Бакуго кацуки на японском как пишется

Кацуки Бакуго ( Bakugō Katsuki), или же Каччан (かっちゃん Kacchan), как называли его друзья детства^[2] (Каччан в официальном русском издании), является студентом Класса 1-A академии Юэй и дейтерагонистом манги.

Внешность

Кацуки обладает свойственной своему характеру внешностью. У него острые пепельно-блондинистые волосы, торчащие в разные стороны, оранжевые глаза, иногда кажущиеся красными, и постоянно нахмуренные брови. В средней школе он носил стандартную школьную форму, за исключением галстука. Под пиджаком он носил рубашку, которую никогда не застегивал полностью. Его брюки, несмотря на наличие ремня вечно находились в приспущенном состоянии, приобретая мешковатый вид.

Геройский костюм Кацуки состоит из чёрного комбинезона с перекрещенными на груди оранжевыми линиями. Он носит чёрные перчатки выше локтя, на которые надевает особые приспособления в бою; чёрные сапоги с оранжевыми вставками, зелёный пояс и железные наколенники. Также он носит необычное железное украшение с тремя отверстиями с каждой стороны у себя на шее. Кацуки надевает чёрную маску и прикрепляет к своей голове «колючее» украшение чёрного цвета с оранжевым отливом, имитирующее взрыв, подобно его волосам. Зимняя версия костюма отличается черной водолазкой с высоким воротником, на которой также изображены оранжевые отверстия.

Во время стажировки у Бест Джинса Кацуки вместо привычных ему штанов носил джинсы, а его прическа была прилизана невероятным количеством геля и лака. ^[3]

Галерея

Личность

Кацуки Бакуго — грубый, высокомерный человек, который может показаться антигероем или даже злодеем для тех, кто видит его впервые.

Решительный и жаждущий только победы Кацуки всегда устрашающе улыбается во время боя. Он непоколебимо следует за своей мечтой. Кацуки пришлось научиться не недооценивать своих врагов, чтобы и дальше выходить победителем в битвах. Несмотря на характер, он очень талантлив и умен, что особенно заметно в моменты сражений, где он придумывает сложные стратегии и крайне резво управляется со своей причудой, используя ее не только в прямых и грубых атаках. Он держит одно из лидирующих мест по успеваемости в своем классе, что также говорит о его высоком интеллекте.

Кацуки плевать хотел на законы об использовании причуд, т.к. не раз использовал их на людях ради устрашения, хвастовства или защиты.

Причуда и способности

Взрывная волна (爆破 Bakuha): пот на ладонях Кацуки подобен нитроглицерину, и он может использовать его для создания взрывов.

Чем больше Кацуки потеет, тем сильнее становятся его взрывы. До сих пор он использовал свою причуду через руки, обычно усиливая свои атаки за счет созданных взрывов. Самый мощный взрыв Кацуки до настоящего времени (без использования Гренадёрских Наручей) был в состоянии полностью уничтожить метеоритный дождь Очако, сбить её с ног и вызвать ударную волну, которая прошлась по стадиону^[4]. Благодаря своим обширным боевым навыкам и сообразительности, Кацуки сделал причуду смертельно опасной и универсальной.

Кацуки не страдает от последствий своих взрывов, за исключением мощной отдачи, которую он также стойко переносит, правда долгое использование причуды негативно сказывается на мышцах и суставах его рук. В настоящее время неизвестно, восприимчив ли он ко взрывом из любого другого источника, помимо его собственной Причуды, однако во время спортивного фестиваля он без вреда для себя бежал прямо по закопанным минам^[5]. Помимо всего прочего он способен некоторое время находиться в воздухе за счет отталкивающей силы его причуды.

Одним из недостатков причуды Кацуки является то, что использование причуды в помещениях, заполненных газом слишком опасно. Кроме того, поскольку его причуда опирается на повышенную потливость рук, ее труднее использовать в более холодном климате, поскольку ее мощность уменьшиться.

Боевые приёмы

• Взрывной Турборывок (爆 (ばく) 速 (そく) ターボ Bakusoku Tābo): Кацуки отводит руки назад, после чего использует взрывную мощность, чтобы резко отправить себя на некоторое расстояние. Этот прием также может быть использован для псевдо-полёта, что и продемонстрировал Кацуки во время спортивного фестиваля, быстро пролетая над головами огромных роботов^[6].
• Светошумовая Граната (閃光弾 (スタン グレネード) Sutan Gurenēdo): Активируя свою причуду между двух ладоней, он создает взрыв малой мощности, который способен на некоторое время ослепить рядом стоящих противников^[7].
• Заряд Гаубицы (榴弾砲着弾 (ハウザー インパクト) Hauzā Inpakuto): Прыгая в сторону противника, Кацуки создает мощные взрывы, наращивая силу атаки за счет вращения вокруг себя, после чего наносит сокрушительный удар по врагу^[8].
• Бронебойный Выстрел (徹甲弾 (A・P・ショット) Ei-Pī Shotto): Фокусируя причуду в одной точке своей ладони, используя для этого вторую руку, Кацуки создает концентрированный взрывной луч, с уменьшенной площадью разрушения, но повышенной при этом мощностью атаки^[9].

Общие способности

Кацуки показал, что является одним из самых сильных студентов в классе 1-А. Он был в состоянии победить Фумикаге Токоями и Шото Тодороки во время Спортивного Фестиваля, которых также считают достаточно сильными (хоть они и имеют слабости относительно причуды Кацуки, они все равно остаются крайне способными). Некоторые про-герои такие как Сотриголова и даже Всемогущий оценили его силу, а Томура Шигараки отправил целый отряд для его захвата, несмотря на все риски, которые полностью окупились бы, согласись Бакуго примкнуть к Лиге злодеев.

Повышенная Сила: Кацуки обладает физической силой выше средней, так как он был в состоянии сражаться с Изуку на равных, даже когда последний использовал свою Причуду. Он также был в состоянии

сопротивляться и пересилить Шото Тодороки, мощного бойца, во время их сражения. Бакуго способен без особых проблем выдержать отдачу от взрыва, вызванную Гренадёрскими наручами, в то время как Изуку чуть не вывихнул себе руку^[10].

Острый Ум: Кацуки оказался очень умным и хорошим тактиком и аналитиком, так как он был в состоянии выяснить слабости Курогири и Фумикаге в течение короткого периода времени. Кроме того, он быстро оценил, какие из напавших злодеев в USJ несли за собой наибольшую угрозу. Он занял 1-е место по итогам вступительного экзамена, и 3-е место по итогам полугодового теста. Парень не сразу поверил словам Изуку о получении причуды, но после последней победы Всемогущего над злодеем Все За Одного он понял, кому был адресован вызов героя^[11]. Он понял, про что говорил Изуку и от кого на самом деле он получил свою причуду. После всего этого его можно назвать настоящим гением.

Музыкальный талант: Как было показано перед началом Культурного фестиваля Юэй, Кацуки является превосходным барабанщиком, т.к. его заставляли посещать музыкальную школу в детстве^[12].

Статистика

Сила		6/5 A+
Скорость		4/5 B
Техника		5/5 A
Интеллект		4/5 B
Кооперативность		1/5 E

Статистика Кацуки согласно датабуку Ultra Archive

Сила		6/6 A
Скорость		5/6 A
Техника		5/6 A+
Интеллект		5/6 A
Чистота речи		1/6 E

Статистика Кацуки согласно датабуку Ultra Analysis

Приспособления и оружие

Гренадёрские наручи (籠 (こ) 手 (て) Kote): Дополнительная экипировка для костюма Кацуки в виде огромных гранат, в которых накапливается его пот для последующего создания разрушительного взрыва. Впервые он применил наручи во время «Испытания битвой», когда сражался против Изуку.

Самодельные гранаты: Еще одно дополнение к костюму Кацуки. На его ремне висят несколько контейнеров, внешне похожих на обычные гранаты, в которых можно хранить пот для дальнейшего использования по прямому назначению. Впервые их использовал Денки Каминари во время «Экзамена на временную геройскую лицензию»^[13].

Наколенники: Созданы для того, чтобы Кацуки мог «убивать коленями», правда до сих пор они не были задействованы.

Битвы

Интересные факты

• Кацуки любит острую пищу и альпинизм.
• Умеет хорошо играть на барабанах.
• Первоначально Кацуки должен был быть прирождённым гением, обладающим очень добрым и вежливым характером, который мог ненароком задеть кого-то своей причудой. Автор, однако, нашёл это скучным и решил сделать его неприятным персонажем.
• Имя Кацуки состоит из «爆» (баку) от «爆破» (бакуха, буквально «взрыв») и «勝» (ка(цу)) от «勝つ» (кацу, буквально «побеждать»).
• Академические данные Кацуки выглядят так:
  • Является 17-м студентом в классе 1-А.
  • Занял 1-е место по итогам вступительного экзамена.
  • Занял 3-е место по итогам теста на понимание причуд.
  • Занял 3-е место по итогам полугодового теста.
  • Стал победителем Спортивного фестиваля Юэй.
• В различных Опросах популярности Кацуки занял следующие места:
  • Занял 3-е место в первом опросе.
  • Занял 1-е место во втором, третьем, четвертом, пятом и шестом опросах.
• Он является самым старшим учеником в своем классе, т.к. ему исполнилось 16 лет 20-го апреля, т.е. спустя почти месяц после поступления в Юэй, в то время как остальные достигли этого возраста во время учебного года.

• На удивление Кацуки умеет готовить, и даже очень профессионально.

• Его знак зодиака — Овен.

Цитаты

• (Обращается к Изуку) «С этого момента! С этого момента..! Ты меня слышишь?! Я стану…номером один!» ^[14]
• (Обращается к Всемогущему) «Я раньше этого не говорил, но сейчас исправим. Я собираюсь превзойти тебя. Я заберу у тебя звание лучшего героя!» ^[15]
• (Обращается к Шото) «Как долго ты еще будешь дурачиться?! Я убью тебя! Я хочу достойную победу! Какой смысл избивать идиота, который дерется в пол силы?! Как мне доказать, что я лучший, если ты даже не стараешься?! Не стой передо мной, если ты не хочешь драться! ^[16]
• (Обращается к Изуку) «Заткнись. Я смогу победить! Потому что… так поступают герои!» ^[17]
• (Обращается к Лиге Злодеев) «Я оказался на стороне героев в тот самый момент, когда увидел, как Всемогущий выглядит после победы. И как бы вы не пытались запудрить мне мозги, с этим вы уже давно опоздали.» ^[18]
• «В ту секунду в моей голове не было ни одной мысли, моё тело просто двигалось само.» ^[19]
• (Обращается к Изуку) «Хорош пытаться… Победить в этой битве в одиночку…» ^[20]

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Katsuki Bakugo (爆 (ばく) 豪 (ごう) 勝 (かつ) 己 (き) Bakugō Katsuki^?) also known as Kacchan and his Hero Name Explosion Hero: Dynamight is the one of main character in My Hero Academia. He is a first year student at U.A. High school in Class 1-A and is a hero-in-training.

