Koji Koda/Synopsis

History
Since childhood, Koji Koda has been a shy person. However, in spite of his nature, Koji manages to get accepted to U.A. High School, to the great joy of his mother, who congratulates him.

Battle Trial Arc
He is teamed with Rikido Sato as "Team F" after being randomly drawn.

U.S.J. Arc
Shota announces to Class 1-A that their lesson in Foundational Skill of Heroics will be the Trial of Rescue, and will take place at the Unforeseen Simulation Joint (U.S.J.) Facility, a practical training area that is designed to simulate any kind of accident or disaster. One of the teachers for the lesson is the Space Hero: Thirteen.

However, before the lesson begins, a black portal opens up and dozens of villains come through it. Shota orders Thirteen to evacuate Class 1-A and try alerting the rest of the school while he runs to deal with the villains. However, Kurogiri appears and uses his Quirk to teleport most of the Class 1-A students to different areas of the USJ. Koji is teleported along with Fumikage to the Downpour Zone, where a group of Villains are waiting to ambush them.

Due to the situation, Fumikage explains to Koji the weaknesses of his quirk. Since that moment, the two face the villains until Present Mic comes to their aid, defeating all of them. After the League of Villains is defeated, Koji is seen with his class, having survived the Downpour Zone with little trouble.

U.A. Sports Festival Arc
Koji places 20th in the Obstacle Race, allowing him to participate in the next event, the Human Cavalry Game. He teams up with Toru, Kyoka, and Rikido. Koji fails to advance to the tournament event due to his team being unable to accumulate enough points to advance.

Koji, along with his class, watches the closing ceremony of U.A. Sports Festival.

Vs. Hero Killer Arc
Two days after the Sports Festival, Koji is seen in class. During the Hero Informatics period, during which the students have to decide on potential Hero names, Koji writes down and shows his Hero name: "Petting Hero Anima".

After Class 1-A is finished formulating their Hero names, Koji is given a list of 40 work places in order to choose a work place that he wants to train at. On the day of the work place training, Koji is at the train station with his class so that he can travel to the work place of his choice by train.

Final Exams Arc
Koji is paired with Kyoka and they must face Present Mic within 30 minutes in order to win and pass the test. The test begins.

Present Mic uses his Voice Quirk to keep Kyoka and Koji off guard. Annoyed by Present Mic's loud voice, Kyoka tells Koji to command the nearby animals to attack, but Koji is unable to due to Present Mic's voice being too loud, in addition to it likely having already scared off the wildlife.

Kyoka and Koji manage to get a little closer to the escape gate, but Kyoka notes that Present Mic will be at the escape gate and that no matter what option of victory they choose, a standoff is inevitable. Present Mic uses his loud voice again; Kyoka notes that they cannot get any closer as long as Present Mic is using his Quirk. Kyoka sees an ant and comes up with an idea; she asks Koji if he can control bugs, but his terrified reaction indicates that he is afraid of bugs. Present Mic uses his loud voice once again; Kyoka tries to counteract with her Earphone Jack, but the sound of her heartbeat doesn't do anything against Present Mic.

Present Mic continues using his loud voice against Kyoka and Koji, who are unable to handle it. Out of options, Kyoka asks Koji if he can control insects, which he confirms. Kyoka uses her Earphone Jacks to break a rock, which reveals dozens of insects, much to Koji's terror. Kyoka tells Koji that she understands his phobia, but using the insects to attack Present Mic is the only plan she can think of because their opponent is too strong. Kyoka encourages Koji to follow through with her plan.

After seeing Kyoka's bleeding ears, Koji is ashamed that he is running away from this fight and realizes that he can only continue being at U.A. by overcoming his fear. Koji musters up his courage and though trembling with fear, he uses his Anima Quirk and commands the insects to attack Present Mic while Kyoka is annoyed since he picked that moment to talk. At the escape gate, Present Mic sees that time is nearly up. Suddenly, dozens of crawling insects emerge from the ground near his left leg and he realizes that the insects traveled to him by moving underground, where sound is ineffective. Present Mic is paralyzed in fear when the insects swarm onto his leg and cause him to faint in horror, allowing Koji to run through the escape gate while carrying an injured Kyoka in his arms.

