Rumi Usagiyama

Rumi Usagiyama, also known as the Rabbit Hero: Mirko, is the current No. 6 Pro Hero,^[5] and former No. 5 Pro Hero.^[6]

Appearance#

Rumi is a tan-skinned woman of average height. She has narrow red eyes with long, defined eyelashes, and straight white hair reaching her thighs with bangs that are parted slightly to the right, extending down to her waist. While slender and curvaceous in frame, she also has a muscular and well-built physique— having impressive musculature noticeably on her arms and legs. Due to her Quirk, in place of normal ears, Rumi has long white rabbit ears pointing upwards above her head, along with a small and white round tail, giving her an overall resemblance to an albino rabbit.

Her Hero Costume consists of a sleeveless white leotard with dark purple trim around her shoulders and waist, a wide yellow crescent moon design over her chest, and a single thick metal plate wrapped around her midriff. She wears purple thigh-high boots to compliment her leotard, with more plating around the heel and toe areas, making her feet look like those of a rabbit. She also has a pair of thick, white gloves on her hands with long cuffs, sporting small triangular protrusions around their edges.

During the Jaku General Hospital raid, part of her left forearm was crushed and her right shin was stabbed by a High-End Nomu, while the tip of her right ear got sliced off.^[7][8] In the aftermath of the War, she obtained a prosthetic left forearm and right leg, which are interchangeable in case they get destroyed. She also possesses a small faint scar under her left eye and a massive scar on her left thigh. She also cuts her hair just below her jaw and adorns a new black belt with her hero costume.^[9] During the Final War, her right forearm is bitten off by a mouth on Tomura Shigaraki's arm growth.^[10]

In the aftermath of the Final War, Rumi is seen gaining new prosthetics for both her left arm and right leg, with her left arm being upgraded to hold a big bullet-like weapon, and her hair has grown a bit longer.^[3]

Eight years later, Rumi's hair has grown back close to its original length, and her bangs are now cut short. The tip of her right ear is replaced by a prosthetic connected to her organic ear by three orange rings, and her left ear now has a circular chunk missing near the tip. Her hero costume remains mostly the same, only now lacking the metal plate around her waist, her crescent moon logo is slightly redesigned and placed on the left part of her chest, a thinner, more shirt-like collar, and a small, orange, gem on her chest. Her mechanical arms are now identical, with numerous firearms and cannons at the fronts and the sides.

Personality#

Rumi is tough and always speaks her mind, even if it causes confrontation,^[6] and she respects those who do the same.^[11] Rumi seems to believe that heroes who join teams are cowards, as they could just be relying on their teammates' strength rather than their own.^[6] As a hero, she proves to be very fearless and independent, freely traversing Japan while bravely facing any villain she comes across.

When she was in middle school, she was known to be a hooligan, constantly starting trouble by infiltrating fight clubs and joining in the fights, to the point of being expelled from her school. This continued into her high school days where her attraction to fighting arenas led her to the Underground Masquerade. Here she was able to establish her prowess as a future Pro Hero, with her desire not to sit on the sides and finish a fight all the way through, gaining the respect of O'Clock. She also refused to take any compensation for her actions, intending to make it big all on her own in the future.^[12]

Despite her brash demeanor, Rumi isn't above assisting others, as she came to the aid of Endeavor and Hawks after seeing their battle with Hood on the news.^[13] She also requested Endeavor's help while fighting a villain on one occasion, showing that she isn't unwilling to ask for help from other heroes despite her solo disposition,^[14] and also assisted the team assigned to take down Tomura Shigaraki in the Final War, where her overzealous and brash personality clashed with someone who shared similar traits, Katsuki Bakugo, leading to the two arguing on the battlefield.

Rumi embraces life-threatening situations with a bright grin and is constantly searching for the next big adrenaline kick, smiling in the face of danger. She does not back down, even when she is overpowered by stronger enemies, claiming to only be getting warmed up. Rumi also appears to take every day of her life with no regrets, admitting she'd risk her life for the greater good.^[7] Her great devotion and bravery even earned her the respect of Endeavor, who vowed to finish Rumi's work and defeat the villains in her stead when the Rabbit Hero was left unable to fight.

Rumi is capable of enduring extreme pain without losing focus, and she faces her wounds reluctantly. She is pragmatic and quick thinking, as she was able to bind off her bloodstream with her thick hair to keep fighting without her arm.^[7] To fight in the Final War, Rumi was willing to sacrifice her injured limbs and have them replaced with prosthetics without a second thought, choosing to do so rather than go through time-consuming rehabilitation. Both times she had lost her arms were not enough to halt her rampage, and she was able to improvise and keep up her assault.

