My Hero Academia Main Character Index
U.A. High School Students: Class 1-A (1-10, 11-20, Izuku Midoriya, Katsuki Bakugo, Shoto Todoroki, Ochaco Uraraka) | Class 1-B | Students From Other Classes
Pro Heroes: School Faculty and Staff (Shota Aizawa | All Might) | Other Heroes (Endeavor) | One For All and Its Torch Bearers
Villains: Known Villains [Stain] (League of Villains [All For One, Tomura Shigaraki, Dabi, Himiko Toga, Artificial Humans], Shie Hassaikai [Overhaul], Meta Liberation Army, Paranormal Liberation Front, Villain Army)
Others: Police and Government Workers | Civilians (Main Characters' Families) | Other High Schools
Characters From Other My Hero Academia Media: Video Game Characters | Movie Characters
Vigilantes: Main Characters | Villain Factory | Supporting Characters
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Major Villains

Major Villainous Organizations

League of Villains

The main antagonists of the series. A group of villains originally founded and lead by All For One and currently lead by Tomura Shigaraki.

See here for tropes regarding the human members of the organization and here for tropes regarding the Nomu.

Shie Hassaikai

The main antagonists of the Internship Arc. A group of dangerous yakuza, lead by Overhaul, with the goal of taking the "Leader of the Underworld" title that was once held by All For One.

See here for tropes regarding the known members of the organization.

Meta Liberation Army

The titular main antagonists of the Meta Liberation Army Arc. A powerful organization led by the descendant of Destro, the commander and founder of the group's original incarnation. They believe that people should be free to use their Quirks without restrictions.

See here for tropes regarding the known members of the organization.

Paranormal Liberation Front (Massive Spoilers)

The Big Bad Duumvirate formed by the Meta Liberation Army and League of Villains, after Rikiya Yotsubashi gave Tomura Shigaraki control of the MLA in their titular arc. As stated by the #2 hero Hawks, the combined power of both organizations is enough to rival, and even potentially surpass, the entire hero society.

See here for tropes about the organization itself.

Villain Army

The final villains of the story, formed from the remnants of the Paranormal Liberation Front, escaped convicts from Tartarus and six additional prisons, and assortment of other people that aligned with the army due to varying reasons. 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.

See here for tropes regarding the Army.

Major Independent Villains

Chizome Akaguro — "Hero Killer" Stain

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Gentle Criminal and La Brava

In General

Tropes applying to both

Gentle Video.

"Gentle Criminal... Is he messing around, or is he serious...?"

—The police reacting to one of Gentle's videos.

A villainous duo that work to spread their ideals and gain fame. They serve as the Arc Villain for the U.A. Cultural Festival Arc, planning to infiltrate the titular festival to gain recognition. After being defeated by Midoriya, they are arrested without accomplishing their initial goal.

Anti-Villain:
- Gentle acknowledges that the hero world is more reactive than proactive, specifically lacking situational awareness. One of his goals in targeting U.A. for his next video is to make the heroes realize this, and make the students stronger by reacting to someone like him getting into their school. The irony, however, is after both USJ and training camp attacks, the school is more than a little aware of this flaw and taking preemptive measures to nix it. All he is doing is making a tense situation even worse since the authorities are clashing with Principal Nezu on this.
- La Brava herself is merely Type IV, she's a person that just loves Gentle this much he will do anything for him.
- They are so sufficiently good that, once arrested, the officers imply that they're willing to give them a chance at redeeming themselves, as they were stopped before they had gone off the deep end at the time.
Arc Villain: Collectively serve as this for the U.A. Cultural Festival Arc.
Big Damn Heroes: They return at the climax of the story to deal with the falling U.A. and Skeptic respectively, bailing Midoriya and the other heroes out just in the nick of time.
Bunny-Ears Lawyer: Both of them. While Gentle and La Brava are really eccentric and lovable, both of them have formidable Quirks and they can knock people around like a rag doll if they're pushed them into a corner.
The Bus Came Back: Like mentioned above, after more than a hundred chapters since their last appearance at the School Festival arc, they return to help the heroes against Shigaraki and the PLF.
Contrasting Sequel Antagonist: While it's more like contrasting later Arc Villain, they're this to Overhaul. Overhaul was a yakuza boss with underlings threatening in their own rights, while Gentle and La Brava work as a lone duo. Overhaul was a nasty Hate Sink of an Evil Uncle and a Bad Boss, while Gentle Criminal and La Brava are both sympathetic. Overhaul had a grand goal for society, Gentle just wants people to like his YoTube videos. Overhaul Would Hurt a Child, while Gentle and La Brava are each other's Morality Pet.
Contrived Coincidence: Their first part of the plan included a quick stop at a tiny cafe which served a very rare and expensive tea blend. Said cafe was directly next to a hardware store where Midoriya was planning to go to roughly at the exact same time, and had also drunk said tea blend the previous night courtesy of Yaoyorozu. If Midoriya wasn’t there or had the topic of tea to realise who the duo were, they would’ve likely made to the school grounds and set the alert off.
Creepy Shadowed Undereyes: Gentle and La Brava both have thick black lines around their eyes. They're only natural in La Brava's case, the result of countless nights spent in front of a computer in a deep depression. When she made the decision to approach Gentle, she tried to cover them up with eye-shadow, only to end up putting it on too thick and failing to remove it, hoping he wouldn't be put off. On the contrary, he accepted her gladly and, upon noticing how much she stressed over them, took up drawing dark rings under his own eyes to emphasize their partnership. In the present, the rings look almost like domino masks when coupled with their costumes.
Criminal Found Family: They were both misfits shunned by society who joined forces to commit crimes, but these crimes are often insanely petty and mostly done for the sake of notoriety. They also love each other more than anything, to the point where it allows the activation of La Brava's Quirk, which is quite literally The Power of Love. When Midoriya takes down Gentle, La Brava even starts hitting him, crying and begging him to leave Gentle alone.
Dark and Troubled Past:
