Nirengeki Shoda

Nirengeki Shoda is a student of Class 1-B at U.A. High School training to become a Pro Hero.

Appearance
Nirengeki is an average chubby person with light cool blue, chin-length hair and big black eyes with small pupils.

His Hero costume consists of a black suit with high collar. It has white lines on the along the edge, on the shoulder and on his chest. He also wears some sort of scouter on his left eye and a glove with a radar on it that is connected with the scouter.

Personality
Nirengeki has a very humble attitude, as he will not take credit for something he does not feel he earned by his own strength.

U.A. Sports Festival Arc
Nirengeki participates in the Obstacle Race and makes it to 33rd place. Then, he, Mashirao Ojiro, and Yuga Aoyama become brainwashed by Hitoshi Shinso in the Human Cavalry Battle, so Hitoshi's team is formed. Later, Hitoshi's team comes in 3rd place. Before the battle tournament, Nirengeki resigns from the tournament because he did not win consciously.

Forest Training Camp Arc
When Class 1-B arrives at the training camp. Homeroom teacher Sekijirou Kan explains they will be extending their quirks and the more they use their quirks, the stronger they will be by breaking their limits. When Class 1-B witness Class 1-A's training. Afterward, Itsuka Kendo asks Shota Aizawa if they can observe everyone, he explains that is the reason The Pussycats are around.

Quirk
Twin Impact (ツインインパクト): This quirk can make any attack repeat a second time with several times the initial impact.

Trivia

 * His surname, Shōda (庄田), is homophonous with Shōda (掌打), meaning "palm strike"; while his given name, Nirengeki (二連撃), means "two hit combo". Thus, his full name translates to "palm strike, two hit combo". In the fifth volume, Horikoshi referred to this as his "greatest naming achievement to date."
 * He likes to watch boxing matches.
 * He shares his birthday with fellow classmate Manga Fukidashi.
 * Along with Ibara Shiozaki, Nirengeki was also originally planned to be in Class 1-A.​​​

Quotes

 * (To Midnight and the other Sports Festival participants) "This is a contest of skill. Letting someone who didn't do anything advance... doesn't it defeat the whole point of the Sports Festival? Isn't it even against the rules?"