Skeptic
Tomoyasu Chikazoku, operating under the villain name Skeptic, is a key antagonist in My Hero Academia. Publicly serving as an executive board member at the major IT company Feel Good Inc., he secretly functions as the primary strategist and intelligence officer for the Meta Liberation Army. Following the organization's merger into the Paranormal Liberation Front, he maintains his role as a lieutenant, directing communications, cyber operations, and strategic planning for the villain alliance.
Overview
Tomoyasu Chikazoku, operating under the villain name Skeptic, is a key antagonist in My Hero Academia. Publicly serving as an executive board member at the major IT company Feel Good Inc., he secretly functions as the primary strategist and intelligence officer for the Meta Liberation Army. Following the organization's merger into the Paranormal Liberation Front, he maintains his role as a lieutenant, directing communications, cyber operations, and strategic planning for the villain alliance.
Appearance
He is a tall, slender man featuring long, unkempt black hair with bangs that completely cover his right eye. He typically dresses in a sleek black turtleneck sweater paired with a formal suit.
Personality
He is extremely neurotic and perfectionistic, prone to violent outbursts of frustration whenever his meticulous plans encounter unexpected disruption. He exhibits fanatical devotion to Re-Destro and the core tenets of the Meta Liberation Army, prioritizing the movement's goals above all else. Cold and ruthless toward adversaries, he does not hesitate to exploit their emotional vulnerabilities to crush their resolve.
Abilities
His Quirk, Anthropomorph, allows him to convert human-sized inanimate objects into life-like puppets that mimic specific individuals, controlling them remotely. Alongside his Quirk, he possesses elite hacking skills and computational mastery, enabling him to control communication systems, gather intelligence, and coordinate large-scale tactics by operating multiple computer terminals at high speed.
Background
While maintaining his status as a corporate executive at Feel Good Inc., he quietly built the intelligence infrastructure and strategic framework for the Meta Liberation Army. During the conflict against the League of Villains in Deika City, he orchestrated information blackouts and deployed his transformed puppets to overwhelm the opposing force. After his faction merged into the Paranormal Liberation Front under Tomura Shigaraki, he continued to manage cyber warfare, communications, and intelligence operations during the confrontation against the professional heroes.
Relationships
He holds absolute reverence for Re-Destro (Rikiya Yotsubashi), serving him with total loyalty and executing his strategic vision. During the battle in Deika City, he targeted Twice (Jin Bubaigawara) by exploiting his psychological trauma with puppet clones. He also coordinates closely with fellow lieutenants such as Curious (Chitose Kizuki) and Spinner (Shuichi Iguchi) to provide tactical intelligence and support their joint operations.
Trivia
His character design contrasts his respectable position as an IT corporate executive with his secret identity as a ruthless cyber strategist for an underground army. In battle and command settings, he is frequently depicted rapidly typing across multiple keyboards to manage complex network operations simultaneously.