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Masegaki Elementary School
Komari Ikoma
Komari Ikoma
Voiced by: Sara Matsumoto (Japanese), Madeleine Morris (English)
Debut: Chapter 164 (Manga), Episode 79 (Anime)
Quirk: Unknown
A newbie teacher at Masegaki Elementary School.
- The Alcoholic: Her favorite thing is beer. It's hard to fault her, considering the kids she has to deal with.
- All There in the Manual: Her name is only revealed in the Volume 18 extras. Gang Orca generally only calls her "Sensei."
- Apologizes a Lot: She's quick to apologize for her students being troublemakers, blaming herself for failing to keep them in line.
- Badly Battered Babysitter: She can barely keep up with her students, never mind Bakugo and the others.
- Meaningful Name: "Komari" means "to be troubled/vexed". Her family name is a reference to Ikoma Language School, a Japanese language school in Singapore.
- Prone to Tears: She seems almost constantly on the verge of bursting into tears, thanks to how difficult her students are.
- Shrinking Violet: Kōhei Horikoshi describes her as having a timid personality.
Students
Voiced by: Haruka Shamoto, Wakana Minami, Ai Ishikawa, Yuki Sanpei, Serika Hiromatsu, Chisa Suganuma, Chiyuki Miura (Japanese)
Debut: Chapter 164 (Manga), Episode 79 (Anime)
Quirks: Binging Ball, Assault Dust, Viral Cosmos, Electromagnetic Bullets, King Slam, Hula Hoop, Tongue Tank, Queen Beam
A class of mischievous elementary school students that Bakugo, Todoroki, Yoarashi, and Camie need to win over for their license exam retaking lessons.
- Adaptation Expansion: While most of their Quirks are named in the manga, only a few are properly shown off. The anime gives a small showcase of the kids' Quirks to rectify this.
- Adorably Precocious Child: Some of them are very socially aware for their age, but it's mostly Played for Laughs.
- Armor-Piercing Question: One boy gets one before giving one in return:Yoarashi: Can kids who give their teachers trouble become good heroes?
Boy: No...?
Yoarashi: Right! In that case...
Boy: But... (gets Yoarashi's attention) Then... since you all gave the teachers and safety commission more work by making them run this class, you can't become one, either? - Bratty Half-Pint: They're all very hyperactive and mischievous. Due to having a better understanding of their Quirks than previous generations did, they also have little respect for heroes and adults in general, believing they're stronger than them. Their school apparently has a reputation for housing problem children, though with a name like "Masegaki" it isn't too surprising.
- Calling Your Attacks: Some of them call out the names of their Quirks when attacking the older hero students, which is how the audience knows what they're called, rather than being revealed through the manga's side notes or Present Mic's narration in the anime.
- Children Are Innocent: Subverted. The high schoolers are ready to approach them as innocent children, but the boys are all insufferably cocky and scrappy while the girls are already aware of seduction and sex appeal.
- Flowers of Nature: One girl appears to have two flowers in her hair, but they're actually part of her body and related to her Quirk. She can use them to summon a storm of petals.
- Goo-Goo-Godlike: Despite only being elementary schoolers, these kids are pretty good at using their Quirks, which naturally makes babysitting them a headache.
- A Handful for an Eye: One boy has the Quirk "Assault Dust", which allows him to generate and manipulate dust.
- Heart Beatdown: One of the girls has the Quirk "Queen Beam", which is depicted as her firing a pink heart-shaped beam from her forehead at her target.
- Kids Are Cruel: The girls slut-shame Camie for taking the boys' attention off them, while the boys are happy to make fun of the hero students assigned to take care of them and attack them with their Quirks. However, they ease up and become friendlier after the hero students are able to demonstrate their own Quirks in ways that impress them.
- Marshmallow Hell: One kid, a boy named Sho, falls victim to this when Camie tries to befriend him, causing the girls of the group to get jealous and demand she not "seduce" him.
- Magnetism Manipulation: One boy has the Quirk "Electromagnetic Bullets", which allows him to generate an electromagnetic field that he can use to shoot objects in his hands at others.
- Meaningful Name: The name of their school, "Masegaki", can be translated as "precocious brat", which is what these kids certainly are.
- No Name Given: While a few of them are namedropped, most are left unnamed.
- Petal Power: One little girl has the Quirk "Viral Cosmos", which allows her to produce a storm of petals from the two flowers sticking out of her head. It isn't made clear what their effects are.
- Precocious Crush: The girl with the "Queen Beam" Quirk becomes smitten with Todoroki when she thinks he's flirting with her, only to be devastated when it's revealed that this was just one of Camie's illusions. She still seems taken with him after she and the other kids warm up to the hero students.
- Rings of Death: One boy has the Quirk "Hula Hoop", which allows him to generate hula hoops made of yellow energy. The "death" part of this is obviously downplayed.
- Troubling Unchildlike Behavior: Some of the boys act like teenage rebels, while some of the girls act like street thugs as they partake in Slut-Shaming Camie. They're much better at using their Quirks than Aizawa's generation and have much wilder mutations, which leads into some slightly disturbing theories on what is referred to in series as the "Singularity".
- Unusual Weapon Mounting: One of the kids (a boy in overalls) has the Quirk "Tongue Tank", which allows him to turn himself into a cannon, with the muzzle coming from his mouth.
- Weaponized Ball: One child, a boy named Tamashiro, has the Quirk "Binging Ball", which allows him to summon small floating spheres with mouths from his body. They're very reminiscent of the Chain Chomps from Super Mario Bros.
