Mahiru Koizumi

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Mahiru Koizumi, is a student of Hope's Peak Academy's Class 77-B, and a participant of the School Trip. Her title is the Ultimate Photographer. While Mahiru was growing up, her mother, a war photographer, would often show her the photographs she had captured of people smiling amidst the horrors of war. The images had such an impact on Mahiru that she decided to follow in her mother's footsteps as a photographer. But because her mother frequently travels, Mahiru was left to fend for herself with her unemployed father, who never offered any assistance with household chores when her mother was gone. She said that she would have liked to travel the world and capture people's smiles if she hadn't had to take care of her dad. Mahiru had joined a middle school photography club in an effort to improve her photography skills. During this period, she formed a friendship with Sato and unwittingly became enemies with Natsumi Kuzuryu, her junior in the photography club, who harbored jealousy towards her talent. Her animosity toward Mahiru caused Sato to resent her, which persisted until their high school days. After Mahiru won numerous photography awards while attending Light Forest Institute, Hope's Peak scouted and enrolled her in Class 77-B as the Ultimate Photographer. While she attended the main course, Sato followed her footsteps by attending the Reserve Course Department. Unfortunately for Mahiru and Sato, the ever-problematic Natsumi was later transferred to the Reserve Course as Sato's classmate.