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

Character

Music runs through the Jiro household, and Mika is half its source. A working musician married to Kyotoku Jiro, she passed both her ear for sound and her plug-shaped earlobes down to her daughter Kyoka, then told the girl to go be a hero instead.

English Voice: Katelyn Barr
Japanese Voice: Akeno Watanabe
Birthday: February 16
Age: 36 (first appearance to Paranormal Liberation War Arc), 37 (pre-timeskip), 45 (current)
Height: 159 cm (5'2½")
Status: Alive
Occupation: Musician
First Appearance (Manga): Chapter 96
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Appearance

Black-framed glasses sit on a slender frame. Mika keeps her dark purple hair short and straight, the bangs angling down past her right eye. Her wardrobe has never varied across appearances: tights, a pencil skirt, and a shell top with a collar. The plug-shaped earlobes hanging at the sides of her head are what Kyoka inherited most visibly.

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Personality

Warmth and encouragement come easily to her. When Kyoka confessed she wanted the hero course rather than a stage, Mika and her husband took it without complaint, treating a life's work as something a daughter is entitled to choose for herself. Her answer was that helping people and making music had never been mutually exclusive.

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History

Kyotoku fell for Mika's playing before anything else, and the marriage produced Kyoka, who picked up instruments early and assumed her parents wanted a musician out of her. She apologized when she finally admitted her real ambition, and both of them waved the apology off and backed her.

Mika appears in person when her husband confronts the U.A. staff over the school's request to move Kyoka into the dormitories. The argument collapses once Kyoka reveals he had already made up his mind to let her go, and when the men start snapping at each other, Mika tells them to settle down.

She is a skilled musician, though her instrument is never named, and punk is her stated favorite. Her Quirk, Earphone Jack, gives her the same plugs that dangle from Kyoka's lobes. Assuming it works identically, she can jack into an object, pump her own heartbeat through it as a punishing vibration, and stretch the lobes out several meters. The surname the family carries comes from her side rather than her husband's.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Mika Jiro's husband?

Mika Jiro is married to Kyotoku Jiro, who fell for her musical playing before anything else. Together they are the parents of Kyoka Jiro.

What is Mika Jiro's quirk?

Mika Jiro's quirk is Earphone Jack, which gives her the plug shaped earlobes she passed down to her daughter Kyoka. It reportedly lets her jack into an object, send her heartbeat through it as a vibration, and stretch her earlobes several meters.

Who is Mika Jiro's daughter?

Mika Jiro's daughter is Kyoka Jiro, who inherited both her mother's ear for sound and her plug shaped earlobes. Kyoka went on to attend U.A. High School's hero course rather than pursue music.

What does Mika Jiro do for a living?

Mika Jiro is a working musician, though the specific instrument she plays is never named. Punk is stated as her favorite genre.

How did Mika Jiro react to her daughter choosing to become a hero?

Mika Jiro and her husband accepted Kyoka's decision to pursue the hero course rather than music without complaint. Mika's view was that helping people and making music were never mutually exclusive.

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