Yu Hojo

Yu Hojo (宝生 結) is one of the Eight Expendables who works for Shie Hassaikai.

Appearance
Yu is a bald, muscular man with shadowed eyes and no hair on his face or head.

He wears a dark dress shirt, the top few buttons left undone, and plain pants, along with a pair of black dress shoes. His choice of mask seems to be a simple medical mask that he wears over his mouth, very unlike the signature beak-like mask that’s worn by the rest of the Eight Expendables.

Personality
Yu appears to be a fairly serious individual with fierce loyalty to Overhaul and the Shie Hassaikai. He is straightforward and brutish toward the enemy, but loyal and reliable to his allies.

Yu holds a grudge against the people who took advantage of him in the past. He feels abused and considers himself garbage. However, Overhaul gave him a purpose and Yu is prepared to die for his young master. Yu believes that heroes can't understand the bonds between trash like the Eight Expendables.

Quirk
Crystallization (結晶): Yu's Quirk grants him the ability to produce crystals on his body. This is effective for both close ranged offense and defense. He can also grow his crystals into the form a sword around his arm.

Equipment and Weapons
Handgun: Yu is armed with a pistol, which he uses in combat when his Quirk isn't reliable.

Trivia

 * Yu's name contains the kanji for treasure (宝), life (生), and connection (結).
 * Hou could come from "houseki" "宝石" ("jewel/gem"), and "yū" "結" came from the kanji his Quirk, Crystallization.
 * Yu seems to represent a corruption of the seventh tenet of the real eight precepts of Buddhism, which, among other things, forbids the wearing of jewelry and decorations such as crystals.
 * According to Volume 16, he shaves his head to make it easier to produce crystals from there.