Shoto Todoroki , also known by the mononym Shoto , is a superhero and one of the main protagonists of the manga series My Hero Academia, created by Kōhei Horikoshi. The youngest child of pro-hero Endeavor and civilian Rei Todoroki, he is the only one of their four children to have obtained both their respective fire and ice powers, or quirks. Shoto began to despise his father due to experiencing abusive training from him as a child, alongside witnessing how he abused his mother, and initially refused to use his fire powers, only starting to use them again after a fight with UA High classmate Izuku Midoriya.