History Characters / MyHeroAcademiaIllegals

[[folder:Enigma]]
!!Enigma
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 7+ Alpha (Illegals)
!!!'''Quirk:''' Unnamed Slimey Gigantification Quirk

[[quoteright:187:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/14_03.png]]

One of Ingenium's sidekicks who is initially mistaken for a villain who debuted in Chapter 7+ Alpha. Her Quirk allows her to increase her size and to create small clones of herself.
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* ChekhovsGunman: Kouichi helps her get to her inerview at Ingenium's agency in her first apparance. Then she shows up 10 chapters later [[spoiler: to help as Ingenium's sidekick to help deal with the monster cat.]]
* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: Downplayed. She barely reacts to being punched and later choked.
* NightmareFace: Her eyes are completely black, making her very unsettling to look at.
* ShoutOut: Her face greatly resembles that of [[Anime/SpiritedAway No-Face]], and the resemblance becomes more uncanny when she's using her Quirk.
* TurnTheOtherCheek: She forgives the vigilantes for attacking her rather easily, even acknowledging how she must of frightened them while using her Quirk.

!Villain Factory

[[folder:The Trigger Mastermind]]
!!The Trigger Mastermind

The unseen employer of Kuin Hachisuka, whose identity is still a mystery.
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* BigBad: The root of the Trigger incidents.
* DiabolicalMastermind: Technically this, due to leading a drug chain and being sought by the police to no avail, as they don't have the slightest idea to the identity of the person they're looking for.
* MadScientist: Heavily implied by their dialogues with Kuin.
* TheManBehindTheMonsters: Arguably one, given the mutations that the Trigger users often go through.
* NonActionBigBad: Has yet to personally step in.
* PsychoSerum: Constantly experiments with new formulas for the Trigger.
* OrcusOnHisThrone: Operates through leaving the dirty work to the 'Part-time Villain' Kuin Hachisuka.
* TheUnfettered: Isn't bothered by the sheer amount of the collateral and mental damage caused by the Trigger one bit.
* TheVoice: Yet to be revealed, but regularly has conversations with Kuin on the phone.
* TheWorfEffect: {{Invoked}} with the decision [[LetNoCrisisGoToWaste to exploit the Vigilante's constant interference to collect data on exactly far the strength of the newer Impromptu Villains has increased,]] as using official heroes would undoubtedly enable the police to close in on them.
* XanatosSpeedChess: What's that? [[SpannerInTheWorks The Vigilantes are constantly interfering with the experiments?]] Use them as {{Jobber}}s to see if the most recent version of the Trigger empowers the users enough - without having to go out of your way to attract the legal heroes - just to measure the strength of the most recent Impromptu Villains.

[[WMG:Trigger Suppliers]]
[[folder:Kuin Hachisuka]]
!!Kuin Hachisuka
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 5 (Illegals)
!!!'''Quirk:''' Queen Bee, Electric Eel (Temporarily)

[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/0_bee_queen.png]]

A girl revealed to be one of the dealers of the Quirk-enhancing drug, Trigger. Her Quirk, Queen Bee, turned her left eye into a hive which can create bees with syringes for stingers.

* AchillesHeel: If as much as a single one of her bees are damaged in capacity, she will be hit with a recoil.
* AntagonisticOffspring: [[spoiler: Sort of serves as this to Knuckle Duster, as the host body is his daughter, Tamao Oguro. However, while elements of Tamao's memory and personality are still active, the consciousness currently known as Kuin Hachisuka is driven by the queen bee attached to her brain.]]
* AttackDrone: Subverted; in spite of what her quirk suggests, using her bees as a weapon in straight combat is incredibly risky, as their destruction recoils on her. Any appearances to the contrary is just a feint on her part.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: To most, she's just a rather perky high school girl. In truth, she's completely psycho.
* BlindingBangs: Which covered over her eyepatch.
* BodyHorror: EyeScream variety. [[spoiler:The 'real' Hachisuka is the queen bee attached to her brain... through her left eye. Her left eye socket is heavily implied to be hollow, given that's where the bees come out, and Knuckle Duster was able to directly extract the queen bee using a tweezers. Finally, there's a whole ''swarm'' of bees nesting inside her eye socket.]]
* CuteAndPsycho: She'd probably get along with [[NightmareFetishist Himiko]] just fine...
* DragonInChief: To her employer, as she is the one carrying out most of the work. However, it isn't known yet if her employer is really less powerful than her.
* EyeScream:
** Subverted. After [[spoiler: Stendhal reworks his look by cutting off his nose,]] he throws a switchblade right into her socket with the eyepatch when she decides to eavesdrop on him, thus leaving her for dead. Luckily, the eye turns out to be hollow (likely being where her bees reside) and so she's able to pull the blade out with no harm to herself.
** Played straight with the nature of her power. [[spoiler:Her eye socket became a hive of bees, and it's highly implied that her left eye is a hollow socket, given how Knuckle Duster was able to extract the queen bee directly through it.]] We never get a clear, detailed look of her left eye, but [[NothingIsScarier that may be for the better.]]
* EyepatchOfPower: Wears one on her left eye. It's to keep her bees from getting loose.
* FalseReassurance: When she's giving a report of the effects of a drug on a bad guy, her schoolmates overhear her. Kuin says that she has to do a report for her part-time job, which is honestly what she's doing, but conveniently leaves out the illicit nature of her work.
* FlashStep: When one of her clients tries to attack her, she was able to dodge out of the way easily and up a fire escape within a split second.
* TheHeavy: While she rarely directly engages in the Trigger incidents, instead letting the Trigger users [[spoiler: and Stendhal]] do the fighting while she remains in the sidelines, she is still the direct ''cause'' of the majority of them.
* NothingIsScarier: We never get a detailed close-up of her left eye, which may be for the better as it would be high-grade EyeScream BodyHorror.
* PaperTiger: She immediately folds and runs away when she realizes that Knuckle Duster has her outmatched, her usual smug SlasherSmile having been replaced with fear and panic.
* PestController: Her Quirk seems to allow her to control a swarm of special bees that nest behind her eyepatch. [[spoiler:Though in actuality, it seems to be the bees that are guiding her villainous actions.]]
* PunnyName: Hachi is the kanji for "bee", while "Kuin" sounds like "queen" phonetically, in Japanese. Therefore, her full name literally means "Queen Bee", the very same as her Quirk. This turns out to be an {{enforced trope}} when Knuckle Duster [[spoiler:(who knows her as "Tama")]] says that it's an alias.
* PuppeteerParasite: Apparently has the ability to control people with her bees, such as when she uses one of her classmates to lure Soga to a secluded location when he starts sniffing around her school. [[spoiler: Knuckle Duster in Chapter 23 states the Queen Bee user isn't his daughter Tamao, inferring the actual 'Kuin Hachisuka' is controlling Tamao's body.]]
* SlasherSmile: During a meeting with one of her clients and avoiding one of his attacks. She sports this while telling her client to go nuts.
* TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse: By all appearances she's just an ordinary high-schooler. She's even one of the people asked to take part in Makoto's survey of the vigilantes without anyone involved being at all the wiser.
* TheWormThatWalks: Sort of, her left eye houses a colony of bees, which she can control at will. It apparently makes honey too - and so may act more like a honeycomb - if the liquid present on the knife Kuin pulled out of her eye thrown at her [[spoiler: by Stendhal]] is any indication. At least, we ''hope'' it's honey.
* {{Troll}}: The majority of other [[EvenEvilHasStandards villainous characters]] really have a hard time putting up with her dry sense of humor.
* ZettaiRyouiki: Wears striped stockings that goes partway up near her skirt.

