I... I said something awful to you... I've always regretted that. Back then... I just gave up on you... but you never quit, Izuku. You kept chasing your dreams. I'm sorry, Izuku. So now I'll be cheering you on with everything I've got!!
Like Izuku, Inko has large and circular eyes. Her hair and eyes are also green, but in a slightly darker shade than her son's. Her hair is straight and shoulder-length, with a small and spiky ponytail at the back, which as noted by All Might is similar to Nana Shimura's hairstyle.
In her younger years, Inko was a slim woman, but over the years, she has gained weight and is showing signs of her more mature age. It is stated that this change in her appearance was the result of the guilt she felt towards Izuku's lack of a Quirk.[1]
Gallery[]
Young Inko with her son Izuku.
Personality[]
Inko is a kind woman who always tries to support her son. When her son was revealed to be Quirkless and seeing him heavily crying, she frantically apologized to him as if it was her own fault.
Inko proud of her son.
However, when Izuku gained a Quirk and was accepted into his dream school, Inko felt guilty for her previous beliefs of doubting his aspirations.
To make it up to him, she handmade a Hero suit that she saw him designing and apologized for ever letting him think that she didn't believe in his dreams. She was also proud of his impressive feats in the U.A. Sports Festival, showing that she was supportive of her son.
Inko has shown that she still loves and is protective of her son and only wants the best for him as she was unwilling to let him be relocated to U.A.'s dormitories. She explained that she was worried about her son since his Quirk damages him rather than helps him, concerned about her son's dream after witnessing All Might's brutal battle, and unable to bear the fact that Izuku will also have to face such bloody battles with no hope of a full recovery. Inko also states that she has no confidence in U.A. High School and is unable to entrust her son to them following his repeated injuries, going as far as to suggest that he transfer to another Hero academy. She comes around however after All Might apologizes for his negligence and vows to give all his support to Izuku as his teacher and that U.A. will reform from their past mistakes.[2]
She and her son share many personality traits, such as crying excessively to abnormal and comedic amounts when worried or happy, which leaves her severely dehydrated, and panics often when it comes to startling situations. She also faints often in those times of panic.
Abilities[]
Cooking: Inko has been seen preparing food in her home kitchen.
Tailoring: Inko seems to be proficient at sewing as she made her son's very first Hero costume in a short amount of time after seeing the costume sketches in his notebook.
Inko's name contains the kanji for pull (引,pull?) from attraction (引力,,inryoku?), referencing her Quirk.
Inko (鸚哥,inko?), usually written using kana alone (インコ,inko?) is the Japanese word for parrot, especially small parrots such as the parakeet, lory and conure.
This may also coincide with her Quirk, which attracts small objects from afar.
Due to her husband working overseas, she has raised Izuku alone for the most part.
She has a reserved nature, and the concern and guilt she felt toward Izuku led to her putting on weight.
Kohei Horikoshi mentions that something always makes him feel sorry for Inko whenever he draws her.
She is a fourth generation Quirk user.
Her creation of Izuku's first costume is a shout-out to Superman, whose first superhero costume in many iterations of his origin story was designed and made by his adoptive mother, Martha Kent.
