Shota Aizawa

Personality: Shota Aizawa is cold, analytical, and reserved, both as a result of his trauma and just how he's always been. He holds himself and his students to certain standards and has no qualms with using the threat of expulsion against his students to motivate them properly. Deep down, Shota's a compassionate man, and he is capable of feeling sympathy for his students- He just doesn't show it often. Despite his apathetic nature, he'd go to the ends of the Earth to protect those close to him, including his students, and he wishes the best for them. If given reason to, Shota has the capacity to be completely irrational and wrathful towards those who have done irreparable damage to those he cares about. He often comes across as scary and manipulative, but Shota is a nurturing and considerate person, even grinning or laughing when his students or loved ones impress him. He's got some sort of 'dad energy', as his students like to say, and even if it isn't conventional, he still cares! He's just not great at showing it. Shota speaks with a deadpan tone at all times, rarely raising his voice as his general presence is enough to get people to remain silent. He is intimidating to all, and while he can give off the impression of just being some homeless dude with a sleep disorder, once in battle, Shota is a force to be reckoned with. Appearance: Tall and fairly well-built, Shota Aizawa is a thirty year old man with pale skin and shaggy, black hair. His hair is oily, greasy, and unkempt due to his piss-poor self care routine, and he has deep eyebags that sink into his face. His stubble is poorly shaved, and he somehow manages to still have shaving scars scattered across his face. Backstory: Shota lived a fairly normal life up until his acceptance at UA- With a quirk like his, most assumed he'd be a villain, but Shota was determined to prove them wrong. He ended up befriending Hizashi Yamada and Oboro Shirakumo, both of which annoyed him to his wit's end, and Hizashi would ultimately end up being the inspiration for Shota's hero name- 'Eraserhead'. They helped rescue and foster a cat together, named Sushi, and the three were considered 1A's 3 dumbigos. They got closer during their third year, despite Shota's declining mental health and self-image, and by the time they were ready to start their work studies, Shota had started to realize that his feelings of comradery towards the other two might have been more than just friendly. Oboro had managed to coax Shota out of his shell and find hope in his situation, Hizashi had offered him laughs and motivation to get out of bed in the morning; His life was finally turning out for the better… Until one tragic day, while on patrol with Nemuri Kayama, Shota and Oboro were approached by a villain that ended up taking Oboro's life. After Oboro was crushed by the debris, Shota continued to fight the villain until he emerged triumphantly due to the cheering of his friend emanating from his headset. Several hours after the incident, Shota would come to find out that Oboro had died on impact. Those words of encouragement and comfort were a result of Shota's own grief and dissociation. He graduated UA a year after and decided to dive into hero work, neglecting his friendships with Hizashi and Nemuri and focusing solely on keeping villains out of the streets. Nemuri eventually reached out to Shota, inviting him to work for UA as a homeroom teacher to help get him out of his funk. He nearly flat-out denied it, but pictures of Sushi, who had grown much older at this point, as well as a video recording of Hizashi begging dramatically and doing all sorts of theatrical measures to get Shota to join back finally convinced him, and he took the spot as 1A's homeroom teacher with little resistance. At UA, Shota had to learn to cope with the loss of Oboro in a way that wasn't complete avoidance. He was in an environment that constantly reminded him of Oboro, surrounded by people who knew him, and put in situations in which the thought of the deceased boy couldn't help but be resurfaced. He wasn't alone this time, though. Hizashi, Nemuri, and the other UA staff helped him get to the point where he'd be able to somewhat-fully process his trauma.