[[folder:O'clock's Pupil]]
!!O'clock's Pupil
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 26 (Illegals)
!!!'''Quirk:''' Acceleration

[[quoteright:326:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/0_speed_villain.png]]
A villain who can move incredibly quickly in short bursts. His identity is not yet known.

* BerserkButton: Wounds to his face are sure to drive him into a murderous rage [[spoiler:because he thinks it might distract from the "cool, character-defining scar" he gave himself as an homage to someone he admires]].
* {{Cooldown}}: Whenever he uses his Quirk, he needs a short time to recover before he can use it again. This creates a small window in which he's vulnerable.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: Has one that goes diagonally down his face. [[spoiler:It was actually self-inflicted.]]
* APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil: Implied to be the case as he was mentored by O'clock, a speedster-type hero with a very similar Quirk, but the circumstances of his association with the Villain Factory are still unknown.
* SuperSpeed
* TechnicalPacifist: He's a villain who trapped innocent people in exploding industrial mechs, but when confronted by the police he chose to simply shoot them in their bulletproof vests with their own rubber bullets instead of aiming to kill. This implies he doesn't like to get blood on his hands directly, but otherwise doesn't care much about collateral damage.
* TimeStandsStill: When his Quirk is active, from his perspective he simply moves normally while everything around him is stuck in place.

[[folder:Mario Kugutsu]]
!!Mario Kugutsu
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 1 (Illegals)
!!!'''Quirk:''' Unnamed Gigantification Quirk

[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_109_1.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:Mario Kugutsu, in both his normal state and after taking Trigger]]

A quiet, average man who is secretly a Trigger dealer.

* ContrivedCoincidence: He just happened to be walking by when the vigilantes were looking for Trigger users and dealers, so their meeting happened completely by chance.
* GettingHighOnTheirOwnSupply: He's a Trigger dealer and also a regular user.
* ManiacTongue: He shows his for a moment when he takes Trigger.
* MultiArmedAndDangerous: After taking Trigger, he grow to the size of a tall building and grows two extra arms.
* PsychopathicManchild: Under Triggers influence, he begins acting like a child.
* ShrinkingViolet: He's a subversion. He initially comes off as one due to his quiet and apologetic nature, but this is just an act. He's actually a PsychopathicManchild drug dealer.
* {{Sizeshifter}}: His Quirk allows him to grow in size.

[[folder:Hina]]
!!Hina

!Trigger Users
[[folder:General]]

->"''Trigger. It's this dangerous drug that turns normal people into full-on villains.''"
-->-- '''Pop☆Step, explaining what Trigger is to Ichimoku and Juubei'''

A series a villains who use the Quirk enhancing drug Trigger. Come in two varaities. Impromptu villains are people who take Trigger at random, both intentionally and unintentionally, and end up on rampages. Next-Level Villains have been surgically modified into giant, powerful, monstrous beings. The physical transformations are permanent, but the power fades without more Trigger doses.

* AchillesHeel: Trigger users aren't used to their boosted Quirks, meaning they aren't aware of any potential weaknesses or strengths.
* OneWingedAngel: Under Trigger's influnce, the user transforms into a more monsterous version of themselves.
* RedRightHand: The sign of a Trigger user is that their tounge is blackend at the tip.
* TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse: Most of them look like average people, and the only way to tell a Trigger user from a normal person is their easily missable RedRightHand.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: Trigger gives its users great power and boosts their Quirk, but it also weakens their sense of reason.

!!Trigger Suppliers

!!!Trigger Users

!!!Impromptu Villains

!!!Next-Level Villains

!Performers

[[WMG:Marukane Performers]]
[[folder:Miu and Yu]]
!!Miu and Yu
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 21 (Illegals)
!!!'''Quirks:''' Unknown

[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/feathers.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:Miu on the right and Yu on the left.]]

Two twins who form the underground idol duo, Feathers, that were called to perform at the Marukane Department Store Live Event.
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* AlwaysIdenticalTwins: The two are completely identical.
* CoordinatedClothes: Their idol costumes are the same in terms of style and material, with the colors being inverted between the two. All of the other cloths they're seen wearing are the same between the two.
* DefrostingIceQueen: Miu thinks very little of Pop☆Step at first, but warms up to her later.
* IdenticalTwinIDTag: They're differentiated by their hair. Miu's ponytail comes out to the left side of her head, while Yu's comes out to her right.
* IdolSinger: Their a twin idol duo.
* PolarOppositeTwins: Miu is judgmental and can be very rude, while Yu is shown to be much nicer in comparison. Makoto even calls Miu "the mean one".
* ThemeTwinNaming: Their names rhyme.

[[folder:The East Naruhata High Dance Squad]]
!!East Naruhata High Dance Squad
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 21 (Illegals)
!!!'''Quirks:''' Unknown

[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dance_4.png]]

A four person dance group called to perform at the Marukane Department Store Live Event, the president of which has a crush on the leader of the Mad Hatters.
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* CrushBlush: The president gets this when she's around the Mad Hatters leader.
* DrillSergeantNasty: The president is this during dance practice, something the Feathers learn quickly. She's much nicer outside of practice though.
* LoveAtFirstSight: The president and the Mad Hatters leader fall in love like this.
* SheCleansUpNicely: The president normally wears thick glasses, baggy clothing, and has somewhat messy braided ponytails, but during the Marukane Department Store Live Event she loses her glasses, sports a bob cut, and dawns a more feminine costume. Lampshaded by Kouichi.
* TrainingFromHell: Their drills are very intense, to the point where Miu actually injures herself when she practices with them.

[[folder:The Mad Hatters]]
!!Mad Hatters
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 21 (Illegals)
!!!'''Quirks:''' Unknown

[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/0_hatter_king.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:The Lead Guitarist]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/0_hatter_crew.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:From left to right, Daiki on Drums, Hiroto on Keyboard, Akira on Bass]]
A four person rock group called to perform at the Marukane Department Store Live Event, the leader of which has a crush on the president of the East Naruhata High Dance Squad.

* CrushBlush: The leader gets this when she's around the East Naruhata High Dance Squad president.
* LoveAtFirstSight: The leader and the East Naruhata High Dance Squad president fall in love like this.
* LoveConfession: The leader plans to complement the East Naruhata High Dance Squad president after the Marukane Department Store performance. We never see if he does though.
* NiceHat: All the members sport one, each a different style.

[[folder:Little Sisters of Saint Lila’s Academy]]
!!Little Sisters of Saint Lila’s Academy
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 30 (Illegals)

[[quoteright:310:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/little_sis.png]]

A trio of girls who perform at Narufest.

* LuminescentBlush: They get this alot.
* NonstandardCharacterDesign: Their drawn much more moe style.
* TokenMiniMoe: They look significantly younger then any of the other Marukane performers.

