My Hero Academia/Characters

U.A High School

Staff

Principal Nezu

Affably Evil: Usually he's courteous and polite, his true nature only comes out in training drill.
Badass in a Nice Suit: Custom tailored, most likely.
Freudian Excuse: The grudge he has against humans stems from when he was young, used as a caged lab animal for horrific scientific experiments. One often wonders how he shows any restraint at all.
Funny Animal: He's a very rare case of an animal with a quirk, which gives him human-level intelligence, humanoid shape, and the ability to talk. However, exactly what animal is debatable, as he seems to have traits of a mouse, bear, and dog.
Sadist Teacher: He's a nice fellow when giving lectures; anything that involves physical activity brings out his true, sadistic nature.
Super Intelligence: With a wrecking ball and a crane, he can cause precise damage far from the cranes reach by using buildings like dominos.

All Might

Symbol of Justice and Hope

The highest ranked hero in the world and a pillar of hope and justice for heroes everywhere to follow. After an intense battle with a dangerous super villain, he can only be his heroic self for up to three hours a day. After he hits his time limit, he becomes a lanky, skeletal man who constantly coughs up blood. Only a select few staff at U.A. know this, and even fewer know the true nature of his Quirk. At the start of the manga, Midoriya proves himself to All Might and inherits "One For All".

Tropes exhibited by All Might include:

