cues and metaphors.
 * Not So Stoic: There are instances where he drops his cold air and loses control over his emotions. Most notably, he loses his temper when confronted by the Hosu Police Chief about his and his friends' fiasco with Hero Killer Stain.
 * Oxymoronic Being: His Quirk lets him create and control fire and ice.
 * Patchwork Kids: The most overt example in his family and in the series at large: his hair is split into white on the right (where his ice power comes from) and red on his left (where his fire power comes from).
 * Playing with Fire: His left side is inherited from his father, and it allows him to do this.
 * Privileged Rival: He comes from an incredibly wealthy background, and is set up as one of Midoriya's rivals during the U.A. Sports Festival. This ends when they become friends.
 * Scars Are Forever: The burn scar over his left eye that he got from his mother has never healed.
 * Socially Awkward Hero: He lacks plenty of awareness when it comes to social cues and reacts in very odd ways to otherwise mundane situations. Other people have teased him about this.
 * The Stoic: He doesn't emote very much, and therefore can come across as very cold and calculating when intimidating someone. It's a mask that he developed over years of abuse inflicted onto him by his father.
 * Superpower Lottery: Shōto is both a winner and a loser; despite the contradictory nature of his Quirk, he can control it very well, and is, as a result, incredibly powerful. It's a shame they've made his whole life a living hell.
 * Super Breeding Program: Given his father's goals, he's the result of this, and as bad as his life has been as a result, he has four siblings who also had both Quirks, but without any compatibility. His cruel father considered them failures.
 * Troubled but Cute: He has a completely dysfunctional family and was on the receiving end of much abuse at his father's hands and overall appears very stoic and no-nonsense, but it's generally agreed among the girls in 1-A that he's the most handsome boy in class. To boot, his social ineptitude makes him come across as Adorkable.
 * Unknown Rival: For a few episodes, at least, he made it clear his goal was to defeat Midoriya, without giving any reason why. Until Midoriya learns about his past.
 * Used to Be a Sweet Kid: He was once a chipper, enthusiastic child, but the ruthless training and outright abuse his father put him through has left him a traumatized, cold husk. However, he begins to rekindle his kindness after his match against Midoriya.
 * When All You Have Is a Hammer: Todoroki isn't particularly creative when it comes to using his Quirk's power, and it's something he's acknowledged when thinking about ways to fight against villains who can counter him effectively.

Ochako Uraraka - Uravity

 * Debut: Chapter 3 (Manga), Episode 3 (Anime)
 * Quirk: Zero Gravity
 * Voiced by Ayane Sakura (Japanese), Luci Christian (English dub)

An outgoing young girl who befriends Midoriya after he saves her during the entrance exam. Her Quirk, "Zero Gravity", allows her to nullify the gravitational pull of an object, or creature, for as long as she can take (overusing it causes her nausea). She wants to become a heroine in order to earn enough money to give her parents a good life. Appears to have a mutual crush on Midoriya.


 * Action Girl: An action-girl in training, anyway; the reason she opts to intern with Gunhead is to work on her martial arts, in order to broaden her skill set. It turns out to be a boon in the long run.
 * Adorkable: She has a tendency to dork out when overly excited about something, ignoring personal space. Most notably with Midoriya. Also, when asked about whether or not she likes him, she loses control over her reflexes and even makes herself float once.
 * Badass Adorable: She may be a short, cute girl, but she's willing to give whatever it takes to be a proper Heroine, and not even Toga can intimidate her.
 * Bare-Fisted Monk: After her internship ends, she continues to refine her martial arts skills until they're the best in class.
 * Bizarre Human Biology: She looks pretty natural and human for the most part, except for the small pads on her fingertips that are related to her Quirk.
 * Blush Sticker: She has permanent ones, highlighting her youthful, chipper nature.
 * Crush Blush: Any time her attraction to Midoriya is brought up to tease her, she blushes in embarrassment.
 * Cute Bruiser: Interns with Gunhead to study martial arts, but is still as cute and lively as ever.
 * Daddy's Girl: She loves both of her parents, but she seems to be especially close to her father, given that he's the one who gives her the phone call after she lost to Bakugō.
 * Form-Fitting Wardrobe: Her Hero costume, other than her boots, braces and utility belt, is completely skintight, much to her initial embarrassment.
 * Genki Girl: She's got a very chipper and energetic personality.
 * Gravity Master: Her Quirk allows her to manipulate the gravity field of anything she touches.
 * Heroic RROD: If she crosses the weight limit of her Quirk (around 3 tonnes), she can get incredibly dizzy to the point of nausea, or at worst, collapse.
 * Hidden Buxom: Her Hero costume highlights her waist, hips and bosom more nicely than her regular loose-fitting clothes.
 * In a Single Bound: She can use her Quirk on herself and, while it takes some training to master it without any negative side effects, she can leap large distances in a single bound.
 * Innocent Fanservice Girl: The first time Midoriya sees her in her hero costume, he's rendered uncomfortable with arousal because of how well it outlines her figure. More to the point, she didn't specify otherwise, so the costume makers defaulted to skintight.
 * Latex Space Suit: She has a form-fitting Hero costume complete with an astronaut-like helmet and large boots.
 * Love Interest: She's being set up as one for Midoriya.
 * Male Gaze: She draws in quite a bit when she reveals her Hero suit.
 * Nice Girl: From her very first appearance it's readily apparent that Uraraka is a well-intentioned, tender and compassionate young lady.
 * Not Quite Flight: After extensive training, Uraraka can use her Quirk on herself to float over large distances with minimal effort.
 * Only in It For the Money: Her primary reason for studying to become a Hero is to help her parents' construction company get out of financial trouble, and she's embarrassed when confessing this to her friends. It's greatly mitigated by them acknowledging that helping her family is a noble goal, and because Ochaco herself is a very sweet girl.
 * Penny Among Diamonds: She's the only pupil in Class 1-A to have stated that her family's poor, and she wants to use her studies to help them out of said poverty. She also tends to be greatly surprised by lavish things as a consequence
 * Pink Means Feminine: Her hero costume is mostly pink with white and black details.
 * Single Woman Seeks Good Man: It's strongly implied that she likes Midoriya because he's so altruistic, helpful and endearing, needless to say because he put his life on the line to save her.
 * Spit Take: Often when trying not to laugh, or failing to do so.
 * Stepford Smiler: A single instance: she puts on a cheerful attitude after having lost to Bakugō in the Sports Festival duels and encourages Midoriya, who came to check up on her. The moment Midoriya leaves and she calls her dad, she begins to cry.
 * Strong Family Resemblance: Ochaco has a lot in common with her mother in terms of looks - the blush stickers and hair color, namely.
 * Trying Not to Cry: She fails at this when calling her father after her defeat against Bakugō. After expressing disappointment in not being able to put up a better fight, tells them she wants to help them as soon as she can and breaks into tears.
 * Well Done Daughter Girl: She wants to help her parents' construction business with her heroics so they can get out of their financial troubles and cares deeply about their approval. Fortunately, they tell her to take it easy, too.

Tenya Ida - Ingenium

 * Debut: Chapter 3 (Manga), Episode 3 (Anime)
 * Quirk: Engine
 * Voiced by Kaito Ishikawa (Japanese), J. Michael Tatum (English dub)

President of Class 1-A. He comes from a very wealthy family with a long Heroic lineage and is very uptight and goal-oriented, but ultimately earnest, kind-hearted and a loyal friend. His Quirk, "Engine", takes the form of engine tubes on his calves, which lends itself well to high-speed running and strong kicks.