- Gentle was a student who tried and failed the provisional hero license exam four times. One day, seeing a man falling off a building, he tried to save him, only to collide with a hero attempting a rescue; this resulted in a lawsuit by the victim, who suffered severe injuries, and a subsequent expulsion from his school. The bills broke his parents, who kicked him out of the house. Finally, when a former classmate of his didn't remember who he was, he snapped and turned to petty villainy to avoid dying alone and in obscurity.
- La Brava attempted to confess to a classmate, who not only turned her down, but spread rumors about her being a stalker, which caused her to become a Hikikomori contemplating suicide before she found Gentle.
Despair Event Horizon: Both of them tethered on it before actually crossing it and managed to find each other as supports on their path of "changing history".
Excessive Evil Eyeshadow: Deconstructed and Played for Laughs and a heartwarming shared character trait. La Brava started using eyeshadow after graduating from school (likely brought on by being mocked by her school crush), but laid it on too thick and it wouldn't wipe off, despite her best efforts. Gentle took a liking to La Brava's stained-on eyeshadow and affectionately doodled circles around his own eyes.
Exotic Eye Designs: Gentle and La Brava's eyes have concentric/dartboard irises; they are shaped like two circles, one inside the other. This is remarkable in that they share the same eye type despite being in a Cast of Snowflakes, but considering their relationship as a pair, it's very fitting.
Harmless Villain: Downplayed because they're not completely harmless (Gentle does hold up a cashier at knifepoint), but their crimes are extremely small-scale compared to the previous arc's pure-evil Overhaul, and are only a "threat" because Gentle's prank would have canceled the school festival and inhibited Eri's recovery.
Hated by All: In the most literal sense. The negative reception on their YoTube videos is overwhelming, but one of their videos, in particular, is shown to have 0 likes and 785 dislikes.
Heart Is an Awesome Power: 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 flee.
Heel–Face Turn: Both of them join to Heroes 's side in Final War arc, though they are watched by police.
Huge Guy, Tiny Girl: Thanks to La Brava (though proportioned like a teen or adult woman) being about as tall as Mineta, when they show up side by side, she reaches about his waist.
It's All About Me: Excluding La Brava, Gentle doesn't care how disruptive he is or how much he tramples on other people's feelings. If it gets him attention, he'll do it. By extension, La Brava cares for nothing else but Gentle:
Gentle: I'm sure you're pouring your emotions into it as well, but... even those cannot hope to match my stunning beard, let alone my burning soul. This venture is the first step towards building my legend! Do not interfere!
Laughably Evil: Thanks to Gentle's unnecessarily flashy style and their villainy being based on committing petty crimes to record it and get YoTube views.
Letter Motif: Gentle and La Brava's respective costumes makes them appear as a giant "X" (in Gentle's case) and a capital "Y" (in La Brava's case).
Love Redeems: As it turns out, the two's genuine, affectionate love for each other combined with Izuku stopping their prank gets the both of them to work toward redemption, proving instrumental in the Final Battle.
May–December Romance: Played with on two levels. Firstly, it's ambiguous just what their personal relationship is; La Brava clearly adores Gentle, but it's ambiguous if Gentle sees La Brava as a girlfriend, a platonic confidant, or even an adoptive daughter. Secondly, whilst their actual age gap is 11 years (Gentle is 32, La Brava is 21), their unique appearances make it very easy to mistake them for something closer in age to father and daughter.
Mirror Character: Gentle, for Midoriya. Gentle grew up wanting to be a hero, but was a failure as a student, and could never gain a provisional license. When he tried to save a citizen's life, his Quirk only made things worse, and the public attacked him for getting the way of a hero's job. This reminds Midoriya of his attempts to save Bakugo from the Sludge Villain, which got him harshly reprimanded, but didn't otherwise ruin his career. Midoriya finds the battle with Gentle hard on a personal level when he realizes just how similar the two of them are.
Post-Final Boss: They serve as this for the Internship storyline, since Eri isn't truly free of Overhaul until the cultural festival succeeds.
Shout-Out: The duo's actions and designs bear similarities to Jessie and James from Team Rocket in the Pokemon series. La Brava's hair style even somewhat resembles Jessie's.
Small Role, Big Impact: In the grand scheme of the narrative, they aren't too important past their introductory arc, and are mostly left to the wayside in favor of the League of Villains and Meta Liberation Army — Villains who affect the wider plot of the story on a much grander scale. That said, Midoriya's encounter with them did have a profound effect on him, being the first villains he'd fought that he could understand as people. When he's asked by One For All's vestiges if he can go through with killing Shigaraki in the Paranormal Liberation War aftermath, he thinks back to Gentle and La Brava as he resolves to try to understand and save Shigaraki on a deeper level.
Stepford Smiler: The pair's eccentricities and bombastic behavior are ultimately a façade to deal with being screw-ups.
Tragic Villain: It's inaccurate to call them full-fledged villains, they're really just a pair of pranksters who've hit a dead end and only have each other for support. Their schemes are them trying to eke some enjoyment out of life through being infamous malcontents. Gentle doesn't even bother actually stealing money from the convenience stores they rob, making them nuisances at the very worst.
Undying Loyalty: Gentle and La Brava are extremely loyal to each other. La Brava was contemplating suicide before encountering Gentle online and, later, becoming his partner, gave her life meaning. This is the reason her Quirk can work on him. Gentle, meanwhile, is shown to clearly care about La Brava, taking steps to help her anxiety about her Creepy Shadowed Undereyes and taking sole responsibility for their crimes, claiming he brainwashed her.
Unholy Matrimony: While Gentle's feelings for La Brava are ambiguous, La Brava's love for Gentle is so strong she can give him a massive power boost through her Quirk. However, the detective who questions Gentle he surmises that Gentle does return La Brava's love, to an extent at least.
What Happened to the Mouse?: The last time they appeared had the two in custody, with the implication that they would be given a chance to turn over a new leaf. As of nearly two-hundred chapters later, outside of Midoriya thinking of them in relation to his journey, they haven't appeared or been mentioned since. They eventually return on chapter 379 to help in the final battle against All for One.