The Ace All Might was a straight example of this and continues to be a unique one, even though having been severely injured gave him a time limit on his powers. Gran Torino deconstructs this, noting that he took to One For All much more easily than Midoriya did, which caused his teaching methods (which worked for him) to be less effective for his protege.
Affectionate Parody Of classic superheroes.
All-American Face While he's Japanese, he's definitely a send up to this type of character. He's blonde with blue eyes (typical anime depiction of a western foreigner), massively buff when powered up, wears a costume with a red, white, and blue color scheme, and constantly goes on about justice. Hell, one of his attacks was called Texas Smash.
All a Part of the Job He has a lot of wisdom and experience when it comes to being a hero, so him being a teacher is fitting.
Almighty Janitor He's the number one ranked hero in the world! He also has a critical weakness from a previous battle and can only hold his hero form a few hours a day, the rest of the time he's a sickly looking man.
Badass Abnormal His quirk is special even among all the quirks in existence in that it can be passed down from one person to another outside of simple genetics. It gets more abnormal when you find out that he has been injured and is only able to hold his heroic form a few hours each day, and the rest of the time he takes on a weakened form. But the biggest abnormality about him is that by the time of the story, 80% of the population has been born with a quirk, but he and later Midoriya are among the 20% NOT born with a quirk, but both receive it via it being passed down.
Badass in a Nice Suit: Sometimes wears one as a teacher or when he talks to the press.
Badass Teacher At first, he seemed like he was just mentoring Midoriya, but he becomes a teacher at the Hero Academy, so he now teaches classes of students along with Medoria.
Badass Transplant Due to a certain battle a few years prior to the story beginning, he has been weakening, and is even forced to take on a weakened state for most of the time during the day. Then, he meets Midoriya and after seeing his determination and courage to be a hero, he trains the kid for 10 monthes and bestows his quirk upon him.
Big Good The number 1 hero in the world! A pillar of hope and justice for the world, with many aspiring to follow his example. Fittingly enough, he's thus the only one who matches the Big Bad in terms of power.
The Hero His status as the Number 1 hero in the world makes him a symbol of peace and justice to the world. Or so he thinks. Lots of villains see him as their biggest threat, and even some heroes are jealous of his status and power.
Beware the Nice Ones Is almost always smiling and is the type to always lend a helping hand to anyone in need. The key word is almost. If you somehow manage to get him to stop smiling, you know you're in for it.
Black Eyes of Crazy Subverted since he's not remotely evil, but his eyes are black with brightly glowing blue irises.
Blood From the Mouth Happens to him frequently in his weakened form.
Body Horror His weakened form is extremely emaciated and constantly vomiting blood.
Brains and Brawn When he was paired up with Sir Nighteye, he was the brawn of the duo.
Brought Down to Normal Since giving Midoriya One For All, he finds that he's slowly losing his power over time, and it will eventually stop working completely. This finally happens at the end of chapter 94 after using the last vestiges of One For All to finally KO All For One.
Calling Your Attacks In reference to how he's based off of silver-age western superheroes, he shouts out the names of American states and landmarks. He doesn't always get it completely right, though.
The Cape Definitely. Almost to the point of parody.
Catch Phrase "I'm here!/I have arrived!" while making a Dynamic Entry and "Plus Ultra!" when trying to be inspiring or when showing off.
Chronic Hero Syndrome Played partly for laughs, but prior to the U.A. villain invasion, All Might stepped in to defuse a tense hostage situation, then moved on to stop a hit and run driver, and then... well, his commute to work ended up taking up all of the time he had that day for the use of his powers.
Dangerous Forbidden Technique: His most powerful and most dangerous ability is an incredibly powerful punch he calls "United States of SMASH!"; he's only seen using it once, in the final battle where he uses it to flatten All for One. Note he does this in his de-powered form, while badly wounded. One can only imagine what he could do with this move when he was in his prime.
Death Glare He gives off an incredibly potent one, whether it be against villains who threaten his students, or even when he is acting out the part of a villain in Class-A's exercise against Bakugo and Izuku. When you see that glare, RUN.
Deuteragonist While the series as a whole is a Coming of Age story for Deku, All Might's influence and character drives the story just as much as Deku's journey does.
Eagleland Predominantly because of his The Silver Age of Comic Books traits, he tends to exhibit signs of the first type. For example his workout plan for Midoriya invokes the classical American Dream in its name... and the notion that those born with nothing, can one day achieve the greatest success if they work hard to earn it. Additionally, as mentioned, most of his attacks Theme Naming for states or major U.S. cities, typically "X Smash".
Engrish In the anime, he peppers his sentences with English words and phrases.
Expy Of Golden Age and Silver Age Flying Bricks. His ethos is almost straight-up Superman, the nature of his Quirk and backstory are rather similar to Captain Marvel, and his appearance could perhaps best be described as "Miracleman with Hair Antennae."