Appearance

Katsuki is a young man of average height, with a slim, muscular build, and a fair skin tone. He has short, spiky, sandy blond hair with choppy bangs that hang over his eyebrows. His eyes are sharp and bright red in color.

At school, he wears the standard U.A. uniform without the customary red tie. Underneath his blazer, he wears a white collared shirt with the top few buttons undone. His pants are worn loosely, causing them to sag at his ankles, despite him wearing a belt with them.

His hero costume is composed of a tight, black, sleeveless tank top, with an orange «X» across the middle, forming a v-neck. There are two dots along the left line of his collar, indicating the support company that designed his costume.[4] His costume also has a metallic neck brace worn with rectangular ends that have three holes on each side. His sleeves reach from within his large grenade-like gauntlets to his biceps. His belt, which also carries grenades, holds up his baggy pants with knee guards, below which he sports black, knee-high combat boots with orange soles and eyelets. His mask is jagged and black, and as it goes around his eyes, a large, orange-rimmed flare shape protrudes from each side.

In the winter months, he wears a large jacket with a high collar, rather than the usual tank top, although it does have the same orange «X» design, so he can still sweat a sufficient amount, which is how his Quirk works.

While interning under Best Jeanist, the Fiber Hero attempted to teach Katsuki the importance of maintaining a positive appearance. To that end, he took the liberty of making some changes to Katsuki’s outward appearance to make him look less intimidating. During this tenure, his wild spiky hair was combed into a neat side part. Best Jeanist also made changes to Katsuki’s Hero costume; he got rid of Katsuki’s mask and grenade gauntlets and had him wear a pair of smart blue denim jeans in place of his usual baggy pants.

During Mission: Humarise, Katsuki and his fellow internees at the Endeavor Agency are given special advanced stealth costumes by the World Heroes Association for their mission to Otheon. Based on the winter variant of his costume, Katsuki designed his stealth costume to be all neoprene black with the exception of orange «X», the soles of his boots, and his gloves while retaining the metal knee-pads and his metallic neck brace has two holes on each side instead of three. The Grenadier Bracers were redesigned to be shaped like flashbang grenades rather than frag grenades. He also has two silver plates on his shoulders with the letters «WHA» and two straps coming down from his neck brace with a red button on the left.

Personality

Katsuki is a crude, arrogant, short-tempered, and aggressive person, especially at the beginning of the series. Katsuki tends to come off as unheroic; this problematic behavior going all the way back to his early childhood days when he was known to bully a young, Quirkless, Izuku Midoriya. He showed to be extremely arrogant and condescending to those around him, often bragging of his Explosion Quirk’s power, and even boasting that he would take on his entire middle school class. He showed open hostility towards Izuku, mainly because of his former Quirkless status, and would frequently put down his dream of becoming a Hero, despite lacking a Quirk, and also gave him the insulting nickname «Deku» (meaning useless and unable to achieve anything). He even threatened Izuku not to apply to U.A. High School and became angry upon both of them passing the Entrance Exam, wanting to be the only person from his middle school to make it there.

However, after being accepted into U.A. and experiencing several personal defeats, one of them even coming from Izuku, Katsuki has gradually changed into a less antagonistic person, albeit still retaining a lot of his unpleasant traits. While often portrayed negatively, Katsuki’s fierce character and competitive drive have actually granted him an important role among Class 1-A, as a sort of inspirational mood-maker.

Determined and thirsty for victory, Katsuki smiles eerily when in the middle of a battle. He is incredibly focused on achieving his own authentic victories and has learned to never underestimate his opponents. Katsuki is not only very athletic and talented at fighting, but also very intelligent and extremely perceptive, capable of strategic planning and improvisation. Moreover, Katsuki’s grades are among the highest of his class and he already knew how to read perfectly by the age of four, evidence that he treats studying seriously.[6][2] Katsuki also possesses surprising talent in other areas, such as cooking and music, even though he doesn’t show a particular interest in them.[7][8] Overall, Katsuki is considered a natural-born genius with the potential to be one of the best Pro Heroes around.

While a rather volatile hero-in-training, Katsuki is smart enough to discern who his enemies and allies are. He is not particularly nice or open with people who are on his side, or anyone else for that matter, but will act less unfriendly and sometimes even kind to those that manage to earn his respect. Because of his attitude and vulgar language, Katsuki’s U.A. classmates often react negatively to him, although they have come to appreciate his skills and warm up to his personality.[9] Katsuki matures slowly through his time at U.A., coming to befriend some of his classmates and willingly engaging in social interaction with them, though remaining solitary for the most part.

Like with Izuku, Katsuki has a habit of bestowing insulting nicknames upon others, such as calling Tenya Ida «Four Eyes» because of his glasses, Denki Kaminari «Dunce-Face» because of how his Electrification Quirk dulls his thinking, Shoto Todoroki «Half and Half» or «Icy-Hot» because of his dual Quirk and appearance, and so on. He also refers to people he doesn’t know as «Extras» treating them as little more than fodder or stepping stones to his victory until he faces them head-on. Despite this, he can address others properly when it matters, such as when he’s serious or in the heat of battle.

Katsuki tends to disregard the notion that Quirks shouldn’t be used in public, and will activate his Quirk for a number of reasons, such as to intimidate someone, to punctuate a point, out of frustration, or even if he just feels like showing off. Overall, Katsuki doesn’t seem to care very much about what others think of him, barely containing himself from violent behavior (although he avoids other typical delinquent practices like underage smoking).[10] Katsuki values honesty highly and never lies, to the point his brash candor is seen by some as rude and insensitive. He is never afraid of speaking his mind and will notice when people are not being truthful to him. This shows that, despite his anti-social habits, Katsuki is an excellent judge of character, making it hard to deceive him.

Due to the constant praise of his abilities and powerful Quirk, Katsuki has developed a superiority complex, and because of that, he desires to be the first and best at everything. As pointed out by many people, Katsuki loves to win above all else and cannot stand it when he doesn’t, leading him to lose his already short temper or, less often, sulk. He is fiercely competitive and will never settle for less than the number one spot, having a compulsive need to always strive for victory and also prove people who doubt him wrong. However, Katsuki also values hard work and fair play, to the point of refusing to acknowledge a winning result if he feels that his victory was not earned by actual merit. Along with that, he detests being pitied or looked down on by others, and will hold contempt towards those that don’t take him seriously, while recognizing the effort of those that manage to put up a challenge against him, like, for example, Ochaco Uraraka and Eijiro Kirishima.

Because of his Quirk and talents, Katsuki is very confident and brave to where he is willing to go against anyone who challenges him. He never backs down from a fight and will go out when facing such a powerful opponent. From taking on several villains at the Unforeseen Simulation Joint, Katsuki knows when dealing with someone that is out of his league, as he let All Might face off against Nomu. During the First Term Final Exam, Katsuki wasn’t afraid to go up against All Might, even though he knew he had a low chance of taking him down head on.

Katsuki is immensely prideful and prefers to act alone, as he hates the idea of being protected or having to rely on other people to assist him unless, in the latter’s case, he is recognized as the unquestionable leading figure within a team. At the beginning of the series, Katsuki’s cooperativeness was nothing short of atrocious, often ignoring his partners’ ideas and suggestions for his own very direct approaches. His teamwork skills gradually improve as the series progresses, even if Katsuki keeps coming off as condescending through his usual tone. However, it’s clear he now acknowledges their importance, protecting them from harm while expecting them to do the same for him in return. As a leader, Katsuki is a merciless perfectionist, and will only become satisfied with complete, indisputable victories.

Katsuki often has difficulty accepting his mistakes and shortcomings, and will fiercely deny them whenever they are pointed out by others, regardless of who does it. That doesn’t mean, however, that Katsuki doesn’t listen to advice, having come to realize his faults and how to somewhat improve on them thanks to the words and actions of other people like All Might and Best Jeanist, but he will never outright admit due to his pride. He prefers to self-reflect in silence and solitude, becoming a bit more brooding during those periods. Katsuki’s unchecked pride and aggression has cost him victories on numerous occasions, like the Battle Trial or the Provisional Hero License Exam, and it tends to worsen whenever Izuku is involved. Both characters share a sensitive history with each other, with Katsuki, in particular, being unable to completely overcome his issues with Izuku, although this has not stopped them from working together many times.

Katsuki has a more vulnerable side, having been led to tears due to damaged pride a few times. After the Battle Trial, Katsuki admitted that when he saw Shoto Todoroki’s power, he couldn’t beat him head on and called out how Momo Yaoyorozu was right about how reckless he was during his fight with Izuku. Katsuki has also shown moments of fear and guilt, the latter due to viewing himself and his own weakness as the cause of All Might losing his remaining power and retiring as a hero. Still, due to years of misunderstandings, tension, and pride, Katsuki has difficulty doing the same thing towards Izuku.

By the time of the Remedial Course, Katsuki had started to mature enough to the point that he was able to advise a kid, who acted similarly to him, that if he continued to look down on others then he would not realize his own mistakes. Despite this growth, he has certain personality traits that he doesn’t immediately get over, like joining the Class 1-A band during the U.A. School Festival under the pretence of «beating the other classes through music», or calling his classmates in the Joint Training Battle «underlings». During his internship at the Endeavor Agency, he also berates Burnin for speaking so loudly in the morning, despite having been scolded by his mother for doing the very same thing.

Katsuki also has an honorable side to him. While he didn’t believe about Izuku’s Quirk belonging to someone else as well as falsely assuming that Izuku had been hiding it from him the entire time, when he learned of All For One and his Quirk, he started to believe Izuku’s words and pieced it together after seeing All Might’s true form, confronting the former about his assumption. After All Might confirmed his deduction, Katsuki vowed to keep One For All a secret, being one of the few people to know about the true power of the Quirk.