Abilities#

Overall Abilities: As the No. 5 Pro Hero, Rumi is more powerful than most other Pro Heroes. Her hearing capability is outstanding, as she was even able to locate her target through minimal noise. She was also shown to be capable of multitasking, as she simultaneously attacks, dodges, and concludes information about the enemies.^[7]

During the initial stages of the Paranormal Liberation War, Rumi fought against several High-End Nomu unaided for an extended period, incapacitating a few, and decapitating one. Though once the Nomu were fully stabilized, she was easily overpowered and fully expected to die before deciding to take the Doctor down with her.

Later, while fighting in the Final War against the villains, Rumi was selected to join the Hero team to assist Izuku Midoriya in the battle against "Tomura Shigaraki", despite the handicaps she suffered in her battle with the Nomu, a further testament to her might as a hero. While Izuku's arrival was delayed, she managed to hold back the enhanced villain along with the rest of the Heroes present, and in a rage-fuelled rampage, her blows were strong enough to make the villain stagger and bleed. Though once "Tomura" evolved into his final defense form, she was quickly cast aside with a single blow.

Eight years later, despite having lost her right leg and both arms, she is still able to rank ninth on the Hero Billboard Chart JP, which speaks volumes about her capacity as a Pro Hero.

• Enhanced Strength: Rumi has proved to possess exceptional physical strength, being able to easily defeat several Nomus and break down the huge metal gate that kept Kyudai Garaki's secret laboratory.^[15] Remarkably, she was able to momentarily incapacitate some of the High-End Nomu and sever one of their heads.^[7] However, after they started to stabilize, she was quickly overwhelmed by them to the point that she was prepared to die and decided to finish off Doctor Garaki to take him with her.^[8] Later, her strength proved capable enough to force back the rapidly evolving "Tomura" and make him bleed, though he had been accumulating the damage from the dragged on fight and she was quickly defeated once "Tomura" progressed to his final defense form.

• Enhanced Speed: In conjunction with her level of physical strength, Rumi possesses an equally impressive amount of speed. Her speed allowed her to reach Kyudai's laboratory in just a few minutes, being barely slowed by the Nomus that tried to stop her.^[15] She was also fast enough to keep up with the High-End Nomu,^[7] but once they began to stabilize, Rumi was unable to land any more blows on the High-Ends.^[8] Later her speed was shown to be enough to outpace "Tomura" in battle, but her speed quickly proved inadequate to outpace his final form.

• Enhanced Dexterity: Rumi has shown to possess remarkable control over her limbs and body, as seen when she fights multiple High-Ends.^[7][8]

• Enhanced Agility: Rumi has shown to have unique agility.^[7][8]

• High Pain Tolerance: During the Hospital Raid, Rumi's left forearm was crushed, and she was forced to cut it off completely yet continued to engage in extremely intense combat without issue. She kept moving even though she was experiencing pain. Even after sustaining major injuries, she was still able to seemingly ignore the pain enough to achieve her objective and destroy Tomura's container.

• Master Hand-to-Hand Combatant: Due to her Quirk, Rumi primarily relies on hand-to-hand combat to restrain and incapacitate Villains. Thanks to her strong legs, she heavily favors kicks in her fighting style, matched with incredible speed and the ability to build up momentum by jumping from one spot to the next.

• Enhanced Instincts and Intuition: As seen during the Heroes' raid against Kyudai's hospital and against the High-End Nomus, Rumi showcased greatly sharp instincts and intuition, with her having been able to detect the severe danger Tomura possessed despite him being medically deceased.

Quirk#

Rabbit: Rumi's Quirk gives her the attributes and abilities of a rabbit. This grants her incredible leg strength, allowing her to jump and kick with extreme force; she can even destroy large chunks of the ground by thumping her foot. She also has excellent hearing thanks to her rabbit-like ears and possesses animal instincts that alert her to nearby danger.

Ultimate Moves#

• Luna Ring: Rumi uses her incredible leg strength to kick multiple targets simultaneously as she performs a cartwheel in the air with her legs extended.^[7]
• Luna Fall: Rumi swings her foot downwards while she is above her opponent, driving her target straight into the ground beneath her feet with a mighty kick.^[7]
• Luna Tijeras: Rumi mounts onto her opponent's head and grips them tightly with her legs before twisting her body, pulling with all of her superhuman leg strength to rip her opponent's head cleanly off and then smashing it into the ground.^[7]
• Luna Arc: Rumi raises her leg and delivers a powerful front-facing axe kick onto her opponent.^[16]
• Luna Rush: Mirko rushes towards her opponent and pummels them with a series of powerful kicks.^[17]

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Equipment#

Prosthetics: After losing her limbs in the Paranormal Liberation War, Rumi was given a strong and durable prosthetic left arm and right leg that greatly assist her in battle. After losing her right arm in the Final War, she receives another replacement prosthetic.