 * Adaptation Dye Job: In the manga, he originally had red eyes. They're colored blue in the anime.
 * Adorkable: Try as he might to come across as stoic, serious and dedicated, Ida is a complete dork. His awkward hand gestures and his propensity for having an over-the-top persona generally give him an endearing streak.
 * Big Brother Worship: He holds his older brother, Tensei, in the utmost regard and uses him as inspiration for becoming a Hero himself.
 * Card-Carrying Villain: He invokes this during the Battle Trial, putting on an insanely over-the-top and really hammy villain persona while taunting Uraraka, much to her amusement.
 * Character Tic: He often makes spontaneous gestures with his hands completely straightened out, making him look like a wannabe robot. In a flashback, his big brother, Tensei, even jokingly asks him if he wants to be a robot.
 * Clark Kent Outfit: His school uniform covers up most of his muscular physique.
 * Class Representative: To a tee. He's serious, devoted and very leader-like when he assumes the position, even though he voted for Midoriya.
 * Clothing Damage: Every time he activates his Quirk, he ends up tearing up his pants if he happens to be wearing any.
 * The Comically Serious: Everything is Serious Business for this young man, despite the fact that he's stuck in a Wacky Homeroom.
 * Ditzy Genius: He's second only to Yaoyorozu when it comes to his grades, and he's very clever as a fighter. However, when it comes to basic social interaction, Ida comes across as very stiff and strict, taking everything seriously.
 * Evil Is Hammy: Invoked. When playing the role of a villain in the Battle Trial, he puts on a stereotypically over-the-top villainous persona, complete with an Evil Laugh.
 * Explosive Overclocking: His secret weapon - he puts his leg engines into overdrive, giving him a tremendous boost of speed. The caveat is that they stall immediately afterwards and have to rest for a while.
 * Friendly Rival: He's genuinely fond of Midoriya and considers him a friend, but when it comes to pursuing the top spot in heroics, he's willing to put that friendship aside to do his best.
 * Heroic Build: Easily the tallest, most muscular member of the main cast and one of the most muscular male students in class.
 * Heroic Lineage: He comes from a family which has cultivated Heroes for a long time.
 * Hunk: A clear-cut straight example with his massive yet chiseled physique, his height, his square jaw (one of the few to have this in class 1-A) and overall good looks.
 * Knight in Shining Armor: His Hero costume is a heavy set of armor, and he has the honorable aspects of the knight down to a tee as well.
 * Large Ham: He tends to be very loud, makes exaggerated poses and hand gestures and generally acts overly dramatically in situations that don't call for it.
 * Lightning Bruiser: He's a very strong young man and his Quirk, aside from giving him more speed, makes his kicks even stronger.
 * Logical Weakness: Jamming his exhaust pipes will make them stop working. Similarly, overclocking them will render them useless for a certain amount of time.
 * Method Acting: In-universe, he does this during the Battle Trial. When placed in the role of a villain, Ida also tries to think and act like what he believes a villain would do.
 * Mr. Fanservice: During endurance training at the pool, his hunky physique is shown off for all its worth.
 * Nice Guy: Despite coming across and tense and imposing when first meeting Midoriya, Ida is in fact a genuinely kind-hearted, polite young man who strongly values friendship, valor and taking care of his fellow man. This was part of the reason Midoriya ceded his spot as Class President to him.
 * Organic Technology: Even though they look mechanical, his calf engines are actually a natural part of his organism and will be wounded and healed in such a manner.
 * Out-of-Character is Serious Business: Ida abandoning his post to pursue the Villain that maimed his older brother is in stark contrast to his regularly stringent, cautious and deliberate persona; Midoriya also notes that it's very unlike him to place Revenge Before Reason.
 * Punny Name: In Japanese, idaten means a fast runner. Tenya Ida is a young man with a Quirk that lets him dramatically increase his running speed.
 * Rotating Protagonist: His significance to the story often increases or decreases depending on the story arc going on at the moment.
 * Smart People Wear Glasses: He's usually considered the brains of the group, and wears them.
 * Specs of Awesome: He's a major badass and has the specs for this trope as well.
 * Strong Family Resemblance: He and his older brother Tensei look very much alike, down to their jawline and hair color.
 * Super Speed: In a nutshell, what his Quirk is, though he often makes it look Simple Yet Awesome.

Tsuyu Asui - Froppy

 * Debut: Chapter 5 (Manga), Episode 5 (Anime)
 * Quirk: Frog
 * Voiced by Aoi Yuuki (Japanese), Monica Rial (English dub)

A young girl whose strange appearance is part of her Quirk, "Frog", which allows her to do most things that a variety of species of frog can do - from crawling on walls and leaping large distances to having a very long, strong tongue and eventually camouflage. She tends to be very soft-spoken and collected.


 * Animal Motifs: Her "Quirk" gives her a frog-motive. Ironically, she's close friends with a girl who has the Snake Quirk.
 * Animal-Themed Superbeing: Does whatever a frog can! To boot, she speaks with a nasally voice reminiscent of a frog's croak.
 * Anime Hair: Her normally long hair is tied into a huge bow.
 * Badass Adorable: While she's definitely a fierce Action Girl who uses her powers very skillfully, she's also a very endearing, sociable girl who insists on being referred to on a First-Name Basis.
 * Breakout Character: She became so well-liked by fans that she ended up gaining a few episodes in the limelight during the Field Training Arc, which showcased how she trained, as well as an extensive scene in the Training of the Dead OVA that covers her backstory.
 * Brutal Honesty: She always says exactly what's on her mind, regardless if someone takes offense.
 * Chameleon Camouflage: Her special move - she can conceal herself within a backdrop very effectively, and much like many species of tropical frogs.
 * Cute Monster Girl: Though she's isn't typically attractive, her personality makes her a whole lot more endearing. And, of course, her Quirk gives her frog-like powers.
 * Emotionless Girl: Subverted. While she appears to be very flat and uninterested, it's mostly because she doesn't emote much due to her frog Quirk. Her emotions become more apparent when they're more extreme.
 * First-Name Basis: She is very particular about being referred to this way.
 * Kick Chick: She tends to employ her legs the most in combat, given that her Quirk strengthens them a lot compared to a normal human.
 * In a Single Bound: As is part and parcel for a frog, she can leap very long distances.
 * Little Bit Beastly: Her slightly frog-like appearance reflects her powers.
 * Nice Girl: Tsuyu is sociable, supportive and understanding of her friends.
 * Rapunzel Hair: In relation to her overall size, she has very long hair tied into a bow.
 * Stomach of Holding: One of her abilities. She considers it gross.
 * Verbal Tic: A spontaneous "Kero", the Japanese onomatopoeia for a frog's croak.
 * Weak but Skilled: She's not very powerful on her own, but she puts her Quirk to the best of its use and is generally very prudent about it. This is also why she likes to team up with stronger classmates.

Eijiro Kirishima - Red Riot

 * Debut: Chapter 5 (Manga), Episode 5 (Anime)
 * Quirk: Hardening
 * Voiced by Toshiki Masuda (Japanese), Justin Cook (English dub)

A boisterous and friendly young man who's also a great admirer of veteran pro Hero Crimson Riot. Not only does he value chivalry and confidence, but he's also one of the few people who are on friendly terms with Bakugō. His Quirk, Hardening, allows him to increase the density of his body to a rather rock-like state, which allows him to tank blows and power through to attack his enemies.