The Leader
Voiced by: Ayano Shibuya (Japanese), Brittany Lauda (English)
Debut: Chapter 164 (Manga), Episode 79 (Anime)
Quirk: Unknown
A sharply-dressed boy who acts as a sort of ringleader to the other Masegaki students.
- Arc Villain: For the Remedial Course Arc, in a sense. He's most antagonistic of the Masegaki students, and his control over the other students is what causes the arc's main conflict.
- A Child Shall Lead Them: Subverted. He is decidedly not pure of heart and acts as the class's ringleader, smugly coaxing on the rest of the kids and lashing out because he hates how adults are so sure of themselves that they know best and quick to dismiss children like him from having the freedom to be in charge of anything, making all the decisions for them. He is easily frightened into backing down when Bakugo confronts him and has him about ready to wet himself in fear.
- Defrosting Ice King: After spending most of the arc as a smug brat, Bakugo is able to finally "win his heart" by calmly advising him to stop looking down on others, as he'll never be able to recognize his own weaknesses otherwise. The tender honesty of Bakugo's words is enough to bring the child to tears.
- Dirty Coward: He hangs back and arrogantly leans against a wall acting all confident and mocking the remedial students when the teens can't get through to the group, but he is easily cowed when he's cornered by Bakugo, evidently hiding behind the other kids he convinced to run wild.
- Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": He's called "The Leader" because that's what he is to the Masegaki students.
- Irony: Despite being the ringleader of a group of bratty children who cause trouble using their Quirks, his own Quirk has yet to be seen.
- The Leader: He's the ringleader of the Masegaki students and encourages their Troubling Unchildlike Behavior.
- No Name Given: He isn't given a proper name.
- Smug Smiler: His default expression is a smug smile that he wears throughout the Remedial Course Arc.
- Smug Snake: He sees himself as superior to all of the adults around him, and spends most of the Remedial Course Arc smugly sneering at the student heroes while egging on his classmates to harass them. However, he's easily scared into submission once Bakugo corners him.
Media Personnel
Daikaku Miyagi
Daikaku Miyagi
Voiced by: Go Inoue (Japanese), Tyson Rinehart (English)
Debut: Chapter 57 (Manga), Episode 31 (Anime)
Quirk: Big Horn
"Surely we're going to see big changes in our day-to-day lives. At this point, we ought to be looking into how those changes will present themselves and what we can do to prepare."
A controversial newscaster who cut off one of the two horns given to him as a result of his Quirk, "Big Horn".
- All There in the Manual: He is given a name and a brief backstory in Volume 7.
- Base-Breaking Character: In-universe, he became this after cutting one of his horns off for the sake of his job, as his horns obstructed camera views. While there is a group of viewers that praise him for putting his job over his Quirk, there is another group that derides him for seemingly denying his own Quirk, thus "promoting Quirk discrimination".
- Horned Humanoid: Thanks to his Quirk.
- Villain Respect: Twice of all people (or at least one of his personalities) respects his journalistic integrity.
Taneo Tokuda
Taneo Tokuda
Voiced by: Eiji Hanawa (Japanese), Jay Hickman, Monica Rial (young) (English)
Debut: Episode 64 (Anime)
Quirk: Whole-Body Lens
A freelance journalist who claims to be doing a story on Class 1-A's life in their dorms, when in reality he's looking for All Might's successor. His Quirk, "Whole-Body Lens", allows him to produce a working camera lens from any part of his body.
- Affectionate Nickname: The editor of Juzo News, whom he apparently works with on a regular basis, calls him "Tane-chan."
- Alliterative Name: Taneo Tokuda.
- Awesomeness by Analysis: He comes to the correct conclusion that All Might's last words "You're next" were actually a message that now that his time as a hero was over, it's his successor's turn to take up his mantle, as opposed to everyone else thinking that it was a message to the villains of the world that he would come after them. Using various pieces of evidence such as the number of high profile events surrounding Class 1-A, All Might coincidentally joining the school's staff as a teacher, as well as his in-depth analysis of the students, he quickly deduces that All Might chose Midoriya as his successor.
- Bishie Sparkle: He's well aware of his good looks and often punctuates his sentences with a flirtatious wink, which produces a little yellow star.
- Bizarre Human Biology: He can produce working camera lenses from any part of his body, and even develop the photos he takes with them and dispense them from his chest. He's also able to keep photos inside himself indefinitely.
- Canon Foreigner: He's an anime-exclusive character.
- Exotic Eye Designs: His pupils are mismatched, with one small, dark pupil and one large, pale pupil. This is a reference to the f-number in photography; his dark pupil represents a small aperture size, which keeps out light, while his pale pupil represents a large aperture size that lets in a lot of light.
- Fan Boy: He's one for All Might, having witnessed him save his father from an industrial bombing incident. This respect is what convinces him to come to U.A. to find All Might's successor and not publish his findings to protect Midoriya's privacy.
- Five-Second Foreshadowing: When he tells Midoriya the story of how All Might saved his dad, he mentions that he was so excited to see his dad safe that he accidentally took a picture of the scene, though he isn't shown holding a camera in the flashback. A few seconds later, his Quirk, which allows him to produce working camera lenses from his body, is revealed, retroactively explaining how he took the picture in the flashback.
- In-Universe Camera: He provides one, carrying a DSLR camera to take pictures of the U.A. students. This is actually a distraction from his ability to produce camera lenses anywhere on his body, which he uses to take the real scoops.
- Intrepid Reporter: He's presumably had a strong career as a reporter, as his editor calls him the "heaven-sent scoop finder".
