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Characters from ''Manga/{{Ratman}}''.
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[[folder:Main Characters]]

! Shuto Katsuragi[=/=]Ratman
A fifteen year-old hero otaku who was given the powers of Ratman. His idolization of heroes began when he was very young, and the legendary superhero Shiningman saved him from a collapsing building. Crea insists that he was chosen to be Ratman because nobody in their right mind would guess that someone as small as him would be Ratman.

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* AccidentalPervert: As Ratman, he saw Rio naked after she barged out of the bath on him, which [[PervertRevengeMode is the main reason she's after him]]. He later apologizes to her for it, and she forgives him.
* AnimalThemedSuperbeing: Based on lab rats, specifically on the notion of their use in experiments.
* AntiHero: He is classified as a supervillain because he was forced to rob the Kizaki mansion for his debut as Ratman and because he beat the stuffing out of [=ANKaiser=], but he's not evil.
* AscendedFanboy: But not in the way he thought he'd be.
* BattleAura: When he loses control of his SuperPoweredEvilSide he becomes covered in an aura of black smoke.
* BerserkButton: Making fun of his height, heroes who don't act heroic, and people making fun of others' dreams. When his sisters are kidnapped and nearly killed by Yakuza, Ratman states that [[OneWingedAngel he didn't know what he would have done]] if they'd been hurt.
* BigEater: Due to transforming into Ratman. He burns through calories at an accelerated rate.
* BodyHorror: Later transformations are more controlled yet nevertheless transforms Shuto in new and monstrous ways.
* BreathWeapon: In his berserk state he can spit a powerful [[KamehameHadoken beam of energy]].
* BrokenFaceplate: When Ratman gets excited or angry his faceplate splits into a mouth full of fangs.
* CluelessChickMagnet: Mirea, Rio, and Anzu have all displayed interest in him, but he has no idea about any of this, much to Mirea's annoyance. Shiki continually lampshades this.
* DarkIsNotEvil: As Ratman he is around six feet tall, dressed in what appears to be a black bodysuit and a ScarfOfAsskicking, and has a faceplate that morphs into a mouthful of fangs. He's also nicer than a lot of the superheroes.
* DespairEventHorizon: When photos of Mirea shopping with the Jackie soldiers turn up, Shuto promises to stop them from being published. When he discovers he's too late, however, he is thrown into such despair that he would have gone OneWingedAngel had Chihaya Sugimura not called and had the photos retracted,
* EyelessFace: As Ratman his "helmet" has no eyes, just red markings.
* FacialMarkings: Ratman's helmet has four jagged red stripes that connect in the front. In his berserk state a fifth one appears.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: Has a scar on his back from [[spoiler:being crushed by a chunk of concrete]] when he was younger.
* HenshinHero: He uses the [[GadgetWatches APPEND GEAR]] to [[spoiler: activate his S-Genes and]] transform into Ratman.
* HeroicBuild: He's six feet tall and absolutely ''ripped'' as Ratman, which makes it that much harder to discern his identity considering the fact that he's a five foot high schooler with a GeekPhysique to match.
* LightEmUp: Through his [[ChekhovsSkill continuous imitating]] of Shiningman's transformation pose and [[FinishingMove killer move]], he can do it as well; his version is called "Shining Ray de Alter"(a mix of {{gratuitous foreign language}}s which could mean "Alternate Shining Ray").
* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Gender inverted and downplayed, he is MPGB of Mirea.
* MeaningfulName: As Ratman. Both refers to his small size and his job as Jackal's lab rat for their SuperPrototype.
* MinionWithAnFInEvil: Despite working for a [[EvilIsOneBigHappyFamily "villainous"]] organization, Shuto acts more like TheCowl in his spare time, helping [[EnemyMine Rio]] solve crimes and hanging out with Fatman. Crea calls him out on it.
* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: When he gets angry or excited as Ratman his faceplate splits into a mouth full of fangs.
* ObliviousToLove: Doesn't seem to realize the feelings that Mirea has towards him.
* {{Otaku}}: Shuto constantly nerds out over anime and heroes, and is often picked on for it.
* OneWingedAngel: If Shuto becomes ''really'' angry his S-Genes overwhelm him and he transforms into a bestial, berserk form with claws on its hands and feet, different FacialMarkings and a long tail. [[spoiler:When Shuto thinks Sin has killed Mirea, his S-Genes kick into overdrive and he becomes a mindless monster that makes his previous berserk form seem tame.]]
* PowerIncontinence: Has difficulty controlling Ratman's transformations.
* {{Roofhopping}}: How Ratman gets around sometimes.
* ScarfOfAsskicking: As Ratman he has a long, badass-looking scarf.
* ShapeshifterWeapon: [[spoiler: By activating his S-Genes]] he can transform his arms into grotesque talons.
* SomethingPerson: Rat + Man.
* SuperPoweredEvilSide: If Shuto is [[YouWontLikeMeWhenImAngry truly furious]] his S-Genes will activate and he will transform into a [[OneWingedAngel bestial form]] but he won't [[AlternateIdentityAmnesia remember what happens afterwards]]. Its bloodlust is so great that even [[EvilCounterpart Unchain]] is utterly terrified of it, and Shuto's consciousness feels like he is being consumed by it.
* SuperPrototype: Crea claims Ratman is an experimental bio-weapon.
* SuperSenses: One of his powers, enabling him to track others across long distances.
* SuperStrength: His main ability as Ratman, though he also has SuperSpeed and SuperToughness.
* TenMinuteRetirement: He gives up being Ratman after losing control of his SuperPoweredEvilSide, but later returns. In the epilogue, though, he gives the identity up for good.
* TransformationTrinket: The [[GadgetWatches APPEND GEAR]], which looks like a watch. It's also [[FlawedPrototype prone to malfunctioning]].
* UnskilledButStrong: After getting beaten up by a bully, he comes to the realization that he's mainly won because of his Ratman powers and decides to train himself
* WipeTheFloorWithYou: His SuperPoweredEvilSide does this to [=ANKaiser=].
* WouldntHitAGirl: He has trouble fighting girls. He mostly tries to dodge them or get away.