Back in class,, Koji learns that he passed the written test and will go with his classmates to the forest lodge, which is a boot camp. Koji, along with his class, goes to Kiyashi Ward Shopping Mall to buy necessities for the forest lodge.

My Hero Academia: Two Heroes
At some point, Koji arrives at I-Island.

Koji hangs out with the rest of his class after the I-Expo opens up.

Forest Training Camp Arc
The next day, after an a meeting between Deku and Tomura Shigaraki at the shopping trip, Shota informs Class 1-A that the destination for their lodge trip has been changed and the new destination will only be announced on the day of the event. The first semester comes to a close and summer break has begun. On the day of the event, Class 1-A boards a bus that will take them to the forest lodge destination.

An hour later, Class 1-A’s bus stops for a restroom break. There, they meet Pixie-Bob and Mandalay, two members of the Wild, Wild Pussycats, who challenge the students to reach base camp past the forest in three hours. Then, the students are forcibly thrown into the Beast's Forest by Pixie-Bob's Quirk. Minoru goes into the forest to find a place to piss, when suddenly, he is confronted by a beast. Koji tries using his Quirk to control the beast, but it does not work due to the beast being made out of dirt. Izuku, Shoto, Tenya, and Katsuki mobilize and use their Quirks to destroy the clay beast.

The forest soon fills with more clay monsters, and students use their quirk to destroy them. Koji commands birds to distract the beasts so that they can be destroyed by his classmates. After several hours, Class 1-A manages to cross the forest and arrives at the base camp exhausted and battered, where they can finally rest and eat.

The next day at 5:30 AM, Class 1-A are seen outside the training camp cabin. Shota greets his students and tells them that they will undergo reinforcement training to strengthen and upgrade their Quirks. In order to increase the reach of his Anivoice, Koji is doing vocal exercises to build up his vocal cords. It’s also good for helping him become less shy.

After another day of intense training, Koji prepares to participate in a courage test organized by the Pussycats. However, the Vanguard Action Squad of the League of Villains invades that night, attacking the students and teachers. Koji and his classmates take refuge in the main building, where they are protected by Vlad King, until the villains leave after having fulfilled their goal of kidnapping Katsuki.

Two days later, Koji, along his classmates, visits those who ended up hospitalized due to the attack. Once there, he learns of Eijiro and Shoto's plan to rescue Katsuki. Although he does not participate in it, he does not oppose the intentions of her classmates.

Provisional Hero License Exam Arc
Following the intense villain attacks toward U.A. students, Nezu transforms U.A. into a boarding school in order to protect the students. When Class 1-A arrives at their dorm, Shota scolds them for disobeying the rules and allowing five students to rescue Bakugo. He then says that he would have expelled everyone but Katsuki, Toru and Kyoka (due to them being captured and hospitalized, respectively) from the school, if it weren't for All Might's sudden retirement and asks them to stick to the rules from now on.

Afterwards, the class moves in and decorates their room, then Mina suggests that they make a room showcasing competition. As they enter Koji's room, Mina and Ochaco start to fawn over his pet bunny and play with it. The next day, Shota announces that Class 1-A will be working on developing their own special moves, much to the class' excitement.

The class visits the Gym Gamma, where Cementoss creates a training ground for the class with Ectoplasm using his Quirk to create villains for the class to practice their moves on. In preparation for the Provisional Hero License Exam, Koji decides to upgrade his hero costume, adding new elements, such as a mask that covers his entire face, with holes above over his mouth so his voice still can be heard when he's using his Quirk.

On the day the Hero Qualification Exam starts, Class 1-A arrives at the test location, along with several other classes from other hero schools. Shortly after the exam starts, the first part of the exam involves thinning out the amount of people who can succeed by playing a game, where people put three marks on their body and are given six balls to throw at the other examinee's marks. Those whose marks have been hit are disqualified.

