History Characters / MyHeroAcademiaClass1B

''Villains'': [[Characters/MyHeroAcademiaVillains Known Villains]] [[[Characters/MyHeroAcademiaStain Stain]]] ([[Characters/MyHeroAcademiaLeagueOfVillains League of Villains]] [[[Characters/MyHeroAcademiaAllForOne All For One]], [[Characters/MyHeroAcademiaTomuraShigaraki Tomura Shigaraki]], [[Characters/MyHeroAcademiaDabi Dabi]], [[Characters/MyHeroAcademiaHimikoToga Himiko Toga]], [[Characters/MyHeroAcademiaArtificialHumans Artificial Humans]]], [[Characters/MyHeroAcademiaShieHassaikai Shie Hassaikai]] [[[Characters/MyHeroAcademiaOverhaul Overhaul]]], [[Characters/MyHeroAcademiaMetaLiberationArmy Meta Liberation Army]], [[Characters/MyHeroAcademiaParanormalLiberationFront Paranormal Liberation Front]], [[Characters/MyHeroAcademiaVillainArmy Villain Army]])\\

''Villains'': [[Characters/MyHeroAcademiaVillains Known Villains]] [[[Characters/MyHeroAcademiaStain Stain]]] ([[Characters/MyHeroAcademiaLeagueOfVillains League of Villains]] [[[Characters/MyHeroAcademiaAllForOne All For One]], [[Characters/MyHeroAcademiaTomuraShigaraki Tomura Shigaraki]], [[Characters/MyHeroAcademiaDabi Dabi]], [[Characters/MyHeroAcademiaHimikoToga Himiko Toga]], [[Characters/MyHeroAcademiaArtificialHumans Artificial Humans]]], [[Characters/MyHeroAcademiaShieHassaikai Shie Hassaikai]] [[[Characters/MyHeroAcademiaOverhaul Overhaul]]], [[Characters/MyHeroAcademiaMetaLiberationArmy Meta Liberation Army]], [[Characters/MyHeroAcademiaParanormalLiberationFront Paranormal Liberation Front]])\\

* BoobsOfSteel: She's Class 1-B's strongest and toughest female fighter, and also is the bustiest of the girls in her class.

* BoobsOfSteel: Almost as much as Kendo, specially on her tight spysuit.

* {{Foil}}: Many of the pupils in Class 1-B are designed this way, some of them even being {{Retool}}s of other characters. The Joint Training Arc in particular helps underline this.

* {{Foil}}: To Ojiro. Both are their classes' [[TheGenericGuy generic guys]], both have rather simple Quirks and both are melee fighters. But where Ojiro is humble and puts HonorBeforeReason, Kaibara is brazen and proud, to the point of considering that his time to shine was "stolen" from him by Ida and he struggles furiously to the very end when he's being taken to jail in the Joint Training Arc.

* {{Foil}}: To Tokoyami. Both are chuunibyous with Quirks related to darkness. But while Tokoyami's Quirk lets him control a specific body of darkness, being Dark Shadow, Kuroiro's Quirk allows him to control and inhabit ''any'' body of darkness.

* {{Foil}}:
** To Yaoyorozu. Both are the smartest girls in their classes, who also specialize in hand-to-hand combat and are also [[BoobsofSteel quite busty for their age]], as well as being considered quite attractive who were both picked by Uwabami specifically for their looks (Kendo entered the beauty pageant, Yaoyorozu choose not to due to her role in the Music Festival).

* {{Foil}}: To Mineta. Both are unathletic-looking short guys who lack the HeroicBuild. But where Mineta's Quirk is mostly used for traps, capturing and fast movement, Shoda's Quirk is much more offensive. Also, where Mineta is just as weak as he looks in close-quarters combat, Shoda is actually a PintSizedPowerhouse.

* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: He tends to get very close to Shinso several times during the Joint Training, excited to fight alongside him against Class 1-A. At one point he tries to hug him and approaches his face with excitement.

''Villains'': [[Characters/MyHeroAcademiaVillains Known Villains]] ([[Characters/MyHeroAcademiaLeagueOfVillains League of Villains]] [[[Characters/MyHeroAcademiaAllForOne All For One]], [[Characters/MyHeroAcademiaTomuraShigaraki Tomura Shigaraki]], [[Characters/MyHeroAcademiaDabi Dabi]], [[Characters/MyHeroAcademiaHimikoToga Himiko Toga]], [[Characters/MyHeroAcademiaArtificialHumans Artificial Humans]]], [[Characters/MyHeroAcademiaShieHassaikai Shie Hassaikai]] [[[Characters/MyHeroAcademiaOverhaul Overhaul]]], [[Characters/MyHeroAcademiaMetaLiberationArmy Meta Liberation Army]], [[Characters/MyHeroAcademiaParanormalLiberationFront Paranormal Liberation Front]])\\

[[folder:Neito Monoma -- Phantom Thief]]
!!Neito Monoma -- Phantom Thief
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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KouheiAmasaki (Japanese), Creator/AustinTindle (English)

!!!'''Quirk:''' [[PowerCopying Copy]]

->''"I can't get stronger on my own. I don't possess the right stuff to be the main character. I can't walk down that straight, noble path like you people. Still, I don't resent what I've been given. Because it's necessary to pull off these kinds of masterful performances - The one's in which the supporting role upstages the lead!"''

A sly and abrasive student from Class 1-B who is incredibly envious of Class 1-A's popularity, and obsessed with proving Class 1-B's superiority over them. His Quirk, "Copy", allows him to use the Quirk of anybody he touches for five minutes.

