Tenya Iida

**Tenya Iida** is a student of U.A. High School's Class 1-A and its class president. He is one of the main protagonists of *My Hero Academia*.

## Statistics

* **Name**: Tenya Iida, Ingenium
* **Origin**: My Hero Academia
* **Gender**: Male
* **Age**: 16
* **Birthday**: August 22
* **Classification**: Human, Mutant-Type Quirk User, Hero-In-Training, U.A. High School First-Year Student and President of Class 1-A
* **Blood Type**: A
* **Height**: 179 cm (5'10.5")
* **Weight**: 66 kg (145 lbs)
* **Skin Color**: Light
* **Eye Color**: Blue
* **Hair Color**: Blue-Black
* **Relatives**: Unnamed Father, Unnamed Mother, Tensei Iida (Older Brother), Unnamed Grandparents
* **Alignment**: Good
* **Status**: Active
* **Class**: **A-Class**
* **Powers and Abilities**: Engine
* **Standard Equipment**: Hero Costume
* **Weaknesses**: After using Recipro Burst his Engine stalls for a short period of time, greatly reducing his effective movement speed during this time. He requires a significant running start to reach his top speed. His engines will stall if he drinks carbonated sodas or if the muzzlers are jammed. Can suffer from tunnel vision during matters of great personal importance to him.
* **Notable Attacks/Techniques**: Recipro Burst, Recipro Extend, Recipro Turbo
* **Voice Actor**: Kaito Ishikawa

### Power Stats

* **Attack Potency**: **Building level**, **higher** with Recipro Burst/Extend
* **Speed**: **Superhuman** with **Supersonic** Combat and Reaction Speed. **Hypersonic** with Recipro Burst (Capable of moving this fast), **Hypersonic+** with Recipro Extend
* **Lifting Strength**: **Class 5**
* **Striking Strength**: **Class MJ**, **higher** with Recipro Burst/Extend
* **Durability**: **Building level**
* **Stamina**: **Superhuman**
* **Range**: **Standard Melee Range**
* **Intelligence**: **Genius** (Having inherited his Quirk from a long line of well-known heroes, Tenya is already experienced with the ins and outs of his Quirk and thus has full control over it. He is also responsible and extremely attentive to the point of comedy, cleaning every speck of dust from the training ground to prevent Ochako from using her Quirk against him. These traits allowed him to reach 6th place in U.A. Practical Entrance Exam and 4th in Aizawa's Quirk Apprehension Test. Furthermore, he has the second highest grades in his class in a school renowned for its rigorous course work. However, his seriousness can sometimes lead to tunnel vision and poor judgement, as his grudge against Stain led him to abandon his post and go after the Hero Killer, resulting in his own capture.)

## Appearance

Tenya is a relatively tall and muscular young man with a wide frame. He has short dark blue hair, flattened neatly down and parted on the left of his head, a small patch completely shaved near the base of his head, and rather square eyes which match the notably pointed shape of his jaw. He usually wears a serious expression, and his eyebrows seem to be permanently pointed inwards, quite thin and long in length, the far ends sharply hooked inwards, and he wears glasses with rectangular lenses. Because of his Quirk, he possesses calves that are incredibly thick, and shaped like automobile engines, with three silver exhaust pipes protruding from each one.

His hero costume consists of a black one-piece suit with a high collar, over which he wears various pieces of armor, all a pale silver in color, including a chest plate, a metal collar around his neck and another around his upper arm, and metal vambraces that extend past his elbows pointed at the ends. He wears a helmet covering his entire face, its sharp bevor full of holes to allow him to speak and breathe easily, and its upper piece rounded over his head with two larger holes on either side, two curved horns just behind and a single spike sticking out of the back of his head.

On his feet, he wears silver knee-high boots with gold accessories, which are specialized for his Quirk, and around his torso, he has three thick metal pipes, attached with a blue band, although these only serve as decoration. His armor is very lightweight and does not protect him much; its main purpose is to cut down air resistance rather than to protect him.

