My Hero Academiahas a roster of all sorts of villains including those with principles, and those who commit atrocities simply for the fun of it. A lot of them have painful backstories that cause them to walk on the dark path. They are iconic and unique in their own way, and each of them despises heroes.
While a few wanted to fix the problems in society, others had loftier goals and killed people out of their sadistic nature. A lot of them work independently and go far in eradicating what they deem unworthy. All For One and Shigaraki aren’t the only notable Villains, and there are many interesting folks in The League of Villains.
This list consists of spoilers from Season 7 of My Hero Academia anime, so read if you have caught up to the series.
8Overhaul
Kai Chisaki was working to remove Quirks from the world as he believed that they ruined the power balance in the world, which ruined his ego as a Yakuza member. He kidnapped a little girl Eri for experimentation and left her traumatized enough to never smile.
His self-conceit makes him wear a mask as Kai does not like to breathe the same air as those who he considers inferior around him. Chisaki still holds his former boss in high regard and, for this purpose, he allies with Lady Nagant after breaking out from Tartarus in a mentally unstable state.
7Spinner
As a Heteromorph, Spinner was a victim of racial discrimination in the town where he spent his life. Deeply disappointed by how people treated him and others of his kind, he vowed to change society for the better, but as a villain. Like Stain and Shigaraki, Spinner was deeply disappointed by the attitude of most heroes.
Spinner is shown to have a good side, and destroying the town was never his plan, but his loyalty to Shigaraki made him do whatever he wished. He also displays disdain towards All For One and fears that he ruined the bond among The League of Villains.
6Hero Killer: Stain
Stain is a villain with principles and kills those heroes who do not align with his ideology. He hated those who called themselves heroes mainly for the sake of their selfish goals, which Stain considers lofty. His Quirk Bloodcurdle can immobilize an opponent if Stain ate a small amount of their blood.
When he was freed from his holding cell, he refused to yield to All For One. Stain also seems to hold All Might in high regard and when the hero is down in the dumps, Stain gives him a reality check and tells him to take action.
5Twice
Twice was a laidback member of The League of Villains and provides comic relief in the show. He seems to have a Personality disorder where he has to struggle with two of his conflicting selves. Before he became a villain, he was an upstanding member of society until he was fired from his job and ended up poor.
In the state of poverty and loneliness, Twice created multiple clones with his work which he used to commit multiple crimes. While declared a misfit in society, he found a place with the League of Villains and died protecting his friends from the heroes.
4Toga Himiko
Toga Himiko was labeled a psychopath since her school days, which caused people to stay away from her. She expresses her love by sucking the blood of anyone she loves and using her quirk to essentially become that person for a while. While she wasn’t accepted by people around her due to her behaviour, she found friends at The League of Villains.
Toga killed her boyfriend when she was a student and later developed an infatuation for Deku wanting his blood at all costs. Despite her blood-thirsty personality, Toga isn’t emotionless, and she is shown to be vocal against her fight with Ochako, claiming that people do not understand what it’s like to live in her shoes.
3Dabi
The young Toya Todoroki only wanted his father to recognize his powers, but he was cast away as he did not show as much promise as his younger brother Shoto Todoroki. Toya ended up overdoing it and ended up burning himself with his fire and was later rescued by All For One, a point where his demise started.
Dabi became vengeful of his father and became jealous of his brother and continued training to the point where his flame no longer hurt him. He ruined his father’s reputation as a part of his revenge, which caused unrest in society as people became distrustful of heroes. Dabi was on the verge of dying due to his body but wanted to take down Shoto Todoroki along with him.
2Tomura Shigaraki
Tomura Shigaraki has the saddest backstory compared to all other villains, and he accidentally ends up killing his entire family with his Decay Quirk activation. No one was willing to help the poor child, it caused him a great deal of trauma, and he ended up resenting all heroes.
With nowhere to go, Tomura quickly succumbed to All For One’s teachings and became the leader of The League of Villains. He has a strong urge to cause destruction and thinks that a society protected by heroes does not deserve to exist. Shigaraki is also shown to hurt those close to Deku to get on his nerves.
1All For One
As greedy as his name sounds, All For One has a huge obsession with power and will steal any Quirk to achieve his goal of keeping the world under his control. He also knows the way human psychology works and uses it as an advantage to manipulate people into doing his bidding.
All For One made the nation of Japan an example by causing its destruction, which also let other nations decide to focus on the protection of their countries, a plan he made to ruin world relations. Shigaraki would never have gone this far without his help, and All For One later possessed his body to replace his older one.
