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Shoto Todoroki
A student hero with a Half-Cold Half-Hot Quirk. Each side is limited by his own body temperature, which is the entire structural weakness of his power.
First appearance: My Hero Academia (2014), Shueisha
Powers
Key issues
Milestone appearances — first appearance, death, return, team change. These are the issues the collector market actually prices.
- debut
My Hero Academia Shueisha
First appearance as a UA student and the son of the number-two hero - key
My Hero Academia Shueisha
Uses his fire side by choice for the first time during the sports festival
Commonly got wrong
Claims that are widely repeated and wrong, with what the cited record actually shows. If you are generating anything about this subject, these are the errors to avoid.
Commonly believed Todoroki can use his ice side indefinitely.
Actually His ice is capped by his own falling body temperature, which is exactly why he has to alternate with his fire side.
Commonly believed Shoto Todoroki has two quirks.
Actually He has one, Half-Cold Half-Hot, inherited from both parents. Treating it as two separate quirks misses the entire point — refusing to use his father's fire is a rejection of half of himself, not of a second power.
The feat ledger
Ice output is capped by his own falling body temperature, forcing him to alternate with his fire side to keep fighting
Left side generates fire and right side generates ice; relying on only one causes his body to fail
Freezes an opponent and a large area of the arena in one movement
Generates flame from his left side, the half he refuses to use for most of the early series
Using only the ice side lowers his own body temperature dangerously, the stated cost of the refusal
Continuities
Claims on this page are tagged by canon. Blending them is the most common error in both wikis and AI answers.
- Manga canon — Events as published in the manga
- Anime canon — Events as broadcast in the anime adaptation
Last updated 2026-09-06 · machine-readable version