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

Character

Class 1-B's resident ghost, Reiko Yanagi drifts through U.A. with a horror fan's sensibility and a power to match: Poltergeist, which lets her hurl objects at people without laying a finger on them. Eight years on from the Final War she holds the license, the career, and the hero name Emily.

Age: 15 (first appearance to Paranormal Liberation War Arc), 16 (pre-timeskip), 24 (current)
Eye: Blue
Hair: Pale Gray
Alias: Emily
Debut: Chapter 26
Kanji: 柳レイ子
Quirk: Poltergeist
Gender: Female
Height: 165 cm (5'5")
Status: Alive
Birthday: February 11
Birthplace: Aichi Prefecture
Blood Type: B
Occupation: Pro Hero, Student (former)
Anime Debut: Episode 16
English Voice: Ryan Reynolds
Fighting Style: Ranged Combat
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Appearance

The overall impression is spectral: bloodless skin, a thin frame, and a spine held oddly upright. A sharp swept panel of hair covers the entire left half of her face, while the rest sits as an unkempt silver pixie-bob that stops just short of the chin, dead straight throughout. Behind it are dark prussian-blue eyes kept half-closed, their lower lashes drawn to points, set beneath thin brows. Her mouth is small but rather full-lipped.

Her original hero costume is a light periwinkle kimono falling the length of her legs, with an enormous puffed hood bunched behind the neck and flared sleeves hanging past the wrists. A navy band with twin white stripes wraps her upper abdomen, the boots match the kimono and sit on flat dark soles, and a separate mask covers her lower face and the length of her neck.

After the timeskip her hair has grown out much longer and much sleeker. The kimono is now pure white with black trim and lengthy sleeves, worn with collared black boots and a pair of geta.

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Personality

Reiko says little and shows less. She stands with her elbows tucked to her sides and her hands left dangling, a posture borrowed straight from every zombie and ghost illustration ever drawn, which suits her power neatly.

The horror theme is genuine taste rather than costuming. She hunts down frightening stories online for fun and regularly gathers her class for scary movie nights. That does not make her fearless: Neito Monoma ranting at Class 1-A unsettled her enough that she called him scary. She can be helpful too, serving as Itsuka Kendo's attendant for the U.A. School Festival beauty pageant, which points to a decent eye for fashion.

Her phrasing tends toward the cryptic. Calling Izuku Midoriya spooky required her classmate Nirengeki Shoda to translate for anyone unfamiliar with how she talks.

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Abilities

Poltergeist gives Reiko telekinetic hold over objects near her, capped at roughly the weight of an average person. Offensively she lifts several at once and sends them flying at a target at high speed.

She handles it well for a Hero Course student. Round five of the Joint Training Battle showcased how she works with others: Yui Kodai enlarged the debris she had floating so it was harder to dodge, Nirengeki Shoda made each impact land faster and hit harder, and the whole barrage came from a position the enemy could not pin down. Even with that stack of powers feeding one another, Ochaco Uraraka cut through the arrangement and beat her quickly. During the Final War she and Yui proved pivotal in helping Mt. Lady put a re-awakened Gigantomachia back down, feeding the giant Lurker enlarged floating weapons, a partnership that held until All For One overwhelmed the group.

Her read on opponents is sharp as well. With her team's match still pending, she called out Izuku Midoriya as the biggest danger on the field, citing how much his power, speed, and mobility had grown along with the long-range attacks he had recently picked up.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Reiko Yanagi's Quirk?

Reiko Yanagi's Quirk, Poltergeist, gives her telekinetic control over nearby objects up to roughly the weight of an average person, letting her lift several at once and hurl them at a target at high speed.

Does Ryan Reynolds voice Reiko Yanagi?

Yes, Ryan Reynolds provides the English voice for Reiko Yanagi, while Ayane Sakura voices her in the original Japanese version.

Will Reiko Yanagi become a Pro Hero?

Yes, Reiko Yanagi becomes a licensed Pro Hero; eight years after the Final War she is working under the hero name Emily.

What is Reiko Yanagi's personality like?

Reiko Yanagi is quiet and shows little outward emotion, but she has a genuine love of horror, hunting down scary stories online and hosting scary movie nights for her Class 1-B classmates.

Which class does Reiko Yanagi belong to at U.A. High School?

Reiko Yanagi is a student in Class 1-B at U.A. High School, where classmates like Nirengeki Shoda and Yui Kodai often combine their Quirks with hers in combat training.

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