! Mirea Mizushima
A classmate of Shuto who has a crush on him. She is a member of Jackal who recommended him for being Ratman. She lost her parents at a young age and was then raised by Crea.

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* ButNotTooForeign: She is half-Japanese and originally from England.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Despite her outward stoicism, she does NOT like it when Shuto gets close to new people.
* CoolDownHug: Tries to give one to a rampaging Ratman to stop him from eating Unchain, but [[SubvertedTrope gets slashed for her trouble]]. [[DoubleSubverted It still works.]]
* CovertPervert: When Shuto is de-aged into a kid and asks to take a bath with her, she sports a LuminescentBlush.
* CutenessProximity: She has a great fascination with cute things.
* DamselInDistress: Is abducted by Sin in the final arc.
* FeminineWomenCanCook: She does most of the cooking for Jackal.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: She has blonde hair due to her half-English ancestry, and is the TeamMom for Jackal.
* MoralityPet: Keeps her sister from shooting Shouichiro Kizaki.
* NewTransferStudent: And she was bullied for her cold attitude.
* ParentalAbandonment: Her parents died when she was younger.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: Normally puts on an aloof demeanor, but this melts when she's with Shuto.
* TeamMom: For Jackal, cooking for and taking care of her sister and the Jackies.

! Rio Kizaki[=/=]Cat Girl Rio
Senpai of Shuto and Mirea. Daughter of the president of the Heroes' Association who dreams of being a hero herself someday to help people. Her father does not want her to become a hero.

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* ActionGirl: Is introduced saving Shuto from being beaten up by a group of delinquents, and spends her downtime training in martial arts and investigating crimes.
* AnimalThemedSuperbeing: Her Hero moniker, Cat Girl Rio.
* AscendedFanboy: She finally becomes a heroine in chapter 45.
* BackToBackBadasses: With Ratman in Chapter 35.
* CatGirl: Her hero motif, as her name suggests, is a cat girl.
* EnemyMine: While she is dedicated to bringing Ratman to justice, she occasionally finds herself teaming up with him, which gets her to begin reconsidering her assumptions about him.
* FunTShirt: She sometime wears clothes with the words "'''*SODA POP* A Bright Sunny Day waiting for you'''" on them.
* GirlishPigtails: Keeps her hair tied up with two ribbons.
* InspectorJavert: Has made it her duty to take down Ratman... [[AccidentalPervert because he accidentally saw her naked]]. [[spoiler: She forgives him when she learns he's Shuto.]]
* JetPack: Part of her eventual hero gear.
* LittleMissBadass: She's a high school student who can take down gangsters.
* MissingMom: Her mother died when she was younger.
* NonIdleRich: Her father is the head of the Hero Association, but she dislikes being judged based on her wealth and one of her hobbies includes beating up criminals.
* RebelliousPrincess: Deliberately disobeys her father's orders not to train in martial arts and runs around fighting crime in her spare time.
* SidekickGraduationsStick: She eventually gets to finally become a hero and debuts in chapter 45 as '''Andou Electrics''' hero... CatGirl Rio.
* {{Shoryuken}}: Her finishing move, Rio de Carnival.
* {{Tsundere}}: Develops this attitude towards Ratman as she comes to realize he isn't evil.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: She has acrophobia, though she eventually overcomes it.
* WolverineClaws: Her main means of offence as Cat Girl Rio.
* WrestlerInAllOfUs: Is a big fan of wrestling, and introduces herself by pulling a Frankensteiner on a thug about to beat up Shuto.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Jackal Organization[=/=]The Mizushima Family]]

An evil organization who opposes the Heroes' Association.