[[WMG:Regional Idol Collaboration Show]]
[[folder:Monika Kaniyashiki]]
!!Monika Kaniyashiki
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 31 (Illegals)
!!!'''Quirk:''' Snip Clip

[[quoteright:280:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/monika_64.png]]

The official idol for the Kanidoge Chain, and also an Undercover Cop.

* AbsurdlySharpBlade: Her Quirk, Snip Clip, allows her to slice apart nearly anything she can get between her pointer and middle fingers by making a scissor motion with them. It's powerful enough to easily cut through the limbs of solid steel worker exoskeletons, but it's obviously limited by the space between her fingers. For a bigger cut she can also use her legs and cut anything between them too.
* AnimalMotifs: {{Invoked}} with crabs, being that the brand she represents is crab-themed. Her name even has the Japanese word for "crab" in it.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Not her herself, but the brand she represents [[https://twitter.com/CDCubed/status/1005877460167208965 apeared in chapter 132 of the main manga.]]
* InSeriesNickname: She tells Pop☆Step to call her Kaniko.
* TheIdiotFromOsaka: She uses Osaka-type humor, being a native, that does not impress Pop or Kouichi, or anyone really.
* NightmareFace: Pulls one that looks like a Heike Crab as part of her comedy schtick.
* PottyEmergency: Fakes one so she can go investigate a possible Trigger supply drop.
* UndercoverCopReveal: She's actually a cop working with Tsukauchi and Fatgum to track down the source of Trigger.

!Others


[[folder:Ichimoku Samazu & Jube Namimaru]]
!!Ichimoku Samazu and Jube Namimaru
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 3 (Illegals)
!!!'''Quirks:''' Sword (Jube), Meganetic Blaster (Ichimoku)

[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/samazu_ichimoku_and_namimaru_juubei.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:Just those two guys again.[[note]]Samazu on the right and Namimaru on the left[[/note]]]]

A couple of middle school students who keep crossing paths with the Vigilantes. Ichimoku's Quirk, Meganetic Blaster, lets him shoot lasers from his visor and Jube's Quirk, Sword, lets him draw blades from his wrist.

* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Samazu's Quirk allows him to extend what are essentially katana blades from his arms.
* {{Expy}}: Of ComicBook/{{Cyclops}} and ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, reimagined as [[JapaneseDelinquents middle-school delinquents]] who dress like Josuke Higashikata and Jotaro Kujo respectively. Or, "[[LawyerFriendlyCameo Two certain someones from]] ''ComicBook/{{XMen}}'', yes," as the author's notes for them put it.
* EyeBeams: Ichimoku has these thanks to his Quirk.
* {{Fanboy}}: Both of them are huge fans of Pop☆Step.
* FireForgedFriends: Downplayed. They're fighting each other in their introductory chapter, but in all subsequent appearances they seem to be friends.
* {{Irony}}: Samazu is a junior classmate to the guy who tormented Kouichi at the start of the manga.
* PunnyName: "Samazu" is meant to read like "Summers", while "Ichimoku" literally means "one eye" or "[[ComicBook/{{Cyclops}} Cyclops]]". Meanwhile, the kanji for "Namimaru" can also be read as "[[Characters/{{Wolverine}} Rougan]]".
* RecurringExtra: The author's notes for the first collection mention that he'd originally meant them [[LawyerFriendlyCameo as a one-time sight gag]], but they kept showing up, and the editors didn't seem to mind.
* SempaiKouhai: They are both the kouhai to [[spoiler: Souga]].
* SecretKeeper: They both know Kouichi is The Crawler, but haven't told anyone.
* ThoseTwoGuys: Always seen together, whether they're fighting each other or just hanging out.
* TrueCompanions: With Teruo. They bond over their shared love of Pop☆Step, and the two barely bat an eye at Teruo's new form.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: In keeping with the expy references above they're in middle school, but are mistaken for high schoolers at first, and even that seems a bit of a stretch.

[[folder:Makoto Tsukauchi]]
!!Makoto Tsukauchi
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 12 (Illegals)
!!!'''Quirk:''' Polygraph

[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/makototsukauchi.png]]

The younger sister of police detective Naomasa Tsukauchi, and an upperclassman at Kouichi's college. She's studying the hero system and the history of vigilantism for her college thesis. Her Quirk, "Polygraph", enables her to tell whether someone is lying or not by making physical contact with them.

* TheAce: When it comes to organizing and leading groups there isn't really a better ally to have then Makoto. She is very good at getting people to work together and while a bit manipulative she tends to make things better for everyone involved.
* BeautyMark: Has one on the left side of her jaw.
* GoGetterGirl: A college student who is working on her thesis, investigating the Naruhata vigilantes' activities, practically running Captain Celebrity's PR department, ''and'' helps manage the event where Pop☆Step makes her stage debut. If there's anything that needs organizing, Makoto's your woman.
* LivingLieDetector: Her Quirk legitimately makes her one, she just needs to be making physical contact. [[spoiler:It can be fooled either by ExactWords or if the subject doesn't believe that they are telling a falsehood, such as when she outright asks Kouichi if he's "The Hauler". [[LoopholeAbuse Because he's not]], [[MetaphoricallyTrue he's "The Crawler".]]]]
* {{Meganekko}}: Though she alternates between glasses and contact lenses depending on the look she's going for.
* MsExposition: In helping Kouichi with his class work, she provides an {{infodump}} regarding the formation of the existing hero system.
* OneDegreeOfSeparation: Connected to the vigilantes through Kouichi, the police through her brother, and the world of pro heroes through working part-time for Captain Celebrity.
* RescueRomance: Starts to fall for Kouichi after [[spoiler: finding out he is the Crawler while being rescued from a runaway bus.]]
* SecretKeeper: [[spoiler:Is this to Kouichi's vigilante activities as the Crawler after being saved by him from a hijacked bus.]]

[[folder:Shouko Haimawari]]
!!Shouko Haimawari
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 16 (Illegals)
!!!'''Quirk:''' Fly Swatter

[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/urnsxun.png]]

Kouichi's strict mother. Her Quirk, "Flyswatter", allows her to slap things from a distance.

* AdultFear: When an infant Kouichi started using his Quirk for [[spoiler:{{Flight}}, she was so terrified that he would hurt himself that she punished him every time she caught him doing it until he forgot that he could.]]
* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: PlayedForLaughs when she uses her Quirk to give Kouichi a smack when she catches him doing something she disapproves of. [[spoiler: Swings into PlayedForDrama later when it's revealed that she stunted Kouichi's control of his Quirk by punishing him every time she caught him using its flight applications out of paranoia that he might hurt himself.]]
* MyBelovedSmother: Very strict with Kouichi, largely stemming from the maternal worry she suffered when he was a baby. Even when he's an adult college student, she's not entirely comfortable letting him go off on his own.
* ShipperOnDeck: While Kouichi's attempt to pass Makoto off as his girlfriend blows up quickly, Mrs. Haimawari makes it very clear that she'd be happy to welcome Makoto into the family if the two of them actually did hit it off.

[[folder:Tamao Oguro]]
!!Tamao Oguro
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 28 (Illegals)
!!!'''Quirk:''' [[spoiler:Queen Bee (Formally), Electric Eel (Temporarily)]]
->''"Can't... move my hand. Head Hurts..."''

[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/135_headhurts_1.png]]

Knuckleduster's daughter. [[spoiler:She is seemingly behind the Trigger incident, and is actually Kuin Hachisuka. This is only somewhat true.]]

