Ragdoll: That's right! The four of us are one!
Mandalay: Lock on with these sparkling gazes!
Ragdoll: We've come to lend a paw and help!.
Tiger: Coming out of nowhere...
Pixie-Bob: Stingingly cute and catlike!.
All together: Wild Wild Pussycats!

• 100% Heroism Rating: Three factors go into a hero's public ranking. 1.) The number of cases they resolved. 2.) The contributions they made to society. 3.) Their approval rating from the public. Following Ragdoll losing her Quirk, they took a leave of absence, which meant they weren't completing cases or making contributions. So they fell from #32 to #411. The flip-side to that is that realistically they should have been dropped off entirely. The Pussycats were pleasantly surprised they stayed in the triple digits, and so inspired by the public's trust in them that, they went back to work.
• Adapted Out: The anime omits Ragdoll waking up in the hospital and being comforted by the rest of the team over her Quirk being stolen, which further demonstrated the group were True Companions, and in turn leaving Pixie-Bob and Ragdoll's fates open ended until they all came to visit Class 1-A in Season 4.
• Animal-Eared Headband: As part of their Cat Girl outfits, they all wear headsets that resemble cat ears.
• Animal Theme Naming: Mandalay, Pixie-Bob, and Ragdoll are all named after different domestic cat breeds. Tiger is named after a large wild cat instead.
• Animal-Themed Superbeing: The animal alias type; they're all cat-themed heroes in names and appearance, but their Quirks don't have anything to do with cats.
• The Bus Came Back: They show up in Chapter 184 to meet Class 1-A in their dorm.
• Cat Girl: The overall theme of their hero costumes. They all wear fake cat tails, paw-like gloves, and headsets that resemble cat ears.
• Color-Coded Characters: Mandalay is red, Pixie-Bob is blue, Ragdoll is yellow, and Tiger is brown.
• Mentor Occupational Hazard: Downplayed, they don't die, but are irreversibly impacted. The team ends up becoming mentors to the students of the Hero Course during the summer training camp, even returning during the final arc to help get everyone ready for the plan to bring down the Paranormal Liberation Front. So it comes as little surprise that, when the League of Villains attacks the camp, they are the first to join the fight and, subsequently, have the first casualties. Pixie-Bob gets critically injured by a blow to the head from Magne, while Ragdoll is attacked and injured by the Chainsaw Nomu, kidnapped, and loses her Quirk to All For One before being found in a comatose state by Tiger during the attack on the Nomu warehouse, forcing the team to overall take a leave of absence until they've fully recovered. Even then, Ragdoll is forced to all but retire and become the groups receptionist and strategist due to now being Quirkless.
• Minidress of Power: They wear fancy-looking two-piece outfits comprising of crop tops and miniskirts despite working in a forested mountain area.
• Ms. Fanservice: All of them except Tiger, who instead falls under Mr. Fanservice.
• True Companions: They're all really close friends outside of their work as heroes. In fact, they have been a team for 12 years, since they came together in high school — and bear in mind that full team hero offices are fairly rare and tend not to last long. Particularly, this is shown as they all hold Ragdoll while she cries in the hospital due to losing her Quirk.
• Uncertain Doom: In Chapter 272, they minus Ragdoll are shown fleeing from the massive Decay unleashed by Shigaraki with Pixie-Bob trying but failing to block it. In Chapter 296, they're not included amongst the confirmed hero fatalities, though it's mention there were over 160 people still unaccounted for, so their fate is still unrevealed. They briefly appear alive in Chapter 335 as All Might explains that the remaining heroes are patrolling the streets to find and apprehend any escapees from Tartarus.

Shino Sosaki — Mandalay

Voiced by: Chisa Suganuma (Japanese), Jill Harris (English), Arianna López (Latin American Spanish/TV series)

Debut: Chapter 70 (Manga), Episode 40 (Anime)

Quirk: Telepath

The leader of the Wild Wild Pussycats. Her Quirk is "Telepath", which allows her to talk to multiple people at once through the mental transmission. She's the legal guardian of her nephew, Kota Izumi.

• Cool Aunt: She takes great care of her nephew Kota as his legal guardian, despite dealing with his aloof personality.
• Distracted by the Sexy: She telepathically flirts with Spinner during their fight to throw him off.
• Everyone Has Standards: While she does shout and form her pose during introducions, during the announcment of game's test of courage, all of Pussycats do some poses saying how students will pee their pants from fear, she's the only one just standing and making expressionless face.
• Fights Like a Normal: Her Quirk isn't a physical one, so all of her superhero butt kicking is done with regular old-fashioned martial arts — and she's good at it too.
• Meaningful Name: Mandalay is the name of the second most important city of Burma, the place of origin of the popular Burmese cat breed, a close cousin to the Siamese cat, as well as being a cat breed in its own right.
• Nephewism: She's raising her orphaned nephew Kota.
• Nice Girl: She's very kind and gentle, and does what she can for her nephew.
• Only Sane Man: Compared to the off the wall personalities of the other Pussycats, Mandalay is more straightforward and composed.
• Sleepyhead: Her character sheet reveals that she likes sleeping. Real cats sleep for up to 12-16 hours a day, sometimes as much as 20.
• Telepathy: She can telepathically transmit thoughts to many people across a wide range, though she can only transmit thoughts and not receive them.
• Weak, but Skilled: Her Quirk allows her a fairly basic form of Telepathy, making her weak compared to Pixie-Bob and Tiger, and doesn't have the same uses as Ragdoll's Search Quirk. However, as shown during her fight with Spinner, she's a smart combatant, and was able to throw him off of his game a moment by sending him a "sexy" message.

Ryuko Tsuchikawa — Pixie-Bob

Voiced by: Serina Machiyama (Japanese), Cherami Leigh (English), Gabby Villanueva (Latin American Spanish/TV series)

Debut: Chapter 70 (Manga), Episode 40 (Anime)

Quirk: Earth Flow

A member of the Wild Wild Pussycats. Her Quirk, "Earth Flow", lets her control dirt and rock.

• Berserk Button: As Midoriya quickly learns, do not bring up her age in any way while she's in earshot.
• The Big Guy: In terms of Quirks, Pixie-Bob is by far the most powerful of the Pussycats. This is why the League of Villains knocks her out before revealing themselves during the attack on the summer camp.
• Dishing Out Dirt: Her Quirk allows her to manipulate dirt and rock.
• Enemy Summoner: Pixie-Bob's not a villain, but her Quirk can be used to create monstrous constructs made of dirt and stone that she can control. She's responsible for the "Forest of Beasts" that represents the first challenge for Class 1-A at the training camp.
• Genki Girl: Not to the level of Ragdoll, but she is a woman with a lot of energy.
• Hidden Depths: Her profile reveals that she came up with the name of and concept behind the team and that she set up the team's hero office.
• The Jailbait Wait: Played for Laughs. She "calls dibs" on Midoriya, Bakugo, Iida and Todoroki "in three years".
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: As loud and hyperactive she can be towards other people, and how insecure and self-conscious she acts about her age, she does care about her teammates' and students' well-being.
• Mrs. Robinson: While praising Midoriya, Ida, Bakugo, and Todoroki for defeating her magic beast, she says can't wait to see what their potential will be like in three years.
• Old Maid: Played for laughs. She's very sensitive about her age (see above) and, as Mandalay and Tiger point out, she's becoming quite desperate for a mate due to no longer being in her prime.
• Shoot the Mage First: Her Quirk is by far the most powerful of the Pussycats, and as a result, the League of Villains prioritizes taking her out first during their attack on the training camp.
• Signature Laugh: "Neko Neko" in Japanese, which is the word for cat. In the English dub, it was changed to "Meow Meow," the sound a cat makes.
• Spiteful Spit: Inverted for laughs. She spat on Bakugo and Todoroki as to "mark" them as hers. Just like how a cat would do in real life, though with scent glands rather than saliva.
• The Worf Effect: The Pussycat with the most powerful Quirk gets taken out quickly in order to show that the Vanguard Action Squad are a real threat.

Tomoko Shiretoko — Ragdoll

Voiced by: Meiko Kawasaki (Japanese), Tia Ballard (English), María Elisa Ayerbe (Latin American Spanish/TV series)

Debut: Chapter 72 (Manga), Episode 41 (Anime)

Quirk: Search (formerly)

An upbeat member of the Wild Wild Pussycats. Her Quirk, "Search", allowed her to observe and monitor up to 100 people at a time, including their location and weak points. Once she's "observed" a person once, she can locate them again at her leisure.

• Brought Down to Normal: A natural consequence of having her Quirk stolen by All For One.
• Genki Girl: She's definitely this. Whenever she appeared in the Forest Training Camp Arc, she always seems to be bouncing around and smiling. This makes it all the more heartwrenching to see her sobbing in her teammates' arms after her Quirk is stolen. Fortunately, she got most of her spunk back by the time the team shows up again.
• Mission Control: She assumes this role when the Pussycats decide to return to hero work, not letting the lack of a Quirk stop her from continuing to help her teammates.
• Plucky Girl: Despite having her power stolen by All For One, she remains adamant about continuing her job as a hero, even if it means retiring from the frontlines and working as a Support Party Member.
• Sensor Character: Thanks to her Quirk, she can track the location and weak points of up to 100 people at the same time. A Quirk this powerful makes her a very attractive target for All For One.
• Small Role, Big Impact: Zigzagged. Ragdoll is, overall, a minor character, being the Pussycat with the least overall focus during their debut, and only really getting more focus in the final arc as Kota's main guardian while the rest of the team are working, and later being one of the lead strategists in trying to stop the Paranormal Liberation Front. Her initial presence in the story, however, is highly indicative of its future course: her Quirk becomes an extremely dangerous tool in the hands of All For One, and later, Tomura Shigaraki. It becomes the reason why Midoriya temporarily drops out of U.A., as both villains can find him and bring misery not only to him, but to his classmates as well.

Yawara Chatora — Tiger

Voiced by: Shinnosuke Ogami (Japanese), Marcus D. Stimac (English), Raonel Rosales (Latin American Spanish/TV series)

Debut: Chapter 72 (Manga), Episode 41 (Anime)

Quirk: Pliabody

The sole male member of the Wild Wild Pussycats. His Quirk, "Pliabody", allows him to stretch and flatten his body.

• Domino Mask: He wears one with his hero costume. When seen off-duty, it's shown that Tiger's eyes are actually no different if he's not wearing a mask, as they appear naturally featureless and white.
• Drill Sergeant Nasty:
  • He's in charge of improving physical Quirks during the summer camp and works the students under him to the bone.
  • In the anime, it's shown he was personally responsible for Midoriya's training in the training camp and has worked the boy to the bone, angrily forcing him to go back and work harder whenever he felt that Midoriya was starting to slack off or getting distracted.
• Monochromatic Eyes: His eyes are completely white with no pupils, even without his Domino Mask.
• Non-Standard Character Design: Tiger's face is drawn slightly differently than the rest of the Pussycats and most of the characters, with a more cat-like mouth and no noticeable pupils, which gives him a more menacing design.
• Odd Name Out: Tiger is the only member of his team who's named after a big cat rather than a breed of domestic cat. Fittingly, he's also the sole guy.
• The One Guy: He's a trans man among the otherwise all female Wild Wild Pussycats.
• Panthera Awesome: He's named after the largest big cat species.
• Punny Name: Chatora is a portmanteau of tora, Japanese for "tiger", and chat, French for "cat".
• Real Men Wear Pink: Tiger is one of the manliest characters introduced so far, despite the fact that he wears the same Cat Girl costume as that of his fellow teammates.
• The Reveal: The final member of the Pussycats introduced is a scary muscleman rather than a cute girl like the other three. He's also the only one named after a big cat rather than a domestic breed.
• Rubber Man: He has a very flexible body thanks to his Quirk.
• Testosterone Poisoning: He's all about masculine humor, except for his hero costume.
• Wholesome Crossdresser: He wears a skirt like his teammates, even though he is a transgender man.

Mirai Sasaki — Sir Nighteye

Voiced by: Shin-ichiro Miki (Japanese), Brandon McInnis (English), Alfredo Gabriel Basurto (Latin American Spanish/TV series)

Debut: Chapter 124 (Manga), Episode 63 (Anime)

Playable in: My Hero One's Justice 2

Quirk: Foresight

A pro hero who was once All Might's sidekick, though the two have since parted ways. Despite being quite strict and serious, he greatly values laughter and humor. His Quirk, "Foresight", grants him vision of a person's entire future, though it gets fuzzier the further he looks ahead.

