Itsuka Kendo

Itsuka Kendou (拳藤一佳,) is a student in Class 1-B at Yuuei. She is the Class President of Class 1-B.

Appearance
Itsuka has large, green eyes along with strawberry blonde hair which is shaped in a side ponytail.

In her hero costume, she has the same ponytail hair style, though the front part of her hair is more spikier. She wears a Chinese battle shirt, a corset that goes just below her breasts, and leather shorts, alongside a black utility belt. Her face is covered by a black mask that covers around her eyes.

Personality
Itsuka is a spirited girl who is also thoughtful of others. She doesn't hesitate to criticize even her fellow classmates if she feels what they're doing isn't right, such as when she called Neito out on unnecessarily provoking Katsuki or when he antagonizes Izuku and the rest of Class A. She is also willing to pass on opportunities that would benefit her if she feels other people deserve it better, shown when she let Tetsutetsu and Ibara participate in the tournament event of the Sports Festival in place of her team.

Sports Festival Arc
When the preliminary was done, she was placed in 28th place out of 42th place.

In the Calvary Battle, after Neito stole Tooru's headband, Team Todoroki went after Team Kendou, but Itsuka and Shouto kept their headbands from each other. After Neito mocked and riled Katsuki, Itsuka criticized Neito for his actions, so Neito respectfully apologized for the actions. Later, Team Kendou got electrocuted by Denki and froze by Shouto. Then, Shouto took Itsuka and Uroko's headbands which made her team lost.

When the Calvary Battle ended, Itsuka was disgusted when she saw depressed Class 1-A girls with cheerleader outfits. After Midnight allowed Mashirao Ojiro and Nirengeki Shouda to leave tournament, Team Kendou in 5th place allowed Team Tetsutetsu to participate in the tournament. Itsuka, along with her class, watched the closing ceremony of Yuuei's Sports Festival.

Field Training Arc
Itsuka, like Class 1-A, went out to gain workplace experience. Itsuka's workplace choice revealed to be Uwabami's hero office, which is also Momo's workplace choice. Uwabami explained what her hero office does. She stated that Pro Heroes' popularity in the past was determined by official duties, and nowadays, Pro Heroes can earn popularity from civilians by how popular and in demand they are from them. Uwabami told Momo and Itsuka that she had a commercial to film and asked them to take the time to get to know each other. Itsuka commented that she was hoping to get to experience in heroic action, causing Momo to say that earning popularity is a path that one must take to become a Pro Hero and will study under Uwabami greatly. Itsuka is intrigued with Momo's optimistic attitude.

Itsuka appeared in a demo commercial along with Momo and Uwabami. Afterwards, Uwabami decided that they will go patrolling.

End of Term Test Arc
When Neito Monoma remarked about Class 1-A's popularity and sarcastically mentioned when they go through the same trouble, the lunch group became shocked and confused. Itsuka came along and hits Neito, causing him to fall to the ground. Itsuka reprimanded Neito for his behavior and says that the trouble Izuku Midoriya, Shouto Todoroki, and Tenya Iida went through wasn't funny. Itsuka apologized to Class 1-A for Neito's immature behaviour. Itsuka said she heard them talking about the ambiguity of the End of Term Exercise Test and mentioned the test will be a battle simulation exercise fighting against robots like in the Entrance Exam. Izuku is shocked that she knew what the exercise test would be; Itsuka remarked she asked an upper class man about the exercise test. Neito criticized Itsuka for revealing to Class 1-A the content of the end of test term exercise, saying she threw away their intelligence advantage against Class 1-A, and their chance to forestall Class 1-A is gone. Itsuka dragged him away and hits him again; telling him that they don't hate Class 1-A.

School Trip Arc
On the day of the forest lodge trip, when Neito found out about some of Class 1-A needing supplementary lessons and mocked Class 1-A for their failures. Itsuka hitted Neito on the neck. Itsuka apologized to Class 1-A for Neito's disrespectful behavior.

When Class 1-B arrives at the training camp. Homeroom teacher Blood King explains they'll be extending their quirks and the more they use their quirks the stronger they'll be by breaking their limits. When Class 1-B witness Class 1-A's training. Itsuka Kendou asks Shouta Aizawa if can they observe everyone, he explains that's the reason The Pussy-Cats are around. Later that night, Class 1-B act as the scaring group during the test of courage. In the forest, Itsuka and Juuzou Honenuki commend Yui Kodai for scaring Shouto Todoroki and Katsuki Bakugou. However, smoke entering the forest knocks out Juuzou. Itsuka takes action and uses her Quirk to cover Yui from the smoke.

Quirk and Abilities
Itsuka seems to be quite capable at hand-to-hand combat, as she could incapacitate Neito with a karate chop.

Her quirk seems to allow her to enlarge her hands to a gigantic size.

Neito Monoma
Itsuka and Neito are friendly towards each other. Itsuka criticized Neito for his intimidation and mockery of Class 1-A, causing Neito to respectfully apologize for his actions, knowing that she was right. Despite being criticized, Neito did not show any anger towards Itsuka, indicating the friendly atmosphere between them. After Katsuki defeated Fumikage, Itsuka patted Neito on the shoulder, commenting, in a mockingly way, on his choice of opponent to fight with (referring to Katsuki), to which Neito replied that Katsuki simply had a lucky Quirk matchup.

Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu
Itsuka decided to let Tetsutetsu's team participate in the tournament event of the Sports Festival as her replacement, feeling that they deserved the opportunity more.

Trivia

 * In the First Popularity Poll, Itsuka ranked 13th, which currently makes her the most popular character in Class 1-B.
 * Itsuka likes black coffee and motorcycles.
 * According to the author, Itsuka is very popular among his staff.