* AntagonisticOffspring: [[spoiler:Is somewhat this to Knuckle Duster. While she is not incomplete control over herself as Kuin, flashbacks show that the she and her father did have a rocky relationship.]]
* EyeScream: Implied. [[spoiler: The queen bee that Knuckleduster rips out of her eye seems to have drilled its way into her head through her eye, as she used to have two normal ones.]]
* FanDisservice: [[spoiler: Knuckleduster rips her shirt open, giving the audience a good look at her bust. He does this because he's trying to resuscitate her by shocking her back to life.]]
* NearDeathExperience: [[spoiler:Knuckleduster stops blood flow to her brain in order free her from the queen bee, but he is able to resuscitate her.]]
* PuppeteerParasite: [[spoiler: Fell victim to one, the queen bee that resided in her head.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler: Her identity as Kuin and the fact that she isn't really Kuin at the same time makes her one of these.]]

[[folder:Kuin Hachisuka]]
!!Kuin Hachisuka
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 5 (Illegals)
!!!'''Quirk:''' Queen Bee, Electric Eel (Temporarily)

[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/0_bee_queen.png]]

A girl revealed to be one of the dealers of the Quirk-enhancing drug, Trigger. Her Quirk, Queen Bee, turned her left eye into a hive which can create bees with syringes for stingers.

[[folder:The Trigger Mastermind]]
!!The Trigger Mastermind

The unseen employer of Kuin Hachisuka, whose identity is still a mystery.

* BigBad: The root of the Trigger incidents.
* DiabolicalMastermind: Technically this, due to leading a drug chain and being sought by the police to no avail, as they don't have the slightest idea to the identity of the person they're looking for.
* MadScientist: Heavily implied by their dialogues with Kuin.
* TheManBehindTheMonsters: Arguably one, given the mutations that the Trigger users often go through.
* NonActionBigBad: Has yet to personally step in.
* PsychoSerum: Constantly experiments with new formulas for the Trigger.
* OrcusOnHisThrone: Operates through leaving the dirty work to the 'Part-time Villain' Kuin Hachisuka.
* TheUnfettered: Isn't bothered by the sheer amount of the collateral and mental damage caused by the Trigger one bit.
* TheVoice: Yet to be revealed, but regularly has conversations with Kuin on the phone.
* TheWorfEffect: {{Invoked}} with the decision [[LetNoCrisisGoToWaste to exploit the Vigilante's constant interference to collect data on exactly far the strength of the newer Impromptu Villains has increased,]] as using official heroes would undoubtedly enable the police to close in on them.
* XanatosSpeedChess: What's that? [[SpannerInTheWorks The Vigilantes are constantly interfering with the experiments?]] Use them as {{Jobber}}s to see if the most recent version of the Trigger empowers the users enough - without having to go out of your way to attract the legal heroes - just to measure the strength of the most recent Impromptu Villains.

[[folder:O'clock's Pupil]]
!!O'clock's Pupil
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 26 (Illegals)
!!!'''Quirk:''' Acceleration

[[quoteright:326:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/0_speed_villain.png]]
A villain who can move incredibly quickly in short bursts. His identity is not yet known.

* BerserkButton: Wounds to his face are sure to drive him into a murderous rage [[spoiler:because he thinks it might distract from the "cool, character-defining scar" he gave himself as an homage to someone he admires]].
* {{Cooldown}}: Whenever he uses his Quirk, he needs a short time to recover before he can use it again. This creates a small window in which he's vulnerable.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: Has one that goes diagonally down his face. [[spoiler:It was actually self-inflicted.]]
* APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil: Implied to be the case as he was mentored by O'clock, a speedster-type hero with a very similar Quirk, but the circumstances of his association with the Villain Factory are still unknown.
* SuperSpeed
* TechnicalPacifist: He's a villain who trapped innocent people in exploding industrial mechs, but when confronted by the police he chose to simply shoot them in their bulletproof vests with their own rubber bullets instead of aiming to kill. This implies he doesn't like to get blood on his hands directly, but otherwise doesn't care much about collateral damage.
* TimeStandsStill: When his Quirk is active, from his perspective he simply moves normally while everything around him is stuck in place.

!Trigger Users

A series a villains who use the Quirk enhancing drug Trigger. Most of them only appear for a chapter or two.

[[folder:Mario Kugutsu]]
!!Mario Kugutsu

!!!'''Quirk:''' Unnamed Gigantification Quirk

[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_109_1.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:Mario Kugutsu, in both his normal state and after taking Trigger]]

A quiet average man who is secretly a Trigger dealer.

* ContrivedCoincidence: He just happened to be walking by when the vigilantes were looking for Trigger users and dealers, so their meeting happened completely by chance.
* GettingHighOnTheirOwnSupply: He's a Trigger dealer and also a regular user.
* ManiacTongue: He shows his for a moment when he takes Trigger.
* MultiArmedAndDangerous: After taking Trigger, he grow to the size of a tall building and grows two extra arms.
* PsychopathicManchild: Under Triggers influence, he begins acting like a child.
* ShrinkingViolet: He's a subversion. He initially comes off as one due to his quiet and apologetic nature, but this is just an act. He's actually a PsychopathicManchild drug dealer.
* {{Sizeshifter}}: His Quirk allows him to grow in size.

[[folder:Akira Iwako]]
!!Akira Iwako
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 3 (Illegals)
!!!'''Quirk:''' Unnamed Rock-Skinned Quirk

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[[caption-width-right:350:Akira Iwako, in both his normal state and after taking Trigger]]

A Trigger user who goes on a rampage in Chapters 3 and 9.

* AchillesHeel: He can't harden his eyes, making them a weak spot. [[spoiler: Stendhal uses this to disrupt and kill him.]]
* AccidentalMisnaming: Averted. He's on of the few characters that correctly remembers Kouichi's hero name.
* BackForTheDead: [[spoiler:He returns in chapter 9, where he's killed by Stendhal.]]
* ElementalArmor: His Quirk allow him to harden his skin into rock-like armor.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: When Stendhal starts getting the better of him, he uses the cop's arrival to make his escape. [[spoiler:He doesn't get far though, Stendhal tracks him down and kills.]]
* SuperStrength: In addition to his ElementalArmor, his Quirk gives him this.

[[folder:Mad Bat]]
!!Mad Bat
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 7 (Illegals)
!!!'''Quirk:''' Unnamed Bat Quirk

[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/speed_0.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:[[SonicTheHedgehog Gotta Go Fast!]]]]
[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click here to see his current form]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_130.png[[/labelnote]]]]

A villain known for recklessly speeding down highways and causing accidents. He's eventually captured by Ingenium with the help of the vigilantes. He debuted in Chapter 7.