A Father to His Men He technically has only one man, Midoriya, but their relationship is very akin of a father and son. All Might often treats and trains Midoriya in a manner similar to how a stern but loving father would do to his son, considering that Midoriya's real father never appeared in the whole series, and only mentioned once, All Might often borders Parental Substitute.
- He tried to pull this off with Bakugou once, with predicable results.
Game-Breaking Injury All Might suffers from this as five years before the main story, he took a devastating hit from an unknown villain, which nearly killed him. While he survived thanks to numerous surgeries, his powers were disrupted such that he can only use them three hours a day. When he powers down, he looks like a emaciated husk of his former self that constantly keeps coughing up blood. Regardless, he keeps up his hero duties, with only Midoriya and a few of the top officials knowing about what happened, as he doesn't wish for people to lose faith in heroes like him.
Gratuitous English Frequently as part of his Large Ham tendencies.
- All Might: [in the Japanese dub] Oh my... oh my... GOODNESS!
The Greatest Story Never Told: The original battle with All for One may well have been the most epic in anime history, but we can only Take Their Word for It.
Handicapped Badass: The original battle with All for One inflicted terrible injuries on All-Might, requiring numerous surgeries simply for him to function, costing him his stomach and one lung, leaving him, in his usual form, a frail and gaunt man who continually coughs up blood. He can only assume his heroic superpowered form for about an hour a day. Still, he managed to continue his heroic career and hide his condition from the public for years.
Hair of Gold All Might's mighty hair is gold.
Heroic Build His muscular form, obviously.
Heroic BSOD When All For One reveals that Tomura Shigaraki (a criminal that he's been pursuing) is actually the grandchild of his beloved mentor, Nana Shimura, All Might is horrified and filled with guilt. It takes a plea for help from a nearby civilian to snap him out of it.
Heroic Second Wind Over his time limit and severely injured, All Might is spurred into action again by the civilian he needs to save and the people looking on.
Hour of Power Thanks to his injury, he can only tap into his full strength for a few hours a day. After giving Midoriya his One For All, this time gradually grows even shorter. All For One explains that this is because All Might is now exclusively using the remnants of One For All as opposed to the full power he once had before and the more he uses it the weaker his power becomes. At end of his fight with All For One in chapter 94, All Might has now permanently used up the last remaining dregs of One For All.
Incurable Cough of Death As a result of his Game-Breaking Injury, he is practically emaciated when his powers are not in use and is prone to hacking up blood.
I Work Alone Subverted. Sir Nighteye's insistence in becoming his sidekick eventually led All Might to accept his help.
Large and In Charge: While not the officially agreed-upon leader of the heroes, he is the one they all follow in a crisis, and according to his profile in the manga, he stands 7'2 in his heroic form, and weighs 255 kg (562 lbs) of solid, heroic muscle.
Large Ham If his bold outline and loud personality didn't make it obvious, he is constantly spouting speeches about heroism and how it's important for him to be a symbol of peace.
Leeroy Jenkins Gran Torino calls him as the "punch first, ask later" type.
Legacy Character It's eventually explained that he himself received "One For All" just as Midoriya did.
Lightning Bruiser Very few people can keep up with his sheer strength and speed. His only weakness is the time limit that his muscle form has.
Moment of Weakness In the first chapter, he nearly abandoned Bakugou to a supervillain because he had reached his daily limit. Seeing the powerless Midoriya rush said villain in an attempt to save Bakugou convinced All Might to break his limit regardless of the risk to himself to save the day. This incident was what convinced All Might that it was time to pass on the torch and that Midoriya was a prime candidate for it.
Non-Standard Character Design To go with his Large Ham personality, he is drawn in a thicker outline and has more shading than everyone else. He specifically has character design elements associated with the comic book creator Rob Liefeld, including a variant of the "Youngblood's disease" as his eyes are often hidden in heavy shadow or appear to be glowing. Ironically this also means despite being most inspired by a comic book art style it means he looks a more like a villain or morally dubious individual than he is intended to. His "true form" is also very different from everyone else, but in a more conventionally cartoonish and lanky sort of way.
- A few students even acknowledge this when he enters class for the first time.
Not So Different Reveals to Midoriya that he used to be Quirkless himself before getting "One For All" and pretty much had the same drive he did when he was younger.
Nothing but Skin and Bones: All Might's true form -- Yagi Toshinori -- is positively skeletal.
Meaningful Name His surname contains the Kanji for "eight", referring to him being 8th wielder of One For All. It also has the character "tree/wood" in it, which likely refers to him being the pillar that currently upholds society as it is now.
The Mentor He tries to make Midoriya his successor and gives him his power. With U.A.'s help, All Might may find the true and worthy successor, but he hopes it will be Midoriya.
