Ibara Shiozaki

Ibara Shiozaki is a student in Class 1-B at U.A. High School. Her Hero name is Vine.

Appearance
Ibara Shiozaki is a young woman with long, green, thorn-covered vines for hair. One set of vines wraps around her forehead. She has dark eyes and is regarded as cute by Denki Kaminari.

Her Hero Costume consists of plain white robe.

Personality
Ibara is a very modest and courteous person who makes her humility clear after Present Mic calls her an assassin. Although graceful and soft-spoken, she is not afraid to make her pure intentions known.

She showed her gratitude after receiving a second chance to participate in the U.A. Sports Festival and made her objective to spread good across the world apparent before her fight with Denki. Ibara also prefers to be fair and square, as she disagreed with Neito's plan to throw the Obstacle Course and placed fourth instead.

Quirk
Vines (ツル): This Quirk allows her to grow vines on her head which she can extend, attack, and grab with. She also has the ability to detach them at will.

Special Moves
Crucifixion (十字架): Ibara uses her vines trap her opponent in a ball of vines suspended in the air to restrict their movement. The shape resembles that of a rubber band ball. She uses this move on Denki to insulate him, rendering him unable to discharge his quirk.

Shield of Faith: Ibara swiftly uses creates a wall of vines to protect herself before detaching the vines. Used as a second line of defense against Kaminari.

U.A. Sports Festival Arc

 * Denki Kaminari vs. Ibara Shiozaki: Win
 * Ibara Shiozaki vs. Tenya Iida: Lose

Trivia

 * Ibara's names contains the kanji for "salt" (塩), "jagged" (崎), and "thorn" (茨).
 * Ibara ranked 4th during the Entrance Exam with 36 Villain Points and 32 Rescue Points.
 * Ibara's favorite food is bread.
 * Ibara was originally planned to be in Class 1-A.
 * Kohei Horikoshi commented that he finds it painful to draw Ibara's hair.
 * Ibara's religious nature and Quirk allude to Christianity in several ways:
 * Ibara's thorny hair is similar to the crown of thorns that is said to have been placed on Jesus Christ's head at the time of his crucifixion.
 * Her Hero Costume consists of a plain white robe, which looks similar to the one worn in many depictions of Jesus Christ.
 * Her hero name Maria is the Latin and Ancient Greek name for the the Virgin Mary.
 * Her birthday is September 8, which is also the birthday of the Virgin Mary.
 * Two of her special moves are Crucifixion and Wall of Faith.

Quotes

 * (After defeating Denki Kaminari) "Yes... I have not wasted the opportunity bestowed upon me..."
 * (When Eijiro Kirishima was thrown at her) “A lost lamb descends from the heavens.”