Mahoro Shimano is a resident of Nabu Island with her younger brother, Katsuma Shimano, in My Hero Academia: Heroes: Rising.
Eight years after the Final War, Mahoro is attending an unknown college.[2]
Appearance#
Mahoro is a small girl with dark brown eyes, straight brown hair styled into pigtails with dark pink bubble-shaped bands, and a small patch of freckles in the middle of her face. She wears a pink dress with dark pink overall straps and buttons over a black tank top, and white sandals with a pink stripe wrapping around the sole, and dark pink flower decorations at the sides. On her left wrist is a bracelet with a floral charm identical to her brother's, both of which were handmade gifts from their mother.[1] She also wears a large sun hat with a dark pink scarf and bow at the crown and a light pink stripe at the rim.
Eight years after the Final War, Mahoro has grown taller. She has also dyed her hair blonde and wears explosion-shaped earrings, likely born out of her admiration for Katsuki. Her school uniform consists of a dark blue skirt, a light blue blazer over a white dress shirt, and a green tie. She also wears shin-high socks and brown loafers.
Personality#
Mahoro is a very stubborn girl who's very quick to judge others. Due to her mother's death and her father's work-related absences, Mahoro has grown extremely protective of her brother Katsuma. She also developed a greater appreciation for her father, and at the time he was the only person she saw as a hero.
She purposefully caused trouble for Class 1-A in order to prove to her brother that heroes aren't as great as they appear to be, as seen when she sends Katsuma to call for help only for them to arrive and discover a hologram of a monster instead of an actual threat. Later on during Nine's invasion of the island, she calls out for help as he approaches them to steal Katsuma's Quirk and they are saved by Izuku Midoriya, but when he was about to be killed by Nine, she frantically creates an "S.O.S Hologram" calling for more help. After Izuku rescued her and her brother she was awestruck by his speech showing that she was beginning to see how great heroes really are.
Towards the end of the film when Katsuki Bakugo and Izuku are left heavily injured from Nine's attack, Mahoro begins to cry and calls out to them to keep fighting and not give up showing that she has grown to care more for heroes. At the end of the film, Mahoro and her brother run down the deck at the harbor and happily wave goodbye to the heroes while thanking them for saving them during the attack, showing that she has now grown to appreciate them.[3]
Abilities#
Quirk#
Hologram: Mahoro's Quirk allows her to create holograms of anything she wishes, even gigantic ones. These holograms cannot interact with the physical world.
Battles & Events#
My Hero Academia: Heroes: Rising Hero Work Recommendation Project Deku and Katsuki vs. Nine U.A. Students vs. Nine Deku and Katsuki vs. Nine: Rematch
Chapter Appearances#
debut
yes
Anime Appearances#
debut
yes
yes
Trivia#
- Mahoro's given name contains the kanji for "truth, reality, genuineness" and "canopy, hood". Her last name contains "island" and "whereupon, accordingly".
- Mahoro's first name is derived from the Japanese word for "illusion", and , an archaic term from the Kojiki that describes a distant, highly coveted, utopic location. In the context of the poem it originated from, it was used to describe Japan itself. [1]
- The "horo" in her first name is homophonous with part of the Japanese pronunciation of the English word "hologram", which is the name of her Quirk.
- Mahoro shares her birthday with Fuyumi Todoroki.
- Mahoro's English voice actress, Dani Chambers, also voices Mawata Fuwa.
- According to Mahoro's Volume Rising concept art:
- Mahoro's pigtails were designed to look like bananas, to reference how Nabu Island is a tropical island located near southern Japan.
- Mahoro's demeanor largely resembles her late mother's.