* AGlassOfChianti: Downplayed, he shows up in the Final Exam arc in the cafeteria with a wine glass full of a vague red liquid, befitting his image as a classy rival character.
* AntiHero: Monoma is aware that his Quirk isn't flashy or strong on its own, so to counteract this, he willing resorts to less than heroic behavior to gain an advantage, such as psychological warfare during his attempts at fighting Bakugo, and later, Midoriya:
-->'''Monoma:''' (talking to Shinso) In order to become heroes, we have no choice but to resort to un-hero-like conduct. Otherwise, we'll never match up to those powers that can do "anything and everything". We don't resemble those figures we aspired to be in the slightest.
* AntiMagic: With Aizawa missing an eye, Monoma has to use Erasure in his stead while everyone fights Shigaraki, preventing the villain from using any of his accumulated Quirks. [[spoiler:When Shigaraki starts growing a mass of fingers larger than a building, Monoma becomes the only thing preventing Decay from spreading through all of them and immediately killing everyone]].
* AscendedExtra: Downplayed. While he's one of the more well-known side characters, he doesn’t tend to do anything particular important for the plot. This changes during the battle for AFO, in which he plays a vital role in the heroes' plan to defeat the villains thanks to his PowerCopying.
* AttentionWhore: Downplayed. The light novels explain he likes being in the spotlight and cares a lot for his class, and thus absolutely hates it when Class 1-A keeps getting all the attention despite them being equals.
* BadassInANiceSuit: He's not a total slouch in close combat, and that's a nice suit he's got for his costume.
* BarrierMaiden: Downplayed and gender-flipped. [[spoiler:Monoma is left with the job to cancel Shigaraki's Quirks with Erasure due to Aizawa's injuries. However, this doesn't stop Shigaraki from growing a gargantuan mass of fingers, which is a severe problem since, if he can activate Decay through them, Monoma is the only thing preventing everyone from being killed]].
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: After seeing the fame and admiration Class 1-A got for surviving a villain attack, he proudly states that Class 1-B could have handled such an event with no problem. Cue the Forest Training Camp Arc, where both classes are present. Most members of Class 1-B end up in a coma, with only a few of them such as Tetsutetsu and Kendo being able to fight back.[[note]]It isn't due to a lack of skill on Class 1-B's part, but rather both Class 1-A and Class 1-B are ambushed in the woods.[[/note]] Luckily for him, he ends up not being part of the fight due to taking remedial classes.
** [[spoiler:He loves it whenever bad things happen to Class 1-A and is always around to taunt them about it. However, he's not laughing when Midoriya gets nabbed by Toga during the battle against AFO and can't be around to fight Shigaraki, leaving everyone in mortal danger]].
* BeneathTheMask: While Monoma comes across as a nutjob with a massive grudge against Class 1-A, outside of that he's a fairly decent person. He tries to motivate his classmates and consoles them when they feel they messed up, and, like Shinso, has a bit of baggage regarding his Quirk that inspired him to take up his AntiHero like behavior.
* BigDamnHeroes: Gets the starring role he always wanted by mastering Kurogiri's Quirk in roughly a week, which he then uses to teleport ''EVERY SINGLE REMAINING HERO'' to intercept All For One's evil forces, trapping and splitting them up so they can divide and conquer.
-->'''Vlad:''' You have been, and always will be, a star.
* BoisterousWeakling: Monoma is always the quickest, and often only, member of Class 1-B students to try and [[TheGadfly trash talk]] Class 1-A. For all his needling though, he's the only one of the Class 1-B students to fail the final exam. This is subverted during the Joint Training Arc in which, under his leadership, his team gives Midoriya's a run for their money.
* BookDumb: Despite being highly intelligent and good at tactics, Monoma does very badly in actual tests, having failed the summer written exams and almost failed the fall ones.
* BoringButPractical: His strategy in the Cavalry Battle is to ''not'' go for the 10 million point headband and instead try to stay at least in the middle of the pack by snatching other teams' headbands while they're distracted. Had he not [[BullyingADragon thoroughly pissed Bakugo off]], his team would have likely moved onto the next round.
* BrilliantButLazy: While he ''is'' genuinely smart and skilled, he seems adverse to just having allies let him copy their Quirk multiple times so he can actually train with it and become skilled enough to make good use of it. In the lead up to the heroes' plan to corner All For One, he actually does this with Kurogiri's Warp Gate and is able to become almost as skilled with it as Kurogiri himself in a very short period of time.
* BullyingADragon: During the Cavalry Battle, he makes a point of taunting the hotheaded, short-tempered, very explosive Bakugo. Naturally, he pays for this dearly when Bakugo decides to go after him and his team first.
** [[spoiler:During the battle against All For One, he insults an [[BigBad AFO-possessed Shigaraki]] to his face]].
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Monoma may be obsessed with proving Class 1-B's superiority over Class 1-A, often going into manic rants, but when it comes time to fight, he's shown to be a capable hero and excellent strategist.
* CardCarryingJerkass: He harasses and bullies Class 1-A at every possible turn with comical relish.
* CatchPhrase: "Are are," which kinda translates to "Huh? Huh?" or "Well? Well?" (in the "you mad?" sense), whenever he provokes Class 1-A.
* TheCavalry: Provides this in Chapter 343, where he copies Kurogiri's Warp Gate and uses it to instantaneously bring an army of heroes to support Midoriya and Aoyama in fighting All for One.
* TheChessmaster: Very good at coming up with ingenious strategies and tactics on the fly.
* ClockPunk: Monoma's costume has a lot of Victorian overtones and several stopwatches attached to his belt, most likely to help him time the duration of his Copycat abilities.
* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: He needs one whenever he interacts with Class 1-A. Usually, it's Kendo, but Awase and Aizawa can do this job, as well.
* CompetitionFreak: Monoma is very competitive in any activity that involves Class 1-A, and likes provoking them. In the light novels, he turns a friendly gathering into a hot pot competition and immediately after engages in a sauna endurance test that he and Bakugo take to extremes.
* CursedWithAwesome: Downplayed. He was told throughout his life that his Quirk made him unfit to be a hero since it relies on other people to work. However, Copy is extremely versatile since it allows Monoma access to numerous different powers, making him extremely useful during the battle against AFO.
* ADayInTheLimelight:
** He had some major screen time during the Cavalry Battle of the U.A. Sports Festival Arc and he also got a lot of focus in the Joint Training Arc.
** Chapters in the light novels occasionally focus on him, such as the one detailing his class' play for the cultural festival.
** He plays an extremely important role during the climactic fight between the heroes and the League of Villains, with his copying of Kurogiri's Quirk being the most crucial aspect of the whole strategy. He also copies Aizawa's [[PowerNullifier Erasure Quirk]] to disable Shigaraki.
* DidntSeeThatComing:
** While he keeps talking confidently, the look on his face gives away that [[spoiler:Midoriya's black tentacles shooting at him]] during the Joint Training Arc [[OhCrap were way more than he signed up for]]. Admittedly, [[WhamEpisode no one saw that coming]].
** Attempting to copy One For All [[WrongContextMagic only copies the stockpile ability]], which means when he tries to use it on Uraraka, he gets a one-sided beat down instead. He is extremely confused at this turn of events.
** During the final battle, like everyone else, he’s shocked [[spoiler:when Shigaraki suddenly starts growing a monstrous mass of fingers despite Monoma using Erasure to cancel his Quirks. Monoma then starts frantically promising Aizawa that he's still doing his job, not knowing what the hell is going on]].
* DirtyCoward: Downplayed. In a light novel, he plays a punishment game created by Mei with some of the class A and B students. However, when he's the last one left to go, Monoma tries to avoid the punishment by backing out, which annoys everyone since it was his idea to make them keep playing and he was being extremely obnoxious the entire time.
* DissonantLaughter: During the battle against All For One and his forces, the heroes are grim and desperate, knowing the odds are against them and that AFO will control the world should they lose. Monoma enters while cackling his head off and shouting taunts at the top of his lungs, having the time of his life.
* DittoFighter: His only power is to copy another person's Quirk, but he's still determined to become a hero in spite of his limitations.
* DramaticIrony:
** He's jealous of Midoriya for having a Quirk that's perfect for a "main character" to become a big-name hero while lamenting how people always told him that he couldn't become a hero with his Quirk since "he couldn't do anything on his own". On the other hand, Midoriya was repeatedly told that he could never become a hero without a Quirk and had an even worse childhood than Monoma, having been branded "Deku" for being unable to do anything on his own.
** His power-copying Quirk is only able to copy the base state of another Quirk, and was therefore unable to copy the immense strength of One For All's current state (since it's a Quirk that relies entirely on storing other Quirks). While he's disappointed it was a dud, Midoriya and the audience realize that he was actually ''very'' lucky his Quirk works the way it does since he would have been turned to LudicrousGibs if he tried to use One For All at full power.
* DropInCharacter: In extra materials, it's shown that Monoma routinely lets himself into the Class 1-A dorms to taunt them, which the students do not enjoy. He also comes up with fake reasons to justify his presence so they won't kick him out.
* EveryoneHasStandards: Monoma might despise Class 1-A and loves it when bad things happen to them, but when the girls of Class 1-A were tricked into dressing up like cheerleaders, he looked away rather than make fun of them, and even he is horrified when [[spoiler:Bakugo's heart explodes]] during the fight with Shigaraki.
* EvilLaugh: Parodied. Whenever he interacts with Class 1-A, he will usually get into ridiculous provocations, completed by a zany laugh, which usually prompts Kendo or another classmate to knock him out.
* {{Flanderization}}: He started out as a clever character who knew how to plan ahead and get into people's heads before his obsession with Class 1-A became his defining trait. This starts to get undone during the Joint Training Arc, in which it is made thoroughly clear that he is [[SmarterThanYouLook still very much the intelligent character]] he was introduced as. He ends up playing a crucial role during the climactic battle against [[BigBad All For One]] and his forces by copying Kurogiri's Quirk and using it to transport the other heroes to the battle and split up the villains.
* ForcedToWatch: As the fight against [[BigBad All For One]] gets increasingly worse with [[IAmNotLeftHanded his constant reveal of Quirks]] and it's obvious that if Monoma (who is mostly copying [[PowerNullifier Eraserhead's]] Quirk) blinks everybody is screwed, his friends force him to keep his eyes open ''[[Film/AClockworkOrange Clockwork Orange]]''-[[TheLudovicoTechnique style]].
* FreakyFashionMildMind: Inverted. He has a pretty normal appearance overall that doesn't particularly stand out against the CastOfSnowflakes, and his hero costume is just a suit in contrast to his classmates' more classically superheroic looks. Monoma is also manically obsessed with beating Class A, to the point that people wonder if he has some kind of mental problem.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. His classmates do care about him, but they still are very annoyed with how seriously he takes their rivalry with Class 1-A. It usually ends when Kendo karate-chopping him upside the head and neck, or Awase doing the honors of dealing out punishment if she isn't around.
* TheGadfly: In order to prove his superiority over Class 1-A, he does like to mess with some of its members or rile them up in order to get some kind of reaction out of them. In the light novels, he decides he wants to prove his class' hotpot is better through a contest and deliberately picks on Bakugo's cooking to rile him up enough to accept the challenge.
** During the fight against AFO and his forces, Monoma gives the villains this treatment and heavily mocks them about how foolish they were to expect they could beat the heroes.
* GenreSavvy: Demonstrates a good enough understanding of shounen and superhero storytelling to be able [[TheTrickster to exploit it to his advantage]]:
** During the first round of the sports festival, he took advantage of the fact that everyone would be focused on the characters trying to take the lead and deliberately made sure that he and many of his classmates got middling results in order to gather intelligence and hide their actual capabilities.
** Openly acknowledges during his match during the Joint-Training Arc that he doesn't have qualities necessary to be a "main character".
* GreenEyedMonster: Parodied. He is deeply envious of Class 1-A's popularity and progress, but he takes it to such caricatural extremes that he passes off more as a loony annoying {{Troll}} than anything else.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: Monoma has largely made peace with his lot in life and resolves to succeed despite not being a 'main character', but when he sadly recalls being told he would only ever be a 'bit character' Vlad comforts him by explaining there are no small parts in real life, so Monoma is his own protagonist.
* HeroWithBadPublicity: Downplayed. Given his obnoxious ways and his tendency for trolling Class 1-A whenever he's around them, Mirio nicknamed him "the bad side of U.A.", which Monoma brushes aside with his usual wacky bravado. Still, when Aizawa wanted to check whether or not Monoma could copy Eri's Quirk, he made sure Mirio and Midoriya were around, because Eri was a bit afraid of interacting with him due to his exuberant personality and his reputation. Nevertheless, Monoma remained [[JerkassFacade cordial and appropriately agreeable around Eri]].
* HiddenDepths: His unhinged antipathy towards Class 1-A aside, Monoma has been shown to be surprisingly level-headed, insightful and [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold good-natured]]:
** After they were both eliminated during the cavalry battle, he wasn't mad at Kendo for using him as the example of a "perverse" person for the scavenger hunt. She playfully teased him for picking Bakugo as someone to fight with during the latter's fight with Uraraka.
** Upon Class 1-B's discovery of what their summer training regime [[TrainingFromHell will be like]], in contrast to the varying OhCrap reactions of his classmates, Monoma's is a comparatively understated [[ThisIsGonnaSuck look of disgust]].
** Outside of his class, he does show some level of respect for Uraraka's plan during her fight with Bakugo, even commenting that it was silly that a pro hero couldn't tell she was actually working on a strategy.
** He is the student who teaches Japanese to his classmate Pony (an American exchange student), which may indicate that like Juzo he understands and speaks english to a certain extent. Which would explain why she trusted him to translate words for her to say.
** During the Joint Training session, he correctly predicted that Shishida and Shiozaki would have problems deciding who was the central leader due to Shiozaki unable to deceive people and Shishida spending too much time covering it up, costing them time and allowing Class 1-A to finish their plan.
** He grudgingly admits to being impressed by Bakugo managing to outmaneuver [[TheStrategist Tokage]].
** He also sympathizes with Shinso as they were both told by people that their Quirks were "unheroic".
** Chapter 214 reveals that he outright considers himself a supporting character, saying he "doesn't have the right stuff to play the lead role". By that token, he also internally admits that he sees Midoriya as the "main character" InUniverse.
** He elbows Aizawa in the gut for being so blunt with Eri that she looks like she's about to cry.
** While preparing to copy Kurogiri's Quirk, he mentions that he's been told all his life that his power isn't fit for a hero and says it's only meant for a 'bit character', which Vlad comforts him over.
* HourOfPower: The copied Quirks initially only lasted for around five minutes. But later on shows training has extended it to ten minutes.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Cites Class 1-A as being cocky due to Bakugo's speech, despite the fact the class clearly isn't, yet he's always the one to keep boasting how superior he is much to the annoyance of ''his'' classmates.
* HypocriticalHumor: Mocks Class 1-A for having five students fail the end of term exam while [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome Class 1-B only had one]], who's Monoma himself.
* IAmWhatIAm: Despite the emotional baggage it comes with, Monoma seems to have made peace with [[AntiHero his lot]] [[WeakButSkilled in life]].
* InstantExpert: He seems to instantly know how to use any Quirk he copies. It's likely a RequiredSecondaryPower, because his copied Quirks only last for five minutes and in the heat of battle, there's no time to go HowDoIShotWeb. This appears to be the basis for the plan to have him teach Eri how to use her powers, unfortunately it's a dud. This does seem to have its limits, though. When Monoma is told the plan for the final battle with AFO, and that it involves him using Kurogiri's Warp Gate Quirk to transport in an army of heroes over several kilometers, then separate all of the major members of the League of Villains from each other, he implies that there is a level of mastery that he needs to achieve on his own to to be capable of such a thing.
* IronicEcho: Of a sort. He tells Bakugo, after he steals his headband in the Human Cavalry event, that he was the one who openly challenged his whole classmates that he'll be the best of them. So it's his own fault if he can't deliver on that promise. It quickly turns into TemptingFate not shortly after, however, as Bakugo focuses on him for the remainder of the match. He then not only reclaims his own headband but ''steals all of Monoma's headbands'' that he had collected through the event - thereby knocking him out of the running in the U.A. Sports Festival.
* IrrationalHatred: PlayedForLaughs, but nevertheless his drive to insult Class 1-A at every opportunity is seen by everybody else in his classroom as annoying at best and outright insane at worst. The ''ULTRA ANALYSIS Character Book'' reveals that he would even occasionally go to Class 1-A's dormitory just to throw a few sarcastic remarks at them before returning home.
* IShallTauntYou: His specialty and he's very good at it, apparently knowing exactly what to say to insult his opponent and get them mad enough to attack him recklessly.
* ItsPersonal: He takes Bakugo's speech a bit too personally and feels Class 1-A are being too cocky. He decides to try and knock them down a peg, starting with Bakugo himself. [[TemptingFate It doesn't work out]], courtesy of Bakugo himself. He's held onto this grudge against Bakugo almost a year later and admits he couldn't be more excited for the chance to see Tokage take him down.
* JackOfAllTrades: His Quirk aside, extra materials reveal that Monoma is talented and capable in many things outside the hero field, including acting and cooking, which others find amazing. However, due to his massive ego, his classmates avoid telling him.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite giving Bakugo a run for his money for being the biggest student jerk of the series, he does actually try to help his class do better:
** He talked most of his class into finishing the race at the U.A. Sports Festival at the mid and bottom half of the 42 finalists. Most did this showing they agreed with his plan.
** Telling Tetsutetsu no hard feelings before the start of the cavalry battle in case they both can't make it. Tetsutetsu agreed.
** After Tokage's defeat at the hands of Bakugo, Monoma gives both her and his team a pep talk to encourage them.
** Displays empathy towards Shinso regarding their shared desire to become heroes in spite of their lack of a "heroic Quirk".
** Around Eri he drops his usual attitude and comes off as pretty amiable, even cordially discussing his quirk with Midoriya.
** His maniacal taunting and mocking of Class 1-A isn't reserved solely for them, but anyone he considers an enemy, as he gives the same treatment to AFO and his forces. While Monoma is a jerk, he ''is'' trying to become a hero.
* LargeHam: Whenever he's in "Class 1-A Rival" mode, he's unhinged and bombastic in his proclamations to defeat them. He doesn’t lose this even while playing a critical role in the fight against AFO by using Kurogiri's Quirk to teleport everyone in, laughing his head off and going into a monologue of taunts while spraying smoke. And, to be fair to Monoma? He ''earned every second of it''.
-->'''Monoma:''' HAH HA HA HA HA! THE MAN BEHIND THE CURTAIN!!
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: He decides that Midoriya would be a main character and has referred to himself as a side character.
* LifesavingMisfortune: He manages to copy One for All during the Joint Training arc, but gets hit after finding out it does nothing for him since he only copied its weakest form and avoids a HeroicRROD.
* LogicalWeakness: He can copy Quirks (up to four), but only one at a time and only for five minutes at a time (and with training, 10). Because of this, he can't train the copies or use them with as much skill as their owners could. Powers that rely on stockpiling something (such as One For All, Rewind, and Fat Absorption) are "duds" to him because 10 minutes isn't enough for Monoma to build up a stockpile. He gives as an example copying Fat Gum's Quirk and it not being nearly as effective because Monoma's slim and doesn't have much fat for the Quirk to work with. However, he ''can'' train with one if put in a position where he can repeatedly copy the same Quirk for an extended period, but as he tends to copy opponent's Quirks most of the time, he rarely ever does this.
* LoopholeAbuse: While he can only copy Quirks up to five minutes, there is no proper cooldown to stop him from copying the same Quirk again. In the final battle, with [[spoiler:Aizawa]] being unable to use their own Quirk, Monoma gets used as a substitute by having him be in continuous contact with them to have him channel their Quirk.
** He can only copy the base form of a Quirk. However, this means that, if he copies a Quirk that was weakened for some reason (for example because its owner was injuried), he can use that Quirk at full power instead.
* ManipulativeBastard: In the light novels, he manages to engineer a hot pot competition between classes 1-A and 1-B to prove his class' superiority. He provokes Bakugo by insulting the food after remembering his CharacterDevelopment and successfully convinces Iida to make 1-A carry out a dare for losing by using it as a metaphor for heroes and villains.
* MasterActor: Apparently, he is ''very'' good at acting. In one of the light novels, his performance as Romeo is good enough to move Kendo and Reiko, though his class finds it unnerving that Monoma can play a role so different from his real self so well. He's also good at improvising on the spot.
* MeaningfulAppearance: Monoma's hero name is Phantom Thief, and his hero costume is a suit with a long tail coat, as per the stereotypical design of a phantom thief. However, he also intentionally subverts this by having three clocks on him to trick his opponents into thinking the maximum amount of Quirks he can copy is three when the number is actually four.
* MeaningfulName: His name comes from "monomane", the Japanese word for "mimicry". While it's possibly accidental, his name is also similar to "monomania", which would describe his obsession with Class 1-A.
* MirrorCharacter: Shinso is quite similar to Monoma who seems to have taken a liking for him since both of them have non-flashy situational Quirks (Monoma needs to touch other Quirk users to copy their Quirks, Shinso needs to have someone address him to make his mind control work) but both want to become pro-heroes regardless.
* MrExposition: He's the one who explains Uraraka's strategy during her fight against Bakugo when she reveals it. He also scoffs at the heroes who booed at the fight because sitting in the audience should have allowed them to see it firsthand.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Horikoshi revealed in an author's comment that his design was modelled on Dane [=DeLann's=] portrayal of Harry Osborn in ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan2''.
* NoOntologicalInertia: Subverted. The effects of Quirks he copies remain even if he switches powers or his time limit is up, as objects he enlarges with Size don't shrink back down. The exceptions are Quirks that alter his body like Hardening or Quirks that naturally stop immediately when they aren't in active use, like Erasure.
* OhCrap: Monoma is definitely freaked out when Shigaraki grows thousands of fingers despite him using Erasure to cancel the villain's Quirks.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness:
** [[spoiler:During the fight against Shigaraki, things start going horribly wrong for the heroes, with Midoriya, who is vital for defeating the villain, getting yanked through the wrong portal and Shigaraki grows a mass of fingers larger than a building despite Erasure being in effect. Monoma stops his cackling and taunting and dons a grim expression as everyone realizes that Erasure is the only thing keeping Decay from spreading from each of the thousands of fingers, and the second Monoma blinks, everyone will die]].
** When [[spoiler:Bakugo's heart explodes]], Monoma reacts by crying out in horror, having been forced to watch the whole thing.
* OpportunisticBastard: He's known to advantage of scenarios to get what he wants, such as immediately going after Midoriya to copy One For All just as Black Whip has been brought under control and everyone is breathing a sigh of relief. He explains that since he's not powerful on his own, he can’t do things like a typical hero and must instead resort to underhanded tactics.
* LeParkour: He's actually pretty fast and athletic. He can quickly climb and jump around high places like an experienced acrobat, fitting when he considers himself a PhantomThief. This skill saves his life during the Joint Training Arc when [[spoiler:Midoriya's black goo tentacles try to kill him]].
* PersonalityPowers: He's shown to be not just resentful, but envious of Class 1-A because of how they keep proving themselves in the field. His power is to copy the Quirks of others and use them, so he takes what others have, that he doesn't, and uses it against them.
* PetTheDog: While the civilians protest [[spoiler:Midoriya's return to UA]] during the Tartarus Escapees Arc, Monoma is seen comforting Eri.
* PhantomThief: At least, this is his hero name, and he does look the part.
* PowerCopying: His Quirk. He can copy several powers but only use one at a time. Copies last for five minutes. Furthermore, he can only copy the basic nature of a Quirk, not anything that is built up or relies on the accumulation of something. He thus fails to use One For All (since it's a power stockpiling Quirk), and he says that if he tried to copy, say, Fatgum's Quirk, it wouldn't do much because the Quirk relies on pre-existing fat deposits and Monoma's skinny. The five minutes he has just isn't enough to build up any charge. However, he ''can'' copy a Quirk composed of multiple Quirks as a single one, such as Kurogiri's Warp Gate which would've otherwise given him one of the components such as Cloud.
* RefugeInAudacity: Practically his M.O. often going to great lengths to taunt and gloat at his opponents to get under their skin.
* RequiredSecondaryPowers: Monoma can copy up to four powers for five minutes, though can only use one at a time. However, he explains he can only replicate the bare bones of the Quirk, so powers with prerequisites tend to be ineffectual in Monoma's hands. For example, when he copies One For All, he doesn’t have the stockpiled power necessary to wield it, which Midoriya actually counts as a good thing, since Monoma would have likely have lost his limbs if it had worked. However, he seems to automatically know how to use a Quirk and doesn't suffer from HowDoIShotWeb, but he does need to train with it to do more complex actions, which requires coping an ability multiple times to practice.
* RunningGag: Any time Class 1-A slips up in some minor manner, Monoma will be there to taunt them about it and blow it out of proportion... and then get karate chopped by Kendo (or another classmate if she's not around, like Awase), who apologizes for his behavior and drags him away.
* SanitySlippage: PlayedForLaughs. Class 1-B's inability to get a win in the third round combined with his confidence that Setsuna will destroy Bakugo make him flip out so much that Kaminari wonders if he's gone insane. His reaction to Bakugo becoming a good teammate and destroying Setsuna's team with his friends in a couple of minutes borders on a mental breakdown.
* SignatureLaugh: Monoma has a loud, obnoxious and very distinct cackle that he uses when trash-talking Class 1-A. Most of the time, it gets cut off by Kendo karate-chopping him in the head. He gets to go all out with it, only this time directed at ''All For One'' while using Warp Gate to screw him over.
* SitcomArchNemesis: He himself sees ''all'' of Class 1-A as his archnemesis, but they just prefer to ignore him or simply don't take his continuous TrashTalk seriously, given that they're on rather good terms with all the other students from class 1-B.
* SmarterThanYouLook: Even though he's often portrayed as an obsessive loser who annoys even his friends, Monoma is actually an [[TheChessmaster excellent planner]] who is shown able to come up with new strategies on the fly.
* SmugSnake: His favorite facial expression seems to be literally look down his nose at Class 1-A.
* SoreLoser: When Class 1-B is ultimately beaten by 1-A in the Joint Training Arc, he still tries to keep up his bravado and thinks Midoriya power a dud due to the sudden PowerIncontinence. But it's obvious he's not taking the loss well at all and practically looks like he's just ''barely'' containing himself.
* SpannerInTheWorks: He's not even a blip on All For One's radar. As such, Aizawa has him copy Kurogiri's Warp Gate, allowing the heroes to completely blindside All For One by using it to let the heroes ambush him in mass, turning his own plan against him.
* SwissArmySuperPower: His Quirk is exceptionally versatile, since it lets him copy other powers for short periods. During the battle against AFO, the heroes capitalize on this ability by having Monoma fill in for those who either can't or won't use their Quirks to help, enabling them to perform a massive ambush with Warp Gate and retain [[spoiler:access to Erasure]].
* TaremeEyes: His eyes have a noticeable downward slant, which adds to his smug expressions.
* TechnicolorEyes: Monoma's only physically unusual trait are his white pupils.
* ThinkingUpPortals: During the battle against All For One, Monoma is brought in to replicate Warp Gate, which he uses to teleport the heroes to AFO and his forces for an ambush before splitting up the villains and sending them away from each other. It's stated he actually had to copy it multiple times over the build up so that he could get a hang on it enough to use it in this manner, however.
* ThrowTheDogABone: For someone who's at peace being a secondary character and never the hero, he gets his chance to shine, becoming the lynchpin of the final battle, [[spoiler:copying Kurogiri's warp gate and later on Eraserhead's Erasure to neutralize Shigaraki.]]
* TrashTalk: He does this constantly to Class 1-A, inevitably showing up to laugh maniacally and insult them for the slightest things, even when it's hypocritical, to prove 1-B's superiority. This behavior isn't just reserved for his rival class, though, he launches into a long stream of taunts directed at AFO and his forces while the heroes face off against them.
* TheTrickster: Has demonstrated himself very adept at using misdirection, trickery, and mind-games to gain the upper hand:
** Takes a page from [[IShallTauntYou Shinso's book]] (or rather, takes his Quirk) during the Joint Training Arc in an attempt to provoke Midoriya into revealing the location of his allies.
** During the same arc, it is revealed that he has deliberately [[CrazyPrepared had his costume designed]] to fool observers into thinking that he can only copy a maximum of three Quirks.
* UndyingLoyalty: To a ridiculous extent for Class 1-B. He is extremely proud of his class and hates it when they're overshadowed by Class 1-A, leading him to constantly taunt and mock the rival class. He's also very supportive of his classmates and, as much as behavior irritates them, they do like him.
* WastedBeauty: In the light novels, Hagakure remarks that Monoma is good-looking, but it's wasted on his awful personality.
* WeakButSkilled: Due to the fact he can only copy a Quirk for five minutes, he will never be able to rigorously train them like his peers do unless put in a position where he can repeatedly copy the same Quirk over and over. However, he's listed as having a 5/5 in both technique and intelligence and can use different Quirks creatively.
* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: Discussed. Throughout his life, people have considered his Quirk to be this, since it's not strong or flashy like more suitable, heroic Quirks, and Monoma requires other people to use it.
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: While preparing to copy Warp Gate, Monoma says that since he was a child, he was told he'd never be a hero because his Quirk was for a ‘bit character'. Vlad responds that there are no small roles and Monoma has always been a star.
* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: In the light novel chapter detailing his class' play, he starts having this reaction as more and more things go wrong, especially when the students walk on stage carrying baseball bats to substitute for their broken prop swords without telling Monoma first.
-->''Why bats?!''