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* CardCarryingVillain: Crea has stated their goal is world domination, [[spoiler: but she was lying.]]
* EmpireWithADarkSecret: Crea and Mirea's parents were two of the founding members of the Hero Organization and were involved in the creation of Shiningman.
* EnemyMine: They ally with the Hero Organization against Sin.
* EvilIsOneBigHappyFamily: Literally. Aside from the Jackie combatants and Shuto, Jackal is solely comprised of the surviving members of the Mizushima family.
* OddlySmallOrganization: Only had six members before Shuto joined.
* {{Revenge}}: Chapter nineteen confirms this as their ''true'' goal.
* VillainsOutShopping: The Jackie combatants are frequently dispatched to purchase food supplies, often with humorous results. This leads to Mirea being photographed with them by a reporter for the chief hero magazine, and Ratman has to rush to prevent it from being published.

! Crea Mizushima
The leader of Jackal who made the technology of Ratman's APPEND GEAR. Mirea's older sister. She raised Mirea herself after the deaths of their parents.

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* ButNotTooForeign: Like her sister she is part-English.
* DiabolicalMastermind: She is the leader of Jackal
* HiddenDepths: Before creating the Jackal Organization, she and Hijiri came up with the idea of Kreios.
* HidingBehindYourBangs: Her bangs cover the right half of her face which [[spoiler:covers her blind right eye.]]
* TheGadfly: She gets a kick out of poking fun at Shuto, whether it's over his height, desire to become a hero, or his budding romance with Mirea.
* MadScientist: Played with, as she is not insane nor is she truly evil.
* MediumAwareness: Occasionally makes quips about the manga lacking romance and "sexiness".
* MisplacedRetribution: Spends nine years of her life [[spoiler:pursuing revenge against an innocent man.]]
* ParentalAbandonment: Her parents died when she was younger.
* ShipperOnDeck: For Mirea and Shuto. She finds watching their "teen drama" amusing.
%%* StockingFiller
* WhipOfDominance: She's an abrasive and temperamental woman who carries a whip, and cracks it on the ground whenever she wants to get people to do something or to just look intimidating and imposing.
* YouKilledMyFather: Watched Shouichiro Kizaki kill her parents and blow up their laboratory as a child, or so she thought.

! Gengo Mizushima
The Grandfather of Crea and Mirea.

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* EvilOldFolks: "Evil" being used subjectively.
* HiddenDepths: He actually knows and understands his granddaughter very well, and [[spoiler:the only real reason he's involved in mad science or supervillainy is because he feels her revenge plot is something she needs to go through with for her own sake.]] He also believed, correctly, that [[spoiler:Shouichiro was innocent all along.]]
* MadScientist: He looks the part more than his grandchildren.
* MiniatureSeniorCitizens: He's even shorter than Shuto, which is saying something.

! The Combatant Jackies
The three foot soldiers of Jackal.

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* BroughtToYouByTheLetterS: They wear "J" shaped belt buckles.
* FacelessGoons: What they look like under their uniforms is unknown.
* MinionWithAnFInEvil: Are constantly bungling missions and goofing off.
* {{Mooks}}: Are the footsoldiers of Jackal.
* OffscreenTeleportation: Have a habit of randomly popping up out of nowhere.
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: Despite their goofy antics and nonthreatening appearance, they have displayed some skill at hand-to-hand combat, good reflexes, and an affinity for appearing out of nowhere.
* SkeletonsInTheCoatCloset: What their costumes are designed to invoke.
* StealthHiBye: This often creeps out Shuto.
* TheVoiceless: One does talk in disguise, but otherwise they communicate through pantomimes.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Heroes' Association]]

An association who regulate heroes from commercial companies.

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* {{Corporate Sponsored Superhero}}es: With the exception of heroes in Social Order Secret Security.
%%* EmpireWithADarkSecret
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[[center:'''Heroes''']]
! S-List[=/=]Social Order Secret Security[=/=]S-Security
A secret team of special forces who take care of any organizations that work against the Heroes Association and handles in-fights between heroes.

!! Hijiri Midou[=/=]Kreios
A member of S-Security.

