Tanjiro Shiragaki

**Tanjiro Shiragaki** (*Shiragaki Tanjiro*), also known by his hero name **Creo** (クレオ), is a student in Class 1-A at U.A. High School.

## History

Tanjiro transferred to his new school during the spring. On his first day as a third grader, Tanjiro could not give a proper self-introduction, and after the opening ceremony where they moved into the classrooms and formed groups, Tanjiro was not able to insert himself into any group because he lacked the courage.

Due to considering himself a boring person, Tanjiro was not able to make any friends. Suddenly, Yui Mahina approached him after realizing that Tanjiro was trying to say that he likes Heroes; it was this recognition that began the friendship between Tanjiro and Yui. Yui and Tanjiro were both alone in a way which strengthened their bond branching from the wanting of a friend.

In middle school during a Quirk Education class, Tanjiro tried constructing but failed to do so only making a spike in the ground. Meanwhile, Yui successfully controlled two squirrels simultaneously which made people compare both Tanjiro and Yui on how Yui is so much better at using her Quirk than Tanjiro despite the fact that they were friends. This deeply conflicted Tanjiro but when he felt at his lowest Yui was always there to tell him to rise up to the occasion and never lose hope reminding him of his goals to become a hero.

Yui cheered up Tanjiro and said that he will shine brightly like the sun and the reason he can give it his all is due to Tajiro being there for her. Although he was nervous, Yui praised Tanjiro's resolve to never give up which inspired him to do the same. Despite Tanjiro's low opinion of himself, Yui always thought of Tanjiro as a talented person who is cool and super fun and sunny to be around with.

## Appearance

Tanjiro is a tall young man with rather pale skin. His ears are longer than most, their tips pointy and somewhat elf-like. He has messy, indigo hair, which sticks out behind his head, and thin, tired-looking eyes, partially covered by his bangs despite the fact that they're supposed to be split as to not impair his vision. His shoulders are usually hunched, and he avoids making eye-contact with people.

When wearing his school uniform, Tanjiro wears his outfit in a slovenly way. His tie isn't tightened all the way and his shirt isn't completely tucked in as it should be, making it seem as if he doesn't put much effort into his appearance.

## Personality

Tanjiro is extremely shy, aloof, depressed, "intimidating", and introverted, especially around big audiences. He gets nervous very easily when talking to other people. Though Tanjiro may seem frail, he gets quite protective of Yui at times as he quite admires her and have known each other for a long time.

While his abilities and Quirk are outstanding, Tanjiro is very socially awkward and lacks confidence in his own powers. He apparently feels overwhelmed by the pressure to be perfect and this has damaged his self-esteem. Tanjiro is quick to point out when others are being too optimistic in his pessimistic opinion and is unable to recognize his own achievements.

Tanjiro does not believe anyone should undermine another person's hard work. Yui often gives Tanjiro the inspiration to act even when he's feeling anxious.

## Abilities

**Overall Abilities**: Tanjiro has mastered his Quirk, Construct, through vigorous training. He possesses the ability to manipulate feature selection, size manipulation, and simultaneous manifestations through his creations and manipulation of matter. This gives Tanjiro's fighting style incredible variation and unpredictability.

**Tactical Intellect**: Tanjiro demonstrates incredible tactical judgments during fights, which is one of the main reasons why he and Yui get along so well together. Through his thinking, Tanjiro can get out of the toughest spots knowing when to strike and when to flee making him quite the good tactical thinker in terms of leadership, but it's overthrown with his anxiety.

**Martial Arts**: During admits a battle Tanjiro has proven to be quite resilient in both ranged and melee combat often relying on his Quirk but also his own martial arts abilities

### Quirk

**Construct**: Tanjiro's Quirk allows him to manipulate and assemble any force of matter that is non-living, essentially changing any configuration he desires, effectively giving him full control over matter, though however even his own powers has its limitations. Though he can construct anything he wants he can't destroy matter but only being able to reconstruct and bend it to his will.

Tanjiro can manipulate all sorts of matter from the very earth or even liquids but he says its much harder since the less compact the molecules are the more difficult it gets to control the area of matter. But his creations are more limitless as it can be scuplted into anything Tanjiro can picture and want.

## Equipment

**Material Pouch**: Since Tanjiro can't physically detach matter in from itself, Tanjiro's Hero Costume is equipped with a number of pockets holding different materials from stone to steel used meant for ranged attacks or minimal items such as keys.

**Arm Cannon**: Attached to Tanjiro's left arm of his Hero Costume allows him to blast the items he creates.