• Actually Pretty Funny: He lets out a small laugh upon realizing that Midoriya was trying not to damage any of his All Might memorabilia while jumping around on the walls to get his stamp. And because he managed to make Sir Nighteye laugh, he got his seal of approval... mostly.
• All for Nothing: His desire to shape Mirio into the future Symbol of Peace would have been all for naught regardless of the outcome. His attempts to prove Midoriya was not fit to be All Might's successor did the opposite, as Midoriya was able to alter a probability he thought was impossible, which was due to his own pessimism. In addition, though Sir Nighteye admitted he was worthy after all, Midoriya thought it best to pass One For All down to Mirio, who flatly refuses as he wants to use his own Quirk instead of someone else's. However, even if it had worked as Sir Nighteye originally planned, it's later revealed passing One For All to someone who already has a Quirk results in Rapid Aging, meaning he would have unintentionally led Mirio to a very limited amount of time as a hero before a sudden death, likely not getting the chance to be the new Symbol of Peace in time.
• An Arm and a Leg: He loses his left arm at the elbow to Overhaul's "earth spikes" attack, but it doesn't matter much in the long run since he dies shortly thereafter.
• Ascended Fanboy: He's a massive All Might fanboy and managed to become his sidekick until their disagreement.
• Badass in a Nice Suit: Strangely, he prefers to wear a regular office suit over a proper hero costume.
• Brains and Brawn: He used to be the brains to All Might's brawn back when they were together. All Might observes that despite being unimpressive physically, Sir Nighteye was an asset to him by virtue of his intelligence.
• Character Death: In Chapter 161, Sir Nighteye is the first major supporting character to die and his demise brings a marked shift in the series. While heroes losing their lives in the line of duty was always a looming possibility, it isn't until this point that it became reality in present day. The chapter title is even in a much larger print as a warning sign that it's going to be heavy.
• Charles Atlas Superpower: His weapons of choice are specially made seals that weigh 5 kilos each, and he carries a lot of them. No surprise then that he's actually quite ripped under that tailored suit.
• Chekhov's Gun: His last words to Mirio was that he'll become a great hero and how a world without humor has no future. Mirio realises what this meant in Chapter 366 when he needs to distract Shigaraki for a few seconds, so he moons him.
• Clothing Damage: When fighting a Rappa clone, the entire front of his shirt gets ripped off.
• Combat Clairvoyance: By touching someone and making eye contact, Sir gains instant precognition of their every move for the next hour.
• Cool and Unusual Punishment: Fail to make him laugh? Tickle Hell.
• Creepy Good: His Face of a Thug and general creepy appearance distract from the fact that has very high standards as to what a hero is meant to be. He values humor as a form of bringing joy to civilians and Gran Torino and Mirio seem to hold him in high regard.
• Deconstructed Character Archetype:
  • Deconstructs The Fatalist. He is a firm believer of You Can't Fight Fate, no ifs, ands, or buts about it, and he has a very cynical view of every situation and only sees worst case scenarios. Consequently, his world view hampers his Foresight Quirk, which itself is responsible for his negative attitude in the first place.
  • Deconstructs Fair-Weather Mentor. He looks at Midoriya as a Sketchy Successor for not having the noticeable heroic qualities of the Symbol of Peace and negatively compares him to Mirio, Nighteye's student and the one he believes should be the next Symbol of Peace. He also criticizes him for wanting to rush in to save Eri from Overhaul without thinking and jeopardizing an investigation that's been going on with him. As he later found out, saving Eri in the first place would have solved all his problems in the big picture, since it would pretty much end Overhaul's operation without her as raw material for the drug fabrication. However, he is not above acknowledging this and he defends Mirio and Midoriya from the accusations of a colleague since they were following his orders and thus it was Nighteye's responsibility.
  • Deconstructs The Chooser of the One. Due to his staunch idolization of All Might, he trains to have Mirio become his successor and believes him to be a better fit than Midoriya. As a result, he's nothing but critical and sees Midoriya in a negative light for living up to All Might's place as the Symbol of Peace, overlooking Midoriya's own positive qualities or that those differences are something All Might is more accepting of. This caused no shortage of emotional turmoil in Midoriya due to Nighteye's lack of faith and willingness to even give him a chance, as well as proving to be a catalyst for All Might and Nighteye's friendship to go sour in the first place. And in a final bit of irony, Nighteye never considered what would happen if Mirio didn't have any interest in One For All when the latter chooses to turn down the power even after losing his Quirk, nor would he ever learn that One For All is a power too dangerous for any Quirk user to inherit.
• Disproportionate Retribution: While it's understandable he's upset All Might made a choice for a successor before getting to meet Mirio, his views and treatment of Midoriya are uncalled for since he knew nothing of him or his plans to make his apprentice the next Symbol of Peace. Not to mention, Midoriya wasn't even aware of what One For All was at the time, and wasn't even seeking to be his successor, and it was All Might himself who made the choice, something he should have respected from the start. Had he lived to see Mirio reject the idea of getting someone else's Quirk, or learning that getting One For All earlier on would have been the worst thing to happen to Mirio, Nighteye might have thought fate was punishing him for this. Also had he lived to see Midoriya trying to offer his Quirk to Mirio, Sir Nighteye would have realize his actions and his mistreatment destroyed Midoriya's confidence and self-worth despite Midoriya proven to be worthy, he would have regretted for what he had done.
• Establishing Character Moment: When Midoriya first sees him, he has locked his sidekick in a tickle machine for failing to write jokes into her mission reports. When Midoriya tries to make him laugh by imitating All Might's face, Sir Nighteye gets offended at how the face doesn't look like All Might, even pointing out the finer details, showing that he is a big fan of All Might who doesn't think much of Midoriya.
• Everyone Has Standards: He might be a jerk, but he will not stand for people getting called out on something they don't deserve. When Rock Lock calls Midoriya and Mirio out for not saving Eri when they had the chance, he defends them and accepts the blame, since he was the one who told them to not rescue Eri just yet and gave Midoriya a "The Reason You Suck" Speech for even suggesting it.
• Exact Words:
  • Even after Midoriya failed his test, Sir Nighteye still hired him, remarking that while he did say that he would employ him if he passed his test, he didn't say he wouldn't employ him if he failed.
  • His last words to Mirio are that a world without smiles and humor has no bright future, while using his foresight power. Mirio realizes during the Final War Arc that this was literal, as the only way he's able to stall Shigaraki just long enough for Deku to be let into the battle is by Mooning Shigaraki.
• Face of a Thug: He looks serious and scary during all of his onscreen time.
• Fair-Weather Mentor: It would be generous to call Sir Nighteye this to Midoriya at first. He's determined to destroy Midoriya's self-esteem and convince him to give One For All to Mirio. That said, he begins to warm up to him in time and defends Midoriya when Nighteye's order to not rescue Eri ends up complicating things in the long-term. But in the end, the damage from their first impression is done, as Midoriya is nearly convinced to hand One For All to Mirio as Nighteye wanted and is only dissuaded when Mirio himself refuses.
• Family-Unfriendly Death: The sight of him dying at the hospital reveals many tubes coming from several life support mechanisms that are desperately working to keep Sir Nighteye alive by plugging up the gaping hole in him and trying to stop blood loss and feed his bodily fluids... and they fail.
• Fanboy:
  • Of All Might, during a shot of his computer, it can be seen that he was watching videos of All Might's doings, similar to Midoriya. His office is full of All Might merchandise, some, as Midoriya notes, are even collector's items:
    Midoriya: There's no doubt. This guy's totally a hardcore All Might fan!!
  • Overall, he seems to be a Closet Geek or otaku. When planning to rescue Eri, he was able to deduce that a villain was buying a toy for a girl because said villain "said something no real fan would say". And later in HQ, Fat Gum chides him for buying the same toy.
• Fatal Flaw:
  • His fatalism. Sir Nighteye firmly believes that You Can't Fight Fate and only sees the worst-case scenarios. This makes him very cynical and openly disdains the idea of fighting against fate, which unintentionally influences his Foresight Quirk. His fatalist attitude causes his Quirk to see only bad things fold out and thus only enforces his immense cynicism. As he lays dying, he finally realizes this and openly admits how he let his cynicism and fatalism blind him.
  • Favoritism. Nighteye firmly believed that Mirio was the perfect candidate to inherit One For All and viewed Izuku is an Inadequate Inheritor for his lack of humor. This was very hypocritical of him as despite being a member of U.A.'s Big Three, Mirio was a terrible student with low grades and poor performances during physical training while Izuku proved to be one of Class 1-A's smartest and strongest students. Nighteye ultimately had no grounds to deem Izuku as an unworthy successor, but his favoritism towards Mirio led him to be unnecessarily harsh towards Izuku and even only let him join his Agency in the hopes of persuading him to give up One For All. Only after he's on his deathbed does he finally acknowledge Izuku and realize how poorly he misjudged him.
• The Fatalist: He very firmly believes that You Can't Fight Fate and treats any insinuation to the contrary with dripping disdain. Ultimately, this actually stunts his Foresight, which itself was the reason he became a fatalist.
• Fight Like a Normal: Having a non-fighting power, he relies on hand-to-hand combat and projectiles. While his Quirk does give him Combat Clairvoyance, the hard limits on how often he can use it means that he prefers saving its use for information gathering, and tends to rely solely on his experience to predict the moves of his opponents in battle.
• Flatline: Sir Nighteye's death is treated this way. When he slips away, his hand — outstretched and holding Mirio's head up — drops motionless to his side, and Sir Nighteye's heart monitor flatlines, the sound effect echoing throughout the end of the chapter.
• Fragile Speedster: Admits to being one. A single punch from Rappa's clone would have killed him, but he has trained to be very fast for exactly that reason. He also uses throwing seals as weapons to keep a safe distance from the target.
• Go Out with a Smile: After being such a stoic, Sir Nighteye passes on with a smile on his face, telling his comrades and friends that the world needs smiles and happiness and energy to prevail, imparting his wishes with them.
• Good Is Not Nice: He is a hero, and by all indications, a very respected and powerful one. Despite this, he can be quite the jerk, particularly to Midoriya and anyone who fails to make him laugh. He has an actual Tickle Torture machine in his office for the latter and subjects his sidekicks to it. Frequently, apparently.
• Heroic Sacrifice: Although he believes in You Can't Fight Fate, he still attempts to fight Overhaul to give Mirio, Midoriya, and Eri a bit more time to get to safety. It's a brief fight that ends in him impaled in several places and dying from the subsequent injuries.
• Hoist by His Own Petard: By preventing Midoriya from saving Eri, Overhaul was able to complete his quirk erasing bullets which lead to Mirio losing his quirk and also lead to Sir Nighteye's death.
• Hypocrite: His distaste for Midoriya as someone who is seemingly talentless and unfit to be the holder of One For All is undercut by the fact that he handpicked Mirio, who was known for his poor grades, being a goofball, and poor performance at the Sports Festival and in combat exercises, and groomed him into one of U.A.'s best students and an ideal successor for All Might.
• Hypocritical Heartwarming: He dismisses Midoriya as overly idealistic for wanting to save Eri, then defends him when Rock Lock blames him for letting Eri go back to Overhaul.
• I Shall Taunt You: His whole test for Midoriya is this, effortlessly dodging all of the latter's attempts to take the stamp while making note of all of the reasons why Mirio would have been a better successor in order to gauge the young hero's reaction:
  Sir Nighteye: Like an inferior version of Gran Torino. You're so slow, it's pointless!
• Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: The deathblow to Sir Nighteye was a spire of stone manipulated by Overhaul to gore him through his belly and out his back.
• Improbable Weapon User: Seals, like the one Midoriya fought for. They are specially made and actually weigh 5 kilograms, with enough speed, they are fatal weapons and take out Rappa's clone in a single hit of one. He apparently carries many of them with him.
• Irony:
  • Sir Nighteye is big on humor because it keeps him hopeful. Ironically, his Foresight was stunted by his fatalism.
  • He spends his entire introduction trying to destroy Izuku's self-esteem and convince him that Mirio deserved to obtain One For All. On his deathbed, he acknowledges that Izuku is a worthy successor, but the damage had already been done and Izuku was convinced to try and pass One For All to Mirio, who ended up refusing said offer. Sir Nighteye dies before he gets a chance to apologize and acknowledges he should have respected All Might's choice from the start. This is twisted even further when it is later revealed that One For All would gradually sap the life force out of any wielder who already has a Quirk, ironically making the Qurikless Izuku the better candidate.
  • He calls out Midoriya for trying to save Eri without a plan and urges him to start seeing the big picture instead of just jumping into things. However, as he later found out, saving Eri would have solved all his problems in the big picture, since it would've pretty much end Overhaul's operation without her as raw material for the drug fabrication. However, he is aware of this and acknowledges it. It also would have likely prevented his death as well, and given the circumstances seen with Midoriya and Mirio in action, they could've taken Overhaul in sooner and the perfected bullets out of the clutches of the League of Villains.
  • All Might and Sir Nighteye's last meeting was a fallout over the latter's foreseeing a future where All Might got killed. They would reunite at Sir Nighteye's deathbed and reconcile there, something which Sir Nighteye himself woefully lampshades and leaves All Might unable to rectify with a response.
  • Sir Nighteye criticized All Might's recklessness and refused to quit despite his injuries. However, years later, Mirio ended up being reckless and he ended up losing his quirk.
  • Mirio, Sir Nighteye's hand-picked pupil, who he favored and trained to be a great hero, ended up losing his Quirk at the hands of Overhaul due to a reckless move. Izuku, who Nighteye dismissed and tried to destroy his self-esteem, seeing him as unworthy of his training and One for All, was the one who defeated Overhaul and saved Eri with a well-thought out stategy.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Sir Nghteye's last hours are spent recognizing he was a victim of his own conceptions. He acknowledges Midoriya as someone who is worthy as a hero and capable of anything and is relieved that Midoriya forced the future to follow his will. As for Mirio, Sir Nighteye comforts him by touching his hand to his student's face and admitting Mirio had become more to him than just the next vessel for One For All and was his favorite pupil. He resents that it was his own fault the future wouldn't change because he didn't have any faith that it would, and it took the combined willpower of everyone involved in Eri's rescue to power a change in the future. He dies requesting all those that he is leaving behind to stay hopeful, because that is what it will take to bring the world into a better tomorrow.
• Jerkass: Sir Nighteye isn't the nicest of people. He has a bad habit of being very rude to those who fall even a little under his expectations and is generally overly stern. He's particularly nasty to Midoriya, due in part to his lack of humor, but mainly because he thinks Midoriya is severely inadequate compared to Mirio, and thus believes that Mirio should have gotten One For All instead. In fact, the only reason he let Midoriya intern with him was to get the kid to give up on becoming All Might's successor and pass One For All onto Mirio.
• Jerkass Has a Point: While his criticism is biting, he's not exactly wrong to say that Midoriya is a strictly weaker candidate for One For All than Mirio due to lacking a Quirk and combat experience. The fact that Mirio's personality is closer to the ideal embodied by the Symbol of Peace doesn't help matters. This is rendered moot when it's revealed that any wielder of One for All who already possesses a Quirk will suffer from Rapid Aging and have their lifespan cut short, making the Quirkless Midoriya the better candidate than Mirio.
• Jerkass Realization: Beginning with having to accept responsibility for instructing Mirio and Izuku to let Eri go back with Chisaki, Nighteye begins to be confronted with the uncomfortable truth that his cynicism has been holding himself and everybody else back, not All Might's Chronic Hero Syndrome leading him to choosing Izuku over Mirio as his successor. He ends the arc on his deathbed regretful for his callous treatment of Midoriya, and finally apologizes to All Might for being too scared to respect his decision to fight fate.
• Jerkass to One: He's not the friendliest person, but he's not nearly as harsh with anyone else as he is with Midoriya.
• Just Following Orders: A variant. He says he's responsible for Eri going back to Overhaul, because he ordered Mirio and Izuku not to intervene.
• Last Episode, New Character: He's introduced to anime viewers in the last episode of Season 3.
• Lawful Stupid: He is still very much on the side of good and willing to recognize when he makes bad decisions, but his adherence to being "by the book" eventually leads to Mirio forcing Izuku to leave Eri behind with Chisaki rather than try to launch an impromptu rescue with the intention of waiting before making any rash decisions. In a meeting with the other heroes about the Hassaikai, the intel gathered reveals that Eri is central to the success of Chisaki's operation, meaning that rescuing her would've solved all their problems before they even started. He acknowledges it was his fault the girl wasn't saved, and shields his student heroes from criticism by taking full responsibility. It's an early hint that Nighteye is allowing his cynicism to override his common sense, and triggers a gradual Jerkass Realization regarding his unfair treatment of Izuku. This lapse in judgement eventually leads to Nighteye dying.
• Lean and Mean: While he's a hero, he's a jerkass who's not afraid to mistreat others, and is very tall and skinny.
• Lethal Diagnosis: In the moments before his passing, All Might, Recovery Girl, and a hospital surgeon ominously gather, and the surgeon announces they've done all they can for him (unfortunately, this excluded Eri, who was in no condition to try and use her powers to save him), but they don't expect him to last through the night.
• Logical Weakness: It is implied that his Quirk does not actually see the future, but rather gives a best guess based on what he knows already. On his deathbed he realizes that his own fatalism was stunting his Quirk, as it gave him more undesirable predictions and he didn't work hard enough to defeat them. As evidenced by Izuku defeating his last prophecy that Izuku would die and the mission would fail.
• Long Neck: Whenever he goes super deformed, his neck becomes very long, usually to a funny effect.
• Meaningful Name: "Mirai" means "Future" in Japanese, related to his Foresight Quirk.
• Mentor Occupational Hazard: Midoriya was seeking a pro hero to intern under, and managed to land that position under Sir Nighteye, only for Sir Nighteye to wind up dead by the end of the very same arc he was introduced in.
• Mission Control: His stint as All Might's sidekick is this. Even All Might admitted that his combat strength is nothing noteworthy. It was his intel gathering and planning that makes him a valuable ally.
• My God, What Have I Done?: On his deathbed, Sir Nighteye realizes he treated Mirio as a vessle for One for All instead of treating him as a person. He also realizes his mistreatment towards Izuku instead of supporting him and training him to use One for All better. Had he lived longer and saw Izuku trying to give the quirk to Mirio, Sir Nighteye would have never forgiven himself for it.
• No Name Given: His real name isn't given in the main story, as he's only ever referred to by his hero name. The ULTRA ANALYSIS Character Book eventually confirmed his real name.
• Non-Action Guy: He is more used to be related to Mission Control and intel-gathering rather than actually participating in combat, as All Might mentioned on their time together. Even in his duel against Midoriya, he barely moved and only used his Quirk to avoid being hit rather than actually going against Midoriya.
• Not Wearing Tights: For a setting where every hero (and villain) has some kind of costume, Sir Nighteye is the only character who hasn't been seen wearing one. Even in the flashbacks to him and All Might working together, he is still shown to be wearing a business suit instead.
• Oddly Small Organization: Sir Nighteye's hero agency consists of himself, two sidekicks — Centipeder and Bubble Girl — and his intern and protege Mirio. Despite taking on Midoriya as an intern, Sir Nighteye has no desire to increase the size of his organization. By the end of the arc, Sir Nighteye is dead, Mirio has lost his Quirk and Midoriya returns to school, leaving the agency down to two people.
• Otaku: Aside from his All Might fanboying rivaling Midoriya, he collects toys, even ones directed at girls, and actually ends up finding the villain's hideout just because he ran into the yakuza mook sent to buy Eri toys and the mook didn't seem like a true fan of the toy he was buying. He even took this as being so suspicious that he used his power on him!
• Pet the Dog: Despite his harsh treatment of Midoriya, he is quick to step in and defend him and Mirio when Rock Lock rakes them over the coals for not rescuing Eri from Overhaul. He points out that the responsibility fell on him since he told them not to, while pointing out that both Mirio and Midoriya are the most unhappy about the disturbing revelations, and Midoriya tried to ignore him anyway.
• Poster-Gallery Bedroom: Well, office, which is full of All Might merch. He doesn't notice until after he beats Midoriya during a brawl in his office until the latter points out to him that although the equipment is trashed, absolutely none of the merchandise has been damaged.
• "The Reason You Suck" Speech:
  • He gives a scathing one to Midoriya about how in spite of having One For All, he's incredibly inexperienced and naïve to sign up for such a harsh internship while balancing schoolwork. He also notes how because of this Midoriya doesn't seem like a benefit to have working with him. He goes so far as to say Mirio should have gotten One For All:
    Sir Nighteye: You may have the Symbol's power. But you are utterly mediocre.
  • Happens again later when he criticizes Midoriya for wanting to rush in to save Eri from Overhaul and jeopardize an investigation that's been going on with him. In short, he says Midoriya needs to not be reckless and claims that nobody will be saved with just a positive attitude and no plans.
  • In a fit of irony, he defends Midoriya and Mirio from Rock Lock when the latter brings up how the two didn't rescue Eri when they had the chance. This is justified since they were following his orders and thus it's his responsibility.
• Salaryman: He dresses like one and uses weighted stamps in combat (stamps being used in signatures), meaning that this is technically his superhero theme.
• Secret Test of Character: He intended to hire Midoriya from the beginning, despite not considering him a worthy successor for All Might, but wanted to test how the boy would react to his "The Reason You Suck" Speech. Sir Nighteye himself was ultimately moved by Midoriya's equal admiration of All Might, with the hero-in-training refusing to harm any of the surrounding All Might merchandise to the point that he was willing to crash headfirst into a wall in order to protect a poster, as evidenced by a short chuckle.
• Self-Fulfilling Prophecy: A more serious example than usual, but his fatalistic personality combined with his Quirk means that his pessimism would end up limiting his Quirk's capabilities and that of himself. Had he possessed the more defiant and determined attitude like that of his mentor, protege, or trainee, he'd have more positive outcomes.
• So Proud of You: His last words to Mirio are that he'll become a hero greater than anyone else.
• The Spock: Out of the three heroes coordinating the effort against Overhaul, Nighteye is the most logical and pragmatic, justifying the decision not to move against Overhaul until the investigation is finished,
• The Stoic: Rarely shows emotions, even though he appreciates humor. Mirio himself is unsure if Sir Nighteye's appreciation for humor is despite or because of his stoicism.
• Theme Naming: He shares a kanji in his name (木) with All Might, meaning "tree/wood".
• This Is Reality: In Chapter 405, his spirit sardonically remarks to All Might that he's been reading too many comic books for thinking that he'll die in an Obi-Wan Moment like most superhero stories after being saved by Bakugo.
• Tickle Torture: He actually has a machine to put his sidekicks through this if they fail to add humor in their reports.
• Tragic Keepsake: His one-of-a-kind red All Might poster gets put up in Midoriya's room after his death.
• Underestimating Badassery:
  • Does this to Midoriya, believing his attacks to be a clumsy and poor imitation of Gran Torino's style. Turns out that Midoriya wasn't going full out because he was also trying to protect the All Might merch all around the room, therefore hampering his movements.
  • He is looked down by Twice, who thinks he is easy to take out and looks like a salary man, he ends up able to take Rappa's clone out with a single hit of his seals.
• We Used to Be Friends: With All Might. Sir Nighteye objected to All Might continuing being a hero after becoming critically injured, with All Might stubbornly refusing to quit. The event in question happened six years before One For All was passed on. The final straw came when All Might picked Midoriya instead of Mirio to be his successor, a decision that Sir Nighteye was fully against.
• Wound That Will Not Heal: It is later shown that Sir Nighteye was impaled so badly that not even Recovery Girl could use her Quirk to mend the damage, and he has numerous medical tubes hooked into his body where the wound is.
• You Can't Fight Fate: It's apparently impossible to change what Sir Nighteye sees in his future visions, even if he tells the person he is foreseeing about it. Ontological Inertia kicks hard as any attempted changes can only delay the inevitable. It comes to the point that Sir Nighteye outright refuses to use his Quirk on someone if he is unable to ensure by normal means that they won't die. This is actually subverted: though Sir Nighteye predicted that the mission to rescue Eri would end in failure and that Overhaul would kill Midoriya, the exact opposite took place. Midoriya defeated Overhaul and was very much fine and successfully completed the mission. Sir Nighteye realizes in his dying moments that his own pessimism was limiting his power: because he believed the things he saw could not be changed, he didn't try hard enough to change them, thereby making them a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy. If he had more faith that they could be changed, he'd actually see more positive outcomes more often as a result.
• You Shall Not Pass!: He attempts to hold off Overhaul so Midoriya can get Eri and Mirio to safety. It doesn't work for long.