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* DatingCatwoman: Was hinted to have once been Crea's boyfriend.
* FlechetteStorm: One of his methods of offence.
* FriendlyEnemy: Despite [[CurbStompBattle easily defeating Ratman]] when they first meet he's on good terms with the Mizushima family.
* ImNotAHeroIm: Does not call himself a hero.
* KnightInShiningArmor: What his costume is designed to invoke.
* TheMole: Joined up to investigate the S-Genes. Also a rare positive variant, as [[spoiler: the people he's working with have made it clear that they are ''not'' above breaking the law and doing downright awful things.]] At least Jackal avoids the latter...
* ReverseGrip: How he occasionally holds his weapons.
* TeleportCloak: He uses his cape to teleport himself and others, such as getting Mirea into Unchain's hideout.
* WackyMarriageProposal: Proposes to Crea from his hospital bed in the epilogue.

!! Shiki Kazamori[=/=]Unchain
A young man who somehow has powers despite not having the special equipment most heroes rely on. Soon after he's introduced, he uses his powers to save Shuto's life and they quickly become friends. However, he's also a guinea pig for a very shady branch of the Heroes' Association, and has become their latest S-Ranked hero: Unchain. He was abused as a child because his parents feared his powers.

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* AbusiveParents: His parents feared him for his powers so much that they kept him shackled and inside of a closet most of the time.
* BadPowersGoodPeople: Is really a nice guy... in his human form.
* TheBerserker: When he gets going in a fight.
* BroughtDownToBadass: Ratman's Shining Ray shatters his Unchain exoskeleton and he doesn't use it again until the fight with IS-KA, but he retains his psychic powers.
* CannibalismSuperpower: Can assimilate the genes of predatory animals he devours, an ability he calls "Swallow".
* EvilCounterpart: A shady organization's guinea pig and personal muscle? Check. EvilIsOneBigHappyFamily setting and genuinely supportive and caring coworkers? NOPE. Poor thing...
* EvilKnockoff: As Unchain he looks suspiciously similar to Ratman. [[spoiler: This is heavily implied to be due to the fact that they both have S-Genes.]]
* ExtraEyes: Has four of them as Unchain.
* FangsAreEvil: As Unchain.
* {{Flight}}: Even in human form, due to his telekinesis.
* HeelFaceTurn: Is now a member of Shuto's circle of friends.
* HorrorHunger: ''[[ImAHumanitarian Really]]'' [[ImAHumanitarian wants to eat Ratman]], and anyone else carrying the [[spoiler: S-Genes]].
* ImNotAHeroIm: But he was really flattered when Shuto called him one.
* KarmaHoudini: Played with. He's depicted as a legitimate victim and clearly doesn't enjoy having to be evil when in control of himself. [[spoiler:Rio realizes this and essentially forgets about how he was one of her captors]].
* LaughingMad: When he finds out Shuto is Ratman he telekinetically tears the school roof apart while cackling.
* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: Like Ratman, Unchain's faceplate can morph into a mouth full of [[FangsAreEvil pointy teeth]].
%%* NewTransferStudent
%% * NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Around Shuto.
* ParentalAbandonment:[[FreudianExcuse His parents neglected and abused him because of his powers.]]
* PrettyBoy: He's a slender young man noted as being quite attractive. %%Fans have even called him an {{expy}} of [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Kaworu Nagisa]].
* PsychicPowers: [[MindOverMatter Telekinesis]] and [[{{Seers}} Precognition]].
* PsychoPrototype: Hinted to be one by Shouichiro Kizaki.
%% * SocialDarwinist: Before his HeelFaceTurn.
%% * SuperpoweredEvilSide: His "hero" form.
* TransformationTrinket: A reversed cross with a chain on it.
* VariableLengthChain: Can summon them to attack or restrain opponents.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: His life has been pretty damn suckish...

! A-List
!! Masato Saeki[=/=][=ANKaiser=]
A hero who worked for the security company '''ANK Security'''. After the company flopped, he retired from being a hero but became one again when his gym hired him to be their commercial hero and renamed itself '''Kaiser Boxing Gym'''.

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* ArmCannon[=/=]LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Wears one on his left arm after he recovered from the injury Ratman gave him.
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: One of [=Ankaiser=]'s main motivations to be a hero is so he can pay his mother's medical bills.
* FinishingMove: Dragon Cannon; an explosive punch using the device on his left arm.
* FreudianExcuse: His questionable and sometimes downright immoral behavior has a lot to do with trauma involving his father.
%% * HenshinHero
* HeroesFightBareHanded: He is trained as a boxer.
%% * HeterosexualLifePartners: Often appears with Van Guardner
* JerkAss: [[WhatTheHellHero Was perfectly willing to put innocents at risk for his own ego and arrogance]], and is scornful of Ratman's idealism.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: [[DownplayedTrope ''Much'' more jerk than heart of gold,]] but he has his moments. See PetTheDog below.
* PetTheDog: His civilian persona is ''way'' much more likable than his hero persona; he even teaches Shuto how to box properly.
** Also, when he's forced to quit being a hero, the thing he is most worried about is taking care of his ill mother.
** [[spoiler: After finding out Shuto is Ratman he doesn't turn him in to the authorities like he said he would.]]
* RedemptionDemotion: He returned to being a D-rank hero when he became the hero for his gym but promises to get back his A-rank soon.
* SecretKeeper: [[spoiler:Learned that Ratman was the kid he met and taught at the gym when they recovered from their double knockout.]]
* SleevesAreForWimps: His uniforms have a distinct lack of arm protection.
* SuperheroesWearCapes: His original and new costumes have capes.
* TookALevelInKindness: [[spoiler: Admits he was wrong about heroism being dead after his rematch with Ratman.]]