Danjuro Tobita — Gentle (Criminal)

Voiced by: Kōichi Yamadera (Japanese), John Gremillion (English)

Debut: Chapter 170 (Manga), Episode 81 (Anime)

Playable in: My Hero One's Justice 2

Quirk: Elasticity

Rank: C

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"I wish for my name to be etched in history. Yes, it is I, Gentle!"

A 32-year-old man with a desire to carve his name into history. He performs crimes for the sake of drawing heroes to him so he can put on performances that are put online for the world to see.

His Quirk is "Elasticity", which grants elasticity to anything he touches.

Abusive Parents: Of the emotional type. His mother wasn't very supportive of him, best shown during a talk with one of his teachers where she covered herself with a cloth, crying from embarrassment and shame over her son's lack of skills. Worse, she talked about one of his classmates and how successful his career would be in front of her son. This was fully cemented after a young Gentle's attempted to save someone got him expelled and sued by the man who was injured: his parents kicked him out of the house, with the father not even looking at his son and the mother throwing things at him, leaving him heartbroken.
Adaptational Intelligence: A minor case in the anime. Instead of using his Quirk as a trampoline to jump up and save the falling man, he instead decided to cushion the man's fall. It didn't work, but it seems a bit better thought-out than his strategy in the manga.
Affably Evil: He may hold up cashiers at knife point, but he does not mean any actual harm, and doesn't even care much for the money itself, only in the fact that it will draw heroes to him. Additionally, he genuinely cares about La Brava, even going so far as to say that her arrival at his doorstep brought his gloomy days to an end.
Attention Whore: Every crime he commits is for the purpose of getting as many views as possible. In fact, he welcomes the idea of the police watching his videos, and decides to escalate his crimes to increase his viewership. This is played with later on, as Gentle does have noble intentions, such as exposing corrupt businesses and aiding hero society in realizing its flaws.
Barrier Warrior: One application of Gentle's Quirk is to turn air elastic, essentially creating a bouncy force field. It's powerful enough to send Midoriya all the way down a street after running at it full force with One For All: Full Cowl. They aren't impregnable though, since Midoriya eventually manages to hit Gentle through one.
Beard of Evil: A notable one, complete with mustache.It's become more of a Beard of Sorrow after his imprisonment.
Beard of Sorrow: His time in prison, coupled with his guilt, seems to have made him grow one.
Clothing Damage: At the peak of his "Lover Mode" in the fight with Midoriya, the raw force surging through Gentle's body tears the upper half of his costume apart.
Combat Pragmatist: For someone who claims to be a gentleman, Gentle is not above fighting dirty, as shown when he loosens the bolts on a support beam to drop it, forcing Midoriya to catch it to save a bystander underneath. Midoriya screams at Gentle for this, who replies that he expected him to give up the chase and push the bystander out of the way rather than catch it.
Confusion Fu: Gentle's fighting style centers on his ability to transform anything he likes into a super-rubbery consistency. This lets him literally bounce around his foe at all angles at high speeds, as well as disrupting his foe's ability to counterattack with an arsenal of tricky techniques, like suddenly launching them skyward, bouncing them off of their surroundings, creating air membranes to intercept their movements, etc.
Contrasting Sequel Antagonist: Plenty, but Overhaul, the Arc Villain of the Internship Arc prior to, is his most notable one. While Overhaul was a nasty bad boss seeking to become an overlord, Gentle is an affably evil anti-villain who treats La Brava well, and merely wants attention via pranks. Also, while Overhaul was a Knight of Cerebus, Gentle is a Harmless Villain.
Cowardly Lion: While Gentle is willing to fight others for the sake of his video's, he's usually relied on La Brava's Quirk to get out of a tight spot. Even when confronted by Deku he knows he stands little chance but fights him regardless out of respect for the young man. During the mass breakout from prisons all across the country, Gentle stopped the prisoners in his location from escaping asking if they really wanted to continue to hurt others. While they ignored him and were ready to kill him Gentle, clearly scared knowing that they are far more dangerous than anyone he's seen before, resolved himself to fight them off and single-handedly subdued them all.
Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass:
- He's a foppish dandy and an Attention Whore who commits petty crimes solely for the attention. He also totaled five pro heroes in rapid succession with little effort and La Brava's support. And that's all before he gives Midoriya a harder fight than even Bakugo did.
- Chapter 378 reveals that on the night All For One released prisoners across Japan, when his fellow prisoners made it clear that they were just going to go on a rampage with their newfound freedom, he took it upon himself to keep them from escaping. The end result is that he succeeded in doing so single-handedly, without La Brava's assistance. Additionally, time apart from La Brava has increased the strength of her Quirk's effect on him, upgrading his Super Mode to the point that he can catch the free-falling U.A. with his air trampolines, preventing the structure from crashing to the ground.
The Dandy: His clothes definitely give off this air, with his fancy cape and cowl, pinstriped pants, and well-groomed hair.
Defeat Means Respect: After being defeated by Midoriya, Gentle considers him a Worthy Opponent and is thankful to have met him. Midoriya also considers Gentle a worthy opponent, going as far as to call him the toughest opponent he has ever faced.
Determinator: Situational, as La Brava notes that under normal circumstances, Gentle would be fine with running away once things went awry. However, in his scheme to make a grand spectacle of infiltrating U.A., he stubbornly refuses to back down after getting discovered by Midoriya. His return in the final arc has him showing his resolve to stop the entire U.A. from falling while holding it up with all his strength.
Despair Event Horizon: For Tobita, everything went wrong when he tried to save a window cleaner from falling only to interrupt a hero that was already on the scene and resulting in both men being sent to the hospital. What happened next was just plain tragic. He was expelled from school, his parents were forced to pay for the hospital bills, people showed up at their house just to write insulting graffiti on the walls and stuff the mailbox with hate mail, he and his family were were evicted from their house and were forced to live in a cheap apartment. This all led to Tobita's mother violently kicking him out of the apartment. From then on, Tobita lived a life of poverty and part time jobs. Some time after that, he reunited with Takeshita, one of his old classmates who had became a hero. But when he reintroduced himself to Takeshita, he responded with, "I'm sorry, but, who are you again?" Tobita fell into complete despair after hearing that and he came to believe that if he couldn't leave his mark as a hero, then he will as a villain and thus, Gentle Criminal was born.
Epic Fail:
- Granted, Gentle was expecting a hero or two to show up for his J-Store video. What he didn't see coming was five heroes showing up ready to take him on. Cue Gentle's frozen smile, a "cut" and a swift beatdown of the heroes offscreen before the camera comes back on.
- His Failure Hero backstory serves as a more tragic version of this.
Even Evil Has Standards: Subverted on the evil part, as there is little real evil in him — he criticizes Stain and the League of Villains for being too violent and malicious.
Evil Sounds Deep: In the anime, Gentle speaks with a deep, melodious voice befitting of his fancy exterior.
Failure Hero: What he was before becoming a villain. He failed the provisional hero license exam four times, was still in the second year at the age of 18 because of his terrible grades and his disastrous attempt at saving a man falling from a building (not unlike Midoriya's attempts to save Bakugo) ended up interfering with a hero's work and severely injuring the one he was trying to save. His family faced severe legal action and he was kicked out of school and his house as a result.
Fake Brit: In-Universe. In the English dub, John Gremillion gives Gentle a pronounced English accent to fit the gentleman thief aesthetic. Flashbacks reveal this isn’t his natural voice, and was adopted after he turned to villainy.
Floating Platforms: He can create these by applying his Quirk to air, generating bouncy trampoline platforms.
Gentleman Thief: Invoked. Gentle explicitly states that this is the image he's going for.
