Mahoro Shimano

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Katsuma, do you still want to be a hero? I'm against it. It's dangerous. Besides, I know of someone even cooler than a hero. Daddy. He's always thinking of us and protecting us. I want you to be as cool as that.

Mahoro Shimano to Katsuma in "Heroes: Rising"

Mahoro Shimano
Biographical Information
Kanji Name	島 (しま) 乃 (の) 真 (ま) 幌 (ほろ)
Rōmaji Name	Shimano Mahoro
Personal Description
Birthday	December 6th
Age	10 (Pre-timeskip) 18 (Current)
Gender	Female
Height	120cm (3'11") (Pre-timeskip)
Hair Color	Light Brown (Natural, Formerly) Blonde (Dyed, Currently)
Eye Color	Dark Brown
Quirk	Hologram
Status
Status	Alive
Birthplace	Nabu Island
Family	Katsuma Shimano (Younger brother) Unnamed father Unnamed mother (deceased)
Occupation	Student
Main Series Debut
Manga	Chapter 384
Anime	Episode 156
Movie	Heroes: Rising
Portrayal
Japanese VA	Tomoyo Kurosawa
English VA	Dani Chambers

Mahoro Shimano (島 (しま) 乃 (の) 真 (ま) 幌 (ほろ) , Shimano Mahoro^?) is a resident of Nabu Island with her younger brother, Katsuma Shimano, in My Hero Academia: Heroes: Rising.

Eight years after the Final War, Mahoro is attending an unknown high school.

Appearance

Mahoro is a small girl with dark brown eyes, straight brown hair styled into pigtails with dark pink bubble-shaped bands, and a small patch of freckles in the middle of her face. She wears a pink dress with dark pink overall straps and buttons over a black tank top, and white sandals with a pink stripe wrapping around the sole, and dark pink flower decorations at the sides. On her left wrist is a bracelet with a floral charm identical to her brother's, both of which were handmade gifts from their mother. She also wears a large sun hat with a dark pink scarf and bow at the crown and a light pink stripe at the rim.

Eight years after the Final War, Mahoro has grown taller. She has also dyed her hair blonde and wears explosion-shaped earrings, likely born out of her admiration for Katsuki. Her school uniform consists of a dark blue skirt, a light blue blazer over a white dress shirt, and a green tie. She also wears shin-high socks and brown loafers.

Personality

Mahoro is a very stubborn girl who's very quick to judge others. Due to her mother's death and her father's work-related absences, Mahoro has grown extremely protective of her brother Katsuma. She also developed a greater appreciation for her father, and at the time he was the only person she saw as a hero.

She purposefully caused trouble for Class 1-A in order to prove to her brother that heroes aren't as great as they appear to be, as seen when she sends Katsuma to call for help only for them to arrive and discover a hologram of a monster instead of an actual threat. Later on during Nine's invasion of the island, she calls out for help as he approaches them to steal Katsuma's Quirk and they are saved by Izuku Midoriya, but when he was about to be killed by Nine, she frantically creates an "S.O.S Hologram" calling for more help. After Izuku rescued her and her brother she was awestruck by his speech showing that she was beginning to see how great heroes really are.

Towards the end of the film when Katsuki Bakugo and Izuku are left heavily injured from Nine's attack, Mahoro begins to cry and calls out to them to keep fighting and not give up showing that she has grown to care more for heroes. At the end of the film, Mahoro and her brother run down the deck at the harbor and happily wave goodbye to the heroes while thanking them for saving them during the attack, showing that she has now grown to appreciate them.

Abilities

Quirk

Hologram (ホログラム, Horoguramu^?): Mahoro's Quirk allows her to create holograms of anything she wishes, even gigantic ones. These holograms cannot interact with the physical world.

Battles & Events

Battles & Events

My Hero Academia: Heroes: Rising Hero Work Recommendation Project Deku and Katsuki vs. Nine U.A. Students vs. Nine Deku and Katsuki vs. Nine: Rematch

