Tenya's first kiss was from a civilian he had saved during his second year; after catching her from the bridge she fell from during a fight, the woman only knew how to express her gratitude with a deep kiss that probably lasted longer than it should've.

Sero swears that if you watch the news footage closes, you could see Tenya literally short circuit and spout fumes out of his exhaust pipes out of confusion.


Tenya somehow earns this reputation of having kisses stolen from him later that year; the next incident is from an Ingenium fangirl.

After another fight during his weekly patrol with Sero and Deku, the three are surrounded by fans, and somehow along the way of arm-waving and crowd-controlling, one girl manages to slip past Tenya's gestures and plant a lipstick mark on his cheek.

The reprimanding that Tenya dishes out of embarrassment only intensifies with Sero's howling laughter.


Tenya steps down from student council during his second year, focusing on himself and what it means to be both a hero and a leader.

In third year, he serves as vice class president under Setsuna in Class 3-B.


After graduating from U.A., Tenya decides to join his brother's agency. Truthfully, he feels weird about it, but it only made sense that he joined the family business, right?

...right?


He sticks with Team Idaten for about six months. It's a painful realization, but Tenya finds himself suffocating in the environment.

He submits his resignation from the agency without a word to his brother or family; it's a conversation he's not ready to have.


Tenya's left jobless for about two months. His relationship with his brother has been awkward for about eight. Out of a sense of loss, he takes up a job as a convenience store clerk, believing that he needed normalcy at that point in his life.


A chance encounter with Uraraka snaps him out of his slump. After a fight between Ryukyu's agency and a villain with a Bull quirk rampages through the street that Tenya's convenience store is located in, Tenya sees that the heroes are struggling to evacuate and subdue the villain at the same time. Uraraka is trying to find an opening to touch the villain, but simply can't reach him without getting thrown.

He swears it was instinctual, but next thing Tenya knows, he's yelling Uraraka's name and speeding towards her before scooping her up and gets her close enough to levitate the villain.

She's caught off-guard, but is thankful to Tenya for being there.

He later explains himself to the police, and with Ryukyu and Uraraka's vouching, he's let off from legal trouble. At the end of the day, Tenya goes home with Ryukyu's business card and a lack of senselessness.


Tenya's second resignation comes immediately after the incident with Uraraka. After working there for five months, Tenya resigns from the convenience store and applies for Ryukyu's agency.

It was more so a formality, since he was practically accepted the moment he walked into the interview.


Though the job at Ryukyu's agency had set Tenya back on track, his relationship with his family still had some rough patches, mainly with his brother. It's been a little over a year since he started with Team Idaten, yet his departure is still a looming elephant in the room for the Iida family.


To distract himself from his familial troubles, Tenya focuses on doing the best job that he can in Ryukyu's agency. He pours his whole heart and every ounce of effort in getting the job done, and doing the job right.

It's the least he could do to make amends in his own way, for now.