The Gloves Come Off: While he was initially just trying to keep Midoriya off his back while he gets to U.A., by the end of the fight Gentle is doing everything in his power to win:
"Am I still not as strong as those you've fought before? I will throw away shame, honor, and my way of doing things to defeat you! That is the courtesy I can show a person like you."
Graceful Loser: After failing to defeat Midoriya, facing capture by the School's forces, he gently accepts defeat and ensures that La Brava won't be punished nor the cultural festival interrupted, flinging Midoriya away to obscure the fight's occurrence. Thankful, Midoriya helps him keep La Brava out of trouble by backing up his story when questioned, telling Hound Dog that it was only a Quirkless fist fight.
The Greatest Story Never Told: Gentle tries to end his fight with Midoriya this way, making it seem like their battle never happened in order to minimize the blowback on La Brava's criminal record. Midoriya goes along with it, knowing that if word had gotten out, the cultural festival would have been cancelled. This ends up played with when Ectoplasm and Hound Dog, and by extension, All Might, catch on to the truth anyway, though they decide to silence it and leave the matter to the police.
Harmless Villain: Downplayed, because he's not completely harmless (he does hold up a cashier at knifepoint), but compared to villains like Overhaul, his crimes are incredibly minor.
Heart Is an Awesome Power: Compared to One For All, Half-Hot Half-Cold, or Explosion, it's easy to find the ability to "make things elastic" a joke power. But Gentle is able to use his Quirk in exceptional ways, having once been a hero student himself. By touching the air, he can create invisible elastic barriers that repel pro heroes, and effectively allow him to walk on air. He can also send people skyward by simply touching the ground. In urban environments with plenty of ledges, he can turn everything around him into trampolines and catapults, moving fast enough to make it nearly impossible for opponents to fight back. He can also pile layers of elastic air on someone in an attempt to crush them. It seems to have become even stronger after his Heel–Face Turn, allowing him to capture an entire prison full of inmates by himself and save everyone by catching the falling U.A.
Heel Realization: After being defeated by Midoriya, Gentle realizes just how selfish he's been, especially in introducing La Brava to the world of crime. He willingly surrenders to the U.A. teachers, hoping that La Brava would walk away free.
Held Back in School: He was 18 in his second year of high school before he was expelled.
High Collar of Doom: Gentle has one of these as part of his outfit. It works against him when it gives Midoriya extra leverage to wrestle him while they fought in midair.
Hoist by His Own Petard: Gentle's online presence, as unpopular as he may be, makes it reasonable that someone would recognize him from his voice. This results in a confrontation with Midoriya because he recognized him on the way back to school before Gentle could even start his plan. He also only spoke to Midoriya because of Midoriya's mention of expensive tea, Gentle's favorite hobby and calling card of his crimes, which lead to Gentle Saying Too Much. Then during his fight with Midoriya, the hero-in-training bounces Delaware Smash Air Force off Gentle's own elasticity barriers to stun him before going for the finish with a St. Louis Smash.
Hold the Line: As scene in a flashback when All For One was freeing prisoners all over the country, Gentle held off every single prisoner on his own from escaping. He later does this when U.A. is falling, using both his and La Brava's powers to hold U.A. in the air for as long as he can.
Hopeless with Tech: Gentle is not someone you'd call tech-savvy. While he did learn how to use a computer to make his videos, they all did poorly because Gentle had no idea how to use them properly. It was only after he met "professional hacker" La Brava that his videos actually started getting attention, even if said attention was more negative than positive.
Hypocrite: Gentle tells Midoriya not to trample on his dreams of becoming a legend, all while remaining completely indifferent to how his actions are going to disrupt the cultural festival and ruin the hard work the students put in. Midoriya repeatedly calls him out on this. After several clashes and a mutual respect gained of each others' strength, Gentle decides to honor Midoriya's victory over him, by sacrificing his own dream in favor for allowing everyone else's to continue instead.
Hypocrite Has a Point: Gentle is not wrong when he brings up the fact that sometimes you have to trample the dreams of others in order to make yours a reality. A prime example of this is when during the Provisional Hero License Exam Arc, Midoriya eliminated other students to advance to the next round despite them pleading that it's their last chance to become pro heroes.
It's All My Fault: He blames himself for La Brava getting involved in his crusade of crime, despite verbally discouraging her from joining him and La Brava being the one who had to convince him to let her tag-along back when the choice was made.
Jaded Washout: Gentle spent some time as a NEET (a "freeter") after flunking out of hero school and his outraged mother throwing him out of the house, due to his disastrously failed attempt to save a civilian driving his parents to bankruptcy because of the civilian suing them for damages. Gentle later discovered that the star pupil of his class didn't even recognize him because he was such a nobody. He snapped from despair and spent that time coping with it by combing through old VHS tapes, where he discovered his inspiration to become the Gentle Criminal.
Karmic Jackpot: His decision to prevent anyone from escaping the prison he was held at causes the authorities to thank him by granting his requests to see La Brava again and go help Midoriya in the Final War. He also gets his efforts to keep the falling UA island afloat broadcast to the world after La Brava hacks the Business Course's phones.
Karmic Thief: He claims to punish those that act "ungentlemanly", such as robbing a convenience store that hides the expiration dates of its products.
The Klutz: Downplayed. He seems to have trouble holding a teapot straight when pouring into a cup.
Lightning Bruiser: Thanks to Elasticity, Gentle is capable of zipping around the battlefield at incredible speeds to either attack or escape, and the Quirk's Barrier Warrior applications means he's not a "squishy" target if you can catch him.
Living Emotional Crutch: Gentle is the only thing La Brava lives for. If not for him, she would either be Driven to Suicide or become a terrible villain:
La Brava: Gentle is my only light! He's my everything! Don't take him away from me!
Lost in Translation: His persona and Quirk are actually puns, as "gentleman" and "elasticity" are homonyms in Japanese, something that doesn't translate well into other languages.
Man of Wealth and Taste: Gentle tries to uphold this kind of image for his "fanbase".
Meaningful Name: "Gentle Criminal" is obviously a play on "gentleman," but it also has an incidental meaning in regards to his role in the story - Gentle Criminal is a gentle, Affably Evil Harmless Villain compared to the absolutely monstrous Overhaul, and he's the antagonist of a lower-stakes arc.
- Meaningful Rename: He drops the criminal of his name following his redemption, going simply by Gentle.
Morality Chain: La Brava's, as he fears that if he ever were to vanish from her world, she would not only hit the Despair Event Horizon, but also be Jumping Off the Slippery Slope and become a true villain without his guidance. He is very painfully aware of this and goes through immense lengths in ensuring it will never happen.
My God, What Have I Done?: In the anime version of his backstory flashback, he looks on in horror after his attempt to save the man from falling not only fails, but also prevents a flying pro hero from rescuing the man.
My Greatest Second Chance: Gentle's determination to do the right thing once again led him to stop his fellow inmates from escaping during the mass breakouts, which the police rewarded him for by letting him reunite with La Brava and participate in the final battle. Where his downfall was cemented by his failure to save one falling man, his redemption culminates with him saving countless lives by successfully keeping the falling U.A. in the air with a massive air trampoline.
Nice Guy: It's in his name after all. He's so Gentle that in fact he commits Heel–Face Turn with La Brava later in the story.
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: In his past, he attempted to save a man from falling off a building. His failure caused the man to be severely injured and sue Gentle for damages, having to pay his hospital bills, which broke his family and eventually caused his parents to kick him out of the house and fend for himself. It also resulted in him getting expelled from the hero course for interfering with a pro hero in the line of duty.