Kaoruko Awata — Bubble Girl

Voiced by: Rie Murakawa (Japanese), Kara Edwards (English), María José Estevez (Latin American Spanish/TV series)

Debut: Chapter 124 (Manga), Episode 63 (Anime)

Quirk: Bubble

One of Sir Nighteye's sidekicks. Her Quirk, "Bubble", allows her to create bubbles with an assortment of smells. They pop with explosive force.

• Age Lift: Her design came from a hero designing contest for fans. In Abara Chiita's original design, she was 16 and a student of U.A. In the manga proper, she is 21 and a sidekick of Sir Nighteye.
• Amazing Technicolor Population: She has light blue skin.
• Broken Tears: When she learns Sir Nighteye is going to die.
• Cool Mask: She wears a transparent gas mask on her face. This makes sense considering that she uses scented bubbles as a form of attack.
• Innocent Fanservice Girl: She's got a revealing hero costume and has been subjected to body tickling.
• Last Episode, New Character: Like Sir Nighteye, she's introduced to anime viewers in the last episode of Season 3.
• Making a Splash: She can create bubbles out of her body, and is capable of selecting the smell of each bubble, using foul-smelling ones to incapacitate the enemies' senses.
• Meaningful Name: "Kaoru" means "fragrance", relating to how she can give her bubbles different kinds of smells. The "awa" in her last name means "bubble".
• Required Secondary Powers: Subverted — the gas mask she wears implies that she's not immune to the effects of her own bubbles.
• Stripperiffic: She releases bubbles from her skin. Like Midnight, she invokes this by exposing as much of her body as she can without being indecent.
• Tickle Torture: When she doesn't amuse Sir Nighteye upon supplying him new information, he subjects her to a machine known as "Tickle Hell."
• Underboobs: Her top shows a bit of her boobs.
• Weak, but Skilled: Her main skill in combat is using foul-smelling bubbles to incapacitate and take out her enemies. Making an entire career out of a simple Quirk is amazing.

Juso Moashi — Centipeder

Voiced by: Kenta Ōkuma (Japanese), Zach Bolton (English), Luis Carreño (Latin American Spanish/TV series)

Debut: Chapter 135 (Manga), Episode 69 (Anime)

Quirk: Centipede

One of Sir Nighteye's sidekicks. His Quirk, "Centipede", gives him body features like the titular chilopod.

• Animal Themed Super Being: Centipedes, obviously.
• Badass in a Nice Suit: Not only is he extremely competent at his job as a sidekick, he is does everything in a suit making him fairly resemble a Battle Butler.
• Big Creepy-Crawlies: He's all centipede from the neck up, and that also gives him an incredibly long neck that coils up like a scarf when at rest. When it unfurls, he goes from looking like a human centipede ^noteNo, not that one, thank heavens... to a centipede human. His arms are made of centipede midsection, too, with human hands on the ends.
• Body Horror: He does, after all, has a centipede for a head and his arms are centipede joints, making him for one of the creepiest designs for a hero and appears to have his entire body mixing human and centipede.
• Combat Tentacles: His arms are actually the joints of a centipede with human hands attached on the end, so they serve the same function as tentacle when unfurled. While retracted, they look no different from ordinary human limbs with the suit Centipeder wears covering the insectoid features up.
• Creepy Centipedes: Inverted; not only is Centipeder a dedicated hero, he's a lot more polite than his boss, Sir Nighteye.
• Creepy Good: Much in the same vein as his employer, he has a rather creepy appearance with a centipede for a head, but is not only a hero but also quite the polite one, especially compared to his Jerkass Hero boss.
• Long Neck: His neck is composed of a long centipede body and he can simply stretch in order to attack.
• Take Up My Sword: Took over Sir Nighteye's office after he died.

Moe Kamiji — Burnin

Voiced by: Misato Kawauchi (Japanese), Lisa Ortiz (English)

Debut: Chapter 245 (Manga), Episode 102 (Anime)

Quirk: Blazing Hair

One of Endeavor's famous sidekicks, a passionate woman whose Quirk, "Blazing Hair", lets her freely manipulate the flames on her head.

• All There in the Manual: Most of the details regarding her Quirk are only mentioned in her character bio.
• Flaming Hair: Unlike Endeavor, her actual hair appears to be composed of fire as a result of her Quirk.
• Hair Color Dissonance: Her hair is light green, but in some art, it looks more yellow.
• Hot-Blooded: She's aggressively energetic and wears an intense smile throughout her introduction.
• Personality Powers: She has flaming hair at all times due to her Quirk and an enthusiastic, fiery personality.
• Playing with Fire: Her Quirk is essentially a fire-based variant of Prehensile Hair.
• Technicolor Fire: Her hair is green flames.

Onima and Kido

Onima's voiced by: Tōru Nara (Japanese), Kevin Thelwell (English)

Kido's voiced by: Kiyotaka Furushima (Japanese), Lee George (English)

Debut: Chapter 56 (Manga), Episode 31 (Anime)

Quirks: Unknown (Onima), Trajectory (Kido)

Two of Endeavor's sidekicks who act his professional assistants. Kido's Quirk is "Trajectory", which allows him to alter the trajectory of objects that pass through his bandages.

• All There in the Manual: Their names were first stated in the Volume 26 extras.
• The Faceless: Kido, who's face is wrapped up in bandages.
• Mauve Shirt: Aside from Burnin, they’re the most frequently recurring of Endeavor’s sidekicks, and the only others to receive names. It’s not enough, however, to keep them from being torched by Dabi in Chapter 363.
• Mind over Matter: Kido's Quirk is variant. It allows him to manipulate an object's trajectory as the object passes through his bandages.
• Recurring Extra: They pop up several times in the series, with their earliest appearance being in Chapter 56, but aren't really acknowledged by the story until Chapter 245.
• Support Party Member: Kido's Quirk has little combat utility on its own, but it can work great when paired with others. For example, he can redirect the direction of Endeavor's fire to help blast opponents.