!! Van Guardner
A hero working for the security company '''City Guard'''.

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%%* BadassLongcoat
* BarrierWarrior: He can create an energy barrier to block and deflect attacks.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Often appears with [=ANKaiser=].
* {{Salaryman}}: Works as one when not being a hero.
* SuperheroesWearCapes: Wears one for a while until he gets rid of the cape when he gets a new hero suit in Episode 25.

!! Mikoto Kujo[=/=]Ame-No-Uzume-No-Mikoto[[note]]Better known as Mikoto or Heavenly Maiden[[/note]]

A heroic swordswoman who also happens to be a first-year student at Shuto's school. The youngest A-ranked hero, and the commercial hero and the sixteenth owner of the vintage fiber manufacturing company '''Haori'''.

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* ACupAngst: Expresses embarrassment when IS-KA lists her three sizes.
* ActionGirl: One of the youngest superheroes registered at the Association, but holds an A-rank.
* BlueBlood: The motif and themes of her hero-self shows elements of this. The company that sponsors her is apparently a very elite, highly respected company that has been trading and making high-quality fabrics and gowns for several centuries. Think a designer brand that mostly caters to the ''very'' elite, rather than just about anyone who's willing to shell out the cash. Not to mention her [[ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming title.]]
* CoolSword: Wields a tsurugi/jian.
* EmbarrassingNickname: Was called "Kujo long chives" when she was younger.
* EyepatchOfPower: Wears one in her civilian identity to hide her golden eye.
* LuminescentBlush: Has this reaction to having her three sizes listed and the fact that her panties are showing pointed out.
* MagicalGirl: Complete with a ''Anime/SailorMoon''-esque TransformationSequence.
* MagicalFloatingShawl: As Ame-No-Uzume-No-Mikoto she wears a floating scarf that invokes female ''[[Myth/JapaneseMythology kami]]''. It is also a ''literal'' ScarfOfAsskicking, as she can direct it to protect her or attack.
* {{Precognition}}: One of her abilities.
* PurpleIsPowerful: Her hero dress.
* RedBaron: She is called "Golden-Eyed Heavenly Maiden".
* ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming: Her hero name and costume are evocative of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ame-no-Uzume Ame-no-Uzume-no-Mikoto]], the Shinto goddess of the dawn, meditation, and revelry who lured Amaterasu out of her cave to restore daylight and warmth to the world.
* ShowgirlSkirt: Her dress exposes her panties.
* ThisIsADrill: Can wrap her scarf around her sword to transform it into a drill, increasing its offensive power.]]

! B-List
!! Sakaida[=/=]Randolman
A hero who pulled himself out of unemployment and started his own business.

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* BroughtToYouByTheLetterS: Wears a "R" on his chest.
* HeroicBuild: Averted
* {{Salaryman}}: His day job.
%%* SomethingPerson

!! Crystal Fighter PRISMMAN
A hero team working for '''Gimza Jewelry Taki'''. The members are [[color:red:Ruby Red]], [[color:blue:Sapphire Blue]], and [[color:yellow:Topaz Yellow]].

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%%* ChromaticArrangement
%%* {{Color Character}}s
%%* GemstoneAssault
%%* {{Sentai}}
* TransformationTrinket: They use gemstones corresponding to their assigned colors.

!!! [[color:red:Ruby Red]]
The leader of PRISMMAN.

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* GloryHound: His ego cause his other teammates to go against him. He got better after he and the others were beaten by Ratman.
* LawOfChromaticSuperiority: Averted: he still has trouble fighting the other members when they gang up on him.
* PlayingWithFire: Ruby Flame
* TheCaptain[=/=]TheLeader: Deconstructed

!!! [[color:blue:Sapphire Blue]]
TheLancer of PRISMMAN.

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* TheLancer: He becomes quite jealous of Red hogging the spotlight, and decides to confront him about it.

!!! [[color:yellow:Topaz Yellow]]

A member of PRISMMAN, he backed up Blue when he confronted Red.