- Lean and Mean: Gives off an extremely deceptive air, and is overall very gaunt. Subverted when he turns out to be a genuinely cool guy after all.
- Nice Guy: At the end of the day, Tokuda proves to be a genuinely kind-hearted and friendly man who has a strong sense of valor.
- Scary Shiny Glasses: Has these for a moment when speaking with Aizawa, representing his deception.
- Sheep in Sheep's Clothing: On the one hand, he's manipulative and tends to lead people on with sweet words and his charming smile to get what he wants. But on the other hand, he's actually a good, ethical reporter who is a lifelong fan of All Might. Despite correctly deducing that Midoriya is All Might's successor, he decides not to write the story out of respect for Midoriya and admiration for All Might. Adding to this, even though he isn't able to give Juzo News the story he promised, he still gives them a story they can run.
- Shown Their Work: Most of the photos he takes are taken according to actual photographic principles like the rule of thirds
and the rule of odds. - Surprisingly Creepy Moment: He's a nice guy, but the way he reveals his power to Midoriya is a little... squicky.
Brunette Reporter
Brunette Reporter
Voiced by: Yu Shimamura (Japanese), Kristen McGuire, Kristi Kang (English)
Debut: Chapter 12 (Manga), Episode 9 (Anime)
Quirk: Unknown
A reporter for NHA News who tenaciously hunts down stories about heroes.
- Back for the Finale: Comes back at the climax of the series to document Izuku's decisive battle against Tomura while the Blonde Reporter records the battle against All For One at Gunga Villa.
- Intrepid Reporter: Is seen early in the morning to interview the U.A. students about All Might, and appearances throughout the series demonstrate her dedication. Diligently reviewing her previous material is precisely what lets her deduce that Izuku was the student dressed in rags cleaning up All For One's mess all by himself. She also comes back to film his fight against Tomura even though she's not being paid for it anymore.
- So Proud of You: After realizing Izuku was the same scared boy she interviewed a year prior, she swells up with pride and grows a little weepy over how much he's grown and sacrificed.
Blonde Reporter
Blonde Reporter
Voiced by:
Debut: Chapter 306 (Manga), Episode 131 (Anime)
Quirk: Unnamed Black Finger Quirk
A reporter who attended the top 3's press junket in the aftermath of the Paranormal Liberation War, demanding answers.
- Back for the Finale: After grilling Endeavor for answers in the aftermath of the war, she comes back to document the battle against All For One at Gunga Villa most of the heroes are partaking in while the Brunette Reporter records Izuku's battle against Tomura.
- Intrepid Reporter: She is determined to get answers out of Endeavor, albeit she has more of a personal reason for doing so and tries attack him. Not that anybody thinks she isn't justified for doing so given Endeavor's history of abuse. She also comes back to film the fight between the heroes and All For One even though she's not being paid anymore, saying that they are all staying behind to fight and save the day without any more promise of compensation either, just like Izuku.
- What the Hell, Hero?: She furiously demands the top 3, Endeavor especially, for allowing the destruction from the war to happen that ended up grievously harming her mother.
Others
"Star-headed Man"
"Star-headed Man"
Debut: Chapter 1 (Manga), Episode 1 (Anime)
Quirk: Unknown
A supportive old man Midoriya met while he was in middle school.
- The Bus Came Back: After his first appearance in Chapter 1, he wouldn't appear again until over 300 chapters later.
- Cool Old Guy: In the first chapter, he picks up on Midoriya's Hero Worship and playfully supports his obvious desire to be a hero himself. Later, when Midoriya is seeking asylum in the U.A., he stands up for him to the crowd of civilians and argues that if they want hero society to improve, they'll have to step it up alongside the heroes they criticize so easily.
Kota Izumi
Kota Izumi
Voiced by: Michiru Yamazaki (Japanese), Cassandra Lee Morris (English)
Debut: Chapter 70 (Manga), Episode 40 (Anime)
Quirk: Water Gun
"Shut up... You're all freaking nuts... Calling yourselves "Heroes" or "Villains" and going around killing each other like idiots. Talking about your Quirks all the time... all just to show off. Idiots."
Mandalay's young nephew. His parents were heroes who were killed in the line of duty. He possesses a Quirk like theirs that lets him generate water.
- Accidental Pervert: He glances at the naked girls from Class 1-A without meaning to, which causes him to fall off the wall.
- Big Damn Heroes: More of a distraction variety, but nonetheless still there: he used his water Quirk on Muscular before he could finish off Midoriya, begging him to stop. Even if Muscular told him he'd kill him later, the distraction was long enough for Midoriya to turn the tables on Muscular and knock him unconscious.
- Bratty Half-Pint: Is introduced as a scowling kid who punches Midoriya in the family jewels, after the latter politely introduced himself. This is slowly subverted after his backstory is revealed and Midoriya saves his life, in which he's extremely grateful.
- Break the Cutie: Poor kid lost his parents to a murderous villain at a young age, and was almost killed multiple times by said villain a few years later and witnessed him beating the one person who vowed to protect him.
- The Bus Came Back: Along with the Pussycats, he visits Class 1-A at their dorm in Chapter 184 after about ninety chapters of absence.
- Reappears along with other civilians in Chapter 323.
- Defrosting Ice King: He starts as a short-tempered, rude brat, but he warms up to Midoriya after the latter saves him from Muscular.
- Distressed Dude: He's found by villain Muscular who attempts to kill him For the Evulz, before Midoriya saves him right in time and proceeds to fight Muscular while simultaneously protecting him.