Selkie

Voiced by: Tomokazu Seki (Japanese), Ray Hurd (English)

Debut: Chapter 259 (Manga), Episode 32 (Anime)

Quirk: Spotted Seal

A sea rescue hero who captains the ship Oki Mariner. Tsuyu interns under him. He took on Sirius as his sidekick and has a crew of tough men, including one named Mick. His Quirk, "Spotted Seal", gives him the abilities of the mammal, as well as the power to emit a very high-pitched frequency that doubles as sonar, and in times of distress, can be used as Morse code.

• Animal-Themed Superbeing: He's a seal-themed hero who has the appearance and abilities of one, and his hero name references a folkloric being that's closely associated with seals.
• Benevolent Boss: More like a captain than a boss, but he's great with his crew and, in return, they all trust and respect him unconditionally, though they still find his attempts to be cute embarrassing. And a noticeable thing is that while most other heroes referred to the students that interned for them by their regular names, Selkie always refers to Tsuyu by her hero name, Froppy, and treats her like a full-fledged hero rather than an intern.
• Big Damn Heroes: Arrives in the nick of time to save Tsuyu's life from the villain Innsmouth. He also saved Sirius in the process, who was quickly overpowered by Innsmouth's freakish strength.
• Boke and Tsukkomi Routine: The jokey Boke who makes dopey faces in vain attempts to be cute and really bugs Sirius each time he does this shtick.
• Canon Immigrant: He's an anime-original character, with his inclusion vastly expanding upon what happened during Tsuyu's internship. He eventually makes his way into the manga proper in Chapter 259.
• Curb-Stomp Battle: Right after he saves Tsuyu from Innsmouth, Selkie delivers this to the villain. Even despite the octopus-like Innsmouth spitting ink into Selkie's eyes to blind him, he gets around this by using his sonar and easily takes the villain out, with a bit of assistance from Sirius.
• Diving Kick: He finishes off Innsmouth with one of these to the face.
• Endearingly Dorky: Tsuyu secretly finds it adorable when Selkie, the huge and mighty captain of an equally tough crew, tries too hard to be cute for the kids, despite Sirius' insistence that he's too intimidating to pull it off.
• Father Neptune: A bearded hero that conducts sea rescue missions as the captain of a ship. Bonus points for having seal powers and being used to swimming long distances in the open ocean.
• Heart Is an Awesome Power: He has all the powers of a seal. Which makes him a Lightning Bruiser with ecolocation and a variety of other useful abilities.
• Lightning Bruiser: Selkie is big, quite muscular and very strong, but he's also incredibly fast and agile both in and out of water.
• Mr. Fanservice: The anime has a very blatant shot of his muscular groin. He's also incredibly well built and muscular in general.
• Nice Guy: He may be strict and no-nonsense while out on missions, as befitting a ship's captain, but he's overall a very pleasant, friendly and supportive guy, and he tries to act cutesy all the time because he thinks children love it.
• Selkies and Wereseals: As per his namesake, Selkie is a human with spotted seal traits. He has the proportions of a tall and muscular human but his head, face, which includes whiskers, and coloration are those of a spotted seal. His powers allow him to hold his breath underwater for a long time and swim at high speeds. He also has a sonar for echo location.
• Semiaquatic Species Sailor: His Quirk gives him the powers and appearance of a humanoid spotted seal. He and his team patrol the ocean, performing search and rescue operations and fighting modern day pirates.
• Sweet Seal: He often tries to invoke this since he thinks children like it, but his overall appearance is a bit too intimidating for him to really fit the trope. Tsuyu thinks it's cute when he tries, at least.
• Tricked-Out Shoes: His shoes can become flippers for situations that require him to swim.

Sirius

Voiced by: Ami Koshimizu (Japanese), Emily Neves (English)

Debut: Chapter 347 (Manga), Episode 27 (Anime)

Quirk: Good Ear

The sidekick of Selkie and only female member of his crew. Her Quirk, "Good Ear", lets her hear sound frequencies beyond the hearing spectrum of a normal human. Paired with Selkie, she can pick up his secret transmissions through sonar.

• Boke and Tsukkomi Routine: She's the Tsukkomi. Serious Sirius finds silly Selkie's cutesy face routine exhausting.
• Canon Immigrant: While Sirius initially doesn't appear in the manga, her involvement in the anime is fully canon because Tsuyu mentions helping to capture stowaways in the manga. She also gets inserted into an extra scene where the crew of the Oki Mariner is doing push-ups. She would later officially appear in the manga as one of several heroes tasked with fighting Himiko Toga at the Okuto Island Aquarium, and is shown fighting the Nomu alongside Tsuyu.
• Cool Big Sis: She acts like this to Tsuyu while on her internship, talking about her own experiences and looking out for her during fights.
• Curtains Match the Window: Blue hair and blue eyes.
• Fights Like a Normal: She notes the only thing strong about her is her body, and her Quirk is a non-violent utility.
• Heart Is an Awesome Power: Super hearing may not seem like a useful power in comparison to super strength or creating explosions, but as part of a team with others like Selkie, it can prove to be invaluable.
• Nice Girl: She's an absolute sweetheart and a fount of wisdom for newcomer heroes.
• Not So Above It All: She gets super pouty when she remembers that she, too, was once bored out of her gourd doing mundane things during her own hero internship.
• Retractable Weapon: She carries with her a collapsible steel baton for combat purposes. Not that it does any good against a villain with superhuman strength and octopus limbs, who quickly restrains her before she can get within attack range to properly do any harm.
• Sailor Fuku: Her outfit resembles one, though there's a lot more emphasis on the "sailor" part since she's the sidekick of a hero who specializes in sea rescues, and her fellow crew members all wear actual sailor outfits.
• Shout-Out: Her fish fins, which are actually specialized headphones, resemble a Vaporeon's.
• The Smurfette Principle: The only female on the crew of the Oki Mariner.
• Straight Man: Very intelligent and sane compared to her also intelligent but zany captain.
• Super-Senses: Has incredible hearing that allows her to tap into high frequencies.

Gran Torino

Voiced by: Kenichi Ogata, Masamichi Kitada (young) (Japanese), Charles Campbell (English), Orlando Noguera (Latin American Spanish/TV series)

Debut: Chapter 46 (Manga), Episode 26 (Anime)

Playable in: My Hero One's Justice, My Hero One's Justice 2

Quirk: Jet

^{Click here to see him when he was younger}

An elderly, retired hero who offers Midoriya an internship. He was All Might's homeroom teacher and a good friend of Nana Shimura, making him one of the few who knows the full truth about One For All. His Quirk, "Jet", allows him to move at high speeds by taking in the air around him and releasing it through his feet for propulsion effect. Due to his age though, he can't use it for a long time.

• Agony of the Feet: Shigaraki tears into his left foot during the Paranormal Liberation War Arc.
• As You Know: His Wham Line, below, plays this trope very straight.
• Badass Cape: Wears a yellow superhero cape. After the Paranormal Liberation War, his tattered cape is inherited by Midoriya.
• Badass Teacher: He used to be All Might's master after Nana Shimura died and summoned Midoriya for field training. Once he drops his senile act, he's shown to be far better at getting Midoriya to learn how One For All works than All Might. He helped Midoriya learn what was restraining his use of One For All in a single chapter when All Might failed to do so in over forty-five. He even lampshades it:
  Gran Torino: That damned justice-junkie All Might's lower than beginner level when it comes to education!
• Big Damn Heroes: A couple of times during the Paranormal Liberation War Arc, the biggest one is when he saves both Midoriya and Bakugo just before Shigaraki can touch them.
• Bouncing Battler: Gran Torino is able to fight by ricocheting off of walls, ceilings, and even the air itself.
• Cool Old Guy: A semi-retired veteran hero who manages to teach Midoriya more about making use of his Quirk in the span of a week than All Might could manage over months of intensive training.
• Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: In his introduction, he mostly just rambles on and repeatedly asks who Midoriya is. When Midoriya decides he's had enough and tries to leave, Gran Torino suddenly gets much more serious and starts showing his power. In the following chapter, he's seen bouncing all over the place, with Midoriya unable to land a hit. The only time he even manages to touch Gran Torino, the old man reverses it and face plants Midoriya with ease.
• Domino Mask: Part of his hero costume. Like the costume, he wears it most of the time he's seen, though he's briefly shown without it following the battle at Kamino Ward. He has never been seen without it in his youth, however.
• Expy: Not only is he Yoda-sized, but Horikoshi actively based his character off the famous little green man.
• Grumpy Old Man: He can be pretty crotchety, but he means well.
• History Repeats: He notices Midoriya has that same uncanny quality of his former pupil All Might of being compelled to suddenly jump into action without being solicited to do so.
• Humble Hero: Despite his Quirk being on par with One For All in terms of speed, he's considered a nobody in the Hero business, which suits him just fine as he doesn't care for the Hero life, saying how the only reason he became a hero was because he had a goal in the past that required him to be able to freely use his Quirk. He's also relatively unknown as a teacher, doing a one-year stint at U.A.; he only got his teaching license on the wishes of his old friend Nana Shimura, kept it all these years, and having it suspended for six months with a cut to half pay during that time as a penalty for Midoriya going off and doing something irresponsible on his watch doesn't make him seethe with fury, it just mildly annoys him. The fact he was best friends with a One For All user and seemed fine not inheriting the Quirk for himself also speaks volumes of his humility.
• Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: After ripping off his foot, Shigaraki follows up it by running his fist straight through him, taking him out of the fight.
• I Was Quite a Looker: Flashbacks of him training All Might show that he used to have a Heroic Build rivaling All Might's powered up form. He is taller with a ripped muscular body and a handsome, chiseled face.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Grumpy as he can be, especially towards Deku and All Might, he still is a hero for a reason. And for all beatings and complaints he gave to his students, he still praise them and shows care for them.
• Lightning Bruiser: His "Jet" Quirk turns him into this, on top of Flight and Super-Speed. It allows him to move about at speeds even higher than Ida can. In training Midoriya, he moves so fast around the room that he can easily turn Midoriya's attack against him and faceplant him. And in fact, the databook gives him an S in speed, making him the fastest hero in the series aside from All Might and Stain so far. In his prime, he able to completely overwhelm All Might at age 18 just like he does with Midoriya, even though All Might could use One for All without recoil at the time.
• Mercy Kill: Discusses it with Midoriya about "saving" shigaraki.
• Miniature Senior Citizens: He's Yoda-sized. Flashbacks show he was much taller in his youth, matching Nana in height. Now, he kind of looks like an old Mega Man.
• My Greatest Failure: During the Paranormal Liberation War Arc, Gran Torino comes to realize that Nana's decision to abandon her son and his decision to honor her wishes and not get involved in the boy's life ended up creating the grave threat to society that is Tomura Shigaraki, a realization he makes moments before Shigaraki punches through him.
• Mysterious Past: Apparently, very little is known about him, and it's possible he hid from the spotlight of heroics. Midoriya attempts to do research on him, and outside of finding out that he worked as a teacher at U.A. for a year, he found nothing else.
• The Napoleon: Is a Miniature Senior Citizen with quite the temper.
• Not Quite Flight: As a result of his Quirk. However, because his Quirk is limited by how much air he can inhale, there is a limit to how high and how far he can go with each breath.
• Obfuscating Disability: The cane's mostly just for show. When needed, he can walk around without it just fine, and with the aid of his Quirk, he's so fast and precise Midoriya can't even track his movements.
• Obfuscating Insanity: His senility is mostly just an act. Even in his old age, he is still very sharp-minded and respected among his peers.
• Old Master: He is Midoriya's second mentor and fits the aged-and-mighty aspect of the trope. Though he wasn't quite so old back then, he was also All Might's mentor.
• Old Superhero: He may be very old, but he can still completely overwhelm Midoriya in combat.
• Parental Substitute:
  • To All Might, taking on the sole responsibility of training and keeping him safe after Nana Shimura's death. The fact that he guilt trips All Might for never calling, chastises him for raising Midoriya poorly, and is one of two people to refer to him as Toshinori suggest Gran Torino sees him as the son he never had.
  • While his relationship with Midoriya is less obviously this, the fact is that Sorahiko has developed an obvious soft spot for the younger boy and treats him both with great respect and fondness shows how much he cares for him. In turn, the fact that Gran Torino's wounds during the Paranormal Liberation War Arc at the hands of Shigaraki is something that Midoriya treats as an example of My Greatest Failure and he wears Torino's cape in honor of his mentor makes it clear that to Midoriya, Sorahiko is more than a mere teacher. Grandfather Substitute might be the best way to describe Sorahiko's relationship with Midoriya.
• Pint-Sized Powerhouse: One of the shortest characters in the series, but he can still go blow-for-blow with a Nomu without breaking a sweat, and bounce off of surfaces with his Quirk so hard he leaves craters in his wake. Flashbacks to his prime show that he used to be much taller and more muscular, but he definitely hasn't lost any of his experience or fighting skills in the interim.
• Platonic Life-Partners: He was best friends with Nana Shimura, with the two of them training All Might together and partnering as heroes. Despite Shimura's death seemingly being Gran Torino's greatest regret even decades later, she was married to someone else.
• Retired Badass: Functionally, he is still a licensed teacher and hero, but he stays out of the limelight and retires to his run-down household. When he's forced into action at Hosu, Gran Torino notes his control over his abilities has slipped a little from being out of practice for so long, because he unintentionally cracks the sidewalk. It appears he is doing a bit more active duty as a result of the change in status quo and presumably to help Midoriya.
• Scatterbrained Senior: Invoked by Gran Torino. He enjoys putting up that facade just to mess with All Might and Midoriya. He is actually keen and analytical.
• Shout-Out:
  • His status as a former/retired hero whose main power involves super speed and being a mentor to a modern famous hero brings Earth-1 Jay Garrick Flash to mind, specifically his Silver Age mentoring to Barry Allen, his successor as the Flash.
  • His persona and teaching methods also have distinct Yoda allusions, being a master in his profession of minuscule size and walking around with a cane that he doesn't actually need.
  • His character design itself is very reminiscent of Mega Man.
  • His hero name is likely a reference to Gran Torino, a Clint Eastwood-directed film in which Eastwood plays a weary veteran who becomes a begrudging mentor to a teenage boy.
• Super-Speed: The gold standard for the series. His Quirk, Jet, allows him to release bursts of air from his feet to accelerate himself, with the output depending on his lung capacity. When Jet is active, he moves so fast he appears as a blur to the audience and can't be seen at all by his opponents. This speed also allows him to keep up with and overwhelm users of One For All even though their speed is empowered by the strength of many individuals. While somewhat downplayed by the fact that he can't quite match All Might's maximum speed in his old age, Gran Torino has demonstrated some of the most impressive speed feats in the series, especially when his age is taken into account. His speed is rated at 6/5 in official rankings.
• Sweet Tooth: Has a taste for sweets, particularly taiyaki, which he seems to get for breakfast frequently.
• Troll: Much like when Yoda met Luke Skywalker, when Gran Torino first meets Midoriya he spends some time messing with the young hero. While Yoda did it as a way of testing Luke's patience, Gran Torino apparently just did it for kicks.
• Voice of Reason: He isn't entirely dispassionate but Gran Torino values pragmatism. He often puts some sense into All Might and Midoriya when the latter tend to make rash decisions. Most notable is when Gran Torino advises All Might against trying to save Shigaraki, saying that despite being his mentor's grandson, Shigaraki has become a dangerous criminal.
• Wax On, Wax Off: His method of teaching Midoriya the ins and outs of One For All involves menial chores like microwaving frozen taiyaki as a metaphor for evenly spreading the power across his body. He isn't particularly fond of it, however, and lampshades it when Midoriya begins using it as a mental image as a means of activating One For All safely:
  Gran Torino: So the image in your head is a taiyaki in the microwave, eh? That's a whole new echelon of plain, buddy, but what good will it do?
• Wham Line:
  • When speaking about to All Might just who's the mastermind behind the League of Villains:
    Gran Torino: You're concerned that it might be the man who killed your predecessor of One For All, my dear friend, and your mentor... Shimura- the very same man who opened that hole in your stomach, you're afraid the villain named All For One is on the rise again.
  • He delivers another one much later that was originally a line from Nana Shimura at the worst possible time. He would've mentioned something so earth-shattering level of importance sooner, but he forgot until All Might brought it up due to his advanced age.

