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Chiyo Shuzenji from My Hero Academia in a close-framed cel-shaded anime scene with a detailed environment
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Chiyo Shuzenji

Character

Chiyo Shuzenji, the Youthful Heroine better known as Recovery Girl, keeps the infirmary at U.A. High School and has done so for over forty years. A kiss from her drives a body to repair itself in seconds, though the bill is paid out of the patient, and her scoldings often sting worse than the wound.

Age: 60+
Hair: Gray
Alias: Youthful Heroine: Recovery Girl
Quirk: Heal
Gender: Female
Height: 115cm (3'9")
Status: Alive
Birthday: April 4th
Birthplace: Tokyo
Blood Type: B
Affiliation: U.A. High School
Debut Anime: Episode 4
Debut Manga: Chapter 4
Fighting Style: Support
Japanese Voice: Etsuko Kozakura
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Appearance

A syringe juts out at an angle from the netted gray bun on her head, which is the detail most people notice first. Chiyo stands barely over a meter tall, her age written into the deep folds bracketing a wide mouth; her nose is tiny and her eyes are usually reduced to a pair of short dashes.

Over a dress marked with yellow and red vest paneling, a pair of yellow buttons, and a belt whose buckle forms a pink R, she wears a doctor's coat. Pink boots finish the outfit, and a helmet wraps the sides of her head with a purple-tinted visor across her eyes. Her cane is shaped like a syringe and doubles as a healing tool. Shortly before the Final War she looks considerably more frail, the likely cost of pouring her Quirk into everyone wounded in the Paranormal Liberation War.

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Personality

Warmth is her default. She treats every patient gently and hands out candy afterward, since her Quirk leaves people drained. That kindness has a hard edge for anyone who gets hurt through stupidity, and All Might has heard plenty of it for never teaching Izuku Midoriya to handle One For All safely, as has Izuku himself for wrecking his body over and over. She eventually stopped repairing the damage One For All did to him, refusing to let the cycle continue, and pushed him toward a way of using the power that did not cost him his limbs.

She can be blunt to the point of unkindness. When Present Mic went down to a swarm of insects during the First Term Final Exam, his fear of bugs earned him no sympathy from her at all.

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Abilities

Medical Expertise: Her Quirk is not the whole of her skill. After the fight against Shoto Todoroki left Izuku's hand beyond what healing alone could fix, she operated on it, which points to genuine training as a physician rather than nursing alone.

Heal: Chiyo kisses an injury and the body's own recovery accelerates enormously, closing broken bones and ruined limbs within seconds. Her lips stretch to abnormal lengths to reach the spot. The energy comes out of the patient, and enough of it will kill; she throttles the effect deliberately, sometimes leaving a wound only partly mended so the person still has something left in the tank.

There are hard limits. Injuries past a certain severity cannot be closed, or cannot be closed completely, and nothing she does will bring back a body part that is gone.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Chiyo Shuzenji?

Chiyo Shuzenji, the Youthful Heroine better known as Recovery Girl, keeps the infirmary at U.A. High School and has done so for over forty years. A kiss from her drives a body to repair itself in seconds, though the energy is drawn out of the patient.

Who voiced Recovery Girl in My Hero Academia?

Recovery Girl, Chiyo Shuzenji, is voiced by Etsuko Kozakura in Japanese. In English she was voiced by Juli Erickson in Season 1 and by Luci Christian from Season 2 onward.

What is Chiyo Shuzenji's Quirk?

Chiyo Shuzenji's Quirk is Heal. She kisses an injury to dramatically accelerate the body's own recovery, closing broken bones and ruined limbs within seconds.

How does Chiyo Shuzenji's healing power work?

Chiyo Shuzenji's Heal Quirk speeds up a patient's natural recovery, but the energy for it comes out of the patient, and too much will kill them. She deliberately throttles the effect, sometimes leaving a wound only partly mended so the person still has something left, and she cannot regrow a lost body part.

Why did Chiyo Shuzenji stop fully healing Izuku Midoriya?

Chiyo Shuzenji stopped repairing the damage One For All did to Izuku Midoriya's body because she refused to let the cycle of injury continue, pushing him instead toward a way of using the power that did not cost him his limbs.

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