As the exam starts, the students of the other schools focus entirely on U.A. Thanks to their training and costume upgrades, Class 1-A manages to avoid being hit by the balls. Yo Shindo tells his fellow classmates that he will shatter their solid defense, and uses his Vibrate Quirk on the ground, unleashing a powerful earthquake that completely shatters the ground and and causing members of class 1-A to disperse.

After Class 1-A gets scattered after the customary crushing of U.A., Koji has to manage to not be eliminated by participants from the other schools. Fortunately for him, when Yuga is about sacrifice himself to save Tenya, the beam that Yuga shot up in the sky gives him the perfect opportunity to send birds down to the other students who were after Yuga and Tenya. He, along with the rest of Class 1-A, passes the first test.

He and the rest of Class 1-A pass the second task and get their Provisional Hero License except for Shoto and Katsuki.

Shie Hassaikai Arc
The next day, after the opening ceremony, at classes, Shota talks about Hero Work-Studies and days later, introduces to them the The Big 3, the best U.A. students: Mirio Togata, Tamaki Amajiki and Nejire Hado. They will be the one who will introduce them to the Hero Work-Studies.

Koji, like his classmates, is confused by the eccentric personality of the Big 3, and is also surprised when Mirio challenges them all to a fight. At Gym Gamma, the entire Class 1-A attacks him, but Mirio manages to defeat the entire Class 1-A alone without breaking a sweat thanks to his Quirk Permeation.After the fight, while Class 1-A recovers from their defeat, Mirio advises them to participate in the course, since it will help them improve their abilities and career as heroes, just as it happened to him.

Remedial Course Arc
Weeks later, after the police raid at the base of Shie Hassaikai, Izuku, Eijiro, Ochaco and Tsuyu return to their dormitories at the school, where Koji, along the entirety of Class 1-A, is checking to make sure they are doing okay after their mission. Koji even brings his pet rabbit to help them cheer up.

U.A. School Festival Arc
Shota Aizawa announces that U.A. High School will be having a School Festival, which is sponsored by the other U.A. departments. He tells Class 1-A to pick out a program to perform at the festival. Tenya Ida asks for ideas to class 1-A. Koji suggests a petting zoo, but his classmates also have their own suggestions and they don't reach an agreement.

At Heights Alliance, Class 1-A along with Koji finally decide to accept Mina's idea of carrying out a dance performance for the U.A. School Festival. Then Minoru reminds them all that dancing requires music, so the whole class looks at Kyoka. She believes that his music is nothing special and not very heroic-like, but Koji, along with Denki, encourages her to lead the band and play in the festival, saying that music can help put smiles on people's faces.

Class 1-A students are divided into three groups, Band team, Dance team and Staging team. Koji is part of the staging team with Shoto, Eijiro and Hanta. During the following weeks, the various teams practice their respective functions. On the appointed day, the Class 1-A performance ends up being a huge success.

Joint Training Arc
Koji participates in the first round of the Joint Training Battle. He is part of the Class 1-A team, formed by Tsuyu Asui, Eijiro Kirishima and Denki Kaminari against Class 1-B team, formed by Ibara Shiozaki, Kosei Tsuburaba, Hiryu Rin, and Jurota Shishida. Hitoshi Shinso from Class 1-C is added to Class 1-A's team.

When the match starts, Koji uses his Quirk to send pigeons to explore and find the B team members. The pigeons return to inform him that Ibara is alone, probing over wide range with her Vines Quirk. Class A heads towards her position, but they are ambushed by Jurota, who smashes both Eijiro and Tsuyu through nearby pipes. He reveals that his team knew Koji would find them with his Quirk and used Ibara as bait. Kosei Tsuburaba follows up by trapping Koji inside an Air Prison.

