Kirihito Kamachi, known as Kamayan to his friends, is a former Villain Factory's Next-Level Villain from My Hero Academia: Vigilantes.[2] He is currently one of the managers at Hopper's Cafe.
Appearance#
Before being turned into a Next-Level Villain, Kirihito Kamachi was a regular person. From what little is known about him before his transformation is that he had the face of a thug. He has prominent cheekbones, a bit pronounced sharp teeth, flat nose, eyes without pupils and lacking eyebrows, sticking-out ears and short and pointed black hair.[3]
After being kidnapped and modified by bio-engineering, and his Quirk was boosted and pushed to the limit, his body acquired physical characteristics of a mantis. While his chest remains mostly humanoid, although with insectoid characteristics, the lower part of his body has a mantis abdomen and four legs similar to the said insect. His arms became scythes-like limbs, and although his face remains the same, now he has chitinous protuberances and a pair of antennae.[2]
After the timeskip, Kirihito wears a waiter uniform due to being a member of the Hopper's Café staff.[4]
Personality#
According to his friends Ichiro and Jiro Hotta, Kirihito is not a very smart guy, who, despite their warnings, liked to consume the adulterated Trigger that for months was distributed on the streets and caused so much trouble.[3] Despite this he's really not a bad person, and actually has a lot of intelligent things to say about society and the way mutant Quirk users are treated. He laments his new mantis form, seeing it as nothing but a hindrance to his daily life.[5]
Due to his new appearance, he is especially susceptible to people prejudging him and treating him like a villain due to his mutations, yet he quite hypocrite because he has no problem to do the same thing to other people with mutated bodies, which is lamp shaded by others.
Likewise, he also appears to be a person of refined tastes, who enjoys tea time while listening to classical music, and he values good manners and respect for personal privacy.[6]
Abilities#
Enhanced Strength: After being modified by the Villain Factory and doped with large doses of Trigger, the strength of Kirihito is considerable, to the point that it is capable of destroying the concrete of the streets with his scythes-like hands. Even so, he is easily defeated by Captain Celebrity, and once he stops taking Trigger, his strength is considerably reduced.
Enhanced Speed: Like his strength, Kirihito was given augmented speed when he was turned into a Next-Level Villain, to the point that he was able to match Koichi Haimawari's.
Quirk#
Mantis: After being bio-engineered into a large humanoid mantis with very sharp claws; when boosted by Trigger this Quirk makes Kirihito much bigger and sharpens his claws.[2]
Relationships#
Hotta Brothers#
Kirihito has a good relationship with the brothers Ichiro and Jiro, who call him Kamayan affectionately. The brothers care for him and help him whenever they can, but they recognize that he is not very smart—calling him an idiot for overusing Trigger—and that he tends to exaggerate his complaints.[3]
Chapter Appearances#
debut
flash
flash
yes
yes
yes
yes
f
f
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
f
p
p
yes
flash
yes
yes
yes
yes
flash
yes
yes
Anime Appearances#
debut
p
yes
yes
flash
yes
p
flash
f
yes
Trivia#
- Kirihito's name is composed of the kanji for "sickle, scythe", "pond", the kanji for the paulownia tree, and "humanity, virtue".
- Kirihito's name contains references to the Japanese word for "mantis".
- According to Kirihito's Volume 5 profile:
- His body when using his Quirk was envisioned as all-black due to the massive amount of Trigger in his body, and reverts to white when the drugs completely exit his body.
- While there's no colored depiction of this palette in the manga, the anime depicts Kirhito's transformation with colors that resemble a real-life praying mantis, with them being much darker as a Next-Level Villain due to the Trigger.
- His concept art was later deemed to be to lacking, so Betten Court ending up adding more detail to Kirihito's design when he properly appeared in the story, though he had massive trouble balancing the look.
- Kirihito's English voice actor, Alex Hom, also voices Ganma Asui.