Not Quite Flight: Gentle's Quirk allows him to go airborne by turning the ground or even air into trampolines that he can use to propel himself.
Offscreen Moment of Awesome:
- In his debut, La Brava is filming Gentle robbing a store when the heroes show up. He has La Brava turn off the camera, then defeats all four heroes offscreen, both In-Universe and out.
- In Chapter 378, a flashback shows that during the mass prison breakouts, Gentle single-handedly defeated and restrained every prisoner at the detention center he was being held at after realizing they wished to return to a life of crime. We only see the aftermath of this massive fight, but it's stated that his prison was the only one out of seven to not have any escapees, and he did it all without La Brava's support.
One-Man Army: He single-handedly stops every superpowered prisoners in the prison he was held in from escaping during the mass prison breakouts that All For One engineered all over the country. Thanks to him, no villain managed to escape the prison he was in. And he did this without his Super Mode.
O.O.C. Is Serious Business: When the pacifistic Gentle resorts to violence, it becomes crystal-clear that the situation really has gone south for him.
Redemption Promotion: His powers seem to have massively spiked post-Heel–Face Turn as a result of his newfound drive and motivation to redeem himself. He was able to singlehandedly capture an entire prison full of inmates by himself and in the Final Battle is able to stop the entirity of UA from falling by himself.
Refused by the Call: In a world of idolized superheroism, Gentle wanted nothing else but to become a hero worthy of the textbooks, no matter what. It ended up costing him dearly with nothing but despair and disappointment to show for it. This is subverted when Gentle, after his arrest, asks the police for a second chance to redeem himself. They are very supportive and encouraging towards him in their answer about it.
Sad Clown: Comedic as he is with his Gentleman Thief act, his Toon Physics Quirk, costume, and his criticism towards society, he's still a thirty-something man that desperately clung on to his high school dream of heroism and fame despite how his ineptitude for it caused him to lose everything, hit the Despair Event Horizon, and turn to a path of villainy in the process.
Secretly Selfish: At the end of the day, while well-intentioned on the surface, Gentle's greatest wish is less about promoting some kind of greater good than it is to become known a legend, as he's terrified of dying alone and in obscurity after failing all of his other aspirations in life. However, he does willingly sacrifice himself and his dreams in the hopes of getting La Brava a less harsh punishment and he does have big Heel Realization.
Shout-Out:
- The way his Quirk works is similar to the power of Trish Una's Stand, Spice Girl.
- To American side, he's similiar to Bronze and Silver Age villains, who just commit silly acts and to get attention from people rather than trully villainous.
  - Gentle in particular has a lot of common with the 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.
Silver Fox: He has gray nearly white hair despite being only 32 (according to the volume 19 omake), but his gentlemanly style is actually quite attractive. This is something La Brava wholly approves of.
Stealth Mentor: How he rationalizes his U.A. infiltration attempt. He claims that his appearance there would, in his words, "...allow the little saplings to grow up strongly".
Super Loser: Granted, it's a world where Everyone Is a Super, but his grades tanked, he botched a rescue attempt with his Quirk, his family got hit by a lawsuit, he got expelled from school, was kicked out of the house, and he was about to fade into obscurity with no one to remember him. Even as Gentle, his "performances" were disliked by almost everyone, except La Brava.
Super Mode: "Lover Mode", which he acquires whenever La Brava activates her Quirk. He typically uses it as a last resort to escape from heroes, which worked 100% of the time, until his fight with Midoriya. It gets considerebly stronger in the Final Battle when he saves falling U.A. Fortress in the sky.
Taking the Heat: A variant. While he is, in fact, guilty of his crimes, he tries to make it seem as though he was acting alone so that La Brava will not be punished for associating with him.
Tap on the Head: After being empowered by La Brava's Quirk, Gentle attempts to take Midoriya out of the fight with a chop to the neck, only for Midoriya to defy this, having faced even stronger and more powerful opponents before.
Technical Pacifist: As part of his "gentlemen" persona, he's not one for violence. He notably cuts out any fights from his videos, and later chapters reveal that most of said fights were just him using Lover Mode to deflect his opponent's attacks, with La Brava claiming that "[her] Gentle doesn't approve of violence". That being said, he's not above threatening violence for his videos. During his fight with Midoriya, however, he decides to go all out in their battle as a sign of respect to the young hero-in-training.
Then Let Me Be Evil: His Epic Fail in becoming a pro hero led him to become a villain. Unlike the other villains, however, he has no desire for revenge or to topple the status quo. Instead, he does this as another means to simply be remembered.
Took a Level in Badass: Back when he was in high school, he was a very poor student who flunked the hero course four times before being expelled. In the present, though? He's able to utterly trounce five pro heroes at once and is able to keep up with Midoriya, who is attending the best hero school in the country and has the power of the former #1 hero on his side, pretty well. He has definitely come a long way. He is later revealed to have taken an even greater one after he successfully kept his fellow inmates from breaking out of prison, and with his Lover Mode made stronger than ever due to how "absence makes the heart grow fonder", he can now make an air trampoline big and strong enough to keep the entirety of U.A. airborne.
Toon Physics: Gentle's Quirk, "Elasticity", allows him to grant rubber-like qualities to anything he touches, including solid constructs, his clothes and even the air he steps on, which he uses to great effect and highest efficiency.
"X" Makes Anything Cool: The upper part of Gentle's costume, makes him appear as a gigantic black "X" when seen from the front, with Gentle himself in the eye-catching center of it. A deliberate detail, as Gentle himself was the one who designed and made the costume this way before starting his career as "Gentle Criminal".
What You Are in the Dark: During the All for One's mass breakout, the prison that held Gentle was also attacked. Gentle could easily have stood aside or even escaped himself in the confusion. Instead, after taking a moment to block the way of his fellow inmates and confirm that his fellow inmates' intentions to go right back to crime, he commits himself fully to his hopes of redemption and fights to keep them all imprisoned. The result is that out of all the affected prisons, that one alone didn't lose a single prisoner. The police rightly offer an exhausted Gentle a reward, and his only requests are to be reunited with La Brava and to be given the chance to keep doing good.
Wicked Cultured: Played for Laughs. Gentle attempts to live up to this standard by making it a point to look fanciful and uphold tea time and drink only the finest brews befitting the scale of his exploits, but his exploits are so small and petty half the time that nobody takes him seriously and believe he's a deluded wannabe villain... until he uses his Quirk to clean house.
Worthy Opponent: Towards the end of their fight, Gentle's respect for Midoriya grows to the point where he willingly casts aside his own image as a pacifistic Gentleman Thief in order to go all out against Midoriya, something he never had done before. Midoriya returns this sentiment, as he acknowledges Gentle to be "one of the toughest opponents yet" in hindsight of his battle record.
Gentle: (to Midoriya) I will defeat you! Even if it means discarding my reputation and style! That is my gesture of respect to a man such as you!
Younger Than They Look: His white hair, facial hair, Silver Fox mannerisms and the dark circles around his eyes make him appear to be in his mid-forties, but he's actually in his early thirties. Once his hair is down and he's out of his costume, he properly looks his age. The dark circles are actually drawn with a marker pen. Funny enough, it's the inverse of La Brava's Older Than They Look.
You Shall Not Pass!: He holds off the entirety of the prisoners in the prison he was held in from escaping despite gaining serious injuries. This was so impressive and badass that the police officer, the same one who questioned him after his arrest, rewards him with his freedom and a chance to meet La Brava again.