[[folder:Itsuka Kendo -- Battle Fist]]
!!Itsuka Kendo -- Battle Fist
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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Saki Ogasawara (Japanese), Creator/JadSaxton (English)
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 26 (Manga), Episode 15 (Anime)
!!!'''Playable in:''' ''My Hero One's Justice 2''
!!!'''Quirk:''' [[GiantHandsOfDoom Big Fist]]

->''"Carrying a gun around is just another way of saying you've got no confidence in a fight. Because at least us simple minds at U.A... have grown beyond the point of ever thinking there's no hope!"''

Class 1-B's class president, a friendly tomboyish girl who often has to [[CloudcuckoolandersMinder keep Monoma in check]]. Her Quirk, "Big Fist", allows her to increase the size of her hands, with their strength growing exponentially the bigger they get.

* ActionDressRip: Has no qualms about ripping up an elegant dress to look more badass in a beauty pageant.
* BadassAdorable: A spunky and beautiful girl who is also the best female fighter of Class 1-B. In fact, Uwabami ''specifically'' requested her internship for this reason:
-->"Well, it's because you're so cute."
* BlowYouAway: A variant. Her huge hands can be used as fans and allows her to generate big gusts of wind. She uses this to dispel Mustard's gas Quirk in her and Tetsutetsu's fight against him, allowing the latter to recover long enough to knock out Mustard.
* BoobsOfSteel: She's Class 1-B's strongest and toughest female fighter, and also is the bustiest of the girls in her class.
* ClassRepresentative: Of Class 1-B. She's friendlier and more tomboyish than most examples, but she still fills the role of keeping the rest of the class in line (especially Monoma).
* CloseRangeCombatant: Much like Tetsutetsu, her Quirk makes her a decent melee fighter (she was able to damage Momo's ''tungsten shields''), even though it can be used for other purposes such as grabbing and restraining opponents or fanning off fumes and poison gas.
* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: More often than not she has to stay around [[TheFriendNobodyLikes Monoma]] just to stop him from antagonizing Class 1-A too much, typically with a [[DopeSlap chop to the neck]].
* CoolBigSis: Described as this for Class 1-B by Tetsutetsu. She's the one who reigns in the antics of Monoma and is the voice of reason among the class.
* ADayInTheLimelight: During the Forest Training Camp Arc, she got to defeat Mustard alongside Tetsutetsu, and one more time in the Joint Training Arc where she demonstrates her decent combat and strategy skills.
* DominoMask: Wears one as part of her costume.
* DopeSlap: What she usually does to Monoma when he goes too far with his Class 1-A antagonism.
* ExoticEyeDesigns: Not as extreme as most examples, but her pupils are white instead of the usual black.
* FieryRedhead: Zigzagged. She has red hair and she's a quite fearless number during combat. Off-duty, she's a friendly and helpful NiceGirl.
* FirstNameBasis: With Kodai. Due to the fact Kendo refers to her by her given name "Yui", rather than her surname with honorifics, the implication is that she and Kodai are close. She also calls a few of the other girls of 1-B by their first names.
* {{Foil}}:
** To Yaoyorozu. Both are the smartest girls in their classes, who also specialize in hand-to-hand combat and are also [[BoobsofSteel quite busty for their age]], as well as being considered quite attractive who were both picked by Uwabami specifically for their looks (Kendo entered the beauty pageant, Yaoyorozu choose not to due to her role in the Music Festival).
* FriendlyRivalry: Formed one with Yaoyorozu during the Joint Training Arc. Disheartened over the fact she and Yaoyorozu were treated as a package deal despite feeling Yaoyorozu got better grades and had a better Quirk, Kendo desired to face off with Yaoyorozu, something Yaoyorozu was happy to oblige with. It helps that outside of training, the two have gotten along swimmingly thanks to their joint internship under Uwabami.
* GeniusBruiser: Her intelligence is listed as 5/5 and she's notable for how perceptive she is, added to her athletic body.
* GiantHandsOfDoom: Her Quirk allows her to grow her hands, making them stronger. She fights primarily using her enlarged hands, which are strong enough to break ''a tungsten shield'' with ease.
* HeartIsAnAwesomePower: The ability to make your hands grow doesn't seem that interesting compared to turning into steel or generating and controlling lethal gas, but as she herself says during her and Tetsutetsu's fight with Mustard, whether it's useless or not depends entirely on how she uses it. In that battle, not only does she make use of her SuperStrength, but she uses her power to fake Mustard out to land a hit (she "[[ExactlyWhatIAimedAt misses]]" a punch with a normal-sized fist, then enlarges it to hit him), and is able to use her hands as fans to [[BlowYouAway blow his gas away]] and give Tetsutetsu an opening.
* MeaningfulName: Her family name contains the kanji for "fist".
* MsFanservice: While not to the extent as Yaoyorozu, she still has her moments and was in fact considered pretty enough to model for a beauty product by Uwabami, a renowned model herself.
* NiceGirl:
** In the entrance exam, she had the third-highest rescue points behind Uraraka and Midoriya.
** She calls Monoma out for his arrogance.
** When she's given the opportunity to use a free pass to the one-on-one fights during the U.A. Sports Festival, she instead gives the opportunity to others she thinks are more deserving.
* NotSoAboveItAll: While Kendo is firmly against Monoma's insane grudge against Class 1-A, she herself sees Yaoyorozu as a rival and hates being lumped together with her. During their join training match, Kendo specifically targets the other girl and admits she has been wanting them to fight for some time.
* OrangeBlueContrast: Kendo seems to have a thing for blue outfits to act as a complementary contrast to her orange-colored hair. Her hero costume is a teal qipao, and she dons a strapless blue gown to compete in the festival's beauty pageant.
* PositiveFriendInfluence: According to Tetsutetsu, this is the reason why the class hasn't descended into being Monoma-like 1-A haters. She keeps others on their toes and focused on becoming better heroes while building a friendly rivalry with the other classes and erasing Monoma's negative influence. Unfortunately, she couldn't stop Monoma from corrupting their ''teacher''.
* ShipTease: With Tetsutetsu whose courage and resolve she admires, even though she doesn't tell him. For the most part, Tetsutetsu also seems to be quite fond of her, always cheering her on and wishing to see her win whenever she enters a contest. There's also the blatant CrushBlush he gets when he believes she just called him by his first name, which is a sign of closeness in Japanese, even more so between a man and a woman.
* SizeShifter: She can change the size of her hands.
* TheSmartGirl: Much like her rival Yaoyorozu, she's the tactician of Class 1-B and, during their match in the Joint Training Arc, comes up with numerous plans and counter-plans against Yaoyorozu's team.
* StraightMan: Will often be the serious, responsible counter for Tetsutetsu's hot-bloodedness and Monoma's arrogance.
* SuperStrength: Falls into RequiredSecondaryPowers because without it she probably wouldn't even be able to lift her hands when they grow let alone carry fully grown people with little effort. Much like Midoriya and All Might, her hands are strong enough to generate air blasts. Later, during her fight with Yaoyorozu in the Joint Training Arc, she's seen using her giant hands to smash through ''tungsten'' with ease.
* {{Tomboy}}: She's described by Horikoshi as being "masculine and strong-minded".
* TomboyishPonytail: She wears her hair in a side ponytail, and Horikoshi implies that she has a tomboyish personality.

