- Tamaki Amajiki

Appearance

Tamaki 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. Tamaki's shoulders are usually hunched, and he avoids eye contact with people. Tamaki wears his tie slightly loosened when wearing his school uniform, and his shirt is only partially tucked in. Tamaki's hero costume consists of a black bodysuit decorated with gold plating around the arms and shoulders. He dons a white tunic, matching cape, and hood with more gold layering on the top. The cape connects to a scarf-like collar with a silver front mask. Tamaki also sports a purple mask over his face and a matching purple carrier vest with red straps. He wears a mask over his eyes and is barefoot, giving him more freedom when using his Quirk. 177 cm tall. 18 years

Personality

Tamaki is extremely shy, aloof, depressed, "intimidating", and introverted, especially around big audiences. He gets nervous very easily when talking to other people. If his anxiety gets the best of him, Tamaki will often face away and lean into a wall to hide his face from others.[7] This also happens whenever Tamaki has a bad feeling or feels insulted.[8] While his physical abilities and Quirk are outstanding, Tamaki is socially awkward and lacks confidence in his powers. He feels overwhelmed by the pressure to be perfect, which has damaged his self-esteem.[9] Tamaki is quick to point out when others are too optimistic in his pessimistic opinion and cannot recognize his achievements. His pessimism directly contrasts with Fat Gum's optimism. Even after being complimented by Fat Gum, Tamaki often takes his mentor's praise for taunting.[2] Despite his timid heart, Tamaki can show flashes of bravery. Even though he's always been a shy and reserved boy, Tamaki was able to hone his skills and climb the ranks into one of U.A.'s Big 3. Mirio Togata is a big inspiration for Tamaki, and their cooperation throughout their lives has led him to establish his own set of stern beliefs that he will uphold and vocalize. Tamaki's favorite things are butterflies

Skills

Overall Abilities: Tamaki is one of U.A. High School's most powerful students alongside Mirio Togata and Nejire Hado, who are all collectively known as The Big 3. Tamaki has been stated to have skills and abilities that far outclass that of most Pro Heroes. Tamaki has mastered his Quirk, Manifest, through vigorous training. He can manipulate feature selection, size manipulation, and simultaneous manifestations. This multifaceted aspect gives Tamaki's fighting style incredible variation and unpredictability.[12] Tamaki eats plenty of Takoyaki and Clams daily because he believes they're great for offense and defense. For example, Tamaki often uses tentacle fingers to bind his opponents while using a clamshell husk for protection.[2] Tamaki has a variety of other powerful combinations as well, including using chicken talon strengthened with octopus muscles or tentacle fingers reinforced by crab shells. Fat Gum strongly believes Tamaki's abilities are above his own and an entire team of Pro heroes and students that included the rest of the Big Three, Ryukyu, Eraser Head, and Rock Lock.[9] Tamaki has proven his strength on multiple occasions. He was able to effortlessly neutralize dangerous villains before having his Quirk temporarily erased.[2] Tamaki's mettle was proven when he faced off against Toya Setsuno, Yu Hojo, and Soramitsu Tabe of the Eight Bullets in a 3-on-1 fight and was confident that he could take on the Yakuza trio by himself.Tamaki does not believe anyone should undermine another person's hard work. He noticed Class 1-A could not recognize how much work Mirio put into honing his power, and even showed his face to comment on it.[10] Mirio often inspires Tamaki to act even when he's feeling anxious. Inspired by Mirio's bravery during the yakuza raid, Suneater shows a bright flash of courage, stepping up to the challenge of facing three villains alone so that the others can complete the mission.

Quirk

Manifest (再さい現げん, Saigen?): Tamaki's Quirk grants him the ability to manifest the physical characteristics of anything he's eaten; for example, if he eats takoyaki, he can transform his fingers into octopus tentacles. Additionally, anything Tamaki manifests is significantly stronger than normal, as seen by how his crab claws can easily crush metal weapons. The more of a substance Tamaki eats, the stronger his manifestation will be. He can only manifest the traits of substances still in his system and loses access to those traits once the substance is fully digested. He must resupply his Quirk daily and decide what foods to eat beforehand. After vigorous training at U.A., Tamaki can use multiple manifestations simultaneously, control the manifestation's size, and accurately choose the best features of whatever he's eaten to fit any situation."

Backstory

Tamaki Amajiki transferred to his new school during the spring. On his first day as a third grader, Tamaki could not give a proper self-introduction, and after the opening ceremony where they moved into the classrooms and formed groups, Tamaki was not able to insert himself into any group because he lacked the courage. Due to considering himself a boring person, Tamaki was not able to make any friends. Suddenly, Mirio Togata approached him after realizing that Tamaki was trying to say that he likes Heroes;[1] it was this recognition that began the friendship between Tamaki and Mirio. In middle school during a Quirk Education class, Tamaki tried manifesting something but only managed to manifest a tiny plant on his hand due to his nervousness. Meanwhile, Mirio tried phasing through a wall but only managed to phase his hands through it. Some of Mirio's classmates laughed at Mirio's struggles, but Mirio was not disheartened at all and resolved to pull off his phasing properly next time. While walking home, Tamaki praised Mirio's optimism while lamenting his own lack of self-esteem. Mirio cheered up Tamaki and said that he will shine brightly like the sun and the reason he can give it his all is due to Tamaki being there for him. Although he was nervous, Mirio praised Tamaki's resolve to never give up which inspired him to do the same. Despite Tamaki's low opinion of himself, Mirio always thought of Tamaki as a talented person who is cool and super fun and sunny to be around with.[1] After middle school, Tamaki and Mirio entered U.A. High School, where they were in the same class as Nejire Hado. She had gained a reputation for being distant from everyone and supposedly looking down on them due to her powerful Quirk. Despite this, Tamaki awkwardly tried to befriend her, asking her what hero she is a fan of. This eventually grew to her becoming friends with Tamaki, and subsequently Mirio, and they worked their way to the top, becoming The Big 3 of U.A

Quirks

A Quirk (個こ性せい, Kosei?, lit. "Individuality"), formerly known as a Meta Ability (異い能のう, Inō?, lit. "Extraordinary Ability"), is a superhuman ability that a person can possess. Along with being unique to each user, Quirks are sorted into multiple categories. Quirk users are also limited to only developing one ability and are thus unable to achieve any other through natural means.The earliest known instance of a human having superpowers was a female sex worker, who would later become the mother of twin boys, All For One and Yoichi Shigaraki. Her Quirk was Spearlike Bones, but it only manifested as hardened growths on her left arm. She died during childbirth by a riverbank, her life force sucked away by a fetal All For One, without ever truly knowing about her ability.[1] A year after her sons were born, the first superpower ever to be officially recorded was manifested by a newborn baby in Qing Qing City, China with the ability to radiate light from its body. After this phenomenon, many people around the world began to manifest different kinds of superpowers,[2] and not just at birth, some people showed signs of powers in puberty. These powers became known as "Meta Abilities".