Eijiro Kirishima had made it past the two events of the UA Sports Festival. Now he was onto the battles. He already beat Tetsutetsu after a tie, and soon became friends with the guy so similar to him. That's the thing about Eijiro, he's a very friendly guy and never lets hate get the best of him. According to him, making friends with your old enemy is 'manly'.

It was the third to last match of the second round. Kirishima was walking the halls of the competition arena looking for the battle lineup. Once he found the lineup, he'd look for his name in the second round. There he saw a bunch of other competitors like Bakugou, Todoroki, Midoriya, Tokoyami, etc. Then he saw his name, but his competitor's name he didn't recognize. Eijiro would stare at the new name with a confused expression, hand on his hip while trying to think of any of the qualifying competitors he saw in the previous battles. But the name wasn't on his mind at all, it left him a little dumbfounded.

"Man, who's that?"