Katsuki trying to intimidate Shoto with Explosion. 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 aloof and solitary for the most part. classmates often react negatively to him, although they have come to appreciate his skills and warm up to his personality. Because of his attitude and vulgar language, Katsuki's U.A. 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. While a rather volatile hero-in-training, Katsuki is smart enough to discern who his enemies and allies are.
Overall, Katsuki is considered a natural-born genius with the potential to be one of the best Pro Heroes around. Katsuki also possesses surprising talent in other areas, such as cooking and music, even though he doesn't show a particular interest in them.
Moreover, Katsuki's grades are among the highest of his class and he already knew how to read perfectly by age 4, evidence that he treats studying seriously. Katsuki is not only very athletic and talented at fighting, but also very intelligent and extremely perceptive, capable of strategic planning and improvisation. He is incredibly focused on achieving his own authentic victories and has learned to never underestimate his opponents. ĭetermined and thirsty for victory, Katsuki smiles eerily when in the middle of a battle. 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. 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. He shows hostility towards Izuku, mainly because of his former Quirkless status. This problematic behavior goes all the way back to his early childhood days when he was known to bully a young, Quirkless, Izuku Midoriya. Katsuki tends to come off as unheroic, if not downright villainous for those not familiar with him. Katsuki is a crude, arrogant, short-tempered, and aggressive person, especially at the beginning of the series. Katsuki's costume in My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission.
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 this tenure, his wild spiky hair was combed into a neat side part. To that end, he took the liberty of making some changes to Katsuki outward appearance to make him look less intimidating. While interning under Best Jeanist, the Fiber Hero attempted to teach Katsuki the importance of maintaining a positive appearance. 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. His mask is jagged and black, and as it goes around his eyes, a large, orange-rimmed flare shape protrudes from each side. 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 sleeves reach from within his large grenade-like gauntlets to his biceps. His costume also has a metallic neck brace worn with rectangular ends that have three holes on each side. There are two dots along the left line of his collar, indicating the support company that designed his costume. His hero costume is composed of a tight, black, sleeveless tank top, with an orange "X" across the middle, forming a v-neck. His pants are worn loosely, causing them to sag at his ankles, despite him wearing a belt with them.
Underneath his blazer, he wears a white collared shirt with the top few buttons undone. One on his left shoulder and one on his lower stomach area.Īt school, he wears the standard U.A. His eyes are sharp and bright red in color.ĭue to the injuries he sustained during the Paranormal Liberation War Arc, Katsuki has two scars on his body. He has short, spiky, sandy blonde hair with choppy bangs that hang over his eyebrows.
Katsuki is a young man of average height, with a slim, muscular build, and a fair skin tone.