History Characters / MyHeroAcademiaVillains

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

* HeartIsAnAwesomePower: Neither Elasticity nor Love is an overtly combat-useful power. However, Gentle's skills with the potential applications of his Quirk make him a surprisingly effective powerhouse capable of taking on ''five'' Pro Heroes at the same time and winning. Meanwhile, La Brava's Quirk is rightly considered their ace-in-the-hole, guaranteed to give them the power boost they need to fle.

* WouldHitAGirl: He thrashed Sirius and Asui and left both of them half-dazed.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: He immediately makes a run for it after failing to shoot Kirishima and realizing the the gun he was given didn't fire ordinary bullets, believing that it was just a piece of junk.

* AbsurdlySharpBlade: With Trigger, he can summon these out of his body.

-->'''''I DON'T GIVE A SHIT ABOUT YOUR STORY!!!'''''

*** Gentle in particular has a lot of commonn with [[Characters/BatmanRoguesGalleryPart2 a Batman villain]] Mad Hatter, at least his older iteration. Both are eccentric villains and are more focused on getting attention they want then becoming a crime boss or robbing banks. In the case of Mad Hatter, he wants to steal all the hats he considers priceless, including Batman's C]cowl, while Gentle Criminal is looking for fame and recognition by everyone and not to be forgotten. Both wanted to be heroes when they were young yet failing to do so had them becoming villains later on in life.

* SmallRoleBigImpact: If it weren't for his existence, Midoriya would never have convinced All Might to make him his successor, let alone met him. He also provided an important ego-shattering defeat for Bakugo, kickstarting his slow CharacterDevelopment.

* EmotionBomb: As mentioned above, so long as his face is being shown in real time, anyone who sees it is forced into fits of laughter.
* TragicVillain: Smiley simply wanted people to see his art, and his crimes are relatively minor compared to other villains.

The final villains of the story, formed from the remnants of the Paranormal Liberation Front and the inmates freed from Tartarus after the Paranormal Liberation front, because of this they contain members from every Villainous organization throughout the series. They are led by All For One and serve as his backup until his plan to steal One For All with Tomura Shigaraki's complete body can be realized.

* DirtyCoward: The only time he is willing to fight is if he can ambush an unsuspecting party or if he managed to take control of a victim with a strong enough Quirk, with the bonus of them being his hostage for added leverage. Otherwise, he's content to simply try to ''murder'' his victims by means of invading their bodies and use their corpses as hiding spots until the coast is clear. Something Midoriya and Bakugo know too well. This streak extends to even when he joins up with All For One's army and his group's attempt to free Gigantomachia. He fakes fighting at the start only to ditch his teammates [[spoiler: to sneak away and try to hijack Shinso to hide in, since he didn't want to fight the remaining determined Heroes that still chose to fight even after Japan fell to chaos. Once Mina, someone who could actually hurt him, enters the fray he again tries to run away before being captured by Shinso]].

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

!!'''Tartarus Escapees'''
[[folder:Kaina Tsutsumi -- Lady Nagant ('''Spoilers''')]]
!!Kaina Tsutsumi -- Lady Nagant
!!!'''Voiced by''': Creator/AtsumiTanezaki (Japanese), Creator/EricaLindbeck (English)
!!!'''Debut''' Chapter 297 (Manga), Episode 128 (Anime)
!!!'''Quirk:''' [[ArmCannon Rifle]], [[NotQuiteFlight Air Walk]], [[DefeatEqualsExplosion Unnamed Self-Destruction Quirk]]

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[[caption-width-right:400:Lady Nagant's pro hero appearance]]


-> ''"This superpowered society is a gilded daydream seen through rose-colored glasses. But it's paper-thin. A fragile illusion. Say you bring back the status quo, then what? History will just repeat itself. The public gets to stargaze at the bright and shiny side while the dark truth gnaws away at someone else. At least a future ruled over by All For One would be a helluva lot more transparent."''

A former member of the Hero Public Safety Commission who [[FrameUp allegedly]] became a villain, and joined All For One after being set free from Tartarus. Her Quirk, "Rifle", allows her to produce a sniper rifle from her right arm and create ammunition from her hair. She receives the Air Walk Quirk from All For One.