My Greatest Failure Discussed in chapter 70, there has never been a situation in which he hasn't made the outcome better, when he was there. All Might is for all his speed and strength still only a man, he can't be everywhere and for every situation he made better there were hundreds he could do nothing for, simply because he wasn't there. This is where being The Paragon is a double-edged sword, for all that he inspires to make others like him, he is seen as The Hero of the world, so when he doesn't show up to save the day it can breed resentment.
Only Known by Their Nickname Sort of. "All Might" is his hero name; but even in-universe nobody knows his real name, except for Gran Torino.
OOC Is Serious Business When he arrives during the Villain Alliance's assault, Midoriya quickly points out that All Might is not smiling. Even though he's in hero-mode, he isn't smiling. This is All Might we're talking about here; he is always smiling in hero-mode. That he isn't smiling makes it clear how he feels about the villains trying to get at him through his students.
Papa Wolf As the villains who attacked Class 1-A found out, trying to hurt his students is an easy way to get on All Might's bad side.
The Paragon All Might isn't the "Symbol of Peace" just because he's incredibly strong, but because he's devoted to inspiring the good in others. Many of the world's other heroes and heroes-in-training aspire to follow his example.
Passing the Torch How "One For All" works. It's a unique Quirk that is nurtured and passed down from generation to generation. All Might even talks about it as literally passing the torch.
Perpetual Smiler In his powered up form, he nearly always has a giant grin on his face, though this is usually an act in order to reinforce the idea that he's an unassailable symbol of peace and justice. See also Stepford Smiler.
Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner During his fight with Noumu: "So, you were made to fight me, big guy?! If you can really withstand me firing at 100% of my power...then I'll have to go beyond that and force you to surrender!"
Primary Colors As seen above, his hero costume contains blue, red, yellow and white.
Psychologist Teacher Midoriya isn't the only student All Might tries to mentor after joining U.A.'s faculty as Bakugou and Todoroki also bring out his mentor side. He is also shown to be very encouraging to pretty much all his students.
Rapid-Fire Fisticuffs Beats Noumu by punching him 300 times.
Recoil Boost New Hampshire Smash.
Renowned Selective Mentor Passing One For All is done very selectively, considering its power. On top of that, All Might has very strict standards for taking on an apprentice. But of course, this is all done in secret with only a few in the know.
Screw Destiny When Sir Nighteye predicted his demise (and he had never predicted wrong), All Might quite literally said that he would just change his own fate.
Showy Invincible Hero What he is In-Universe. All Might is the strongest hero who is known for always winning his battles and saving everyone once he appears as the Symbol of Peace.
Sink or Swim Mentor If you think Aizawa is bad, All Might is even worse. Any poor soul paired up with him as their teacher/mentor for the day should expect a merciless beating. Doesn't matter if you're only in your first year, All Might will take you as seriously as he would a villain.
Sir Swears A Lot In the English dub at least, All Might actually has the foulest mouth relative to all the characters. He isn't constantly swearing, but he is the only one who ever says "shit".
Sobriquet Known as "The Symbol of Peace".
Spin Attack Oklahoma Smash.
Stepford Smiler Puts on a brave face in hero-mode to live up to his reputation as a symbol of justice, but is all too aware that he's a fallible human being and that the day is rapidly approaching when he can't be a hero anymore. Chapter 92 reveals that he does this on the encouragement of his mentor, who argued that the people he rescues have been through a lot of trauma, so he should smile so as to save their hearts as well as their lives.
Super Strength One For All. The strength boost also provides Super Speed and In a Single Bound.
Tragic Keepsake "One For All" acts as this as it was entrusted to him by his now-deceased mentor and friend Nana Shimura.
Up to Eleven His fight with Nomu had Nomu able to match him blow for blow at 100% of his power, so he pushes himself beyond 100% and completely curbstomps Nomu.
- All Might: You may have heard these words before, but I'll teach you what they really mean! Go beyond! PLUS! ULTRA!!!
Vague Age How old is All Might? Mid-twenties, thirties, possibly approaching forty? The manga never makes it clear and the fact that he looks like a teenager in his weaker form only adds more fuel to the fire.
What the Hell, Hero? He gives one to Midoriya for going with some students to rescue Bakugo despite the risk of injury, even hitting him with a Texas Smash in his weakened form. Downplayed as All Might then turns the scolding into a So Proud of You speech promising to be a better teacher now that he no longer has One For All anymore.
Will Not Tell a Lie While he claims this is the case, he has both dodged questions on multiple occasions and asked someone to lie on his behalf on at least one occasion.
World's Strongest Man The highest-ranked hero. Even though he has weakened a bit in the last years, he still managed to keep the top spot.
Your Days Are Numbered Nighteye urged him to retire because his Foresight saw All Might dying a gruesome death sometime. And while there's some nuance to Nighteye's Foresight, it's never wrong before; as of current, All Might has between 1 to 2 years to live. But he and Deku are trying to change that fate.
Your Size May Vary All Might's neck in his normal form ranges from normal, to noticeably long, to grotesquely long.

