Who is the Number 1 Hero at the end of My Hero Academia? Explained

Modified Aug 15, 2024 15:33 GMT

Who is the Number 1 Hero at the end of My Hero Academia? Explained — Mt. Lady, Lemillion, and Kamui Woods as seen in My Hero Academia anime (Image via BONES)

With the release of My Hero Academia's final chapter, the manga finally updated fans on all that happened during the eight-year time skip. After Deku lost the embers of his One For All quirk, he stopped being a hero and focused on becoming a professor at the U.A. High School.

In the meantime, his friends continued their journeys as heroes and climbed up the rankings of the leaderboards, especially Shoto Todoroki and Katsuki Bakugo. However, neither hero managed to become the top-ranked hero. Surprisingly, the Number 1 Hero at the end of the series was Mirio Togata.

Disclaimer: This article contains spoilers from the My Hero Academia manga.

My Hero Academia's Number 1 Pro Hero at the end of the series

Mirio Togata as seen in the manga (Image via Shueisha)

My Hero Academia's Number 1 Pro Hero at the end of the series was Mirio Togata, also known as Lemillion. He had seemingly skyrocketed to the top of the rankings, surpassing Kamui Woods and Mt. Lady along the way.

This was a massive achievement as, in the past, while Mirio was thought of as one of the heroes with the most potential to reach such a summit, he lost his quirk for quite some time. This development had effectively put his hero career on hold. Had it not been for Eri's hard work in trying to master her quirk and help Mirio, Lemillion might have never graduated U.A. High School as a Pro Hero.

Instead, at the end of the series, he was not only a Pro Hero but was ranked No. 1 in Japan.

The Number 1 Pro Heroes before Mirio, explained

All Might as seen in the anime (Image via BONES)

As fans might remember, All Might was the top-ranked hero in Japan for the longest time. However, after he retired, the position was taken over by former No. 2 Pro Hero in Japan, Endeavor.

Following that, while Enji Todoroki "Endeavor" got caught in a lot of controversy and the war took place, the hero did lose his popularity. However, given that hero rankings were the least of people's concerns, the manga did not update the rankings before the timeskip took place.

Izuku Midoriya as seen in My Hero Academia manga finale (Image via Shueisha)

Hence, considering how Endeavor retired and Hawks became the President of Hero Public Safety Commission, there is a chance that former No. 3 ranked hero Best Jeanist took over the spot on technicality. That said, this was never confirmed by the manga series.

As for the rankings that were revealed after the eight-year timeskip, the manga confirmed that Mirio Togata "Lemillion" skyrocketed in the rankings and became the Number 1 ranked Pro Hero in Japan by surpassing Kamui Woods and Mt. Lady along the way. This either confirms that Japan's Number 1 Hero before Mirio was Kamui Woods, Mt. Lady, or both of them. Unfortunately, there is no way to confirm the same unless Kohei Horikoshi reveals the same some time later.