- Everyone Has Standards: He might have a hatred of the Quirk world at such a young age, but he's sickened by Mineta's perversion over his female classmates:Kota: A hero, really? Try learning how to be a good person first. [pushes Mineta off the wall]
- Freudian Excuse: Hates heroism because it cost his parents their lives, and everybody around him would go on about how it was an honorable way for them to die.
- Groin Attack: When Midoriya attempts to introduce himself, Kota responds by punching him straight in the family jewels. He later apologizes for it in his letter to Midoriya.
- Hero-Worshipper: Though he's loathed to admit it, he becomes Midoriya's first fan after being saved by him from Muscular. The next time they meet after the training camp incident, Kota has picked out red sneakers to be just like his idol.
- Irrational Hatred: He utterly despises all heroes and Quirks because his parents were heroes and they got killed when they were murdered on duty by a villain. However, this is justified because he's a young child who doesn't really understand why everyone praised his parents' honorable deaths, and he eventually gets over this.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: When we first met him, he looked extremely rude, grouchy and anti-social. However, when confronted with the possibility of someone being killed by a Villain, it becomes greatly apparent that his heart's in the right place. He even wrote Midoriya a letter of thanks after that incident.
- Making a Splash: As both of his parents had water-based Quirks, he gets this by default.
- Meaningful Appearance: He asked Mandalay to buy him a pair of red shoes just like Midoriya's, which she eagerly points out when the Pussycats stop by the U.A. dorms and check their street shoes at the entrance for indoor slippers, drawing attention to his new red shoes sitting by her dress heels. Kota is instantly embarrassed for being outed for his secret hero-worship of Midoriya.
- Meaningful Name: His given name contains the character for "sparkling water", while his surname means "flood". Fitting for someone with water powers.
- Misplaced Retribution: A villain killed his parents, so who does he blame? The entire hero industry and people with Quirks (because according to his child logic, if his parents weren't heroes with Quirks, they wouldn't have been murdered), including socking Midoriya (who he had never met before and was just saying hello) in the crotch because Midoriya was training to become a hero. He eventually realizes the error of his ways and apologizes.
- Must Make Amends: He sends a letter to Midoriya, thanking him for saving him and apologizing for his Groin Attack. He also asks him to heal soon so he can apologize properly.
- Parental Abandonment: His parents got murdered by a villain when he was around three years old (as stated by Mandalay during a point when he is five years old, his parents was killed two years earlier). He's under the care of his aunt (technically second cousin), Mandalay.
- Perpetual Frowner: Always has an angry pout on his face.
- Protectorate: To Midoriya, who vows to protect him from Muscular, and goes as far as to break both of his arms to be sure Muscular won't lay a hand on him.
- Strong Family Resemblance: Flashbacks show that both of his parents had spiky hair like him. He inherited most of his physical traits from his father, having his black hair and eye color, eye shape and tooth shape, but he also inherited his mother's skin tone.
- Tears of Fear: The second he lays eyes on Muscular for the first time after the villain sheds his cloak and mask to fight, Kota realizes this is the monster who murdered his mom and dad and understandably falls apart. He's so distraught that all he can do is cry and scream in panic.
- Troubled Child: Very surly, and talks like someone much older than he actually is to cope with his grief.
- Tsundere: He tries to keep up his tough, surly facade in an effort to hide his fanboy tendencies towards Midoriya. He is flustered when Midoriya tells him he treasured the letter that Kota sent him while recovering in the hospital.
- What You Are in the Dark: Despite his hatred of Quirks, when Midoriya, whom he despised at first, almost dies protecting him, Kota doesn't hesitate a second to distract Muscular with his Quirk, which put him in danger despite Midoriya beating Muscular not too long after.
Hiroshi Tameda
Hiroshi Tameda
Voiced by: Serina Machiyama (Japanese), Todd Haberkorn (English)
Debut: Chapter 186 (Manga), Episode 87 (Anime)
Quirk: Unknown
"Those flames're still rising up! You see'em, right?! Endeavor's alive and fighting!! So don't give up just cuz the other guy's gone! There's still a dude out there risking it all for us!! Can'tcha see?!"
An 18-year-old Endeavor fan who became the In-Universe meme "Can'tcha See" kid.
- All There in the Manual: His name is only given in the Volume 21 omakes.
- Casting Gag: Tameda's hair color and style give him a passing resemblance to Natsu Dragneel, the protagonist of Fairy Tail. It's unclear if this was meant to be a direct Shout-Out to the series or just coincidence, but either way, Funimation saw an opportunity to enforce this by casting Todd Haberkorn, Natsu's English voice actor, as Tameda's English voice.
- Child-Like Voice: Despite being 18, he sounds younger than Midoriya, and his dorky fandom of Endeavor only helps this trope.
- Creator Backlash: In-Universe. He's not exactly happy about his Rousing Speech becoming a meme, but he's proud that he's managed to improve Endeavor's public image.
- Hero-Worshipper: He obviously greatly admires Endeavor, but he also just likes heroes in general.
- Memetic Mutation: An In-Universe example. His Rousing Speech in support of Endeavor not only got other people to support Endeavor, but a recording of it also went viral and even lead to unofficial merchandise being made.
- We Want Our Jerk Back!: When he got a chance to meet his hero, it was around the same time that Endeavor decided to clean up his Jerkass image. Unfortunately, Hiroshi thought Endeavor was cool in part because he was antagonistic and is put-off by the change in attitude. It doesn't deter him from being a fan, however.