While his inspiration for becoming a hero was the same as Izuku’s, the Symbol of Peace, All Might, their beliefs differ: Katsuki feels a hero should never stop fighting or give up, regardless of the threat they face, and that always winning is the mark of a true hero. Furthermore, various heroes, civilians, and even villains have commented on his arrogance and conceit. However, Katsuki is unwavering in his aspirations of heroism, having outright refused Tomura Shigaraki’s proposal for him to join the League of Villains because he views the villains as people who lose and not win like heroes.

It is later revealed that Katsuki decided to help Izuku train One For All to atone for his actions. During Katsuki’s discussion with All Might about his connections to Izuku, Katsuki admitted that he bullied Izuku as an outlet for his own insecurities and how he couldn’t understand why Izuku would put others before himself. In truth, Katsuki really cares for Izuku despite how he acts, and wishes for him to continue improving his strength and Quirks, unlike before where he ridiculed Izuku’s efforts and told him how he wouldn’t amount to anything. His caring and protective side is further proven when he heard that Tomura was targeting One For All, immediately realizing that the villain leader would be going after Izuku and made attempts to keep Tomura away from him.

After Izuku left U.A. in order to face All For One alone, as well as to protect his friends and family from danger, Katsuki, along with his classmates, departed from the school in order to bring him back. Following a battle to get Izuku to come to his senses, Katsuki genuinely apologizes to the former for his actions while calling Izuku by his first name, displaying his regret over trying to usurp Izuku’s strengths by putting him down and for bullying him in the past. This proves that Katsuki is repentant over his own faults, with him willing to face them in order to atone for his past actions, and now seeing Izuku as a true ally, friend, and rival figure.

Abilities

Overall Abilities: Katsuki has proven to be one of the strongest students in Class 1-A, earning third place in the Quirk Apprehension Test, while placing first in both the U.A. Entrance Exam, having the most villain points, and the U.A. Sports Festival. Katsuki’s fighting style is an all-out offense, using his Quirk’s propulsive abilities to close the distance between him and his opponents, followed by a bombardment of close-range attacks that often start with a powerful right hook. Katsuki is able to use his Explosion to propel himself through mid-air, blind opponents, and release long-range blasts, among other applications. Explosion is a versatile Quirk, especially for battle situations, as the recoil caused by the blasts can be exploited by Katsuki for mobility purposes.

During the U.S.J. Incident, Katsuki was able to single-handedly overpower and immobilize Kurogiri, a highly capable villain. At the U.A. Sports Festival, he was able to defeat Fumikage Tokoyami and Shoto Todoroki, who were considered the two other strongest students in Class 1-A at that point. Many notable Pro Heroes, such as Shota Aizawa and All Might, have praised Katsuki’s prowess, noting the sheer amount of potential he carries. The League of Villains also took notice of Katsuki’s strength and went as far as trying to kidnap him so he could be converted to their cause, even if it meant sacrificing members of the Vanguard Action Squad as his potential membership would have far exceeded the risk.

Katsuki is strong enough to fight toe-to-toe and even overpower Izuku when he’s using 5% of One For All, though was pushed back and nearly defeated once Izuku began using 8%. During the Joint Training Battle, Katsuki displayed that, despite the cold weather conditions of the winter season weakening his Quirk, he can still fight efficiently. Katsuki has also become slightly less insubordinate when paired with people and has developed a degree of camaraderie, as he utilizes his abilities to repel opponents that overpower his comrades.

Not willing to let Izuku get ahead of him and never taking his intended goal of surpassing All Might lightly, Katsuki is always building up his power, improving his technique and looking forward to knowing what he is not able to do right now, with the intent of being able to do so in the future. Katsuki’s unstoppable drive to win is perhaps his biggest strength, with all of his classmates, including Izuku, having faith in his ability to earn victories.

By the time of the Paranormal Liberation Raid, Katsuki’s overall abilities and proficiency have significantly increased, and he’s even able to match the speed of Izuku using One For All at 30%. Just like Izuku, he’s also grown to the point he can fight side by side with world class pros, such as Endeavor and Gran Torino.

Enhanced Strength: Katsuki possesses a high-caliber physical strength, confirmed by his ability to use his Grenade Bracers without sustaining effects from recoil, whereas Izuku nearly dislocated his arm trying to do so. He’s also strong enough to casually pick up and throw people of Izuku’s size considerable distance with one arm. His physical power is even enough to draw blood from Izuku at 5% of One For All with a kick.

Enhanced Reflexes: Perhaps Katsuki’s greatest physical trait is his fantastic reflexes and reaction time. He’s shown on several occasions overwhelming his foes with his speed or completely evading all their attacks while striking back such as in his battles with Ochaco, Cider House and Izuku (even when the latter was at 5% of One For All). Once Izuku began utilzing 8% of his true power, Katsuki was quickly pushed back and nearly unable to keep up at all. His superb reflexes even allow him to evade a jet of carbonated water strong enough to cleave a street lamp in two. Typically jets of water that can cut through metal travel at 760 m/s (1700 mph) which is over twice the speed of sound. Even when suffering from multiple stab wounds he could temporarily hold his own against the Near High Ends with help from other heroes.

Enhanced Durability: Katsuki is shown to possess above average endurance and durability. He’s tough enough to withstand the blowback of his explosions regularly with only moderate pain. He blocked an 8% kick from Izuku without his arm breaking as well, though received a major scratch because of it. He was even proven to withstand attacks from All Might (while restraining himself), though not with extreme amounts of pain.

Keen Intellect: Katsuki has proven to be extremely intelligent and strategic. While he occasionally doesn’t have preemptive strategies like most people, he does analyze his opponent’s weaknesses such as when he realized Fumikage’s weakness to light during the U.A. Sports Festival in the midst of battle and can anticipate worst-case scenarios. Even when fighting the weaker villains during the Unforeseen Simulation Joint, Katsuki quickly assessed which of the attacking villains were the most dangerous threat in the long term and eventually figured out a way to incapacitate Kurogiri, one of the invasion’s leaders. He also knew that Kurogiri had a weakness and bound his body to hinder his escape. By doing this, he effectively trapped the League of Villains in the U.S.J. until Nomu attacked. When being warned of a monster attack by Katsuma Shimano, he was quickly able to deduce that it was merely an illusion cast by Mahoro Shimano because it lacked a shadow.

Even outside of battle, Katsuki is incredibly perceptive, having deducted the truth about One For All by just piecing together comments and interactions surrounding Izuku, All Might, and even All For One. Katsuki can seemingly detect when people are lying to him by just reading into their behaviors and expressions.

Still, As noted by Zero, Katsuki’s short temper gets the best on him often, causing him to overlook crucial details and commit mistakes.

Leadership Skills: Katsuki has always been criticized for his lack of cooperativeness, usually as a result of his overwhelming ego that prevents him from following the lead of others. However, thanks to Katsuki’s very own determination, perfectionism, and intelligence, he is a capable leader should others decide to follow him instead. Though he may not realize it, Katsuki is one of the main motivators of Class 1-A alongside Izuku, thanks to his power and indomitable drive to win.[5]

During round four of the Joint Training Battle, Setsuna Tokage admitted that even if her team had attacked him all at once, they stood no chance of victory. In the end, despite Class 1-B’s exceptional teamwork and Setsuna’s strategic planning, they failed to capture a single member of Class 1-A, mostly thanks to Katsuki’s efforts, adaptability, and superior skills.

Cooking Skill: Katsuki is surprisingly adept in culinary practice, being able to cut vegetables very quickly and with ease, as well as spotting how Shoto hadn’t cut chives properly and scolding him for it.

Musical Talent: Katsuki is highly skilled at playing the drums, having gone through classes in the past.

Quirk

Explosion: Katsuki’s Quirk allows him to secrete nitroglycerin-like sweat from the palms of his hands and ignite it on command, allowing him to create strong explosions.The more Katsuki sweats, the stronger his explosions become. If Katsuki overuses this power, his forearms will start to ache.

Katsuki has a strong grasp on the applications of his Quirk, something that was acknowledged by Best Jeanist, a top Pro Hero; not only can Katsuki use the explosions for attacking, he can also use them to propel himself and navigate through the air at high speeds, allowing him to fly at his opponents without giving them time to react, as well as evade incoming attacks, even while in the air.The shockwave from an explosion can even be used as a shield.

Katsuki can keep up his explosions continuously, long enough to break through Eijiro’s hardening Quirk and negate Shoto’s «Heaven-Piercing Ice Wall» for a short while before being overwhelmed.

As part of his training, Katsuki submerged his hands into boiling water to expand his sweat glands, then created chain explosions toward the sky to increase the scale of his attacks.

Ignited Katsuki’s second quirk being forceful given to him by Tomura Shigaraki during the Arkadia City War. This Quirk allowed Katsuki to create spark or emanate heat through his entire body and anything he touch. This Quirk has greatly empowered his Explosion Quirk which easily allow secrete nitroglycerin-like sweat more easily allowing him ignite a much more powerful explosion then he could previously.

Zero has describe the combination of Explosion and Ignited similar akin to nuclear fusion that can be created in devastated way.

Super Moves

• Explosive Speed (爆 (ばく) 速 (そく) ターボ Bakusoku Tābo^?): Katsuki throws his hands back and uses explosions to propel himself. He uses this both on the ground to increase his speed and through the air to achieve a pseudo form of flight. He first used this technique on the ground during the Quirk Apprehension Test.Template:Ref The first time he used it to fly was during the Obstacle Race.
• Stun Grenade (閃光弾 (スタン グレネード) Sutan Gurenēdo^?): Katsuki starts by creating a sphere of light between his hands that explodes into a large scale flash. Similar to the effect of an actual stun grenade, the flash of light blinds anyone close by. He first used this technique to defeat Fumikage Tokoyami.
  • Zero Distance Stun Grenade (ゼロ距 (きょ) 離 (り) 閃光弾 (スタングレネード) Sutan Gurenēdo^?): A variation where Katsuki fires off his Stun Grenade at point-blank range of the opponent to immediately stun and immobilize them with little lasting damage. This variation was first used against Setsuna in the fourth round of the Joint Battle Training.

