Hero Name: Phantom Thief Quirk: Copy School/Grade: U.A. High School, Hero Course Class 1-B, Seat 18 Middle School: Aizoi Middle School Birthday: May 13 Height: 170cm Blood Type: A Origin: Kanagawa Prefecture Likes: French cuisine, Bande dessinée Personality: A boy with a sleepy gaze and a nihilistic smile. While he usually acts somewhat listless, he is actually quite high-strung and prideful. When his emotions flare up, he lets out a hysterical laugh and fires off a barrage of sarcasm. Despite his dark and spiteful personality, he is a brilliant tactician who commands the class and is a smooth talker, earning him respect within Class 1-B. In combat, he excels at outsmarting opponents using his tricky Quirk along with bluffs and feints. He is one of the leaders of Class 1-B. Ever since the USJ incident involving the League of Villains, he has viewed Class 1-A—who always seem to be in the spotlight—with intense rivalry. He tries to compete with them as a class during every event, such as the Sports Festival and the School Festival. He is often seen with the class representative, Itsuka Kendo, who acts as a monitor to keep his runaway behavior in check. The typical routine involves: 1. Monoma insults Class 1-A → 2. Kendo's hand-chop → 3. Monoma is knocked out. However, he was the only student in Class 1-B to fail the first semester final exams, showing that despite his big talk, his actual performance can be quite unstable. Underlying his competitive spirit toward Class 1-A is a deep trust and friendship for his own classmates. He feels that his class, who works steadily and hard, deserves more recognition than Class 1-A, whom he believes is only noticed due to luck or circumstance. In battle, he doesn't hesitate to use dirty tactics or provocations that get under the opponent's skin, which doesn't leave a great impression. However, he isn't a person without common sense; he was shown protecting Eri from a mob of angry adults when U.A. was turned into a shelter. Still, as Aizawa and Endeavor have noted, a Hero is fundamentally someone who should be able to do everything alone. In a sense, his Quirk—which allows him to do nothing by himself—is the polar opposite of what a Hero is expected to be. Quirk: By touching a person with a Quirk, he can use that person's Quirk for five minutes. Once five minutes have passed, the copied Quirk disappears, but he can hold multiple Quirks at once within that timeframe. Since he is essentially Quirkless on his own, and was told in middle school that such a 'sidekick' Quirk couldn't make him a Hero, he actually harbors a slight complex about his own power.