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NHA Reporter

Character

The NHA Reporter is an unnamed television journalist for NHA TV whose camera turns up at nearly every turning point of the story, from the press siege at U.A.'s gates to a live broadcast of the Final War. Eight years on, she works the anchor desk rather than the field.

Voice English: Kristi Kang (seasons 1-4), Kristen McGuire (seasons 7-8)
Voice Japanese: Yu Shimamura
Status: Alive
Occupation: Reporter (former), News Anchor
First Appearance (Anime): Episode 9
Agency & Affiliations: NHA TV
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Appearance

An armband reading NHA sits on her left sleeve, and the microphone she carries is branded the same way. A plain formal suit is her working uniform. Her eyes are large and black, and brown hair of medium length is gathered back into a ponytail, framing a face that reads as young.

The epilogue redesigns her for the desk. The suit gives way to a pale blouse with short frilly sleeves, the ponytail is now curly, and her bangs are styled.

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Personality

Ratings drive her at first. She pushes at U.A. purely to get All Might, his colleagues, and his students on camera, and she says outright that controversy is good for the numbers.

That instinct never quite leaves her, but courage grows alongside it. By the Final War she is filing reports from a helicopter while the fighting happens beneath her, and when the wounded need moving she surrenders that helicopter so an injured Uravity can reach a hospital.

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History

She first appears in the press scrum outside U.A. demanding to know where All Might is, cornering Tenya Ida, Ochaco Uraraka, and Izuku Midoriya about what he is like as a teacher, and asking whether Katsuki Bakugo is the kid caught up in the Sludge Villain business. The reporters get chased off by Shota Aizawa, and the school barrier locks her out for having neither a pass nor a student ID, though Tomura Shigaraki quietly destroys that barrier later the same day and lets the crowd back in, with Shota and Hizashi Yamada shooing them away again.

The U.A. Sports Festival puts her in the queue next. Her cameraman notes the tightened security since the U.S.J. attack, and she tells him controversy brings good ratings, excited to finally see the class the League went after. Over Hosu City she films the wreckage left by the Nomu, unsure on air whether it is accident or villain work, and tells her cameraman to keep rolling as they catch Kurogiri and Tomura on a rooftop. NHA TV passes that footage to Daikaku Miyagi, who is covering Stain's capture and uses it to link Hosu to the U.S.J. attack.

Later she introduces the Hero Billboard Chart JP, walking the top ten Pro Heroes onto the stage and noting that anyone involved at Kamino has climbed, Best Jeanist included at number three despite months out of commission. During the Final War she broadcasts from above the Gunga Mountains with a different camerawoman, weeping as she recognizes the boy she once interviewed in the vigilante on the news below. She watches Himiko Toga's army of Doubles in horror and Uravity's awakened Quirk in awe, her camera running out of battery just as that fight ends, then lends her helicopter to Pixie-Bob so a barely breathing Uravity can be evacuated along with a second wounded hero. Eight years later, anchoring instead of chasing, she reports Deku's warm welcome back to hero work at number four under the epithet One For All Hero, and Dynamight's climb to number five.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Who is the NHA Reporter in My Hero Academia?

The NHA Reporter is an unnamed television journalist for NHA TV who appears at many major events in My Hero Academia, from the press scrum outside U.A.'s gates to a live broadcast of the Final War. Her name is never given on screen; the anime credits list her only as the Female Reporter.

What role does the NHA Reporter play early in the story?

Early on, the NHA Reporter chases All Might and his students for interviews, cornering Tenya Ida, Ochaco Uraraka, and Izuku Midoriya outside U.A. She later covers the U.A. Sports Festival and films the wreckage in Hosu City, admitting on air that controversy brings good ratings.

What does the NHA Reporter do during the Final War?

During the Final War, the NHA Reporter broadcasts from a helicopter over the Gunga Mountains. When a barely breathing Uravity needs to reach a hospital, she gives up her helicopter so the wounded hero can be evacuated.

What happens to the NHA Reporter eight years after the war?

Eight years after the Final War, the NHA Reporter works as a news anchor rather than a field reporter. She reports on Deku's return to hero work under the epithet One For All Hero and on Dynamight's climb up the Hero Billboard Chart JP.

Who voices the NHA Reporter in My Hero Academia?

The NHA Reporter is voiced by Yu Shimamura in Japanese. In English she was voiced by Kristi Kang for the first four seasons and by Kristen McGuire starting with season seven.

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