Taishiro Toyomitsu — Fat Gum

Voiced by: Kazuyuki Okitsu (Japanese), Kyle Hebert (English), José Antonio Macías (Latin American Spanish/TV series)

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

Playable in: My Hero One's Justice 2

Quirk: Fat Adsorption

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A large man whose strength is only rivaled by his appetite, he employs Eijiro Kirishima and Tamaki Amajiki. He's currently ranked as 58th top hero.

His Quirk, "Fat Adsorption", grants him a highly obese, dense body that can adhere to any objects that enter in contact with it, causing them to sink into his body afterward, it also works to store energy of hits received, but at the cost of his defensive fat.

• Awesome Personnel Carrier: He can be one as "Fataxi", lodging his allies within his fat folds and charging forward through the battlefield.
• Beautiful All Along: He was certainly cute, but it turns out he is actually a fairly good looking man once his fat gets burned out since it makes him drop the Non-Standard Character Design and appear less cartoonish. In Team Up Mission, a young girl calls him a "prince" after he saved her in his skinny form and is dismayed when he starts eating to fatten up again.
• Berserk Button: Disrespect toward people who work hard to be viewed as heroes is one thing that never fails to get Fat Gum all worked into a lather. Another is heinous cruelty towards those who are helpless.
• Beware the Silly Ones: Downplayed in that he doesn't really act silly, but his round, cartoonish appearance and Big Eater habits distract from the fact that he's an experienced pro hero who approaches confrontations with villains with the intent of finishing them as quickly as possible.
• Big Beautiful Man: When Tsuyu and Uraraka see him for the first time, they seem to adore him and describe him as being "so round and cute."
• Big Eater: His first appearance has him gobbling down an entire pan of takoyaki. On top of that, one of his own protégés relies on eating to bolster his Quirk.
• Big Fun: He's a jovial guy, and even carries around candy for the kids.
• Cast from Calories: He can absorb kinetic energy with his Quirk and then release it for a massive attack. However, he can only release the energy once and it burns away almost all of his body fat when used.
• Counter-Attack: His trump card is taking all of the kinetic energy he's absorbed from an attack and releasing it all in one empowered punch by burning his fat. Unfortunately, this is also a Death or Glory Attack, as he needs to store up his fat again to use his Quirk.
• Cute Bruiser: For a certain standard of cute, but he mentioned how he used to be a scrapper himself during his fight with Rappa.
• Death or Glory Attack: Burning off his fat to release all the energy stored in it allows him to perform a devastating attack, but with no fat left on his body, he would need to build it up back again for his Quirk to work. Because of this, he absolutely needs to make sure said attack finishes the fight.
• Domino Mask: Sports one, though it's easier to recognize it once he is no longer in his Non-Standard Character Design mode.
• Endearingly Dorky: Tsuyu and Uraraka point out how cute and round he is. It certainly helps that he is quite nice to his interns.
• Energy Absorption: Fat Gum's Quirk makes him soft and malleable, able to absorb kinetic energy into his body fat. He mostly uses this to protect people from dangers like Villains or bombs, but he can also release the stored energy for a devastating attack.
• Expy: Of Blob from X-Men, as he has the same strength and defense powers that are based on accumulating body fat. The difference being that Fat Gum is a hero while Blob is usually a villain.
• First-Name Basis: Fat Gum seems to be or considers close to Tamaki, as he is the second person to refer to him by his first name, something that only Mirio did.
• Gentle Giant: His height is listed at a whopping 250 cm (roughly 8'2"), making him the tallest member of the cast, but he's a nice guy who dotes on his interns and carries around chocolates for the kids.
• Heart Is an Awesome Power: Having such a large, soft body isn't just great for tanking hits or entrapping villains. His Quirk also allows his fat to absorb kinetic energy. By burning this fat, he can focus the energy from hits he's absorbed into a powerful counter-attack.
• Humble Hero: He readily praises others and never chases accolades, even crying for fellow hero Ryukyu when her new ranking is announced. He also notes that Tamaki and Kirishima are crucial to uncovering the Hassaikai's activities due to their run-in with the gunman. Most noteworthy is that after leaving Tamaki to take on 3 of the 8 Bullets, Fat Gum freely claims that Tamaki is stronger than anyone else there (including himself). While there is certainly truth to Tamaki being extremely strong, Fat Gum himself has the highest durability of all those present as well as super strength of his own, but had no issue seeing Tamaki as the stronger one without a second thought. Even after Fat Gum endures Rappa's full assault and overpowers Tengai's barrier, he attributes the victory to Kirishima rather than taking credit himself.
• Intentional Weight Gain: Fatgum's Quirk requires him to pack on pounds in order to absorb blows properly. But he loses the weight when he uses the impact energy he's taken as Counter-Attack. This requires him to fatten himself up again by eating a lot to make his Quirk work normally.
• Jumping on a Grenade: He jumps to block the explosion of a small Mecha in Vigilantes. The explosion is big enough that he almost automatically has to release the energy again else he'd die, so he can just reduce the damage to those around him.
• Kevlard: His Quirk gives a highly flexible and cushion-like obese body that can even submerge people within it.
• Let's Get Dangerous!: If he suffers extreme damage, he sheds his fat, and his body changes from looking cartoonish into a very muscular and heroic build, and his battle strategy switches from defense to offense.
• The McCoy: Of the three heroes in charge of the effort against Overhaul, he's the most insistent on going in to save Eri.
• Multiform Balance: In his usual fat appearance, he's a Stone Wall, able to tank blows by absorbing and storing the kinetic energy. In his slim form, he's a Glass Cannon ready to release all that stored-up energy for one devastating attack but leaving him with no fat to protect him any longer.
• Nice Guy: He is always happy to help others and is especially nice to his interns Tamaki and Kirishima, praising their deeds as soon as he has the chance in front of the other heroes and giving them valuable advice.
• Non-Standard Character Design: He is far more cartoony than most characters in the manga, though he is drawn in normal fashion once his fat gets burned. However, he still has a wraparound mouth much like All Might does in his withered state, and looks like a cross between him and young Gran Torino.
• One-Hit KO: The end of his fight against Rappa and Tengai is him giving such a powerful punch that breaks Tengai's strongest barrier and launches both away.
• Red Baron: Calls himself "The Tender Tank of Naniwa".
• Shed Armor, Gain Speed: Or rather, gain power. The more he gets hit, the more energy he has to expend to keep them. But it also burns his fat quickly, and the stored impact can be unleashed as a Charged Attack.
• Shout-Out: His design is very reminiscent of Totoro.
• Spell My Name With An S: A bit of an odd case in that it doesn't apply to his name, but the name of his Quirk. Officially, it's called "Fat Adsorption", but some translations refer to it as "Fat Absorption" (which does describe his powers pretty well, after all, though the series has a history of Quirk–names not quite being a literal description of the Quirk itself).
• Stone Wall: He is very good at stomaching repeated attacks so long as they aren't bearing down on him with extreme force, and one of the Eight Expendables of the Shie Hassaikai notes his defensive abilities are impressive.
• Super-Toughness: His defensive capabilities surpass those of any other hero shown throughout the series, save perhaps All For One and All Might. His Quirk, Fat Adsorption, allows him to cause things that come into contact with him to sink into his body, be it weapons or people. And he can also burn through his fat to sink and suppress impacts to store up their power. For reference, Kirishima's Ultimate Move Red Riot Unbreakable began crumbling after a single one of Rappa's punches. By contrast, Fat Gum was hit by a barrage and shrugged it off with some annoyance. He also continued to take an absolutely massive number of the punches while gradually burning out his own defensive fat to store the power for a counterattack, meaning he was decreasing his own durability at the same time it was being worn out by Rappa. Despite this, Fat Gum still had the strength to catch Kirishima from falling with one hand, launch all the stored up power with the other, and continue standing even after that. This is in spite of having endured intense pain, blood loss, and exhaustion from Rappa's assault.
• Thou Shalt Not Kill: Fat Gum stayed that a Hero Must capture a villain alive; letting them escape or killing them is considered a failure.
• Trademark Favorite Food: Takoyaki, owing to his Kansai origins. The back cover of one of the volumes shows that he is even used as a mascot to promote takoyaki in-universe.
• Vocal Dissonance: Downplayed in the English dub. While it isn't outright high-pitched, his voice could be qualified as a teenager's. In fact, some of the teenagers, including Kirishima, have noticeably deeper voices than him.
• Walking Shirtless Scene: After Jumping on a Grenade, he spends the rest of the chapter with his shirt ripped open in his low-fat form.

Masaki Mizushima — Manual

Voiced by: Kenta Ookuma (Japanese), Ethan Gallardo (English)

Debut: Chapter 47 (Manga), Episode 28 (Anime)

Quirk: Unnamed Water Quirk

The hero that Ida chose for internship. A "normal hero". Manual named himself as such because he wants to be like a "manual" for other heroes to live by. He's currently ranked as the 222nd top hero.

His Quirk makes him capable of controlling the flow of water.

• Alliterative Name: Masaki Mizushima.
• The Generic Guy: Invoked. His policy to be an all-around normal hero is supposed to represent a standard for upcoming heroes to follow, thus his hero name.
• Good Is Not Dumb: Manual is nice and humble, but he has at least some suspicions why Iida would specifically choose his agency of all places to intern. He therefore takes a moment while on patrol to remind the kid that just because he has a grudge against a dangerous villain doesn't give him the right to hunt him down.
• Heart Is an Awesome Power: Manual would probably be the first to say his Quirk's not all that flashy, but by applying eye drops to Aizawa, he minimizes the teacher's need to blink so he can keep his Erasure Quirk active against Shigaraki.
• Jack of All Stats: Unsurprisingly, his databook stats are all 3 out of 5. This makes him a possible manual for every new hero, no matter their specialty.
• Making a Splash: His Quirk allows him to manipulate water. Unlike many other examples, he is incapable of actually generating water, needing an outside source, making his powers a form of hydrokinesis.
• Meaningful Name: In both of his names:
  • Masaki can be read as both "Masaki" and "Seiki", the latter means "regular"/"normal", referring to his intentional status as The Generic Guy.
  • Mizushima includes the kanji for "water", alluding to his water-related Quirk.
• Mundane Utility: Uses his water manipulation to generate eye drops for Aizawa in Chapter 276.
• Nice Guy: Even after Ida admits to having manipulated him, Manual keeps a calm and approachable demeanor, and tells Ida to not to do it again in a polite manner, taking responsibility for failing as a mentor and a boss.
• Single Substance Manipulation: His Quirk is the ability to telekinetically manipulate water. However, he can't produce it himself and must rely on outside sources.
• Single Tear: Sheds a tear when Ida goes to him and apologizes for his part on the Stain incident, likely related to his worries over losing Ida during the Nomu outbreak.
• Unwitting Pawn: To Ida who interned with him in the hopes of running into Stain and avenging his brother.

Death Arms

Voiced by: Shinnosuke Ogami (Japanese), Cris George (English), Raonel Rosales (Latin American Spanish/TV series)

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

Quirk: Unnamed Strength Enhancement Quirk

A Frankenstein-like hero whose Quirk seems to involve Super-Strength. He's fairly abrasive and in the business mostly because it pays the bills. Jiro trained under him during her internship.