Miyashita
Miyashita
Debut: Chapter 218 (Manga)
Quirk: Unspecified Animal Quirk
"I'd say that's a selling point, actually!"
An employee working for the Detnerat Company who has a close relationship with the CEO of the company, Rikiya Yotsubashi.
- Adapted Out: His appearance and ruthless, cruel death aren't shown in the anime, and it doesn't affect the plot much, though it's the first moment that shows how murderous Re-Destro can be, especially if he feels his ancestor Destro is being insulted in any way.
- Cartoon Creature: His head is clearly that of an animal, but what animal is a little hard to make out. It's been called both cat-like and rodent-like.
- Disappeared Dad: Implied. When asked if he has any family, he mentions that his mother has passed, but doesn't mention his father at all.
- Missing Mom: His mom died a year prior to his first appearance.
- Neck Snap: Gets his neck broken by Rikiya after he expresses a negative view of the Meta Liberation Army.
- Non-Human Head: In a similar vein as Tokoyami. He has an animal's head (though what kind of animal his head is supposed to resemble is questionable), but the rest of his body appears to be human.
- Nice Guy: He's very positive and generally non-confrontational, even when expressing negative opinions.
- We Hardly Knew Ye: The poor guy gets his neck snapped the chapter he's introduced.
Untenmaru Kurumada
Untenmaru Kurumada
Voiced by: Hisao Egawa (Japanese), D.C. Douglas (English)
Debut: Chapter 250 (Manga), Episode 106 (Anime)
Quirk: Unknown
"Don't complain about your chauffeur!! You damn high school brats!!"
Endeavor's extremely aggressive chauffeur.
- All There in the Manual: His name was first mentioned in the Volume 26 extras.
- Heroic Bystander: He assists Midoriya, Bakugo, and Todoroki in their battle against the villain Ending by throwing them their equipment.
- Hair-Trigger Temper: He's an extremely aggressive person. Every single line of his dialogue is shouted.
- Hidden Depths: His character profile reveals that he likes flowers despite his aggressive personality.
- Real Men Wear Pink: He's a big, burly man who also happens to like flowers.
"Ordinary Woman"
"Ordinary Woman"
Voiced by: Minori Suzuki (Japanese), Brianna Roberts (English)
Debut: Chapter 310 (Manga), Episode 133 (Anime)
Quirk: Unknown Mutant Quirk
"Thank you for saving me, my crybaby hero."
A woman Midoriya saved from racist civilians. Strangely enough, even in her profile data from Volume 32 as well as Horikoshi's Twitter sketches, her real name isn't given and she is instead referred to exclusively as "Ippan Josei", or "Ordinary Woman". She is exceptionally tall and appears to be in her 20s.
- Affectionate Nickname: Midoriya calls her "Miss Giant Lady", and the name seems to have stuck among his classmates. She in turn affectionately calls him "My Crybaby Hero".
- Amazing Technicolor Population: In contrast to the assumption she'd have orange or brown fur to suit her fox-like facial appearance, her colored art in Volume 32 reveals she actually has light teal fur.
- Author Appeal: Horikoshi himself notes in Volume 32 that he designed her to leave a strong impression in the reader's mind and that, in his opinion, she's "the cutest character in the entire series". This is in line with his previous statements that he likes girls who are a bit chubby with thick thighs, referring to Uraraka at the time, as this Ordinary Woman herself has thick thighs, a large rear, and her clothing shows her to be curvy rather than slim despite not dressing to show it off. She also has an animal-like appearance like Mirko, who Horikoshi himself has noted he has an unhealthy fixation on drawing.
- The Bus Came Back: She was first introduced mostly to show that saving people was still Midoriya's #1 goal. No one expected her to come back several chapters later to support him when other civilians stopped him from resting at U.A.
- Cartoon Creature: Her mutant Quirk makes her appear like a humanoid animal woman, but just what kind of animal she's supposed to be is rather ambiguous. Her ears and the placement of her tufts of fur bring to mind a fox, but the teal color of the fur on her head and her snout shape bring to mind a shark. There's also the matter of her unnaturally tall stature. Horikoshi claims that this design was enforced in order to gain readers' attention thanks to her "striking appearance".
- Chekhov's Gunman: Midoriya saves her from being attacked by some vigilante civilians in Chapter 310. She returns in Chapter 325 to show him support outside U.A., helping to draw sympathy from the other civilians. By coincidence, the school welcomed her before she even knew Midoriya attended, as most other shelters have been denying heteromorphs like her entry.
- Fanservice: Upon gaining a mild fanbase in her first appearance, Horikoshi made sure to later feature her in art that complimented her attractive figure.
- Fantastic Racism: While not much is known about her beyond the brief appearances she has, she has become a victim of this due to her Quirk, which gives her a fox-like appearance and makes her twice as tall as a regular person. It is unknown if she had suffered this in similar or different degrees before her debut but, following the Jailbreaker incident and rising villain crisis, a trio of vigilante civilians attacked her at one point at night because she "looked like a villain" to them in the dark, and several emergency shelters turn her away because they don't welcome mutants until she was let in at U.A.
- Form-Fitting Wardrobe: She doesn't dress provocatively, instead she wearing jeans and a button up shirt with pockets. But because of her large chest and curvy thighs, her clothes end up clingy rather tightly to her body in various scenes, emphasizing her physique. Horikoshi seems to have emphasized this, especially in his Twitter sketches, with her leaning forward to show off her chest or being on her back.