* AbnormalAmmo: As part of her Quirk, she can use strands of her own hair to create bullets in any shape she likes. She can also implant things like microphones inside her bullets.
* AchillesHeel: [[spoiler:Lady Nagant's Quirk is powerful, and she's well-trained in using its combat abilities to the fullest. However, the scope of its abilities is limited to transforming her right arm into a weapon for her to fight with. Shattering her right arm effectively renders Lady Nagant powerless before Midoriya. As such, she's unable to use her Quirk, despite still being capable of moving on her own.]]
* AdaptationalModesty: In the anime, she wears leggings or pants under her dress, while in the manga her legs were bare.
* AllThereInTheManual: Her true name is only revealed in Volume 32.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Snipe (whose Quirk gives his bullets [[HomingProjectile homing capabilities]]) flat out admits that she's much better than he is at sniping, as not only does she have a superior range (3 km to his 600 m), but her skill is at another level entirely:
-->'''Snipe:''' If she wasn't in the picture, I'd be Japan's best long distance sniper! My "Homing" allows me to lock on to anyone I can see within a 600m range. […] When it comes to ''her'', she can do that with pure skill alone. And her range is ''3KM!'' It really ruins my business! […] ''The'' human sniper rifle. Everyone with a long range Quirk is jealous of her right hand rifle.
* AnimeHair: Similarly to Yaoyorozu, while tied up in a ponytail, her hair has a very wave-like shape.
* AntiVillain: She was Hawks' predecessor in the HPSC and forced to be their wetworks agent and partake in DirtyBusiness to sell the illusion that society is in a time of peace. When she couldn't take it anymore though and voiced her issues to the president, he threatened to have her killed, requiring she kill him first, and resulting in her being framed and locked away in Tartarus so she wouldn't expose the truth. Now she's left a [[TheCynic cynical]] BrokenAce, and is working with All For One not because she supports him, but because she hates the society she helped make ''so much'', that even a world under [[AtLeastIAdmitIt All For One]] is more preferable to her. Midoriya himself even admits after learning about her past that it's his job to extend a helping hand to people like her. [[spoiler:It turns out she isn't evil, nor is she supportive of All For One. Midoriya tells her that she could've incapacitated him with one shot if she wanted to, and that she had no intention to kill Overhaul. Lady Nagant's expression confirms it.]]
* ArcVillain: Of the Dark Hero Arc. Out of all the named fugitives, Lady Nagant is the only one who presents herself as a genuine threat to Midoriya, has a chapter covering up her backstory and whose fight lasts the longest.
* ArmCannon: A rather unique version achieved using her Quirk. She bends back her arm so her hand touches her shoulder, at which point the cannon emerges from her elbow.
* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Nagant is arguably one of the most gorgeous characters on the story and when she was a Pro, she always presented herself with a kind and reassuring smile. This is subverted following her fall from grace, but eventually reverted by the time of the Final War arc, [[spoiler:when she returns to help the heroes during the fight against Shigaraki.]]
* BeautyIsBad: She's drawn as a quite conventionally attractive woman, but is also a traitor to the Hero Public Safety Commission who ends up siding with All For One. This is {{downplayed|Trope}} after the truth behind her imprisonment is revealed. She's ''still'' working with All For One, but her circumstances leave her closer to an AntiVillain rather than flat-out evil, while making her no less beautiful:
-->'''All For One:''' The traitor hero, the beautiful Lady Nagant.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Strictly platonic example. [[spoiler:Even after being blown up by All For One, she still eventually sides with Midoriya for trying to help her and manages to spit out that there are other assassins after him instructed to bring him to the Creature Rejection Clan's old headquarters. She also comes back for a BigDamnHeroes moment to adequately repay him.]]
* {{BFG}}: Can grow a sniper rifle from her right arm, which is as long as she is tall. It possesses massive range and stopping power, allowing her to accurately snipe targets up to 3 km away with bullets hitting hard and fast enough to damage Midoriya's Mid Gauntlet, which is tough enough to withstand his 45% blows. It's all but stated that he would have lost his hand if he hadn't been wearing it, and he says a howitzer cannon has nothing on her shots.
* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:Just as Shigaraki is about to use Decay to destroy U.A., a sniper bullet made of hair tears his hand off. Cut to Lady Nagant on a faraway rooftop, still covered in bandages but back to repay Midoriya for his kindness towards her.]]
* BloodSplatteredWarrior: Warrior may be an exaggeration, but amongst the scenes at her flashback as a Commission assassin, one of them decipts Nagant covered in the blood of a group that was attemtpting to commit a terrorist attack. Unlike most examples, this is explicitely PlayedForDrama, as it shows how much being used as weapon of a corrupt system damaged Nagant's psyche.
* BodyHorror: If the rifle emerging from her elbow wasn't horrific enough, several familiar components for it such as a bipod are formed out of twisted and melted parts of her own skin and muscle. To reload it, she shoves each bullet into a hole opening in her palm.
* BrokenAce: She was a prospective star in the hero community, who was praised for her abilities. Snipe admitted she's his [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter better]] and Hawks warned Midoriya that if All For One convinces her to go after him, his only chance is to ''run''. However, she was basically used as a wetworks agent for the DirtyBusiness and killed quite a few people, not all whom likely deserved it and all without trial, and eventually snapped under the guilt and pressure deciding she was fighting for a lie before she murdered the President of the Hero Commission who put her on these missions.
* BrokenBird: Lady Nagant was recruited by the HSPC when she was a teenager. She was given classified missions to kill anyone that threatened the HSPC's interests, which caused her PTSD and made her question her employers. She was sentenced to life imprisonment in Tartarus when she killed the HSPC president out of self-defence. After being freed, she is contracted by All For One to capture Midoriya. However, she was impressed by Midoriya's abilities and resolve. After Midoriya defeats her, she is about to acknowledge him as the real deal, when she is blown up by All For One for breaching the contract. All For One's quote best summarizes her:
-->'''All For One:''' To the very end, you were just a tool to be used. Curse your blessing of a Quirk, if you must. Alas the hapless, woeful Lady Nagant...
* CastingGag: Lady Nagant used to be an assassin for the Hero Commission. Creator/AtsumiTanezaki is mostly known for voicing Anya Forger from ''Manga/SPYxFamily'', and her mother Yor is assassin. Fans often joke that Lady Nagant is what Anya would be like if she decided to follow her mother's footsteps.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Like Snipe, she can give her bullets homing capabilities. ''Unlike'' Snipe, who uses his Quirk to do this, she can do it through sheer skill alone.
* ColdSniper: Her attitude when she targets Midoriya, shooting out his phone that he used to communicate with All Might, before threatening to blow off his limbs through a microphone embedded in the bullet.
* CombatPragmatist: As a long-range specialist, Lady Nagant prefers to take down her targets from a distance where they can't possibly hit back. Her AbnormalAmmo and ImprobableAimingSkills let her curve her bullets over and around buildings to strike at unexpected angles. When Midoriya closes the distance on her to deprive her of this advantage, she instead turns her gun on Overhaul, using him as a hostage to force Midoriya to choose between taking her down and saving a villain.
* CoolShades: She wore a single sunglass over her right eye when she was still a working hero, which added nicely to her already impressive skillset.
* TheCynic: To the extreme. Lady Nagant believes that hero work is built upon a false image of glamour and likens bringing peace of mind to civilians to brainwashing. She also denounces Midoriya's fight to bring things back to normal as ignorant.
* DarkActionGirl: After being freed from Tartarus she is tasked by All For One in retrieving Midoriya alive, and is shown to be very dangerous.
* DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: Of the HitmanWithAHeart trope. Lady Nagant was used by the Commission as a hitman to assassinate potential threats to society even before they commit any crimes, depriving them of due process or even a right to a trial. At first, she complied with her orders for the sake of protecting society, but soon the guilt and pressure began to eat away at her to the point of her suffering PTSD and she soon became disillusioned with hero society. It all boiled to a head when she confronted the president of the Commission, who not so subtly threatened to have her killed if she attempted to quit, prompting Lady Nagant to shoot him dead and leading to her being the cold and cynical individual she is today. [[spoiler:It's further deconstructed in that All For One only sent her after Midoriya specifically because of this trait - not to defeat his new ArchEnemy before he better masters his powers, but solely just so that he'd attempt to reach out to Lady Nagant once he realizes [[BrokenBird what kind of person she was]]. All For One seemingly renders these attempts of his as fruitless, detonating Lady Nagant and leaving her hospitalized before she can have a proper redemption... [[DoubleSubversion or so he thought]].]]
* TheDogBitesBack: [[spoiler:After employing her simply to get to Midoriya by blowing her up, Lady Nagant's timely intervention during the FinalBattle is what finally derails All For One's century-long scheme to steal One For All. His petulant fury at her shooting off Shigaraki's hands, preventing him from destroying U.A., makes him emotionally susceptible to Shigaraki's own [[ThePowerOfHate spiteful wrath]] and lets the young man reclaim control of his body. This boots him from BigBad to BigBadWannabe, his dreams of becoming an immortal Demon Lord now impossible.]]
* TheDreaded: Hawks makes it his top priority to hunt her down, and fears for Midoriya's safety, advising him that if he sees her or becomes aware of her presence, the only chance he has of surviving is running away.
* DullEyesOfUnhappiness: When she first joined the Hero Commission, she had bright eyes. However, as she faced the grim reality of hero work, her eyes became duller and devoid of light, complete with ExhaustedEyeBags to symbolize her growing disillusionment with Hero Society.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: When she notices Overhaul frantically banging on his cell door during the Tartarus prison break, unable to open it himself on account of his lack of hands, she pauses in her escape and lets him out. This is notable as she's the only shown escaping villain who reacted to it. [[spoiler:The reveal she's not actually evil makes this more understandable.]]
* EvilCostumeSwitch: PlayedWith. She is not evil per se, but after escaping Tartarus she needed to switch clothes, so she stole a long purple dress from an abandoned store, with a belt equiped with any items that could help her. As a pro hero, she wore a black sleeveless bodysuit and a sunglass over her right eye to help her aim.
* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: During her time as a pro hero, she wore her hair long and tied in a ponytail. After being arrested for killing the HSPC President, her hair is cut short above her shoulders, adding more detail to her saddened and despaired look.
* FacialHorror: [[spoiler:After the explosive failsafe within Lady Nagant is activated, several cracks appear on her face before she detonates. The next chapter shows that they've left scars running across the middle of her face. [[ScarsAreForever She still retains them]] in her surprise reappearance in Chapter 378.]]
* FallenHero: She used to be a member of the Hero Public Safety Commission, having even hunted All For One at one point, before allegedly committing a crime that led her into Tartarus. From her perspective, however, she just woke up to the truth of what she was fighting for and felt disgusted by it. The truth is more complicated though. She didn't kill a hero, she killed the former head of the HPSC, only after he threatened to have her killed for no longer wanting to do the commission's DirtyBusiness. She was then framed for killing a hero so the truth wouldn't come to light, and locked away in Tartarus so she couldn't reveal the truth.
* FlyingFirepower: Her Rifle Quirk combined with the [[NotQuiteFlight Air Walk]] Quirk given by All For One makes her effectively this. Both the title of Chapter 313 and even En outright call her a flying artillery battery.
* FriendlySniper: Off-duty, she's friendly towards children asking for her autograph. To the point that she's unable to follow through, as she thinks of herself as dirty for having such bloodstained hands.
* GracefulLadiesLikePurple: In tandem with her purple hair, she chose a purple dress to complement it, and it suits her attractive figure very well.
* TheGunslinger: Lady Nagant falls into the Trick Shot subcategory, having the ability to shoot accurately up to 3 km and even curve her bullets ''Film/{{Wanted}}''-style. She also has some traits of [[GunFu The Woo]], incorporating her Air Walk Quirk to maximize her mobility, while also using her ArmCannon as an impromptu PileBunker when forced into close-range combat.
* HandicappedBadass: [[spoiler:She survived her detonation by All For One, though heavily injured and scarred. This doesn't stop her from wobbling along and providing heavy-duty sniper support to Midoriya against Shigaraki.]]
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Betrayed the Hero Public Safety Commission by killing their leader, but years later finding herself [[spoiler:once again facing against All For One and his villains in the Final War.]]
* HiddenBuxom: She's introduced in a plain, somewhat loose-fitting prisoner jumpsuit. When she appears as a combatant against Midoriya, she's switched to form-fitting attire that bares her shoulders, arms and legs. But even with her breasts covered up the outfit makes it obvious she has an impressively large chest, which was also apparent in her hero costume despite being equally covered up back then.