Chapter Appearances

Appearances

Final War Arc 343. Let You Down Absent 344. Stars Absent 345. Division Absent 346. Super Hyper Unfair Broken Stage Absent 347. Inflation Absent 348. Unrequited Absent 349. Battle Flame Absent 350. Bound to a Fiery Fate Absent 351. Two Flashfires Absent 352. Ultimate Moves Absent 353. Endeavor Absent 354. Oopsie Daisy!! Absent 355. Extras Absent 356. Regarding the Enemy Absent 357. Wounded Hero, Burning Bright and True!! Absent 358. The Guy Who's Made Some Progress Absent 359. Place of Learning Absent 360. Despite It All... Absent 361. Abnormal Happenings Absent 362. Light Fades to Rain Absent 363. Those Who Defend, Those Who Violate Absent 364. Why We Wield Power Absent 365. No. 4 and No. 5 Absent 366. Full Moon Absent 367. Deku vs. All For One Absent 368. Rev Up, One For All Absent 369. A Chain of Events, Across the Ages Absent 370. HIStory Absent 371. Together with Shoji Absent 372. Naked Absent 373. Friends Absent 374. Butterfly Effect Absent 375. Chaotic Confusion Absent 376. On Knife's Edge Absent 377. The Chain Thus Far Absent 378. The Story of How We All Became Heroes, Part 4 Absent 379. Hopes Absent 380. A Skosh Absent 381. Dark Absent 382. Don't Let Him Go Absent 383. Meek Spirits Absent 384. It's a Small World Debut 385. The Impulses of Youth Absent 386. I AM HERE Absent 387. Congealing Absent 388. Toya Absent 389. Assurance and Prayers Absent 390. Shoto Todoroki Rising Absent 391. Rejecting the World Absent 392. Villain Name Absent 393. A Girl's Ego Absent 394. Ochaco Uraraka vs. Himiko Toga Absent 395. Built Upon the Joy of Others Absent 396. Battle Without A Quirk Absent 397. Trash Cleanup Absent 398. Toshinori Yagi: Rising/Origin Absent 399. Organic, Mingling Clusters of Light Absent 400. Beyond Limits Absent 401. The Lunatic Absent 402. The Tearful Days Absent 403. The End of an Era, and... the Beginning Absent 404. We Love You, All Might!! Absent 405. The Final Boss!! Appears 406. Get a Grip on Your Quirk!! Absent 407. An Exceptional Child Absent 408. The Eyes Tell All!! Absent 409. Quirk: Explosion!! Absent 410. Farewell, All For One!! Absent 411. History's Greatest Villain Absent 412. History's Maddest Hero Absent 413. Leaden Mass Absent 414. Overlay Absent 415. Rejection Absent 416. Wrench It Open, Izuku Midoriya!! Absent 417. Shimura Absent 418. Meek Spirits Absent 419. Design Absent 420. From Aizawa Absent 421. We Are Here Absent 422. Izuku Midoriya Rising Absent 423. One For All vs. All For One Absent 424. Epilogue Absent

Anime Appearances

Appearances
Season 7 139. In the Nick of Time! A Big-Time Maverick from the West! Absent 140. Specter Absent 141. Villain Absent 142. The Story of How We All Became Heroes Absent 143. Let You Down Absent 144. Division Absent 145. Inflation Absent 146. Two Flashfires Absent 147. Extras Absent 148. Wounded Hero, Burning Bright and True!! Absent 149. Light Fades To Rain Absent 150. Those Who Defend, Those Who Violate Absent 151. A Chain of Events, Across the Ages Absent 152. Together with Shoji Absent 153. Butterfly Effect Absent 154. The Chain Thus Far Absent 155. Hopes Absent 156. It's a Small World Debut 157. I Am Here Absent 158. A Girl's Ego Absent 159. Battle Without A Quirk Absent
Season 8 160. Toshinori Yagi: Rising/Origin Absent 161. The End of an Era, And The Beginning Absent 162. The Final Boss!! Appears 163. Quirk: Explosion!! Absent 164. History's Greatest Villain Absent 165. Wrench It Open, Izuku Midoriya!! Absent 166. From Aizawa Absent 167. Izuku Midoriya: Rising Appears 168. Epilogue / The Hellish Todoroki Family: Final Absent 169. The Girl Who Loves Smiles Absent 170. My Hero Academia Absent

Trivia

• Mahoro's given name contains the kanji for "truth, reality, genuineness" (真, ma^?) and "canopy, hood" (幌, horo^?). Her last name contains "island" (島, shima^?) and "whereupon, accordingly" (乃, no^?).
  • Mahoro's first name is derived from the Japanese word for "illusion" (幻, maboroshi^?), and (まほろば, mahoroba^?), an archaic term from the Kojiki that describes a distant, highly coveted, utopic location. In the context of the poem it originated from, it was used to describe Japan itself.
  • The "horo" in her first name is homophonous with part of the Japanese pronunciation of the English word "hologram", which is the name of her Quirk.
• Mahoro shares her birthday with Fuyumi Todoroki.
• Mahoro's English voice actress, Dani Chambers, also voices Mawata Fuwa.
• According to Mahoro's Volume Rising concept art:
  • Mahoro's pigtails were designed to look like bananas, to reference how Nabu Island is a tropical island located near southern Japan.
  • Mahoro's demeanor largely resembles her late mother's.