* AmbiguousSituation: While its clear he's a Trigger user, it's effects are unclear. Was his normal Quirk the his speed or his wings, and which was the effect of Trigger? Is he even on Trigger when we see him in the story?
** Chapter 30 confirms that he was indeed on Trigger.
* AnimalMotifs: His wings are very bat-like,and while running he drapes his them around himself like a bat.
* TheBusCameBack: After a prolonged absence since his arrest, he returns in chapter 30, only this time having undergone a semi-permanent OneWingedAngel due to surgical treatment from a third party. Returned with a vendetta against Crawler and Ingenium for outspeeding him last time as well.
* CurbStompBattle: He's able to outrun Ingenium and his team, but when he runs into the vigilantes, he goes down quite easily.
* {{Expy}}: Of [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Man-Bat]].
* ForTheEvulz: He doesn't realy have a reason to do what he does, aside from personal enjoyment.
* ManiacTongue: He hangs his long tounge out while he runs. This reveals that he is a Trigger user.
* NoNameGiven: He is never given a name.
* OneWingedAngel: Due to excessive physical surgery and a formerly lethal dose of Trigger, he has become a man-bat in all but name.
* ShoutOut: The authors' notes reveal that he's a VisualPun shout-out to ''Manga/{{Eyeshield 21}}'' -- that is, a "devil bat". They got the idea while brainstorming a MonsterOfTheWeek who would be a challenge for Ingenium.
* SuperSpeed: He has a running-type Quirk that gives him a sort of super speed.
* TookALevelInBadass: He was already fast when encountered the first time by the heroes and vigilantes, after undergoing his OneWingedAngel, not even Captain Celebrity can catch up to him at full speed.
* WingedHumanoid: In addition to his speed, his Quirk gives him bat-like wings.

!Other Villains

[[folder:Three Sturm und Drang Brothers]]
!!Three Sturm und Drang Brothers
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 6 (Illegals)
!!!'''Quirk:'''Glide and Slide

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A trio of men that patrol Naruhata at night, stealilng people's undergarments. They all have the same Quirk, "Glide and Slide", allowing them to slide across the ground.

* CreepyCrossdresser: The third brother puts on the panties the other two steal.
* CurbStompBattle: Knuckle Duster takes them all down in a matter of seconds.
* {{Foil}}: To Kouichi. Both have Quirks that allow them to slide, but the brother's Quirk only requires one point of contact, while Kouichi's requires at least three. While Kouichi uses his Quirk to help others as The Crawler, the brothers use their Quirk to fulfill their selfish goal.
* MeaningfulName: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturm_und_Drang Sturm und Drang]] (German for "storm and drive/urge/stress") is a literary movement that emphasizes individual subjectivity and free expression against the restraints of rationalism, which is reflected in the brothers' view of society as cage for their wild natures.
* MythicalMotifs: A subtle one, but the first brother flipping someone's skirt, followed by the second brother stealing her panties and the third brother putting them on is similar to the Kamatachi, where the first knocks the victim down, the second cuts the victim, and the third heals them.
* NoNameGiven: While their group is named, the individual members are not.
* PantyThief: The first brother flips girl's skirts, the second strips off their panties, and the third puts them on. Their later appearance shows that they also steal men's boxers as well.
* ShoutOut: Their "attack formation" is one to the Black Tri-Stars' Jetstream Attack in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam''.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: What became of them after being beaten up by Knuckle Duster is unknown.

[[folder:Emperor Yotsuura]]
!!Emperor Yotsuura
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 13 (Illegals)
!!!'''Quirk:''' Soccer

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A thief with the Quirk "Soccer", who steals things while dribbling a soccer ball.

* BirdPeople: He has the head of a Penguin.
* CurbStompBattle: Ichimoku and Juubei beat the hell out of him after he take out Kouichi.
* FiveFingerDiscount: He's known for stealing things, and he steals Makoto's laptop in his introductory chapter.
* IKnowMaddenKombat: His soccer ball doubles as a weapon. He uses it to escape Kouichi.
* LittleBitBeastly: As mentioned in BirdPeople above, he has a penguin head, but everything below the neck is human.
* MeaningfulName: He's a penguin person named Emperor.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: He only appears in one chapter, for only a couple pages, before he's beaten and detained.

[[folder:Suicide Bomber]]
!!Suicide Bomber
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 6+ Alpha (Illegals)
!!!'''Quirk:''' Unnamed Suicide Bomb Quirk

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A villain with a Suicide Bomb Quirk.
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* ActionBomb: His Quirk makes him a walking explosive.
* BlessedWithSuck: Probably one of the best examples. His Quirk allows him to blow himself up, and its not something he can completely control. If his fuse comes in contact with a heat source, the he and anything close to him goes boom.
* DespairEventHorizon: Implied to have crossed, considering he was willing to blow himself up.
* MarshmallowHell: Midnight puts him through this to calm him down. It works.
* RageAgainstTheLegalSystem: He hates cops enough to blow them and himself up.
* TakingYouWithMe: He planned to blow himself and a police station full of cops and heros.

[[folder:Abegawa Tenchu Kai]]
!!Abegawa Tenchu Kai
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 9+ Alpha (Illegals)
!!!'''Quirks:''' Unnamed Strength Enhancing Quirk (Rojiya), Unnamed Transformation Quirk (Haruhisa), Unnamed Lightning Quirk (Souji), Unnamed Armor Quirk (Tetsu)

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[[caption-width-right:270:Assemble![[note]]Top left: Tetsu, Top right: Rojiya, Bottom left: Haruhisa, Bottom right: Souji.[[/note]]]]

An old yakuza organization based off ComicBook/{{The Avengers}} that debuted in Chapter 9+ Alpha.

* TheAlcoholic: Tetsu, being the Tony Stark parallel and all. Rojiya is one also, but it doesn't show on his face.
* CurbStompBattle: [[spoiler: Stendhal kills them all in one slash.]]
* {{Expy}}: Of ComicBook/{{The Avengers}}.
** Tetsu operates a suit of armor visually similar to the Hulkbuster and is also TheAlcoholic like ComicBook/{{Iron Man}}.
** Rojiya is TheLeader and uses manhole covers in a similar fasion to the way that ComicBook/{{Captain America}} uses his shield.
** Haruhisa has a strength enhancing Quirk and also is visually similar to the ComicBook/{{Incredible Hulk}}.
** Souji has a lightning Quirk and uses a hammer as a weapon like ComicBook/{{The Mighty Thor}}.
** The unnamed rookie member's Quirk, which gives him have a metal arm, and his design seem to based on ComicBook/{{Bucky Barnes}}.
* MiniMecha: Tetsu uses one when [[spoiler: Stendhal]] attacks
* RedBaron: "Manhole" Rojiya, "Barehanded" Haruhisa, "Tank" Tetsu, and "Hammer" Souji.
* ShockAndAwe: Souji's Quirk gives him lightning powers.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: [[spoiler: Killed in the same chapter they're introduced in.]]
* {{Yakuza}}

[[folder:Desire]]
!!Desire
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 27 (Illegals)
!!!'''Quirk:''' Swan

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[[caption-width-right:350:Take Off!]]

A villain who freefalls for pleasure. His Quirk is "Swan", which gives him swan-wings and allows him to fly.

* AnimalMotifs: His wings are that of a swan.
* BarbieDollAnatomy: He gets completely naked, but he lacks any nipples.
* BlindingBangs: His eyes are hidden behind his hair.
* {{Fetish}}: He gets off by freefalling from great heights naked, while passersby on the ground watch.
* IcarusAllusion: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]]. His special move, Icarus Falling Ecstasy, involves him flying towards the sun, and falling back down to the ground. He does this on purpose to get off.
* LensFlareCensor: When falling, his little swan is completely visible to everyone in-universe, but a lens flare blocks it from the readers' view.
* PervertRevengeMode: After being caught and chained to a street post, the bystanders who he previously flashed begin throwing things at him.
* ShoutOut: To the main character of the series ''The Naked Swan'' (''Mukidashi no Hakuchō''), another series on ''[=ShonenJump+=]''.
* WingedHumanoid: His Quirk gives him swan wings.