• The Big Guy: Quite a hulking figure among most heroes, and a good choice for security gigs.
• Can't Take Criticism: Chapter 317 gives a rather sympathetic take on this. Despite initially continuing as a hero, the constant criticism and negativity eventually wore him down until he decided to retire:
  Death Arms: This job's been running me ragged. I can't seem to catch a break. And what do we get for it? Rants. Doubts. Rage. Yeah, I know there's still support for us out there, but... ...One loud heckler easily drowns out ten fans. I've never felt like this before. I thought I was different. Better. I’m sure we all did once. But nah, I'm no hero. Only human.
• Conscience Makes You Go Back: In Chapter 384 despite being retired and in civilian clothes, he becomes the Heroic Bystander as he protects the civilians from a collapsed ceiling during the evacuation to Shiketsu. It was due to being reminded of his first encounter with Izuku in the first chapter that he said that his body acted on his own. Chapter 420 only makes all the more obvious, as he's the first one to step up after Aizawa's Gondor Call For Aid moment and outright states that he's perfectly fine being once again in the frontlines.
• Good Is Not Soft: He's particularly hard on Midoriya following the incident with the Sludge Villain, thinking very lowly of him for charging in and interfering with the work of pro heroes. He does have a point though, since an untrained, Quirkless boy wasn't really going to be of much help at all against the Sludge Villain, and Midoriya's efforts would have been for naught had he not inspired All Might to intervene.
• Good Old Fashioned Fisticuffs: He relies on his powered-up fists to beat opponents and break down doors in hostage situations.
• Good Smoking, Evil Smoking: Obviously falls under good, though the smoke fumes can be annoying for those around him.
• Hot-Blooded: Believes heroes need to practice and train every day, even on patrol.
• Hypocrite: His chewing out of Izuku after the Sludge Villain incident can be seen as this, as the boy at least tried to do something to save Bakugo while Death Arms and the other heroes were content to sit on the sidelines until somebody else with "the right Quirk" (All Might in their case) could come and save the day. Towards the end of the series, a recently retired Death Arms ends up saving civilians from falling debris when his body moves of its own accord, and he finally understands what spurred Izuku on to take that leap even with all the danger he'd face.
• Lantern Jaw of Justice: Death Arms has a very prominent jawline.
• Meaningful Name: His hero name in Japanese is spoken as "Desutegoro", which comes from the word sutegoro, a yakuza term for "hand-to-hand/barehanded combat".
• Names to Run Away from Really Fast: His hero name has the word "death" in it, a Badass Boast about the power of his fists. Then there's the added connotation since it's a spin on a yakuza term, which makes it even scarier.
• Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Chapter 317 reveals that he’s retired as a hero due to public negativity.

Gunhead

Voiced by: Koji Okino (Japanese), Brandon Potter (English)

Debut: Chapter 48 (Manga), Episode 27 (Anime)

Quirk: Gatling

A hero whom Uraraka interns under. His Quirk, "Gatling", gives him gun-like organs that fire projectiles. In addition to this, he is a competent martial artist and is noted for his close-quarters combat.

• Badass Teacher: A pro hero who teaches Uraraka martial arts, something she finds incredibly useful in later arcs.
• Boxing Lessons for Superman: Granted, Uraraka is still in training anyway at the time, but he still teaches her his style of martial arts.
• Chekhov's Skill: Teaching Uraraka how to fight an opponent with a knife involves a counter series of moves. They are vital at beating Thirteen and come in handy when Toga attacks her.
• Cool Mask: His mask has gun pistols in it. And one normal eyehole just to make it unique.
• Dark Is Not Evil: Despite his weird and somewhat intimidating looks, he's a true hero and generally a nice guy.
• Endearingly Dorky: Apparently, Uraraka thinks of him as such and states that he has a cute way of talking.
• Exactly What It Says on the Tin: He's got guns in his head.
• Gatling Good: His arms have Gatling gun-like organs that fire keratin-based projectiles.
• Genius Bruiser: The anime reveals that he knows how to counter an opponent with a knife and a submission move using real-life combat training and a little wrestling. He pivots on one leg as someone charges him with the knife, then grabs their outstretched weapon arm and pushes them off their feet by shoving their back, and while holding their arm and back down, briskly turns the person's wrist to make the person drop their weapon, and kicks it away.
• Gentle Giant: He seems very soft-spoken and polite, and only uses his guns to fire warning shots, preferring less-lethal methods to take down villains.
• I Know Mortal Kombat: In Smash!!. It's shown that one of the reasons he hired Uraraka was because thanks to her Quirk, she could make a combo he likes in a video game in real life, therefore, her training includes learning attacks from the video game.
• Nice Guy: Whenever he's not fighting evil, he's just about the friendliest Pro around, always ready with a word of encouragement or a compliment. Uraraka is actually surprised at how friendly he is when they first meet and he casually explains all about how hero wages are decided during a walk down the street.
• Small Role, Big Impact: He only appears in few chapters, but his lessons to Uraraka made her use learned moves a lot later in story, first in the Final Exams Arc during fight with Thirteen.
• Verbal Tic: Has one that Uraraka finds "cute", ending his sentences with "Okay".

Fourth Kind

Voiced by: Takahiro Fujiwara (Japanese), Jason Douglas (English)

Debut: Chapter 48 (Manga), Episode 27 (Anime)

Quirk: Quad Arms

A hero who works as a civil servant called the Chivalrous Hero. Both Kirishima and Tetsutetsu wind up assigned to him. His Quirk is "Quad Arms".

• Badass in a Nice Suit: His hero costume is basically composed of a suit combined with a strange metal adornment in his neck.
• Civvie Spandex: His hero costume is just a suit, and a very nice three piece one, at that, the only strange thing about his outfit is the metal adornment in his neck and jaw.
• Exactly What It Says on the Tin: His Quirk is "Quad Arms", meaning that he has four arms.
• Face of a Thug: He kinda looks more like a four-armed bouncer than a hero.
• Good Scars, Evil Scars: Has one on the left side of his face that adds to his thuggish appearance.
• Hero Does Public Service: A definite believer in this, and in fact does it in his spare time. Fourth Kind even brings Kirishima and Tetsutetsu while they're all dressed in civil servant uniforms to clean up a public park together because he considers that part of being a hero.
• Insult Backfire: A physical example. He starts to bonk Kirishima and Tetsutetsu on the head so often that they instinctively begin activating the Quirks to avoid pain, and Fourth Kind ends up hurting himself instead.
• Multi-Armed and Dangerous: He's a pro hero with four arms.
• Mundane Utility: Those extra arms are good for picking up trash, which he applies by doing public service when there are no villains to fight against or people to rescue.
• Sharp-Dressed Man: His attire is mostly composed of a three-piece suit with a tie, which is also the clothes he uses as his hero costume.
• Stern Teacher: He has no qualms over hitting Kirishima and Tetsutetsu in the head for losing focus when he is trying to teach them and forces them to do public services with him since he expands that being a hero is more than just fighting villains.
• Super-Strength: His strength is on a whopping 5 out of 5 in his databook, since his extra arms enhance his natural strength and he already seems quite strong.

Uwabami

Voiced by: Mai Yabane (Japanese), Anastasia Muñoz (English)

Debut: Chapter 48 (Manga), Episode 27 (Anime)

Quirk: Snake Hair

A snake-themed heroine Yaoyorozu and Kendo from Class 1-B are assigned to. Works as a model when not doing hero duties. Her Quirk is "Snake Hair", which heightens all her senses and makes her really good at locating people.

• Exactly What It Says on the Tin: Her Quirk, "Snake Hair", gives her snakes in her hair.
• Heroism Won't Pay the Bills: Or at least, not all of them. Aside from being a heroine, she makes extra money by working as a model during the day. It's unclear whether she loves both jobs or is simply doing the latter to make ends meet. However, this raises the possibility that being a hero won't give all the money the trainees are expecting.
• Lady of War: The purple long dress she is presented with actually composes her normal attire during her hero work and she is seen using it when rescuing people during the Hideout Raid Arc.
• Meaningful Name: Her hero name roughly means "giant snake".
• Modeling is Glamorous: Uwabami is a beautiful snake-themed superheroine who models as a day job, and fittingly wears a slinky dress everywhere. Yaoyorozu and Kendo intern with her only to find that her schedule is mainly comprised of photoshoots, interviews, and commercials.
• Snake People: Labeled as a "Snake Heroine". Any fans familiar with Horikoshi's previous manga, Oumagadoki Doubutsuen, will likely remember this, if her design wasn't clear enough already.
• Snakes Are Sexy: Given that she is a model. This was definitely the case in Oumagadoki Doubutsuen as well, where she was an actual snake that could become a human.
• Stock Superhero Day Jobs: Averted. She's a model when she's off-duty.
• Super-Senses: Granted by her snakes, which have excellent senses.
• Transplant: She's from Horikoshi's first official manga, Oumagadoki Doubutsuen. However, in this universe, she's apparently a human with a Quirk, rather than an animal that can take a human form.
• Weak, but Skilled: While her Quirk isn't combative, the snakes in her hair actually enhance her senses and therefore her skill to locate enemies within an area. She manages to be a heroine specialized in the capture of enemies, especially those hiding or trying to run. She also briefly shows a good capacity for locating and helping victims in a disaster in the hideout raid.

Enma Kannagi — Majestic

Voiced by: Shogo Sakata (Japanese), Aaron Campbell (English)

Debut: Chapter 263 (Manga), Episode 103 (Anime)

Quirk: Magic

A wizard-themed hero called the "Magic Hero" Majestic. Momo Yaoyorozu and Setsuna Tokage worked as interns for his agency during the second batch of work studies. He is present during the raid on the Paranormal Liberation Front's headquarters.

Though the details are unknown, his Quirk, "Magic" allows him to create discs that he can use to levitate others.

• All There in the Manual: Some of his information comes from the manga extras. Enma likes women and he had the possibility to become one of the top 10 pro heroes if it weren't for his demise.
• Big Damn Heroes: Arrives at the last moment to get the Class 1-A and 1-B students out of the way of Gigantomachia's rampage.
• Killed Offscreen: He's last seen being attacked by Gigantomachia, and is listed among the casualties.
• We Hardly Knew Ye: Unfortunately, he dies before revealing much information on his Quirk, personality, or relationship with his interns.

Tensei Ida — Ingenium

Voiced by: Masamichi Kitada (Japanese), Phil Parsons (English)

Debut: Chapter 41 (Manga), Episode 24 (Anime)

Quirk: Engine

Tenya Ida's elder brother and a popular hero whom Tenya aspires to be like one day. Tensei heads an agency in Tokyo where he oversees 65 sidekicks and coordinates them based on their group strengths and support capabilities. According to his brother, Tensei is a nice man who follows the rules and values people.

He possesses a variant of the family's "Engine" Quirk, a pair of exhaust pipes on his arms that he uses to propel himself forward and sometimes even upward; basically, the inversion of his younger brother's Quirk.

• Always Someone Better: Goes mutually between the Ida brothers. While Tenya considers Tensei to be the example he must live up to, Tensei considers Tenya to have more potential as a Hero than he himself does, and he praises Tenya for having better reflexes and intelligence.
• Career-Ending Injury: His legs are paralyzed and his spinal cord was maimed after he was almost killed by Stain. Because he relied on his legs to run at high speeds and perform parkour stunts with the help of his exhaust pipes, losing the use of them has made his skillset impossible to execute.
• A Day in the Limelight: Chapter 7 of Vigilantes centers on him. It also expands on his career, taking place a few years before he went to Hosu.
• Family Theme Naming: Tensei and his brother, Tenya.
• A Father to His Men: Tensei treats his sidekicks like family. He even says that they are the ones who support him and help him become a good hero, rather than the other way around.
• Fragile Speedster: One of the fastest heroes in the business, but he has to install airbags in his costume since he'll be seriously injured if he crashes into a wall due to his inability to make tight turns.
• Heroic Lineage: The eldest son of the Ida family of speedster heroes, and Tenya's personal idol.
• Humble Hero: Was shown in a flashback to be rather surprised, but pleased, that his younger brother Tenya held him in high regards — as he otherwise didn't act like he felt he did anything special in being a hero. He is also quick to point out that he needs a lot of help and that's why he hires so many sidekicks. This is why Stain targets him as he believes that a Hero must stand alone, and have an All Might-esque larger-than-life persona.
• Hunk: Like his younger brother, Tensei is quite muscular as a Required Secondary Power to keep up with the rest of his body.
• Make an Example of Them: The only reason Stain let Tensei live was to spread the word of his existence, making sure to leave him only teetering close to death as opposed to outright dead. However, Stain never lets heroes walk away in one piece. He instead leaves everyone he spares crippled and maimed for life.
• Nice Guy: A lot more mellow than his strait-laced younger brother, Tensei is the sort that considers someone that does something as simple as helping a lost kid find their way home to be awesome. He also shows interest in hiring anyone with a good mobility Quirk as a potential sidekick, saying they could earn their licenses as they work.
• Passing the Torch: At least third in a generational line, Tensei's father and grandfather are heroes as well as him (his mother appears to be a civilian). When Tensei gets taken out of commission, he cannot continue the line of male heroism. He requests Tenya to take on the name "Ingenium", but Tenya believes that he isn't ready to do that yet. Tenya eventually does adopt it though.
• Shout-Out: His blast off sequence when chasing down crooks is extremely similar to the launching sequence usually seen in mecha shows like Gundam. Then there's the design of his Hero costume...
• Strong Family Resemblance: He and Tenya look quite a bit alike, both being tall, well-built men with a similar hairstyle, of the same color.
• Unusual Eyebrows: They're shaped like arrows pointing away from the center of his forehead.
• Wall Jump: His Quirk lets him propel himself upward as he scales walls. Up until Stain made him paraplegic, unfortunately.
• The Worf Effect: After Tenya speaks highly of Tensei for being a skilled hero, the latter is beaten and severely injured by Stain in his first appearance in order to show that the Hero Killer lives up to his title.

Ken Takagi — Rock Lock

Voiced by: Yasuhiro (Japanese), Gabe Kunda (English), Jhonny Torres (Latin American Spanish/TV series)

Debut: Chapter 135 (Manga), Episode 69 (Anime)

Quirk: Lockdown

An ill-tempered and rough-edged hero who, despite his more Jerkass traits, has a soft center. He respects actions, not words, and praises those he deems worthy while calling out those who don't deliver.

His Quirk is "Lockdown". It allows him to secure objects into a point of space, freezing them.

