My Hero Academia is a superhero action anime with an ensemble cast, primarily focusing on class 1-A’s many talented students. While Izuku is the shonen protagonist who has gotten into many fights during the story, his childhood friend Katsuki Bakugo has fought plenty of battles of his own.
It’s no secret that Bakugo wants to be the best, and he’ll fight anyone and anything to prove himself the top student at U.A. Throughout the My Hero Academia anime, Katsuki Bakugo has battled his fellow classmates, bonafide villains, and even giant robots on his quest to become the best.
10 Katsuki Bakugo Vs Test Robots
Katsuki Bakugo fought his first battle against some giant robots alongside many other U.A. hopefuls, and this was when many characters used their Quirks on-screen for the first time. This short arc focused mainly on Izuku and Ochaco, but Bakugo got some screentime, too.
Bakugo wasn’t exactly the hero of this story arc, but he did impress everyone with his devastating Quirk, which was ideal for destroying oversized dummy targets like these. Accordingly, he had no trouble getting into U.A.
9 Katsuki Bakugo Vs Izuku Modoriya, First Fight
Early on in the story, the students of class 1-A had to partner up and face each other in mock battles, with one team posing as villains. Bakugo was partnered with the runner hero Tenya Iida, and they, as “villains,” had to defend the objective from the team of Izuku and Ochaco.
This battle pitted Bakugo against Izuku, with no one to interfere. Bakugo did his best to overwhelm his underdog opponent, and he nearly won. In the end, though, Izuku managed to scrape a victory by blasting the building apart with Detroit Smash to give Ochaco a chance to seize the objective, stunning Bakugo.
8 Katsuki Bakugo Vs Eijiro Kirishima
Katsuki Bakugo was a star during the U.A. sports festival, and he fought four matches to climb his way to the top. His second opponent was Eijiro Kirishima, a melee student who could harden his skin with his Quirk. At first, Eijiro easily withstood Bakugo’s explosions and fought back with gusto.
However, Bakugo’s Quirk kept powering up, as he started sweating more and more. Eventually, Bakugo blasted his way through Eijiro’s hardened defenses with some impressive moves and forced his friend to give in.
7 Katsuki Bakugo Vs Fumikage Tokoyami
In the semi-finals, Bakugo went up against the darkness-wielding Fumikage Tokoyami, and Bakugo had a distinct advantage. Both boys had powerful and respectable Quirks, but the fight took place in broad daylight, which weakened Dark Shadow somewhat.
Bakugo kept up the pressure, and the light from his intense explosions weakened Dark Shadow even further, so Fumikage had to give in before he got seriously hurt. Bakugo was glad to win, but though did acknowledge that Fumikage had been at a natural disadvantage.
6 Katsuki Bakugo Vs Ochaco Uraraka
This was one of Bakugo’s better fights not just because he won the match but because he and Ochaco Uraraka both had the right attitude, despite Present Mic’s protests. Bakugo had a serious advantage and was pummeling Ochaco, but Shota Aizawa insisted that Ochaco get a fair chance to strive for victory.
Bakugo respected his underdog opponent by trying his best, and Ochaco returned the favor with a meteor trick that almost won her the match. Ochaco grew a lot from this defeat, and Bakugo helped make it happen. Besides, Cementoss would have intervened if Bakugo got carried away and put Ochaco in real danger.
5 Katsuki Bakugo Vs Shoto Todoroki
The sports festival’s final match included class 1-A’s two best students, Katsuki Bakugo and the talented Shoto Todoroki, and everyone was eager to watch. Earlier, Shoto had finally activated his Quirk’s fire half during his battle with Izuku, and Bakugo dearly hoped to face that fire as well.
To Bakugo’s bitter disappointment, Shoto only used his ice, suggesting that Bakugo was not worthy of his Quirk’s full power. Shoto fought half-heartedly until Bakugo won, and Bakugo demanded, in vain, for Shoto to use that fire. Bakugo reluctantly accepted his gold medal later for this hollow victory.
4 Katsuki Bakugo Vs Izuku Midoriya, Second Fight
Bakugo blamed himself for his idol, All Might, losing his powers during the Kamino ward battle, and that guilt, combined with his insecurity about Izuku’s surprising strength, led him to confront Iziuku one night on U.A.’s campus. Bakugo was sure that Izuku and All Might were connected in secret ways.
The two old friends ended up fighting an intense and personal battle, and Bakugo narrowly won after taking a beating from One For All. Then All Might himself arrived and explained everything. After this, Bakugo’s rivalry with Izuku became a little healthier.
3 Katsuki Bakugo & Izuku Midoriya Vs All Might
The students of class 1-A had to partner up again for mock battles, but this time, they would face their own teachers. The 10th and final match paired up Katsuki Bakugo with his rival Izuku against their shared idol, All Might. The fight took place in a replica of a city street.
Bakugo refused at first to fight with Izuku, since he wanted to defeat All Might alone and prove himself. Bakugo tried his best, but he couldn’t handle All Might, so he reluctantly teamed up with Izuku and carried out a desperate but smart plan to outmaneuver the world’s top hero. In the end, it worked.
2 Katsuki Bakugo Vs Serpenters
The third My Hero Academia movie, World Heroes’ Mission, eventually focused on Izuku, Bakugo, and Shoto as the three main heroes, and they each fought a powerful Humarise member to decide the fate of the world. Izuku went after Flect Turn and Shoto faced Leviathan, leaving Bakugo to deal with Serpenters.
Serpenters was like two people in one, and this villain used fierce blade attacks to push Bakugo to the limit. On the brink of defeat, Bakugo heroically went Plus Ultra and devised a simple but effective counterattack, and he defeated Serpenters in a brilliant display of Quirk firepower.
1 Katsuki Bakugo & Teammates Vs Setsuna Tokage’s Team
During the joint training story arc, classes 1-A and 1-B fought one another in teams of four, with Hitoshi Shinso as a guest. Katsuki Bakugo’s team included Kyoka Jiro the sonic hero, Hanta Sero the tape hero, and Rikido Sato the sugar rush hero.
Setsuna Tokage and her allies hoped to use Bakugo’s uncooperative attitude against him, but it didn’t work. Bakugo actually served as a great team leader and led his group to victory in record time, even lending his grenades to Hanta to help locate and knock out Setsuna. Bakugo’s performance was positively perfect in this battle.
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