Rikoji

Rikoji is the slash ship between Rikido Sato and Koji Koda from the My Hero Academia fandom.

Canon
Rikido and Koji are both students in Class 1-A at UA High School. They are both on the quieter side, and do not seem to particularly fit in with any of the (mostly fanon) friendship groups in the class. Their desks are seated next to each other in their home room class. They are both larger boys, both in height and in stature, who have a very soft heart beneath their exterior.

Rikido and Koji are paired together for the Battle Trials during their first week at UA. During the Sports Festival, they team up with Toru Hagakure and Kyoka Jiro to form Team Hagakure. Unfortunately, their team does not score enough points and they are eliminated from the rest of the Sports Festival. Rikido and Sato are seen together discussing the impending final exams at the end of the spring semester.

During the League of Villains' attack on the Summer Training camp, Rikido and Koji end up safe together inside the classroom. While Rikido was there because he failed his final exam, Koji ended up running there upon the arrival of Spinner and Magne. Following Katsuki's kidnapping, they visit Izuku Midoriya in the hospital along with the rest of their classmates. Neither of them say anything to encourage or discourage the Bakugou Rescue Squad from going after him.

When the students move into the dormitories at the start of the summer semester, they participate in a room contest. Rikido and Koji both manage to make the biggest impression on the girls, who are judging the contest. Koji lets the girls play with his pet rabbit, and Rikido feeds everyone a homemade cake he had been baking. The other boys seem to be put off by Rikido and Koji's relationship with the girls, with Denki in particular showing annoyance at Koji for "bribery" and Rikido for having a soft side. Rikido ends up winning the room contest.

Following the Shie Hassaikai Raid, the students of 1-A check in with their friends who fought in the battle. Rikido and Koji are the only two students to bring something along to hep cheer up their friends. Koji brings his pet rabbit, and Rikido brings a freshly baked cake for his friends to enjoy. During the class visit to Nabu Island on their winter break, Rikido, Koji, and Toru are put in charge of leading the island's civilians to safety. When Class A goes after Izuku Midoriya after he leaves UA, Koji is the first one to call out to him and explain that Principal Nezu has allowed him to come back to the school. Rikido is later seen calling out to Izuku, asking him if he heard what Koji had said.

Rikido and Koji are seen together in the very first opening for the show, likely because they are battle partners in said season. In the first Season 5 ending credits, they are seen visiting a grocery store to shop for a surprise party. In the second Season 5 ending credits, they are seen with Momo Yaoyorozu, preparing cake and tea. Rikido and Sato are also positioned near each other in a variety of other opening and ending credits.

Fanon
Despite being a rarepair, Rikoji is the most popular pairing for both Rikido and Koji. As both boys are particularly quiet and receive the least amount of screen time out of the students of Class 1-A, fans have taken to shipping them together. This can sometimes be seen as an example of "Pair the Spares", although the manga and anime does seem to put them together rather often as well. Rikoji are most often used as a background ship in most fanworks, rather than the main ship.

There are currently over 100 works on AO3 for this ship.

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