 * Alliterative Name: His Hero name, Red Riot.
 * Ascended Extra: Even though he was a background character, he's gradually gained more prominence than the rest. It came full circle when he was part of the group of interns that raided the Shie Hassaikai and his backstory was first shown.
 * Attack! Attack! Attack!: Given that his Quirk exponentially increases his defensive capabilities, he's grown accustomed to rushing in and powering through obstacles. This has backfired on him on more than one occasion.
 * Boisterous Bruiser: His Hot-Blooded personality, his prowess in battle and his proclivity for traditional masculinity make him one.
 * Brought to You by The Letter "S": His first costume's belt has a large red "R".
 * Bruiser with a Soft Center: He's a proficient and competent fighter with a Quirk that lends itself incredibly well to the aforementioned. He's also one of the friendliest boys in his class, eager to commiserate with and support others.
 * Color Character: Most of his Hero costume is red, as are his eyes and hair, which fits well with his fiery personality and pays a loving homage to his favorite Hero, Crimson Riot.
 * Fiery Redhead: He's an energetic young man with red hair. Turns out, however, that it's actually dyed and styled that way in an homage to his favorite pro Hero, Crimson Riot, as well as to repel his past personality from his memory.
 * Hero Worshipper: As much as Midoriya and Bakugō admire All Might, Kirishima idolizes Crimson Riot as a role model for courage, assertiveness and confidence. He even made his own Hero name a tribute to said Hero.
 * Heroic Self-Deprecation: He has unusually low self-esteem for someone who's all about being Rated "M" for Manly. At one point, he cried that he hated his Quick when it manifested (he accidentally cut his eye with it) and is haunted by memories of being all bark and no bite during junior high school.
 * Hot-Blooded: Kirishima tends to be loud, boisterous and encouraging of his peers in battle. It's actually a conscious attempt to leave behind his past personality, which he considers cowardly.
 * Instant Armor: His Hardening Quirk makes him all but impervious to outside attacks, with the odd exceptions of getting punched by Togata and having his Unbreakable form cracked by Kendo Rappa.
 * Mangst: Despite projecting the image of an energetic and feisty tough guy, Kirishima is actually very self-conscious and humble. It's shown that he doesn't think very highly of his Quirk's power and that he's very concerned with maintaining the image of a brave man, especially when he failed to be one when two of his schoolmates in junior high were nearly attacked by Gigantomachia, and Ashido intervened instead.
 * Mighty Glacier: Kirishima's offensive and defensive capabilities are notably high among his peers, but activating his Hardening Quirk limits the amount he can move around. To boot, he doesn't have any enhancements for his movements, which makes him sluggish in comparison to Bakugo or Midoriya.
 * Nice Guy: Kirishima is by far one of the most empathetic, supportive and amiable boys in his class. It goes so far in that he's the first of the students to check on his peers' well-being, and even tries to reason with a villain he's facing out of nothing but sympathy, despite the fact that he was attacked by said villain. In conjunction to this, he had the fourth-highest number of rescue points in his U.A. entrance exam.
 * Only Friend: He's initially the only student whom the normally aggressive and antisocial Bakugō considers a friend and confides in.
 * Rated "M" for Manly: He constantly invokes chivalry, confidence and living without regrets, in a loving homage to his Hero idol, Crimson Riot. He wears a bandanna when at home, has a punching bag in his dorm and even his clock has muscled arms.
 * Super Toughness: His Quirk naturally hardens his entire body, giving him a rock-like appearance and a similar level of durability.
 * Walking Shirtless Scene: His Hero costume, regardless of the edition, completely exposes his torso. This is partly justified because any clothing he would wear on top would be torn apart by his Quirk's jagged edges.
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair: Subverted. He dyed and styled his hair red in a loving homage to Crimson Riot, and to leave behind his past personality.

Momo Yaoyorozu - Creati

 * Debut: Chapter 6 (Manga), Episode 5 (Anime)
 * Quirk: Creation
 * Voiced by Marina Inoue (Japanese), Colleen Clinkenbeard (English dub)

Vice President of Class 1-A. She comes from a very wealthy family and, like Todoroki, she enrolled into U.A. through recommendations. Her Quirk, Creation, allows her to produce any kind of inorganic objects from the lipids in her body, provided she knows its chemical composition.


 * Absolute Cleavage: Justified. She has a huge slit on her costume's cleavage that goes all the way down to her midriff, but it's there for a reason: to allow her as much room as she needs for producing larger items from her body.
 * The Ace: Exceptionally intelligent, resourceful in the use of her Quirk and one of only four students to enroll into U.A. through recommendations. To reinforce this, she has the highest grades among all her peers in the first-year midterm exams and scored first in the Provisional Hero License Exam.
 * Affectionate Nickname: Called "Yaomomo" by all her fellow girls in class, as a portmanteau of her last name and her given name.
 * Anime Hair: Her Hero hairstyle is a very tricked out ponytail that resembles a crest. When she lets her hair down, however, it looks completely realistic.
 * Badass Adorable: One of the smartest and most competent students in 1-A is also the most presentably beautiful, but what makes her an example of this trope is her kindness and her enthusiastic desire to help out when the need arises.
 * Badass Bookworm: In order to successfully use her Quirk, she has to know the chemical make-up of whatever she's creating down to the letter. To this end, she carries an actual book - the Yaoyorictionary - which holds notes on these things in case they slip her mind.
 * Bare Your Midriff: To give her enough space to use her Quirk to its utmost potential, her belly is completely exposed.
 * Big Eater: Justified. In her own words, she has to eat a lot so she can stock up the lipids required for her Quirk to take effect. Therefore, one shouldn't be surprised if they see her wolfing down large amounts of food.
 * Boobs of Steel: She's exceptionally competent in her Heroics, and she also happens to be the most buxom girl in class.
 * Child Prodigy: Being able to use her Quirk as a child means that Yaoyorozu learned the chemical makeup of the objects she created at a very young age, which is no minor feat.
 * Difficult but Awesome: Her Creation Quirk is very useful and versatile, but a Required Secondary Power is that she needs to know the chemical composition of what she's creating to the letter. Fortunately, she's very intelligent (with the highest grades in class) and carries an encyclopedia with her should she need to look up materials.
 * Humble Hero: Despite coming from an overwhelmingly rich background and living in a giant mansion, she never tries to use that to get ahead of others. She is firmly focused on Heroics and will gladly help others progress, regardless of their economic standing.
 * Leotard of Power: Her Hero costume is a revealing one-piece with no leggings, which comfortably sits within this trope.
 * Ms. Fanservice: The design of her Hero costume, required for her Quirk to work to its utmost potential, does her tall, shapely figure a lot of justice, even though she's not the kind of girl to be deliberately associated with that sense of fashion.
 * Nice Girl: Despite coming across as cold and standoffish in her first few scenes, Yaoyorozu is a gentle, demure and compassionate young lady who always looks out for the class' well-being and will gladly help them out should they ask.
 * Ojou: A polite, dignified and and well-mannered girl from a very rich family.

Denki Kaminari - Chargebolt

 * Debut: Chapter 5 (Manga), Episode 5 (Anime)
 * Quirk: Electrification
 * Voiced by Tasuku Hanataka (Japanese), Kyle Phillips (English dub)

A somewhat dull-witted, but energetic and charming young man who has a penchant for trying to look cool. His Quirk, "Electrification", allows him to discharge electricity from any part of his body. The caveat is that going over a certain limit will short-circuit his brain and leave him a jabbering, unintelligible idiot for about an hour.