Manami Aiba — La Brava

Voiced by: Yui Horie (Japanese), Megan Shipman (English)

Debut: Chapter 170 (Manga), Episode 81 (Anime)

Playable in: My Hero One's Justice 2

Quirk: Love

Rank: C

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"I'm already a criminal, what with all the hacking. Besides, as long as I'm with you, Gentle... I'll be happy no matter what happens."

A young woman who, before becoming a villain, lived as a Hikikomori that barely clung to life. After she was introduced to Gentle through his early videos, she pulled herself together and decided to track him down and join him in his villainy. After meeting him, she became his sidekick and camerawoman, code-named La Brava.

Her Quirk is "Love", which grants an exponential increase in power to the ones she loves and further increases said boost depending on how strong her feelings at the moment are.

Always Someone Better: As it turns out, she's a much better hacker than Sceptic to the point she once hacked Feel Good Inc. as practice and completely shuts down his entire system and tracks his location the nanosecond he exposes himself in the Final Battle.
Ascended Fangirl: La Brava went from being Gentle's (possibly only) die-hard fan to his personal assistant, partially thanks to her hacking skills, which she used to find out where he lived and move in with him.
Better Off with the Bad Guys: La Brava became enamored with Gentle Criminal after seeing the videos he posted of himself committing crimes, lending her hacker skills to his cause to become a name worthy of the history books. Prior to this, she had been a Hikkikomori following mockery from her first love and had even been contemplating suicide. Gentle's presence in her life gives her cause to go on, despite doing so making La Brava herself an accomplice to his crimes.
The Bus Came Back: She makes an appearance at the end of Chapter 377, having been hired to track down Skeptic.
Connected All Along: Skeptic's one time failure that made the concept of failure in itself his Berserk Button? She was the one responsible for it.
Cutesy Dwarf: Just over an inch taller than Mineta's three-and-a-half feet of height, and unlike him is shapely and well-proportioned, which is emphasized by her poofy pants and Neo-Victorian style costume. A number of online reviewers have compared her to The Powerpuff Girls.
Despair Event Horizon: La Brava came close to reaching total despair after her school crush rebuffed her affections without realizing she was listening in secret. After finishing school, she became a shut-in who stayed glued to her computer screen and contemplated suicide, until she discovered Gentle online and became immediately enamored with him and found a new purpose to feel alive... and even hunted him down because she couldn't contain her feelings! Gentle worries if anything were to happen to him, she'd hit this again and likely commit an even more terrible crime than their plan against the cultural festival.
Fangirl: La Brava, who might be Gentle's biggest (and only) fan, while also serving as his sidekick in charge of spreading his videos around online repeatedly.
Hikikomori: After hearing the boy whom she wrote a love letter to mock it and call her a stalker to his friends, La Brava became one of these after middle school with thoughts of suicide. She broke out of it after seeing Gentle's videos online, and became his partner in crime.
Heart Is an Awesome Power: Her Quirk, Love, lets her give another person a physical boost to strength, speed and stamina based on the strength of La Brava's positive feelings for the subject. It's not much use in a direct confrontation, but it makes her an awesome support member in a partnership, and given the sheer intensity of her feelings for Gentle, she truly is his ace in the hole.
Hour of Power: Her Quirk allows her to give Gentle a massive boost in his strength proportional to the strength of her feelings for him. But this boost is only temporary and can only be used once per day, which is why they try to reserve it for their retreats. After Gentle's battle with Midoriya exhausts this, they're helpless when Ectoplasm and Hound Dog show up, forcing Gentle to surrender after knocking Midoriya away.
Love Confession: Weaponized in La Brava's case, as it serves as a vocal trigger for her Quirk to take effect. It's not indiscriminate though, as she can decide when to make the three words a trigger or not.
Meaningful Name: La Brava's real name can roughly translate to "beautiful love love partner", reflecting both her love for Gentle and her Quirk.
Never Hurt an Innocent: When the battle between Deku and Gentle takes to construction battle and a civillian notices it, instead of knocking him out, she tells him they're making a movie and tells him to head to other street.
No Indoor Voice: Whether she's fangirling over Gentle or expressing general frustration, La Brava's dialogue box leaves no room for subtlety.
Non-Standard Character Design: La Brava is an extremely cartoony character, nearly out of place of the manga, not unlike the style in which Mineta is drawn.
Older Than They Look: She's 21, but has looked roughly the same since middle school, though with some visible development in her chest and hips. Funny enough, it's the inverse of Gentle's Younger Than They Look.
Playful Hacker: La Brava, who puts all her skills as a master hacker into the sole purpose of etching Gentle's name into history rather than genuine criminal activities. She introduces herself to Skeptic with a playful "Found ya!" as she's counter hacking his systems. She then proceeds to cover all his screens with dancing cats just to toy with him.
The Power of Love: Literally. Her Quirk lets her give a temporary power boost to others, and the stronger her feelings for that person at the moment she activates it, the greater the boost. In dire circumstances, her strong affections for Gentle can greatly increase his strength to the point that Midoriya is struggling to keep pace with and overpower him even while using One for All: Full Cowl.
"The Reason You Suck" Speech: While counter hacking Skeptic she's utterly dismissive of the other man, outright telling him he's still as bad as he was all those years ago when she did it the first time. When a furious Skeptic screams at her about what her first hacking lost him, her incredibly dry answer to that is a very sarcastic "sorry, my bad".
Shorter Means Smarter: The tiny La Brava is the master hacker of the duo compared to the relatively technologically impaired Gentle. She's smart enough to counter hack Skeptic, himself a master hacker.
Shout-Out: To the Elmore Leonard novel La Brava, where the title character becomes involved with an actress he admired after seeing her onscreen as a child. This roughly parallels how La Brava wound up with Gentle.
Shrinking Violet: Who she was in middle school, hiding behind walls and observing her crush, which was creeping out her classmates.
Significant Birth Date: The support materials reveal that her birthday, appropriately enough, is February 14 - Valentine's Day.
Single Woman Seeks Good Man: She loves Gentle because of how kind he was to her when they met and how he cares for her enough to even draw black lines around his eyes so she wouldn't feel bad about herself.
Smug Smiler: She makes one quite a lot, especially when meeting Skeptic again.
Sparkling Stream of Tears: In the anime. During the battle between Midoriya and Gentle, La Brava has a string of sparkling tears spray from her eyes as she leaps through the air and worries about him.
Spell My Name With An S: Due to the way written Japanese handles "L" and "V" sounds, her name has been translated into everything from "La Brava" (which is the official translation) to "Love Lover" and even "Love Rubber".^*
Stalker with a Crush: La Brava comes off as one of these due to how extreme she can be in expressing her love:
- She first gained this reputation when she was in school and gave a love letter to a boy she had never spoken to. The letter's contents made it clear that she had been tailing him, which made her look like a creep to him and his friends.
- In regards to Gentle, she used her hacking skills to find his address and track him after becoming his fan. However, Gentle isn't bothered much by this and he actually accepts La Brava's companionship. That said, one strip of My Heroine Academia has Gentle discover that she has footage of him sleeping without his knowledge, which actually does creep him out a bit.
Symbol Motif Clothing: Hearts, since her Quirk utilizes The Power of Love. She has several of them on her outfit, including heart-shaped earrings and a heart belt buckle. Even her twintails form a heart shape when viewed from certain angles.
Troll: As part of being a Playful Hacker, she can be this at times. She once hacked Feel Good Inc.'s entire system to replace all its ads with dancing cats. While hacking Skeptic's system during the Final Battle, she does it again just to get under his skin.
Villainous Breakdown: Has one when Gentle loses in his battle with Midoriya.

Minor Villains

Entrance Exam Arc

Sludge Villain

Voiced by: Shinya Fukumatsu (Japanese), Jeremy Inman (English)

Debut: Chapter 1 (Manga), Episode 1 (Anime)

Quirk: 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.

Ambiguously Human: Of all the "humans" introduced in the series, he is definitely the least human-like.
Arc Villain: The main threat in the first chapter, by being a Starter Villain.
Big Bad Wannabe: 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.
Blob Monster: A mud-like entity.
The Bus Came Back: 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.
Create Your Own Hero: 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.
Dirty Coward: A literal and metaphorical one. 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. 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 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.
Eye Scream: In an attempt to rescue Bakugo, Midoriya throws his bag at the villain, which ends up launching a metal pencil case into his eye.
Go for the Eye: 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.
Grand Theft Me: He is able to take over other people's bodies, and is even able to use their Quirks against their will.
Green Is Gross: His main and only color is a dark, slimy green.
Human Shield: Uses Bakugo as one to keep the heroes from attacking him. It works until All Might shows up and literally blows him away.
Know When to Fold 'Em: When he realizes Ashido is attacking him with acid, his Logical Weakness, he instantly decides to run for it rather than fight her.
Literally Shattered Lives: 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.
Logical Weakness: Being made out of sludge means liquids that can mix into him bypass his Nigh-Invulnerability entirely and are extra effective. This makes Ashido his Man of Kryptonite, as her acid attacks do exactly this. As a result, the moment he realizes what her power is, he tries to run for it knowing he doesn't stand a chance.
Nigh-Invulnerability: Physical attacks are mostly useless against him, but he's still vulnerable to Blow You Away, so All Might manages to beat him by punching the air against him really hard.
No Name Given: 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".
Orifice Invasion: 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.
Sealed Evil in a Can: 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.
Small Role, Big Impact: 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, albeit succesful Character Development.
Starter Villain: He is just a random criminal who serves to kick start the plot and showcase All Might's overwhelming power.
Tombstone Teeth: 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.
Would Hurt a Child: Was planning to hijack and effectively kill Midoriya and Bakugo for their bodies.

USJ Arc

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.

The Bus Came Back: Habit Headgear returns as a part of the wave of villains summoned by All For One during the Final War Arc.
No Name Given: In the anime, he goes unnamed.
Small Role, Big Impact: He's at least part of the reason All Might was late to school on the day of the USJ Incident.
The Worf Effect: 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.
Would Hurt a Child: He takes a little girl hostage along with her parents.

OVA Villain

Voiced by: Kenta Miyake (Japanese), Christopher Sabat (English)

Debut: Save! Rescue Training! (Anime OVA)

Quirk: 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.

Canon Foreigner: All Might only breaks out the costume in anime original episodes like the first OVA or episode 58.
Even Evil Has Loved Ones: 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.
Motive Misidentification: 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!!!
Playing Possum: He played dead and bolted while the students stood around deducing the mystery of his death.
Walking Spoiler: Talking about him without mentioning that's actually All Might is rather hard to do.
What the Hell, Hero?: In the first OVA, All Might gets an ear full from most of Class 1-A after the truth is revealed.
Who Murdered the Asshole: 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".
The Worf Effect: 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

Innsmouth

Voiced by: Anri Katsu (Japanese), Tyson Rinehart (English)

Debut: Episode 32 (Anime)

Quirk: Octopus

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"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.