- Giant Woman: Though a far cry from actual giants like Mt. Lady, in her giant form, and the mountainous Gigantomachia, she is incredibly tall by civilian standards, standing at about 10 feet. A Twitter sketch shows she can reach the roof of some small buildings and walls that are common in prefectures, while her colored illustration above makes it look like she has trouble fitting in smaller spaces. In her debut chapter, Midoriya had to use OFA's Float to reach up and hand back the umbrella she dropped.
- Gentle Giant: She towers over everyone around her and, despite what the vigilantes thought of her in her introduction, she is incredibly sweet in personality. Volume 32 states that is 260-300cm (8'6"-9'10").
- Hidden Buxom: Despite her conservative dress style, one of Horikoshi's Twitter sketches reveals that each of her breasts is bigger than a person's head as she lies on her back with Eri lying between them. However, Horikoshi admits in the corner of that sketch that he drew Eri too small, so using Eri's head in that sketch as a reference point might not reflect the true size of her breasts. Her coloured art in Volume 32 indicates that each of her breasts is actually as big as her own head, which makes them particularly massive.
- Ironic Name: For someone nicknamed "Ordinary Woman", since she's just another citizen, she has an extraordinary appearance due to her Quirk.
- Male Gaze: Horikoshi's Twitter account and volume art have placed particular emphasis on her large chest, having it being emphasized by her leaning forward, crouching, or being on her back. He also put emphasis on her large backside during one of the chapters, and himself as noted her design was intended to leave a strong impression.
- Mistaken for Terrorist: Again, her Quirk makes her look nearly monstrous to most civilians, especially after an event that made it clear that the bad guys were now controlling the scene. Midoriya arrived to stop a group of civilians who have attacked her because of this.
- Mysterious Informant: In Chapter 372, she tipped off Shoji and the U.A. students about the impending mutant Quirk-related riots that threatened innocent people in Central Hospital.
- No Name Given: As of Volume 32, her official designation is "Ordinary Woman" even though her real name hasn't been stated, implying it won't be.
- Non-Standard Character Design: She's an animalistic looking human female due to her Quirk. Some fans at first depicted her to be a shark or bandicoot, though she more greatly resembles a tail-less fox.
- Prone to Tears: Justified with the rising villain crisis, it is implied that she is very easy to make cry. She cries in two chapters where she plays a major role. Even her colored illustration shows her on the verge of tears.
- Small Role, Big Impact: Despite the Ironic Name and being a minor character, her presence plays a big role for both Midoriya and Shoji.
- Your Size May Vary: Her exact height is inconsistent in the manga; at her shortest, she's about 260cm (8'6"), and at her tallest, she's about 300cm (9'10").
Moko Tamashi
Moko Tamashi
Voiced by: Shiori Sakirai (Japanese)
Debut: Chapter 92 (Manga), Episode 49 (Anime)
Quirk: Unknown Mass-Generation Quirk
A young woman best known for being the last person All Might saved before his retirement. Her unnamed Quirk allows her to generate spheres from her feet, allowing her to propel herself in the air.
- All There in the Manual: Her name is only revealed in the Volume 33 extras.
- The Bus Came Back: After her brief appearance in Chapter 92, she returns during Chapter 326.
- Damsel in Distress: She was crushed by debris during All Might's final battle against All For One and was nearly killed by the villain.
- Not Quite Flight: Her Quirk allows her to slightly propel herself in the air. She uses it to rise up and remove the infamous "I AM NOT HERE" sign from All Might's statue.
- The Pollyanna: Tamashi has traces of it. Stain mentions she cleans up the All Might statue in Kamino every day, no matter how many times it gets vandalized or if puts her at odds with the anti-hero protestors, because unlike them, she still believes in heroes.
- Scars Are Forever: Her legs still have scars after being crushed by debris.
- Small Role, Big Impact: Her cry for help is what snaps All Might out of his Heroic BSoD following The Reveal that Tomura Shigaraki is Nana Shimura's grandson, in order to finish his fight against All For One.
- Targeted to Hurt the Hero: Knowing All Might could easily dodge his attacks, All For One attempted to kill her with his Air Cannon during the fight in Kamino. Of course, All Might did not hesitate to step in and be hit by it, which ends up exposing his weak form to the world.
Flashback Only Characters
Tsubasa
Tsubasa
Voiced by: Kenta Okuma (Japanese)
Debut: Chapter 1 (Manga), Episode 1 (Anime)
Quirk: Unnamed Demon Wing Quirk
A young boy with an unnamed Quirk letting him grow and fly with wings. He was friends with Bakugo as a child and helped him bully Midoriya for being Quirkless.
- All There in the Manual: He is the grandson of Dr. Tsubasa, the doctor who diagnosed a young Midoriya as Quirkless. This information is only found, along with his name, within the databook.
- Ambiguous Situation: While heavily implied by Horikoshi in Volume 7 that Tsubasa is connected to the winged Nomu, it is not yet clear whether his Quirk was simply stolen by All For One to give to that Nomu, or if he was actually turned into that very Nomu himself.
- And I Must Scream: Implied. While possibly having been turned into a Nomu, as shown below under Fighting from the Inside, he likely retained a certain degree of his own memories and consciousness in this form. If so, his death by Stain was unintentionally a Mercy Kill.
- The Bully: As a child, he, along with their unnamed friend and Bakugo, often beat up and belittled Midoriya, just for being Quirkless.
- Eyes Always Shut: In both Midoriya and Bakugo’s flashbacks, he is shown looking like this.
- Fat Best Friend: Was this to his Childhood Friend Bakugo back in elementary school.
