History Characters / MyHeroAcademiaOtherHeroes

* {{Foil}}: To two characters:
** Introduced as one of the new crops of top heroes, and specifically contrasted against the new #1, Endeavor. Unlike the middle-aged and broadly unpopular Endeavor, who is known for his aloofness and unpleasantness and relies on his strong Quirk in combat, Hawks is a casual and surface-friendly young man who is beloved by the general populace and doesn't have a powerful Quirk; rather, he relies on cleverness and ingenuity to use it effectively.
** He's a foil to Dabi as well. Dabi grew up with a big family, while Hawks struggled with a criminal father and an emotionally distant mother. Dabi was indirectly killed by Endeavor, Hawks was indirectly saved by him. Dabi is the son of a hero who later became a villain, while Hawks is the son of a villain who later became a hero. Hawks had his name taken away by the HPSC in order to become a hero, while Dabi took away his own name in order to become a villain. Growing up (and even in the present), Hawks greatly admires Endeavor and his character as a hero, while Dabi holds a great disdain for him and has the ultimate goal of killing him. As for their Quirks, Dabi's is incompatible with his body, though he uses it to further his selfish goals anyway, while Hawks was given the responsibility of a useful quirk as a child, and will selflessly do whatever it takes to put people at ease. That's not even mentioning their color palettes being direct opposites from each other: Dabi's being cool colors, while Hawks' is primarily warm.

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

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Tsuguo Mogami (Japanese), Larry Brantley (English)

* SenpaiKohai: It is revealed early on that Best Jeanist and Edgeshot are both alumni of U.A., while their ages suggest Best Jeanist was a third-year while Edgeshot was a first-year. Edgeshot[[spoiler:, prior to his HeroicSacrifice,]] refers to [[YouCalledMeXItMustBeSerious Jeanist]] as "Club President Hakamada."

* SenpaiKohai: It is revealed early on that Best Jeanist and Edgeshot are both alumni of U.A., while their ages suggest Best Jeanist was a third-year while Edgeshot was a first-year. Edgeshot, [[spoiler:prior to his HeroicSacrifice]], refers to [[YouCalledMeXItMustBeSerious Jeanist]] as "Club President Hakamada."

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Justified. Despite looking like she's wearing boots, her hero costume's feet are something akin to stockings, since her outfit is designed to stretch in size with her. Trying to wear regular shoes would just demolish them once she uses her Quirk. Of course, this leaves her feet unable to smash through things without AgonyOfTheFeet or using a truck as a makeshift shoe.

* RatedMForManly: {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d. He's definitely out of place in the Pussycats, sans costume.

* TheReveal: The final member of the Pussycats introduced is [[RatedMForManly a scary muscleman]] rather than a cute girl like the other three. He's also the only one named after a big cat rather than a domestic breed.

* RatedMForManly: One of the toughest men there is. Unfortunately, it leaves him little chance to be cute.

* RatedMForManly: "As long as you got a manly spirit, then Quirks don't count for nothing." Though he later clarifies that this refers to any gender.

* {{Keigo}}: He finds himself using the polite form of Japanese more often than not, because he's usually the youngest among all pro Heroes. He even speaks it with Midoriya at times. His name, which is homophonous with this, may or may not be a nod to this habit.

* KansaiRegionalAccent: He speaks in Kansai dialect, which makes him stand out since most other characters speak in standard Japanese.

* MakeMeWannaShout: Can do anything an orca can on land, including a sonar attack. It's so powerful it can knock out a person if used at close range. [[spoiler:However, Yo can partially resist it since his own Quirk has made him used to high vibrations.]]

* SemanticSuperpower: His Quirk doesn't just manipulate cloth fibers but ''any'' kind of fibers, as seen in the Spin-Off "''Vigilantes''", when he uses it on metallic bridge wires, spun by metal-''fibers'', to support a collapsing building by manipulating them as he does with his clothes. He later has a large payload of steel wire bundles to use as restraints.

%%* SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler:Tries to be one for the Paranormal Liberation Front, as the information he supplied the heroes let them hit their various bases of operations before the Paranormal Liberation Front was ready to launch a plan that would have likely let them conquer Japan. Unfortunetly, Dabi proved to be a case of this for ''him''.]]

* BroughtDownToNormal: [[spoiler: After having his wings burnt off by Dabi, it takes until the final battle for him to recover enough to simply fly again. Then All For One steals his Quirk after the battle is over, leaving him completely Quirkless.]]

** [[spoiler:He once again shows how much of one he is during the final battle against All For One. He entered the fight with his wings barely recovered from being burned off by Dabi, never once falls for AFO’s provocations, ignored an attack he couldn’t dodge to focus on saving Endeavor, frequently taunted All For One to keep him engaged on fighting the Heroes instead of going to Tomura’s aid, sticks to Tokoyomi’s side even when all he can do is offer encouragements, and even when All For One manages to beat the assembled Heroes, and Hawk is again burned and exhausted, he stands between All For One’s attempt to steal Dark Shadow from an unconscious Tokoyomi to give one final sword stab to All For One. Even when All For One steals his Fierce Wings, Hawks just mocks the fact Rewind makes heteromorph Quirks like his useless. It’s actually because Hawks’ will never falters, combined with another act of defiance by Mineta, that All For One is forced to leave, as he can no longer afford to waste any more time trying to break their spirits [[EvilIsPetty despite his pathological need to do so.]]]]

%%* SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler:Has thus far proved to be a massive one for the Paranormal Liberation Front, as the information he supplied the heroes let them hit their various bases of operations before the Paranormal Liberation Front was ready to launch a plan that would have likely let them conquer Japan.]]