 * Adorkable: He's an endearing, lovable dope who constantly fails at trying to look cool in front of others.
 * All Men Are Perverts: Downplayed. While he does gladly join Mineta's dirty antics and hangs around him on occasion, Kaminari doesn't go as far as the former does.
 * Astonishingly Appropriate Appearance: His Quirk is all about electricity, and his hairstyle has a small black streak that looks like a lightning bolt. To boot, he has lightning bolts painted all over his Hero costume.
 * Book Dumb: He's not the sharpest tool in the shed when it comes to his performances in written exams, as evidenced by how his grades in the midterms were the worst in his class.
 * Butt Monkey: Poor Kaminari ends up turning himself into a huge idiot every time he discharges an enormous amount of electricity, and it's played for all the laughs it can gather.
 * Captain Obvious: He tends to behave this way, and is usually ribbed by other characters for it, usually Jiro.
 * Can't Act Perverted Toward a Love Interest: He doesn't include Jiro in his Imagine Spot of a maid cafe, but from his interactions with her is that his feelings for her are deeper than some shallow perving.
 * Civvie Spandex: His Hero costume is basically a leather jacket and pants that don't offer any substantial body protection. Even when he does get some support items later on, he still looks pretty casual.
 * Cool Shades: He gets a pair of blue ones once he upgrades his costume with disc launchers.
 * Cowardly Lion: He's very easily spooked whenever there's a difficulty in the works, but he always ends up mustering the courage he needs.
 * The Ditz: Downplayed. His aforementioned attack notwithstanding, he's not exactly the sharpest tool in the shed, and is usually portrayed as the 1-A's resident idiot.
 * Dumb Blond: He has blond hair, and isn't outstandingly intelligent as far as 1-A's students go.
 * Elemental Absorption: Aside from producing electricity and being heavily resistant to it, he's also capable of absorbing it, which allows him to tank an otherwise devastating attack from a Villain who also has an electricity Quirk.
 * Elemental Hair: Blond and spiky, with a black streak that looks like a bolt of lightning.
 * Exactly What I Aimed At: His upgrades include a flying disc launcher; these discs serve as range improvement for his Quirk's power, as he can now make attacks by aiming at the discs instead of the people he wants to attack. To boot, it also means he won't have his brains fried.
 * Genius Ditz: He may be an academic putz, but he has shown on multiple occasions that he can come up with insightful combat tactics for the field, like using his discs when he defeated Shishikura.
 * Handsome Lech: Kaminari is good-looking and stylish, but far too dorky and goofy to be a proper Casanova.
 * Idiot Hero: He's not the sharpest tool in the shed either way, but overexerting his Quirk makes him a total vegetable.
 * Kindhearted Simpleton: He may have fluff for brains most of the time, but he's unfailingly kind-hearted.
 * The Load: If he goes over his voltage limit, he becomes completely useless in combat.
 * Meaningful Name: "Denki" means electricity and "kaminari" means lightning.
 * Mundane Utility: Out of all things, he can use his Quirk to charge smartphone batteries.
 * Nice Guy: Unfailingly friendly and supportive, he's definitely got a big heart.
 * Stupidity-Inducing Attack: His "Indiscriminate Shock: 1.3 million volts" leaves him in a brain-fried, dumb state for about an hour, rendering him a sitting duck for any opponent in his vicinity.

Yūga Aoyama - Can't Stop Twinkling

 * Debut: Chapter 3 (Manga), Episode 4 (Anime)
 * Quirk: Navel Laser
 * Voiced by Kōsuke Kuwano (Japanese), Joel McDonald (English dub)

A mirror-vain, eccentric and flamboyant young man. His Quirk, Navel Laser, allows him to shoot powerful laser beams from his midriff. If he overexerts, he risks injuring his bowels.


 * Achievements in Ignorance: Sort of does this in the License Exam Arc. With two of his badges already hit - a third and he's out - and he and Tenya surrounded by the rival school students, he decides to "take one for the team" and fire his navel laser upwards, hoping to draw all attacks to him so Tenya can succeed. But it works in a very, very different way, drawing the other members of their class to them, so they can all take out the rivals as a team, and as a result, all of them - Yuga included - manage to pass.
 * Agent Peacock: As the most flamboyant member of the class and a Hero-in-training, he certainly qualifies.
 * Attention Whore: He's very outspoken when it comes to grabbing other peoples' attention. Unfortunately, not that many find him that interesting.
 * Beware the Silly Ones: He may be a foppish dandy who mostly serves as comedy relief, but his lasers are, in fact, rather powerful. To boot, he's shown on more than one occasion that he's much more perceptive than he looks.
 * Big Ego, Hidden Depths: He might project the image of a mirror-vain dandy, but he's in fact very insecure about using his Quirk and worries about harming himself for real with it.
 * Bishie Sparkle: To the point of parody.
 * Butt Monkey: He frequently finds himself on the receiving end of slapstick.
 * Cast From Hit Points: He can only use his quirk to fire blasts lasting about a second each; a longer blast and he risks injuring himself.
 * Chest Blaster: Or, more appropriately, navel blaster. The laser beams are shot from his belly button, and his hero costume includes lenses on his knees and shoulders that allow him to channel them through there as well.
 * Cloudcuckoolander: Nobody really knows what his deal is. Not even Horikoshi himself.
 * The Fighting Narcissist: As a foppish dandy who's also a super Hero in training and has a destructive Quirk, he definitely qualifies. His narcissism, however, is mostly played for laughs.
 * Glass Cannon: His laser attacks are pretty powerful, but Aoyama himself doesn't have all that much stamina. To boot, his Quirk causes him some serious stomach pain.
 * Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He's annoying, haughty and very mirror-vain, but if something means helping his classmates, he'll definitely do it.
 * Knight in Shining Armor: His costume invokes this, being designed as a suit of plate armor complete with a sparkling cape.
 * Making a Spectacle of Yourself: His Hero costume includes very large, red sunglasses shaped like an angel's wings, in keeping with his flamboyant design.
 * No Sense of Personal Space: He gets very uncomfortably close to Midoriya in a few instances a few weeks before the school festival. Fortunately, it was just him having No Social Skills in wanting to tell Midoriya something about his Quirk.
 * Not So Different: He sees common ground with Midoriya over both of them having Quirks that are ill-suited to their bodies.
 * Personality Powers: His Quirk, "Navel Laser", goes hand-in-hand with him being a mirror-vain dandy who mostly cares about himself (also known as navel-gazing).
 * Potty Failure: What ultimately happens if he uses his quirk too much at one time.
 * Power Incontinence: The mirror on his stomach is required to prevent his quirk from going off accidentally, something that, unfortunately, can happen from time to time.
 * Strong Family Resemblance: He looks very much like a male version of his mother, other than his hairstyle.

Mina Ashido - Pinky

 * Debut: Chapter 6 (Manga), Episode 5 (Anime)
 * Quirk: Acid
 * Voiced by Eri Kitamura (Japanese), Caitlin Glass (English dub)

A cheerful and easygoing girl who often has a wide smile on her face. She is very sociable and loves hanging out with her friends. Mina is also energetic yet performs rather poorly when it comes to academics. Her Quirk, Acid, allows her to produce a corrosive liquid from her body.


