Daigoro Banjo

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This power in you, it's not something you can use casually, all distracted! Not anymore! Pull yourself together!

Daigoro Banjo lecturing Izuku Midoriya in "That Which is Inherited"

Daigoro Banjo
Biographical Information
Japanese Name	万 (ばん) 縄 (じょう) 大 (だい) 悟 (ご) 郎 (ろう)
Rōmaji Name	Banjō Daigorō
Alias	Lariat (ラリアット, Rariatto?)
Personal Description
Gender	Male
Quirk	Blackwhip One For All (Formerly)
Status
Status	Deceased
Occupation	Pro Hero
First Appearance
Manga Debut	Chapter 192 (Vision) Chapter 257 (Named)
Anime Debut	Episode 88 (Vision)

Daigoro Banjo (万 (ばん) 縄 (じょう) 大 (だい) 悟 (ご) 郎 (ろう) , Banjō Daigorō^?), also known as Lariat (ラリアット, Rariatto^?), was a former Pro Hero and the fifth user of the One For All Quirk.

Appearance

Daigoro was a large muscular man of a wide build. He had a square jaw, small eyes and without eyebrows. He was also bald and had a very short beard.

His hero costume consisted of dark leather clothes, stylish goggles, and a bandolier. The leather jacket had shoulder pads, and as Daigoro always had it open and didn't wear a shirt, it showed his muscular torso.

Personality

Although little was known about his personality, he was described as 'super funky'.

He was very proud of his given Quirk, referring to it as 'top grade'.

History

Daigoro was entrusted with One For All by the fourth user. He was killed by All For One after transferring One For All to the sixth user.

Synopsis

U.A. Sports Festival Arc

During the fight between Izuku against Hitoshi in the tournament of the U.A. Sports Festival, Izuku is brainwashed by Hitoshi's Quirk, who orders him to walk out of bounds. Although Izuku tries to resist, he cannot disobey the order, but when he is about to cross the edge of the ring, Daigoro and the rest of the previous users appear to Izuku as shadowed mental figures. They uncloud his mind and allow Izuku to use One For All in his fingers, allowing him to escape the trance and win the fight.

Pro Hero Arc

For several months, none of the users reappear to Izuku again, until the night before the Joint Training Battle, Daigoro and several of the previous users, including All For One's brother and Nana Shimura, appear in a dream but with his real appearances and not as shadowed figures. The dream shows Izuku memories of the first user.

Daigoro says nothing, but the first user speaks for everyone and assures Izuku that he is not alone. Midoriya's dream concludes with all of his predecessors looking at him with kind expressions, seemingly aware that he is the ninth wielder of One For All and welcoming him.

Joint Training Arc

Daigoro interacts directly with Izuku for the first time during his round in the Joint, in which the Izuku team faces the Monoma team, who had Hitoshi in their ranks. Monoma says nasty things to provoke Izuku to make him fall into a trap. This prompts an enraged Izuku to charge at Neito, preparing to unleash a concentrated Delaware Smash, but just when he is going to shoot, Izuku's arm once again glows as One For All goes berserk and tendrils of dark energy begin to emanate from his body.

Unable to control the new sensation, Izuku orders everyone to take cover while he struggles in pain, but Ochaco clings to Izuku to stop him and yells Hitoshi for help. Hitoshi uses his Brainwashing on Izuku and the mysterious black power disappears as he loses consciousness and his powers deactivate. While unconscious, he finds himself in an unknown area and Daigoro appears before him, telling Izuku that although his Quirk has finally manifested, he's using it in a wrong way. Daigoro encourages Izuku to try harder to control the Quirk.

Daigoro continues lecturing Izuku, telling him that the black tendrils he was emitting earlier are actually the manifestation of his Quirk, Blackwhip. The reason it suddenly appeared is that Izuku was thinking about how he wanted to capture Neito Monoma, fitting the nature of the Quirk perfectly and so causing it to appear.

