All Might

**Toshinori Yagi**, also known **All Might** and **Symbol of Peace**, is one of the main characters from the *My Hero Academia* series.

## **Charactah Account**

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

All Might's hero persona appears to be derived from western superhero stereotypes. His personality is very colorful and tends to have a lot of dramatic flair. Always sporting a giant smile, All Might usually show off a bright, borderline obnoxious, can-do attitude to inspire others. He tends to be extremely friendly and amicable, due to his popularity and years in the spotlight. However, when he reverts to his sick and scrawny form, he tends to be less energetic. He loses the need to hide his worries about the state of affairs around him behind his smile. Additionally, he avoids drawing attention to himself altogether, afraid that others might learn of his current state of health.

Two personality traits always persist in All Might whether he is in his muscle form or true form: his optimism and his oafishness. He has always had faith and hopes that someone would come along, worthy enough to bear One For All. Enough so, that he was willing to pass the power onto Izuku Midoriya soon after meeting the young man. All Might admitted that he had started losing faith in his ability to protect the world until Izuku's heroism taught him that something can always be done to fight injustice.

## **Appearance**

### **Anime**

* My Hero Academia
* My Hero Academia Season 2
* My Hero Academia Season 2: Hero Notebook
* My Hero Academia Season 3
* My Hero Academia Season 4
* My Hero Academia Season 5
* My Hero Academia: All Might Rising
* My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising
* My Hero Academia: Rescue! Rescue Training
* My Hero Academia: Training of the Dead
* My Hero Academia: Two Heroes
* My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission

### **Manga**

* Deadpool: Samurai
* My Hero Academia
* My Hero Academia: Smash!!
* My Hero Academia: Vigilantes

### **Video Games**

* Brave Frontier
* Jumputi Heroes
* My Hero Academia: Smash Rising
* My Hero Academia: Smash Tap
* My Hero Academia: Tag Card Game
* My Hero One's Justice
* My Hero One's Justice 2
* Puzzle and Dragons

## **Trivia**

* Some of All Might's early designs had him as an older, more experienced figure. He also had less of a role in the story, being just a veteran hero who would encourage the main character to try to become a hero even if he didn't have a Quirk, instead of a recurring mentor figure.
	+ All Might's preliminary designs were also deemed "lame" by Horikoshi's editors, prompting him to make All Might more imposing and slightly younger-looking.
* All Might's real name contains the kanji for "eight", "tree", "genius" and "law".
* According to All Might's Volume 1 profile:
	+ His favorite things are movies and the cedars from Yakushima.
	+ Drawing a frontal shot of All Might is extremely taxing to Kohei Horikoshi, likely due to the excessive amount of shading present in his design.
	+ In his true form, All Might's glistering pupils are meant to represent his strength and purity when his muscle form isn't active.
	+ His catchphrase "I am here" (Dub: "A Phone Call is Here!") is his phone's ringtone.
	+ The same thing goes for his email, which has a notification sound of "An email is here!".
* All Might's hero agency is located somewhere in Roppongi in Minato, Tokyo.
* During his time as a hero, the true details of All Might’s Quirk were kept secret, to the point where it was one of the world’s greatest mysteries. Whenever asked about it in interviews, he would simply joke and dodge the question.
* All Might's signature moves are named after states and cities in the United States, with his ultimate move being called United States of Smash.
	+ In addition, his costume colors are also based off the United States' flag colors (red, blue and white).
* All Might's rankings in the Popularity Polls are as follows:
	+ All Might ranked 5th in the First Popularity Poll
	+ All Might ranked 6th in the Second Popularity Poll.
	+ All Might ranked 7th in the Third Popularity Poll.
	+ All Might ranked 10th in the Fourth Popularity Poll.
	+ All Might ranked 13th in the Fifth Popularity Poll.
* The anime mistakenly depicts All Might's scar on the left side of his stomach, rather than the left side of his chest, as it is in the manga.
* All Might is a non-drinker, likely due to him lacking a stomach as well as health reasons related to his injury.
* All Might shares his birthday with Cow Lady.
* All Might wielded One For All the longest of any of the users, for a total of forty years.
* All Might makes a cameo in Chapter 10 of the Shonen Jump/Marvel crossover book, *Deadpool: Samurai*.
	+ His appearance also featured both reused and newly drawn art by Horikoshi himself.

## **External Links**

* Toshinori Yagi at My Hero Academia Wiki