!Performers

[[WMG:Marukane Performers]]
[[folder:Miu and Yu]]
!!Miu and Yu
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 21 (Illegals)
!!!'''Quirks:''' Unknown

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[[caption-width-right:350:Miu on the right and Yu on the left.]]

Two twins who form the underground idol duo, Feathers, that were called to perform at the Marukane Department Store Live Event.

* AlwaysIdenticalTwins: The two are completely identical.
* CoordinatedClothes: Their idol costumes are the same in terms of style and material, with the colors being inverted between the two. All of the other cloths they're seen wearing are the same between the two.
* DefrostingIceQueen: Miu thinks very little of Pop☆Step at first, but warms up to her later.
* IdenticalTwinIDTag: They're differentiated by their hair. Miu's ponytail comes out to the left side of her head, while Yu's comes out to her right.
* IdolSinger: Their a twin idol duo.
* PolarOppositeTwins: Miu is judgmental and can be very rude, while Yu is shown to be much nicer in comparison. Makoto even calls Miu "the mean one".
* ThemeTwinNaming: Their names rhyme.

[[folder:The East Naruhata High Dance Squad]]
!!East Naruhata High Dance Squad
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 21 (Illegals)
!!!'''Quirks:''' Unknown

[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dance_4.png]]

A four person dance group called to perform at the Marukane Department Store Live Event, the president of which has a crush on the leader of the Mad Hatters.

* CrushBlush: The president gets this when she's around the Mad Hatters leader.
* DrillSergeantNasty: The president is this during dance practice, something the Feathers learn quickly. She's much nicer outside of practice though.
* LoveAtFirstSight: The president and the Mad Hatters leader fall in love like this.
* SheCleansUpNicely: The president normally wears thick glasses, baggy clothing, and has somewhat messy braided ponytails, but during the Marukane Department Store Live Event she loses her glasses, sports a bob cut, and dawns a more feminine costume. Lampshaded by Kouichi.
* TrainingFromHell: Their drills are very intense, to the point where Miu actually injures herself when she practices with them.

[[folder:The Mad Hatters]]
!!Mad Hatters
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 21 (Illegals)
!!!'''Quirks:''' Unknown

[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/0_hatter_king.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:The Lead Guitarist]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/0_hatter_crew.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:From left to right, Daiki on Drums, Hiroto on Keyboard, Akira on Bass]]
A four person rock group called to perform at the Marukane Department Store Live Event, the leader of which has a crush on the president of the East Naruhata High Dance Squad.

* CrushBlush: The leader gets this when she's around the East Naruhata High Dance Squad president.
* LoveAtFirstSight: The leader and the East Naruhata High Dance Squad president fall in love like this.
* LoveConfession: The leader plans to complement the East Naruhata High Dance Squad president after the Marukane Department Store performance. We never see if he does though.
* NiceHat: All the members sport one, each a different style.

[[folder:Little Sisters of Saint Lila’s Academy]]
!!Little Sisters of Saint Lila’s Academy
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 30 (Illegals)

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A trio of girls who perform at Narufest.

* LuminescentBlush: They get this alot.
* NonstandardCharacterDesign: Their drawn much more moe style.
* TokenMiniMoe: They look significantly younger then any of the other Marukane performers.

[[WMG:Regional Idol Collaboration Show]]
[[folder:Monika Kaniyashiki]]
!!Monika Kaniyashiki
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 31 (Illegals)
!!!'''Quirk:''' Snip Clip

[[quoteright:280:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/monika_64.png]]

The official idol for the Kanidoge Chain, and also an Undercover Cop.

* AbsurdlySharpBlade: Her Quirk, Snip Clip, allows her to slice apart nearly anything she can get between her pointer and middle fingers by making a scissor motion with them. It's powerful enough to easily cut through the limbs of solid steel worker exoskeletons, but it's obviously limited by the space between her fingers. For a bigger cut she can also use her legs and cut anything between them too.
* AnimalMotifs: {{Invoked}} with crabs, being that the brand she represents is crab-themed. Her name even has the Japanese word for "crab" in it.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Not her herself, but the brand she represents [[https://twitter.com/CDCubed/status/1005877460167208965 apeared in chapter 132 of the main manga.]]
* InSeriesNickname: She tells Pop☆Step to call her Kaniko.
* TheIdiotFromOsaka: She uses Osaka-type humor, being a native, that does not impress Pop or Kouichi, or anyone really.
* NightmareFace: Pulls one that looks like a Heike Crab as part of her comedy schtick.
* PottyEmergency: Fakes one so she can go investigate a possible Trigger supply drop.
* UndercoverCopReveal: She's actually a cop working with Tsukauchi and Fatgum to track down the source of Trigger.

!Others

[[folder:Souga Kugizaki]]
!!Souga Kugizaki
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 1 (Illegals)
!!!'''Quirk:''' Spikes

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A recurring Impromptu Villain. His Quirk, "Spikes", enables him to create spikes from his body.

* BerserkButton: People laughing at him.
* TheBully: What he is initially presented as. [[spoiler: This wasn't always the case.]]
* ChekhovsGunman: Seemingly a minor antagonist at first, but has a bigger role than initially perceived.
* FaceOfAThug: Granted, he ''is'' a thug in the present day, but in the past he actually had noble ideals, and he cares for his friends [[spoiler: enough to fight Stendhal alone]].
* {{Foil}}: Seems to be set up as one for Kouichi. More specifically, as a dark refection of what Kouichi might have become if he were shunned by society more harshly.
* HiddenDepths: [[spoiler: One of his friends says that Souga wanted to become a hero too. He is shown to be rather sensitive to people laughing at him. Flashbacks show that people were constantly writing him off based on his appearance.]]
* {{Irony}}: [[spoiler:During his clash against Stendhal, he was so enraged by Kuin mocking him that he starts screaming as he reminisced the many times in the past that he was rejected and ridiculed. As his brief tirade goes on he yells that he is being treated as if he were some monster - almost simultaneously as he is transforming into a porcupine-like appearance.]]
* NotEvilJustMisunderstood: He's a violent asshole, but he's nowhere near as irredeemable as the more dedicated villains in the series, such as Kuin or [[spoiler:Stendhal]].
* OneWingedAngel: [[spoiler:After getting overdosed on Trigger, forcefully administered into him by Kuin, Souga transforms into a monstrous human-sized porcupine as he rages on.]]
* SpikesOfVillainy: An antagonist with the power to create spikes from his body.
* SpikyHair: Fittingly enough.
* ThenLetMeBeEvil: The reason why he is the way he is today. [[spoiler:Despite initially wanting to be a hero as a child, years of mistreatment due to his appearance and his Quirk have made him into the punk he is today.]]
* TrueCompanions: With Raputo and Moyuru. [[spoiler: He cares for them enough to fight [[TheDreaded Stendhal]] alone to keep them safe.]]