• Action Dad: He has a newborn son who means the world to him.
• Ambiguously Brown: He lives in Japan and has a Japanese name, but his brown skin tone and seemingly afro-textured hair can lead one to wonder if he may have some African heritage.
• Asshole Victim: Subverted. He initially appears to be a complete Jerkass, but after Toga stabs him, he's shown to just to have reasons for his behavior.
• Asskicking Leads to Leadership: He doesn't believe in the opposite. He doesn't care about their reputation, people need to demonstrate their abilities before they get his respect.
• Bait the Dog: Inverted. Rock Lock initially comes off as an asshole and nothing more, but it's quickly revealed that he's actually a nice guy who just has a hard outer layer.
• Black Dude Dies First: Subverted. He was shaping up to be the first hero killed in the raid on the yakuza, but his injuries aren't lethal.
• Brutal Honesty: He has no filter; he'll give a mouthful to anyone if he thinks they aren't pulling their weight.
• Fatal Family Photo: A non-photo variant. Partway during the Yakuza Raid, it's revealed that he has a wife and newborn son. Although the aftermath of the raid put him in the hospital, he manages to survive completely and see them again.
• Happily Married: He has a beautiful wife with whom he recently had a son. He loves them both very much, and she is the first to visit him in the hospital after the raid on the yakuza.
• Hidden Depths: Rock Lock is actually a husband who recently welcomed his long-awaited son into the world. While he may sound like an unfair, condescending jerk, he's just a "prove to me you're not inept" kind of guy.
• Humble Hero: If you make him eat his words, he'll acknowledge that he made an unfair assessment. He recognizes that some of the U.A. kids can put adult pro heroes to shame, he just wants them to prove it first.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He won't cut anybody slack if they fail at something, even if it wasn't their fault. He blames people just on the basis of perceived inadequacy and he's incredibly dickish toward student heroes if they aren't up to snuff. However, he's willing to eat his pride and admit when he's wrong and give credit where credit is due. His dismissive attitude toward the U.A. kids is due to him being a new father; he was actually just worried that the kids would get hurt.
• Just a Kid: Intuitively deconstructed. He doesn't really appreciate the company of the U.A. students (accusing a couple of not pulling their weight), much less working with them as he considers children to be children and is uncomfortable with bringing them along on high-level hero missions. However, he's not totally dismissive of kids and accepts the ones that prove themselves, even concluding that during the raid on the Shie Hassaikai, the kids put the adults to shame.
• Somebody Doesn't Love Raymond: Deconstructed; he dislikes how U.A. plays up its students and how it makes people view them through popularity goggles. He respects individuals, not reputations.
• Space Master: His Quirk is a limited application of this. It solely allows him to freeze objects in place, which is still fairly useful, just not overpowered like the trope usually is.
• Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: Rock Lock is about the worst team player on Sir Nighteye's task force. He has a tendency to operate on his own terms and mouth off to anybody who isn't on the same page as him, but he narrowly avoids slipping into It's All About Me territory because he knows his own limits and when he really does need to rely on others for help and is surprisingly humble at the core of his character.
• Uncanny Family Resemblance: His baby son, who looks just like him and seems to have missed his mom's side of the gene pool. This is acknowledged by his wife.

Sajin Higawara — Snatch

Voiced by: Kouji Ishii (Japanese), Taylor Harris (English)

Debut: Chapter 160 (Manga), Episode 77 (Anime)

Quirk: Unnamed Sand Quirk

A sand-themed pro hero with a noble way of speaking and thinking. His Quirk allows him to transform his upper body into sand.

• 11th-Hour Ranger: Shows up unannounced after the climax of the Internship Arc to deal with the League of Villains.
• Animal Motifs: Tigers. Snatch's mustache resembles tiger fangs, and he can transform his sand into the shape of a saber-tooth tiger to attack.
• Armor-Piercing Question: His last words, apart from crying out as he's being killed, are to ask Dabi if he thought about the pain he inflicted on his victims' families.
• Cruel and Unusual Death: Suffers a sudden and shockingly brutal death at the hands of Dabi and Compress, being trapped inside one of Compress's marbles along with Dabi's fire and being left to burn alive inside of it.
• Elemental Rock-Paper-Scissors:
  • He is the natural enemy of Shigaraki's "Decay", which requires Shigaraki to hold a solid object with all his five fingers. Because sand is fluid and made of particles, Snatch can fight Shigaraki in close range with no problem.
  • Similarly, Dabi's fire Quirk isn't very effective against him, as sand doesn't really burn. Unfortunately, though, Dabi is able to catch him by surprise and overpower him with the aid of Compress.
• Hero Antagonist: His only appearance is in a chapter where the League of Villains are the point of view characters, with him acting as the opposing force, even if he's the good guy.
• Hoax Hogan: Sports the look and attitude.
• Logical Weakness: Dabi caught him by surprise while he's rescuing the lives of those jeopardized by Mr. Compress's attempt to wreck the prison convoy, under the logic that heroes always rush to save the lives of others first.
• Punny Name: His hero name is pronounced "Sunacchi" in Japanese. "Suna" is Japanese for sand.
• Sand Blaster: Snatch can turn his upper body into a cloud of sand and use it to restrain opponents and block attacks. Due to it only applying to his upper body, however, any attack that can get past his sand and reach his lower body can harm him.
• Small Role, Big Impact: Snatch only appears in a brief encounter with the League of Villains, and shortly thereafter is killed by Dabi. However, Snatch questions Dabi if he's ever stopped to think about how it affects the families of the victims he kills, before Snatch ironically joins that group. Dabi actually does spend a lot of time thinking about that, to the point that, in Dabi's own words, his mind spins out of control wrestling with how to process that question.
• Uncertain Doom: He gets trapped in one of Mr. Compress' marbles in a half-transformed state while encircled by Dabi's flames. Dabi assumes Snatch will probably die because only his upper body could transform into sand, and he's later proven right by Endeavor and Snatch's character profile.
• We Hardly Knew Ye: He is killed off by the League of Villains in the same chapter he is introduced. It's lampshaded in the bonus page featuring him in the manga.

Crimson Riot

Voiced by: Jiro Saito (Japanese), Bryan Massey (English)

Quirk: Unknown

A pro hero whom Kirishima idolizes greatly. In fact, Crimson Riot has was who inspired him to become a pro hero in the first place. He's one of the old school names of heroism and was part of a bygone era.

• The Ace: Counted among the greatest heroes of all time.
• Ambiguous Situation: His current status is unclear.
• Anime Hair: Very spiky. It seems to be part of his Quirk.
• Badass Longcoat: Seems to wear one.
• Brutal Honesty: He didn't censor himself when he talked and could get really coarse during interviews, which led to standards doing it for him.
• Chekhov's Gunman: First mentioned by Kirishima and shown in a vignette during the Field Training Arc where Kirishima gushes over him, hinting that he will be very important concerning Kirishima's heroic motivation later on. In the Internship Arc, the specifics of this is revealed in detail when a video projector sphere of Crimson Riot during an interview falls off Kirishima's bookshelf after he tosses a book at it in a fit of rage and he accidentally causes it to play.
• Cool Mask: Wears one that covers his jaw and nose.
• Fearless Fool: Averted. When a journalist asks him whether he feels fear when throwing himself at the enemy, he scoffs at the people who don't. He's definitely afraid of dying:
  Crimson Riot: Who do you think I am?! Anybody who rushes into the jaws of death without feeling any fear is either a complete dumbass or a [bleep].
• Heroic Willpower: He believes that willpower is more important than having a powerful Quirk.
• Hidden Eyes: Like All Might, his eyes are all black, with a tiny pale pupil just barely visible. Similarly to All Might, this highlights his status as a legend.
• Japanese Delinquent: His general aesthetic despite being a hero.
• My Greatest Failure: He reveals in an interview that back when he was a sidekick, he didn't manage to save some people because he froze up in fear, and now whenever he feels afraid, he spurs himself forward with this memory. The thing that upsets him the most is looking back and seeing their last expressions before they died.
• Red Is Heroic: Called Crimson Riot for a reason.
• Sir Swears-a-Lot: Cusses up a storm during a television interview.
• Super-Toughness: Based on a comment Kirishima made about them having similar Quirks, he apparently has the power to toughen up his body.
• Testosterone Poisoning: Invoked; he talks about "manly spirit" all the time, and his entire public person revolves around ill-defined manliness. He seems to perceive it as courage despite fear.

Water Hose

Debut: Chapter 74 (Manga), Episode 41 (Anime)

Quirk: Unnamed Water Quirks

Water Hose were pro heroes and Kota Izumi's parents. They were brutally attacked and killed by a villain, but they made him regret it first. After their deaths, their relative Mandalay adopted their son. Both of them had water-based Quirks.

• Battle Couple: Acted as a heroic duo and were a married couple with a kid.
• Curb Stomp Cushion: Muscular did them in with his incredible and obscene strength, but they at least took his eye.
• Deceased Parents Are the Best: Kota's anger towards heroes come from how much he misses his parents, despite his aunt trying her best to help him out.
• Death by Origin Story: Their demises in the midst of heroism are the reason why Kota wanted nothing to do with the field of heroics.
• Do Not Go Gentle: The Water Hose duo destroyed Muscular's left eye and gave him a deep scar before they were overwhelmed by him and killed.
• Identical Stranger: Kota's father looks like an older Sero, with the same spiky black hair, angular eyes and toothy grin.
• Making a Splash: They were users of water-based Quirks, as evidenced by the one their son inherited from them.
• Posthumous Character: Both parents were savagely beaten and killed by a villain a while back.
• Spell My Name With An S: The databook lists their names as "Water Horse".

Backdraft

Voiced by: Shuhei Matsuda (Japanese), Kris Bryan (English)

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

Quirk: Water Pump

A pro hero who works as a firefighter. His Quirk allows him to create and use water via the spigots on his hands.

• The Bus Came Back: He initially only first appeared in the series' first chapter/episode, but he returns to the series to take part in the Paranormal Liberation raid during the Paranormal Liberation War Arc.
• Making a Splash: His Quirk lets him shoot out water from his spigot hands.
• "X" Makes Anything Cool: At one point, he shapes his water into a barricade rail with 'X' shaped warning symbols.

Air Jet

Debut: Chapter 1 (Manga), Episode 17 (Anime)

Quirk: Unknown

A pro hero that flies around with a jet pack. He's greatly admired by Mei Hatsume.

• Adaptational Late Appearance: In the manga, he took part in the fight against the giant villain. He doesn't do this in the anime and is not introduced until later.
• Arm Cannon: Both of his arms can shoot blasts of energy.
• Art Evolution: In the main series' manga, he's always shown from behind. His cameo appearance in Vigilantes was the first time his face was shown, showing that he wore a box-like helmet that covered his entire face. His appearance in Deku & Bakugo: Rising, however, shows him in a different helmet that showcases more of his face.

Takeshita

Voiced by: Matt Shipman (English)

Debut: Chapter 179 (Manga), Episode 85 (Anime)

Quirk: Unknown

A pro hero who was one of Gentle's classmates when they were in high school.

• The Bus Came Back: He initially only appeared in Gentle's flashbacks during the U.A. Cultural Festival Arc, but he returns later to take part in the Paranormal Liberation raid during the Paranormal Liberation War Arc.
• Early-Bird Cameo: A picture of him and Gentle in high school is shown during Season 4's second ending credits.
• Satellite Character: Only exists as a part of Gentle's backstory, and has little character of his own.
• Unwitting Instigator of Doom: Him forgetting about Gentle is what caused the latter to turn to villainy.

X-Less

Voiced by: Yuuki Hoshi (Japanese), Cody Savoie (English)

Debut: Chapter 86 (Manga), Episode 47 (Anime)

Quirk: Laser

A pro hero who took part in the Hideout Raid Team. His Quirk, "Laser", allows him to shoot a laser beam from his right eye.

• Badass Cape: He wears a flowing red cape as part of his hero costume, which Shigaraki takes for himself after X-Less's death.
• Early-Bird Cameo: He was a member of the Hideout Raid Team during the Hideout Raid Arc, but isn't given a proper introduction until the Paranormal Liberation Arc around 180 chapters later.
• Eye Beam: His Quirk lets him shot a beam of energy from his right eye.
• Oh, Crap!: His expression when he sees that Shigaraki has awoken is this.
• Reduced to Dust: While it isn't shown explicitly, it's apparent that he was decayed by Shigaraki after the villain woke up from his suspended animation, made obvious by the fact that Shigaraki is shown wearing X-Less’ cape when next seen.
• We Hardly Knew Ye: Nothing about him was mentioned even his real name when he died by Shigaraki's hand.

Cathleen "Cassie" Bate — Star and Stripe

Voiced by: Romi Park (Japanese), Natalie Van Sistine (English)

Debut: My Hero Academia: Two Heroes (Film), Chapter 328 (Manga)

Quirk: New Order

The #1 pro hero of the United States of America. While on vacation with her family in California, they were attacked by a rampaging villain only to be rescued by All Might. Inspired by his heroism, Cassie would model herself after All Might to the point of even styling her hair after his signature hair antennae.

Her Quirk, "New Order", allows her to assign "rules" to a target she has touched and called out their name, limited to two rules at a time. She typically uses one of them constantly to give her Super-Strength.

