Oboro Shirakumo (Earth 1)

## Oboro Shirakumo/Kurogiri

> Keep calm, carry on and don't freeze up. Even when you screw up, just keep smiling like usual... That's my M.O..
>
> **Oboro Shirakumo** to Shota Aizawa in "Two as One"

> I am Kurogiri. The one who protects Tomura Shigaraki.
>
> **Kurogiri** to Shota Aizawa in "Hero Hopeful"

**Oboro Shirakumo**Template:Nihongo, also known as **Loud Cloud**Template:Nihongo, was a student in Class 2-A at U.A. University training to become a Pro Hero. He was in the same class as Shota Aizawa and Hizashi Yamada. He was killed during a battle with a villain during his Hero Work-Studies.

His corpse was recovered by All For One and transformed into a Nomu called Kurogiri to act as Tomura Shigaraki's caretaker.

Template:Nihongo is a major antagonist in the series. He is a B-rank villain and a High-End Nomu created by Doctor Kyudai Garaki from the corpse of Oboro Shirakumo to serve and protect Tomura Shigaraki under All For One's command.

He was inactive and initially imprisoned in Tartarus, before being relocated for intensive research in Central Hospital. He is now active, following an interaction with Spinner.

## Appearance

### As Oboro Shirakumo

Oboro was a tall boy of average stature with light blue, wavy hair that was swept back to flow upwards above his head, two shorter, ear-length tufts left hanging downwards to frame his face. He usually wore an expression of excitement, possessing a large, teeth-bearing grin and semicircular, inward-tilting blue eyes that were often squeezed shut.

At U.A., he wore the standard male uniform: a light gray blazer with dark turquoise trimmings over a white dress shirt and dress pants, along with a red tie, as well as a small rectangular bandage over his nose.

Oboro's hero costume consisted of a closed dark blue martial arts Gi, secured by a black knot-tied obi over his waist, boots, and black fingerless gloves. He also wore a black undershirt and a dark brown aviator jacket with white fur lining, and, on his head, a blue aviator hat with large mufflers and an opening that allowed his hair to protrude from the top. The back of his jacket featured the Japanese word for Template:Nihongo. He sported goggles, and on his back, he carried a sheath to store his quarterstaff. His suit was complemented by a gourd-like speaker tied to his belt.

When briefly regaining control of his body, his facial features appear the same, despite the many years that passed. However, the rest of his face was obscured by Kurogiri's smoke.

### As Kurogiri

As his name implies, Kurogiri's entire body is made out of a dark purple mist, save for his eyes, which are glowing yellow. He normally wears a very elegant suit with a tie and has a metal brace that goes from around his collarbone to just below his eyes.

In his villain costume, he covers himself in his dark fog, with only the metal brace around his neck being visible.

After being re-awakened from his imprisonment, his body has some alterations with more elements of Oboro becoming visible, such as his shoulder, hand, and pupil.

### As Oboro Shirakumo

Oboro Shirakumo School Uniform.pngOboro in his school uniform.Oboro trying to communicate.pngOboro in Kurogiri's body.

## Personality

### As Oboro Shirakumo

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Oboro was a boy with a jovial and casual personality, very prone to making jokes and witty comments with innuendos. His energetic and goofy persona was similar to that of his classmate Hizashi Yamada, although Oboro never quite reached his excitement level.

Due to his extravagant behavior, he wasn't big on following protocol and had little to no sense of shame, as evidenced when he came into class through a window and changed his clothes in front of everyone, regardless of whether this might bother other people. He didn't give much importance to his criticisms or reprimands.

Despite this, the most characteristic element of his personality is his selfless altruism. Oboro was the type of person to go the extra mile when someone or something needed help.

### As Kurogiri

Kurogiri has a level-headed personality, which often serves to ground Tomura's immaturity and temper. He is intensely loyal to both All For One and Tomura, having been created to watch over the latter. As a Nomu, Kurogiri is programmed to only obey commands from a select few and will remain silent towards any attempt to extract compromising information about the League from him.

Kurogiri is very polite and well-spoken even to his enemies, sometimes introducing himself in a formal manner. However, just like his fellow villains of the League, he possesses a truly sinister nature, having no qualms in putting hero students in situations where they would be tortured or killed. At the start of the series, he was often seen tending to a bar in the League of Villains' first hideout at Kamino, Yokohama.