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* TheQuietOne: Rarely talks except when transforming.

!! Akeboshi Shin[=/=]IS-KA[=/=]Sin
An newly-registered but powerful hero working for the Ad-Bank cellphone company. [[spoiler: He's Shiningman's biological son.]]

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%%* TheAce
* AlmightyJanitor: Despite debuting as a D-Lister he is more than a match for the Heavenly Maiden, and he becomes a B-Lister within 3 weeks.
* BadassCape: Wears one in his civilian identity.
* BigBad: Once he unveils himself as the one behind the Hero Amplifier app he becomes the main antagonist of the final arc.
* CallingYourAttacks: "Start the app. ''[insert app name here]''"
* CastingAShadow: As Sin his attacks are formed from the dark energy emitted by the S-Genes.
* TheCorrupter: He can activate the S-Genes in people.
* EvilCounterpart: To Ratman.
* EvilCostumeSwitch: After his IS-KA costume is [[spoiler:destroyed by Mikoto, he unveils his true identity as "Sin" in Chapter 47.]]
* {{Flight}}: Via the "Fly High" app.
* FreudianExcuse: His father abandoned him and his mother committed suicide due to extreme debt. [[spoiler: This turns out to be a sugarcoated version of the truth. As Shininman's family, they were relentlessly harassed by those who didn't like the growing hero phenomenon, and his father was eventually assassinated. He was also kidnapped by his father's killers and horrifically experimented on to have the S-genes forced into him, as he was born before Shiningman became a hero.]]
* GoneHorriblyRight: [[spoiler: Created by a NebulousEvilOrganization for the express purpose of dismantling the Heroes' Association and, later on, kidnap Ratman so they can have another secret weapon. He swears to wipe out every hero and force Ratman to join him. And also kill the people who kidnapped and experimented on him.]]
* GunsAkimbo: When fighting Mikoto he dual-wields a pair of guns in this fashion.
* HeroWithAnFInGood: His introduction has him plotting to attack Shuto's school and throwing a fireball at Mikoto. It turns out he's not a hero at all.
* [[IHateYouVampireDad I Hate You Superhero Dad]]: It is eventually revealed that he is [[spoiler:Shiningman's son]].
* LaserBlade: Wields a lightsaber.
* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: His "Security [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Firewall]]" app.
* MagicFromTechnology: Uses smartphone apps to attack and defend.
* OmniscientDatabase: The "QR Code" app, which scans his opponents and looks up data and trivia on them.
* PowersAsPrograms: His IS-KA identity fights using smartphone apps.
* PowerOfTheVoid: Can summon a black vortex that sucks up projectiles and even people.
* PowerGivesYouWings: The "Fly High" app.
* ShockAndAwe: The "Lightning Strike" app.
* StrawNihilist: His goal is to "Destroy all heroes".
* SuperPoweredEvilSide[=/=]OneWingedAngel: The Hero Amplifier app does this to people by [[spoiler: infecting them with S-Genes]].
* [[SuperHeroPackingHeat Super Villain Packing Heat]]: As IS-KA he can summon guns.
* SuperWristGadget[=/=]TransformationTrinket: An "IS-[=KA05=]" smartphone.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: [[spoiler: Back during Shiningman's heyday,]] he was as happy as could be. [[spoiler: Then people who didn't like heroes discovered his dad's identity.]]
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Poses as a hero as part of his plan.
* WeCanRuleTogether: Offers this to Shuto because they both bear the S-genes.

! C-List
!! Akiba Holy Girls
A team of maid themed heroes working for '''Holy Star Café''' in Akihabara.

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* AmazonBrigade: They are a team of superheroines.
* BroomstickQuarterstaff: One of them wields one.
* GunsAkimbo: One dual wields two airsoft sub-machine guns or handguns.
* {{Meido}}: Their costumes are based around this aesthetic.
%%** NinjaMaid
* RollerbladeGood: They wear rollerblades to quickly navigate around Akihabara.

! D-List
!! 2 Unidentified Heroes
A hero team.

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* ArmCannon: They are equipped with them, one has it on his left while the other has it on his right.
* DestinedBystander: They reappear during the IS-KA arc.
* SiblingTeam: They're brothers.
* SuperheroesWearCapes: Both siblings wear capes on their costumes.
%%* ThoseTwoGuys
* WaveMotionGun: The [[spoiler: S-Genes]] upgrade their arm-cannons to these.

!! Taishi Hosokawa[=/=]Fatman
A hero working for his family's restaurant '''Pizza Fat'''. Initially an E-Lister until becoming a D-Lister at an unknown time.