A confrontation between both teams takes place, and Tsuyu captures Kosei with her tongue, taking him back to the jail to eliminate him from the match, being persecuted by Jurota. Koji and Eijiro block his path. Koji tries to use a small swarm of insects to stop Jurota while Eijiro attack him with his Red Gauntlet, but both fail, and Jurota tosses Eijiro into the air, allowing Ibara to capture him with her Vines. Jurota retreats, carrying Koji while muffling his ability to speak, and the two Class 1-A students are put in their jail, eliminating them from the match.

Despite this setback, Class 1-A wins the set 4-2. When Shota Aizawa asks his students what they learned from the battle, Koji responds that he needs to be able to give better instructions to insects, so Shota tells him to keep thinking about his weaknesses.

After his round, Koji remains watching the rest of the matches. The Joint Training Battle end with Class 1-A victory. Despite the fierce competition and the result, the exercise ends on good terms between both classes, and later Class 1-B visits Class 1-A's dormitories for socializing and dinner.

My Hero Academia: Heroes: Rising
During fall, the Hero Public Safety Commission devises the Hero Work Recommendation Project, to help to train the new generation of Heroes due All Might retirement. Weeks go by, and shortly after winter begins, after the Hero Interview Training, Class 1-A is sent to Nabu Island, a remote place in southern Japan. The Pro Heroes who protected the island are about to retire, so the students will take care of the place, performing duties as real heroes acting like their own "Hero Office", until the arrival of new Pro Heroes.

Because Nabu Island is quite isolated from the rest of the country, and therefore far from any villain activity, there has been no notable incident since the last thirty years. For this reason, their work on the island involve mostly minor deeds. Koji is sent to retrieve pets that were lost on the island.

The next day, while Koji and several class 1-A students wait in the office waiting for a request, a neighbor and Fumikage arrive to report that the island is being attacked by a group of villains. Tenya quickly organizes the class to face this crisis. Koji teams up with Ochaco to assist in the evacuation of civilians on the beach, which was under attack by villain Chimera.

While several of his companions face the villain; Koji, Ochaco, Tsuyu and Mezo manage to evacuate all the civilians from the place. Then, they see a gigantic hologram of Deku asking for help, which was created using the Quirk of a girl named Mahoro. Koji and the other four run to the place of origin of the hologram, finding Izuku and Katsuki defeated, Mahoro and her younger brother Katsuma, and the villain Nine and Slice.

Nine orders Slice to get the kids, but as she tries to approach them, Koda uses his Anivoice Quirk to calls forth a huge flock of crows to block her path. Mezo then rushes in and carries the kids off while Ochaco taps Deku and Katsuki and Tsuyu carries them together with her tongue. Because her leader is suffering from his illness, Slice doesn't pursue them and decides to retreat so Nine can recover.

At night, the students retreat to a factory to heal their wounds and provide first aid to the inhabitants of the island. Koji helps in the kitchens preparing meals for the refugees. Later, they have a meeting where they discover that the objective of the villain leader, Nine, is to steal the Cell Activation Quirk from Katsuma. With this information, they devise a plan to approach them in front and keep civilians safe. The plan is to lure the villains to the furthest corner of the island where ancient castle ruins are. Rikido, Koji and Toru will lead the island's citizens and livestock into a cave to hide. Meanwhile, the rest of the Class 1-A will fight the villains.

Because of the powers unleashed by Nine during the confrontation, he causes a cave-in, trapping Koji, Rikido and Toru along with the civilians in the cave. Rikido uses his enormous strength to prevent the rocks from falling on the civilians, while ordering his companions to take them to the bottom. Although the entrance is sealed, Rikido makes sure that no one else is injured. After this, everyone remains locked up until a few hours later several pro heroes arrive on the island and get them out of there, providing first aid.

During the time they remained in the cave, Koji's classmates managed to defeat Nine and his allies. The students recover from their injuries and help with reconstruction tasks before returning to the U.A. High School.

Endeavor Agency Arc
Koji participates in a Hero Interview Training impart by Mt. Lady. Days later, the Hero Work Recommendation Project takes place. Shortly after they return from Nabu Island, Koji celebrates Christmas with his classmates, holding a surprise gift exchange.