[[folder:Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu -- Real Steel]]
!!Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu -- Real Steel
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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Kōji Okino (Japanese), Creator/DavidWald (English)
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 26 (Manga), Episode 15 (Anime)
!!!'''Playable in:''' ''My Hero One's Justice 2''
!!!'''Quirk:''' [[SuperToughness Steel]]

->''"I'm in Class 1-B of the Hero Course! If I don't stand up here, what's the point?! I'm gonna find these jerks and beat the snot out of them!"''

A hot-headed, venturesome, and persevering student from Class 1-B whose Quirk, "Steel", allows him to [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin turn his body into steel]]. He at first clashes with Kirishima due to their similar personalities and Quirks, but they eventually become close friends.

* AchillesHeel: He becomes weaker when he has an iron deficiency. In fact, lacking this is what netted Kirishima the win at the U.A. Sports Festival.
* BashBrothers: The form his friendship with Kirishima is shaping into, given their similar personalities and Quirks.
* TheBigGuy: Even if he doesn't tower over others, his personality and powers more than fit the bill. He's hot-blooded, headstrong, and his Quirk makes him incredibly tough to put down.
* ChromeChampion: When using his Quirk, his entire body becomes metallic.
* CloseRangeCombatant: Much like Kirishima, he's a particularly efficient brawler and hand-to-hand fighter.
* CrushBlush: In one of the Extras from Chapter 217, Tetsutetsu blushes conspicuously when he believes Kendo has just called him by his first name.
* ADayInTheLimelight:
** The U.A. Sports Festival Arc develops his rivalry with Kirishima.
** During the Forest Training Camp Arc, he gets to defeat Mustard alongside Kendo.
** During the Joint Training Arc where he goes toe to toe with one of Class 1-A's strongest students [[TheAce Shoto Todoroki]]- and gives him a serious run for his money.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: Becomes Kirishima's friend right after losing to him in an arm-wrestling match:
-->'''Juzo Honenuki:''' Guess yesterday's nemesis is today's comrade.
* DentedIron: Literally. When he actually gets hit, his steel skin dents in. Subverted in that his actual skin doesn't seem to show any lasting effects.
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: His entire existence is basically one big xerox of Kirishima, if not the prototype of Kirishima that Horikoshi elected not to use for Class 1-A and instead relegated to Class 1-B. His ''very name'' is just the word "tetsu" repeated in quadruplicate and paired in two names that are all comprised of [[BilingualBonus four different meanings of the word "tetsu" in Japanese kanji]].[[note]]Well... sort of. The first Tetsu in his surname and the second in his given name are kyūjitai and shinjitai variants of each other, comparable to traditional and simplified Chinese characters. Essentially, the first Tetsu in his name is the ''normal'' character for "iron", and the last one is a variant seen in older texts and still occasionally used in names.[[/note]]
* {{Determinator}}:
** No matter how bad things get, he's willing to do his best. Mustard even calls this out by name after Tetsutetsu takes several gunshots from his revolver.
** He keeps fighting Todoroki despite literally ''melting'' from the hotter than lava temperatures.
* DumbassHasAPoint: While not the smartest hero student, the Joint Training Arc shows that Tetsutetsu is more simple than stupid. During his fight with Todoroki, he's entirely aware of the chance that his opponent's maximum firepower could kill him. He just knows that Todoroki can only maintain that level for a limited time, making it effectively a battle of who can handle the heat for longer.
* DumbMuscle: He himself admits that he's not very bright, but compensates by being a very strong melee fighter. Just ask Todoroki.
* ElementalHairColors: Representing the element of metal, his hair is silvery, in tune with his Quirk of turning to steel.
* ElementalRockPaperScissors:
** Defied. He had to undergo TrainingFromHell in order to become resistant to fire, as steel is a well-known heat conductor. Played straight in that he's naturally immune to ice and cold.
** One yonkoma strip suggests he has a weakness to saltwater since it causes him to rust.
* ExtraOreDinary: His Quirk can turn his body into steel.
* FaceOfAThug: He looks intimidating, but is just as heroic as the students of Class 1-A.
* FriendlyRivalry:
** With Kirishima. While the two won't hesitate to compete with each other in training, they act more like brothers outside of that.
** He later forms one with Todoroki after their match during the Joint Training Exercise.
* GeniusDitz: Despite being a self-proclaimed DumbMuscle and having a LeeroyJenkins fighting style, he's shown capable of quickly adapting to situations on the fly, such as when he realizes that Mustard isn't immune to his own Quirk since he's wearing a gas mask and exploits that weakness to knock him out.
* GracefulLoser: He accepts his defeat at Kirishima's hands with sportsmanlike honor and becomes very friendly with him afterwards.
* HeroicRROD: Suffers metal fatigue if he hasn't eaten enough iron.
* HotBlooded: He's rather loud and hotheaded, especially when it came to the students of Class 1-A, who he viewed as "obnoxious brats" before he got to know them.
* ImMelting: Tetsutetsu's metal body will literally start melting if exposed to high enough temperatures, such as roaring flames.
* ImmuneToFire: {{Played with}}. While He can withstand a ''really'' good amount of heat and [[InvokedTrope has even trained himself for this]], he's still at risk of melting under scorching temperatures:
-->'''Tetsutetsu:''' (talking to [[PlayingWithFire Todoroki]]) You don't know why I'm your opponent, do you? It's because your Quirk doesn't work on me. [...] It's part of what I did to develop my Quirk! Bastard, have you ever spent time inside a stove?!
* InstantArmor: His Quirk turns his body into steel.
* JackOfAllStats: His databook stats are well rounded, and the same as Kirishima's.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Tetsutetsu can be loud and brash, but he really is a good guy at heart and a FriendlyRivalry to those who earn his respect.
* LeeroyJenkins: In the Joint Training Arc, he chooses to forego strategy and challenges Class 1-A to a head-to-head fight. This proves to be an effective strategy, as he's a stronger close-ranged fighter than Todoroki and he's able to withstand his ice and flames.
* NighInvulnerability: Given his ability to turn to steel, it's very hard to land an actual blow on him. He's virtually bulletproof and can't be harmed by bladed weapons either in his steel form.
* NoIndoorVoice: He's ''almost'' as bad as Bakugo in this department.
* NoSell: Plows through a direct hit from both of Todoroki's strongest attacks without any damage, something almost no other character to get hit by them at that point had done. Not even his ''superheated'' flames could take him out of the fight right away, though it's pointed out prolonged exposure would do the job if [[HeroicRROD Todoroki doesn't pass out or die from it first]].
* NotSoSimilar: While it was originally a joke that one was a xerox copy of the other, as a result of DivergentCharacterEvolution, Tetsutetsu and Kirishima have become more and more different as the school year progresses. Whereas Kirishima is now more cautious and defensive in combat, Tetsutetsu is more a LeeroyJenkins. Kirishima's training focused on increasing the defensive capabilities of his Quirk by making his body harder, while Tetsutetsu's training has focused on making his Quirk more resistant so he can charge without worry. Kirishima's insecurities have become more prevalent as time goes on, while Tetsutetsu is more focused on hero work than self-doubt.
* PersonalityPowers: His Quirk complements his adamant personality well.
* PunnyName: His name is composed of four characters with the same pronunciation, the first of which is the character for "iron".
* RepetitiveName: Tetsutetsu is both his first and last name, though they're each written with different kanji.
* RunningGag: All the similarities he has to Kirishima. Examples include Quirk, birthday, stats, internship, costume, etc. [[ChekhovsGag The gag ends up being used to show how far Kirishima has matured during the Class 1-A vs. Class 1-B mock battle]] since Tetsutetsu still acts like a [[LeeroyJenkins hotheaded rookie with no sense of responsibility for his teammates or danger to himself]]. Kirishima doesn't realize it, but Kaminari points out that Tetsutetsu is not using his brain and just going with the flow. [[{{Determinator}} That said, that suicidal recklessness did have its advantages]]. This is later subverted when Tetsutetsu's lack of hesitation and single-minded determination in contrast with Kirishima's self-doubt and introspection makes him a far greater threat than Kirishima in the Joint Training Arc. Furthermore, it is shown that he does consider the training in the context of real hero work, but coming from a much more simple and straightforward perspective that a hero should always be ready to put his life on the line.
* ScaryTeeth: Shares Kirishima's distinctive aspect of fanged teeth.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: During the Forest Training Camp Arc, he ignored orders from the teachers to stay out of the battle because he wanted to help his classmates.
* ShoutOut: His hero name is one to [[Film/RealSteel the movie of the same name]]. His Quirk, however, is reminiscent of ComicBook/{{Colossus}}. During his fight with Mustard in the anime's English dub, Mustard mockingly asks if Tetsutetsu is trying to be [[Franchise/{{Terminator}} The Terminator]] when the latter keeps taking shots from the former's gun.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: In Chapter 202, his hero name is erroneously written as "Real Steal". Horikoshi later clarified that this was simply a typo.
* SuperToughness: Being made of steel, this is only natural; but his endurance is limited. It's implied that repeated impacts, such as bullets, to a targeted area will eventually punch through to soft tissue.
* TakingTheBullet: During their fight with Mustard in the Forest Training Arc, he didn't waver one second in jumping before Kendo to shield her from Mustard's gunshots.
* TookALevelInBadass: Goes from being Kirishima's slightly weaker expy to giving [[TheGift Todoroki]] one of the hardest fights of his life.
* TrainingFromHell: During the Joint Training Arc, it is revealed he improved his Quirk, especially his resistance to heat, by ''sitting inside ovens'' and thus dealing even more damage with his whole body which becomes scorching hot like a branding iron.
* UnusualEyebrows: His eyebrows apparently ''circle'' around his eyes.
* VictoryByEndurance: Many of his fights boil down to trying to outlast his opponents, be it Kirishima in a fistfight and arm wrestling, Mustard in holding his breath long enough to find an opening, or Todoroki in withstanding his flames longer than he can.

[[folder:Pony Tsunotori -- Rocketti]]
!!Pony Tsunotori
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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AoiYuuki (Japanese), Creator/SarahWiedenheft (English)
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 26 (Manga), Episode 15 (Anime)
!!!'''Quirk:''' [[HornAttack Horn Cannon]]

->''"I can't stand the idea of making everyone lose!"''

A sweet-natured Class 1-B girl who transferred to U.A. from America. She has horse-like legs and horns on her head. Her Quirk, "Horn Cannon", allows her to shoot her horns as projectiles, which regrow almost immediately, as well as telekinetically control up to four horns at once.