 * Action Girl: She's one of the more athletic girls in 1-A, and is also a very good dancer.
 * Amazing Technicolor Population: As a result of her acids flowing through her, her skin is pink and the sclera of her eyes are black.
 * Bad Powers, Good People: The ability to create corrosive acid and use it as a weapon isn't exactly something heroes typically use, but Ashido is unambiguously heroic and very amiable.
 * Black Eyes of Crazy: Inverted. Despite having black sclera, Ashido is absolutely adorable.
 * Boobs of Steel: Her cup size is only superseded by Yaoyorozu.
 * Book Dumb: While she's reasonably intelligent and more extroverted than most of her class, her grades in the midterm exams are only better than Kaminari's.
 * Cute Monster Girl: With pink skin, black eyes and a pair of horns, she's less than traditionally anthropomorphic.
 * Dance Battler: She's an avid, skilled dancer and this athleticism has lent itself very well to her combat training. More humorously, she used her dancing abilities to diffuse some tension when she was in junior high school.
 * Genki Girl: She has a very cheerful and upbeat disposition and tries to make sure everybody else is doing their best.
 * Horned Humanoid: She has a pair of small, curved horns on her head.
 * Ms. Fanservice: Unlike the other girls in class, Ashido seems to be more eager to flaunt her looks, most notably when she sat on top of a rock in the sauna, completely naked.
 * My Suit Is Also Super: Based purely on the nature of her Quirk, her suit is acid-proof.
 * Nice Girl: She's shown to be very friendly and supportive towards her peers, and prefers to resolve conflict through non-violent means.
 * Perpetual Smiler: Often shows a wide smile that shows off her friendly personality.
 * Pink Means Feminine: Exaggerated. She's one of the prettiest girls in Class 1-A, she has pink skin, pink hair and her Hero name is Pinky.
 * Poisonous Person: Despite her friendly and extroverted personality, her Quirk, Acid allow her to produce a corrosive liquid while also control the solubility and viscosity of it. Her limit is how her skin will lose its resistance towards it the longer she produces the acid.
 * Sailor Fuku: In flashbacks to Kirishima's junior high school years, she wore the regular school uniform.
 * Zettai Ryouiki: Her civilian clothes profile has a sketch of her in short shorts and thigh high stockings.

Mashirao Ojiro - Tailman

 * Debut: Chapter 8 (Manga), Episode 5 (Anime)
 * Quirk: Tail
 * Voiced by Kōsuke Miyoshi (Japanese), Mike McFarland (English dub)

A discrete, yet hard-working student whose Quirk grants him a prehensile tail that he can use as a third limb. He's also skilled in various martial arts and a strong sense of honor, though he struggles to stand out among his classmates.


 * Animal Motifs: Monkeys, due to having a tail and prioritizing agile movements in battle.
 * Bare-Fisted Monk: Unlike other students, with fighting styles based generally on their Quirks, Ojiro uses traditional martial arts in conjunction with his tail to the utmost effect.
 * Boring but Practical: His Quirk only merely grants him a tail, which isn't particularly visually stunning, but is overall very useful.
 * Character Tic: In the manga, he wags his tail whenever he's happy.
 * Fights Like a Normal: Downplayed. A tail is hardly normal-looking to real humans, but he supplements it with traditional martial arts.
 * Fingerless Gloves: Part of his outfit, as is part and parcel for an eastern fighter.
 * The Generic Guy: It's continuously lampshaded by his fellow classmates and other characters how plain and ordinary Ojiro is.
 * Honor Before Reason: He withdraws from the U.A. Sports Festival when he realizes he has no memory of how he managed to advance and consequently finds himself unworthy of going on.
 * Humble Hero: He doesn't concern himself with praise and recognition and is very aware that he isn't the flashiest student in class, but he does his best to do well, either way.
 * Martial Arts Uniform: His Hero costume is a white kimono with a black belt and Fingerless Gloves.
 * Nice Guy: He's known to be caring, humble and polite, with a concern for other peoples' well-being.
 * Le Parkour: His tail lends itself very well to athleticism, allowing him to make otherwise superhuman dashes.
 * Prehensile Tail: His Quirk grants him a long, thick tail that he can use as an extra limb while fighting.
 * Tail Slap: His tail can also be used for offensive purposes.

Rikido Sato — Sugarman

 * Debut: Chapter 8 (Manga), Episode 5 (Anime)
 * Quirk: Sugar Rush
 * Voiced by Toru Nara (Japanese), Cris George (English dub)

A big, strong, tough guy and an excellent pastry chef, Satp is a Hero who gets stronger and tougher by consuming sugar. Unfortunately it also makes him less intelligent, and much like an actual sugar rush, the temporary boost doesn't last long, causing him to become doped up and sleepy afterwards.


 * The Big Guy: He's one of the tallest and most muscular students among his peers, shorter only than Koda and Shoji. His Quirk makes him even bigger.
 * Chick Magnet: By accident and Played for Laughs; the girls in 1-A love his baking.
 * Dumb Muscle: Enforced. Sugar makes him stronger, but also dumber.
 * Gag Lips: His lips look like a pink rubber donut folded into the shape of a mouth.
 * Heroic Build: He's the only one in his class to have the classical, bodybuilder physique associated with this trope in earlier years.
 * Hour of Power: The boost he gets from sugar lasts only about 3 minutes.
 * Hulking Out: Becomes larger and more muscular the more sugar he takes in. Unfortunately, it also reduces his mental faculties.
 * Light Is Good: He has a bright yellow suit with white gloves and boots, and is a Hero in training.
 * Power-Up Food: For Sato, it's sweets and anything that contains sucrose.
 * Satellite Character: While true for most of the supporting cast, Sato in particular is on the sidelines almost exclusively. His baking skills are the full extent of the Character Development he's had so far, and his only Day in The Limelight was in the Final Exam Arc, in Chapter 67.
 * Shonen Hair: His hair is really spiky, though not as much as Kirishima's.
 * Supreme Chef: Learning to bake seems to have been a Required Secondary Skill for him.
 * Vocal Dissonance: He's one of the biggest guys in class, but in the anime, especially in Japanese, his voice is a rich and raspy tenor instead of the expected Badass Baritone.

Koji Koda - Anima

 * Debut: Chapter 5 (Manga), Episode 5 (Anime)
 * Quirk: Anivoice
 * Voiced by Takuma Nagatsuka (Japanese), Greg Ayres (English dub, TV anime)

A rather gruff-looking, but actually really gentle and timid young man who's enrolled in the U.A. Hero Course. His Quick, Anivoice, allows him to communicate with and control any type of animal, and can be used to summon them from afar. Consequently, he also likes pets.


 * Alliterative Name: Koji Koda.
 * The Beast Master: His Quirk, Anivoice, makes him one. With it, he's able to command any type of animal to do his bidding.
 * Friend to All Living Things: According to supplementary materials, he likes nature and animals. He even keeps a pet rabbit in his dorm room.
 * Gentle Giant: He's one of the tallest and most heavily built students in his class, but he's also one of the most kindly and timid.
 * Nice Guy: Koda is a genuinely kind-hearted kid. When push comes to shove, he'll even face some deep phobias to help his friends in need.
 * Shrinking Violet: Despite his imposing appearance, Koda is actually quite timid, even being an Elective Mute for a large portion of his first scenes. He gradually grows out of it.
 * Speaks Fluent Animal: Without any exceptions.
 * Vocal Dissonance: He looks like a rock monster and is very tall and heavily built. However, he has one of the most boyish voices among his peers.
 * Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: Despite being able to control the entirety of the animal kingdom, Koda has a huge phobia of insects, arachnids and similar animals. So much so that he has to be forced into action to tame them.

