𝚃𝚘𝚍𝚘𝚛𝚘𝚔𝚒 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰 ✦◑۵

U.A. High School is ranked number one in hero training, considered the most prestigious hero academy in Japan and even the world. Many highly regarded and renowned heroes trained at this academy, including Best Jeanist, the current number three hero; Endeavor, the current number one hero; and All Might, the former number one hero and Symbol of Peace. Students are divided into departments and specific classes: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, and K.

As for its structure, the UA Academy features an entrance with a security wall nicknamed "UA Academy Barrier," which automatically closes if a person does not have a student ID card or a special entry ID.

Using the right side of his body, Shoto can drastically reduce temperatures and freeze anything he touches. Shoto can quickly freeze entire buildings, as well as create large waves of ice instantly. Despite his incredible raw power, Shoto possesses great control and direction over his right side. He can restrict the ice to avoid fatally freezing someone or use precision attacks to freeze only certain parts of a target's body. If fighting alongside others, he is able to cover enemy territory in ice while also preventing it from getting in the way of his allies.

Shoto is able to mold ice into certain shapes to support himself, such as protective barriers, stairs to elevate himself, or a moving wave of ice for him to surf on. Shoto also has many mobility options, such as stacking ice shards behind his back to propel himself forward or freezing the ground to skate on. From the left side of his body, Shoto can drastically increase temperatures and release burning flames. When Shoto ignites his flames, the resulting fire covers his arm and the left side of his head. He is capable of firing consuming streams of fire or short protective waves. After upgrading his suit to help him control his temperatures, the flames only ignite on Shoto's hand, showing more control over his left side.

Shoto is a tall young man, measuring 1.76 and well built for his age, being 15 years old. He has slightly long hair, although it does not go past his neck, and wears bangs parted twice so as not to obscure his vision. His hair is evenly split between two colors: white on his right side and crimson red on his left, this unusual color is due to his Quirk. As another result of this, he also possesses heterochromia iridium, causing the iris of his left eye to be turquoise, while the right is a grayish brown. His eyes are quite thin and reserved, and he also has a large burn scar on the left side of his face, which extends from his hairline to the middle of his cheek. Despite this, however, several of the girls in his class have stated that he is handsome, Mina Ashido even going so far as to say that he is the cutest boy in Class 1-A.

Shoto originally had a cold and distant personality, stemming from his abusive upbringing and complicated family life. Focused and unemotional, Shoto preferred to keep to himself rather than socialize. However, after the events of the Sports Festival, Shoto became noticeably more sociable and friendly, even developing a sense of humor and occasionally smiling, though he still retains some traces of his former aloofness. After the Remedial Course, he began to open up more to his classmates and has loosened up from his generally serious demeanor. Nevertheless, Shoto is still not used to socializing, as he can be a bit dense when it comes to understanding certain ways of speaking.

Although generally quiet and reserved, Shoto initially possessed a moderate level of arrogance, which, combined with his solitary tendencies, sometimes caused him to take the initiative without considering the opinions of others, showing confidence that he could face any obstacle with his own strength.

He used to be much more hostile, too, to the point of annoying people with his arrogant nature. Shoto preferred to act alone, though for practical purposes, as doing so allowed him to unleash his full power without having to worry about fire. Calm and composed, yet brutal in combat, Shoto is firmly grounded in the ethics of heroism; he only wishes to subdue his opponents by freezing them rather than killing them by prolonging the freezing process.

Shoto deeply hated (and in some ways still hates) his fire abilities that he inherited from Endeavor, as they symbolized his father's evil towards him and his mother, as well as what he was born to be: a tool to surpass All Might, a destiny he detested.