* ButNotTooForeign: She's half-Japanese and half-American. Unlike most examples in manga and anime, Japanese is explicitly not her first language.
* CombatPragmatist: During the Joint Training exercise, she takes advantage of the exercise's instant win condition by dragging Ojiro straight to the jail using her horns rather than overpower or restrain him. Plus, when she realizes that she's can't defeat Shoji by herself when the two of them are the only combatants remaining, she keeps herself and everyone she can out of his reach until time runs out, forcing a tie. Though these seem more like strategies she resorted to out of desperation rather than her usual style.
* FastballSpecial: Her Quirk makes her adept at performing these, with her "Horn Dash Hammer" attack specifically being her launching [[ExtraOreDinary Tetsutetsu]].
* FaunsAndSatyrs: Related to the above as she has the hooves, a short goat-like tail, and a set of horns. Unlike most cases, she covers most of her legs, though you can still see they are jointed differently, and as her name implies, her hooves are more like that of a horse.
* FlechetteStorm: She can use her horns that way to spam her opponent. She uses it against Shoji, but him being MultiArmedAndDangerous makes this technique quite inefficient because her horns, despite being long and sharp enough to skewer someone, are quite brittle if hit directly.
* ForeignLanguageTirade: She's noted to speak English when upset, as seen in Chapter 202.
* FunnyForeigner: An exaggerated, upbeat girl from America who transferred to U.A. She speaks broken Japanese with a very obvious accent, as it isn't her first language.
* GratuitousEnglish: She'll occasionally insert English words into her sentences, like how she calls Vlad King "Vlad Teacher" instead of "Vlad-sensei".
* HornAttack: Her Quirk is a variation on this, as she can shoot her horns as projectiles as well as control them through telekinesis. Her horns will instantly grow back after she uses them.
* HornedHumanoid: Has two huge horns atop her head that she can fire off using her Quirk.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Monoma duped her into insulting Class 1-A in their native language, which earned him an EyePoke from Kendo.
* LanguageBarrier: Her Japanese isn't polished, resulting in her inserting GratuitousEnglish into her lines and fumbling the pronunciation of certain words. Monoma exploits this by convincing her to unwittingly spew insults at 1-A under the guise of getting her intended words across.
* LongRangeFighter: Her Quirk is excellent for keeping opponents at bay, but a brawler-type like Ojiro can easily subdue Pony if they can get a hold of her, especially if they succeed in blocking her horns.
* LostInTranslation: As an exchange student from the U.S., her Japanese is notably poorer than her classmates and she even switches to English when she's upset. These aspects of her character don't really translate in the English translations since ''everyone'' is speaking English. [[Creator/VizMedia The official translators]] get around this by [[TranslationPunctuation putting diegetic English text in arrow brackets (<>)]], but the dub's only solution is having the actress speak with a slightly shaky cadence and she comes across as more naive than anything else.
* MeaningfulName: The first kanji in her family name means "horn".
* MindOverMatter: Specifically with her horns, which she can control after launching them.
* NonStandardCharacterDesign: Similar to Tsuyu's case; she is far more cartoony than the rest of her class, with her face looking a lot like [[Literature/TheMoomins a Moomin's]].
* OccidentalOtaku: Though she's half Japanese, she was born and raised in America and one of her listed interests is anime. According to the ''ULTRA ANALYSIS Character Book'', she loves anime so much that she started hosting anime viewing sessions in the dorms, and everyone in Class 1-B knows a lot about anime thanks to her.
* OlderThanTheyLook: She looks young and is a little naive, but she's actually the oldest of her class and the second oldest between 1-A and 1-B, being only younger than Bakugo by a day.
* PhenotypeStereotype: A variant. She's ''half''-American and depicted with blonde hair and blue-''green'' eyes.
* RunningOnAllFours: In the anime, she's seen moving like a real horse in the cavalry battle while being ridden by one of her classmates.
* ShoutOut: She's possibly one to ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', being an American named Pony and drawn in a style very similar to the show. Her costume, likewise, has a color-scheme similar to that of Applejack from the show.
* SkySurfing: She can get around by riding on her launched horns.
* TokenMinority: She and Rin are the only known foreigners in 1-B, although in her case it’s downplayed since she’s half-Japanese.

[[folder:Yosetsu Awase -- Welder]]
!!Yosetsu Awase -- Welder
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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YoshitsuguMatsuoka (Japanese), Creator/OrionPitts (English)

!!!'''Quirk:''' [[MergingMachine Weld]]

->''"If we lose the initiative in this fight, we’re dead meat."''

A loud-mouthed but brave and honorable student from Class 1-B whose Quirk, "Weld", allows him to merge any two objects he touches, organic or inorganic, at an atomic level.

* BadassesWearBandanas: He wears a bandana tied into a headband around his head.
* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: When Kendo isn't around, the responsibility of keeping an eye on [[TheFriendNobodyLikes Monoma]] falls on him. Whereas Kendo gives him a DopeSlap, Awase once hit him with a 2x4.
* CurbstompCushion: Awase being one of the few people to completely immobilize Bakugo helps mitigate the extremely one-sided beatdown Team B-4 received in the Joint Training Arc.
* GoThroughMe: Pulls one to protect Yaoyorozu when she's injured by one of the Nomu, and only just avoids getting chainsawed to pieces for it.
* HeartIsAnAwesomePower: Awase's Quirk is "Weld", which allows him to merge organic and inorganic material down to the atomic level, provided he touch them. While it may not seem useful at first, Awase has used it to fuse an injured Yaoyorozu to his back, making it easier for the two to run from the Vanguard Action Squad's Nomu, and meld a custom tracking device made by Yaoyorozu to it, allowing the Hideout Raid Arc to happen. So while his Quirk seems less fit for hero work initially, it is plenty useful for rescue and support roles. The fact that he can merge both organic and inorganic materials means he can also pull off feats such as welding enemies to floors or walls to make them immobile or even merge two enemies together to greatly disorient them, provided he can get close enough to them of course.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: He tries making a suit of metal armor after Sato saves Bakugo from his first attack. Instead, Bakugo ignores him and flies towards Bondo, letting Jiro attack him with sound waves that get amplified by the armor he intended to block the explosion with.
* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: He quickly merges together a shield in front of his face in preparation to withstand Bakugo's assault. Too bad Bakugo faked him out and had Jiro and Sero stun him with soundwaves and tie him up.
* MeaningfulName: His given name is Japanese for ''"to weld"''.
* MergingMachine: Well, merging person. He can fuse objects down to the molecular level by simply touching them both at the same time.
* PinnedToTheWall: By merging metal rods together and merging them with his opponents' clothes and a wall, he can effectively do this. He stopped Bakugo this way, but Sato bailed him out with RapidFireFisticuffs.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: During the Forest Training Camp Arc, he has less than ten panels of screentime, but being able to merge Yaoyorozu's tracking device onto a Nomu managed to give Midoriya and others a chance to rescue Bakugo in the following arc and lead the pro heroes to All For One. He also saved Yaoyorozu's life in the process.
* StoneWall: His Quirk has little direct combat potential and does not provide any kind of mobility advantage, but he can quickly tie his foes down if they aren't careful and withstand their attacks by merging together shields and armor.
* UtilityBelt: When he's in costume, Awase carries a toolbox on his waist that's full of metal cylinders, which he can quickly bind to something (or someone) in combat.

[[folder:Ibara Shiozaki -- Vine]]
!!Ibara Shiozaki -- Vine
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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Miho Masaka (Japanese), Creator/BrynApprill (English)

!!!'''Quirk:''' [[PlantHair Vines]]

->''"May the fires of hell absolve you of your sins."''

A dainty and devoutly religious student from Class 1-B. Her Quirk, "Vines", turns her hair into [[VineTentacles long, thorny brambles that she can extend and control at will]].

* BadassPacifist: To the point that it borders on AgainstMyReligion. All of her fighting tactics amount to restraining the enemy, not really hurting them, and she has not used her thorns to wound anybody either. In line with her pristine image, she abhors senseless use of violence and having to resort to it at all.
* BarrierWarrior: She can wrap her vines around herself or others as a shield or isolate foes from their teammates'.
* BerserkButton: She holds an immense disdain for deceptive tactics. This is shown in the Joint Training Arc when she becomes much more intent on defeating Class 1-A when they use Tsuyu's mucus to fool Jurota's sense of smell.
-->''"I shall pass judgment on these scheming sinners."''
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In her debut, [[LooksLikeJesus outside of her appearance]], Shiozaki is relatively straitlaced. The anime, which expanded her fight against Kaminari, ended up hamming up the Christian imagery and her accompanying theatrics. When she finally appears much later in the manga for the sparring session between Classes 1-A and 1-B, she's now the LargeHam she first was in the anime.
* CurbStompBattle: She's on the giving end with Kaminari when she grounds his ShockAndAwe with her vines and easily ties him up since [[HeroicRROD he'd overreached himself and gone into stupid mode]], and on the receiving end against Ida, who outspeeds her and easily pushes her out of the ring.
* ElementalHairColors: Justified. Her green hair is actually made of brambles.
* EsotericMotifs: This may be unintentional, but in the U.A. Sports Festival, she ranked {{four|IsDeath}}th in the first-year stage. This example should be [[LooksLikeJesus self-explanatory]].
* FightUnscene: Gets taken out of the U.A. Sports Festival by Ida, who later describes how the fight went down to Midoriya. Basically, he just zipped around her before she had a chance to grab him with her vines and [[RingOut pushed her out of the ring]]. [[AdaptationExpansion The anime does show it in detail]], but it's very short, occurring as Ida described it.
* GreenThumb: Her Quirk is "Vines", which manifests as her hair being made of thorny vines. She can [[PrehensileHair control it at will]], extend it to restrain enemies, and detach it to form walls of vines. The thorns don't appear to cause major damage, however.
* HonorBeforeReason: Shiozaki has a very strict moral code and dislikes any kind of lying and deceiving, even when it actually makes strategic sense to do these things.
* LadyOfWar: She's very graceful and serene, defeating opponents with her thorns in a pacific manner.
* LargeHam: She's always acting like she's in a play, with her dramatic gestures and lines.
* LooksLikeJesus: Rare female example, as she has strands of her vine hair wrapped around her head, looking like a crown of thorns. Her hero costume similarly invokes this, being a plain white robe like Jesus is commonly depicted as wearing.
* LostInTranslation: Her canon hero name, "Vine", seems like a downgrade compared to her conceptional hero name, "Maria", as while "Maria" invokes ASaintNamedMary in a clear reference to her status as a devout Christian, "Vine" just seems like a basic reference to her Quirk. In truth, "Vine" does have more meaning behind it, but it's only noticeable in the original Japanese translation. Instead of writing "Vine" using kanji or hiragana like normal, Horikoshi uses katakana to spell it out as "tsuru", which means "truth". Her hero name is basically saying that her vines are a representation of the truth.
* MeaningfulName: "Ibara" means "thorns".
* NiceGirl: Shiozaki is shown to be very kind and virtuous. As such, she's extremely sensitive about living up to a reverent existence, to the point that she becomes annoyed when Present Mic refers to her as an "assassin".
* TheNicknamer: Seems to refer to her classmates by biblical references, notably, calling Jurota "Beast of the Revelation".
* PersonalityPowers: Unsurprisingly, the girl with a crown of thorns turns out to be a religious Christian, in UsefulNotes/{{Japan|eseChristian}} no less.
* PlantHair: Her hair is a vegetable, but the rest of her appears to be normal. It also only needs water and sun to grow back, so she doesn't need to worry about getting bald.
* PrayerPose: Consistently seen in this position whenever she's not in action.
* PrehensileHair: She can move and even extend her hair-vines at will.
* ASaintNamedMary: Invoked with her original hero name, "Maria" -- she is a notably devout Christian whose powers evoke the appearance of a crown of thorns. She also shares the same birthday as the Virgin Mary, September 8th.
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: In the fourth light novel, she plays the spirit of a ring during Class 1-B's play. However, the class loses the prop and has to substitute with chikuwa painted gold with eyeshadow. During the performance, she repeatedly tacks 'I am in no way a chikuwa spirit' onto her lines.
* TokenReligiousTeammate: She appears to be a [[UsefulNotes/JapaneseChristian devout Christian, which in a Japanese setting]], is rather rare.
* VirginInAWhiteDress: Invoked with her costume that consists of a simple white dress to underline her Christian motif.
* WillNotTellALie: She will not take part in what she considers to be deceptive tactics. In the Joint Training Arc, Jurota's team used her as bait for a sneak attack on Class 1-A, which only works because they didn't actually tell her they were doing so until after it had played out. This was also shown as far back as the Sports Festival; despite Monoma pointing out that Class 1-B had planned to hold back in the Obstacle Course in order to gather information on Class 1-A without revealing too much about themselves, Shiozaki came in fourth overall, immediately behind Midoriya, Todoroki, and Bakugo, suggesting that she either refused to take part in this plan or was simply not told about it due to her classmates already knowing that she would refuse.
* WomenAreDelicate: Embodies this with her gentle and very feminine manners and gait.
* YamatoNadeshiko: Invoked through her demure personality, her modest gait, and posture, and her pacific behavior, even in battle where she prefers to constrain rather than kill.

[[folder:Jurota Shishida -- Gevaudan]]
!!Jurota Shishida -- Gevaudan
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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JunichiSuwabe (Japanese), Patric Caroll (English)

!!!'''Quirk:''' {{Beast|Man}}

->''"I've got a nose for these things!"''

A wealthy but shaggy Class 1-B student with a beastly appearance. His Quirk, "Beast", lets him transform into a large bestial form with enhanced strength, speed, and durability, as well as improved sight, hearing, and smell.

