Nao Shimura

Nao Shimura
Biographical Information
Japanese Name	志 (し) 村 (むら) 直 (なお)
Rōmaji Name	Shimura Nao
Personal Description
Gender	Female
Status
Status	Deceased
Family	Kotaro Shimura (Husband, deceased) Hana Shimura (Daughter, deceased) Tenko Shimura (Son) Chizuo (Father; deceased) Mako (Mother; deceased) Unnamed Father-in-law (Deceased) Nana Shimura (Mother-in-law; deceased)
First Appearance
Manga Debut	Chapter 234

Nao Shimura (志 (し) 村 (むら) 直 (なお) , Shimura Nao^?) was the wife of Kotaro Shimura and was the mother of their two children, Tenko and Hana Shimura. Not much is known about her currently, except that she died when her son’s Quirk went out of control.

Appearance

Nao was a woman in her early thirties that is always seen with a worried expression on her face. Her bangs are parted in the middle from her face and light brown hair in uneven waves that grow to her shoulders in which Tomura inherited his hair from her.

She had numerous clothes in Tomura’s flashbacks ranging from a black shirt with jeans to a corduroy skirt.

Personality

Nao appeared as a kindly woman who constantly worries about her family. She tries to smooth over her family's problems caused by her husband's hatred towards heroes seen when she attempts to stop her husband from punishing her son.

She cared about her children greatly but couldn’t stand up to her husband due to knowing why he hated heroes. Nao also couldn’t completely console her son after the abuse he suffered from the hands of his father.

She wasn’t afraid to stand up to her husband if he was going too far in his abusive treatment of their children, which is seen when she confronted her husband for what he did to Tomura said if he was going to resort to violence, she wasn’t going to follow his rules.

Unfortunately, despite how much she loved her children, it wasn’t enough to calm her son down and was still killed when her son’s Quirk awakened and went out of control. Even while dying, she still tried to reach out to him, showing she still loved him.

History

At some point, she married Kotaro and had two children, Hana and Tenko.

One day, Tenko caused some trouble while pretending to be a hero, so Kotaro took him outside as punishment. Nao begged her husband to not get violent but still does nothing as Tenko is taken outside. As dinner was prepared, Nao asked her husband to bring Tenko back inside, noting that his allergies had gotten worse, though he was unsure what he was allergic to. Later, she comforted her son, asking him if he still wanted to be a hero. As Tenko explained the fun he had with his friend, he embraced Nao and asked her why Kotaro hated him. She states that his father didn't hate Tenko, but that he knew how hard it was to be a hero.

Nao is unintentionally slaughtered by her son.

When Kotaro discovered that Tenko went into his office, Nao watched with the rest of the family in shock and horror and shouted when Kotaro smacked Tenko across the face. Afterwards, when Kotaro was in his office and looking at the past letters from his mother, Nao angrily confronted him, telling Kotaro that if he was going to resort to violence, then she wouldn't abide by his rules. She reminded Kotaro of what he said, that he wanted to build a happy family.

Nao went back outside with Chizuo and Mako and saw the dead bodies of Hana and her dog while the ground continues to crumble around Tenko. Even as the decay spread to her foot, Nao still reached out for her son in her final act of compassion before she was killed by Tenko's Quirk.

Her disembodied hands soon end up becoming a part of her son's villain costume in the present.

Relatives

Nana

Unnamed man

Chizuo

Mako

Kotaro

Nao

Hana

Tenko

Chapter Appearances

Appearances
Meta Liberation Army Arc 218. The Meta Liberation Army Absent 219. Go! Slidin' Go! Absent 220. My Villain Academia Absent 221. Memento from All For One Absent 222. Tomura Shigaraki: Distortion Absent 223. Cockroaches Absent 224. Revival Party Absent 225. Interview with a Vampire Absent 226. Bloody Love Absent 227. Sleepy Absent 228. Wounded Soul Absent 229. All It Takes Is One Bad Day Absent 230. Sad Man's Parade Absent 231. Path Absent 232. Meta Abilities and Quirks Absent 233. Bright Future Absent 234. Sense Destruction Flashback 235. Tenko Shimura: Origin Flashback 236. Tenko Shimura: Origin, Part 2 Flashback 237. Tomura Shigaraki: Origin Flashback 238. Liberation Absent 239. Successor Absent 240. Power 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 Absent 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 Fantasy 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 Absent 284. Deep Blue Battle Absent 285. Katsuki Bakugo Rising Absent 286. The Ones Within Us Absent 287. Mistake Flashback 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 297. Tartarus Absent

Trivia

• Nao's name is written with the kanji (直) meaning "repair". This is most likely a reference to her wanting to “repair” her family’s problems caused by her husband's hatred of heroes.