* HiddenHeartOfGold: [[spoiler:This is ultimately how Midoriya reaches her; Lady Nagant truly wants to be a hero who helps people. Her entire disillusionment came from realizing that what she was doing for the Commission wasn't that.]]
* HiredGuns: Midoriya correctly guesses she is sent by All For One to capture him, and is proven right. The "payment" was [[NotQuiteFlight another Quirk]].
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Takes on All For One's request to capture Midoriya since he wishes to tear down the society that was built up. While she has a good FreudianExcuse, she thinks his rule would be preferable since he's truthful about his plans. Of course she should know All For One works by manipulation and is glib towards anyone who will suit his needs which she ends up falling for. [[spoiler:She pays for this after Midoriya defeats her in battle, and she is engulfed in a fiery explosion that All For One had secretly implanted in her because he didn't expect her to win. In fact, as the next chapter shows, All For One was never even at the hideout he said she should send Midoriya to after beating him and instead left a message to demoralize the young hero before setting off an explosion with him and various over pros inside.]]
* HomingProjectile: She can form bullets specifically designed to better pull this off, but it says something that she's relying mainly on her own ''natural'' ImprobableAimingSkills to pull this off rather than a Quirk like Snipe does, which is one of the reasons he calls her his superior.
* IfIWantedYouDead: One of those rare occasions where the victim is the one who says it. Midoriya feels that if Lady Nagant truly meant to incapacitate or kill him with her skills and power, she could have easily done so with just her first shot. He even noticed that the shot aimed at Overhaul wasn't going to be fatal. With this evidence, Midoriya is sure Lady Nagant still has the heart of a hero.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: If you'd look closely, she aims her sniper rifle, hitting Midoriya's phone not only from far away, but through an oddly-shaped ''iron sight'' built into a sniper rifle, bipod and all, ''manifested from her right arm.'' Most snipers require a ''magnified scope'' and ''both hands'' on the gun to stabilize it. Even more impressively, this ''isn't'' tied to her Quirk at all but simply her natural skill. She can likewise curve her bullets which Midoriya finds out while trying to run from her only for a bullet to come flying at him ''over'' a building. [[spoiler:She manages to even snipe off Shigaraki's hand from a massive distance away from the completely unstable flying U.A. in rainy weather.]]
* InvoluntarySuicideMechanism: [[spoiler:After Nagant's defeat, All for One reveals that he secretly gave her a self-destruction Quirk and activates it to prevent her from switching sides. Miraculously, she survives.]]
* KilledToUpholdTheMasquerade: Basically her job when working for the HPSC. She was tasked with killing corrupt heroes and potential villains ''before'' they could do anything, for the sake of preserving the idea that society was in a time of peace. Doing this DirtyBusiness eventually got to her though, and when she tried objecting to another mission when speaking with the Commission President, he threatened to have this done to ''her'' too, requiring she kill him before he can. She was then framed for killing another hero so the commission could lock her away in Tartarus rather than let her reveal the truth.
* LadyOfWar: She handles her Rifle Quirk with deadly and precise accuracy, and the Air Walk Quirk gifted by All For One gives her an air of elegance.
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: All For One hired Lady Nagant to capture Midoriya and gave her a second Quirk to help her, but seemingly neglected to tell her that her target also has multiple Quirks. So when Midoriya uses smokescreen to give himself some cover, [[DidntSeeThatComing she's naturally caught off guard]]. [[spoiler:Which is an early hint that All For One never believed she would defeat Midoriya and set up her entire battle with him just to screw with the young hero.]]
* LogicalWeakness: Subverted. Midoriya attempts to capture Lady Nagant by using an entire office building as cover to close the distance, reasoning that a sniper like her would be vulnerable in close quarters. Unfortunately for him, she's been trained to deal with close-range fighters, worming her way out of his grip before assailing him with a barrage of bullets from all directions.
* LovecraftianSuperpower: Her Quirk allows her to spawn a sniper rifle from her elbow. Unlike Yaoyorozu, who can just create objects from her body, her rifle seems to be an actual extension of her body as it has [[OrganicTechnology organic parts]] that she can manipulate such as creating a stand to help stabilize her rifle, or creating a scope out of the muscle tissue to snipe long-range targets.
* LongHairIsFeminine: Justified. Since Nagant's Quirk relies on the bullets made from it, her hair used to long enough to reach her waist and she also was a very girly (even if a bit tomboy) look.
* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: Aside from a momentary shift in her facial expression, she doesn't really react when [[spoiler:Midoriya breaks her rifle arm with a Faux 100% Manchester Smash. This extends into the moment where he catches her midair by grasping onto her now bloodied and bruised up arm. Her inner monologue simply focuses on her newfound respect for Midoriya without any indication of pain or discomfort with her current position.]]
* MeaningfulName: She's named after the Mosin-Nagant, which has commonly seen use as a sniper rifle.
* MoralMyopia: Her professed disgruntlement with the Commission was due to feeling like she was made to do unglamorous work (assassination) to uphold the glamorous image of heroism. On the other hand, she doesn't hold All For One to the same standards, despite them having brought much more misery to innocent people, and is very easily swayed to his side. She justifies her own myopia by stating that at least All For One [[AtLeastIAdmitIt is transparent and doesn't lie about]] [[CardCarryingVillain his own intentions]]. [[spoiler:Unfortunately for her, [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter she was completely wrong about All For One]], as he'd been lying to and using her the entire time.]]
* MostCommonSuperpower: Nagant's drawn with a noticeably large bust and is one of the most dangerous female villains seen in the series.
* MyGreatestSecondChance: [[spoiler:After being turned into a BrokenBird by the Commission and used by All For One into a tool to torture Midoriya with, [[TheParagon Midoriya]] manages to reignite her faith in true heroism. Come the FinalBattle, she brings out her rifle to provide support to the heroes by shooting Shigaraki's hands off before he can release a Decay Wave.]]
* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler:She survives All For One's booby trap that renders her a literal body bomb, and it's noted that this should have killed an ordinary person, but she manages to fight to stay alive despite gruesome bodily damage.]]
* NotQuiteFlight: She has been given the Air Walk Quirk by All For One, allowing a greater vantage point to aid her in capturing Midoriya.
* OrganicTechnology: Both her rifle and her ammunition are created from her own bodily tissues. The rifle in particular is very in-depth, complete with a scope, and an insertion point for ammunition in her palm. She can divert even more of her organic matter into it to make the bullets much more powerful or faster. All this together means that Nagant's entire right arm, at least, appears to be biotech. It's extremely unclear if she can materialize a gun or bullets from any other part of her biomass than her hair though.
* PragmaticVillainy: She frees Overhaul from his cell in Tartarus because he is a fellow victim of hero society, but drags him along with her not out of compassion, but because she deems him useful due to his broken mental state.
* PurpleIsPowerful: Not only her eyes are purple and her hair has a tone purplish-blue, she uses a purple body suit and skirt during her time hunting down Midoriya. In the anime, her bullets leave a purple trail behind them, akin to a laser.
* RecoilBoost: She propels herself while using Air Walk by firing her rifle behind her, allowing her to quickly reposition herself to take more potshots.
* ResignationsNotAccepted: When she grew tired of doing the commission's DirtyBusiness and voiced her objections to the President, he threatened to have her {{killed|ToUpholdTheMasquerade}}, requiring she kill him instead. She was then thrown in Tartarus under the false allegations of killing another hero so as to stop her from saying anything.
* RequiredSecondaryPowers: Averted. Her Quirk manifests both her rifle and her bullets, but what makes her exceptional are her natural and finely-honed sharpshooting skills.
* ScarsAreForever: [[spoiler:She still bears the scars from All For One's bomb Quirk across her face.]]
* ShadowArchetype: To Hawks. Both were recruited to serve the HSPC from a young age and immediately became very popular heroes, at the same time both were both used by the Commission to conduct secret and off-the-books missions. While Hawks still managed to endure the pressure and keep a cheery and upbeat persona, at least until the HSPC fell apart, Lady Nagant broke and lost herself, becoming sad and apathetic.
* ShellShockedVeteran: The dirty work she had to do back in the past has disillusioned her very severely to the point she considered the current society as corrupted despite the fact that if All For One had his way, it'll cause more discord and death. She cites his rule can't be any better than who she initially worked for since [[AtLeastIAdmitIt he's at least open about his objectives]], even if it's obviously evil.
* ShoutOut: Horikoshi states in the chapter comments that her skill in ''curving'' bullets was directly inspired from Creator/AngelinaJolie's role as Fox in ''Film/{{Wanted}}''.
* SmugSmiler: At one point during her fight with Midoriya, she skips through the air using Air Walk while wearing a rather cheeky smirk on her face to show just how confident she is.
* SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler:If All For One had never betrayed her, then there's a strong chance Shigaraki would've decayed the floating U.A. high school and made things even worse for the heroes, or potentially even allow All For One reassert control over him. Her intervention at a key moment in Izuku's fight against him not only prevents Shigaraki from using his Quirk, but also makes All For One's vestige emotionally distressed enough for Shigaraki to then overcome his [[GrandTheftMe attempt at possession]], ruining his plan to steal back One For All.]]
* SpontaneousWeaponCreation: Her Quirk makes her a living sniper rifle, able to generate a rifle from her right arm and even turn her hair into bullets.
* TechnicolorEyes: Her eyes are bright purple, like amethysts.
* TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse: Compared to the bloodthirsty Moonfish and Muscular, mob boss Overhaul, the relentless Stain and the BigBad that is All For One, she is pretty much the one that looks and acts the most normal. However, the fact she was lumped in with such a crowd (complete with voice over from a prison guard muttering about how none of them were "human"), and the fact she's in [[TheAlcatraz Tartarus]] of all places, suggests she's more dangerous than meets the eye. Something proven right when it's learned she's an ex-hero said to have killed another hero.
* TomboyishPonytail: During her days as a hero, she wore her hair in this style and was a bonafide ActionGirl, though it seems it was cut during her stay in Tartarus.
* TomboyishVoice: As portrayed in the Japanese version of the anime, she not only has a gruff voice, but also uses suffixes and particles that are usually heard coming from male characters, similar to Mirko.
* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: Not only her Quirk is an actual gun, as a hero she wore a sleeveless dark-blue bodysuit with her hair tied on a ponytail, but she often had a very upbeat persona, and her merch color scheme was mostly pink and bright purple. Her bio in an omake also mentions she loves cute things.
* TrickBullet: Part of why she is so successful. She can make a wide variety of bullets with her Quirk:
-->'''Snipe:''' ''The secret lies in her bullets.'' She can form her bullets into any shape she wants. She mixes and moulds her two-toned hair, like epoxy putty, before hardening it into a bullet. She can make anything from hollow-point bullets to bullets that curve.
* UnexplainedRecovery: [[spoiler:After her defeat by Midoriya, All For One triggers something, implied to have been attached to the Air Walk Quirk he lent her, that causes her to blow up; a "contingency" in case she failed in her "contract". Surprisingly, it wasn't lethal enough to kill her and, sometime later, she is somehow back on her feet in time to aid in the final battle, though badly scarred and barely standing.]]
* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler:Lady Nagant served this purpose to All For One in his scheme against Midoriya. All For One guessed that Midoriya's compassion would get through to Lady Nagant and kept an explosive failsafe in her body that would detonate if she changed her mind. The explosion was powerful enough to wound her but not enough to kill her, as he wanted her to tell Midoriya about the location she was supposed to send him. Said location was [[LuredIntoATrap a trap left by All For One]] for Midoriya and the heroes he brought with him to catch them in an explosion.]]
* UsedToBeASweetKid: She was once a smiling, optimistic girl when she was in school who had hopes of being a hero. Once she got her dream, her optimism was short-lived.
* VillainHasAPoint: Midoriya legitimately can't find a fault in her logic regarding Hero society, as Kaina believes that even if AFO is defeated and everything returns to normal, the government will inevitably return to killing potential threats to preserve the lie of a just world.
* WorthyOpponent: She is impressed with Midoriya's abilities and deems him to be a true hero for sticking to his optimistic beliefs, even after explaining how hero society isn't as cut-and-dry as they were previously taught.
* WreckedWeapon: Midoriya defeats Lady Nagant by shattering her rifle with one kick.
* YouAreNumber6: She's introduced with her prisoner code, 656698, but her hero name is given during her encounter with Midoriya.

