My Hero Academia Fans Completely Missed the Series' Two Trans Characters

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With one of the largest casts of characters in manga, it should come as no surprise that My Hero Academia would have heroes, villains, and supporting characters that represent the full range of human diversity, including the LGBTQ+ community. Nevertheless, due to the lack of enthusiasm in the Japanese manga market to portray LGBTQ+ characters in mainstream titles, it is also not surprising to find that creators avoid introducing LGBTQ+ characters, especially if doing so means that they might face pushback from producers, distributors, and fans. To his credit, My Hero Academic creator Kohei Horikoshi has not only introduced two supporting characters in the manga who are transgender, but has also potentially made one of the members of Class 1-A an LGBTQ+ character as well.

My Hero Academia’s most obvious transgender character is Yawara Chatora (AKA Tiger). Introduced in My Hero Academia chapter 72, Tiger is a former pro-hero member of the superhero team the Wild, Wild Pussycats. He is currently teaching at the academy but also participated in the Hideout Raid Team. Not much is outwardly mentioned about his gender identity in the story, however, his preference of wearing miniskirts may be a hint to fans. Despite the rather tacit in-comic embrace of his gender identity, for attentive readers, his transgender identity is stated outright in his character description in the manga.

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In addition to Tiger, My Hero Academia’s other transgender hero is Kenji Hishiki (AKA Magne). Magne is a member of the League of Villains. However, the manga’s expression of her gender identity is much more finessed and not as outright as Tiger’s, but there is still