* WeakButSkilled: He can perform some impressive maneuvers with his Quirk thanks to rigorous training, being able to fold up, transform, and attack faster than the speed of sound.

* AnimeHair: His hair forms two large spikes before folding over [[PeekABangs one of his eyes]].

* PeekABangs: Has very pointy-looking hair over one of his eyes, which makes him look more mysterious.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** His lecture to Bakugo may have had good intentions behind it, but inviting a volatile teenager to your agency, giving them a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech when you know ''nothing'' about them aside from a few seconds of footage from TV and then altering their appearance without permission is an absolutely ''terrible'' way to get through to someone and Bakugo considers the entire thing an utter waste of his time. Later, however, after undergoing some CharacterDevelopment, Bakugo internally decides to tell Best Jeanist his new hero name first, implying that Best Jeanist's lessons got through to him.
** Best Jeanist was caught by surprise when All For One lowered his guard by openly conversing with him, and when Best Jeanist tried to strike at him without knowing what All For One was fully capable of and the many Quirks in his arsenal, All For One used a ranged combination of Quirks that bore down on Best Jeanist way too quickly for him to even know what hit him, and it tore a hole in him much the same way he did to All Might and immediately knocked him out cold. [[spoiler:Because of how extensive his injury is, Best Jeanist has to take a lengthy sabbatical from pro hero work to heal, even missing out on the new hero rankings announcements following All Might's retirement.]]

* CoolAunt: She takes great care of her nephew Kota as her legal guardian, despite dealing with his aloof personality.

* BadassBaritone: While not as booming or gruff as All Might or Endeavor, Creator/YuichiNakamura and Creator/ZenoRobinson portray the skilled, powerful Hawks with a deep, soothing voice.

* BadassBaritone: In Japanese, he's voiced by Hikaru Midorikawa, who is known for having a deep voice.

* BadassBaritone: He speaks with a deep, imposing voice and is a formidable pro Hero.

* BadassBaritone: In the anime, he speaks with a pretty deep voice.

* BadassBaritone: {{Inverted|Trope}}. He may be a formidable pro hero, but his voice sounds like HeliumSpeech. Given how he's based on a small arthropod, the actor's voice is artificially pitched upward to complement that.

* BadassBaritone: He speaks with a deep, imposing voice and is quite the tough guy.

* BadassBaritone: Fourth Kind speaks with a notably deep, gruff voice that fits his intimidating presence.

* SmallRoleBigImpact: He only appears in few chapters, but his lessons to Uraraka made her use learned moves a lot later in story, first in the Final Exams Arc during fight with Thirte

* SmallRoleBigImpact: He only appears in few chapters, but his lessons to Uraraka made her use learned moves a lot later in story, first in the Final Exams Arc during fight with Nine.

* MaleGaze: Many shots of her are set up this way when she fights. Most notably, the spinning kick she launches to crash through Ujiko's lab door has her spread her legs wide open to emphasize her thighs, with the following shot being centered on her chest.

* BroughtDownToNormal: [[spoiler: After having his wings burnt off by Dabi, it takes until the final battle for him to recover endings to simply fly again. Then All For One steals his Quirk after the battle is over, leaving him completely Quirkless.]]

* BadassCripple: [[spoiler: After having his wings burnt off by Dabi, he can no longer fly or use his FeatherFlechettes as well as he once could. By the time Deku confronts Lady Nagant, they’ve barely recovered -- Hawks says he’s not ready to fly again ''yet'', indicating he might be at some point. By the time of the final battle, they’ve recovered just enough to allow flight again; something All For One tries to mock him with, while Hawk just cheerfully notes they’re both handicapped.]]

* BroughtDownToNormal: [[spoiler: After having his wings burnt off by Dabi, he can no longer fly or use his FeatherFlechettes. They do seem to be growing back -- Hawks says he’s not ready to fly again ''yet'', indicating he might be at some point -- it’s clearly going to take a while.]]

[[folder:Keigo Takami -- Hawks]]

!!!'''Quirk:''' [[WingedHumanoid Fierce Wings]]

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RomiPark (Japanese)

* AmericaSavesTheDay: {{Zigzagged}}. Her introduction has her already midway around the world, fully intending to pull this off despite the concerns of her own country's leaders, because of the respect and admiration she has for All Might, only to get intercepted by [[spoiler: [[SplitPersonalityTakeover All For One possessing Tomuro Shigaraki's body]]] before she can reach Japan ''precisely'' to avoid said outcome. [[spoiler:The AFO vestige within Shigaraki even highlights that the idea of Star teaming up with Midoriya is the absolute worst-case scenario. Whilst Star does eventually lose New Order to All For One and succumbs to his [[MakeThemRot Decay Quirk in the process]], she booby-traps her own Quirk with one of her rules, causing it to revolt and starts tearing AFO apart from the inside, resulting in the loss of many of his stockpiled Quirks and undoing some of the progress he'd been making on the nearly perfected Tomura's body for his eventual [[GrandTheftMe takeover]]. Star might have failed to save the day, but thanks to her, the power gap between Midoriya and Shigaraki has ''drastically'' reduced, she prevented AFO from being able to use [[RealityWarper New Order]], and the amount of damage she caused bought Japan’s heroes a little more time to defeat AFO before Tomura’s body is complete, leaving it up to them to end the fight for good -- something they couldn't have done if she hadn't given her life and her Quirk to cripple All For One]].

* FashionModel: Her day job. It actually takes up a lot of her time, much to Yaoyorozu and Kendo's exasperation.