Hitoshi Shinso

Hitoshi Shinso (心操人使) is a student in U.A.'s General Department from Class 1-C.

Appearance
Hitoshi Shinso is a young man with tall, messy purple hair and purple eyes. His eyes have very dark bags underneath them, and he also appears to have double eye-lids. He has jagged teeth and is relatively tall compared to other students.

Personality
Hitoshi is a very stoic and straightforward person with an innate ability to spark conversation with anyone. Despite his "evil" Quirk, Hitoshi desires to become a Hero, and has come to resent others who have been "blessed with heroic Quirks".

He personality is first on display when he declares war on Class 1-A. He blatantly tells his hero course rivals he will take their spots from under them. His personality is a result of the constant prejudice he's faced growing up with everyone believing he will eventually grow into a villain.

History
Hitoshi had always been told that, because of his Quirk's nature, he was suited to be a Villain. This always made him feel inferior and resentful to those with more combat suited Quirks because his Quirk was unfavored by society.

Sports Festival Arc
Hitoshi Shinso first appears in the crowd blocking Class 1-A's exit. Katsuki Bakugo claims the crowd is their to scout the competition and Hitoshi walks to the front of the crowd. He confronts Katsuki directly and explains that although he desired to be in the Hero Course, he was forced to take a different path. With the U.A. Sports Festival approaching, Hitoshi and other students will have the opportunity to usurp students in the Hero Course. After explaining this, Hitsohi says that he is not there to scout, he's their to declare war.

Weeks later, Hitoshi and his general studies course classmates take the field for the opening ceremony. Afterwards, Hitoshi places twenty-seventh in the Obstacle Race by brainwashing other students into carrying him through. Having qualified for the Cavalry Battle, Shinso teams up with Nirengeki Shoda, Yuga Aoyama, and Mashirao Ojiro and brainwashes them as well.

At the end of the Human Cavalry Battle, Hitoshi's team places third, allowing him to participate in the final event. He thanks his "teammates" for their hard work.

The final event is a tournament event and Hitoshi's opponent in the first round is Izuku Midoriya. Hitoshi approaches Izuku, but Mashirao warns Izuku not to respond to his provocations.

Hitoshi steps into the ring to confront Izuku and tells him that Mashirao is an idiot for giving up this opportunity. The fight begins and Izuku, who is angered by Hitoshi's insults on Mashirao's pride, makes the first move and charges toward Hitoshi, but suddenly stops moving and Hitoshi states that he has won. Now that he has taken control of Izuku with his Quirk, Hitoshi orders Izuku to leave the ring and Izuku proceeds to do so. However, before Izuku reaches the bounds of the ring, Izuku frees himself from Hitoshi's control, which shocks Hitoshi. Knowing that Izuku won't answer him now that he knows about his Quirk, Hitoshi has no choice but to make Izuku open his mouth. However, this does not work and Izuku reaches him, trying to push him out of the ring, but Hitoshi punches in retaliation. Izuku continues to push him and Hitoshi grabs Izuku by the neck. However, Izuku counters by grabbing Hitoshi's arm and throws Hitoshi over his shoulder, slamming him hard onto the ground and, in the process, causes Hitoshi's feet to land out of bounds. Hitoshi loses for going out of bounds and Izuku is declared the winner, eliminating Hitoshi from the tournament.

Immediately afterward, Izuku asks Hitoshi why he wants to be in the Department of Heroics, to which Hitoshi replies that he can't help what he longs to be. Hitoshi begins to walk away but stops when the other kids from the General Department applaud Hitoshi for his efforts, saying that he gave Izuku a run for his money and that he is like a star of hope to them. The Pro Hero spectators are also impressed with Hitoshi, saying that his Quirk could be useful against villains.

Hitoshi says that, even with his results from the U.A. Sports Festival, he can still come under review and be placed in the Department of Heroics. He then declares that one day, he will qualify for the Department of Heroics, enter it, and show them how great of a hero he will become. When Izuku responds, Hitoshi brainwashes him temporarily and then stops, saying that people are apprehensive when talking to him and tells Izuku that if he keeps falling for his mind control, it will be too easy for him to pull the rug from under his feet. Hitoshi then tells Izuku to not lose too pitifully, and he then walks away.

Later, Hitoshi watches the closing ceremony of U.A.'s Sports Festival.

School Trip Arc
Hitoshi was walking along with Shota while ignoring a waving Izuku.

Quirk and Abilities
Brainwashing (洗脳): Hitoshi's Quirk allows him to mind control people who verbally respond to him and, as a result, they will be forced to do whatever he wants. However, this Quirk will not activate (regardless of whether people verbally respond to him or not) if he doesn't will it.

Sports Festival Arc

 * Izuku Midoriya vs. Hitoshi Shinso: Lose

Izuku Midoriya
Hitoshi claimed to be jealous of Izuku's Quirk, as it gives him combat efficiency. On the other hand, Izuku understands Hitoshi's situation as he himself was considered unfavorable due to having no Quirk. Before their battle in the Sports, Hitoshi and Izuku were hostile to each other, but after their battle, Hitoshi seems to have gained respect for Izuku, telling him not to lose too pitifully while Izuku respects Hitoshi's goal to enter the Department of Heroics.

Katsuki Bakugo
Due to Katsuki's attitude towards the non-Class 1-A people, Hitoshi misinterpreted the Department of Heroics as arrogant people.

Mashirao Ojiro
Hitoshi may not like Mashirao, as he called him a "monkey" when attempting to provoke Izuku into attacking him. Hitoshi brainwashed Mashirao into teaming up with him in the Human Cavalry Battle. After being brainwashed by Hitoshi, Mashirao begins to dislike Hitoshi and resigns from the tournament event to save his dignity, which Hitoshi claimed to think was foolish.

Trivia

 * Hitoshi's name is comprised of the kanji for "heart, mind" (心), "chastity, honor" (操), "person" (人), and "use" (使).
 * Shinsō is also similar in pronounce to the name of the organ heart (心臓).
 * In the First Popularity Poll, Hitoshi ranked 12th, which currently makes him the most popular student outside of Class 1-A.
 * Hitoshi likes cats and bicycling.
 * According to the Jump Festa 2017 interview with Kohei Horikoshi, Shinso is expected to have some interesting development in the future.
 * Hitoshi ranked in the Top 16 of the U.A. Sports Festival First-Year Stage.
 * Shinso's purple hair and mind control abilities may be a reference to the Marvel comics supervillain The Purple Man.

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."
 * (To Izuku Midoriya) "You can't help what your heart longs for..."