Astonishingly Appropriate Appearance: His actual face looks similar to a diving mask.
Berserk Button: Hurt his siblings and pay the price!
Breath Weapon: One of his attacks is to blind his enemies with a jet of ink he can spew from his mouth.
Canon Foreigner: He's the franchise's first anime-exclusive villain.
Combat Pragmatist: 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.
Combat Tentacles: Two tentacles attached to his face, and pseudo-tentacle webbed arms.
Cthulhumanoid: As his character's an homage to the works of H. P. Lovecraft, he's a fishlike person with tentacles protruding from his face.
Even Evil Has Loved Ones: When Selkie defeats his siblings, he's furious and wastes no time attacking him.
Even Evil Has Standards: 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.
Filler Villain: An anime-exclusive villain that serves as the main antagonist of Tsuyu's internship.
Gratuitous English: In the Japanese version, he spouts occasional phrases in English like "The end!" or "MY BROTHERRRRRS!!!"
Meaningful Name: His name is taken from the famous short story by Lovecraft, The Shadow Over Innsmouth.
Multi-Armed and Dangerous: Quadruple arms and combat tentacles. 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.
Tentacled Terror: A villain with octopod tentacles, and he doesn't mess around.
Trojan Horse: 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.
Weird Beard: Doubles as tentacles. Think Davy Jones.

Innsmouth's Siblings

Debut: Episode 32 (Anime)

Quirks: 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.

Always Identical Twins: Zigzagged. They're triplets, but while the brothers are identical, the sister has a more unique appearance.
Bound and Gagged: 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.
Canon Foreigner: They're anime-exclusive characters.
Chromatic Arrangement: All three of them wear similar clothes with different colors. One is dressed in red, one in blue and one in yellow.
Rewarded as a Traitor Deserves: 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.
Siblings in Crime: A trio of siblings operating a drug smuggling business under the orders of their older brother.

Internship Arc

Team Reservoir Dogs

Debut: Chapter 115 (Manga), Episode 62 (Anime)

Quirks: Unknown

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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.

Always Someone Better: They manage to take down a pro hero, but are soon defeated by Overhaul's own group of villains.
Colour-Coded for Your Convenience: They actually have individual names, which are just the colors they wear on their various headgear.
Combat Pragmatist: 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.
Cruel and Unusual Death: When they first appeared, it looked as if Overhaul had killed them via Body Horror. 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.
Evil Is Petty: Lampshaded by Overhaul; despite being made up of several villains gathered together, the group is content with merely robbing convenience store registers.
Flipping the Bird: "Red" flips off Overhaul in the manga, but because of age censorship guidelines, the gesture doesn't translate into the anime.
Harmful Healing: Their true fate, after being seemingly killed by Overhaul. After the intense pain, they saw their respective physical and mental diseases were entirely healed.
Meaningful Name: They're all named after colors, a reference to the movie they get their team name from.
Named by the Adaptation: Red and Yellow go by the names of Broque and Yole in My Hero Academia: The Strongest Hero.
No Name Given: 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).
Sacrificial Lamb: They are used just to showcase Overhaul's villainy and power, as well as the Body Horror he can create with his Quirk. This is subverted in the sense that they aren't killed in the end.
Shout-Out: To the movie of the same name.

Blade Villain

Voiced by: Katsunori Okai (Japanese), Kyle Igneczi (English)

Debut: Chapter 132 (Manga), Episode 68 (Anime)

Quirk: Unnamed Blade Quirk

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"Bro, run away!"

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"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.

Absurdly Sharp Blade: With Trigger, he can summon these out of his body, even managing to hurt Kirishima in his hardened form.
Adaptation Expansion: In One's Justice 2, he's used as a stand in for various generic thugs during the story mode.
Beware the Silly Ones: He's a nervous, cowardly young Villain that doesn't seem suited for this business. However, he turns into a terrifying opponent under the influence of Trigger.
Body Horror: Downplayed, but just take a look at him once he gets high off of Trigger. Blades start coming out of his eyes.
Combat Pragmatist: 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.
Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: He believes strong heroes like Kirishima could never understand what it's like to be a weak villain like him.
Inelegant Blubbering: Is very prone to teary-eyed, sweat-faced, snot-nosed sobbing as he gets increasingly overwhelmed by having a hero after him.
Let's Get Dangerous!: Pulls one out as he injects himself with Trigger, going from a sobbing nervous wreck to a very real threat to Kirishima and all nearby citizens.
Nervous Wreck: Zigzagged. It's hard to tell how much of his behavior is him being genuinely scared and self-pitying, and how much is just an act to trick Kirishima into letting his guard down.
Never My Fault: After Kirishima scolds him for shooting Tamaki and running away without even saving the rest of his gang, he cries and replies that he's too scared and should at least be praised for being brave enough to pull the trigger.
One-Winged Angel: With Trigger, his blades grow to an absurd degree, allowing him to cut through Kirishima's hardened skin... at first at least.
Screw This, I'm Outta Here: 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.
Shut Up, Kirk!: Kirishima tries to sympathize with him and his low self-esteem. His response?
I DON'T GIVE A SHIT ABOUT YOUR SOB STORY!!!
Small Role, Big Impact: 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.
Undying Loyalty: 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.
Wounded Gazelle Gambit: Employs this twice. Once to distract Kirishima so he can use his Trigger, and again to try and escape.
What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?: 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

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.

0% Approval Rating: As they became increasingly radical in their beliefs, their public support weakened and they dramatically shrunk in size.
Adaptational Late Appearance: In the anime, they don't make their appearance until a flashback during the Paranormal Liberation War Arc.
All There in the Manual: A large portion of the group's history was revealed in the Volume 23 extras.
Asshole Victim: The League of Villains (sans Dabi) absolutely brutalize them, but it's unlikely any tears will be shed over a group of racists dying.
Battle Trophy: 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.
Evil Old Folks: Spinner calls them all fossils and it's implied the group is mainly full of an older crowd.
Evil vs. Evil: They're the ones League of Villains comes across and end up fighting in the begging of the villain arc.
Fantastic Racism: As Ku Klux Klan Expys, it's to be expected. They consider those with non-human appearances to be disgusting.
Hate Sink: They're designed to have no semblance of a redeeming quality, and it shows.
The Klan: They're effectively the series' version of the KKK.
Lighter Shade Of Black: League of Villains definetely aren't saints, but they at very least have a few reediming qualties, like being Equal Oppurnity Villain, having various people in their group. CRC however are bigoted criminals, and it's heavily implied they've killed some heteromorphs before.
Obviously Evil: They're introduced having a candlelit sermon dressed in dark cloaks and skull masks. Definitely not the aesthetic of good people.

Endeavor Internship Arc

Starservant

Voiced by: Tomoyuki Shimura (Japanese), Ray Gestaut (English)

Debut: Chapter 243 (Manga), Episode 102 (Anime)

Quirks: 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! 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.

Beard of Evil: A villain with a notably long, thick Wizard Beard.
Crazy Homeless People: His followers seem to consist of this, and it's implied he's one of these himself.
Cryptic Conversation: His dialogue is littered with allusions to darkness and salvation.
Glass Weapon: His Quirk allows him to manipulate glass. He primarily uses it to reshape the glass into orbs that he then rides on.
Mad Oracle: 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.
Not Quite Flight: He rides on the glass orbs he creates, allowing him to float off the ground.
The Power of Glass: 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.
Prophet Eyes: His eyes are ghostly white, accentuating his prophet-like appearance.
Wizard Beard: He has a long white beard that adds to his "crazy old preacher" look.

