*minor manga spoilers*
It has been 76 years since the first time the districts rebelled against the Capitol, led be destro, they called themselves the Liberation army. As a punishment and to avoid rebellion again the Capitol started the Hunger Games, a quirked deathmatch where each district picks 2 representatives to their death.
The second time was only a few years ago, the rebellion led by re:destro the child of destro whom not even the capitol know existed until the next rebellion.
Izuku's father was in the 75th hunger games where the past victors had to fight each other as a remembrance that even the district's greatest could not defeat the capitol. Izuku's father and other past victors led under re:destro tried to break free from the capitol, so less suffering would happen to their districts but was ultimately put down and the caught rebels were executed. Some of the rebels killed themselves rather than be captured by the capitol. Including his father.
*a/n* Izuku's birthday is on the first day of the hunger games.