It remains unknown how much of Oboro's personality Kurogiri has retained. However, in his conversation with Shota Aizawa and Hizashi Yamada, Kurogiri expresses Oboro's caring traits, as seen when he would constantly worry about his charge and tried to immediately inquire about his status. Kurogiri himself has stated that he was not at all bothered by Tomura's personality and simply cared for his well-being, greatly shocking his former classmates on how he still retained this trait.

At the very least, he seems unaware or dismissive of his previous identity, although a small part of Oboro was able to briefly manifest himself, thanks to Shota's efforts.

## Powers and Abilities

### Powers

* Template:Nihongo: Oboro's power grants him the ability to generate clouds. These clouds are dense enough to be touched and can carry a relatively large amount of weight. Oboro can ride his generated clouds through the air and even use them to store objects.

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* **Warp Gate** *ワープゲート Wāpu Gēto*: Kurogiri's power grants him the ability to create and manipulate a dark fog from his head and hands. This fog acts as a portal to another location. Whenever he produces a mass of the dark fog, it transports anything it comes in contact with to a location of Kurogiri's choosing. His power is coordinate based, so in order to use it, he needs to know the exact location where he is supposed to open the exit portal.
He can also create multiple exit points where the things that touch his fog will emerge, as shown when he stops the fight between Tomura, Dabi, and Himiko Toga and each of their hands appear in a different location.
This power's usefulness and rarity makes Kurogiri an extremely vital asset to the League of Villains, as even Tomura, despite being angered with Kurogiri during the raid on U.A. University, did not dare punish him and had Nomu rescue him because he was the only way to escape.
Warp Gate is an artificial power made with a combination of several powers, with Oboro's Cloud used as the base factor.
 It is unknown how many powers besides Cloud have been used to make Warp Gate.

### Abilities

* **Tactical Intellect**: During his battle against the Space Hero: Thirteen, Kurogiri created a portal in front of himself and opened the exit behind Thirteen, turning the suction power of her Black Hole power against her, resulting in her back being torn and scarred. Kurogiri knew it would work because he realized that Thirteen was a rescue hero, and thus deduced that she lacked combat experience and battlefield awareness.

### Ultimate Moves

#### As Oboro Shirakumo

* Template:Nihongo: Oboro creates a small cloud in front of the opponent, temporarily blocking their vision. While the opponent is distracted, he creates larger clouds around himself to hide within.

## Equipment

### As Oboro Shirakumo

* **Quarterstaff**: When he wears his hero costume, Oboro fights using a quarterstaff, which he handles with great skill.
* **Gourd**: Oboro carries with him a gourd that is actually a device that works as a speaker.

### As Kurogiri

* **Neck Brace**: Kurogiri wears a metal brace around his neck to help defend a vital part of his body that can't generate his protective dark fog.

## Battles & Events

### As Kurogiri

* Manga
* Vigilantes

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## Trivia and Notes

### Trivia

#### As Oboro Shirakumo

* Oboro's last name is composed of the kanji for Template:Nihongo and Template:Nihongo, and his first name contains Template:Nihongo.
* Oboro likes blue skies and the sun.
* Oboro's hero costume, quarterstaff and his Cloud power reference Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, who is one of the four main characters of the classic Chinese novel, *Journey to the West*.
* Oboro's favorite food is sushi.

#### As Kurogiri

* His name contains the kanji for Template:Nihongo and Template:Nihongo.

### Notes

#### As Oboro Shirakumo

* Kohei Horikoshi designed Oboro out of a wish to give Shota Aizawa a Mirio-like figure from his past. He worked together with Hideyuki Furuhashi for the details of Shota's backstory, which was later featured in *My Hero Academia: Vigilantes*.
* Oboro's Hero costume and goggles were designed by Betten Court, while his U.A. school uniform look was designed by Horikoshi.
* In the Season 4 ending "Shout Baby" Oboro makes a brief cameo with Hizashi and Shota in their U.A. Uniform with his back facing the photo.

#### As Kurogiri

* He is the first Nomu to appear in the series.

## Quotes

### As Kurogiri

* (To Class 1-A and Thirteen) *"Greetings. We are the League of Villains. Forgive our audacity, but... today, we've come here to U.A. High School—this bastion of heroism...to end the life...of All Might, the Symbol of Peace."*

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