Mirio Togata - Lemillion

 * Debut: Chapter 121 (Manga), Episode 62 (Anime)
 * Quirk: Permeation
 * Voiced by Tarusuke Shingaki (Japanese), Ricco Fajardo (English dub)

One of the three top students at U.A. and was a former successor for All Might. He is a tall, muscular young man with swiped up blonde hair and blue eyes. Mirio is an extremely goofy and energetic person with eccentric habits. He has an optimistic attitude and smiles rather often,, which has led Sir Nighteye to be a successor as the Symbol of Peace. Mirio worked under the Pro Hero while doing his Hero Work-Studies. He improved to such a level that he managed to overpower more than half of Class 1-A. His Quirk, Permeation, allows him to phase through physical matter.


 * The Ace: He's so famous and proficient that he's considered one of the top contenders to become a number-one pro Hero in the future.
 * Badass Cape: His Hero costume sports an impressive red cape not unlike that of Superman.
 * Beware the Nice Ones: He does have fury, which has come out when he is fighting to protect others as a hero.
 * Big Man on Campus: He's popular with his peers, charismatic and very proficient in using his Quirk.
 * Boisterous Bruiser: He's feisty, energetic and loves a good brawl. Especially notable when he shouts "Power!" at the top of his lungs after winning a battle.
 * Brought Down to Badass: During the Shie Hassaikai arc, he losses his Quirk due to Quirk Destroying Drug by one of Kai's subordinates. This tragedy has not stopped his hopes of becoming a hero, nor has it brought down his personality.
 * Cool Mask: His costume has a white mask complete with a yellow visor.
 * Heroic Build: He's relatively tall compared to the other students and has an incredibly sturdy physique.
 * Intangible Man: His Quirk, Permeation, allows him to become intangible that enables him to phase through physical matter. He can choose which part of his body can become intangible. He can use this to phase through attacks while also moving through walls and floors. There is also how if he is submerged in the ground, then releases his Quirk; he would pop out of it with great force. It is hard to control which has to lead to him training with it to the point of becoming effective during combat. There are also its weaknesses where his senses are negated, and air even passes through him, causing Lemillion not to breathe. He can't extend it to other people, which means he has to be careful while rescuing people. His clothes also phase through thus leaving him naked.
 * Lovable Jock: He's fairly tall, very athletic and also very amiable and pleasant.
 * Meaningful Name: By Togata's own admission, his Hero name, Lemillion, is a nod to one of his lifetime goals - to save a million people.
 * My Suit Is Also Super: His Hero costume is made of fibers derived from his own organism, to allow it to Permeate along with him and not leave him naked.
 * Nice Guy: Togata is overall very nurturing, amiable and compassionate, which is very evident in his interactions with Midoriya, whom he had just met, and his strong bond with Amajiki.

Enji Todoroki - Endeavor

 * Debut: Chapter 28 (Manga), Episode 17 (Anime)
 * Quirk: Hellflame
 * Voiced by Tetsu Inada (Japanese), Patrick Seitz (English dub)

The second-highest-ranking (currently highest-ranking) Hero in Japan and father of Shōto Todoroki. As of current, he holds the record of having resolved the most villain cases in history, but inside his heart is a simmering envy of All Might and a strong desire to surpass him in every way. This has led to a rocky relationship with his family, to say the least, and plenty of strife. His Quirk, Hellflame, allows him to emit powerful jets of fire from his body. Even though his body is consequently naturally resistant to heat, he can still risk overheating his organism if he isn't careful.

""Shooootoooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!""
 * Abusive Parent: He treated both Toya and Shōto as a means to surpass All Might in terms of raw power, the most notable instance being with Shōto. Flashbacks show him forcefully dragging his son away from other children at play just so he could train him, and slowly driving his wife Rei to madness - so much so that she threw boiling water on Shōto's left eye.
 * The Ace: Say what you want about him as a person, but Endeavor is number-two for a very good reason - he is extremely proficient as a Hero and, as cited above, has resolved more villain incidents than any other.
 * Amazingly Embarrassing Parent: He somehow manages to be this for Shōto during the Remedial Course, cheering him on at the top of his lungs, while his son would rather not make eye contact with him.
 * Anti-Hero: Deconstructed. Aside from being an abusive father and husband, he generally presents himself as very grouchy and sullen, which has garnered him very few followers. He's also the only one seen killing the Nomus he fights; though, given how Nomus are blindly subservient to Shigaraki and used to be normal people, it could be seen as a Mercy Kill.
 * The Atoner: Deconstructed. No matter how hard Endeavor wants to change his ways and fix the bridges he burned by his ruthless ambition, he finds that it will never be easy. Out of all his family, only his daughter Fuyumi is willing to give him the benefit of the doubt, while Natsuo rejects him a priori and Shōto is willing to let the changes sink in slowly. Eventually, Endeavor decides that it's best to let his family recuperate on their own, while he stays at their own home.
 * Badass Baritone: Whether it's in Japanese or English, Endeavor will have a deep, gruff voice that matches his imposing, callous exterior.
 * Badass Beard: A flaming one at that, which can be doused and lit at will.
 * Blood Knight: If only for work's sake, Endeavor truly relishes the prospect of an honorable fight.
 * Byronic Hero: Often teetering on the border of Nominal Hero.
 * The Comically Serious: Given how Endeavor has very little charisma and social intelligence, him getting teamed with the chatty, charming Hawks naturally leads to some humor at his expense.
 * Determinator: No matter what it is, Endeavor will not surrender once he sets his mind to it.
 * Driven by Envy: His main drive to be a top Hero was his simmering jealousy of All Might, and he went to some quite morally repugnant ends to make that work, which included trying to use his sons as a vessel for succeeding All Might.
 * Genius Bruiser: An unintelligent individual would have no chance of becoming number two on the Hero list; Endeavor displays great tactical and deductive skill, especially since he's able to follow Midoriya's Techno Babble when he interns with him.
 * Glory Hound: Deconstructed. His relentless pursuit of the first spot on the top Hero list alienates and repels his children from him, and drives his wife to madness. Ultimately, it all ends up being completely in vain when Endeavor does become the number-one Hero, but due to a technicality, which means he didn't earn it.
 * Good Is Not Nice: Being the number-two Hero in Japan on the one hand, and very surly, ruthless and callous on the other hand, Endeavor ticks all the boxes for this trope.
 * Green-Eyed Monster: He is overwhelmingly envious of All Might's charisma and advancement over him as the number-one Hero in Japan, and has complete tunnel vision when it comes to surpassing him.
 * Hate Sink: Suffice to say the bad things he does tend to outweigh the good things, judging from how he's set up. Subverted from the Remedial Course arc onward, where Endeavor makes conscious efforts to atone for all the misery he put his family through.
 * Hellfire: His Quirk's official name is Hellflame, and he has several named attacks that invoke this trope, most notably the Hell Spider and Hell's Curtain variants of his Flashfire Fist attacks.
 * Heroic Build: He may be a Nominal Hero at most, but he's definitely got an impressive physique that matches the trope.
 * I Hate Past Me: He outright states this in a monologue he holds before blasting the High-End Nomu with the brunt of his Quirk's power.
 * Icy Blue Eyes: Ironic for his Quirk power; they highlight just how unemotional he is.
 * It's All About Me: Single-minded in his obsession with becoming the number 1 Hero, Endeavor will take advantage of anybody, regardless of how they feel about it.
 * Jerkass: As soon as his first dialogue scene, Endeavor is established as cruel, cold, vain, unpleasant and very egoistic. It's eventually revealed through Shōto's backstory that he was an abusive father and husband.
 * Large Ham: Normally, he tends to be soft-spoken and collected, but when the situation is opportune (and especially when Shoto is concerned)), Endeavor will become hammy enough to rival All Might.