* BeastMan: His Quirk gives him beast-like teeth and fur all over his body.
* TheBerserker: When he transforms into his beast form he becomes damn near unstoppable and tends to fight like a wild animal.
* CharacterTics: Refers to men as "sir" and women as "miss".
* CoolShades: Swaps his glasses for a visor in his hero costume.
* GeniusBruiser: A given since he references a well-known one. He is shown to be quite intelligent and has a very verbose way of speaking in addition to his raw power. Even in his beast mode, where he behaves quite wildly, he's still quite smart and strategic.
* HeroWorshipper: He greatly admires U.A.'s guidance counselor -- the pro hero Hound Dog -- due to their similar beastly Quirks.
* TheJuggernaut: He's almost unstoppable once he builds up enough momentum in his beast form, effortlessly shrugging off a direct shock from Kaminari in the skirmish between Classes 1-A and 1-B.
* MeaningfulName:
** The first kanji in his given name means "beast".
** His hero name, "Gevaudan", is derived from the "Beast of Gévaudan", a gray wolf/dog from French folklore that typically is connected to werewolves.
* MythicalMotifs: Werewolf, though it's subtle. His Quirk works more or less turning him from a man to a beast, just like the legend and his hero name is an allusion to the "Beast of Gévaudan", a French legend commonly associated with werewolves.
* NiceGuy: He's very polite and respectful, be it in his normal form or his beast form, as was brought up in a very well-mannered and doting family. This is deconstructed, as the ''ULTRA ANALYSIS Character Book'' reveals that due to being raised like this, he's unable to "throw away all reason" like his hero Hound Dog, which is something he wishes he could do.
* TheNoseKnows: His sense of smell is one of his most powerful strengths in his beast form. He can use it to track people down and know when others are closing in.
* OneWayVisor: Wears some with his hero costume. Though, his eyes are visible in some close-ups.
* OneWingedAngel: His beast form towers over other students, and all of his senses are strengthened as well. The only "downside" is that he gets really enthusiastic while transformed.
* OpaqueNerdGlasses: His glasses completely obscure his eyes.
* RunningOnAllFours: Does this during the U.A. Sports Festival with Rin riding on his back, and during the Joint Training Arc while chasing down Class 1-A.
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Despite being a teenager with a beastly exterior, Shishida's Japanese dialogue is very formal and articulate. The ''Ultra Analysis Book'' lampshades this by giving him a 5/6 in "Way With Words".
* ShoutOut:
** To ComicBook/{{Beast|MarvelComics}}. Both are beastly, furred {{Genius Bruiser}}s who wear glasses, and his Quirk is named "Beast" like the character's codename. Alternatively, his Quirk makes him similar to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sasquatch_(comics) Sasquatch]] from ''ComicBook/AlphaFlight'' as a hairy, bestial SizeShifter with superhuman strength.
** His hero name, Gevaudan, refers to the [[SuspiciouslyStealthyPredator Beast of Gévaudan]], which attacked over 200 people between 1764 and 1767.
* SizeShifter: His Quirk increases his size, to the point where he can hold a normal person in one hand. He can switch between his beast and normal sizes in an instant, and he weaponizes this ability with his "Re-Beast" super move.
* SleepyHead: His omake page reveals that he likes naps.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: Downplayed. When his Quirk is active, he acts wilder, but he still has control over himself.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: Despite looking like he could be in his early twenties, he's actually the youngest student in both class 1-B and 1-A.
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[[folder:Hiryu Rin -- Dragon Shroud]]
!!Hiryu Rin -- Dragon Shroud
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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Kosuke Kuwano (Japanese), Creator/AnthonyBowling (English)
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 26 (Manga), Episode 16 (Anime)
!!!'''Quirk:''' [[SpikeShooter Scales]]

A foreign student who moved from China to Japan when he was in elementary school. His Quirk, "Scales", allows him to grow hard scales from his skin that he can use as armor or fire as razor-sharp projectiles.

* AwesomeByAnalysis: Hiryu is very quick to adapt to situations and discern the strategies of foes in combat, demonstrated by figuring out Tsuyu, Kaminari, and Shinso's plan soon after it was enacted.
* ChineseVampire: His hero costume gives him the appearance of the traditional ''Jiangshi'', or hopping vampire. His mask even replicates the traditional talismans seen on Jiangshi.
* EnemyMine: During the first round of the U.A. Sports Festival, he suggests working together to deal with the robots and ice Todoroki left in his wake, rather than struggle individually.
* GrievousHarmWithABody: During the Joint Training Arc, Tsuyu effectively hurls him at Shishida's head, knocking both of them out. Given than Shishida was facing Shinso and his voice changer, he didn't take heed fast enough when Hiryu tried to warn him.
* LogicalWeakness: The nature of his Quirk makes cold weather an issue; winter, in particular, is bad for him.
* MeaningfulName: The kanji in his name can be read as both "scales" and "flying dragon", making reference to his Quirk and heritage. His name can be read as "Lin Fei-Long" in Chinese. His hero name is a reference to the shroud draped over distinguished Chinese leaders. In Chinese, the characters of his hero name can be read as "Long Weizi".
* MoreDakka: Hiryu can rapidly fire his scales like a machine gun.
* OhCrap: When he realizes that Class 1-A has closed his team's communication during the Joint Training Arc.
* ScaledUp: His Quirk allows him to grow hard, sharp scales from his skin.
* SpikeShooter: Rather, scale shooter, but Hiryu's Quirk allows him to fire the scales he generates like bullets.
* TokenMinority: He and Pony are the only known foreigners in Class 1-B. However, he plays it straight as he's explicitly stated to be from China with no known Japanese heritage, while Pony is half-Japanese from the States.

[[folder:Kosei Tsuburaba -- Tsuburaba]]
!!Kosei Tsuburaba -- Tsuburaba
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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Masakazu Nishida (Japanese), Creator/AaronDismuke (Seasons 2-4), Creator/NazeehTarsha (Season 5 onward) (English)

!!!'''Quirk:''' [[BarrierWarrior Solid Air]]

->''"Ha ha! How'd you like that? It's an invisible wall!"''

A walleyed student from Class 1-B. His Quirk, "Solid Air", allows him to create barriers of solidified air through his breath.

* AllThereInTheManual: His hero name is only revealed in the volume 23 extras. It's simply "Tsuburaba" because he didn't pick one and put his decision on hold, and students who do that must use their real name as their hero name.
* BarrierWarrior: His Quirk turns his breath into a solid barrier of air. Later on, he can create a prison out of these barriers to trap enemies.
* BlowYouAway: An unique defensive variation. His barriers are made of air that comes out directly from his lungs.
* BreathWeapon: He creates barriers of solid air, which he breathes out.
* CivvieSpandex: His hero costume consists of a jacket, a shirt, and pants.
* ClintSquint: His default expression seems to be stuck in this roving, bulgy-eyed look.
* CovertPervert: He got rather worked up after getting captured by Tsuyu's tongue during the joint training exercise.
* HiddenDepths: He likes ball sports and retro special effects.
* IOweYouMyLife: Downplayed. The ''ULTRA ANALYSIS Character Book'' reveals that he harbors a deep respect for Todoroki since the latter kept the former's unconscious body safe during the Forest Training Camp Arc.
* TheLoad: Quite literally during the Forest Training Camp Arc. He gets knocked out by Mustard's gas and Todoroki has to carry him around for most of the fight before handing him off to Uraraka, [[FunnyBackgroundEvent who then uses her Quirk to drag his floating body around]].
* SupportPartyMember: He has little offensive power with his Quirk and rides atop Shishida in the Joint Training Arc, helping with capturing their opponnents but he's very easily taken out by Asui once he jumps off his partner.
* TookALevelInBadass: By the time of the Joint Training Arc, Tsuburaba has considerably improved his Quirk, making his barriers much more resilient and developing a new Super Move. Before, Bakugo could break the barriers with a simple punch. Now, Tsuyu, Shinso, and Kaminari need a metal pipe to bust them.

[[folder:Juzo Honenuki -- Mudman]]
!!Juzo Honenuki -- Mudman
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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Masamichi Kitada (Japanese), Creator/DallasReid (English)
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 26 (Manga), Episode 15 (Anime)
!!!'''Quirk:''' [[MuckingInTheMud Softening]]

->''"No regrets! If we lose, we lose! But... are my friends losing because of me? I won't let that happen!"''

A scary-looking yet soft-spoken and easygoing student from Class 1-B with a skeletal face, he enrolled in U.A. through recommendation. His Quirk, "Softening", allows him to soften any inorganic material he touches, effectively turning solid objects into semi-liquids.

* TheAce: He's a recommended student just like Todoroki and Yaoyorozu, and he definitely has skills that match them both, as seen in the Joint Training Arc. He also knows English, being fluent enough to speak to Pony in English when she's going through a ForeignLanguageTirade.
* ArtificialGill: Has one in his helmet so he can swim in his mud longer.
* CreepyGood: His ghoulish face is more fitting for a villain, something he seems quite aware of, given the fact that he wears a full-visored helmet in his hero gear.
* {{Determinator}}: After receiving a full-speed kick in the head from Ida, Honenuki, while on the brink of losing consciousness, still does everything he can to help his team, which results in him and Tetsutetsu ''dropping a building'' on Ida and Todoroki, knocking the latter out and trapping the former.
* DishingOutDirt: One of the ways his Quirk can be used. By softening the ground, he can create quicksands.
* ElementalRockPaperScissors: Zigzagged. His Quirk can easily counter Todoroki's ice abilities, but he has no way to defend against fire, the other half of Todoroki's Quirk.
* FriendlyRivalry: After his match with Ida and Todoroki during the Joint Training Arc, he requests to fight them again as a way of honing his skills, the two gladly accepting.
* GracefulLoser: [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]]. His character bio reveals that he hates losing, but Chapter 205 shows he's willing to accept a loss that he feels he earned through poor decision making, as long as it only costs him the victory. When all is said and done, he's willing to admit his own faults, and even asks Ida and Todoroki for a rematch to hone his skills.
* HelmetsAreHardlyHeroic: {{Averted|Trope}}. Considering his NightmareFace, his helmet makes him look ''more'' heroic with it on.
* HiddenDepths: According to his profile, he likes giving and receiving massages.
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: After witnessing the strength of Ida's "Recipro Turbo" in action, he chooses to dive into the ground and retreat rather than risk defeat. He ends up regretting this when Ida comes back and completely blindsides him via a mask shattering kick to the face.
* MellowFellow: He's fairly relaxed and able to easily go with the flow in most situations.
* MuckingInTheMud: The essence of his Quirk is making others go through this.
* NiceGuy: He's a genuinely pleasant person who gets along with everyone in his class.
* NightmareFace: His face is very skeletal in appearance, having sunken eyes, a flat nose, and lacking lips. His hero costume includes a helmet that covers this up.
* OneWayVisor: Similar to Sero, his hero costume comes with one that conceals his face.
* PersonalityPowers: Having a Softening Quirk, Honenuki doesn't adhere to a rigid strategy, and instead is an adaptable fighter capable of flexible thought. He's also very calm and quick to go with the flow, both in dealing with the attitudes of his teammates and in realizing his own mistakes and how to improve upon them.
* SoreLoser: Played with. In the Joint Training Arc, he refuses to let his team lose due to his own mistakes and is willing to drop a building on his opponents if it means potentially saving his team from a loss. But he does this for the sake of his team, not just because he was losing.
* SuperSwimmingSkills: A strange case. He can turn solid ground into quasi-liquid thanks to his Quirk, so much indeed that he's able to literally ''swim in the ground'' to move around or escape when he's outmatched, as easily as if he were swimming in the sea.
* TakingYouWithMe: He and Tetsutetsu ''throw a building'' at Ida and Todoroki as they lose consciousness, leaving him, Tetsutetsu, and Todoroki out cold and Ida trapped.
* VocalDissonance: Despite his rather scary face, his tends to speak softly and seldoms raises his voice. It might be a CallBack to his own Quirk which can soften any area.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Nirengeki Shoda -- Mines]]
!!Nirengeki Shoda -- Mines
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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Kenta Okuma (Japanese), Creator/DallasReid (English)
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 26 (Manga), Episode 16 (Anime)
!!!'''Quirk:''' [[ExtraTurn Twin Impact]]

->''"You're not so hard to nab once I caught on to your moves! You should know, they call me the '''''Mobile Adonis'''''!"''

The vice president of Class 1-B, a humble and responsible student. His Quirk, "Twin Impact", allows him to, anywhere he has already made a strike, remotely trigger a second, much stronger impact.
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[[folder:Yui Kodai -- Rule]]
!!Yui Kodai -- Rule
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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Yurianne Eve (Japanese), Creator/MadeleineMorris (English)

!!!'''Quirk:''' {{Size|shifter}}

->''"Mhm..."''

A stone-faced and quiet Class 1-B girl. Her Quirk, "Size", allows her to increase and decrease the size of any non-living objects she touches.