• Howitzer Impact (榴弾砲着弾 (ハウザー インパクト) Hauzā Inpakuto^?): This move is the strongest move in Katsuki’s arsenal, which involves Katsuki taking to the air, and then using explosions to propel himself in a circular motion to create a tornado. This tornado builds up oxygen to fuel the incoming explosion. After colliding with the target, Katsuki releases the powerful aforementioned explosion. Present Mic compared the effectiveness of the technique to that of an actual missile. Katsuki first used Howitzer Impact in the final match of the U.A. Sports Festival Finals. He has also shown that he can release the fueled explosion in midair, without having to make contact with the target.
• AP Shot (徹甲弾 (A・P・ショット) Ē-Pī Shotto^?): Katsuki stretches out one of his hands and uses his other hand to form a circle on the palm of his outstretched hand. Katsuki then fires an explosion through the circle, which creates a concentrated blast beam. By focusing the path of his explosions into a single point instead of around his whole palm, Katsuki creates a concentrated blast with reduced area of impact, but with enough power to successfully pierce solid concrete.
  • AP Shot: Auto-Cannon (徹甲弾 (A・P・ショット) 機関銃 (オートカノン) Ē-Pī Shotto Ōtokanon^?): A rapid-fire version of his AP Shot Technique. The explosion power is reduced in order to avoid dealing severe damage to human targets.This variation was first used against [./https://myheroacademia.fandom.com/wiki/Seiji_Shishikura Seiji Shishikura] in the first stage of the Provisional Hero License Exam.
    • AP Machine-Gun (徹甲機銃 (A・P・マシンガン) Ē-Pī Mashingan^?): A stronger version of his AP Shot: Auto-Cannon where Katsuki fires larger, rapid-fire explosions.This technique was first used against Tomura in the Paranormal Liberation War Arc.
• Explode-A-Pult (爆破式 (エクス) カタパルト Ekusu Kataparuto^?): While in mid-air, Katsuki grabs an opponent with one of his arms, then propels himself in a spinning motion by firing explosions with his free arm. Once he gains enough momentum, Katsuki forcefully throws his opponent with the aid of another explosion. He first used this technique against [./https://myheroacademia.fandom.com/wiki/Togaru_Kamakiri Togaru Kamakiri] in the fourth round of the Joint Training Battle.
• Detroit Smash (デトロイトスマッシュ Detoroito Sumasshu^?): While he temporarily shared One For All with Izuku Midoriya and activated One For All: Full Cowl — 100%, he used this move for the first and last time with him to destroy Nine’s massive fire tornado. He used his left arm while Izuku used his right, and they punched upwards to the sky, where a powerful gush of air destroyed the tornado through its eye, blowing it up.

Stats

Power: 5/6 A

Speed: 5/6 A

Technique: 5/6 A+

Intelligence: 5/6 A

Language: 1/6 E

Cooperativeness: 1/5 E

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Katsuki Bakugo (爆 (ばく) 豪 (ごう) 勝 (かつ) 己 (き) Bakugō Katsuki^?) also known as Kacchan and his Hero Name Explosion Hero: Dynamight is the one of main character in My Hero Academia. He is a first year student at U.A. High school in Class 1-A and is a hero-in-training.

Appearance

Katsuki is a young man of average height, with a slim, muscular build, and a fair skin tone. He has short, spiky, sandy blond hair with choppy bangs that hang over his eyebrows. His eyes are sharp and bright red in color.

At school, he wears the standard U.A. uniform without the customary red tie. Underneath his blazer, he wears a white collared shirt with the top few buttons undone. His pants are worn loosely, causing them to sag at his ankles, despite him wearing a belt with them.

His hero costume is composed of a tight, black, sleeveless tank top, with an orange «X» across the middle, forming a v-neck. There are two dots along the left line of his collar, indicating the support company that designed his costume.[4] His costume also has a metallic neck brace worn with rectangular ends that have three holes on each side. His sleeves reach from within his large grenade-like gauntlets to his biceps. His belt, which also carries grenades, holds up his baggy pants with knee guards, below which he sports black, knee-high combat boots with orange soles and eyelets. His mask is jagged and black, and as it goes around his eyes, a large, orange-rimmed flare shape protrudes from each side.

In the winter months, he wears a large jacket with a high collar, rather than the usual tank top, although it does have the same orange «X» design, so he can still sweat a sufficient amount, which is how his Quirk works.

While interning under Best Jeanist, the Fiber Hero attempted to teach Katsuki the importance of maintaining a positive appearance. To that end, he took the liberty of making some changes to Katsuki’s outward appearance to make him look less intimidating. During this tenure, his wild spiky hair was combed into a neat side part. Best Jeanist also made changes to Katsuki’s Hero costume; he got rid of Katsuki’s mask and grenade gauntlets and had him wear a pair of smart blue denim jeans in place of his usual baggy pants.

During Mission: Humarise, Katsuki and his fellow internees at the Endeavor Agency are given special advanced stealth costumes by the World Heroes Association for their mission to Otheon. Based on the winter variant of his costume, Katsuki designed his stealth costume to be all neoprene black with the exception of orange «X», the soles of his boots, and his gloves while retaining the metal knee-pads and his metallic neck brace has two holes on each side instead of three. The Grenadier Bracers were redesigned to be shaped like flashbang grenades rather than frag grenades. He also has two silver plates on his shoulders with the letters «WHA» and two straps coming down from his neck brace with a red button on the left.

Personality

Katsuki is a crude, arrogant, short-tempered, and aggressive person, especially at the beginning of the series. Katsuki tends to come off as unheroic; this problematic behavior going all the way back to his early childhood days when he was known to bully a young, Quirkless, Izuku Midoriya. He showed to be extremely arrogant and condescending to those around him, often bragging of his Explosion Quirk’s power, and even boasting that he would take on his entire middle school class. He showed open hostility towards Izuku, mainly because of his former Quirkless status, and would frequently put down his dream of becoming a Hero, despite lacking a Quirk, and also gave him the insulting nickname «Deku» (meaning useless and unable to achieve anything). He even threatened Izuku not to apply to U.A. High School and became angry upon both of them passing the Entrance Exam, wanting to be the only person from his middle school to make it there.

However, after being accepted into U.A. and experiencing several personal defeats, one of them even coming from Izuku, Katsuki has gradually changed into a less antagonistic person, albeit still retaining a lot of his unpleasant traits. While often portrayed negatively, Katsuki’s fierce character and competitive drive have actually granted him an important role among Class 1-A, as a sort of inspirational mood-maker.

Determined and thirsty for victory, Katsuki smiles eerily when in the middle of a battle. He is incredibly focused on achieving his own authentic victories and has learned to never underestimate his opponents. Katsuki is not only very athletic and talented at fighting, but also very intelligent and extremely perceptive, capable of strategic planning and improvisation. Moreover, Katsuki’s grades are among the highest of his class and he already knew how to read perfectly by the age of four, evidence that he treats studying seriously.[6][2] Katsuki also possesses surprising talent in other areas, such as cooking and music, even though he doesn’t show a particular interest in them.[7][8] Overall, Katsuki is considered a natural-born genius with the potential to be one of the best Pro Heroes around.

While a rather volatile hero-in-training, Katsuki is smart enough to discern who his enemies and allies are. He is not particularly nice or open with people who are on his side, or anyone else for that matter, but will act less unfriendly and sometimes even kind to those that manage to earn his respect. Because of his attitude and vulgar language, Katsuki’s U.A. classmates often react negatively to him, although they have come to appreciate his skills and warm up to his personality.[9] Katsuki matures slowly through his time at U.A., coming to befriend some of his classmates and willingly engaging in social interaction with them, though remaining solitary for the most part.

Like with Izuku, Katsuki has a habit of bestowing insulting nicknames upon others, such as calling Tenya Ida «Four Eyes» because of his glasses, Denki Kaminari «Dunce-Face» because of how his Electrification Quirk dulls his thinking, Shoto Todoroki «Half and Half» or «Icy-Hot» because of his dual Quirk and appearance, and so on. He also refers to people he doesn’t know as «Extras» treating them as little more than fodder or stepping stones to his victory until he faces them head-on. Despite this, he can address others properly when it matters, such as when he’s serious or in the heat of battle.

Katsuki tends to disregard the notion that Quirks shouldn’t be used in public, and will activate his Quirk for a number of reasons, such as to intimidate someone, to punctuate a point, out of frustration, or even if he just feels like showing off. Overall, Katsuki doesn’t seem to care very much about what others think of him, barely containing himself from violent behavior (although he avoids other typical delinquent practices like underage smoking).[10] Katsuki values honesty highly and never lies, to the point his brash candor is seen by some as rude and insensitive. He is never afraid of speaking his mind and will notice when people are not being truthful to him. This shows that, despite his anti-social habits, Katsuki is an excellent judge of character, making it hard to deceive him.

Due to the constant praise of his abilities and powerful Quirk, Katsuki has developed a superiority complex, and because of that, he desires to be the first and best at everything. As pointed out by many people, Katsuki loves to win above all else and cannot stand it when he doesn’t, leading him to lose his already short temper or, less often, sulk. He is fiercely competitive and will never settle for less than the number one spot, having a compulsive need to always strive for victory and also prove people who doubt him wrong. However, Katsuki also values hard work and fair play, to the point of refusing to acknowledge a winning result if he feels that his victory was not earned by actual merit. Along with that, he detests being pitied or looked down on by others, and will hold contempt towards those that don’t take him seriously, while recognizing the effort of those that manage to put up a challenge against him, like, for example, Ochaco Uraraka and Eijiro Kirishima.

Because of his Quirk and talents, Katsuki is very confident and brave to where he is willing to go against anyone who challenges him. He never backs down from a fight and will go out when facing such a powerful opponent. From taking on several villains at the Unforeseen Simulation Joint, Katsuki knows when dealing with someone that is out of his league, as he let All Might face off against Nomu. During the First Term Final Exam, Katsuki wasn’t afraid to go up against All Might, even though he knew he had a low chance of taking him down head on.

Katsuki is immensely prideful and prefers to act alone, as he hates the idea of being protected or having to rely on other people to assist him unless, in the latter’s case, he is recognized as the unquestionable leading figure within a team. At the beginning of the series, Katsuki’s cooperativeness was nothing short of atrocious, often ignoring his partners’ ideas and suggestions for his own very direct approaches. His teamwork skills gradually improve as the series progresses, even if Katsuki keeps coming off as condescending through his usual tone. However, it’s clear he now acknowledges their importance, protecting them from harm while expecting them to do the same for him in return. As a leader, Katsuki is a merciless perfectionist, and will only become satisfied with complete, indisputable victories.