- Fighting from the Inside: Implied. In the Volume 7 omake, Horikoshi gives the "hint" of - "Why did the winged Nomu pick Midoriya out of the whole crowd specifically?" - providing only a sketch of Tsubasa. This question, combined with the actions of that Nomu grabbing Midoriya in its wounded state - heavily implies that not only might it have once been Tsubasa, but that it still retained some subconscious sense of self and memory of Midoriya at that point, possibly because of his connection to its past.
- Good Wings, Evil Wings: Downplayed. His wings manifest themselves as red and draconic, but he is not truly evil, just a mean-spirited bully.
- Growing Wings: How his Quirk seems to work. Episode 1 shows he can instantly manifest and presumably retract both pairs of wings at will.
- Meaningful Name: Tsubasa's name means wing or wings, which fits perfectly with the nature of his Quirk.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: This is lampshaded in the databook, which notes that - despite being in elementary school with Bakugo, their unnamed friend, and Midoriya - for some reason, he didn’t end up going to the same middle school like the rest of them.
- Winged Humanoid: His Quirk gave him large wings.
Dr. Tsubasa
Dr. Tsubasa
Voiced by: Minoru Inaba (Japanese), Mark Stoddard (English)
Debut: Chapter 1 (Manga), Episode 1 (Anime)
Quirk: Unknown Life Force
A doctor who first diagnosed Midoriya as Quirkless when he was a child. His name is revealed in the databook. However, this is not his real name. His real name is Kyudai Garaki, All For One's lieutenant and close confidant. For more information about him, click here.
- All There in the Manual: He is the grandfather of Tsubasa, the chubby winged kid who was childhood friends with both Midoriya and Bakugo. This information is only found, along with his name, within the databook. This makes the implication that Tsubasa was turned into a Nomu all the more horrifying, as he potentially turned his own grandson into a nomu.
- Bearer of Bad News: He informs Midoriya that he is Quirkless, which utterly devastates the latter.
- Brutal Honesty: His diagnosis of Midoriya being Quirkless is then followed by him telling the latter to basically give up any dreams of ever becoming a hero. Take note that Midoriya was just a four-year-old kid at the time.
- Inexplicably Identical Individuals: He bears a surprising resemblance to All For One's lieutenant Dr. Garaki, right to the mustache, style of glasses, and sharing a voice actor. This is confirmed to be true, as Tsubasa is just a pseudonym that Garaki uses.
- Labcoat of Science and Medicine: He has this overall look as a doctor, complete with a stethoscope.
- Mr. Exposition: He explains to Inko, and thus the audience, that her son's Quirkless status is due to having two joints in his small toe from birth, whereas Quirk users only have one joint in their small toes.
- Small Role, Big Impact: He only appears within two of Midoriya's flashbacks, but his diagnosis is responsible for changing Midoriya's life completely prior to him meeting All Might many years later. This is subverted by the fact that he's actually Garaki.
Magne's Friend
Magne's Friend
Debut: Chapter 125 (Manga), Episode 65 (Anime)
Quirk: Unknown
"Those who are bound to the chains of common sense laugh at those who aren't."
"Kennie, you're not bound by common sense. I don't have the courage to break away from it like you."
A friend of Magne's, who still supported Magne despite her being a villain.
- Affectionate Nickname: She affectionately referred to Magne, whose first name is Kenji, as "Kennie".
- Ambiguous Gender Identity: She seems to be either a transgender woman or a masculine-looking cisgender woman. However, unlike Magne who is explicitly a transgender woman, it is not said if she is one as well.
- Girlish Pigtails: Has some, likely to make herself look more feminine.
- Lady Looks Like a Dude: Magne refers to her as female and she wears feminine clothing, but she looks more like a burly man.
- No Name Given: She hasn't been given a proper name.
- Satellite Character: She has little character to call her own, as she exists mainly to flesh out Magne's character.
- Shrinking Violet: According to Magne, she's shy and reserved. She admits that she could never "break away" as Magne did.
- Undying Loyalty: The fact that she continued to be friends with Magne, even after the latter became a villain, suggests that their friendship meant a lot to her.
Eri's Parents
Eri's Parents
Debut: Chapter 156 (Manga), First Season 4 Ending (Anime)
Quirks: Unknown
Eri's biological parents.
- Death by De-aging: Eri accidentally inflicted this on her father when her Quirk first manifested itself; since her Quirk "rewinds" living things to a previous state, Eri's father was rewound so far back that he disappeared entirely, leaving nothing but an empty pile of clothes behind.
- Disappointed in You: Eri's mother, rightfully, got this reaction from her own father after giving her child up to the yakuza.Shie Hassaikai boss: That stupid girl abandoned her child.
- Empty Piles of Clothing: The first Season 4 ending shows a toddler Eri looking distraught and confused while staring at an empty pile of her father's clothing, seconds after her Quirk accidentally erased him from existence.
- The Faceless: Their faces are never seen. Even in the first Season 4 ending, Eri's mother has her face turned away from the camera. Eri's father appears even less, with only part of his arm (assuming that's him) being visible in one shot and a pile of his clothing on the floor after his body disappeared.
- Good Parents: From the first Season 4 ending, it seemed that they did their best to give Eri a happy childhood, until the incident where she accidentally erased her father, causing her mother to disown her.
- I Have No Son!: Eri's mother disowned her after the girl accidentally erased her father with her Rewind Quirk.
- Mafia Princess: Eri's mother is the daughter of the Shie Hassaikai boss, Overhaul's adoptive father. However, she cut ties with the boss after they had a dispute over her marriage to Eri's father. Her only known interaction with them is when she gave Eri into their care.
