My Hero Academia’s Ochaco Uraraka is a naturally cheerful, compassionate and caring student hero. With her Zero Gravity Quirk, she can make objects and people float by touching them with her fingertips.  She’s highly perceptive, quick to read emotions, and unafraid to act decisively. Despite her kind personality, she’s brave and works hard to improve herself and protect others. Overuse of her quirk causes nausea, which she eventually learns to manage. 

Name: Ochaco Uraraka
Line: S.H.Figuarts
Manufacturer: Bandai/Tamashii Nations
Released: 2025
Price: 9,900 JPY
Scale: 1:12
Accessories: Various accessories included

I’m not the world’s biggest My Hero Academia fan, I know of the anime and its basic concept and know about some of the characters too. What I’m a fan of is some of the character designs from the manga/anime. 

The character of Ochaco Uraraka being one such design I liked the look of and wondered: what figures and statues were out there to purchase? Even though I am a bit late to the party, I think my timing is still good as recently Bandai and Banpresto have released some quite good figures and statues for My Hero Academia.

In my research when deciding what Ochaco Uraraka figure to buy I noticed that Revoltech and Figma had also released their versions previously. So you have at least three choices depending on what style of figure you like the most. I was initially going to try and hunt down a Revoltech version when in Japan during May.

However, after not finding any and coming across the Bandai version, I realised the Bandai version would be more to my liking overall proportions-wise. 

So I bought that version and I also bought a Banpresto Ochaco Uraraka statue from their Glitter & Glamours line. Now that I am back in Australia I have been able to play around with the figure a little bit more in hand it’s quickly enduring itself to me.

SCULPTING

The sculpting on this figure is definitely just a cut above the previous efforts in my opinion, because Bandai have done a better job with the more voluptuous proportions of the character. I think this is important because, as a collector, sometimes it’s really essential that a toy or figure capture the essence of the character physically somehow, and I think Bandai is really putting effort into little things like proportions, which goes a long way in making the figure stand out above what’s been done previously.

Also, the size of this figure is really quite small, too, the arms and hands feel very delicate due to their size. Unfortunately, I don’t have other S.H.Figuarts figures to compare this one to. But, you should be satisfied with the appearance of the character, and it closely matches the anime very well.

PAINT
Overall, I would say the paint is very crisp and cleanly applied where it has been used. But it is used sparingly at best, which is what I prefer too. It’s up to the usual standards you would expect from Bandai, and I don’t think you’ll have any real issues here.

ARTICULATION
This figure has a lot of articulation and not only that but it is incorporated well into the sculpt of the figure to not be too distracting either, for example you get a good range of motion in the foot/toe articulation, that is not obvious straight away until you start posing the figure. I had no trouble posing her for my photos and no trouble having her hold the poses too. 

Also, the joints were nice and tight and stayed that way so far, so that’s a good thing too. The design of the outfit does not hamper the articulation too much, with possibly the forearms getting in the way a little bit, but overall, she is engineered very well.

ACCESSORIES
You get quite a number of accessories for Ochaco! Besides different face plates and hands, you also get a few character-specific accessories too. I’m surprised you don’t get a display stand included with the figure. But it’s not a deal breaker for me. 

It’s also worth noting that the wires for her arms are bendable too. I also think we get a good amount of different expressions, too, that are varied enough.

You should have no problem changing out the hands or face plates, and there is enough variation to find a combination you are happy with. 

POTENTIAL PROBLEMS
I really don’t think I’ve bought an SH Figuarts figure before, besides a couple of Godzilla figures and due to their size, they stay in the box. So I personally can’t really say what potential problems these types of figures tend to have.

When posing the figure for photos, I didn’t really find too much to worry about. Joints stayed tight, and everything seemed pretty solid. My concern was the wrist joints, as they required a bit of pressure to remove and change them over. Normally, you wouldn’t be doing this all the time. But, still something to watch out for. 

That, and potentially losing any of the accessories if you aren’t too careful.

PRICE
I paid around 9,900 JPY when I was in Japan just recently, in May, for my copy of this figure, from Hero Gangu in Osaka. Even though there are stores in Australia selling this figure, they are overpriced compared to the price I paid in Japan. Also, when it comes to Japanese figures, I do want to support the Japanese stores.

This is due to Australian sellers sometimes selling knockoffs. Unfortunately, you have to be careful sometimes, especially when you pay a lot of money for these types of figures. But, if you were going to buy in Australia, I think HobbyCo would be a good choice to avoid a knockoff.

OVERALL
For my first proper S.H Figuarts figure, I’m very happy with it and genuinely blown away by the level of attention to detail, skill and craftsmanship that has gone into making this figure. In my opinion, this is an excellent Ochaco Uraraka figure and the best one made so far, and I would recommend picking one up for your collection if you haven’t already.

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