[[folder:Moyuru Touchi & Raputo Tokage]]
!!Moyuru Touchi and Raputo Tokage
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 1 (Illegals)
!!!'''Quirks:''' Unnamed Lizard Quirk (Raputo), Unnamed Flame Quirk (Moyuru)

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[[caption-width-right:350:Raputo on the right and Moyuru on the left]]

Two Impromptu Villains who are friends with Souga. Raputo's Quirk gives him his lizard apperance and Moyuru's Quirk gives him a small flame on top of his head.

* CurbStompBattle: They and Souga are on the receiving end of one from Knuckle Duster.
* GoodSmokingEvilSmoking: Both are shown to be smokers. Raputo even tries to do this while he's in the hospital.
* LizardFolk: Raputo, thanks to his Quirk.
* MeaningfulName: Raputo is a dinosaur-man named "Raptor"
* OneWingedAngel: After taking Trigger, Moyuru grows bigger and his fire spreads all around his body, and Raputo becomes even more lizard-like and literally grows wings.
* PlayingWithFire: Moyuru, thanks to his Quirk.
* TrueCompanions: With eachother and Soga.
* VillainRespect: Moyuru calls Kouichi a "big man" because of his willingness to talk to them even after they attacked him.

[[folder:Ichimoku Samazu & Jube Namimaru]]
!!Ichimoku Samazu and Jube Namimaru
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 3 (Illegals)
!!!'''Quirks:''' Sword (Jube), Meganetic Blaster (Ichimoku)

[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/samazu_ichimoku_and_namimaru_juubei.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:Just those two guys again.[[note]]Samazu on the right and Namimaru on the left[[/note]]]]

A couple of middle school students who keep crossing paths with the Vigilantes. Ichimoku's Quirk, Meganetic Blaster, lets him shoot lasers from his visor and Jube's Quirk, Sword, lets him draw blades from his wrist.

* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Samazu's Quirk allows him to extend what are essentially katana blades from his arms.
* {{Expy}}: Of ComicBook/{{Cyclops}} and ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, reimagined as [[JapaneseDelinquents middle-school delinquents]] who dress like Josuke Higashikata and Jotaro Kujo respectively. Or, "[[LawyerFriendlyCameo Two certain someones from]] ''ComicBook/{{XMen}}'', yes," as the author's notes for them put it.
* EyeBeams: Ichimoku has these thanks to his Quirk.
* {{Fanboy}}: Both of them are huge fans of Pop☆Step.
* FireForgedFriends: Downplayed. They're fighting each other in their introductory chapter, but in all subsequent appearances they seem to be friends.
* {{Irony}}: Samazu is a junior classmate to the guy who tormented Kouichi at the start of the manga.
* PunnyName: "Samazu" is meant to read like "Summers", while "Ichimoku" literally means "one eye" or "[[ComicBook/{{Cyclops}} Cyclops]]". Meanwhile, the kanji for "Namimaru" can also be read as "[[Characters/{{Wolverine}} Rougan]]".
* RecurringExtra: The author's notes for the first collection mention that he'd originally meant them [[LawyerFriendlyCameo as a one-time sight gag]], but they kept showing up, and the editors didn't seem to mind.
* SempaiKouhai: They are both the kouhai to [[spoiler: Souga]].
* SecretKeeper: They both know Kouichi is The Crawler, but haven't told anyone.
* ThoseTwoGuys: Always seen together, whether they're fighting each other or just hanging out.
* TrueCompanions: With Teruo. They bond over their shared love of Pop☆Step, and the two barely bat an eye at Teruo's new form.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: In keeping with the expy references above they're in middle school, but are mistaken for high schoolers at first, and even that seems a bit of a stretch.

[[folder:Teruo Unagisawa]]
!!Teruo Unagisawa
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 4 (Illegals)
!!!'''Quirk:''' Electric Eel

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[[caption-width-right:200:[[labelnote:Click here to see his current form]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_133.png[[/labelnote]]]]

A 19 year-old Pop☆Step fan. His Quirk is "Electric Eel".

* AbhorrentAdmirer: A giant slime covered eel isn't a very appreciated suitor, even when you're not being kidnapped by it.
* {{Animorphism}}: His Quirk allows a partial transformation into an electric eel but its only ever seen under the effects of trigger. His initial dose gives him a giant eel form with stubby limbs but post-op they're huge and he's more humanoid.
* BenevolentMonsters: Became this after his transformation. He can be seen hanging out with Ichimoku and Juubei in chapter 30.
* {{Fanboy}}: A big one of Pop☆Step.
* NotEvilJustMisunderstood: He's not a bad person at all, just naive. He didn't even know what Trigger would do when he took it, he was just told to use it when things weren't going his way.
* OlderThanTheyLook: He looks like he's in Middle School at most, but he's actually 19.
* PowerUpgradingDeformation: Kuin and her employer's operations on him transformed him into a monstrous, but stronger, version of himself. Though, he doesn't seem to mind.
* ShockAndAwe: His Quirk gives him electric based powers.
* ThrowTheDogABone: Aizawa opts to let him stay and listen to Pop☆Step's performance instead of taking him.
* TrueCompanions: With Ichimoku and Jube . They bond over their shared love of Pop☆Step, and the two barely bat an eye at Teruo's new form.

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[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mad_hatter.png]]

A couple of middle school students who keep crossing paths with the Vigilantes. Ichimoku's Quirk lets him shoot lasers from his visor and Jube's Quirk, Sword, lets him draw blades from his wrist.

A villain with a Suicide Bomb Quirk that debuted in Chapter 6+ Alpha.

A villain who freefalls for pleasure. His Quirk is "Swan", which gives him swan-wings and allows him to fly. He debuted in chapter 27.

[[folder:Groper Villain]]
!!Groper Villain

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[[caption-width-right:350:Touch, without touching!]]

A villain who uses his Quirk to grope women. He debuted in chapter 27.
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* GilliganCut: The end Chapter 27's 17th page introduces him and his perverted ways. Page 18 starts with him already on the ground, defeated.
* LoopholeAbuse: His Quirk allows him to touch without really touching, meaning he's not technically groping women. He's still way out of line though, and is punished for it.
* InsaneTrollLogic: He thinks that because his Quirk allows him to touch things without actually touchng them, he can grope women without getting in trouble. He's wrong.
* PervertRevengeMode: After being beaten by Knuckleduster, he's pelted by a group of angry women.
[[/folder]]

The official idol for the Kanidoge Chain.

A couple of middle school students who keep crossing paths with the Vigilantes. Ichimoku's Quirk lets him shoot lasers from his visor and Jube's Quirk lets him draw blades from his wrist.

[[folder:Kuin's employer]]
!!Kuin's employer

[[folder:Unknown Speedster]]
!!Unknown speedster

A quiet average man who is secretly a Trigger dealer. He debuted in Chapter 2.

* ArchnemesisDad: Seems to be this to [[spoiler:Kuin Hachisuka]].[[spoiler:The following chapter reveals the girl we see is his daughter Tamao Oguro. Knuckle Duster's wording however implies Kuin Hachisuka is the conscious that has taken over the real Tamao's body and mind]].