!!Final War Arc
[[folder:Heteromorph Mob]]
!!Heteromorph Mob
* BrokenPedestal: [[spoiler:Seeing Spinner mindlessly charge through a wall of civilians causes them all to lose faith in him.]]
* TheDogBitesBack: The crowd consists of people who have been heavily discriminated against for the way they look. They all believe that things will improve if they follow Spinner and defeat the heroes.
* FantasticRacism: Everyone in the crowd is a victim of it, having led terrible lives because "normal" people were disgusted by how they looked.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: They are hit with PostSupportRegret after [[spoiler:Spinner charges through the hospital staff. All of them that witnessed it mill out of the building in shock/shame]].
* TokenEvilTeammate: The speaker, a man with a spider Quirk, is completely aware that the mob's purpose is to hurt hero society, not promote equality.

!Minor Villains
!!Entrance Exam Arc
[[folder:Sludge Villain]]
!!Sludge Villain
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Shinya Fukumatsu (Japanese), Creator/JeremyInman (English)
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 1 (Manga), Episode 1 (Anime)
!!!'''Quirk:''' [[BlobMonster Unnamed Sludge Body Quirk]]
!!!'''Rank:''' D

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->''"Don't worry. I'm just hijacking your body. Calm down. It'll only hurt for about 45 seconds... then it'll be all over."''

An unnamed villain and the main antagonist of the manga's first chapter and anime's first two episodes.

* AmbiguouslyHuman: Of all the "humans" introduced in the series, he is definitely the least human-like.
* BigBadWannabe: He thought that possessing a middle schooler with an explosion Quirk would make him strong enough to defeat ''All Might''. As you can probably guess based on the fact he only appeared in the first chapter and doesn't even get a name... it isn't.
* BlobMonster: A mud-like entity.
* TheBusCameBack: The Sludge Villain makes his return in the Second War, having joined the alliance of villains in their attempt to free Gigantomachia at the ruins of Jaku.
* CreateYourOwnHero: His attempt to kill Bakugo results in Midoriya attempting to save the former, causing a depowered All Might to temporarily overcome his three-hour limit after witnessing this, then proceeding to obliterate the villain.
* DirtyCoward: The only time he is willing to fight is if he can ambush an unsuspecting party or if he managed to take control of a victim with a strong enough Quirk, with the bonus of them being his hostage for added leverage. Otherwise, he's content to simply try to ''murder'' his victims by means of invading their bodies and use their corpses as hiding spots until the coast is clear. Something Midoriya and Bakugo know too well. This streak extends to even when he joins up with All For One's army and his group's attempt to free Gigantomachia. He fakes fighting at the start only to ditch his teammates [[spoiler: to sneak away and try to hijack Shinso to hide in, since he didn't want to fight the remaining determined Heroes that still chose to fight even after Japan fell to chaos. Once Mina, someone who could actually hurt him, enters the fray he again tries to run away before being captured by Shinso]].
* EyeScream: In an attempt to rescue Bakugo, Midoriya throws his bag at the villain, which ends up launching a metal pencil case into his eye.
* GoForTheEye: His eyes are essentially the only part of him at all vulnerable to physical attacks, and even attacking them only stuns him for a few seconds.
* GrandTheftMe: He is able to take over other people's bodies, and is even able to use their Quirks against their will.
* GreenIsGross: His main and only color is a dark, slimy green.
* HumanShield: Uses Bakugo as one to keep the heroes from attacking him. It works until All Might shows up and literally blows him away.
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: [[spoiler:When he realizes Ashido is attacking him with acid, his LogicalWeakness, he instantly decides to run for it rather than fight her.]]
* LiterallyShatteredLives: All Might obliterates him into a huge mess with a Detroit Smash. At the end, the police are unceremoniously recovering his pieces in garbage bags.
* LogicalWeakness: Being made out of sludge means liquids that can mix into him bypass his NighInvulnerability entirely and are extra effective. [[spoiler:This makes Ashido his ManOfKryptonite, as her acid attacks do exactly this. As a result, the moment he realizes what her power is, [[KnowWhenToFoldEm he tries to run for it]] knowing he doesn't stand a chance.]]
* NighInvulnerability: Physical attacks are mostly useless against him, but he's still vulnerable to BlowYouAway, so All Might manages to beat him by punching the air against him ''really hard''.
* NoNameGiven: He is never given a name. The closest thing he has to one is the name people gave to the event he was part of "The Sludge Incident".
* OrificeInvasion: His method of killing his potential skin suits is to force his substance into their mouths and nostrils until they suffocate before taking their body entirely.
* SealedEvilInACan: Almost literally. All Might manages to imprison him in a plastic bottle after their first fight, and in a bunch of garbage bags after their second one.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: If it weren't for his existence, Midoriya would never have convinced All Might to make him his successor, let alone met him. He also provided an important ego-shattering defeat for Bakugo, kickstarting his slow CharacterDevelopment.
* StarterVillain: He is just a random criminal who serves to kick start the plot and showcase All Might's overwhelming power.
* TombstoneTeeth: While normally depicted with fangs, the Sludge Villain is depicted with uniformly-shaped block-like teeth when taking over the body of Katsuki Bakugo and when he returns in Chapter 341.
* WouldHurtAChild: Was planning to hijack and effectively kill Midoriya and Bakugo for their bodies.

!!USJ Arc
[[folder:Habit Headgear]]
!!Habit Headgear
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 13 (Manga), Episode 9 (Anime)
!!!'''Quirk:''' Trap Flex
!!!'''Rank:''' C
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A minor villain that was quickly defeated by All Might on his way to class.

* TheBusCameBack: Habit Headgear returns as a part of the wave of villains summoned by All For One during the Final War Arc.
* NoNameGiven: In the anime, he goes unnamed.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: He's at least part of the reason All Might was late to school on the day of the USJ Incident.
* TheWorfEffect: His debut chapter had him kidnap a family after implying he had put both strong pro heroes, Kamui Woods and Mt. Lady, on the ropes right before All Might dives him and defeats him with one move.
* WouldHurtAChild: He takes a little girl hostage along with her parents.

[[folder:OVA Villain]]
!!OVA Villain
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KentaMiyake (Japanese), Creator/ChristopherSabat (English)
!!!'''Debut:''' ''[[Anime/MyHeroAcademiaSaveRescueTraining Save! Rescue Training!]]'' (Anime OVA)
!!!'''Quirk:''' [[SuperStrength One For All]]
!!!'''Rank:''' -
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A villain that debuted in the first OVA: ''Save! Rescue Training''. He's assumed to be a member of The League of Villains that attacked the USJ who hid when the police arrested the rest, but he's eventually revealed to simply be All Might in disguise.