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* {{Acrofatic}}: Despite being overweight he is still incredibly strong and agile.
* BabiesEverAfter: In the epilogue [[spoiler:Haruka is pregnant]].
* BlandNameProduct: Pizza Fat is a parody of Pizza Hut.
* BroughtToYouByTheLetterS: Wears a "F" on his mask.
* CoolCar: The Fat Mobile, an explicit {{Expy}} of the Bat Mobile[[note]]specifically the Bat Tumbler from ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy''[[/note]].
%%* {{Determinator}}
%%* HenshinHero
* {{Kevlard}}: His super power enables him to harden his fat so that it acts like muscles.
* ManlyTears: [[spoiler: When trying to talk down the BrainwashedAndCrazy Mr. Big Horn. ]]
* SitcomArchNemesis: Mr. Big Horn, due to their competing fast food restaurants.
%%* SuperheroesWearCapes
* TookALevelInBadass: Actually handles the [[spoiler:[[BrainwashedAndCrazy berserk Mr. Big Horn]] better in battle than Ratman, taking him on solo and winning when he thinks Ratman is going to activate a similar power.]]
* WarriorTherapist: [[spoiler: Guesses without being told that Shuto was going to try to tap into the same S-Genes that were driving other heroes crazy and manages to get to the root of Mr. Big Horn's issues that drove him to use the hero amplifier, momentarily talking him out of his rampage. ]]
* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: Fat control.
** HeartIsAnAwesomePower: His fat can be used as muscle and it allows him to take hits.

!! Mr. Big Horn
Exclusive hero of fast food chain '''Bison Burger''' who moved from the United States to Japan. A D-list hero.

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* AnimalThemedSuperbeing: Supposedly based on bison but more likely Texas Longhorns.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Due to the Hero Amplifier app's effects.
* {{Expy}}: His design is almost identical to [[BigBad Black Shadow]] from VideoGame/FZero
* HappilyMarried: To Linda.
* HornAttack: He can attack with the horns on his costume.
* SitcomArchNemesis: To Fatman, since both of them are the mascots of rival fast food restaurants.
* SuperheroesWearCapes: One of the few heroes who wears capes.

! F-List
!! Yuki[=/=]YAVIS
Hero of Shibuya who is employed by '''MEN'S EGGLE Co.Ltd''' as both a model and hero.

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* BroughtToYouByTheLetterS: His transformation belt, the back of his suit, and his boots have "Y"s.
* CallingYourAttacks: "Men's Knuckle!!!"
* {{Expy}}: Has similar persona with [[Manga/{{Eyeshield21}} Natsuhiko Taki]].
* GoodOldFisticuffs: He fights bare handed.
%%* HenshinHero
%%* HeroicWannabe
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: More like Idiot With a Heart of Gold.
%%* ScarfOfAssKicking
* SmallNameBigEgo: [[DownplayedTrope At least he is humble enough to acknowledge help when he needs it.]]
* TransformationTrinket: A belt.

! Unknown Rank
!! Shiningman/[[spoiler: Akeboshi Mitsunari]]
The hero who inspired Shuto to become a hero after saving his life as a child.

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* BrokenPedestal: Actually speaking to Shiningman nearly disenchants Shuto.
* BroughtToYouByTheLetterS: Wears a "S" on his helmet.
* EmergencyTransformation: A variant. He was allowed to become Shiningman after coming to his friends, whom he was working with in order to create a superhero, and explaining to them that the people he was working against in a court case have taken his son hostage.
* FallenHero: He fled Japan and moved to the United States.
* FinishingMove: Shining Ray.
* TheGlassesComeOff: Before he was a hero, he was a glasses-wearing lawyer. When he's about to be turned into Shiningman for the first time, he takes off the glasses that he almost always wore, revealing how he's essentially an older version of Shuto in appearance.
* InTheBlood: Infused Shuto with the S-Genes by giving him a blood transfusion to save his life. [[spoiler:His son also inherited this power... somehow.]]
* LightEmUp: His power enabled him to create blasts of light; he is called '''Shining'''man after all.
%%* NiceGuy
* TheParagon: He inspired Shuto to be a hero, and it's implied he is this to the other heroes as well.
* RetiredBadass: Lives in the United States after fleeing the country.
%%* SomethingPerson
* SpiritAdvisor: Seems to be this to Shuto through the S-Genes.
%%* SuperheroesWearCapes
* SuperPoweredEvilSide: The S-Genes trigger this, according to Kreios and IS-KA.
* SuperPrototype: For all heroes. [[spoiler: To Ratman, IS-KA, and others possessing S-Genes.]]

!! Mr. Carsonbo
The commercial hero for '''Sunny Insurance'''.