Katsuki often has difficulty accepting his mistakes and shortcomings, and will fiercely deny them whenever they are pointed out by others, regardless of who does it. That doesn’t mean, however, that Katsuki doesn’t listen to advice, having come to realize his faults and how to somewhat improve on them thanks to the words and actions of other people like All Might and Best Jeanist, but he will never outright admit due to his pride. He prefers to self-reflect in silence and solitude, becoming a bit more brooding during those periods. Katsuki’s unchecked pride and aggression has cost him victories on numerous occasions, like the Battle Trial or the Provisional Hero License Exam, and it tends to worsen whenever Izuku is involved. Both characters share a sensitive history with each other, with Katsuki, in particular, being unable to completely overcome his issues with Izuku, although this has not stopped them from working together many times.

Katsuki has a more vulnerable side, having been led to tears due to damaged pride a few times. After the Battle Trial, Katsuki admitted that when he saw Shoto Todoroki’s power, he couldn’t beat him head on and called out how Momo Yaoyorozu was right about how reckless he was during his fight with Izuku. Katsuki has also shown moments of fear and guilt, the latter due to viewing himself and his own weakness as the cause of All Might losing his remaining power and retiring as a hero. Still, due to years of misunderstandings, tension, and pride, Katsuki has difficulty doing the same thing towards Izuku.

By the time of the Remedial Course, Katsuki had started to mature enough to the point that he was able to advise a kid, who acted similarly to him, that if he continued to look down on others then he would not realize his own mistakes. Despite this growth, he has certain personality traits that he doesn’t immediately get over, like joining the Class 1-A band during the U.A. School Festival under the pretence of «beating the other classes through music», or calling his classmates in the Joint Training Battle «underlings». During his internship at the Endeavor Agency, he also berates Burnin for speaking so loudly in the morning, despite having been scolded by his mother for doing the very same thing.

Katsuki also has an honorable side to him. While he didn’t believe about Izuku’s Quirk belonging to someone else as well as falsely assuming that Izuku had been hiding it from him the entire time, when he learned of All For One and his Quirk, he started to believe Izuku’s words and pieced it together after seeing All Might’s true form, confronting the former about his assumption. After All Might confirmed his deduction, Katsuki vowed to keep One For All a secret, being one of the few people to know about the true power of the Quirk.

While his inspiration for becoming a hero was the same as Izuku’s, the Symbol of Peace, All Might, their beliefs differ: Katsuki feels a hero should never stop fighting or give up, regardless of the threat they face, and that always winning is the mark of a true hero. Furthermore, various heroes, civilians, and even villains have commented on his arrogance and conceit. However, Katsuki is unwavering in his aspirations of heroism, having outright refused Tomura Shigaraki’s proposal for him to join the League of Villains because he views the villains as people who lose and not win like heroes.

It is later revealed that Katsuki decided to help Izuku train One For All to atone for his actions. During Katsuki’s discussion with All Might about his connections to Izuku, Katsuki admitted that he bullied Izuku as an outlet for his own insecurities and how he couldn’t understand why Izuku would put others before himself. In truth, Katsuki really cares for Izuku despite how he acts, and wishes for him to continue improving his strength and Quirks, unlike before where he ridiculed Izuku’s efforts and told him how he wouldn’t amount to anything. His caring and protective side is further proven when he heard that Tomura was targeting One For All, immediately realizing that the villain leader would be going after Izuku and made attempts to keep Tomura away from him.

After Izuku left U.A. in order to face All For One alone, as well as to protect his friends and family from danger, Katsuki, along with his classmates, departed from the school in order to bring him back. Following a battle to get Izuku to come to his senses, Katsuki genuinely apologizes to the former for his actions while calling Izuku by his first name, displaying his regret over trying to usurp Izuku’s strengths by putting him down and for bullying him in the past. This proves that Katsuki is repentant over his own faults, with him willing to face them in order to atone for his past actions, and now seeing Izuku as a true ally, friend, and rival figure.

Abilities

Overall Abilities: Katsuki has proven to be one of the strongest students in Class 1-A, earning third place in the Quirk Apprehension Test, while placing first in both the U.A. Entrance Exam, having the most villain points, and the U.A. Sports Festival. Katsuki’s fighting style is an all-out offense, using his Quirk’s propulsive abilities to close the distance between him and his opponents, followed by a bombardment of close-range attacks that often start with a powerful right hook. Katsuki is able to use his Explosion to propel himself through mid-air, blind opponents, and release long-range blasts, among other applications. Explosion is a versatile Quirk, especially for battle situations, as the recoil caused by the blasts can be exploited by Katsuki for mobility purposes.

During the U.S.J. Incident, Katsuki was able to single-handedly overpower and immobilize Kurogiri, a highly capable villain. At the U.A. Sports Festival, he was able to defeat Fumikage Tokoyami and Shoto Todoroki, who were considered the two other strongest students in Class 1-A at that point. Many notable Pro Heroes, such as Shota Aizawa and All Might, have praised Katsuki’s prowess, noting the sheer amount of potential he carries. The League of Villains also took notice of Katsuki’s strength and went as far as trying to kidnap him so he could be converted to their cause, even if it meant sacrificing members of the Vanguard Action Squad as his potential membership would have far exceeded the risk.

Katsuki is strong enough to fight toe-to-toe and even overpower Izuku when he’s using 5% of One For All, though was pushed back and nearly defeated once Izuku began using 8%. During the Joint Training Battle, Katsuki displayed that, despite the cold weather conditions of the winter season weakening his Quirk, he can still fight efficiently. Katsuki has also become slightly less insubordinate when paired with people and has developed a degree of camaraderie, as he utilizes his abilities to repel opponents that overpower his comrades.

Not willing to let Izuku get ahead of him and never taking his intended goal of surpassing All Might lightly, Katsuki is always building up his power, improving his technique and looking forward to knowing what he is not able to do right now, with the intent of being able to do so in the future. Katsuki’s unstoppable drive to win is perhaps his biggest strength, with all of his classmates, including Izuku, having faith in his ability to earn victories.

By the time of the Paranormal Liberation Raid, Katsuki’s overall abilities and proficiency have significantly increased, and he’s even able to match the speed of Izuku using One For All at 30%. Just like Izuku, he’s also grown to the point he can fight side by side with world class pros, such as Endeavor and Gran Torino.

Enhanced Strength: Katsuki possesses a high-caliber physical strength, confirmed by his ability to use his Grenade Bracers without sustaining effects from recoil, whereas Izuku nearly dislocated his arm trying to do so. He’s also strong enough to casually pick up and throw people of Izuku’s size considerable distance with one arm. His physical power is even enough to draw blood from Izuku at 5% of One For All with a kick.

Enhanced Reflexes: Perhaps Katsuki’s greatest physical trait is his fantastic reflexes and reaction time. He’s shown on several occasions overwhelming his foes with his speed or completely evading all their attacks while striking back such as in his battles with Ochaco, Cider House and Izuku (even when the latter was at 5% of One For All). Once Izuku began utilzing 8% of his true power, Katsuki was quickly pushed back and nearly unable to keep up at all. His superb reflexes even allow him to evade a jet of carbonated water strong enough to cleave a street lamp in two. Typically jets of water that can cut through metal travel at 760 m/s (1700 mph) which is over twice the speed of sound. Even when suffering from multiple stab wounds he could temporarily hold his own against the Near High Ends with help from other heroes.

Enhanced Durability: Katsuki is shown to possess above average endurance and durability. He’s tough enough to withstand the blowback of his explosions regularly with only moderate pain. He blocked an 8% kick from Izuku without his arm breaking as well, though received a major scratch because of it. He was even proven to withstand attacks from All Might (while restraining himself), though not with extreme amounts of pain.

Keen Intellect: Katsuki has proven to be extremely intelligent and strategic. While he occasionally doesn’t have preemptive strategies like most people, he does analyze his opponent’s weaknesses such as when he realized Fumikage’s weakness to light during the U.A. Sports Festival in the midst of battle and can anticipate worst-case scenarios. Even when fighting the weaker villains during the Unforeseen Simulation Joint, Katsuki quickly assessed which of the attacking villains were the most dangerous threat in the long term and eventually figured out a way to incapacitate Kurogiri, one of the invasion’s leaders. He also knew that Kurogiri had a weakness and bound his body to hinder his escape. By doing this, he effectively trapped the League of Villains in the U.S.J. until Nomu attacked. When being warned of a monster attack by Katsuma Shimano, he was quickly able to deduce that it was merely an illusion cast by Mahoro Shimano because it lacked a shadow.

Even outside of battle, Katsuki is incredibly perceptive, having deducted the truth about One For All by just piecing together comments and interactions surrounding Izuku, All Might, and even All For One. Katsuki can seemingly detect when people are lying to him by just reading into their behaviors and expressions.

Still, As noted by Zero, Katsuki’s short temper gets the best on him often, causing him to overlook crucial details and commit mistakes.

Leadership Skills: Katsuki has always been criticized for his lack of cooperativeness, usually as a result of his overwhelming ego that prevents him from following the lead of others. However, thanks to Katsuki’s very own determination, perfectionism, and intelligence, he is a capable leader should others decide to follow him instead. Though he may not realize it, Katsuki is one of the main motivators of Class 1-A alongside Izuku, thanks to his power and indomitable drive to win.[5]

During round four of the Joint Training Battle, Setsuna Tokage admitted that even if her team had attacked him all at once, they stood no chance of victory. In the end, despite Class 1-B’s exceptional teamwork and Setsuna’s strategic planning, they failed to capture a single member of Class 1-A, mostly thanks to Katsuki’s efforts, adaptability, and superior skills.

Cooking Skill: Katsuki is surprisingly adept in culinary practice, being able to cut vegetables very quickly and with ease, as well as spotting how Shoto hadn’t cut chives properly and scolding him for it.

Musical Talent: Katsuki is highly skilled at playing the drums, having gone through classes in the past.

Quirk

Explosion: Katsuki’s Quirk allows him to secrete nitroglycerin-like sweat from the palms of his hands and ignite it on command, allowing him to create strong explosions.The more Katsuki sweats, the stronger his explosions become. If Katsuki overuses this power, his forearms will start to ache.

Katsuki has a strong grasp on the applications of his Quirk, something that was acknowledged by Best Jeanist, a top Pro Hero; not only can Katsuki use the explosions for attacking, he can also use them to propel himself and navigate through the air at high speeds, allowing him to fly at his opponents without giving them time to react, as well as evade incoming attacks, even while in the air.The shockwave from an explosion can even be used as a shield.