* CanonForeigner: All Might only breaks out the costume in anime original episodes like the first OVA or episode 58.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: The scenario in episode 58 involves the villain killing himself because he doesn't want his lover, Midnight in this scenario, to be associated with his crimes. This is averted when it's revealed that he faked his death in order to escape.
* MotiveMisidentification: In episode 58, the students conclude that he killed himself so his lover would not be affected by her association with him. However, it turns out that the villain just pretended to commit suicide to distract them and happily takes off when given the opportunity. In other words:
-->'''Bakugo:''' ''[seething]'' THERE ''WAS'' NO LOVE!!!
* PlayingPossum: He played dead and bolted while the students stood around deducing the mystery of his death.
* WalkingSpoiler: Talking about him without mentioning that's actually All Might is rather hard to do.
* WhatTheHellHero: In the first OVA, All Might gets an ear full from most of Class 1-A after the truth is revealed.
* WhoMurderedTheAsshole: He's unexpectedly found dead during a hostage exercise in Episode 58, turning it into a murder mystery. Subverted when it turns out he wasn't actually "dead".
* TheWorfEffect: The class is spooked when they see the villain carrying Todoroki's body since they acknowledge Todoroki as their strongest classmate. Hence, this villain must be a threat. This is implied to have been invoked by All Might since he specifically seeks out Todoroki to help him.

!!Field Training Arc
[[folder:Innsmouth]]
!!Innsmouth
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AnriKatsu (Japanese), Creator/TysonRinehart (English)
!!!'''Debut:''' Episode 32 (Anime)
!!!'''Quirk:''' [[CombatTentacles Octopus]]

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->''"[[GratuitousEnglish The end!]] You're just a brat. Since you came here uninvited, you'll have to die!"''

A drug runner and the oldest sibling among a group of four octopod villains. His Quirk makes him like an octopus/kraken.

* AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance: His actual face looks similar to a diving mask.
* BerserkButton: Hurt his siblings and pay the price!
* BreathWeapon: One of his attacks is to blind his enemies with a jet of ink he can spew from his mouth.
* CanonForeigner: He's the franchise's first anime-exclusive villain.
* CombatPragmatist: Immediately took Sirius hostage the second he could to stop Tsuyu from coming after him. And he didn't seem to care about deliberately demolishing his getaway boat when he was cornered (possibly trying to sink everybody), since it wasn't his to begin with and he could get along without it because he can breathe underwater and make his escape by swimming away. He also starts his battles by spewing a jet of ink in his opponent's eyes to blind them.
* CombatTentacles: Two tentacles attached to his face, and pseudo-tentacle webbed arms.
* {{Cthulhumanoid}}: As his character's an homage to the works of Creator/HPLovecraft, he's a [[UnscaledMerfolk fishlike person]] with tentacles protruding from his face.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: When Selkie defeats his siblings, he's furious and wastes no time attacking him.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Despite having Sirius hostage and implying if Tsuyu didn't do what he asked he'd kill her, he doesn't go through with it and instead lashes out at her for giving away his position.
* FillerVillain: An anime-exclusive villain that serves as the main antagonist of Tsuyu's internship.
* GratuitousEnglish: In the Japanese version, he spouts occasional phrases in English like "[[TheBadGuyWins The end!]]" or "[[MoralityPet MY BROTHERRRRRS!!!]]"
* MeaningfulName: His name is taken from the famous short story by Lovecraft, ''The Shadow Over Innsmouth''.
* MultiArmedAndDangerous: Quadruple arms ''and'' combat tentacles. [[Manga/OnePiece You'd be forgiven for mistaking him for a Fishman, given that this series draws a little inspiration from Eiichiro Oda]]. Also, his arms are very similar to Shoji's, albeit with only four limbs instead of six and suction cups.
* {{Pirate}}: Loosely inspired by pirates in terms of design, is a seafaring criminal, and what he does for a living is illegal.
* TentacledTerror: A villain with octopod tentacles, and he doesn't mess around.
* TrojanHorse: Innsmouth performs drug smuggling operations by sneaking into various countries on unsuspecting ships like fishing vessels as a stowaway that his siblings have commandeered. The one time it goes south is when his siblings coerce someone into following along with their plans and the fishing boat engages in unusual activity that gives them away.
* WeirdBeard: Doubles as tentacles. Think [[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMansChest Davy Jones]].
* WouldHitAGirl: He thrashed Sirius and Asui and left both of them half-dazed.

[[folder:Innsmouth's Siblings]]
!!Innsmouth's Siblings
!!!'''Debut:''' Episode 32 (Anime)
!!!'''Quirks:''' [[{{Cthulhumanoid}} Unnammed Cephalopod Quirks]]

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Innsmouth's younger siblings. They are triplets, two brothers and a sister, that are all squid-like in terms of Quirk.

* AlwaysIdenticalTwins: [[ZigZaggingTrope Zigzagged]]. They're triplets, but while the brothers are identical, the sister has a more unique appearance.
* BoundAndGagged: The sister is captured by Tsuyu, Sirius and one of their crewmates. They leave her tied up and gagged behind while they board Innsmouth's ship.
* CanonForeigner: They're anime-exclusive characters.
* ChromaticArrangement: All three of them wear similar clothes with different colors. One is dressed in red, one in blue and one in yellow.
* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: The two brothers thank the fisherman who was coerced into working with them by dropping him down into his own cargo of fish with the police and Selkie that they had just deceived.
* SiblingsInCrime: A trio of siblings operating a drug smuggling business under the orders of their older brother.

!!Internship Arc
[[folder:Team Reservoir Dogs]]
!!Team Reservoir Dogs
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 115 (Manga), Episode 62 (Anime)

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->''"Too bad, hero! There's more than one of us! We are... Team Reservoir Dogs! And don't you forget it!"''

A group of villains who appear to rob a convenience store in the surge of crime after All Might's retirement.

* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: They manage to take down a pro hero, but are soon defeated by Overhaul's own group of villains.
* ColourCodedForYourConvenience: They actually have individual names, which are just the colors they wear on their various headgear.
* CombatPragmatist: When Yellow is intercepted by a pro hero, Red jumps the pro by bashing him with metal pipe on the head from behind so hard the pipe bends. The entire group then taunts the unconscious pro before driving away.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: When they first appeared, it looked as if Overhaul had killed them via BodyHorror. However, when they're referred to later while describing Overhaul's "destroy and repair" Quirk, they're not only fine but apparently, the whole experience removed ailments they'd been suffering beforehand.
* EvilIsPetty: Lampshaded by Overhaul; despite being made up of several villains gathered together, the group is content with merely robbing convenience store registers.
* FlippingTheBird: "Red" flips off Overhaul in the manga, but because of age censorship guidelines, the gesture doesn't translate into the anime.
* HarmfulHealing: Their true fate, after being seemingly killed by Overhaul. After the intense pain, they saw their respective physical and mental diseases were entirely healed.
* MeaningfulName: They're all named after colors, a reference to the movie they get their team name from.
* NamedByTheAdaptation: Red and Yellow go by the names of Broque and Yole in ''My Hero Academia: The Strongest Hero''.
* NoNameGiven: They all go unnamed, except for the one with a yellow narwhal horn, whose name is Yellow. The anime gives the rest of their names: Red (the one with three red horns), Blue (who wears a blue head-piece), and Green (the one with a green mask).
* SacrificialLamb: They are used just to showcase Overhaul's villainy and power, as well as the BodyHorror he can create with his Quirk. This is subverted in the sense that they aren't killed in the end.
* ShoutOut: [[Film/ReservoirDogs To the movie of the same name]].

[[folder:Blade Villain]]
!!Blade Villain
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Katsunori Okai (Japanese), Creator/KyleIgneczi (English)
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 132 (Manga), Episode 68 (Anime)
!!!'''Quirk:''' [[AbsurdlySharpBlade Unnamed Blade Quirk]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Bro, run away!"'']]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Man, I feel like I'm on such a high!"'']]

An unnamed villain who is part of a small street gang that Kirishima faces during his internship with Fat Gum.

