Himiko Toga

**Himiko Toga** is a character from **My Hero Academia.** She is a former high schooler turned villain and member of the League of Villains, later the Paranormal Liberation Army.

## Appearance

Himiko is a short girl of average build. She has angular, golden eyes with heavy shadows, typically ringed with red, and with narrow, cat-like pupils. Her hair is light blonde and cut into blunt bangs; it reaches her upper back when down, but is usually tied up in a pair of messy buns with lots of strands sticking out, making them resemble spider lilies. She also has pointed ears, sharp teeth and a pair of vampire-like fangs. She has multiple small scars along her hands from nicking her fingers with knives, and typically wears bandaids on her face and hands as a fashion accessory.

## History

**Content warning: internalised homophobia, child abuse, self-harm, attempted murder.**

Himiko is the eldest daughter of the Toga family, having a younger brother and sister. As a child, her Quirk caused her to experience an intense morbid fascination with blood, finding bloodied people and animals 'pretty'. She concerned her parents one day after bringing them a dead, bloodied bird that she had sucked the blood from, asking them if they found it pretty. Horrified by their child's behaviour, Himiko's parents forced her to suppress the natural desires her Quirk caused, forcing her to act like a 'normal' girl. With no choice but to suppress her Quirk, Himiko forced herself to act like an average girl, as society expected from her.

In middle school, Himiko had many friends, and was seen as a sweet, cheerful girl, who was always well-behaved. At home, however, in the privacy of her room, she would desperately give in to her desire for blood, biting at her wrist and drinking her own blood. She grew a momentary crush on a female friend of hers, Kei, feeling disgusted and yet comforted by her fantasy of drinking the girl's blood; this, combined with her fear of falling in love with another girl, caused her to repress her feelings even more and distance herself from the girl.

It was middle school where she one day witnessed a fight between a few boys. In the center was one of her classmates, Saito, beaten and bloodied. The smell and sight of blood caused her to reach a breaking point, reawakening her desire for blood and the long-repressed feelings her Quirk caused. She became obsessed with him, and it was not long until she finally tired of repressing her feelings, attacking Saito in the hallway of her school with a boxcutter, using a straw to drink his blood while crying in relief, wearing an expression of ecstasy as her classmates and former friends watched in horror.

Afterwards, Himiko disappeared and went on the run. Her family were subject to abuse by the community for raising a girl like Himiko, and were forced to move and change their family name to 'Monoma'. Their house was ransacked and destroyed, overtaken with cruel graffiti calling Himiko a 'monster' and a 'vampire'. Despite Saito surviving the attack, Himiko continued to follow her lust for blood, becoming the prime suspect in multiple murders involving bloodletting. In this time, she also grew fascinated with the Hero Killer, Stain, due to the two of them having similar blood-activated Quirks. She eventually found herself in contact with Giran, who gave her temporary shelter before suggesting she join the League of Villains.