Katsuki can keep up his explosions continuously, long enough to break through Eijiro’s hardening Quirk and negate Shoto’s «Heaven-Piercing Ice Wall» for a short while before being overwhelmed.

As part of his training, Katsuki submerged his hands into boiling water to expand his sweat glands, then created chain explosions toward the sky to increase the scale of his attacks.

Ignited Katsuki’s second quirk being forceful given to him by Tomura Shigaraki during the Arkadia City War. This Quirk allowed Katsuki to create spark or emanate heat through his entire body and anything he touch. This Quirk has greatly empowered his Explosion Quirk which easily allow secrete nitroglycerin-like sweat more easily allowing him ignite a much more powerful explosion then he could previously.

Zero has describe the combination of Explosion and Ignited similar akin to nuclear fusion that can be created in devastated way.

Super Moves

• Explosive Speed (爆 (ばく) 速 (そく) ターボ Bakusoku Tābo^?): Katsuki throws his hands back and uses explosions to propel himself. He uses this both on the ground to increase his speed and through the air to achieve a pseudo form of flight. He first used this technique on the ground during the Quirk Apprehension Test.Template:Ref The first time he used it to fly was during the Obstacle Race.
• Stun Grenade (閃光弾 (スタン グレネード) Sutan Gurenēdo^?): Katsuki starts by creating a sphere of light between his hands that explodes into a large scale flash. Similar to the effect of an actual stun grenade, the flash of light blinds anyone close by. He first used this technique to defeat Fumikage Tokoyami.
  • Zero Distance Stun Grenade (ゼロ距 (きょ) 離 (り) 閃光弾 (スタングレネード) Sutan Gurenēdo^?): A variation where Katsuki fires off his Stun Grenade at point-blank range of the opponent to immediately stun and immobilize them with little lasting damage. This variation was first used against Setsuna in the fourth round of the Joint Battle Training.

• Howitzer Impact (榴弾砲着弾 (ハウザー インパクト) Hauzā Inpakuto^?): This move is the strongest move in Katsuki’s arsenal, which involves Katsuki taking to the air, and then using explosions to propel himself in a circular motion to create a tornado. This tornado builds up oxygen to fuel the incoming explosion. After colliding with the target, Katsuki releases the powerful aforementioned explosion. Present Mic compared the effectiveness of the technique to that of an actual missile. Katsuki first used Howitzer Impact in the final match of the U.A. Sports Festival Finals. He has also shown that he can release the fueled explosion in midair, without having to make contact with the target.
• AP Shot (徹甲弾 (A・P・ショット) Ē-Pī Shotto^?): Katsuki stretches out one of his hands and uses his other hand to form a circle on the palm of his outstretched hand. Katsuki then fires an explosion through the circle, which creates a concentrated blast beam. By focusing the path of his explosions into a single point instead of around his whole palm, Katsuki creates a concentrated blast with reduced area of impact, but with enough power to successfully pierce solid concrete.
  • AP Shot: Auto-Cannon (徹甲弾 (A・P・ショット) 機関銃 (オートカノン) Ē-Pī Shotto Ōtokanon^?): A rapid-fire version of his AP Shot Technique. The explosion power is reduced in order to avoid dealing severe damage to human targets.This variation was first used against [./https://myheroacademia.fandom.com/wiki/Seiji_Shishikura Seiji Shishikura] in the first stage of the Provisional Hero License Exam.
    • AP Machine-Gun (徹甲機銃 (A・P・マシンガン) Ē-Pī Mashingan^?): A stronger version of his AP Shot: Auto-Cannon where Katsuki fires larger, rapid-fire explosions.This technique was first used against Tomura in the Paranormal Liberation War Arc.
• Explode-A-Pult (爆破式 (エクス) カタパルト Ekusu Kataparuto^?): While in mid-air, Katsuki grabs an opponent with one of his arms, then propels himself in a spinning motion by firing explosions with his free arm. Once he gains enough momentum, Katsuki forcefully throws his opponent with the aid of another explosion. He first used this technique against [./https://myheroacademia.fandom.com/wiki/Togaru_Kamakiri Togaru Kamakiri] in the fourth round of the Joint Training Battle.
• Detroit Smash (デトロイトスマッシュ Detoroito Sumasshu^?): While he temporarily shared One For All with Izuku Midoriya and activated One For All: Full Cowl — 100%, he used this move for the first and last time with him to destroy Nine’s massive fire tornado. He used his left arm while Izuku used his right, and they punched upwards to the sky, where a powerful gush of air destroyed the tornado through its eye, blowing it up.

Stats

Power: 5/6 A

Speed: 5/6 A

Technique: 5/6 A+

Intelligence: 5/6 A

Language: 1/6 E

Cooperativeness: 1/5 E

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Katsuki Bakugo
My Hero Academia character
Katsuki as pictured from the cover of My Hero Academia, Volume 13
First appearance	My Hero Academia #1, «Izuku Midoriya: Origin», July 7, 2014
Created by	Kōhei Horikoshi
Portrayed by	Ryōta Kobayashi
Voiced by	Japanese: Nobuhiko Okamoto Yuichiro Umehara (vomic) Rie Takahashi (young, vomic) Sachi Kokuryu (young) English: Clifford Chapin Kate Oxley (young)
In-universe information
Alias	Kacchan Great Explosion God Murder Dynamight
Species	Human
Occupation	Student at U.A. High School
Family	Mitsuki Bakugo (mother) Masaru Bakugo (father)
Nationality	Japanese
Quirk	Explosion

Katsuki Bakugo (Japanese: 爆豪 勝己, Hepburn: Bakugō Katsuki), also known by his nickname Kacchan (かっちゃん, Katchan) and his hero name Dynamight (大・爆・殺・神ダイナマイト, Daibaku Kisshin Dainamaito), is a superhero and one of the main protagonists of the manga series My Hero Academia, created by Kōhei Horikoshi. His Quirk is Explosion (爆破), which allows him to make explosions from his hands by detonating the nitroglycerin-like substance he sweats; throughout the series, he learns various different ways to apply this. Overuse of the Quirk can potentially break his forearms.

As a child, Katsuki often bullied the Quirkless Izuku Midoriya. However, after they both entered U.A. High School and Katsuki lost to Izuku in training, he began to see him differently. After Katsuki is kidnapped by the League of Villains, All Might loses his Quirk in the process of saving him, which made him blame himself for All Might’s retirement, though All Might later reassures him it was not his fault. Katsuki later becomes one of the only people who knows the true nature of Izuku’s Quirk.

Katsuki has received positive reviews from critics, with many praising his character development throughout the series and his relationship with Izuku. The voice performances in both Japanese and English dub were also received praise. The character has also consistently ranked in the series’ popularity polls, most commonly he placed first.

Creation and conception[edit]

In the first draft of the series, Katsuki was a genius with a nice personality, though Horikoshi scrapped this idea because it was too boring. Instead, he decided to make the character nasty and unlikeable.^[1] Horikoshi originally intended to keep Katsuki with the nasty and unlikable personality, though later decided to give him development so people wouldn’t hate him.^[2] After the series’ anime adaptation premiered, Horikoshi began writing the character with Nobuhiko Okamoto’s voice in mind.^[2] Horikoshi had not expected Katsuki to become a popular character, so he was surprised to see the character rank well in the popularity polls.^[2][3]

Katsuki’s English voice actor, Clifford Chapin, has commented that he often has to end recording sessions early due to his voice getting worn out from all the screaming the character does.^[4] Chapin prefers voice acting the more calmer and emotional scenes with the character, even making the character accidentally sound too vulnerable at times.^[5]

Appearances[edit]

In My Hero Academia[edit]

Katsuki begins the series as an intelligent student with aspirations of being the world’s greatest hero, but had an arrogant, violent and crude personality. He often bullied Izuku Midoriya for being Quirkless during their childhood. However, after Izuku was given the generations-old Quirk One For All, he and Katsuki enter the prestigious U.A. High School and are both enrolled in Class 1-A. After losing to Izuku during their first training exercise, he begins to treat Izuku with a grudging respect, which eventually evolves into an ongoing rivalry. His attitude earned the ire from most of his classmates who would often scold, ignore or even taunt Katsuki. During the story, however, Katsuki receives character development on par with Izuku, learning the importance of teamwork and co-operation, becoming a leader, accepting help, and how to save others in order to win. He also begins developing a friendship with classmates Eijiro Kirishima and Shoto Todoroki. However, Katsuki still holds onto his habit of yelling.

After being kidnapped by the League of Villains, and refusing their offer to join them, Katsuki is rescued by All Might, his childhood hero. However, All Might’s hero career comes to an end as he uses the last of his powers in the fight against the mastermind and his arch-enemy, All For One, which fills Katsuki with guilt for being the one who was taken and putting an end to the hero. After failing the Provisional Hero Licensing Exam due to his guilt and aggressive attitude, Katsuki takes Izuku out to Testing Ground Gamma, and reveals he has finally put the pieces together on how Izuku received his Quirk, One For All, from All Might. After that, Katsuki challenges Izuku to a battle to deal with his guilt and ask why it was Izuku who was chosen to receive One For All, when they both grew up admiring All Might just as much as each other. After defeating Izuku, All Might arrives to stop the fight, reassures him that what happened was not his fault, and tells him the Origins of All For One, the injury that limited his hero work, his need for a successor, and All For One. After agreeing to keep this information secret, Katsuki becomes one of the few people to know the truth about One for All. As they return to the U.A. dorms, Katsuki promises Izuku that he will surpass him one day, to which Izuku responds that he will simply have to go even higher still than Katsuki, forming a proper rivalry between the two.

This rivalry becomes a quick rekindling of their childhood friendship and the pair talk more since the fight, although sometimes playfully antagonistic. As one of the only people who know Izuku’s secret, Katsuki is often found training with Izuku to help him master his awakening Quirks and even sits in on his meetings with All Might about One For All. While gaining valuable lessons attending his internship with Izuku and Shoto, Katsuki’s heart begins to open up more to people. However, the turning point for Katsuki’s character happens during the war with the Paranormal Liberation Army. Katsuki watches on as Izuku, who has been giving his all to keep Tomura Shigaraki in the air, is about to die to Tomura’s piercing attack. In a moment of pure urgency, Katsuki awakens a new explosive technique that propels him fast enough to push Izuku out of the way and tank the hits himself.