Eraser Head

Homeroom teacher of Class 1-A

Tropes exhibited by Eraser Head include:

Anti-Magic: He can stop people from using their quirks if he's looking at them, unless the quirk in question is a "mutant" type.
Brilliant But Lazy: He takes naps in the middle of classes he's supposed to be teaching. Still, he's one of All-Might's most valued allies.
Break Them By Talking: Attempts to demotivate Deku before a test because he reminds him of All-Might.
Bunny Ears Lawyer: He introduces himself to Deku and Ochako by talking to them while inside a sleeping bag.
Brought Down to Normal: What happens to those with powers affected by his Quirk.
Fights Like a Normal: His quirk temporarily gets rid of Emitter and Transformation class quirks. It is useless however, against Mutant class quirks. Either way, he has to fight like a normal if he wants to bring down an opponent himself.
Secret Test of Character: Says the student with the lowest performance in physical tests will be expelled. He also discusses it, saying how obvious that trope can be used to get the best out of people without the pressure of real danger.

Class 1-A Students

Izuki Midoriya

Someday will be the Greatest Hero ever!

One of the few people on the planet unlucky enough to have no Quirk. His name can also be read as "Deku", so his friends often call him by that. He was relentlessly bullied growing up because of his lack of powers, especially by his former friend Bakugou. One day, when walking home from school, a monster attacked him and his favorite hero, the highest-ranking hero All Might, saved his life. This kicks off a chain of events where All Might sympathizes with his plight as a Quirkless hero-lover and trains him to become stronger. Once Midoriya has proven himself, All Might gives him his Quirk, "One For All". One For All allows him to use incredible super strength to overcome various obstacles, but his body is still not suited to its overwhelming power.

Tropes exhibited by Deku include:

Chronic Hero Syndrome He will never turn his back on someone in need, even if he doesn't have a quirk.
Determinator Even without a Qurik, he was always aspiring to become a hero just like All Might, the greatest hero in the world!
Mr. Exposition He's the narrator for the series overall, and he already spoiled the ending: He someday becomes the world's greatest hero ever!
Un-Sorcerer: Played Straight with Izuku being one of the few people on the planet unlucky enough to have no quirk, but it doesn't last long before All Might gives him One For All.
What the Hell Hero He doesn't get why some heroes act so UN-heroic at times. All Might included when he initially tells Midoriya that he couldn't be a hero without a quirk, but that changes later.

Ochako Uraraka

Zero Gravity

An outgoing young girl who befriends Midoriya after he saves her during the entrance exam. Her Quirk is "Zero Gravity". She wants to become a heroine in order to earn enough money to give her parents a good life. Appears to have a mutual crush on Midoriya.

Tropes exhibited by her include:

Action Girl
Badass Adorable
Genre Savvy: She is very aware of how being in heroism for the money would make her look despicable.
Gravity Master: Her Quirk allows her to manipulate the gravity field of anything she touches.
Love Interest: Our main protagonist quickly falls for her and don't falls back.
Luminescent Blush: When Yuga suggests she may be in love with Izuku.

Mina Ashido

Tropes exhibited by her include:

Zettai Ryouiki: Her civilian clothes profile has a sketch of her in short shorts and thigh high stockings.

Tsuyu Asui

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Tropes exhibited by her include:

Action Girl: Obviously.
Animal Motif: Her "quirk" gives her a frog-motive. Ironically, she's close friends with a girl who has the Snake quirk.
Animal-Themed Superbeing: "Does whatever a frog can!"
Boobs of Steel: Her tongue is very strong and Mineta remarks how her breasts are big.
Breakout Character: She's no Ms. Fanservice, but she's become more endearing to most fans than any other female character in the series.
Cute Monster Girl: Though she's isn't typically attractive, the way she talks and acts make her very cute. And, of course, her quirk gives her frog-like powers.
First-Name Basis : Asks Deku to call her only "Tsuyu" after he wins his trial exam battle with Ochako. For American viewers, this is an odd request, as addressing someone other than a family member this way is usually considered very rude in Japan.
Little Bit Beastly: Her slightly frog-like appearance reflects her powers.
Stomach of Holding: One of her abilities. She considers it gross.
Unprovoked Pervert Payback: A little more justified than most cases because Mineta is a known pervert, but there was no signal when Mineta emotionally hug her that he was targeting her breasts, making her drowning him a little unfair.