With Hero Work-Studies back in effect, Koji interns under Wash, alongside with Class 1-B student Manga Fukidashi.

Paranormal Liberation War Arc
Winter break is over, and so is Hero Work-Studies. The students return to the U.A. to continue their studies and show their progress. Koji Koda, who worked with Wash, shows off his improved communication skills and control over animals. Later at night, Koji helps his classmates to organize a Work-Study/Brainstorm/Hot Pot party to energize everyone for the new term.

The months go by until it's late March. Thanks to the police investigation and its spy Hawks, the Hero Public Safety Commission has found out the plans of the Paranormal Liberation Front and its allies. With this information the Commission organized a large force of Pro Heroes, divided in several teams to take down the villain organization.

A team of heroes has the mission of storming the main headquarters of the Paranormal Liberation Front, while another team lead by Endeavor will do the same at the Jaku General Hospital, where the Nomu are created. Finally, a third team, made up mainly of students and lead by Burnin, will be in charge of evacuating the residents of a city near the hospital and taking them to a safe place. Koji is in the last one. When everything is ready, the operation start and Burnin signals the students to start evacuating the citizens.

The evacuation of the city proceeds without any problem. Koji collaborates with Manga, and uses his Quirk to evacuate all the animals in the city while his classmates take care of the citizens. Suddenly, the Jaku General Hospital and the entire area around it begin to falling apart, and the disintegration spreads rapidly until it reaches the city itself.

Izuku and Shoto try to stop the destruction but they fail, so Burnin quickly orders the students to run away from the unstoppable destruction, evacuating everyone. Koji and Manga use their Quirks to command the animals to flee. As Izuku, Katsuki and the heroes continued fighting Tomura Shigaraki, Koji continued helping with the evacuation. In the aftermath of the Paranormal Liberation War, Koda continues to help with Manga rescue any civilians caught by Gigantomachia's rampage. After the Paranormal Liberation War ended, Koda and the rest of Class 1-A resettled back at Height Alliance when they received a letter from Izuku explaining his origins as being Quirkless and how he must leave U.A High after being targeted by AFO.

Tartarus Escapees Arc
A few days after Izuku left U.A., Koda is later seen at a meeting with Class 1-A. He and Class 1-A deduce that Izuku is now working with Endeavor and his team. Kyoka says that All Might hasn’t returned either and Mashirao adds that classes have been suspended and they haven't become second years yet, with the Hero course students on standby and helping as security, so acquiring any information in this environment will be tough. Yuga says that if that is true, then their worries should be alleviated and Denki replies that the media reported only the top three heroes are working together, so All Might can’t be involved, meaning that Izuku and All Might are working together. A few days later, impatient with their response, Class 1-A pushed forward using Endeavor's U.A. Alumni status to confront him despite knowing how much he does not like to be tricked.

Convinced of Class 1-A resolve to find Izuku, Endeavor decides to hand the students his GPS satellite phone that can pinpoint Izuku’s location. Many of them, like Koda and Hanta, say that they want to help him even though their relationship has been so far school-based. Once Principal Nezu gives Class 1-A permission to bring back Mizuku to U.A, Koda dispatches with Class 1-A to search for Izuku while at the same time, apprehending any prison escapees along the way. After months of trailing in Izuku's whereabouts, Koda and Class 1-A finally arrived on the scene to defeat Dictator. When Izuku refuses to yield, he demands everyone to get out of his way, which means they might have to fight Deku.

Koda uses his Quirk to summon a large flock of birds to distract Izuku and make it difficult for him to escape. He declares loudly to Izuku that Nezu has allowed him to return to U.A., so there is no need for him to run away. Izuku fought against his former classmates until he is physically and mentally pushed to the brink where Tenya catches up to him.

Koda regroups with the rest of the class and then listens to Katsuki apologizing to Izuku before he collapses from shock and exhaustion. Once Izuku is secured, they escorted him safely back to a heavily fortified U.A High where they are confronted by angry protesting civilians.