After Izuku left U.A. High School during the Tartarus Escapees Arc, Katsuki and the rest of Class 1-A track down Izuku to bring him back to U.A. To convince Izuku into coming back, Katsuki apologizes to Izuku for bullying him in the past. He admits the reason he bullied Izuku was because of his jealousy from his own feeling that Izuku was closer to being a hero than he was and he also admitted that he had been taking his inferiority complex out on Izuku the entire time. He finishes by saying the words he had been wanting to say since they had both almost died: he was sorry for everything. Along with informing Izuku (which he says for the first time) that the latter’s path wasn’t ever misguided the moment he gained One for All, which he rightfully deserved.

Katsuki’s Quirk is Explosion; it works by Katsuki sweating a nitroglycerin-like substance from his palms, which he can detonate at will. Throughout the series, Katsuki learns to apply this in different ways, such as to move through the air, create blinding flashes of light, catapult allies towards enemies, or create shockwaves to serve as defense. However, overuse makes his forearms ache.

In the series’ anime adaptation, Katsuki is voiced by Nobuhiko Okamoto in Japanese and Clifford Chapin in English.^[6][7] In the stage play, he is portrayed by Ryōta Kobayashi.^[8]

Other media[edit]

Katsuki was added to the Jump Force video game as a DLC character in August 2019.^[9] In a crossover promotion with Avengers: Infinity War, Katsuki shared a brief conversation with Iron Man.^[10]

Katsuki also appears in Fortnite Battle Royale as one of the crossover characters along with Izuku Midoriya, Ochaco Uraraka and All Might.^[11]

Reception[edit]

Popularity[edit]

Katsuki has consistently ranked first in the series’ popularity polls, beating out other popular characters such as Izuku Midoriya and Shoto Todoroki.^[12][13] In Tumblr’s top anime and manga characters of 2020, Katsuki ranked second, behind only Izuku.^[14] Anime! Anime! did a poll where the readers voted for the most popular hero characters. Katsuki ranked as the fifth-most popular hero character in 2021;^[15] eighth in 2022;^[16] and seventh in 2023.^[17]

Critical response[edit]

Alex Osborn from IGN praised the character and his development throughout the series.^[18] Daniel Kurland from Den of Geek also praised the character; he also praised Chapin’s English performance of the character.^[19] Sam Leach from Anime News Network praised the character as amazing; he also praised Okamoto’s voice performance as the character.^[20] The reviewer for Anime UK News also offered praise for the character.^[21] The columnists for Manga News had similar feelings, praising the character and his development.^[22] Steven Blackburn from Screen Rant praised Katsuki’s development throughout the series, though questioned some of the decisions made by the character in the later parts of the series.^[23] Chelsey Adams from Comic Book Resources felt that Katsuki became more likeable as the series progressed.^[24] Briana Lawrence from The Mary Sue praised Katsuki’s character development and personality, calling the character relatable.^[25]

Actor Ryo Yoshizawa praised the character.^[26]

References[edit]

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Katsuki Bakugo
My Hero Academia character
Katsuki as pictured from the cover of My Hero Academia, Volume 13
First appearance	My Hero Academia #1, «Izuku Midoriya: Origin», July 7, 2014
Created by	Kōhei Horikoshi
Portrayed by	Ryōta Kobayashi
Voiced by	Japanese: Nobuhiko Okamoto Yuichiro Umehara (vomic) Rie Takahashi (young, vomic) Sachi Kokuryu (young) English: Clifford Chapin Kate Oxley (young)
In-universe information
Alias	Kacchan Great Explosion God Murder Dynamight
Species	Human
Occupation	Student at U.A. High School
Family	Mitsuki Bakugo (mother) Masaru Bakugo (father)
Nationality	Japanese
Quirk	Explosion

Katsuki Bakugo (Japanese: 爆豪 勝己, Hepburn: Bakugō Katsuki), also known by his nickname Kacchan (かっちゃん, Katchan) and his hero name Dynamight (大・爆・殺・神ダイナマイト, Daibaku Kisshin Dainamaito), is a superhero and one of the main protagonists of the manga series My Hero Academia, created by Kōhei Horikoshi. His Quirk is Explosion (爆破), which allows him to make explosions from his hands by detonating the nitroglycerin-like substance he sweats; throughout the series, he learns various different ways to apply this. Overuse of the Quirk can potentially break his forearms.

As a child, Katsuki often bullied the Quirkless Izuku Midoriya. However, after they both entered U.A. High School and Katsuki lost to Izuku in training, he began to see him differently. After Katsuki is kidnapped by the League of Villains, All Might loses his Quirk in the process of saving him, which made him blame himself for All Might’s retirement, though All Might later reassures him it was not his fault. Katsuki later becomes one of the only people who knows the true nature of Izuku’s Quirk.

Katsuki has received positive reviews from critics, with many praising his character development throughout the series and his relationship with Izuku. The voice performances in both Japanese and English dub were also received praise. The character has also consistently ranked in the series’ popularity polls, most commonly he placed first.

Creation and conception[edit]

In the first draft of the series, Katsuki was a genius with a nice personality, though Horikoshi scrapped this idea because it was too boring. Instead, he decided to make the character nasty and unlikeable.^[1] Horikoshi originally intended to keep Katsuki with the nasty and unlikable personality, though later decided to give him development so people wouldn’t hate him.^[2] After the series’ anime adaptation premiered, Horikoshi began writing the character with Nobuhiko Okamoto’s voice in mind.^[2] Horikoshi had not expected Katsuki to become a popular character, so he was surprised to see the character rank well in the popularity polls.^[2][3]

Katsuki’s English voice actor, Clifford Chapin, has commented that he often has to end recording sessions early due to his voice getting worn out from all the screaming the character does.^[4] Chapin prefers voice acting the more calmer and emotional scenes with the character, even making the character accidentally sound too vulnerable at times.^[5]

Appearances[edit]

In My Hero Academia[edit]

Katsuki begins the series as an intelligent student with aspirations of being the world’s greatest hero, but had an arrogant, violent and crude personality. He often bullied Izuku Midoriya for being Quirkless during their childhood. However, after Izuku was given the generations-old Quirk One For All, he and Katsuki enter the prestigious U.A. High School and are both enrolled in Class 1-A. After losing to Izuku during their first training exercise, he begins to treat Izuku with a grudging respect, which eventually evolves into an ongoing rivalry. His attitude earned the ire from most of his classmates who would often scold, ignore or even taunt Katsuki. During the story, however, Katsuki receives character development on par with Izuku, learning the importance of teamwork and co-operation, becoming a leader, accepting help, and how to save others in order to win. He also begins developing a friendship with classmates Eijiro Kirishima and Shoto Todoroki. However, Katsuki still holds onto his habit of yelling.

After being kidnapped by the League of Villains, and refusing their offer to join them, Katsuki is rescued by All Might, his childhood hero. However, All Might’s hero career comes to an end as he uses the last of his powers in the fight against the mastermind and his arch-enemy, All For One, which fills Katsuki with guilt for being the one who was taken and putting an end to the hero. After failing the Provisional Hero Licensing Exam due to his guilt and aggressive attitude, Katsuki takes Izuku out to Testing Ground Gamma, and reveals he has finally put the pieces together on how Izuku received his Quirk, One For All, from All Might. After that, Katsuki challenges Izuku to a battle to deal with his guilt and ask why it was Izuku who was chosen to receive One For All, when they both grew up admiring All Might just as much as each other. After defeating Izuku, All Might arrives to stop the fight, reassures him that what happened was not his fault, and tells him the Origins of All For One, the injury that limited his hero work, his need for a successor, and All For One. After agreeing to keep this information secret, Katsuki becomes one of the few people to know the truth about One for All. As they return to the U.A. dorms, Katsuki promises Izuku that he will surpass him one day, to which Izuku responds that he will simply have to go even higher still than Katsuki, forming a proper rivalry between the two.

This rivalry becomes a quick rekindling of their childhood friendship and the pair talk more since the fight, although sometimes playfully antagonistic. As one of the only people who know Izuku’s secret, Katsuki is often found training with Izuku to help him master his awakening Quirks and even sits in on his meetings with All Might about One For All. While gaining valuable lessons attending his internship with Izuku and Shoto, Katsuki’s heart begins to open up more to people. However, the turning point for Katsuki’s character happens during the war with the Paranormal Liberation Army. Katsuki watches on as Izuku, who has been giving his all to keep Tomura Shigaraki in the air, is about to die to Tomura’s piercing attack. In a moment of pure urgency, Katsuki awakens a new explosive technique that propels him fast enough to push Izuku out of the way and tank the hits himself.

After Izuku left U.A. High School during the Tartarus Escapees Arc, Katsuki and the rest of Class 1-A track down Izuku to bring him back to U.A. To convince Izuku into coming back, Katsuki apologizes to Izuku for bullying him in the past. He admits the reason he bullied Izuku was because of his jealousy from his own feeling that Izuku was closer to being a hero than he was and he also admitted that he had been taking his inferiority complex out on Izuku the entire time. He finishes by saying the words he had been wanting to say since they had both almost died: he was sorry for everything. Along with informing Izuku (which he says for the first time) that the latter’s path wasn’t ever misguided the moment he gained One for All, which he rightfully deserved.

Katsuki’s Quirk is Explosion; it works by Katsuki sweating a nitroglycerin-like substance from his palms, which he can detonate at will. Throughout the series, Katsuki learns to apply this in different ways, such as to move through the air, create blinding flashes of light, catapult allies towards enemies, or create shockwaves to serve as defense. However, overuse makes his forearms ache.