* AbsurdlySharpBlade: With Trigger, he can summon these out of his body.
* AdaptationExpansion: In ''One's Justice 2'', he's used as a stand in for various generic thugs during the story mode.
* BodyHorror: {{Downplayed|Trope}}, but just take a look at him once he gets high off of Trigger. Blades start coming out of his ''eyes''.
* CombatPragmatist: His constant exploitation of Kirishima's compassion and understanding can be seen as this. Not to mention he makes his debut shooting Amajiki with the Quirk nullifying bullets, makes a false retreat through an area filled with civilians, turns around to sucker punch Kirishima with his blade Quirk, and then pretends to give up twice by crying, first to take a shot of Trigger so that he could take on his pursuer, and then escape after that fails.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: He believes strong heroes like Kirishima could never understand what it's like to be a weak villain like him.
* OneWingedAngel: With Trigger, his blades grow to an absurd degree, allowing him to cut through Kirishima's hardened skin... at first at least.
* ShutUpKirk: Kirishima tries to sympathize with him and his low self-esteem. His response?
-->'''''I DON'T GIVE A SHIT ABOUT YOUR STORY!!!'''''
* SmallRoleBigImpact: He only appears for one fight and isn't even named. Despite this, he's the first villain Kirishima faces on his own, and serves to both demonstrate Kirishima's Unbreakable mode and introduce the concept of Quirk-boosting drugs into the main series. Additionally, his use of the Quirk nullifying bullets (one of which bounces off of Kirishima's hardening) allows the pro heroes to analyze its contents, which reveals that Eri's cells are being used as its catalyst. As a result, this triggers the crackdown on the Shie Hassaikai by proxy.
* UndyingLoyalty: He has this for his gang, since he engages the pro heroes and police by himself, and intends to free his comrades even after getting knocked around by Kirishima and being high on Trigger.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: Employs this twice. Once to distract Kirishima so he can use his Trigger, and again to try and escape.
* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: Under normal circumstances, his Quirk only allows him to summon blades 10 cm and shorter in length, angrily likening them to free box cutters. Under Trigger's influence, however...

!!Meta Liberation Army Arc
[[folder:The Creature Rejection Clan]]
!!The Creature Rejection Clan
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Yuuki Hoshi, Fumitake Ishiguro (Japanese)
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 220 (Manga), Episode 126 (Anime)
!!!'''Quirks:''' Unknown
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->''"Get out of here... you sins against nature!"''

Otherwise known as the CRC, they are a group of fundamentalist villains that discriminate against those with Mutant Quirks. The League of Villains walk into a sermon they're holding while looking for things to sell for money.

* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: As they became increasingly radical in their beliefs, their public support weakened and they dramatically shrunk in size.
* AdaptationalLateAppearance: In the anime, they don't make their appearance until a flashback during the Paranormal Liberation War Arc.
* AllThereInTheManual: A large portion of the group's history was revealed in the Volume 23 extras.
* AssholeVictim: The League of Villains (sans Dabi) absolutely brutalize them, but it's unlikely any tears will be shed over a group of racists dying.
* BattleTrophy: Their masks (or possibly including their heads as well) show up in the Final War arc, having been stuck on sticks by Spinner's army as they march to Central Hospital for Kurogiri.
* EvilOldFolks: Spinner calls them all fossils and it's implied the group is mainly full of an older crowd.
* FantasticRacism: As UsefulNotes/KuKluxKlan {{Expy}}s, it's to be expected. They consider those with non-human appearances to be disgusting.
* HateSink: They're designed to have no semblance of a redeeming quality, and it shows.
* TheKlan: They're effectively the series' version of the KKK.
* ObviouslyEvil: They're introduced having a candlelit sermon dressed in dark cloaks and skull masks. Definitely not the aesthetic of good people.

!!Endeavor Internship Arc
[[folder:Starservant]]
!!Starservant
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Tomoyuki Shimura (Japanese), Ray Gestaut (English)
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 243 (Manga), Episode 102 (Anime)
!!!'''Quirks:''' [[GlassWeapon Glass Manipulation]]

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->''"Revelations from the universe, I have received! Flee! Flee, good citizens! The dark lord's lips curl into a wicked crescent! [[TheEndIsNigh The end is nigh]]!"''

An old preacher who claims to see a horrible darkness in the near future. His Quirk allows him to manipulate and re-shape glass.

* BeardOfEvil: A villain with a notably long, thick WizardBeard.
* CrazyHomelessPeople: His followers seem to consist of this, and it's implied he's one of these himself.
* CrypticConversation: His dialogue is littered with allusions to darkness and salvation.
* GlassWeapon: His Quirk allows him to manipulate glass. He primarily uses it to reshape the glass into orbs that he then rides on.
* MadOracle: Downplayed. He spouts off what seems like nonsense about a "darkness" that's on its way to destroy the world, but it's unclear how much of what he says is really nonsense.
* NotQuiteFlight: He rides on the glass orbs he creates, allowing him to float off the ground.
* ThePowerOfGlass: Starservant has the ability to manipulate glass. He can also change its consistency from solid to liquid. He hatches a plot to "destroy the darkness" he sees plaguing society by creating a giant glass orb, but Endeavor handles him fairly easily.
* ProphetEyes: His eyes are ghostly white, accentuating his prophet-like appearance.
* WizardBeard: He has a long white beard that adds to his "crazy old preacher" look.

[[folder:Ending]]
!!Ending
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KishowTaniyama (Japanese), Belsheber Rusape Jr. (English)
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 250 (Manga), Episode 105 (Anime)
!!!'''Quirks:''' [[MummyWrap White Line]]

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A recently released convict with a deep admiration for Endeavor. His Quirk, "White Line", allows him to manipulate lane lines painted on the road.

* AllThereInTheManual: His Quirk's name and its proper description were first stated in the Volume 26 extras.
* DeathSeeker: [[MeaningfulName Ending]] believes that the only thing humans can choose freely is how they die and has become obsessed with making sure his death is at Endeavor's hands.
* MindOverMatter: Limited exclusively to lane lines painted on the road.
* MummyWrap: He uses his Quirk to bind Natsuo with lane lines he strips from the road.
* StalkerWithoutACrush: He's obsessed with Endeavor, to the point that the first thing he did after getting out of a seven-year stint in prison, before even eating, was to go to the Todoroki home and scope it out.
* SuicideByCop: His goal. He sees Endeavor as his one "hope," but laments that seven years ago he lacked the commitment to fight to the death. In the present day, he's fixated on getting Endeavor to kill him.
* VillainousBreakdown: He breaks down into hysterical tears when he is not only stopped by Bakugo and Shoto, but also doesn't manage his goal of being killed:
-->'''Ending:''' This is all wrong! Not you guys! Not you! It wasn't supposed to be like this!
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: He discusses this, pointing out that while heroes aren't supposed to kill villains, Endeavor killed [[ArtificialHuman the High-End Nomu Hood]], which isn't quite dead or alive. Ending claims to be the same as the Nomu in that regard and urges Endeavor to kill him.

!!Tartarus Escapees
[[folder: In General]]

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When All For One destroyed Tartarus, numerous prisoners escaped from their cells to wreak havoc across Japan once more. During this escape, All For One recruited a small number of escapees for the goal of capturing Izuku Midoriya.

By the Second War, the remainder of such escapees joined All For One's Villain Army to finally destroy Hero Society.

* CurbStompBattle: On the receiving end. Hawks notes that because of Midoriya's extra Quirks, most of the goons that were sent by All For One (with the exception of Lady Nagant), shouldn't really give Midoriya trouble. This assessment proves correct when both the attackers after Nagant are swiftly defeated, with the third being ''off-screen''. Nagant and Dictator mostly avoid this due to their Quirks allowing them to come at Midorya from a safe distance and (for Dictator's case), Midoriya's own exhaustion reaching his limit.
* TheDreaded: During the Second War, to the point that the seemingly victorious Kamino Hero Squad noted that they were lucky since none of the Tartarus Escapees, like Kunieda or Gashly, got sent to their location.
* EliteMooks: Being escapees that were locked up in Tartarus, all are Villains who have likely committed heinous crimes and be stronger than most others locked up anywhere else. Granted, while such power proves not to really work out against Midoriya (see above), the remainder prove to still be strong enough to prove an obstacle for the other Heroes during the Second War.
* HiredGuns: All of them are essentially this, having been paid off, either with an extra Quirk or the promise of safety, in exchange for bringing Midoriya back to All For One.
* UndyingLoyalty: All of them pledged loyalty to All For One for freeing them from Tartarus, though meeting Midoriya for Nagant does rekindle her heroic spirit enough to betray him.
* TheUnfought: They were originally hired by All For One to capture Midoriya, but Kunieda points out that the remaining hired guns never got such a chance after Dictator lost and Midoriya was saved by Class 1-A.

[[folder: Fanged Escapee]]
!!Fanged Escapee
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 317 (Manga), Episode 135 (Anime)
!!!'''Quirk:''' Unknown

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An escapee from Tartarus that All For One recruited to capture Midoriya. He is the second hired gun to encounter Midoriya, but is promptly defeated without effort and captured.

* BaldOfEvil: The panel that shows his defeat, also shows that he is bald.
* DominoMask: He wears one of these.
* HiredGuns: He's recruited by All For One to hunt down Midoriya. However, compared to Lady Nagant and Dictator, goes down with a deal of ease. What All For One used to get him on his side, be it an extra Quirk or safety, is unknown.
* NoNameGiven: His name is never revealed.
* ScaryTeeth: He's a dangerous escaped prisoner and has the pointed teeth to go for it.
* TattooedCrook: His chest and arms are covered with tattoos of women in religious attire.
* TheWorfEffect: Being an escaped prisoner from Tartarus, he likely has committed heinous crimes that warranted being incarcerated there and is likely incredibly stronger than the average villain. However, the call with Hawks and his only on-screen appearance outright confirms he was defeated without much effort, showcasing that Midoriya's skills outclass most of those imprisoned even in Tartarus.