 * Logical Weakness: Overusing his Quirk's power will lead him to overheating his organs and deteriorating his body's abilities. This is part of the reason why he sought out a woman whose Quirk could counteract these effects as his wife.
 * Meaningful Name: His first name, Enji, means "flame boss". His Hero name symbolizes the amount of hard work he's willing to put in to overpower and surpass All Might.
 * The Mentor: To his son, Shōto, naturally. He later opts to teach him some of his own moves. He also becomes one to Midoriya and Bakugo when they opt to intern with him alongside his son, and he proves to be a very good teacher.
 * Not Quite Flight: He can use his Quirk to generate flames from the soles of his feet to suspend himself in midair, but he can't actually move from that position.
 * Only Known by Their Nickname: Very few people refer to him by either his first or his last name, them being Gran Torino, and weirdly enough, Dabi. Everyone else refers to him as Endeavor.
 * Parental Neglect: He all but ignored his daughter Fuyumi and second son Natsuo because they were unfit for Hero work. Natsuo is the most resentful of his children as a consequence.
 * Perpetual Frowner: He's rarely ever seen without a sullen scowl.
 * Playing with Fire: What his Quirk is all about, in case you haven't noticed that already.
 * The Rival: To All Might. His methods of raising his son are done with the intent on raising a protege who can outshine any student of his rival.
 * Smug Super: For all his egoism and negativity, Endeavor is excellent at his Hero work. There's a reason he's number two, after all.

Yu Takeyama — Mt. Lady

 * Debut: Chapter 1 (Manga), Episode 1 (Anime)
 * Quirk: Gigantification
 * Voiced by Kaori Nazuka (Japanese), Jamie Marchi (English dub)

The 23rd-ranked hero in Japan, Takeyama is young, attractive, and unfortunately, a glory hound and attention-seeker who could be considered the Kardashian of heroines. At first, she was depicted as an egotist who cared far more about the attention and money she got as a heroine than any desire to be heroic. However, after the Hideout Raid Arc, she started to change for the better.


 * Achilles' Heel: Her Quirk doesn't allow her to choose any height in between her normal 163 cm and her giant height of over 20 meters, which makes her highly liable for collateral damage.
 * Agony of the Feet: Her costume is made of a stretchy material that can grow with her, but she can’t find shoes that do the same, meaning it’s easy for her to injure them if she doesn’t watch where she steps.
 * Anti-Hero: She does Hero work not to cull crime, or to help make people's lives better, but because it garners her attention and money. She's also known for using her looks to gain favors and treats her apprentices like serfs.
 * Attention Whore: She has it, she flaunts it. Takeyama is a woman who strives on being larger than life in more ways than one.
 * Baby Got Back: This is a woman who actually encourages Male Gaze, given the design of her costume.
 * Bad Boss: Not in the sense that she abuses interns, but her idea of mentoring Mineta consisted of using him as a servant. Mineta was rather traumatized later. Of course, kind of hard to sympathize with him either...
 * Cat Fight: Got into one on a talk show with Midnight after simply stating Midnight was 31 years old; much to Mineta’s delight.
 * Destructive Savior: Given the nature of her quirk, she causes a lot of collateral damage, and the premiums on her Hero Insurance are getting pretty high.
 * Hypocrite: Played for laughs in the "interview scene", where she calls Midnight out for being an Attention Whore. Or course, Midnight is really no better.
 * Jerk with a Heart of Gold: She may be attention-seeking, bitchy and opportunistic, but her heart's very much in the right place. She is a Hero and she's willing to put her life on the line to protect people.
 * Kill Steal: Her Character Defining Moment (as in, defining her as a bitch) comes in the first chapter when she shows up and apprehends the villain that Kamui Woods was fighting, taking the credit for it herself. She apologizes later, but it’s obvious to everyone (including Woods) that it’s insincere.
 * Laser-Guided Karma: She steals the credit for busting a villain whom Kamui Woods was fighting in the first chapter. Later, Woods is ranked 7th on the Hero Billboard Chart, where she ranks 23rd.
 * Logical Weakness:
 * She can grow from her human size of 5'4" to a giant-size of 67'8", exactly, no larger, no smaller. Thus, reaching a foe (or rescuing a bystander) in a place too small for her to enter can be challenging, if not impossible.
 * Also, her size makes her a large and visible target. All For One took her down without even working up a sweat.
 * Meaningful Name: "Mt. Lady" references the fact that Takeyama turns into a 20-meter-high colossus using her Quirk.
 * Most Common Superpower: Truthfully, her bust-size is around average (relatively speaking). Her rear, on the other hand...
 * Ms. Fanservice: Her costume, by pure necessity, is completely skintight so it could stretch along with her size increase; on the other hand, it does her shapely figure a lot of justice.
 * Only in It For the Money: Subverted. She initially comes across as very thrifty and greedy when it comes to it, but it turns out she only wants the extra finances to cover up for all the collateral damage she causes during her Heroics.
 * Shameless Fanservice Girl: She tends to exploit her aforementioned looks to get her way.
 * The Rival: Seems to be this to Midnight.
 * Screw the Rules, I'm Beautiful: She isn't afraid to shake her assets a little to persuade vendors to give her freebies. Other pro-heroes tend to question whether she has any dignity at all.
 * Taking the Bullet: Arguably her most heroic action was shielding the students when Magne tried to kill them using his partner Mr. Compass as the bullet; she survived the hit, but given how much it seemed she was hurt, it is doubtful the intended targets would have.

Mirai Sasaki - Sir Nighteye

 * Debut: Chapter 124 (Manga), Episode 63 (Anime)
 * Quirk: Foresight
 * Voiced by Shinichiro Miki (Japanese), Brandon McInnis (English dub)

A pro Hero and mentor to Mirio Togata; also All Might's long-time acquaintance and former sidekick. Despite being quite the pessimist, he believes humor is an inseparable element of life. His Quirk, "Foresight", allows him to predict a second person's future simply by making eye contact with them.


 * Badass in a Nice Suit: He seems to value classy suits over the regular Hero costumes the others wear, and his is a silver one, complete with a red tie splotched with white polka dots.
 * Badass Normal: Other than allowing him to predict the future of anyone he sets his eyes on, his Quirk has no combat utility, and he fights exclusively using incredibly heavy seals.
 * Clark Kent Outfit: When his shirt is torn open, it's evident that Nighteye has a very defined musculature beneath his rather unimposing business suit, which is also his Hero outfit.
 * Combat Clairvoyance: His Quirk's power is to peer into an individual's future and determine how things will go down. It turns out that this power is hampered by his general pessimism.
 * Fan Boy: Of All Might, despite their past disagreements - his office being stacked with All Might merchandise is proof enough. One of the reasons he opted to be his sidekick in the first place is because of his enormous adulation of the former.
 * The Fatalist: He firmly believes that You Can't Fight Fate and shoots down any counterarguments with disdain. Ultimately, it turns out that this is one of his worst flaws, and that it hinders the use of his power.
 * Fragile Speedster: What he lacks in brute strength he makes up for with amazing agility and speed, as well as his throwing seals, which weigh around 5 kilograms each.
 * Good Is Not Nice: He's a pro Hero held in high esteem by Togata and even Gran Torino, but he's incredibly grouchy and stringent. Most notably, he has a Tickle Torture machine for anyone who fails to make him laugh.
 * Jerkass: Nighteye is most certainly not a very pleasant person. He's very dour and grouchy, and especially verbally and sometimes even physically harsh (the aforementioned tickling machine) to someone he feels doesn't live up to his high standards of what makes a Hero, especially with regards to the passing of One For All to Midoriya instead of his protege, Mirio Togata. In fact, the only reason he let Midoriya intern with him is to prove that Togata is the superior choice to inherit One For All, though he later changes his mind.
 * Lean and Mean: His lanky physique is usually played up to make him look more crotchety than he already is, and that's saying a lot.
 * Meaningful Name: "Mirai" means "future" in Japanese.
 * Mission Control: His role while he was All Might's sidekick can be summed up as this, while All Might was the one dishing out the dirt.
 * Specs of Awesome: He wouldn't be awesome without his glasses.
 * Super OCD: He chastises and smears Midoriya for a pretty much flawless All Might facial impression because is was only two millimeters off from the actual All Might.
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair: He has green hair with several yellow streaks, and his eyebrows are yellow.

