Hitoshi Shinso

Hitoshi Shinso is a student in U.A. High School's General Department from Class 1-C.

Appearance
Hitoshi is a tall young man with messy indigo hair that flares out in large tufts around his head, and notably straight teeth. His eyes are dark purple with white pupils, and are thin and somewhat triangular in shape, with no visible eyelashes. They're usually half-closed, and he has very dark eyebags underneath them.

During the Joint Training Arc, Hitoshi wears the U.A. PE uniform: a dark blue tracksuit with thick white lines over his upper body and down his legs, forming the letters "U" and "A", and a white marking on each short sleeve, framed by a red line. In addition to this, he wears a detachable mask-like device over his mouth, known as the Artificial Vocal Cords, which aids him with the activation of his Quirk, and a Capturing Weapon, the same as the one worn by Shota Aizawa, around his neck.

Personality
Hitoshi is a very stoic and straightforward person with an innate ability to spark conversation with anyone, despite holding a reserved and quiet attitude most of the time. He is shown to be rather clever, being able to manipulate others into replying to his words, allowing him the opportunity to activate his Quirk.

Due to having his Brainwashing Quirk perceived as evil, throughout his whole life Hitoshi has been somewhat feared by those who are aware of his power and has been discriminated against solely because of the Quirk he was born with. This led him to become resentful of those who had Quirks more associated with Hero work, using Izuku Midoriya as an example by stating that someone as blessed as him would never understand what it's like to have an ability like his own. Regardless of his drawbacks, however, Hitoshi desires to become a Pro Hero more than anything, with a deep longing to disprove those that doubt his heroic intentions. Not only does he want to refute those who shame his abilities, but he also aspires to usurp students who walk the path towards becoming a Pro Hero, as he wished to.

While he stated he had no interest in making friends, Hitoshi has been surrounded by many students who see him as a friend, including Izuku, Denki Kaminari and Neito Monoma.

Abilities
Overall Abilities: Initially, Hitoshi lacked direct combat abilities, choosing to rely on the power of his Quirk in battles. But after deciding to transfer to the Hero Department of U.A. High School, he underwent training that was overlooked by his mentor, Eraser Head. Hitoshi displayed the results of his training when he, alongside Class 1-A and Class 1-B took part in the Joint Training Battle. He displayed excellent camaraderie when he worked alongside his teammates in the two rounds of the Joint Training in which he partook. At the beginning of the first round, Hitoshi successfully brainwashed Jurota Shishida and attempted to demonstrate his skill with the Capturing Weapon, but his reaction time was too slow, knowing he should’ve been able to employ the scarf at a much faster rate. After Denki Kaminari's plan to divide the opposing team's attention succeeded, Jurota sought out Hitoshi, who effectively used his Binding Cloth technique to blindside and daze the rampaging student long enough for Tsuyu Asui to fling Hiryu Rin at the behemoth, securing victory for Hitoshi's team. Before the match reached its climax, Jurota admitted he became conceited due to the fact Hitoshi was far behind the rest of the students in the hero course, and acknowledges the new hero course student's abilities as being troublesome.

Quirk
Brainwashing (洗脳): Hitoshi's Quirk allows him to mentally control people who verbally respond to him and, as a result, they will be forced to obey whatever he commands. However, this Quirk will not activate if he does not want to brainwash the responder.

Though he can have multiple people under his brainwashing at once, he has stated that trying to brainwash multiple people simultaneously could cause him to fall unconscious. He is also unable to have his victims do things that require some kind of advanced brain function, like writing a name from their memory.

Using a megaphone or anything that makes his voice artificial will not allow his Quirk to activate, as the said devices would transform his voice into an electronic signal. For this reason, Hitoshi's Artificial Vocal Chords only modify the tone of his voice, and nothing else.

Super Moves
Artificial Vocal Cords: Persona Code (もう一つの声帯：ペルソナコード): Using his Artificial Vocal Cords, Hitoshi can modify his vocal tone to imitate the voices of other people, deceiving his enemies so they respond and subject themselves to his Brainwashing.

Equipment
Artificial Vocal Cords (もう一つの声帯): A device that allows Hitoshi to mimic another person's voice. He uses this in conjunction with his Quirk to trick opponents into answering him, creating an opportunity for Hitoshi to activate his Quirk.

Capturing Weapon: Like Eraser Head, Hitoshi uses a cloth made from steel wire alloy woven with carbon nanofibers.

Trivia

 * Hitoshi's name is comprised of the kanji for "heart, mind" (心), "manipulate, operate" (操), "person" (人), and "use" (使).
 * The kanji that makes up Shinso can also mean "chastity" and "honest" as well as "to rig into one's favor".
 * Shinsō is also pronounced similarly to the Japanese word for (心臓).
 * In the First Popularity Poll, Hitoshi ranked 12th, ranked 14th in the Second Popularity Poll and ranked 10th in the Third Popularity Poll which currently makes him the most popular student outside of Class 1-A.
 * Hitoshi ranked in the Top 16 of the U.A. Sports Festival First-Year Stage.
 * Hitoshi likes cats and enjoys bicycling.
 * He shares his interest of cats with Shota Aizawa, his mentor.
 * According to the Jump Festa 2017 interview with Horikoshi, Hitoshi is expected to have some interesting development in the future. This likely refers to the Joint Training Arc and, later, his graduation to the Hero Department.
 * Hitoshi's purple hair and mind control abilities may be a reference to the Marvel comics super villain;.
 * He also shares his birthday with Natsuo Todoroki.

Quotes

 * (To Izuku Midoriya) "Maybe I failed this time, but... I'm not giving up. I'll show them I've got what it takes to make the hero course, and I'll become a greater hero than all of you."

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