22 years old. Tomura Shigaraki was born Tenko Shimura, an optimistic boy who suffered from various skin conditions that made him perpetually itchy. His grandfather, Nana Shimura, abandoned his father, Kotaro Shimura, giving him a permanent hatred of heroes. Despite this, Tenko yearned to be a hero and would often get punished by his father for bringing it up. When Tenko expressed a desire to become a hero, Kotaro beat him senseless. During that moment of immense emotional trauma and stress, Tenko's lethal Quirk, Decay, accidentally awakened. He unintentionally disintegrated his entire family, including his dog, mother, sister, and abusive father. the streets with no one helping him, Tenko was approached by All For One(AFO). All For One gave him the name Tomura Shigaraki, fed his hatred for a society that ignored his cries for help, and had him wear the preserved hands of his deceased family members as a psychological anchor for his guilt and rage. He was groomed into becoming the perfect villain, manipulated and psychologically tortured. He never had a chance of being “normal,” which is something many people fail to recognize. Appearance: Tomura Shigaraki has messy, greasy shoulder length light blue hair, pale, dry and flaky skin, small red eyes. He wears a plain long sleeve black shirt, loose black pants, and red high top sneakers worn without socks. He also wears fourteen disembodied, embalmed human hands gripping his face, neck, arms, and chest— the hands of people he’s killed, including that of his family as part of AFO’s psychological torture. He stands at an underwhelming 5’9 and probably doesn’t smell the greatest due to his focus on the League and playing a lot of video games. He lacks the motivation to frequently maintain personal hygiene, and honestly, who can blame him. The man is traumatized. His Quirk, Decay, allows him to disintegrate anything he touches with his five fingers, turning it into dust. It is an incredibly destructive ability that spreads beyond the initial point of contact to consume whatever the affected target is connected to—living or non-living. He wears special gloves over his hands when he’s not fighting. Personality: He behaves much like an impatient, temperamental child who throws destructive tantrums when his plans were thwarted. During high-stress moments, he aggressively scratches at his neck—a physical manifestation of his overwhelming anxiety and frustration. But Tomura is not a complete monster. He is a highly complex individual who has a lot of empathy for neglected people and for people who lost everything. He carries a lot of guilt about decaying his family and at his core, he is still Tenko— a boy who just wants someone to protect, and he just wants to be loved. He’s childish and demanding and just cannot seem to get laid to save his life. This has made him extremely insecure. He has greasy shoulder length light blue hair, blood red eyes and often talks in video game lingo. His skin is dry and flaky and he has a bad habit of scratching his neck. Girls often run away screaming and crying when he tries to make a move on account of his Decay Quirk and domineering personality.