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* BroughtToYouByTheLetterS: Has an "S" on his "neck guard."
%%* SuperheroesWearCapes
%%* SuperheroPackingHeat

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[[center:'''Executives and Employees''']]
! Takaki
The assistant of Shouichiro Kizaki.

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* TheStarscream: Plotted with Dr. Teramishi.

! Dr. Teramishi
The head scientist of the Bio Department and legal guardian of Shiki Kazamori.

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%%* MadScientist
* TheStarscream: Created [[ArtificialHuman Hero Killers]] to overthrow the Heroes' Association.

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[[folder:The Kizaki Household]]

! Shouichiro Kizaki
President of the Heroes' Association and Rio's father.

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* AintTooProudToBeg: Gets down in a kneeling bow when asking Crea for forgiveness.
* BetterManhandleTheMurderWeapon: The reason why Crea has it in for him. [[spoiler:He attacked the soldier who killed her parents, making him drop his gun. Shouichiro then grabbed the gun that killed his friends, vowing he would never forgive their killers. Crea only arrived after the soldier had already fled, so all she saw was Shouichiro standing over the bodies of her parents while holding a gun.]]
* HiddenDepths: Is a 4th dan in karate, a black belt in judo, and a 5th dan in in kendo. He also has a scar from fighting bears.
* MissedTheCall: [[spoiler: Was the one originally chosen to be Shiningman.]]
* YouKilledMyFather: Killed Crea and Mirea's parents and destroyed their lab, or so she assumed.

! Big Mama
The maid of the Kizaki Manor.

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%%* ApronMatron
* BattleButler: Other than being a maid, she fits perfectly.
%%* BroomstickQuarterstaff
* {{Maid}}: Her occupation.

! Billy
A man from the United States who is Rio's bodyguard and personal trainer.

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%%* CallingYourAttacks
* FinishingMove:[[{{Combos}} "Billy The Beat Fang"]]
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: He's very clearly based on Tae Bo creator Billy Blanks.
* PutOnABus: Moves back to the States to take care of his sick wife.
* ScaryBlackMan: Very intimidating looking, but is actually a {{nice guy}}.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Civilians]]

! Chihaya Sugimura
A reporter for a heroes magazine.

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* IntrepidReporter: She took an interest in Ratman right away.
* TooDumbToLive: Approaching a wanted vigilante while he's on the verge of activating his SuperPoweredEvilSide is ''not'' recommendable.

! Nozomi Katsuragi
Mother of Shuto, Ana, and Yuna.

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* LockedOutOfTheLoop: She has no idea what is going on with her son.

! Ana & Yuna Katsuragi
Shuto's little twin sisters.

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* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Ana to Shuto.
** IdenticalTwinIDTag: Their ribbons.
%%* PolarOppositeTwins
%%** TomboyAndGirlyGirl

! Kanta Matsui
Shuto's friend and classmate.

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%%* BromanticFoil
* {{Otaku}}: Like Shuto, he's obsessed with heroes. He's especially fond of Randolman.

! Anzu Hosokawa
Sister of Taishi and employee of her family's restaurant '''Pizza Fat'''.

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* FormerlyFat: And she doesn't like her brother telling random strangers about it.
* MeaningfulName: Her name means apricot.
* ShipTease: There are a couple of moments that hint at her having a crush on Shuto:
** Once the [[MistakenForGay misunderstanding between Taishi and Shuto]] is cleared, she specifically expresses relief that the latter isn't into guys.
** Despite her friend noting how attractive [[PrettyBoy Shiki]] is, Anzu didn't pay him much attention, instead being happy over how Shuto said that her new school uniform suited her.

! Roiko Andou
An android created by Hironobu Andou.

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* ArmCannon: Her right arm has a sub-machine gun.
* BladeBelowTheShoulder[=/=]LaserBlade: Has a bracelet that creates one.
* DoNotCallMePaul: Does not like to be called Roiko.
* HairAntennae: A single one.
* MiraculousMalfunction: Her sentience.
* PunnyName: In Japanese naming order her name would be "Andou Roiko" (android girl). It irks her that her creator is lazy in naming sense.
%%* RobotGirl
* RocketPunch: [[CallingYourAttacks Super Warrior Fist]].
* TrouserSpace: Has missiles hidden in her skirt.

! Dr. Hironobu Andou
An out of work inventor who created Roiko.

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%%* GadgeteerGenius
* MissionControl: [[spoiler:To Rio.]]
%%* TheProfessor
%%* RobotMaster
* SmartPeopleBuildRobots: He built Roiko...apparently just because he could.

! Haruka
Taishi's girlfriend.

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! Linda
Mr. Big Horn's wife and employee.

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* HappilyMarried: To Mr. Big Horn.
* PhenotypeStereotype: It's probably at least partly intentional to draw in customers.
[[/folder]]