* AmbiguousSituation: Has one proposed in her character profile: is her stoicism a result of not being surprised by much or does she simply not have an interest in things?
* CluelessDudeMagnet: An exaggerated example revealed in her character profile. Apparently boys in her middle school formed a fan club for her, but she never noticed.
* EmotionlessGirl: She's very stoic and rarely if ever seems to display any emotions.
* FirstNameBasis: With Kendo. Due to the fact Kendo refers to her by her given name rather than her surname with honorifics, the implication is that she and Kendo are close. She herself also calls Yanagi by her first name.
* HiddenBuxom: While not as much as Kendo or Tokage, her hero costume shows she is very endowed.
* MatryoshkaObject: She has a fondness for Matryoshka Dolls.
* MeaningfulName: Her surname combines "small" and "big", fitting her ability to change the size of things.
* NotSoStoic: She does occasionally show emotion, such as fear during the training camp attack and disappointment upon her team losing in the Joint Training Arc.
* TheQuietOne: Rarely speaks, preferring to communicate through nods. When she does speak, it's usually only one word.
* {{Retool}}: Possibly one of Uraraka's initial concepts like Mt. Lady. Her Quirk is similar to Uraraka's original powerset, but instead of shrinking and growing herself, she can do this to other objects. This would also explain why she has a name similar to Mt. Lady's, a design similar to Uraraka's, and why her Quirk is activated the same way Uraraka deactivates hers. This has yet to be confirmed, however, so it could all be a coincidence.
* ShoutOut: Her costume is one for ''Series/{{Ultraman}}'' i.e. the head fin and the color scheme.
* {{Sizeshifter}}: She can change the size of any object she touches.
* SquishyWizard: Yui has apparently no combat ability if attacked directly. In the Joint Training Arc, the moment Uraraka got her hands on her, she didn't even try to defend herself and it was all over with one simple pushback on Mineta's sticky balls which incapacitated her for the rest of the fight.
* TheStoic: She almost never emotes.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: Her classmates like to call her ''{{Kuudere}}'', and it holds true with her usually quiet persona shifting to concern for her classmates during the Vanguard Action Squad's attack.
* WeakButSkilled: Her Quirk might not sound like much and it's mostly useful in conjunction with other Quirks such as Yanagi's telekinesis or Nirengeki's double impact. But she's actually quite resourceful with it since she can use it to make shields or carry a huge amount of otherwise innocuous objects that can be used offensively if needed.

[[folder:Shihai Kuroiro -- Vantablack]]
!!Shihai Kuroiro -- Vantablack
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[[caption-width-right:160:Scheming Hero]]
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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KouheiAmasaki (Japanese), Creator/HowardWang (English)

!!!'''Quirk:''' [[ShadowWalker Black]]

->''"He's going after me...! I'm his natural prey! You would think that, Class A. This psychological trap was set... before the match even began! This's how I work."''

A discreet and tricky Class 1-B boy with jet-black skin due to his Quirk, "Black", which allows him to merge into anything black and control it to an extent. He seems to have a rivalry with Tokoyami due to their similar powers and personalities.

* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: His skin is jet black.
* AnimateInanimateObject: He can merge into, and control to an extent, anything that is black-colored.
* BatmanGambit: He attracted Tokoyami with a declaration of rivalry, knowing that this would make Tokoyami think that the battle would become a one-on-one fight and focus on defending himself. Kuroiro then used this single-minded focus of Tokoyami as a distraction to attack his teammates.
* CannotTalkToWomen: According to the ''ULTRA ANALYSIS Character Book'', he's really bad at talking to girls.
* {{Chuunibyou}}: He's "awakened to the truth", and has a similar outlook as Tokoyami.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Prefers to lurk in the shadows and makes good use of deception in battle, but is ultimately a good-natured hero in training.
* DissonantLaughter: He lets out a creepy laugh at random times during his fight with Class 1-A, probably to go along with his dark theme and scheming nature.
* DoggedNiceGuy: It's implied in-series, and confirmed in the ''ULTRA ANALYSIS Character Book'', that he has a one-sided crush on Komori. Every attempted interaction he has with her leaves him barely able to talk due to how shy he is around her. Also, any word of praise coming from her will touch him very deeply.
* DubNameChange: The English dub refers to him as "Vantadark" instead of Vantablack, presumably because [[WritingAroundTrademarks the name Vantablack is trademarked]].
* EmotionallyTongueTied: He gets really shy and quiet when alone with his crush, Kinoko.
* {{Foil}}: To Tokoyami. Both are chuunibyous with Quirks related to darkness. But while Tokoyami's Quirk lets him control a specific body of darkness, being Dark Shadow, Kuroiro's Quirk allows him to control and inhabit ''any'' body of darkness.
* GuileHero: He calls himself the Scheming Hero, and he does indeed have a cunning streak. His first move was to trick Tokoyami into thinking he was his main target before going after his teammates instead.
* LogicalWeakness: Like Tokoyami, he's weakened by light, so Aoyama poses a threat to him. Yaoyorozu notices this and has Aoyama using his laser to light up the place, making the shadows move so much that they become useless for him to use.
* MeaningfulName: His name contains the kanji for "black", "color", and "domination". His hero name, Vantablack, is the trademarked name for a chemical substance that was the darkest artificial substance known to man at the time.
* NotSoDifferentRemark: He thinks that he and Tokoyami are "the same". Tokoyami doesn't necessarily disagree. As revealed by his character profile, this isn't part of his above BatmanGambit; he has a legitimate likeness towards him.
* OppositesAttract: He has a crush on Kinoko Komori, an outgoing and excitable girl who likes to dress in bright colors and dreams of becoming a pop idol.
* PerpetualFrowner: He is constantly seen with a scowling expression. Averted in the Joint Training Arc when talking to Tokoyami and when fighting.
* TheRival:
** Considers himself to be one to Tokoyami. Tokoyami actually acknowledges him as one:
--->'''Kuroiro:''' You and I... are fated to clash.\\
'''Tokoyami:''' Oho? So you, too, understand the majesty of the abyss.
** Subverted when it's revealed that this was all a trick to make Tokoyami think he would focus on him. In the proper fight, he got Tokoyami to an inconvenient place, then made a beeline for Aoyama, thinking Tokoyami wouldn't be able to get back in time to save him.
* ShadowWalker: He can merge into anything that is black-colored, which logically includes shadows, and also use them to hide in, even if said shadow is significantly smaller than what logic would dictate.
* SlasherSmile: Sports one whenever he isn't frowning.
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: Played with. He sports white hair and has a dark theme to himself in the same vein as Tokoyami and his Quirk is related to shadows and black-colored objects. Not to mention his tendency for scheming and deceiving, as his moniker implies. But he's no villain, more of a AntiHero if you will, and he means no harm.

[[folder:Kinoko Komori -- Shemage]]
!!Kinoko Komori -- Shemage
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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KeiShindou (Japanese), Creator/AmandaGish (English)
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 26 (Manga), Episode 16 (Anime)
!!!'''Quirk:''' [[FesteringFungus Mushroom]]

->''"Black wood cauliflower shroom! Yellow knight shroom! Enoki shroom, inky cap shroom! Grow, grow! Cover the earth with me! Make it shroomtastic!"''

A silly-looking and eccentric Class 1-B girl who wants to become an idol hero. Her Quirk, "Mushroom", allows her to emit spores from her body that instantly sprout mushrooms on any surface. The range and speed of these spores depend on how humid the area is.

* AlliterativeName: '''K'''inoko '''K'''omori.
* AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance: Her design screams "mushroom!", which fits with her Quirk. Her hair is styled to resembles the top of a bolete mushroom and she has an {{Exotic Eye Design|s}} that gives her pupils the shape of cross sliced shiitake mushrooms. Her hero costume likewise is designed to look like a fly agaric mushroom which known as one of colorful poisonous mushroom, reflect to her cute apperance and her dangerous mushroom Quirk.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: She looks like a silly comic relief character with an equally silly Quirk that seems like a nuisance at best. That is until she takes out Tokoyami, one of Class 1-A's top fighters, by growing mushrooms in his throat. In fact, her Quirk is apparently effective enough that she's put on the front lines in the assault against the Paranormal Liberation Front alongside Juzo Honenuki, and brings down several of them.
* BigDamnHeroes: Twice during the Joint Training Arc. First, she saves Kuroiro from capture by growing mushrooms that distract Class 1-A and allow him to hide. Later, she saves herself and Kuroiro from Tokoyami by growing mushrooms in his throat, securing Class 1-B's victory, albeit Kendo feels like she still lost.
* BodyHorror: She can grow mushrooms on anything. This includes on a person's skin and even ''inside'' people's throats.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Her ''very'' limited screentime prior to the Joint Training Arc made her look like a {{sh|rinkingViolet}}y PerpetualFrowner. Her appearance during the Joint Training Arc, however, paints her as a much sillier character with more confidence. Whether this is the result of offscreen CharacterDevelopment, or just Horikoshi deciding to change her personality to something he thought would work better is unknown.
* ChildlikeVoice: The anime gives her a cute, chirpy and high-pitched voice.
* CovertPervert: After the Joint Training Exercise, she asks Tokoyami for pictures of Hawks. ''Private'' pictures.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: She has brown hair and brown mushroom-like eyes.
* CreepyGood: More Kinoko's quirk than she herself, but Kinoko can easily asphyxiate you to death if he makes grow fungus enough on your esophagus and you can't do basically anything to avoid it.
* CuteWitch: Along with the mushroom motif, her hero costume evokes this image. This also seems to be invoked with her hero name, Shemage ("she-mage", as in "female mage", which would essentially mean "witch").
* DefeatMeansFriendship: Seems to be trying to invoke this with Tokoyami after defeating him in the training exercise. She apologizes for what she had to do to defeat him, offers him a throat lozenge, and is later seen talking to him about his internship with Hawks.
* ElegantGothicLolita: Her civilian clothing consists of a lolita-style dress, making her one of these.
* EveryoneHasStandards: She isn't exactly fond of growing mushrooms inside people's throats, and only does it to Tokoyami when she has no other option. She makes sure to give him some lozenges after the fight as well.
* FesteringFungus: Effectively what her Quirk does.
* GreenThumb: Mushroom-specific. Her Quirk allows her to create mushrooms anywhere her spores reach. That includes a person's skin and even inside people.
* HiddenDepths: In accordance to her Quirk, she possessess extensive knowledge of all types of fungi and can apparently name them all as is shown when she uses her Quirk during the Joint Training Arc.
* KillerRabbit: She looks very cute if a bit silly, speaks in a high-pitched childish voice, and is short and physically weak. But her Quirk is one of the deadliest in Class 1-B. Even her hero costume seems to invoke this trope, as it is designed after a type of mushroom that is cute but deadly poisonous.
* LethalHarmlessPowers: On the surface, her ability to make mushrooms grow everywhere seems more distracting than harmful. Then suddenly it's revealed that she can make them grow anywhere her spores reach, like her opponent's esophagus, their eyes, maybe even their lungs if they get that far. And that's not even getting into the possibilities of ''poisonous'' mushrooms.
* MeaningfulName: In Japanese, her given name is a homophone for "mushroom", while her family name contains the kanji for "forest", a place where mushrooms grow. Her hero name, "Shemage", sounds similar to Shimeji, a type of mushroom that's often used for cooking.
* NiceGirl: As dangerous her quirk is, she really is a nice person and befriends Tokoyami after defeating him, offering him meds for his throat.
* PungeonMaster: It seems that she ''mush't'' make mushroom-related puns whenever she '''shii-'''talks.
* PunnyName: Her hero name, Shemage. The way it's pronounced makes it sound both like "shimeji" (a kind of mushroom, referring to her overall mushroom-themed Quirk and appearance) and "she-mage" (as in a female mage, referring to how her hero costume makes her look a bit like a witch).
* RedIsHeroic: Her hero costume looks like a fly agaric mushroom, with a red dress, mushroom-shaped hat, and red frilled leg-warmers, all covered in white spots.
* SquishyWizard: As noted by Monoma, she's pathetically weak if attacked directly but her Quirk makes her very dangerous nonetheless.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Edible mushrooms, obviously.
* TheTrickster: She has a habit of spamming mushrooms on her classmates to the point where they all know how long the shrooms last on average.
* UnderestimatingBadassery: Ends up on the receiving end of this by Tokoyami during the Joint Training Arc when he manages to find her and Kuroiro and subdues them both. However, instead of knocking her out, he merely restrains her with Dark Shadow which gives her the opportunity to grow some mushrooms down his throat and knock him out. Monoma even lampshades this and comments that Tokoyami shouldn't have treated the match like a training exercise and should have knocked her out.
* VerbalTic: She often ends her sentences with "noko", or "shroom" in English.
* WeakButSkilled: Her mushrooms can't do much direct damage, but she's good at using them in creative ways to incapacitate opponents, and she can make ''a lot'' of them. The ''ULTRA ANALYSIS Character Book'' gives her 1/6 for Speed and Power, but 5/6 for Technique. In fact, she's so good at using her Quirk that she's sent to the front lines to battle the Paranormal Liberation Front.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Manga Fukidashi -- Comicman]]
!!Manga Fukidashi -- Comicman
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KaitoIshikawa (Japanese), Alex Mai (English)
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 26 (Manga), Episode 16 (Anime)
!!!'''Quirk:''' [[WordsCanBreakMyBones Comic]]

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->''"I'm on top of my game! That 'BAM' was more like 'KER-BOOSH!' Made my heart go 'BADUM!'"''

An upbeat Class 1-B student whose head resembles a speech bubble. His Quirk, "Comic", allows him to manifest onomatopeias into reality as giant letters that also carry the properties of the sound they are based on.

