Eijiro Kirishima

**Eijiro Kirishima**, also known as the **Sturdy Hero: Red Riot**, is a character from **My Hero Academia.** He is a pro hero in training at the prestigious U.A. High School, where he is a member of Class 1-A.

## Appearance

Eijiro is an average height young man with a somewhat chubby, muscular build. His most prominent feature are his sharp, jagged teeth, that are capable of regrowing just as a shark's might. His hair, while naturally black, is dyed a bright red and rather long, reaching down around his upper back when loose, though it is usually styled up in a meticulously maintained spiky style. His eyes are a crimson red, and he has a prominent scar on the right side of his face, going down through his eyebrow and stopping just above his eyelid. He also has a large, jagged scar running across the bridge of his nose, and multiple other scars littering his body, especially his torso and arms.

## History

Eijiro comes from a large family, living in a fishing town along the coast. He was raised by his two mothers, alongside his older twin siblings and younger sister. His Quirk manifested when he woke up in the night as a small child and rubbed his eye. His Hardening Quirk took that moment to manifest, resulting in him cutting his eye and crying out in pain. Ever since he was young, Eijiro was insecure over his 'plain' seeming Quirk, constantly comparing himself to those around him. He gained a love for 'manliness', his own trans existence spurring him to seek a type of masculinity that would allow him to protect those around him.

Eijiro was childhood friends with Mina, with them growing apart as they got older, despite their families staying friends. Mina was extremely popular in middle school, while Eijiro stayed with his small group of friends. He also spent time on hero forums, having an interest in vintage heroes like Crimson Riot from a young age, even befriending a fellow hero fan over the Internet. Eijiro found himself comparing himself to Mina due to her effortless ability to help others, which came to a head when he happened across a pair of girls from his school being countered by a villain. He willed himself to move, but found himself frozen to the spot with fear, only for Mina to appear and save the two girls.

After failing to intervene, Eijiro grew listless, questioning his existence as a man and his choice to enroll at U.A. due to his own cowardice. Suffering a breakdown, he threw a book across his room, with it dislodging an old hologram of an interview with Crimson Riot, where the Chivalrous Hero explained his definition of a 'manly spirit'; learning from your past fears and mistakes, and living without regret. Invigorated by the hero's words, Eijiro decided to follow his dream after all. He reinvented himself before high school, dyeing his hair red and spiking it up in a homage to his favourite hero. He also lost contact with his online friend in his final year of middle school, not before witnessing a news story about a Quirkless boy that ran in to save a friend from a villain. After achieving a large number of points in the Entrance Exam, he was accepted into Class 1-A, finishing in second place overall.