Crimson Riot: The Retro Hero.

I am really interested in Crimson Riot's backstory and info.

Here is the only time Crimson Riot is mentioned

Crimson Riot (紅頬権斗 Kōkyō-Raioto?) is a Pro Hero and the idol of Eijirou Kirishima, whose hero name (Red Riot) is a homage to him

Kirishima mentions that he's aiming for a Hero image which resembles Crimson Riot's. Midnight mentioned how Crimson Riot was a 'man among heroes'.

What does man among heroes really mean?

u/Empath_D made this post 10 months ago:

Crimson Riot. A hero who, by Kirishima's own admission, is kind of "Retro".

It's purely speculative but I think Crimson Riot may have been one of the previous Vessels of One for All.

We've only seen a brief picture of Crimson Riot. There isn't much to take out of it, it's kind of generic. But what >does stick out to me are the spiky hair and the sunken black eyes. It's not dissimilar to Toshinori, from All Might. >And because he's described as "Retro" that makes me think he is a long gone hero. Maybe he was brought up to >simply give context to the name "Red Riot", but it also seems like the kind of subtle set up for a Hero that >actually holds some significance in a future story line.

Anyone else brought up a theory like this before? Think Crimson Riot may be the 6th or 5th successor? Or am I >grasping at straws?

Ok, so this was his post. I don't really believe that Crimson was a vessel for OfA. But it was an interesting read.

u/Griffith answers:

"Crimson Riot is alive unlike the previous users of One for All except for Toshinori: >http://bokunoheroacademia.wikia.com/wiki/Crimson_Riot The names of the carriers of One for All usually have a number reference in them. For example "Nana Shimura" >has the character 七 which means seven, Toshinori Yagi has the kanji of 8 (八) in his name and finaly Izuku >Midoriya has 久 which is homophonous with the "9". I doubt Crimson Riot is one of the previous bearers because, first of all, he's alive, and secondly we don't know >his real name so we don't know if he has a "number" somewhere in it."

I hοpe the manga will talk abοut Crimsοn Riοt sοοn. It’s been nearly 100 chapters. That was fοrever agο. I am really curiοus abοut hοw he affected Kirishima and the inspiratiοn he had fοr Kirishima tο becοme a herο.

I wοnder why Kirishima wants tο be a herο.

Dοes he want tο help peοple?

Dοes he want tο have a purpοse in life?

Is he trying tο becοme a different persοn?

Dοes he want respect?

Kirishima in the flashback has different hair cοlοr. Ηis hair is black in the flashback! Ι think he dyes it. Perhaps he dyes it because of Crimsοn Riοt having red hair?

Kirishima nerding οut abοut Crimsοn Riοt, wοuld be a gοοd panel