[[folder: Shark Escapee]]
!!Shark Escapee
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 318 (Manga), Episode 135 (Anime)
!!!'''Quirk:''' Unnamed Marine Gigantification Quirk

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An escapee from Tartarus that All For One had recruited in order to capture Midoriya. He is the third hired gun that the hero meets, and he attacks in the ocean next to a bridge. His defeat is never shown, but a report from Hawks later in the series confirms his capture.
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* HiredGuns: Sent by All For One to hunt down Midoriya. Like with the second hired gun sent by All For One, it's unknown what All For One used to get him to comply.
* {{Kaiju}}: His design seems inspired by such classic monsters.
* WaistDeepOcean: When he fights Midoriya, the water is barely reaching up to his stomach.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The only panel time he gets is when he's about to fight Midoriya and the results of such a fight, or that he was even one of the hired guns, weren't known until nine chapters later in the manga when Hawks reports that he was defeated and captured.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Dictator]]
!! Dictator
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ReaganMurdock (English)
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 318 (Manga), Episode 135 (Anime)
!!!'''Quirk:''' [[PeoplePuppets Despot]]

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-> ''Ho ho spoiling for a fight, are you?! Very well! A fight you shall have! AGAINST THE IGNORANT MASSES THEMSELVES!''

Another escapee from Tartarus that All For One employs to capture Midoriya, being the fourth to attack him. He was captured by Crust five years prior to the main story. His Quirk is Despot in which he can control multiple beings via strings from his body and force them to do his bidding.
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* AndIMustScream: His victims still have their bearings when he makes them go on the attack, but they can't do anything to stop their bodies from obeying Dictator's commands.
* BadPowersBadPeople: Naturally, the guy who can control whole crowds of people against their will while they're fully conscious is a villain. He takes full advantage of his quirk too, employing dirty tactics like using the controlled people as human shields.
* CombatPragmatist: He attacks Midoriya while the young hero is on the brink of collapsing, and since the [[PeoplePuppets controlled victims of his Quirk]] can be freed by either a strong blow to them or knocking him out, he makes sure that [[HumanShield plenty of people surround him for protection.]]
* DidntSeeThatComing: He was only focused on Midoriya going off of what All For One told him. He didn't think his classmates would come to his aid with Bakugo nailing him directly with a attack from above.
* HiredGuns: He’s sent by All For One to capture Midoriya like Lady Nagant, though instead of another Quirk, he mentions that his reward would be some unspecified security.
* HumanShield: He uses civilians to keep Midoriya from attacking him. Midoriya knows a heavy blow will knock them out of Dictator's control, but doesn't want to risk hurting them. Luckily Bakugo's arrival prevents Deku from getting swarmed.
* MarionetteMaster: He's shown controlling his victims via strings from his body and his arm motions like a marionette puppeter.
* MonsterClown: He has the look of one.
* PeoplePuppets: Quite literally. His Despot Quirk forces people to obey his commands with them fully aware of it and unable to resist.
* SquishyWizard: His Quirk can affect a huge crowd all at once, but he goes down in a single attack from Bakugo.
* ZergRush: His strategy against Midoriya is to swarm him with numbers of the civilians he controls, knowing full well Midoriya wouldn't want to risk hurting them.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Kunieda]]
!! Kunieda
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 353 (Manga)
!!!'''Quirk:''' Unnamed Plant Quirk

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-> ''This is about empirical utility and harm. None of those who've deceived him in the past have lived to tell the tale. Exceptions will not be tolerated. Because of Dictator's failure, my turn never came around. But now I can demonstrate my utility to All For One as one of his assassins.''

An escapee from Tartarus recruited by All For One. Due to Dicator's failure, Kunieda never got the chance to fight Midoriya. He joined All For One during the Second War. Because of the Heroes plans, the villains were split up and Kunieda was left behind in the Troy parking lot to face against Yuga Aoyama and Fat Gum.
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* ColdHam: So much so that an exasperated Fat Gum calls him an alien for it.
* DivideAndConquer: He's able to figure out that the split up plan the heroes came up with was generally for the primary fighters on the villains' side, but notes that not much thought was given to the "dregs" left in the parking lot.
* TheDreaded: He's named dropped by a hero in the Kamino Squad as being apart of the Tartarus Escapees that would give the heroes trouble in their efforts to defeat the villains. A fear that's well placed as Kunieda's Quirk allows him to wipe out nearly an entire squad of Heroes all by himself.
* DesecratingTheDead: He not only kills people, but he collects their bodies as food to make his plants. An ability he showcases by turning nearly the entirety of the Troy Parking Lot Hero Squad into plants. Thankfully, such states can be reversed if fast enough, which is done by Aoyama and Hagakure.
* DidntSeeThatComing: Near the end of the Parking Lot fight, Kunieda has Aoyama dead to rights, his belt taken away and most of the other Heroes turned into plants. He most certainly was not expecting Aoyama's last ditch, unfocused lasers to be reflected by Hagakure into shooting right back at him to knock him out.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Believes concepts like "hope" or "trust" coat the planet like an "oppressive membrane".
* GreenThumb: His Quirk allows for the creation and quick growth of plants, which are apparently fast growing enough that by the time the action returns to the lot, he sprouted an entire forest to sit upon and has skewered several people with his plants as well. His Quirk's spore abilities allows him to grow plants using people as nutrients and can have them proliferate fast enough to wipe out practically all 32 Heroes assigned to the parking lot, except for Hagakure.
* HiredGuns: He was also recruited by All For One initially for the purpose of capturing Midoriya. Given his dialogue, and his knowledge of All For One's streak of killing traitors, there's an implication Kunieda may have been a former associate of AFO.
* IFightForTheStrongestSide: Inverted. He accuses the Traitor of being the 'bat of the aesop' for their actions and seeks to kill them in order to preserve the streak of All For One arranging the murders of those who betray him.
* InTheHood: Wears a hood and mask that conceals most of his face.
* LeanAndMean: He's a pretty lanky villain and definitely fits the "mean" part due to his status as a dangerous escaped serial killer turned assassin.
* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: Inverted. He seeks to fulfill this by killing the traitor for the villains side, and flat out tells them that the "dregs" left behind will seek to kill them as well.
* SerialKiller: His bio during his fight against Aoyama lists his major crimes as being a mass murderer.
* TheUnfought: Following Dictator's defeat, he was unable to fight Midoriya. Thus, he seeks to prove his utility as All For One's assassin by killing the one who betrayed the villains.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Gashly]]
!! Gashly
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 406 (Manga)
!!!'''Quirk:''' Unknown

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An escaped convict from Tartarus that joined All For One, fighting for the Villain's side during the Second War. Due to the Heroes plan to divide the Villains, he was sent to Takoba Arena to fight against the Heroes stationed there.
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* TheDreaded: He was specifically namedropped as being a Villain that the Heroes in the Kamino Squad considered themselves lucky ''not'' to fight. A fear well placed as, when the action turns to the Takoba arena, Gashly's Quirk allows him to fend off hordes of Heroes while the Villain is preoccupied reading.
* MeaningfulAppearance: His design (from his scarf, to his hat to his umbrella) is based upon the skull-faced gentleman from the Gashlycrumb Tinies.
* MeaningfulName: He's named after the Gashlycrumb Tinies, an alphabet book written by Edward Gorey that lists the demise of 26 children from A-Z.
* SinisterSilhouettes: He's first shown in silhouette, but given his appearance and what Gashly signifies, it leaves no doubt that he is that Villain question.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Dreadlocks Escapee]]
!! Dreadlocks Escapee
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 343 (Manga)
!!!'''Quirk:''' Unknown

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An escaped convict from Tartarus that became one of All For One's minions, originally meant to capture Izuku Midoriya. During the Second War, he joined in as apart of the wave of Villains summoned by All For One to assist in this capture. However, the trap sprung by the Heroes split up the Villains, sending him to the Gunga Mountain Ruins to fight the Hero Squad there.
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* AmbiguouslyBrown: Has noticeably darker skin than the other Villains, though its unknown if its simply a tan or natural. Given the series is set in Japan, its leads credence he would likely be Japanese, at the very least.
* DreadlockWarrior: He's a Villain whose light hair was styled in dreadlocks.
* SinisterSilhouettes: Noticeably gets this treament both when Nagant reveals more Tartarus Villains were recruited by AFO and then during the mentions of both Kunieda and Gashly. However, in case of the latter, that design (especially its dreadlocks) just confirms his appearance during AFO's Villain summon.
[[/folder]]

