Battle Hero: Gunhead is a Pro Hero, whose agency specializes in armed combat.[1]
Appearance#
Gunhead is a wide-set man of a muscular build with long, pale mint-green hair that spikes backwards, away from his head.
In his hero costume, he wears a white mask with four holes in a square formation, all resembling gun muzzles with slight barrel stems protruding from their side, the only exception being the bottom left one, which instead just holds the appearance of a regular circle. He wears a partial bodysuit of a dark grayish-cyan color, only covering the lower portion of his torso, his arms from the shoulders down and the palms of his hands. A padded combat vest sits over this, around the sides of his chest, and is kept in place by two straps that connect his mask and shoulders. He also sports plain brown pants and short black boots, as well as his signature revolver chamber-shaped silver bracers and spikes on his knuckles.[1]
Personality#
Gunhead is a very professional and friendly individual with values that make him a great teacher. In a fight, he's composed and fierce, but otherwise, he tends to be unexpectedly kind to people.
Ochaco Uraraka often notes how he has very cute tendencies like teasing her[2] and posing.[3]
History#
Gunhead attended a meeting of Pro Heroes and the Police Force to discuss the situation of the unwilling civilians injected with Trigger.
Synopsis#
Vs. Hero Killer Arc#
Gunhead is first mentioned when Ochaco tells her classmates she has chosen the Battle Hero's Office for her internship.[4]
On the first day of field training, Gunhead takes Ochaco out on patrol. He explains to her how heroes are and that his hero office specializes in clamping down on crime. They receive a commission based on their acts of heroics after they are called in by the police.[5]
Gunhead uses the next day to instruct Ochaco and others on a proper fighting form.[3] Later on after the Hosu Incident, Gunhead notices Ochaco on the phone speaking with Izuku Midoriya. He tells her another training session is about to begin and then teases her about talking to a boy.[6]
Later on, Gunhead trains Ochaco on fighting an opponent armed with a knife. She uses a fake dagger to attack Gunhead, but his movements are too fluid for her to hit him. He eventually takes Ochaco down, explaining how he did it all along the way.[7]
Once the internship comes to an end, Ochaco returns to school and tells her classmates that learning Gunhead's martial arts was very worthwhile.[8]
Shie Hassaikai Arc#
Ochaco attempted to intern under him again, but he was busy.
Final War Arc#
The Heroes prepare for the Final War to defeat All For One's army of villains for good. While many teams are assigned to take on groups of villains that are warped to various spots all over Japan, Gunhead is part of the team dedicated to protecting the civilians in the Underground Evacuation System beneath U.A.
Everything is going relatively well as the moving segments are being shifted between U.A. and Shiketsu High School, however, some of the moving segments suddenly stop with the lights going out. As it turns out All For One's sleeper agents were jamming the system as well as sabotaging the foundations, causing the shelter to start to crumble apart. Gunhead gives chase to the culprit responsible for jamming the system, while the other Heroes take care of the other spies.[9]
All the subordinates are taken out, however due to all the fighting the block is unstable, so Gunhead orders all the civilians to quickly evacuate to the surface as the shelter continues to crumble apart around them.[10] They all make their way out, with the U.A. robots being there to let the civilians evacuate wherever they want to go, warning the civilians to be wary of the immense heat and destruction caused by Dabi's Blueflames nearby, unaware that he is on the verge of exploding which will take out everyone in the area.[11]
Abilities#
Gunhead Martial Arts: Gunhead is a highly capable martial artist and trained Ochaco to an impressive degree in only a week.
Quirk#
Gatling: Gunhead's Quirk gives him gun-like organs in his arms which can shoot claw-like bullets made of keratin.
This Quirk is very capable in short-range combat, so it is mainly used as suppressive fire.[12]
Stats#
Battles & Events#
Vs. Hero Killer Arc Hero Agency Internships
Chapter Appearances#
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debut
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Anime Appearances#
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debut
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flash
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Trivia#
- Despite his intimidating physical appearance, Gunhead has a cute voice, according to Ochaco.
- He likes skincare.[13]
- Gunhead's Japanese voice actor, Kōji Okino, also voices Kojiro Bondo, Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu, and the Cider House leader.
- Gunhead is possibly named for the 1989 Tokusatsu Mecha film, Gunhed, which shares the same spelling in Japanese.