• Arms: Rumi typically outfits her arms with long-range weaponry. Her left arm's combat capabilities were first shown off during the Gollini Invasion, where it was able to fire a large laser from its palm.^[18] In the Final War, it was destroyed during her fight with "Tomura" and replaced with a multi-barrel gun with rapid fire capabilities. Afterward, she is seen with a regular looking right arm and a large Bullet Bill-like attachment on the left. Eight years following the Final War, both of her arms are outfitted with an array of guns and cannons when in combat.

Battles & Events#

<center><tabber> Manga= {{B&E|color=#FF9B02| Pro Hero Arc

• Hero Billboard Chart JP

Paranormal Liberation War Arc

• Paranormal Liberation War
• Jaku Hospital Raid
• Mirko vs. High-Ends

Final War Arc

• Final War
• Operation Troy
• Pro Heroes & Trainees vs. Tomura Shigaraki

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{{B&E|color=#FF9B02| History

• Underground Masquerade
• Tiger Bunny vs. Masquerade Attendees‎‎
• O'Clock, The Rapper, & Tiger Bunny vs. the Hooded Man

Sky Egg Arc

• Sky Egg Bombing}}

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Trivia#

• Rumi's surname contains the kanji for "rabbit" and "mountain". Since her first name, "Rumi", is written in katakana, it has no kanji reading.
• The moon emblem on her costume and her rabbit-like design might be references to the tales of the Moon Rabbit.
• This is furthered by her special moves all containing the word "Luna", another word for Moon.
• Rumi was the highest-ranking female Pro Hero in Japan, being succeeded by Mt. Lady eight years later.^[19]
• According to Rumi's Volume 20 profile:
• She likes carrots, a stereotypical rabbit food.
• Her design is an amalgamation of Kohei Horikoshi's favorite concepts.
• Her hero name was inspired by former professional fighter Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipović.
• Horikoshi expressed that he had been itching to draw Rumi again since her debut in Volume 20, leading to her eventual reappearance seven volumes later.^[20]
• In a Volume 27 extra page, Rumi is comically grossed out by the author's statement about her.
• Rumi ranked 20th in the 6th Popularity Poll.
• Rumi ranked 32nd in the 7th Popularity Poll.
• Rumi's rabbit-like motif and birthday being in March may be a reference to the March Hare from Alice in Wonderland.
• During her debut as Tiger Bunny in Vigilantes, Betten Court was conscious about portraying the younger Rumi with a little less of her usual tenacity, but still having plenty of energy and athleticism.^[21]
• According to Rumi's Ultra Analysis profile:
• She's a freelancer who doesn't work at an agency and is considered a pioneer in her industry in that regard.
• Rumi is the first Pro Hero confirmed to not work at an agency or be affiliated with some other institution.
• Her personality is described as "strong-minded".
• The kick she made when she interrupted Dabi's appearance after the battle with Hood, was strong enough to be considered its own Ultimate Move.
• Rumi shares her birthday with Slidin' Go.
• Rumi's type is someone stronger than her.^[22]
• According to the Ultra Age Q&A:^[23]
• Rumi is one of the characters Horikoshi enjoyed drawing the most, as she allowed him to simply focus on depicting fight scenes without being bound by other character constraints.
• Rumi constantly breathes as though her life depends on it, which is the secret to her great vitality.
• Rumi is one of the two top Pro Heroes confirmed not to have attended U.A. High School, the other being Hawks. Instead, Rumi attended an unnamed hero school in Hiroshima.
• Mirko's Japanese voice actress, Sayaka Kinoshita, also voices Madam President.

Quotes#

• "To all plotters and schemers out there · Hope you're ready for me to kick your butts."^[11]
• "Only weaklings join teams!"^[6]
• "Quick as a rabbit! It's no sweat. If you're going die, get the job done first... Mirko · Not done yet! Because a Hero never, ever... gives up · "^[24]
• "The second this guy came into view... my body just knew. My rabbit survival instincts told me... that this dude is bad news! This thing! It can't be released into the world · No matter the cost · "^[25]