- No Body Left Behind: Eri's father, after being erased by his daughter's Quirk.
- Not Enough to Bury: In fact, there was nothing left of Eri's father to bury.
- Parental Abandonment: After Eri accidentally rewound her father out of existence, her mother disowned her and called her a cursed child (and she was just a toddler at this point). While the first Season 4 anime ending seems to show her being a loving mother before the incident, it's likely that her daughter erasing her husband out of existence was just too much for her to deal with.
- Strong Family Resemblance: Eri's mother has long white hair, like her daughter.
- Unnamed Parent: Their names have not been revealed.
- The Unreveal: Their Quirks are unknown, but it is stated that Eri's Quirk is completely unlike any other Quirk from either side of her family.
- Unwitting Instigator of Doom: By giving her daughter to the Shie Hassaikai, Eri's mother put her child in close proximity to Overhaul, allowing him to discover that her Quirk infused blood and tissues could be used to make Quirk destroying bullets.
- Walking Spoiler: It is difficult to talk about them without revealing Eri's backstory.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: The current status of Eri's mother after she gave her daughter away is unknown. Her reaction to her father (Eri's grandfather) being put into a coma is also not mentioned.
Saito
Saito
Debut: Chapter 225 (Manga), Episode 109 (Anime)
Quirk: Unknown
A former classmate of Himiko Toga in middle school, who was her first "love" and later victim.
- First Love: He's the first person that Toga fell in "love" with, and that ended up getting him horribly wounded.
- Identical Stranger: He bears a surprisingly strong resemblance to Izuku Midoriya, but is able to wear his necktie properly.
- Posthumous Character: Ambiguous. He was certainly Toga's first victim, but the news reporters only say she "attacked" him, and some of the interviewees talk about him like he's still alive.
Historic Characters
The Luminescent Baby
The Luminescent Baby
Debut: Chapter 1 (Manga), Episode 1 (Anime)
Quirk: Unnamed Luminescent Quirk (formerly)
Born in Qing Qing City, China, the Luminescent Baby was the first recorded person in the world to be born with a Quirk. Years later, they became a leader seeking for the world to return to peace.
- Ambiguous Gender: Their gender is never specified. Even when more details are given about them during their youth, they are referred to with gender-neutral pronouns.
- The Cameo: In the third movie, a statue of them appears in the Humarise HQ to represent what the terrorist organization is fighting against — Quirks, which they consider a disease upon humankind.
- Famous for Being First: They are the first person born with a quirk. However, this is subverted: they were the first recorded quirk user, but there were other quirk users like All for One and his twin brother who were born earlier, and either became lost to history or had their quirk develop later in life. It's most accurate to say that the Luminescent Baby is the first recorded person to to have a quirk manifest when they were born.
- Killed Offscreen: All For One told Yoichi that he had killed him and stolen his power, but the actual encounter is not shown.
- Light 'em Up: Their Quirk was a simple one; it made them glow.
- Minor Major Character: They have no role in the present narrative, but since they were the first-ever person to have a Quirk, they're an incredibly important part of My Hero Academia's world. Chapter 407 shows that on top of All For One's previous crimes, he personally killed the Luminescent Baby as his first step towards being the Demon Overlord he dreams of being.
- Only Known by Their Nickname: Even after growing up, they were still referred to as the "Luminescent Baby" and their name is never revealed.
- Posthumous Character: They had the first Quirk ever recorded, and Quirks have been around for at least five generations, so this is clearly the case. Chapter 407 reveals he was killed by All For One.
- Too Good for This Sinful Earth: In Chapter 407, it's revealed that they became a leader who just wanted the world to return to peaceful times and attracted millions of sympathisers... only to be killed by a teenage All For One and had his Quirk stolen. Their death, and All For One specifically revealing that he did it out of petty envy for their popularity and because he was inspired by the idea of the Demon Lord from Yoichi's comic book to become a real-life super villain, it what convinced Yoichi his brother was genuinely Beyond Redemption and needed to be stopped.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: As they lived several generations ago, they've obviously long passed, but given how violent the initial days of Quirk emergence was and them being the first documented case of such, their final fate is not made clear. Chapter 407 reveals that actually made it to adulthood and tried to use their status as the first recorded Quirk-user to enable a peaceful integration between the power-wielding people and ordinary civilians, only to have that attempt cut short by a teenaged All For One, who killed them out of envy for their popularity and petty desire to possess their famous Quirk.
The Mother of Quirks
??? Yotsubashi — The Mother of Quirks
Debut: Chapter 232 (Manga), Episode 110 (Anime)
Quirk: Quirkless
"This is just a Quirk of my child!"
A historic woman who was the first person to use the word "Quirk" to describe Meta Abilities. Her son, Chikara Yotsubashi, was born with a Quirk during the era of chaos where prejudice against Metas (Quirk users) was at its worst, so she spoke out against this discrimination by claiming that his power was simply one of his "Quirks". Her words fell on deaf ears at the time, but eventually, the government co-opted her words when they brought order back to the world via Quirk regulation. Her son, however, felt that the government had stolen her words without understanding what she truly wanted and rebelled against the regulations. He went on to found the Meta Liberation Army under the name "Destro" in order to defend his mother's wishes.
- Doomed Moral Victor: She was murdered for defending her son's right to wield an extraordinary ability, but was ultimately vindicated with Quirks becoming commonplace.
- Good Parents: Her only wish was for her son to live free and safe from discrimination.
- Posthumous Character: She was killed by an Anti-Meta Mob for daring to speak out against Quirk discrimination.
