Hitoshi Shinso

**Hitoshi Shinso** is a student in U.A. High School's General Department from Class 1-C.

## Statistics

* **Name**: Hitoshi Shinso
* **Origin**: My Hero Academia
* **Gender**: Male
* **Age**: 16
* **Birthday**: July 1
* **Classification**: Human, Emitter-Type Quirk User, Hero-in-Training, U.A. High High First Year Student
* **Blood Type**: AB
* **Height**: 177 cm (5'9.7")
* **Weight**: 64 kg (141 lbs)
* **Skin Color**: Light
* **Eye Color**: Purple
* **Hair Color**: Indigo
* **Relatives**:
* **Alignment**: Good
* **Status**: Good
* **Class**: **B-Class**
* **Powers and Abilities**: Brainwashing
* **Standard Equipment**: Artificial Vocal Cords, Capturing Weapon
* **Weaknesses**: As long as the enemy remains silent, Hitoshi's Quirk won't have any effect on them. It is also possible to escape the mind control if the victim is hit by a sufficiently strong physical jolt or through a similar amount of pain. Brainwashing doesn't work on non-living entities like robots, and his Quirk won't work if his voice is projected through speakers or a megaphone. The people who get brainwashed cannot perform an order that requires them to think how to do the process Hitoshi wants. This weakness has been mitigated by training.
* **Notable Attacks/Techniques**:
* **Voice Actor**: Wataru Hatano

### Power Stats

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## Appearance

Hitoshi is a young man with messy, indigo-colored hair that flares out in large tufts around his head and notably straight teeth. His eyes are purple with white pupils, and are thin and somewhat triangular in shape, pointing downward, with no visible eyelashes. They're usually half-closed, and he has very dark eye bags underneath them.

Since his training with Shota Aizawa, he gained a muscular figure compared to how he usually was during the U.A. Sports Festival.

Hitoshi wears a prototype hero costume consisting of the long-sleeve winter version of the U.A. PE uniform: a dark blue shirt and pants with thick white lines over his upper body and down his legs which form the letters "U" and "A", and a white marking framed by a red line on each sleeve. In addition to this, he wears a detachable mask-like device over his mouth, known as the Artificial Vocal Cords, which aids him with the activation of his Quirk, a Capturing Weapon, the same as the one worn by Eraser Head, around his neck, and a pair of green and white sneakers.

## Personality

Hitoshi is a stoic and straightforward person with an innate ability to spark conversation with anyone, despite holding a reserved and quiet attitude most of the time. He is shown to be rather clever, knowing just the right words to say to manipulate others into replying to his words, allowing him the opportunity to activate his Quirk. He does not seem to mind doing something underhanded if it means he can claim victory in a fight.

Due to having his Brainwashing Quirk perceived as evil throughout his whole life, Hitoshi has been somewhat feared by those who are aware of his power and has been discriminated against solely because of the Quirk he was born with. This led him to become resentful of those who had Quirks more associated with hero work, using Izuku Midoriya as an example by stating that someone "as blessed as him" would never understand what it's like to have an ability like his own. Regardless of his drawbacks, however, Hitoshi desires to become a Pro Hero more than anything, with a deep longing to disprove those that doubt his heroic intentions. Not only does he want to refute those who shame his abilities, but he also aspires to usurp students who walk the path towards becoming a Pro Hero, as he always wished to.

While he stated he had no interest in making friends, Hitoshi has been surrounded by many students who see him as a friend, including Izuku, Denki Kaminari and Neito Monoma.

## Main Skills and Equipment

**Brainwashing**: Hitoshi's Quirk allows him to put someone in a state where they are forced to obey whatever he commands. He can only activate this power when his target verbally responds to something he says. Brainwashing needs to be intentionally activated and will not take effect if Hitoshi doesn't want it to.

Though he can have multiple people under his control at once, he can only activate his power on one person at a time. He was also initially unable to have his victims do things that require some kind of advanced brain function, like talking or writing a name from their memory. However, in an effort to keep up with his future classmates in the hero course, he trained hard and developed his Quirk to a point where he can command people to talk.
Using a megaphone or anything that makes his voice artificial will not allow his Quirk to activate, as the said devices would transform his voice into an electronic signal.
* **Persona Cords**: Using his Artificial Vocal Cords, Hitoshi can modify his vocal tone to imitate the voices of other people, deceiving his enemies so they respond and subject themselves to his Brainwashing.

**Artificial Vocal Cords**: A non-electric device that allows Hitoshi to mimic another person's voice. He uses this in conjunction with his Quirk to trick opponents into answering him, creating an opportunity for Hitoshi to activate his Quirk.

**Capturing Weapon**: Like Eraser Head, Hitoshi uses a long cloth scarf made from steel wire alloy woven with carbon nanofibers. This scarf is excellent for grabbing things, restraining enemies, and enhancing his mobility.

## Relationships

* Shota Aizawa
* Izuku Midoriya
* Denki Kaminari
* Tsuyu Asui
* Mashirao Ojiro
* Katsuki Bakugo
* Neito Monoma