Daigoro explains that the Quirk factors of all the previous wielders have been inside One For All for a long time, dormant, in the small core of the Quirk. He says that this core has started expanding and growing larger and that the same is also happening to One For All itself. Daigoro also says that its strength has also been increased due to the power of One For All, and after he tells Izuku to do his best, and that all the predecessors are there with him and are supporting him, he vanishes.

Abilities

Quirks

Daigoro utilizing Blackwhip.

Blackwhip (黒鞭 (クロムチ) , Kuro Muchi^?): Daigoro's Quirk allowed him to create tendrils of black energy from his arms. These tendrils were excellent for grappling and increasing his mobility.

One For All (ワン・フォー・オール, Wan Fō Ōru^?): Transferred to him from the fourth user, Daigoro's second Quirk allowed him to stockpile an enormous amount of raw power, allowing him to significantly enhance all of his physical abilities to a superhuman level. This results in unbelievable levels of strength, speed, agility, and durability.

Chapter Appearances

Appearances
Joint Training Arc 194. Cold Skies Over U.A. High! Absent 195. Clash! Class A vs. Class B! Absent 196. Make It Happen, Shinso!! Absent 197. Quaotic Quirkstravaganza Absent 198. Known Where You Stand When It Counts!! Absent 199. Operation New Improv Moves! Absent 200. Clever Commander! Absent 201. Foresight Absent 202. Match 3 Absent 203. Flexible! Juzo Honenuki! Absent 204. Tuning Up Absent 205. Detour Absent 206. Match 3 Conclusion Absent 207. Early Bird! Absent 208. Match 4 Conclusion Absent 209. Match 5 Start Absent 210. The One For All Dream Absent 211. That Which Is Inherited Absent 212. That Which Is Inherited, Part 2 Vision 213. Realm of Souls Vision 214. Our Brawl Absent 215. Final Face-Off! Midoriya vs. Shinso! Absent 216. Class A vs. Class B: Conclusion Absent 217. The New Power and All For One Absent
Paranormal Liberation War Arc 253. Shirakumo Absent 254. You Could Be More of a Hero than Anyone Absent 255. Hero Hopeful Absent 256. The High, Deep Blue Sky Absent 257. Pass It Forward, to Whomever Mentioned 258. Friends Absent 259. A Quiet Beginning Absent 260. Life's Work Absent 261. High-Ends Absent 262. Mirko, the No. 5 Hero Absent 263. I Wanna Be With You Guys!! Absent 264. One's Justice Absent 265. Villains and Heroes Absent 266. Happy Life Absent 267. Flames Absent 268. Scramble! Absent 269. The Three of Us Absent 270. Inheritance Absent 271. Dark Cloud Absent 272. Good Morning! Absent 273. The Thrill of Destruction Absent 274. Search Absent 275. Encounter, Part 2 Absent 276. You Cheated...! Absent 277. Who...? Absent 278. Disaster Walker Absent 279. League of Villains vs. U.A. Students Absent 280. Red Riot Absent 281. Plus Ultra Absent 282. Footfall of Destruction Absent 283. 75 Vision 284. Deep Blue Battle Vision 285. Katsuki Bakugo Rising Absent 286. The Ones Within Us Absent 287. Mistake Absent 288. Save Takeo!! Absent 289. Miss Candid and Miss Shut-Away Absent 290. Dabi's Dance Absent 291. Thanks For Going Strong Absent 292. Threads of Hope Absent 293. Hero-Saturated Society Absent 294. Final Performance Absent 295. Tenacious Absent 296. Hellish Hell Absent

Trivia

• His name contains the kanji for big (大, dai^?), enlightenment (悟, go^?) a male name suffix (郎, rō^?), and his surname contains everything (万, ban^?) and rope (縄, jō^?).
  • As the fifth user of One For All, the kanji "悟" of his name sounds like "five" (五, go^?) in japanese. Note that the kanji for that "go" in names like Goro and Daigoro is usually "five".
• His appearance resembles that of the superhero, Hellboy.