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Nobu from My Hero Academia in a close-framed cel-shaded anime scene with a detailed environment
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Wolfram's crew includes him for the I-Island takeover in the film My Hero Academia: Two Heroes, where he runs fast enough to turn his legs into a blur and wipes matter out of the air with a swipe. It takes Shoto Todoroki most of the fight to realize the ice is not being destroyed at all, only sent somewhere else.

Quirk: Unnamed Displacement Quirk
English Voice: Ben Bryant
Japanese Voice: Nobu (Chidori)
Status: Imprisoned
Occupation: Villain
First Appearance (Movie): My Hero Academia: Two Heroes
Agency & Affiliations: Wolfram
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Appearance

The head is a goat's. A flat muzzle reduced to nostrils, two small triangular ears, visibly sharp teeth, and thin dark eyes slanting steeply inward, all of it on pale yellow skin. He is scrawny and strange-looking, his dark green hair worn as a mohawk that runs down past his ears and along the cheekbones, with a small goatee at the chin. On the job he wears what all of Wolfram's other men wear: a black combat suit under a full-face mask marked with a paler X.

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Personality

Nobu is loyal to Wolfram and committed to whatever the plan is. He also has almost no patience and enjoys a fight for its own sake, including against children.

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History

He slips onto I-Island with the rest of Wolfram's men, and once the plan is moving they tie up the security guards, seize the Central Tower control room, and turn the island's own defenses against its residents, its tourists, and the Pro Heroes among them. When U.A. students begin climbing the tower after the hostages, Wolfram sends Nobu and Daigo down to stop them. They find Katsuki Bakugo and Eijiro Kirishima on the eightieth floor, dismiss the claim that the pair are simply lost, and Nobu attacks, only for Shoto Todoroki to freeze both villains solid out of nowhere.

What follows is a footrace. Nobu breaks them free, Daigo swells into a hulking purple brute, and Nobu keeps pace with Shoto on speed alone while every wave of ice sent at him withers away. That is where Shoto works out the truth: the Quirk destroys nothing, it displaces. Nobu's hands swell into large webbed claws and whatever they strike goes elsewhere, and he never tires doing it. The end is Katsuki's doing without Katsuki trying. Annoyed to see Daigo beaten, Nobu lunges, misses, and comes away with a handful of his sweat, and once Shoto learns the stuff works like nitroglycerin a wave of fire finishes the fight.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Nobu in MHA?

Nobu is a goat-headed villain who works for Wolfram in the film My Hero Academia: Two Heroes, taking part in the takeover of I-Island alongside the rest of Wolfram's men.

What is Nobu's Quirk?

Nobu's Quirk is an unnamed displacement power that lets him swipe matter out of existence without destroying it, instead sending it elsewhere. Shoto Todoroki initially mistook it for pure destruction until he realized his own ice was simply being relocated.

Who does Nobu work for?

Nobu works for the villain Wolfram, and during the I-Island takeover in Two Heroes he is sent along with Daigo to stop U.A. students climbing the Central Tower after the hostages.

Who defeats Nobu in Two Heroes?

Shoto Todoroki defeats Nobu in My Hero Academia: Two Heroes after learning that a handful of Nobu's sweat behaves like nitroglycerin, then finishing him with a wave of fire.

What happens to Nobu after his defeat?

After his defeat in Two Heroes, Nobu ends up imprisoned, his current status listed simply as imprisoned following Wolfram's failed I-Island takeover.

Sources & Information

Looking for more on Nobu? The My Hero Academia Wiki on Fandom has a dedicated page with community notes.

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