Big Three

Mirio Togata

Brought Down to Badass

Misc. Heroes and Sidekicks

Kaoruko Awata

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Villains

Stain

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Ax Crazy: Stain is unstable at best and seeming perpetually rancorous.
Fights Like a Normal: Kind of. He does have a fighting style based on his quirk, but it's more his fighting style is based around enabling his quirk, rather than simply using the quirk itself.
Licking the Blade: His quirk is based of tasting or ingesting the blood of his opponents. So he uses knifes and swords to gain access to their blood.

League of Villains

All for One

Badass in a Nice Suit: Which only makes his inhuman, monstrous visage stand out.
Bad Powers, Bad People: His quirk makes him a literal embodiment of selfishness and greed.
Big Bad: As the leader of the league, he is the biggest threat to the protagonists of the series.
Evil Counterpart: He's a villain called All For One. All Might is a hero whose quirk is called One For All. Do the math. The two are polar opposites.
Hidden Villain: While his shadow falls on the whole series, he only actually appears in the last couple episodes of Season 3.
Power Parasite: His quirk gives him the power to steal other quirks and use them. He may even give them to others.
Really Seven Hundred Years Old: All Might explains his story and says this individual was alive more than once century ago when quirks first appeared.
The Ageless: All Might theorizes he stole a Quirk that would make one not age, that would explain how he's still alive in this age despite his back story establishing at being at best over one hundred years old.
Walking Spoiler: This character's very name associates him with an important member of the cast and its backstory.

Tomura Shigaraki

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Genre Savvy: He's perfectly aware of how unstable Stain is and don't wants him as ally.
Red Eyes, Take Warning: He's a very unstable, evil individual with red eyes.
Superpower Lottery: He can make everything he touches decay.
The Dragon: Since the boss of the League of Villains have health problems that prevent him of doing much field work, Shigaraki is the one confronting the heroes or making new alliances most frequently.
The Faceless: His face is always obscured by a hand on top of it.

Kurogiri

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Meaningful Name: If it is his true name, being named "black mist" completely fits his Quirk.
Straight Man: He's pretty down to earth compared to most members of the League of Villains.
Teleporters and Transporters: Can teleport people using portals made of shadow using his Quirk.
The Faceless: His face is always obscured by the shadows of his Quirk.
Villain Teleportation: He is the living incarnation of this trope, since his basic function is to send his comrades to the battlefield and then take them back when they need to escape.

Toga

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Ax Crazy: She says she wants to marry Stain. And then says she wants to kill him.
Baddie Flattery: Calls Tsuyu and Ochaco cute. Talks to them about boys.
- Terms of Endangerment: Calls Tsuyu and Ochaco by their given name.
Face Framed in Shadow: How she's initially introduced in Chapter 57, but we do see her full face at the end of the chapter.
Serial Killer: Seemed to be this before. The reason she wants to help the villains is solely because is hard to be a serial killer with so many heroes out there.
Yandere: Seems to like Stain a lot.

Twice

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Cloning Blues: A riot broke between his clones leading them to kill each other, making him socially reclusive and leading him to ally with social outcasts, no matter how evil they are.
Me's a Crowd: He can create clones of people and his own clones can also use this, though his quirk only allows two copies to be created at one time.
Reality Ensues: Creating clone slave servants don't works when you're the kind of lazy person trying to rely on them.
Tragic Villain: Because he mismanaged his quirk, he went insane. He thinks that the only place insane people like him can fit into society is by being part of a community of insane (and probably villainous) people.

Muscular

Evil Virtues: Honesty. In particular, he believes that people should always keep their promises. If you break a promise because you couldn't keep it, then it's still a sin because you chose to make a promise you were incapable of keeping.

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