Kaoruko Awata - Bubble Girl

 * Debut: Chapter 124 (Manga), Episode 63 (Anime)
 * Quirk: Bubble
 * Voiced by Rie Murakawa (Japanese), Kara Edwards (English dub)

A sidekick working under Sir Nighteye. Her Quirk, Bubble, allows her to produce bubbles from her body - bubbles that she can adorn with any sort of aroma that she's smelled in her life. They can pop with explosive force.


 * Age Lift: Her design came from a hero designing contest for fans. In Abara Chiita's original design, she was 16 and a student of U.A. In the manga proper, she is 21 and a sidekick of Sir Nighteye.
 * Amazing Technicolor Population: Along the lines of Ashido, she has blue skin and blue hair.
 * Bare Your Midriff: Justified. Her belly is completely revealed by her Hero costume, so that she could produce the bubbles she needs to use when doing Hero work.
 * Cool Mask: Given that some of the bubbles she produces can be filled with toxic fumes, she wears a transparent gas mask to protect herself.
 * Heart Is an Awesome Power: Her main power consists of releasing bubbles from her body. As inoffensive and harmless as this all sounds, she can create exploding bubbles that disorient her enemies.
 * Innocent Fanservice Girl: She has a very revealing Hero costume, but she isn't concerned with flaunting her looks and is very serious as a pro Hero.
 * Making a Splash: She can create bubbles out of her body, and is capable of selecting the smell of each bubble, using foul-smelling ones to incapacitate the enemies' senses.
 * Meaningful Name: "Kaoru" means "fragrance", relating to the fact that she can choose the smell of each of the bubbles she creates. "Awa" means "bubble", for obvious reasons.
 * Nice Shoes: She has some pretty fancy boots as part of her Hero costume.
 * Stripperiffic: Her Hero costume exposes as much of her skin as is possible without being indecent, akin to Midnight and Yaoyorozu.
 * Underboobs: Her top leaves the lower part of her breasts bared.
 * Weak but Skilled: She may have a rather inoffensive Quirk, but her usage of it puts her miles ahead of many other Heroes. The databook illustrates this fact by giving her a meager 1/6 in power, but a 4/6 in technique.
 * Weaksauce Weakness: Parodied. The databook gives her an additional 1/6 in a category called "tickle resistance".
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair: In line with her Color Motif, her hair is blue.

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Chizome Akaguro - "Hero Killer" Stain

 * Debut: Chapter 41 (Manga), Episode 24 (Anime)
 * Quirk: Bloodcurdle
 * Voiced by Go Inoue (Japanese), Robert McCollum (English dub)

A murderer and vigilante who hunts down heroes for sport. He believes that hero society has become too corrupt with greed for any genuine goodness to be present, and vows to hunt down those he deems to be "fake" with a vengeance. His Quirk, "Bloodcurdle", allows him to paralyze his victims once he gets a taste of their blood, making him a very dangerous foe. The caveat is that the time of paralysis is determined by blood type.

He's currently under police custody and imprisoned in Tartarus.


 * Arc Villain: He is the main antagonist of the titular "Hero Killer Arc".
 * Ax Crazy: Stain is unstable at best and seeming perpetually rancorous.
 * Bad Powers, Bad People: Kind of hard to picture his Quirk being used for any purpose other than evil, but he did at least try some time in his past.
 * Blood Knight: No pun intended. This is a man who relishes the prospect of a good fight, especially if it's against someone he deems worthy of his respect.
 * Blood Magic: His Quirk lets him paralyze a victim by tasting the victim's blood; some blood types are more vulnerable to it than others.
 * Even Evil Has Standards: He condemns wanton murder, seeing it as a tainting on everyone who fights for what he believes to be genuine justice, and only hunts down people who use their heroism as a marketing ploy, or to hoard money.
 * Evil Virtues: Conviction, perseverance and resolve are some of his defining traits.
 * Fallen Hero: It turns out that he used to be an aspiring hero-in-training before his turn to villainy. What drove him over the edge was his overwhelming disenfranchisement with the system at large - a system that he believed fostered false heroes - and so he decided that those heroes need to be rooted out at every turn.
 * Fights Like a Normal: Kind of. He does have a fighting style based on his Quirk, but it's more his fighting style is based around enabling his Quirk, rather than simply using the Quirk itself.
 * Hero-Killer: By the time he's finally arrested, he's already killed 17 pro Heroes and injured 24 of them beyond recovery.
 * Hoist by His Own Petard: As it turns out, he's not immune to his own power. When he's injured in such a way that he coughs up and tastes his own blood, his own powers turn against him and he's finally defeated.
 * Katanas Are Just Better: As is to be expected from a Japanese sword-wielder, he's armed with a Katana and several tanto-like daggers.
 * Knife Nut: As already mentioned, he has several daggers and, additionally, he has a few throwing knives.
 * Knight of Cerebus: Not only is he the first villain Midoriya and his friends face outside the school's "safety net", he introduces them to a grim reality that morality is rarely a simply matter of black and white.
 * Licking the Blade: His Quirk is based of tasting or ingesting the blood of his opponents. So he uses knifes and swords to gain access to their blood.
 * Logical Weakness: Against one person, his Quirk makes him nearly unbeatable once he inflicts a wound that draws blood. Against large groups, however, it's not as useful. Against two opponents his non-Quirk fighting skills can let him hold his own, but more than that and he can be overwhelmed quickly.
 * Lone Wolf Boss: He has no connection to the League of Villains, although he did, unfortunately, help them in the long-run.
 * Necessarily Evil: He doesn't exactly feel good about his own actions, but feels he must follow through with them for "the greater good".
 * Nineties Anti-Hero: Pretty much used as a way to compare that Trope to other types of heroes. Inverted in that he's a villain.
 * The Paralyzer: He paralyzes his opponents when he ingests their blood. The exact length of this paralysis is determined by blood type.
 * Red and Black and Evil All Over: He's a vicious villain who wears a mostly black, sleeveless outfit complete with a crimson scarf.
 * Sanity Slippage: Is heavily implied to have lost his sanity from repeatedly being exposed to the injustices of society and being ignored by in large.
 * Self-Harm: The reason why he seems to have no nose? He's the one who cut it off.
 * Slasher Smile: When Midoriya comes to Ida's rescue and cites what to him resembles All Might's philosophy of self-sacrifice, Akaguro's whole face lights up with a bloodthirsty grin, in a mixture of a hunger for a good fight and respect.
 * Sleeves Are for Wimps: He wears nothing on his arms other than some non-medicinal bandaging.
 * Villain Takes an Interest: He sees potential in Midoriya of actually meeting what he believes are the true ideals of a hero.
 * Villainous Rescue: He saves Midoriya from a winged Nomu after having witnessed his selfless act of rescuing Ida.