## Personality

Tenya may look severe, but he's actually a very straightforward, earnest, intelligent and serious person. He tends to take everything very seriously, and because of this, he has a habit of jumping to conclusions, then enthusiastically speaking or acting based on said conclusions. For example, after assuming that Izuku had figured out the true nature of the U.A. Entrance Exam, Tenya acknowledged him as a worthy peer and has since held him in high esteem. All this enthusiasm leads Tenya to be hyperactive and intense, having some involuntary body tics such as moving his arms around in strange patterns and sometimes twitching his own body uncontrollably.

Tenya is extremely dedicated to his studies and always eager to learn new things. As Class 1-A's representative, Tenya is obsessed with organization and discipline, expecting his classmates to follow suit, which more often than not annoys them. At the same time, Tenya takes personal responsibility over the safety of his classmates, considering it his duty as class representative to protect and keep them away from dangerous situations.

Tenya is also a very humble person, willing to admit his mistakes and improve himself in areas he is lacking. This became clear when Tenya admitted that seeking vengeance against Stain was not the way a real Hero should act, deciding to leave his damaged left hand unhealed as a reminder of his recklessness and also as a motivation to pursue true heroism. Tenya also values honor and fair play, and will become angered if it turns out that he is being manipulated.

Being part of the highly-esteemed Iida Family, Tenya is proud of his lineage, and works hard to meet the expectations put on him. Tenya admires his older brother, Tensei Iida (also known as the Turbo Hero Ingenium), and wants to become a hero similar to him. His bond with his brother is so strong that after Tensei was severely injured by Stain, Tenya sought to avenge him by trying to hunt and dispose of Stain himself, breaking several rules of Hero work in the process, which otherwise would be extremely uncharacteristic of him. Having inherited the alias of Ingenium, Tenya now works hard to be able to uphold his brother's Hero name as well as the reputation of the Iida Family.

## Main Skills and Equipment

**Engine**: Tenya's Quirk manifests in the form of engines in his calves, giving him super speed. His engines have multiple gears, allowing him to switch between First, Second, or Third Gear, depending on the situation. Much like a real engine, his Quirk requires that the exhaust pipes on the back of his legs remain clear of obstructions in order to function properly.

* **Recipro Burst**: This move allows Tenya to forcibly accelerate his Quirk, giving Tenya greatly enhanced speed for 10 seconds at the cost of disabling his engines for a short period of time afterward. Even Shoto Todoroki could not fully evade Recipro Burst and admits that he expected no less of its incredible speed.
* **Recipro Extend**: After Tenya manages to cool down the negative effects of Recipro Burst, he regains even more acceleration than before.

**Hero Costume**: Tenya's hero costume is an armored suit that supposedly decreases wind resistance but is actually mostly for decoration. Contrary to the appearance, his armor is lightweight.

* **Ingenium Boots**: The boots contain cooling devices and other mechanisms that augment the performance of his engines. As a result, his running distance is greatly extended.
* **Ingenium Muffler**: The muffler is for decoration.

**Genius Intellect**: Tenya was ranked 2nd place in the mid-terms for Class 1-A, proving his tremendous academic prowess. He was able to discern that there were parameters of the U.A. Entrance Exam that he was unaware of. Tenya also has strategic and tactical abilities. When facing the Hero Killer: Stain, Tenya recalled how Shoto had frozen his mufflers during their battle at the U.A. Sports Festival and used it as a battle tactic to increase his speed even further in order to blindside Stain. When he was paired with Mashirao Ojiro to battle Power Loader in the Final Exams, Tenya came up with a strategy that involved carrying Mashirao on his back and using "Recipro Burst" in order to swiftly evade the traps Power Loader had set. When it seemed that the Pro Hero was about to defeat them, Tenya quickly thought of another plan, in which Mashirao wrapped his tail around Tenya’s leg, and Tenya himself used "Recipro Extend" to fling Mashirao to the escape gate, while the latter parried Power Loader's attack, quickly securing victory for the young heroes.

* **Leadership Skills**: Tenya is a strong leader, as shown when he was able to calm his panicked peers during an evacuation that was turning into a stampede. Tenya became class president of Class 1-A after Izuku resigned and gave the position to him, believing him to be better suited for the job.

## Relationships

* Tensei Iida
* Izuku Midoriya
* Ochaco Uraraka
* Katsuki Bakugo
* Mashirao Ojiro
* Minoru Mineta
* Shoto Todoroki
* Momo Yaoyorozu
* Mei Hatsume
* Manual
* Stain