Ending

Voiced by: Kishow Taniyama (Japanese), Belsheber Rusape Jr. (English)

Debut: Chapter 250 (Manga), Episode 105 (Anime)

Quirks: 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.

All There in the Manual: His Quirk's name and its proper description were first stated in the Volume 26 extras.
Arc Villain: The closest the Endeavor Agency arc has.
Death Seeker: 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.
Mind over Matter: Limited exclusively to lane lines painted on the road.
Mummy Wrap: He uses his Quirk to bind Natsuo with lane lines he strips from the road.
Stalker without a Crush: 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.
Suicide by Cop: 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.
Villainous Breakdown: 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!
What Measure Is a Non-Human?: He discusses this, pointing out that while heroes aren't supposed to kill villains, Endeavor killed 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.

Past Villains

Toxic Chainsaw

Quirk: Unknown

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.

All There in the Manual: 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.
Chainsaw Good: Invoked by his name.
Curb-Stomp Battle: According to All Might, Toxic Chainsaw couldn't even get near him.
The Ghost: He was namedropped in the very first chapter of the manga,^*The second episode of the anime but has never appeared or been mentioned since.
Lost in Translation: In the original scanlations, Toxic Chainsaw got a case of mistranslational 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.
Poison Is Evil: He's a villain who has "Toxic" (or "Venomous" depending on the translation) in his name.
Poisonous Person: If his name is in any way accurate.

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.

Anti-Villain: 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.
Chekhov's Gunman: 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 Mr. Compress' motivations. Namely, that he's Atsuhiro's great-great grandfather and idol.
Famous Ancestor: He's the great-great grandfather and personal idol to Mr. Compress, who adopts Harima's profession and goal of dismantling the hero system.
Just Like Robin Hood: According to the ULTRA ANALYSIS Character Book, he mainly targeted the rich and gave the money he stole to the poor.
Meaningful Name: Oji is Japanese for "prince".
Practically Joker: Zig zagged. With his Slasher Smile, 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 Robin Hood seeking to help the poor and punish the corrupt.
Red Baron: "The Uncanny Thief".
Slasher Smile: He sports one in a monologue that Gentle gives.

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, My Hero Academia: Vigilantes and My Hero Academia: Team Up Mission can be found on their own pages.

Other Media

Sand Villain

Debut: Deku & Bakugo: Rising Chapter 1 (Manga)

Quirk: Sand

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A villain that Midoriya and Bakugo encountered when they were still in middle school.

Curb-Stomp Battle: Air Jet takes him out in a single blast.
Mucking in the Mud: 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.
Power Misidentification: 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.
No Name Given: He isn't properly named, though Bakugo refers to him as the "Cloud Villain" before he figures out the villain's Quirk.
Sand Blaster: His Quirk gives him a body of sand that he can control to his whim.
Smoke Out: 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.

Shinjiro Hohoemi — Mr. Smiley

Voiced by: Hironori Kondo (Japanese), Anthony DiMascio (English)

Debut: My Hero Academia: Laugh! As If You Are in Hell

Quirk: 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.

Anti-Villain: Smiley simply wanted people to see his art, and his crimes are relatively minor compared to other villains.
Arc Villain: He's one for "Laugh! As If You Are in Hell" OVA.
Attention Whore: The reason why he commits vandalism is because he wants his art to gain some acknowledgement.
Beware the Silly Ones: 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.
Emotion Bomb: As mentioned above, so long as his face is being shown in real time, anyone who sees it is forced into fits of laughter. At the end of the OVA, anyone who was watching the TV during interview is seen laughing.
Foil:
- He's one to Midoriya, both want to achieve their dreams, albeit in much different ways. Even Midoriya finds criminal's behavior reletable.
- Also to Gentle Criminal, by both being a Tragic Villain and Attention Whore, however Smiley doesn't seem to be interested in becoming a hero and simply wanted for his art to be more popular.
Heel–Face Turn: After Deku talks to him about his ways, Smiley decides to stop his villainous path and ends up saving the people at the commercial building from the robbers. It's implied he will be now making his art in more legal way, after being recognized on a TV station.
Karmic Jackpot: By performing a heroic deed, he ends up on telivision and ends up being famous. He also uses his quirk on live, making everyone watching TV laugh.
Tragic Villain: After failing to get into art school with his art not gaining much fame, he decided to resort into more criminal way.

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Major Villains

Major Villainous Organizations

Major Independent Villains

Gentle Criminal and La Brava

Tropes applying to both

Danjuro Tobita — Gentle (Criminal)

Voiced by: Kōichi Yamadera (Japanese), John Gremillion (English)

Debut: Chapter 170 (Manga), Episode 81 (Anime)

Playable in: My Hero One's Justice 2

Quirk: Elasticity

Rank: C

Manami Aiba — La Brava

Voiced by: Yui Horie (Japanese), Megan Shipman (English)

Debut: Chapter 170 (Manga), Episode 81 (Anime)

Playable in: My Hero One's Justice 2

Quirk: Love

Rank: C

Minor Villains

Entrance Exam Arc

Sludge Villain

Voiced by: Shinya Fukumatsu (Japanese), Jeremy Inman (English)

Debut: Chapter 1 (Manga), Episode 1 (Anime)

Quirk: Unnamed Sludge Body Quirk

Rank: D

USJ Arc

Habit Headgear

Debut: Chapter 13 (Manga), Episode 9 (Anime)

Quirk: Trap Flex

Rank: C

OVA Villain

Voiced by: Kenta Miyake (Japanese), Christopher Sabat (English)

Debut: Save! Rescue Training! (Anime OVA)

Quirk: One For All

Rank: -

Field Training Arc

Innsmouth

Voiced by: Anri Katsu (Japanese), Tyson Rinehart (English)

Debut: Episode 32 (Anime)

Quirk: Octopus

Innsmouth's Siblings

Debut: Episode 32 (Anime)

Quirks: Unnammed Cephalopod Quirks

Internship Arc

Team Reservoir Dogs

Debut: Chapter 115 (Manga), Episode 62 (Anime)

Quirks: Unknown

Blade Villain

Voiced by: Katsunori Okai (Japanese), Kyle Igneczi (English)

Debut: Chapter 132 (Manga), Episode 68 (Anime)

Quirk: Unnamed Blade Quirk

Meta Liberation Army Arc

The Creature Rejection Clan

Voiced by: Yuuki Hoshi, Fumitake Ishiguro (Japanese)

Debut: Chapter 220 (Manga), Episode 126 (Anime)

Quirks: Unknown

Endeavor Internship Arc

Starservant

Voiced by: Tomoyuki Shimura (Japanese), Ray Gestaut (English)

Debut: Chapter 243 (Manga), Episode 102 (Anime)

Quirks: Glass Manipulation

Ending

Voiced by: Kishow Taniyama (Japanese), Belsheber Rusape Jr. (English)

Debut: Chapter 250 (Manga), Episode 105 (Anime)

Quirks: White Line

Past Villains

Toxic Chainsaw

Quirk: Unknown

Oji Harima

Debut: Chapter 171 (Manga), Episode 82 (Anime)

Quirk: Unknown

Villains From Other My Hero Academia Media

Other Media

Sand Villain

Debut: Deku & Bakugo: Rising Chapter 1 (Manga)

Quirk: Sand

Shinjiro Hohoemi — Mr. Smiley

Voiced by: Hironori Kondo (Japanese), Anthony DiMascio (English)

Debut: My Hero Academia: Laugh! As If You Are in Hell

Characters / My Hero Academia - Villains
aka: My Hero Academia Other Villains