In the series’ anime adaptation, Katsuki is voiced by Nobuhiko Okamoto in Japanese and Clifford Chapin in English.^[6][7] In the stage play, he is portrayed by Ryōta Kobayashi.^[8]

Other media[edit]

Katsuki was added to the Jump Force video game as a DLC character in August 2019.^[9] In a crossover promotion with Avengers: Infinity War, Katsuki shared a brief conversation with Iron Man.^[10]

Katsuki also appears in Fortnite Battle Royale as one of the crossover characters along with Izuku Midoriya, Ochaco Uraraka and All Might.^[11]

Reception[edit]

Popularity[edit]

Katsuki has consistently ranked first in the series’ popularity polls, beating out other popular characters such as Izuku Midoriya and Shoto Todoroki.^[12][13] In Tumblr’s top anime and manga characters of 2020, Katsuki ranked second, behind only Izuku.^[14] Anime! Anime! did a poll where the readers voted for the most popular hero characters. Katsuki ranked as the fifth-most popular hero character in 2021;^[15] eighth in 2022;^[16] and seventh in 2023.^[17]

Critical response[edit]

Alex Osborn from IGN praised the character and his development throughout the series.^[18] Daniel Kurland from Den of Geek also praised the character; he also praised Chapin’s English performance of the character.^[19] Sam Leach from Anime News Network praised the character as amazing; he also praised Okamoto’s voice performance as the character.^[20] The reviewer for Anime UK News also offered praise for the character.^[21] The columnists for Manga News had similar feelings, praising the character and his development.^[22] Steven Blackburn from Screen Rant praised Katsuki’s development throughout the series, though questioned some of the decisions made by the character in the later parts of the series.^[23] Chelsey Adams from Comic Book Resources felt that Katsuki became more likeable as the series progressed.^[24] Briana Lawrence from The Mary Sue praised Katsuki’s character development and personality, calling the character relatable.^[25]

Actor Ryo Yoshizawa praised the character.^[26]

References[edit]

Katsuki Bakugo (Japanese: 爆豪 勝己, Hepburn: Bakugō Katsuki), also known by his nickname Kacchan (かっちゃん, Katchan) and his hero name Dynamight (大・爆・殺・神ダイナマイト, Daibaku Kisshin Dainamaito), is a superhero and one of the main protagonists of the manga series My Hero Academia, created by Kōhei Horikoshi. His Quirk is Explosion (爆破), which allows him to make explosions from his hands by detonating the nitroglycerin-like substance he sweats; throughout the series, he learns various different ways to apply this. Overuse of the Quirk can potentially break his forearms.

Katsuki Bakugo
My Hero Academia character
Katsuki as pictured from the cover of My Hero Academia, Volume 13
First appearance	My Hero Academia #1, «Izuku Midoriya: Origin», July 7, 2014
Created by	Kōhei Horikoshi
Portrayed by	Ryōta Kobayashi
Voiced by	Japanese: Nobuhiko Okamoto Yuichiro Umehara (vomic) Rie Takahashi (young, vomic) Sachi Kokuryu (young) English: Clifford Chapin Kate Oxley (young)
In-universe information
Alias	Kacchan Great Explosion God Murder Dynamight
Species	Human
Occupation	Student at U.A. High School
Family	Mitsuki Bakugo (mother) Masaru Bakugo (father)
Nationality	Japanese
Quirk	Explosion

As a child, Katsuki often bullied the Quirkless Izuku Midoriya. However, after they both entered U.A. High School and Katsuki lost to Izuku in training, he began to see him differently. After Katsuki is kidnapped by the League of Villains, All Might loses his Quirk in the process of saving him, which made him blame himself for All Might’s retirement, though All Might later reassures him it was not his fault. Katsuki later becomes one of the only people who knows the true nature of Izuku’s Quirk.

Katsuki has received positive reviews from critics, with many praising his character development throughout the series and his relationship with Izuku. The voice performances in both Japanese and English dub were also received praise. The character has also consistently ranked in the series’ popularity polls, most commonly he placed first.

Creation and conceptionEdit

In the first draft of the series, Katsuki was a genius with a nice personality, though Horikoshi scrapped this idea because it was too boring. Instead, he decided to make the character nasty and unlikeable.^[1] Horikoshi originally intended to keep Katsuki with the nasty and unlikable personality, though later decided to give him development so people wouldn’t hate him.^[2] After the series’ anime adaptation premiered, Horikoshi began writing the character with Nobuhiko Okamoto’s voice in mind.^[2] Horikoshi had not expected Katsuki to become a popular character, so he was surprised to see the character rank well in the popularity polls.^[2][3]

Katsuki’s English voice actor, Clifford Chapin, has commented that he often has to end recording sessions early due to his voice getting worn out from all the screaming the character does.^[4] Chapin prefers voice acting the more calmer and emotional scenes with the character, even making the character accidentally sound too vulnerable at times.^[5]

AppearancesEdit

In My Hero AcademiaEdit

Katsuki begins the series as an intelligent student with aspirations of being the world’s greatest hero, but had an arrogant, violent and crude personality. He often bullied Izuku Midoriya for being Quirkless during their childhood. However, after Izuku was given the generations-old Quirk One For All, he and Katsuki enter the prestigious U.A. High School and are both enrolled in Class 1-A. After losing to Izuku during their first training exercise, he begins to treat Izuku with a grudging respect, which eventually evolves into an ongoing rivalry. His attitude earned the ire from most of his classmates who would often scold, ignore or even taunt Katsuki. During the story, however, Katsuki receives character development on par with Izuku, learning the importance of teamwork and co-operation, becoming a leader, accepting help, and how to save others in order to win. He also begins developing a friendship with classmates Eijiro Kirishima and Shoto Todoroki. However, Katsuki still holds onto his habit of yelling.

After being kidnapped by the League of Villains, and refusing their offer to join them, Katsuki is rescued by All Might, his childhood hero. However, All Might’s hero career comes to an end as he uses the last of his powers in the fight against the mastermind and his arch-enemy, All For One, which fills Katsuki with guilt for being the one who was taken and putting an end to the hero. After failing the Provisional Hero Licensing Exam due to his guilt and aggressive attitude, Katsuki takes Izuku out to Testing Ground Gamma, and reveals he has finally put the pieces together on how Izuku received his Quirk, One For All, from All Might. After that, Katsuki challenges Izuku to a battle to deal with his guilt and ask why it was Izuku who was chosen to receive One For All, when they both grew up admiring All Might just as much as each other. After defeating Izuku, All Might arrives to stop the fight, reassures him that what happened was not his fault, and tells him the Origins of All For One, the injury that limited his hero work, his need for a successor, and All For One. After agreeing to keep this information secret, Katsuki becomes one of the few people to know the truth about One for All. As they return to the U.A. dorms, Katsuki promises Izuku that he will surpass him one day, to which Izuku responds that he will simply have to go even higher still than Katsuki, forming a proper rivalry between the two.

This rivalry becomes a quick rekindling of their childhood friendship and the pair talk more since the fight, although sometimes playfully antagonistic. As one of the only people who know Izuku’s secret, Katsuki is often found training with Izuku to help him master his awakening Quirks and even sits in on his meetings with All Might about One For All. While gaining valuable lessons attending his internship with Izuku and Shoto, Katsuki’s heart begins to open up more to people. However, the turning point for Katsuki’s character happens during the war with the Paranormal Liberation Army. Katsuki watches on as Izuku, who has been giving his all to keep Tomura Shigaraki in the air, is about to die to Tomura’s piercing attack. In a moment of pure urgency, Katsuki awakens a new explosive technique that propels him fast enough to push Izuku out of the way and tank the hits himself.

After Izuku left U.A. High School during the Tartarus Escapees Arc, Katsuki and the rest of Class 1-A track down Izuku to bring him back to U.A. To convince Izuku into coming back, Katsuki apologizes to Izuku for bullying him in the past. He admits the reason he bullied Izuku was because of his jealousy from his own feeling that Izuku was closer to being a hero than he was and he also admitted that he had been taking his inferiority complex out on Izuku the entire time. He finishes by saying the words he had been wanting to say since they had both almost died: he was sorry for everything. Along with informing Izuku (which he says for the first time) that the latter’s path wasn’t ever misguided the moment he gained One for All, which he rightfully deserved.

Katsuki’s Quirk is Explosion; it works by Katsuki sweating a nitroglycerin-like substance from his palms, which he can detonate at will. Throughout the series, Katsuki learns to apply this in different ways, such as to move through the air, create blinding flashes of light, catapult allies towards enemies, or create shockwaves to serve as defense. However, overuse makes his forearms ache.

In the series’ anime adaptation, Katsuki is voiced by Nobuhiko Okamoto in Japanese and Clifford Chapin in English.^[6][7] In the stage play, he is portrayed by Ryōta Kobayashi.^[8]

Other mediaEdit

Katsuki was added to the Jump Force video game as a DLC character in August 2019.^[9] In a crossover promotion with Avengers: Infinity War, Katsuki shared a brief conversation with Iron Man.^[10]

Katsuki also appears in Fortnite Battle Royale as one of the crossover characters along with Izuku Midoriya, Ochaco Uraraka and All Might.^[11]

ReceptionEdit

PopularityEdit

Katsuki has consistently ranked first in the series’ popularity polls, beating out other popular characters such as Izuku Midoriya and Shoto Todoroki.^[12][13] In Tumblr’s top anime and manga characters of 2020, Katsuki ranked second, behind only Izuku.^[14] Anime! Anime! did a poll where the readers voted for the most popular hero characters. Katsuki ranked as the fifth-most popular hero character in 2021;^[15] eighth in 2022;^[16] and seventh in 2023.^[17]

Critical responseEdit

Alex Osborn from IGN praised the character and his development throughout the series.^[18] Daniel Kurland from Den of Geek also praised the character; he also praised Chapin’s English performance of the character.^[19] Sam Leach from Anime News Network praised the character as amazing; he also praised Okamoto’s voice performance as the character.^[20] The reviewer for Anime UK News also offered praise for the character.^[21] The columnists for Manga News had similar feelings, praising the character and his development.^[22] Steven Blackburn from Screen Rant praised Katsuki’s development throughout the series, though questioned some of the decisions made by the character in the later parts of the series.^[23] Chelsey Adams from Comic Book Resources felt that Katsuki became more likeable as the series progressed.^[24] Briana Lawrence from The Mary Sue praised Katsuki’s character development and personality, calling the character relatable.^[25]

Actor Ryo Yoshizawa praised the character.^[26]

ReferencesEdit

Взрывной и неудержимый, как и его причуда, Кацуки стремится стать сильнейшим героем во всем мире, всячески доказывая это грубой силой. Был одним из тех, кто вечно издевался над Идзуку, называя его и подобных ему «просто выбоинами на его пути к величию». Он же придумал кличку «Дэку» для Идзуку.

Причуда:
Его пот подобен нитроглицерину, и при малейшем раздражении Кацуки создает мощный взрыв, сила которого определяется количеством пота. На рукавах его костюма имеются сосуды в виде гранат, в которых есть углубление, куда собирается пот. При высвобождении накопленного может устроить взрыв как от небольшой боеголовки. Отдача от взрыва не приносит никакого повреждения самому хозяину, давая ему возможность более гибко использовать взрывы в качестве ударной силы. Так как источником его силы является пот, во время низкой температуры не способен выдавать свои способности на максимум.