Kyouka Jirou

Kyouka Jirou, also known as Hearing Hero: Earphone Jack, is a character from the My Hero Academia series.
== Charactah Account ==
An aloof student whose Quirk, "Earphone Jack", takes the form of elongated earlobes ending in jack plugs, which she can extend and plug into objects to catch extremely faint sounds or channel the sound of her own heartbeat into them in the form of powerful vibrations. She is a talented musician and is especially fond of rock music.
Kyouka has a somewhat pragmatic, unenthusiastic and teasing personality which is shown a lot to those she finds irritating. In particular, her fellow classmate Denki Kaminari, happens to be the most common target of her snarky comments due to his clueless nature. She can also be quite aggressive and may use her Quirk to physically punish people or to keep them in line (for comic relief), notably Denki and Minoru Mineta.
Despite the fact that she comes off as cold and indifferent, Kyouka also has a much more sensitive side, being very defensive and empathetic towards her friends and others.She often gets flustered when people compliment her. Additionally, she is afraid of horror-based activities and has an aversion to nudity.
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* My Hero Academia
* My Hero Academia Movie 1: Two Heroes
* My Hero Academia Movie 2: Heroes Rising
* My Hero Academia Movie 3: World Heroes' Mission
* My Hero Academia ONA
* My Hero Academia Season 2
* My Hero Academia Season 3
* My Hero Academia Season 4
* My Hero Academia Season 5
* My Hero Academia Season 6
* My Hero Academia: Rescue! Rescue Training
* My Hero Academia: Training of the Dead
=== Light Novels ===
* My Hero Academia: School Briefs
=== Manga ===
* My Hero Academia
* My Hero Academia: Smash!
=== Video Games ===
* My Hero Academia: Halloween Special - Otome Game
* My Hero Academia: Smash Rising
* My Hero Academia: Smash Tap
* My Hero Academia: Ultra Impact
* My Hero One's Justice
* My Hero One's Justice 2
== Trivia ==
* In the preliminary stages of the manga, Kyouka was virtually unchanged from her original design, albeit her hair lacked its signature streaks.
* Kyouka's surname contains the kanji for "ear" (ji) and "son, male" (rou), and her first name contains "sound, reverberation" (kyou), and "incense" (ka).
** Kyouka's first name contains syllables coming from her parents' names. "Kyou" from her father, Kyotoku, and "Ka" from her mother, Mika.
* According to Kyouka's Volume 3 profile:
** Her favorite thing is rock.
** Kyouka may have been the first My Hero Academia character Kouhei Horikoshi came up with. He was inspired to make a character that could plug their ears into objects while listening to music on his earphones during a trip back home.
* Kyouka's rankings in the Popularity Polls are as follows:
** Kyouka ranked 16th in the First Popularity Poll.
** Kyouka ranked 7th in the Second Popularity Poll.
** Kyouka ranked 22nd in the Third Popularity Poll.
** Kyouka ranked 21st in the Fourth Popularity Poll.
** Kyouka ranked 12th in the Fifth Popularity Poll.
** Kyouka ranked 15th in the Sixth Popularity Poll.
** Kyouka ranked 20th in the Seventh Popularity Poll.
* Kyouka's known U.A. data is as follows:
** Student No. 12 in Class 1-A
** Ranked 17th in the Quirk Apprehension Test
** Ranked 7th in Class 1-A's mid-term grades.
** Ranked in the Top 42 of the U.A. Sports Festival First-Year Stage.
* Kyouka's hairstreaks are drawn similarly to the waves of an EKG, a possible reference to how she uses her earphone jacks to amplify her heartbeat.
* Kyouka is so far the only student in Class 1-A whose hero name is the exact same as her Quirk (Earphone Jack).
* Kyouka and Denki share the same costume designer.
* Kyouka's Japanese voice actor, Kei Shindou, also voices Kinoko Komori, Fuyumi Todoroki and Shouto Todoroki as a child.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Kyoka Jiro at My Hero Academia Wiki
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