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[[caption-width-right:289:[[labelnote:Click here to see him as a civilian]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/knucleduster_civilian.png[[/labelnote]]]]

!!Miu
!!Yu

!!Moyuru Touchi
!!Raputo Tokage

!!Ichimoku Samazu
!!Jube Namimaru

* ShamelessFanserviceGirl: Wears a skirt, does all her performances in the air and apparently has no problems with showing people [[https://imgur.com/C25sM2Q her]] [[https://imgur.com/jwqEmmy ass]] as she does it. She becomes infamous to the point that even young children are noting how she has a "bouncy butt".

* GoodScarsEvilScars: Has one that goes diagonally down his face.

* LoopholeAbuse: Once Eraserhead realizes that he's quirkless, he stops fighting him because if he isn't using a Quirk for illegal activities, then he falls outside hero jurisdiction.

* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: His quirk isn't why he can pull off all those ninja-like sword techniques. [[spoiler:He spent all that time training because Bloodcurdle needs to injure the target first in order to work.]]

A series a villains who use the quirk enhancing drug Trigger. Most of them only appear for a chapter or two.

* AchillesHeel: Trigger users aren't used to their boosted quirks, meaning they aren't aware of any potential weaknesses or strengths.

* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: Trigger gives its users great power and boosts their quirk, but it also weakens their sense of reason.

* {{Sizeshifter}}: His quirk allows him to grow in size.

* ElementalArmor: His quirk allow him to harden his skin into rock-like armor.

* SuperStrength: In addition to his ElementalArmor, his quirk gives him this.

* AmbiguousSituation: While its clear he's a Trigger user, it's effects are unclear. Was his normal quirk the his speed or his wings, and which was the effect of Trigger? Is he even on Trigger when we see him in the story?

* SuperSpeed: He has a running-type quirk that gives him a sort of super speed.

* WingedHumanoid: In addition tp his speed, his quirk gives him bat-like wings.

A trio of men that patrol Naruhata at night, stealilng people's undergarments. They all have the same quirk, "Glide and Slide", allowing them to slide across the ground.

* {{Foil}}: To Kouichi. Both have quirks that allow them to slide, but the brother's Quirk only requires one point of contact, while Kouichi's requires at least three. While Kouichi uses his quirk to help others as The Crawler, the brothers use their quirk to fulfill their selfish goal.

A thief with the quirk "Soccer", who steals things while dribbling a soccer ball.

A villain with a Suicide Bomb quirk that debuted in Chapter 6+ Alpha.

* ActionBomb: His quirk makes him a walking explosive.
* BlessedWithSuck: Probably one of the best examples. His quirk allows him to blow himself up, and its not something he can completely control. If his fuse comes in contact with a heat source, the he and anything close to him goes boom.

A villain who freefalls for pleasure. His quirk is "Swan", which gives him swan-wings and allows him to fly. He debuted in chapter 27.

* WingedHumanoid: His quirk gives him swan wings.

A villain who uses his quirk to grope women. He debuted in chapter 27.

* LoopholeAbuse: His quirk allows him to touch without really touching, meaning he's not technically groping women. He's still way out of line though, and is punished for it.
* InsaneTrollLogic: He thinks that because his quirk allows him to touch things without actually touchng them, he can grope women without getting in trouble. He's wrong.

A 19 year-old Pop☆Step fan. His quirk is "Electric Eel".

* {{Animorphism}}: His quirk allows a partial transformation into an electric eel but its only ever seen under the effects of trigger. His initial dose gives him a giant eel form with stubby limbs but post-op they're huge and he's more humanoid.

* ShockAndAwe: His quirk gives him electric based powers.

* AnimalMotifs: His wings are very balt-like,and while running he drapes his them around himself like a bat.

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* APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedEvil: Mentored the Villain Factory's speedster on account of their similar Quirks before the young man ended up becoming a villain.

* HandBlast: By accidental coincidence while using his powers, he discover that his quirk isn't restricted to three contact points in the ground to set off, allowing him to fire off the repulse force from his free palms like shockwaves akin of shotgun blasts through motions of a sumo wrestler.

* InnocentlyInsensitive: Throughout the arc where Pop☆Step is set to perform on stage as part of an ensemble act, Kouichi keeps blurting out comments about the captain of a high school dance troupe who are taking part. Not only do these comments tend to be unintentionally insulting, but he keeps inadvertantly preventing a guy who has a crush on her from giving her compliments.

[[folder: General]]

[[folder: Kouichi Haimawari -- Nice Guy/The Crawler]]

[[folder: Oguro / "Takeshi Kuroiwa" -- Knuckle Duster]]

[[folder: Christopher Skyline -- Captain Celebrity]]

[[folder: Kuin's employer]]

[[folder: Unknown Speedster]]

[[folder: General]]

[[folder: Mario Kugutsu]]

[[folder: Akira Iwako]]

[[folder: Mad Bat]]

[[folder: Three Sturm und Drang Brothers]]

[[folder: Emperor Yotsuura]]

[[folder: Suicide Bomber]]

[[folder: Abegawa Tenchu Kai]]

[[folder: Desire]]

[[folder: Groper Villain]]

[[folder: Teruo Unagisawa]]

* AbsurdlySharpBlade: Her Quirk, Snip Clip, allows her to slice spart nearly anything she can get between her pointer and middle fingers by making a scissor motion with them. It's powerful enough to easily cut through the limbs of solid steel worker exoskeletons, but it's obviously limited by the space between her fingers. For a bigger cut she can also use her legs and cut anything between them too.
* AnimalMotifs: {{Invoked}} with crabs, being that the brand she represents is crab-themed.

* TheIdiotFromOsaka: She uses Osaka type humor, being a native, that does not impress Pop or Kouichi, or anyone really.

* {{Irony}}: [[spoiler: During his clash against Stendhal, he was so enraged by Kuin mocking him that he starts screaming as he reminisced the many times in the past that he was rejected and ridiculed. As his brief tirade goes on he yells that he is being treated as if he were some monster - almost simultaneously as he is transforming into a porcupine-like appearance.]]

* ThenLetMeBeEvil: The reason why he is the way he is today. [[spoiler: Despite initially wanting to be a hero as a child, years of mistreatment due to his appearance and his Quirk have made him into the punk he is today.]]

* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: As described under {{Irony}}, Kouichi didn't fail to get into Hero School due to a lack of merit or a bad Quirk, he failed to get in because he was too busy trying to be a hero by saving a child who had fallen into the river, thus making him unable to take the test to enter Hero School.

Another vigilante that Crawler and Pop☆Step meet while chasing down a villain. [[spoiler: Eventually revealed to be Stain before his current look.]]

* {{Expy}}:
** Of ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'', or more specifically, Peter Parker and his civilian life due to how life has a tendency to browbeat him. Likewise, his sliding pose resembles Spider-Man's wall crawl and even referenced as a bug, but outside of that he doesn't have any of his spider powers.
*** Becomes even more of an expy in chapter 31, when he discovers he can use his powers to stick directly to walls, just as Spidey does.
** The author's notes about Kouichi in the first manga collection also point out one of the basic concepts for him is "Izuku Midoriya if he'd never met All Might." (See the entry for Foil for more details.)

* AntiHeroTeam: They're all this by default, as unauthorized Quirk usage is considered illegal, even if it's with good intentions like playing a hero. However, [[NinetiesAntiHero Knuckle Duster]] is the only one that really fits the mold.