!!Past Villains
[[folder:Toxic Chainsaw]]
!!Toxic Chainsaw
!!!'''Quirk:''' Unknown
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A villain who fought against All Might. Little is known about him, but Midoriya thought that he might have caused All Might's injuries, before being corrected.
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* AllThereInTheManual: His design (or at least a prototype of it) can only be found in the ''My Hero Academia Official Character Book Ultra Archive'' databook, as he's otherwise not made a physical appearance.
* ChainsawGood: Invoked by his name.
* CurbStompBattle: According to All Might, Toxic Chainsaw couldn't even get ''near'' him.
* TheGhost: He was namedropped in the very first chapter of the manga,[[labelnote:*]]The second episode of the anime[[/labelnote]] but has never appeared or been mentioned since.
* LostInTranslation: In the original scanlations, Toxic Chainsaw got a case of [[BlindIdiotTranslation mistranslational]] [[AdaptationalBadass badass]], as All Might is translated as saying that Toxic Chainsaw caused his injuries. The official translation revealed that he was beaten badly by All Might and couldn't lay a scratch on him, and the story would later attribute All Might's injuries to All For One.
* PoisonIsEvil: He's a villain who has "Toxic" (or "Venomous" depending on the translation) in his name.
* PoisonousPerson: If his name is in any way accurate.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Oji Harima]]
!!Oji Harima
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 171 (Manga), Episode 82 (Anime)
!!!'''Quirk:''' Unknown

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An infamous villain who's known as the Uncanny Thief. He is one of the legendary villains mentioned by Gentle that carved their way through history alongside Destro and All For One.
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* AntiVillain: Oji Harima would steal from overpaid false/corrupted heroes and made sure to give all his spoils to the needy, while also advocating for systemic change within the hero profession.
* ChekhovsGunman: When first introduced, he's just one of three villains Gentle Criminal lists as being ones who carved their names in history. He wouldn't be mentioned again for another hundred chapters, where he'd become an integral piece of [[spoiler:Mr. Compress']] motivations. Namely, that he's [[spoiler:Atsuhiro's great-great grandfather and idol.]]
* FamousAncestor: [[spoiler:He's the great-great grandfather and personal idol to Mr. Compress, who adopts Harima's profession and goal of dismantling the hero system.]]
* JustLikeRobinHood: According to the ''ULTRA ANALYSIS Character Book'', he mainly targeted the rich and gave the money he stole to the poor.
* MeaningfulName: Oji is Japanese for "prince".
* PracticallyJoker: {{Zig zagged|Trope}}. With his SlasherSmile, sharp facial features and wild hair on top of his jester theme, Oji's design ''seems'' to draw clear inspiration from the Clown Prince of Crime himself. While his personality is unknown though, his actions are antithetical to that of the Joker, being a modern day [[JustLikeRobinHood Robin Hood]] seeking to help the poor and punish the corrupt.
* RedBaron: "The Uncanny Thief".
* SlasherSmile: He sports one in a monologue that Gentle gives.
[[/folder]]


!Villains From Other ''My Hero Academia'' Media
Villains that originate from ''My Hero Academia'' content outside of the main series. Villains the originate from movies, video games, ''Manga/MyHeroAcademiaVigilantes'' and ''Manga/MyHeroAcademiaTeamUpMission'' can be found on their own pages.
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!!Other Media
[[folder:Sand Villain]]
!!Sand Villain
!!!'''Debut:''' ''Deku & Bakugo: Rising'' Chapter 1 (Manga)
!!!'''Quirk:''' {{Sand|Blaster}}

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A villain that Midoriya and Bakugo encountered when they were still in middle school.
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* CurbStompBattle: Air Jet takes him out in a single blast.
* MuckingInTheMud: His sand body is reduced into mud when it rains. He tries to use this to his advantage by posing as a mud puddle, but Bakugo catches on.
* PowerMisidentification: Bakugo initially believes that his Quirk turns his body into clouds and also considers that his Quirk gives him control over the weather when a sudden storm allows him to escape. In truth, as Midoriya and later Bakugo figures out, is that the villain's Quirk gives him a body of ''sand'', and the sudden storm was an incidental one caused by Nine.
* NoNameGiven: He isn't properly named, though Bakugo refers to him as the "Cloud Villain" before he figures out the villain's Quirk.
* SandBlaster: His Quirk gives him a body of sand that he can control to his whim.
* SmokeOut: He can use his sand body to create a sand cloud that allows him to slip away from others. Bakugo initially assumes that his Quirk is cloud-based because of this.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Shinjiro Hohoemi -- Mr. Smiley]]
!!Shinjiro Hohoemi -- Mr. Smiley
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Hironori Kondo (Japanese), Anthony [=DiMascio=] (English)
!!!'''Debut:''' ''My Hero Academia: Laugh! As If You Are in Hell''
!!!'''Quirk:''' [[EmotionBomb Smile]]

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An aspiring painter who failed to get his art recognized, he has taken to graffiti. His quirk, "Smile", forces anyone who looks at his smile into fits of laughter for two hours straight.
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* BewareTheSillyOnes: Endeavour is incredulous the police asked him to go after a mere graffiti artist. Said "mere graffiti artist" proves nigh-on impossible for Deku, Shoto, Bakugo, and even ''Endeavour himself'' to beat in a straight fight.
* EmotionBomb: As mentioned above, so long as his face is being shown in real time, anyone who sees it is forced into fits of laughter.
* TragicVillain: Smiley simply wanted people to see his art, and his crimes are relatively minor compared to other villains.
[[/folder]]

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!!Tartarus Mercenaries

!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 353 (Manga)

An escaped convict from Tartarus that joined All For One, fighting for the Villain's side during the Second War.

* TheDreaded: He was specifically namedropped as being a villain that the Heroes in the Kamino Squad considered themselves lucky ''not'' to fight.

* SinisterSilhouettes: He's technically only been shown in silhouette, but given his appearance and what Gashly signifies, it leaves no doubt that he is that Villain question.

* TheDreaded: He's named dropped by a hero in the Kamino Squad as being apart of the Tartarus Escapees that would give the heroes trouble in their efforts to defeat the villains.

* GreenThumb: His Quirk allows for the creation and quick growth of plants, which are apparently fast growing enough that by the time the action returns to the lot, he sprouted an entire forest to sit upon and has skewered several people with his plants as well.
* HiredGuns: He was also recruited by All For One initially for the purpose of capturing Midoriya. Given his dialogue, and his knowledge of All For One's streak of killing traitors, there's an implication Kunieda may have been a former associate of AFO.

* LeanAndMean: He's a pretty lanky villain and definitely fits the "mean" part due to his status as a dangerous escaped prisoner turned assassin.

* BoobsOfSteel: She's drawn with a noticeable bust and is one of the few notable female villains to pose a significant threat, enough to scare the ''#2 hero Hawks.''

* {{Foil}}: He's one to Midoriya. Both of them want to be heroes and start off without the skills needed to become one, academic aptitude in the case of Gentle and a Quirk in the case of Midoriya. Both were also impacted by a crisis in their rock bottom that changed their life forever. Whereas Midoriya's encounter with a villain started him on the path to becoming a hero, Gentle's failed attempt to rescue a falling civilian severely set him back and forced him to live on the fringes of society. Additionally, whereas Midoriya is driven by a desire to save people and take up All Might's torch to surpass his own weaknesses, Gentle is unable to overcome his failures and badly craves acknowledgement. Midoriya finds the battle with Gentle hard on a personal level, seeing so much of Gentle in himself, and this realization finally gives Gentle the feeling of worthiness he long desired.

* {{Foil}}:
** To Midoriya. Both characters started with idealistic dreams about being a hero and got the chance to make their dreams reality, but soon had their idealism challenged by the grim reality of heroism. However, whereas Midoriya still holds to his ideals while acknowledging the GreyAndGreyMorality around him, Lady Nagant has completely succumbed to the cynicism she developed as an assassin.
** To her former kohai, Hawks. Both are mobile long-range fighters that combine strong sensory abilities with an AnatomyArsenal, were child prodigies groomed and trained by the Hero Commission, and have an irreverent personality despite also being {{Consummate Professional}}s and holding high standards for heroes:
*** Each was essentially railroaded into their position by the Commission. However, Hawks has faith in his allies, if not his superiors, providing support to heroes like Tokoyami and Endeavor when he thinks they're falling short of their potential. Conversely, Lady Nagant seeks to destroy hero society for its shortcomings and hates hero supporters as much as she hates the system itself.
*** While Hawks was willing to feign loyalty to the League as a double agent, he drew the line at killing heroes. On the other hand, Lady Nagant emphatically refuses to be one of AFO's lackeys, but, once hired, is even willing to attack and attempt to dismember a teenager.
*** The two also have opposing SympathyForTheDevil moments. While Hawks feels sympathy for Twice and considered him a friend, he doesn't believe that negates Twice being an unrepentant criminal, and is willing to kill him if it prevents harm to others, even if he feels terrible about it. In contrast, despite her dislike and irritation towards Overhaul, Lady Nagant is willing to become his ally, automatically assuming that his presence in Tartarus means he was another person screwed over by the hero system, and never even considering that he might have been in super-max for [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter a good reason]].