* AchillesHeel: He mentions that producing large projectiles gives him a serious sore throat.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: His design is pretty ridiculous, but his Quirk is extremely powerful and versatile, especially when he has good synergy with his teammates.
* CombinationAttack: He can increase the size of Kinoko's mushrooms by using his Quirk to project the word "damp" onto them.
* FriendToAllChildren: His dream is to use his Quirk to bring smiles to children all around the world.
* HiddenDepths: He likes drawing, which is obviously fitting.
* {{Irony}}: His vocabulary is rated 1/6, considering most of the words he says are onomatopoeias, and has a quirk related to comicbooks, which is usually regarded as visual medium.
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: With his powers being based on Japanese onomatopoeia, Sato questions how that would work in other countries, lampshading how translations would have to explain his powers.
-->'''Rikido Sato:''' … If we go overseas, do you think Fukidashi will need a translator?\\
'''Hanta Sero:''' No clue.
* LethalJokeCharacter: His rather ridiculous appearance makes it easy to dismiss him as some ComicRelief that can't do much. But his Quirk is one of the most powerful of Class 1-B, even though he himself is more of a SquishyWizard.
* LivingBattery: Works alongside Denki Kaminari and other electric-type students to power [[spoiler:the engines keeping UA High afloat]] during the final battle against Shigaraki, with himself using a ZAP! onomatopoeia.
* NiceGuy: He's an incredibly positive guy who likes making children happy.
* NonHumanHead: One of the oddest examples. He has a ''SpeechBubble'' for a head.
* PrecisionFStrike: When he places 40th in the Obstacle Race, his text bubble says ".....!! Shit!!"
* SingleGuySeeksMostPopularGirl: Acording to the Ultra Analysis Character Book, he has a crush on Bibimi Kenranzaki from the suport department - a former winner of UA's beauty pagent who is at least two years his senior.
* SizeShifter: Of sorts. His height varies between 140 cm (4'7") and 160 cm (5'2") depending on the size of his SpeechBubble head.
* SpeechBubble: His head is a fully-functional speech bubble, which quotes his thoughts.
* SquishyWizard: His Quirk is powerful, but he himself is rather weak. Hagakure (who isn't particularly strong herself) is nearly able to pummel him into submission when she finds his hiding place and is only stopped when Kendo captures her.
* TinySchoolboy: The shortest boy of Class 1-B and also among the weakest if attacked directly.
* UselessAccessory: His hero costume features a mask resembling a manga page awkwardly pasted onto his SpeechBubble head. [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall Said manga page always has the same arrangement of panels as the page he's currently in]].
* WordsCanBreakMyBones: His Quirk allows him to bring onomatopoeia into reality.
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[[/folder]]

[[folder:Setsuna Tokage -- Lizardy]]
!!Setsuna Tokage -- Lizardy
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AoiYuuki (Japanese), Creator/DawnMBennett (English)
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 26 (Manga), Episode 17 (Anime)
!!!'''Quirk:''' [[DetachmentCombat Lizard Tail Splitter]]

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->''"Early bird gets the worm! Victory is as simple as that."''

A talkative, cunning and rather brassy Class 1-B girl who enrolled into U.A. through recommendations. Her Quirk, "Lizard Tail Splitter", allows her to split her body into multiple pieces that she can control, as well as regenerate if they are destroyed.
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[[folder:Sen Kaibara -- Spiral]]
!!Sen Kaibara -- Spiral
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Masakazu Nishida (Japanese), Creator/IanFerguson (Season 2), Creator/MattShipman (Season 3 onward) (English)
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 26 (Manga), Episode 17 (Anime)
!!!'''Quirk:''' [[AbnormalLimbRotationRange Gy]][[ThisIsADrill rate]]
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->''"This is no time for you to be interrupting our one-on-one fight, Ingenium!!"''

A serious and quite proud Class 1-B boy. His Quirk, "Gyrate", allows him to rotate any part of his body like a drill.

* AbnormalLimbRotationRange: His Quirk lets him rotate his limbs around. This lets him use them like [[ThisIsADrill drills]]. It's also quite difficult to hurt him in melee when he's using his drills because physical attacks, especially punches and kicks, skid off him and cut anyone trying to hit him.
* ArrogantKungFuGuy: Has shades of this as he's shown to be brazen and proud.
* BloodKnight: During his fight with Ojiro, Kaibara can be seen sporting a large grin and was notably frustrated by getting interrupted by Ida.
* CloseRangeCombatant: Close-range combat appears to be his specialty. With his Quirk, he's able to put Ojiro, a skilled martial artist, on the defensive until Ida comes in.
* DashAttack: His preferred move as his drills can pierce human flesh very easily.
* DefiantToTheEnd: Even after being grabbed by Ida, he kept fighting up until he was actually imprisoned. This actually helped quite a lot, as his attacks, while not effective enough to free himself from Ida's grasp, still did enough to slow him down and hurt him slightly.
* {{Foil}}: To Ojiro. Both are their classes' [[TheGenericGuy generic guys]], both have rather simple Quirks and both are melee fighters. But where Ojiro is humble and puts HonorBeforeReason, Kaibara is brazen and proud, to the point of considering that his time to shine was "stolen" from him by Ida and he struggles furiously to the very end when he's being taken to jail in the Joint Training Arc.
* TheGenericGuy: Easily the plainest looking Class 1-B student design-wise. He even ends up dueling Ojiro, Class 1-A's resident Generic Guy, in the Joint Training Arc.
* {{Hunk}}: He's referred to as an "ikemen", the Japanese equivalent of this, in his character page, but considering his rather [[TheGenericGuy generic]] design, it seems like an InformedAttribute.
* MeaningfulName: His name has the kanji for "revolve", "field", and "rotation".
* PerpetualFrowner: A low-key annoyed look on his face is his most common expression.
* PunnyName: His name contains the kanji for "senkai" meaning "gyrate", which is also the name of his Quirk.
* SoreLoser: He's very ticked off at being captured first during the training exercise against Class 1-A, feeling it was his moment to shine and that they negated him the opportunity. Even when the match ends in a draw rather than a loss in part thanks to him weakening Ida earlier in the match and being praised by Vlad King for it, he's still quite annoyed.
* SpinAttack: Comes with the territory given his Quirk. He can turn his limbs into drills but he can also twirl to cause damage with his whole body or wrench himself off if someone tries to grab him.
* ThisIsADrill: His Quirk allows him to make part of his body one. To make it more effective he wears support gloves with a spiral pattern on the fingers so they can pierce enemies. He can also use his spinning legs to slide on the ground or use is arms to cause vibrations into metallic objects which can destabilize anyone trying to use them.
* TrickedOutGloves: He wears gloves with spiraled fingers which, when combined with his Quirk, are strong enough to cut into Ojiro's tail.
* UnderestimatingBadassery: He chastises Tetsutetsu for doing this to Todoroki by running in headfirst during the Joint Training Arc.
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[[folder:Togaru Kamakiri -- Jack Mantis]]
!!Togaru Kamakiri -- Jack Mantis
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KiyotakaFurushima (Japanese), Jean-Luc Hester (English)
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 26 (Manga), Episode 16 (Anime)
!!!'''Quirk:''' [[AbsurdlySharpBlade Sharp Edge]]

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->''"Who cares about all that? Just lemme carve ’em up…"''

An aggressive and cutthroat Class 1-B student with an insectoid appearance. His Quirk, "Sharp Edge", allows him to protrude blades from anywhere on his body.

* AbsurdlySharpBlade: Can produce these from any part of his body, including the soles of his feet, and they're sharp enough to slice through metal pipes as if they were butter.
* AnimalMotifs: The praying mantis, obviously.
* AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance: He likes collecting bugs and looks like one.
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Below the shoulder, above the knee, he can have blades anywhere on him!
* BloodKnight: He's very excitable once he gets into combat, and is very eager to, in his words, tear the other team to shreds while his teammates are discussing strategy. This combined with his Quirk and his hero suit makes him appear rather similar to Stain.
* CloseRangeCombatant: A very dangerous melee fighter who can use his blades to stab and skewer his opponents.
* DominoMask: Wears one as a part of his hero costume.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite his menacing appearance and talk about wanting to cut his opponents, Togaru is still rather cordial with his classmates, as seen when he comforts Setsuna, Yosetsu and Kojiro after their crushing defeat in the Joint Training Arc and tells them to consider this loss a lesson to grow from, rather than something to be despondent about.
* LeanAndMean: Obviously downplayed as he's not a villain, but he's tall, skinny, and very aggressive and disagreeable.
* MeaningfulName: His name contains the kanji for "scythe/sickle", "cut", and "apex". His surname means "praying mantis".
* NonHumanHead: He has the head of a praying mantis.
* SlasherSmile: Shown sporting one whenever he enters a fight, showcasing his trademark [[BloodKnight bloodlust and aggressivity in combat]].
* SlayingMantis: In accordance to his appearance, he also lives up to it by being one of the most battle-happy and ruthless combatants in Class 1-B.
* UnknownRival: The ''ULTRA ANALYSIS Character Book'' reveals that he considers Bakugo to be a rival, despite the two not interacting much.
* WouldHitAGirl: During the Joint Training Arc, he didn't waver an instant in attacking Kyoka Jiro directly with full intention of slashing her with his blades. She was only saved because Bakugo interfered and blasted Kamakiri away.
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[[folder:Kojiro Bondo -- Plamo]]

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[[folder:Reiko Yanagi -- Emily]]
!!Reiko Yanagi -- Emily
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AyaneSakura (Japanese), Ryan Reynolds[[labelnote:*]] No, not [[Creator/RyanReynolds that one]][[/labelnote]] (English)
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 26 (Manga), Episode 15 (Anime)
!!!'''Quirk:''' [[MindOverMatter Poltergeist]]
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->'''Yanagi:''' But taking that last battle into account, the most hateful member of our opposition would be Midoriya, right?\\
'''Shinso:''' ...?\\
'''Shoda:''' In her "language", that means he's the scariest.

A creepy, verbose Class 1-B girl. Her Quirk, "Poltergeist", allows her to telekinetically control nearby objects of up to the weight of a regular human.

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** He's trusted by fellow classmate Pony (an American exchange student) to translate words for her to say. While he did trick her into insulting Class 1-A, she presumably trusted him in the first place for a reason.

* {{Keigo}}: Much like Yaoyorozu, his speech patterns are much more characteristic of a formal professional setting than high school.

* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish: During the third round of the joint training with Class 1-A, he responds to Pony's angry complaints in English with some pretty good English of his own.

* OvershadowedByAwesome: Class 1-A gets much more attention than they do because the former managed to survive the [=USJ=] attack and more or less dominate the U.A. Sports Festival. This is later subverted in the Joint Training Arc, though. [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome With way fewer incidents, Class 1-B has been able to train far more consistently and properly than Class 1-A]], turning the entire arc into a battle between a group who's demonstrated great ability to work in high-pressure situations versus one that's been able to keep learning and refining their skills uninterrupted.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: As Jurota points out, her strategy of forcing a draw to happen is a legitimate one. If an opponent is too strong for you to face on your own, keeping yourself and others out of their attack range and waiting for backup, or for time to run out, is a valid action to take.

* ContraltoOfDanger: Subverted. Her voice is the deepest in Class 1-B, but she isn't the most powerful ActionGirl. However, she's quite dangerous but mostly because of her shrewdness as a strategist.

* EveryoneHasStandards: Monoma might despise Class 1-A and loves it when bad things happen to them,
* When the girls of Class 1-A were tricked into dressing up like cheerleaders, he looked away rather than make fun of them.
** Even he is horrified when [[spoiler:Bakugo's heart explodes]] during the fight with Shigaraki.

* EveryoneHasStandards: Monoma might despise Class 1-A and loves it when bad things happen to them, but even he is horrified when [[spoiler:Bakugo's heart explodes]] during the fight with Shigaraki.

* BadassBaritone: As it fits his beastly, imposing design, Shishida is given a very deep, gruff voice in the anime.

* WeakButSkilled: Her Quirk might not sound like much and it's mostly useful in conjunction with other Quirks such as Yanagi's telekinesis or Nirengeki's double impact. But she's actually quite ressourceful with it since she can use it to make shields or carry a huge amount of othewise innocuous objects that can be used offensively if needed.

* NoPronunciationGuide: According to the ''ULTRA ANALYSIS Character Book'', her original hero name was going to be "Gnocchi Nyokonyoko", but since it was too hard to pronounce, she changed it.

* ThousandYardStare:[[spoiler:Her expression after finding Majestic's dead body follwing their defeat at Gunga Mountain.]]

* SkySurfing: One of the uses of her Quirk is being able to use any object sufficiently large so she can stand on it as a skysurf to fly and levitate on. She herself however [[NotQuiteFlight cannot fly]].

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Masakazu Nishida (Japanese), Creator/AaronDismuke (Seasons 2-4), Nazeeh Tarsha (Season 5 onward) (English)

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KouheiAmasaki (Japanese), Howard Wang (English)

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: And yet, despite being a quite unpleasant number, Togaru is still rather cordial with his classmates, as seen when he comforts Setsuna, Yosetsu and Kojiro after their crushing defeat in the Joint Training Arc and tells them to consider this loss a lesson to grow from, rather than something to be despondent about.

* CovertPervert: Horikoshi notes that his eyes are elongated into their squinty, elliptical shape because of his fixation with Mt. Lady's chest. He also got rather worked up after getting captured by Tsuyu's tongue during the joint training exercise.