• The Ace: She is America's #1 hero. Put simply, when the Big Bad of the series considers you enough of a threat to send his strongest fighter after you, you know you're this.
• Action Girl: As one of few first persons able to curbstomp Shigaraki post-awakening, she definitely deserves this status.
• America Saves the Day: Zigzagged. Her introduction has her already midway around the world, fully intending to pull this off despite the concerns of her own country's leaders, because of the respect and admiration she has for All Might, only to get intercepted by All For One possessing Tomura Shigaraki's body before she can reach Japan precisely to avoid said outcome. The AFO vestige within Shigaraki even highlights that the idea of Star teaming up with Midoriya is the absolute worst-case scenario. Whilst Star does eventually lose New Order to All For One and succumbs to his Decay Quirk in the process, she booby-traps her own Quirk with one of her rules, causing it to revolt and starts tearing AFO apart from the inside, resulting in the loss of many of his stockpiled Quirks and undoing some of the progress he'd been making on the nearly perfected Tomura's body for his eventual takeover. Star might have failed to save the day, but thanks to her, the power gap between Midoriya and Shigaraki has drastically reduced, she prevented AFO from being able to use New Order, and the amount of damage she caused bought Japan’s heroes a little more time to defeat AFO before Tomura’s body is complete, leaving it up to them to end the fight for good — something they couldn't have done if she hadn't given her life and her Quirk to cripple All For One.
• Anime Hair: She intentionally styled her hair after All Might's twin antennae, though as a sign of her desire to become an even greater protector of peace than him, she designed her with eight tufts.
• Ascended Extra: She turns out to be one of the little girls All Might saved during his sojourn in America as seen in the prologue of Two Heroes, and that his rescue of her family lead to her coming to consider him her "master" and desiring to become as amazing a hero as him.
• Assimilation Backfire: Shigaraki manages to steal New Order, but Star and Stripe orders New Order to rebel against other Quirks. This causes it to rampage through the Vestige World, tearing it apart, destroying Shigaraki's Quirks and threatening to destroy him from the inside out.
• Badass Cape: She wears quite a big one, which flaps around while she rides on top of what seems to be a stealth bomber.
• Captain Patriotic: Star and Stripe has a patriotic theme, with her hero name and costume being modeled after the American flag.
• Continuity Nod: To the first film, Two Heroes, as she mentions her family was attacked back in the past while heading to Santa Monica and a younger All Might had saved them. This indeed happened at the start of the movie.
• Distaff Counterpart: To All Might, since she's the No. 1 hero of her country, has an America-themed hero persona, and is depicted with a similar (but downplayed) Non-Standard Character Design. This is justified as she was saved by All Might as a girl and deliberately modeled herself after him.
• The Dreaded: To All For One. All For One openly acknowledges that she is the greatest obstacle to his plans, to the point of sending Shigaraki after her to not only remove a potential threat, but to get his hands on her powerful New Order Quirk, and even then, he originally only intended to face her after he'd assimilated One For All to use its immense power against her. He even admits to himself that the idea of her teaming up with One For All would be the absolute worst case scenario, but if he has both their Quirks he'd basically be a physical god.
• Dying Curse: "New Order will rebel against other Quirks". This causes All For One to leave the battle much worse than he started with his body blown to pieces and having to abandon New Order as a result.
• Eagleland: A mix of Type 1 and 2. Her heroism is genuine and she is eager to fight All For One for the sake of not only her idol but the people of Japan, but she is also brash and reckless, arriving to Japan against the wishes of the U.S. Government, and willing to resort to lethal violence to subdue a threat (albeit, Shigaraki / All For One is a threat so dangerous that other countries are considering foreign action themselves). Like All Might, she is designed heavily around American iconography, and unlike All Might is actually from America.
• Elemental Punch: A variation. Star and Stripe can make the air take on her shape, mimicking her actions, and even multiply its size. This allows her to, among other things, punch her opponent from a distance. The attack can't even be seen, though an outline is shown for the reader's benefit.
• Following in Their Rescuer's Footsteps: She was inspired to become a Pro Hero after All Might saved her and her family from a villain attack when she was a child.
• Go Out with a Smile: She dies smiling all the way as she sees her team blast AFO/Tomura after her New Order starts tearing him up from the inside.
• Gondor Calls for Aid: One phone call from All Might and she flew half away around the world with her "bros" unsanctioned.
• Good Is Not Soft: Star and Stripe is a hero through and through, but will not hesitate to use lethal force if necessary. When fighting Shigaraki, she first uses her Quirk to remove the air around him to suffocate him and has her squad open fire on him with their lasers. And later she inflicts a new rule that will cause his heart to stop if he moves. When both of these fail, she solidifies the air into a giant version of herself and solidifies the lasers into a large spear to pin him down so the military can fire hypersonic missiles at him.
• Heroic Build: She has a muscular build that is deliberately meant to copy All Might’s own.
• Heroic Sacrifice: Despite her teammate insisting on destroying his craft to blow up AFO while he's on it, she cites that it wouldn't have been enough to stop him, and even then wouldn't have gone through with it. Instead, she allows AFO to take her power and be decayed as well. But in the process gave New Order one more command: that it'll rebel against the other Quirks inside AFO, causing his body to start imploding from the inside out. Star dies content that she severely weakened AFO and her allies will pick up the slack in defeating him.
• I Know Your True Name: If she uses New Order on a living target, she must know their name. She tries to use her Quirk on Shigaraki in an attempt to kill him. The problem? She doesn't know that Shigaraki is currently suffering an identity crisis resulting from the AFO vestige within him enacting a Split-Personality Merge between their psyches, which ends up preventing him from being directly affected by New Order's rules. It's implied that for human targets, the "true name" is whatever name they think of themselves as, so if not for the AFO vestige the name Tomura Shigaraki would've done the trick.
• Imagination-Based Superpower: She can enact any rule on reality that she can conceive of, such as bestowing Super-Strength or ruling that any movement will stop someone's heart, provided she's touched the target at least once. Deconstructed in the vein of Gremmy Thoumeaux, as it is implied her own perceptions can limit her imagination, such as her belief that All Might is the strongest person ever, so Star and Stripe cannot make herself as strong as him or stronger.
• Large and in Charge: She's one of the tallest heroes in the series and she's the #1 hero of America.
• Last Episode, New Character: She's introduced to anime viewers in the last episode of Season 6.
• Logical Weakness:
  • Her Quirk, New Order, can only be activated if she touches her target, and calls its name. Thus, if she does not know the name, or the person is experiencing identity issues, such as Shigaraki’s struggle with the merged consciousness of All For One, then her power is ineffective. Furthermore, because of how powerful New Order is, she can only create two rules at once. In most cases, she can use the first rule on herself, leaving her able to switch the second rule on the fly. If she has to use more than two rules then she needs to cancel one in order to create a new one.
  • Similar to Sir Nighteye's Foresight, New Order can be handicapped by the personality of its user. While Super-Strength is one of Star's permanent rules, it has a hard limit in which she could power herself up. Star thinks it's because she's a girl, but her squadmates vehemently disagree; they believe it's because she compares herself to her idol, All Might, who made such a deep impression on her she can't see herself surpassing him in any reality.
• A Mother to Her Men: She deeply cares for her squadron, calling them her bros and even promising to return their bodies to their families should they die. When one of her squadron tells her to crush Shigaraki who is riding on his jet, she steadfastly refuses to and sacrifices herself instead.
• Never Got to Say Goodbye: She ultimately never meets All Might again upon her arrival to Japan since they first met years ago when he was a foreign student in America. However, this is eventually rectified when the "embers" of her spirit make contact with All Might, urging him and the vestiges on to save Tenko.
• No Body Left Behind: She promises to do a literal version of this to her men, promising them that if they die, she'll make sure to send their bodies home to their families in America. Ironically, in order for her last gambit to work, she allowed AFO/Tomura to touch her and hit her with his decaying power. She crumbles into nothing shortly after AFO steals her power, leaving nothing of her behind for her grieving men to bury.
• No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: While her Heroic Sacrifice ruins AFO's plan to take her Quirk and severely weakens Shigaraki, giving the heroes of Japan a fighting chance, her death leaves the rest of the world shaken as the USA has lost its greatest hero. So what chance would anyone else have? Several countries pull back on sending their heroes to assist Japan and America descends to chaos as its president is one of the world leaders who is considering surrender to AFO.
• Non-Standard Character Design: Not as extreme as her mentor and idol All Might, but Star and Stripe is often drawn with more realistic facial features, expressions, and thicker lines than other characters, particularly the female characters.
• Not Too Dead to Save the Day: A vestige of her makes a surprise appearance in chapter 412, and the Torch Bearers within Deku seem to feel that they have a way to defeat Shigaraki with her help... but Deku must give up One For All to do it.
• Painting the Medium: Her text bubbles have an American flag stripe pattern when using her Quirk.
• Personality Powers: Star and Stripe is introduced by making her way to Japan against the orders of her government, displaying a tendency to ignore rules. This plays into her Quirk, New Order, which allows her to ignore the rules of reality and impose her own.
• Reality Warper: Her power lets her inflict rules on anything she touches and states the name of, such as causing part of the atmosphere to simply cease to exist. Though she can only have two rules active at once.
• Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!: She does not bother with the red tape before taking off to help her master when he's in a pickle.
• Small Role, Big Impact: She's only around for five chapters, but definitely gives AFO/Shigaraki a run for their money. Though she dies and fails to kill him, she did manage to weaken him so severely that it'll delay the perfection of their body for a week, giving the Japanese heroes time to strategize in how to stop them. The remaining embers of her vestige later returns at the crux of the final war, granting Izuku the opening he needs to breach Shigaraki's hatred and breach Tenko.
• Spanner in the Works: All For One freely admits that Star's unsanctioned arrival was one for his plans. All For One had hoped that with the destabilization of Japan and his international allies stirring up trouble that foreign heroes would be to busy to help, specifically because he feared the possibility of New Order and One For All teaming up. He freely admits that he didn't want to fight Star until after he had acquired One For All and that fighting her while Shigaraki's body was still incomplete was the absolute last thing he wanted. While AFO is able to steal her Quirk and ultimately kill her, she manages to issue one last command for her Quirk to rebel against the other Quirks in AFO's body, which causes the Quirk to not only destroy itself but also destroy a large number of stolen Quirks with it, forcing AFO to delay his plans for a week that gives the heroes time to plan to stop him. Later, it's shown this attack left a small, but important, mental scar within Shigaraki's vestige world that gives the One For All vestiges the opening to crack through the barrier and get Izuku to confront Tenko directly.
• Statuesque Stunner: Not counting Mt. Lady using her Quirk, Star and Stripe seems to be the tallest named female character in the series. When Shigaraki springs up to grab her face, she's shown to tower over Shigaraki in a similar vein to All Might or All For One. Her character page states that she is 193 cm (or about 6’4” tall).
• Superpower Lottery: She has possibly the most powerful Quirk in the series. New Order allows Star and Stripe to inflict rules on anything she touches by calling its name, effectively allowing her to control reality itself. She can even impose these rules on herself, using it mainly to give herself Super-Strength. The only three limitations are that she needs to touch her target, she has to know the name of said target, and she can only have two rules active at a time.
• Super-Strength: One rule of New Order that she constantly has active is to give herself super strength. By her own admission, it's not quite on All Might's level, but it still makes her powerful.
• Sympathy for the Devil: The shot of Tenko urging Izuku on to free him from All For One that was shown at the end of her battle with Shigaraki is revealed to be from Star's perspective instead of simply for the audience, and it's the moment she realizes some part of him needs saving.
• Taking You with Me: Just as Shigaraki manages to steal New Order, she gives her final command: "New Order revolts against other Quirks!", which causes him to severely destabilize due to New Order destroying the Quirks inside All For One's vestige realm. Sadly, with New Order no longer under All For One's control, the order she placed on herself "Cathleen Bate won't Decay!", reaches the limits it can enhance her and Star's body Decays away content that she was able to stop All For One. Her Quirk ultimately destroys itself, not only putting itself forever out of All For One's grasp, but taking a large number of Shigaraki's Quirks with it.
• There Is No Kill Like Overkill: Double Subverted. Her fight against All For One has her attempting to impart a rule with lethal consequences if he so much as moves as her opening attack, then when that fails, creating a massive avatar out of solidified air and punching the crap out of him with it, followed up by creating a massive spear out of solidified lasers and using it to pin him to the seabed, immobilizing and frying him at the same time, all as a holding measure so she can force him to remain stationary enough to be hit with the WMD Tiamet, which creates an explosion big enough to be seen from the shores of Japan. Against anybody else this would be complete overkill, but thanks to his Healing Factor and accumulated powers, not to mention nearly-perfected augmented body, All For One still survives everything, despite nearly being reduced to a skeleton from it all, and kills her in the end. The All For One vestige within him does acknowledge that it was still a near-miss for him through— had he not burrowed down into the earth's crust as a buffer against the blast even he wouldn't have survived, meaning that everything Star did was the bare minimum needed to inflict lethal damage on him, and it still didn't work.
• Too Powerful to Live: Star and Stripe is America's top hero and a genuine contender for the world's most powerful hero. Her Reality Warper Quirk is considered by everybody to be extraordinarily powerful, and All For One and Shigaraki acknowledge that they don't even want to be fighting her without One For All. Accordingly, Star is killed and has her Quirk stolen before she can ever set foot in Japan, but as she dies, she manages to set All For One back significantly by imparting a rule on New Order that makes it destroy some of the other Quirks stored within AFO, technically inflicting the same fate on the villain powerful enough to actually kill her and weakening him for the future showdown with Japan's heroes.
• Unstoppable Rage: Not Star and Stripe, but rather her Quirk when it appears in All For One’s vestige realm after being stolen, it goes into a berserk rage in following its command to rebel against other Quirks. It thus tears through the featureless shadows that represent AFO’s other Quirks, while charging straight at the Shigaraki/All For One fusion with an epic Nightmare Face.
• We Hardly Knew Ye: She gets killed by Shigaraki/All For One five chapters after her introduction, although she is the main character of those chapters.
• World's Strongest Woman: She's stated to be as such. Even All For One is wary when he learns that she's on her way to Japan, knowing he needs to take her down immediately or else she'll be a major obstacle in his plans. Also, while her Quirk doesn't naturally enhance her body, it does let her put rules on herself, namely one that makes her almost as powerful as full power All Might.
• Wrong Context Magic: Her Quirk is more akin to a Stand or a Nen ability than the powers featured in My Hero Academia, revolving around an incredibly powerful and conceptual I Know Your True Name Reality Warper ability saddled with a bunch of semantic (literally) rules and drawbacks. Shigaraki even questions aloud if it can even be called a Quirk.

Salaam

Voiced by: Takumu Miyazono (Japanese), Frank Todaro (English)

Debut: My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission (Film), Chapter 328 (Manga)

Quirk: Papyrus

Egypt's top pro hero.

• Canon Immigrant: He debuted in World Heroes' Mission before the main manga.
• Egypt Is Still Ancient: He's the only Egyptian hero in the cast. Despite the setting being a version of modern Japan, he's based around an ancient Pharoah (even wearing a shendyt and a nemes), and is even two-dimensional to mimic hieroglyphics. His name is Arabic, though.
• Last Episode, New Character: He's referenced in the last episode of Season 6.
• Non-Standard Character Design: Unlike the rest of the cast, Salaam is designed flatly and two-dimensional to mimic hieroglyphics.
• Paper People: His Quirk allows him to turn his body two-dimensional, somewhat similar to Edgeshot.

Big Red Dot

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Debut: My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission (Film), Chapter 328 (Manga)

Quirk: Tidal Bore

Singapore's top pro hero.

• Canon Immigrant: Like Salaam, he debuted in World Heroes' Mission before the main manga.
• Last Episode, New Character: He's referenced in the last episode of Season 6.
• Making a Splash: His Quirk allows to produce water from his mouth with enough force to lift a Trigger Bomb. According to supplementary materials, it gets even stronger if he sees his favourite food, capable of causing a flood.
• Meaningful Name: His hero name is a reference to the "little red dot", a nickname for his home Singapore.
• Non-Human Head: His head is that of a lion. Combined with his costume having fish-like scales, it makes him resemble the Merlion, Singapore's mascot.
• Shout-Out: He looks like if Jason Momoa's Aquaman was an anthropomorphic lion.