Bakugo mouse pads for the desk

Our Bakugo mouse pads and desk mats carry art inspired by Katsuki Bakugo of My Hero Academia, printed edge to edge on a 3 mm neoprene pad with a fabric top, a non-slip base and stitched edges. Choose one of eight sizes, from an 11.8″ × 15.7″ (30 × 40 cm) pad that fits beside a laptop to a 23.6″ × 47.2″ (60 × 120 cm) mat that spans a whole desk; nothing is printed in advance, so yours is made after you order.

This page sits under My Hero Academia and is all about Bakugo. Deku, All Might, the rest of Class 1-A and the villains are on the My Hero Academia page, and Todoroki, Bakugo's rival in the Sports Festival final, has his own page.

Explosions from the palms

Bakugo's Quirk is called Explosion. His palms sweat a substance like nitroglycerin, and he can set it off at will, so every punch, every jump and every dodge comes with a blast. The more he sweats, the stronger the explosions get, which is why he tends to grow more dangerous the longer a fight goes on.

In art, that means bursts of orange and yellow light with Bakugo somewhere inside them, hair blown back and teeth bared. On a long mat, a blast at one end and empty dark sky at the other works better than an explosion in the middle, which would vanish under the keyboard. Place the burst on the side away from your mouse hand, and it stays in view all day.

Orange, black and an X across the chest

Bakugo's hero costume is built from two colors: a black top with a bold orange X across the chest, dark trousers with knee guards, a black eye mask and two huge gauntlets shaped like grenades. It is one of the easiest anime palettes to match. A black keyboard with a few orange keycaps, an orange cable or an orange LED strip is enough to make the whole desk look planned around the mat.

On a white desk, an orange-heavy design becomes the loudest object in the room. That suits some setups, but if you want something calmer, choose a design where black dominates and the orange is limited to the X and the blasts.

Red eyes and a permanent scowl

Bakugo is drawn with spiky ash-blond hair, sharp red eyes and an expression that ranges from irritated to furious. A close-up portrait, cropped tight around the face, is a strong design for the small 11.8″ × 15.7″ (30 × 40 cm) pad, where the red eyes do all the work. On a desk mat, put the face at one end; a scowl staring out from beside the mouse is half the fun of owning one.

Grenade gauntlets

The gauntlets on Bakugo's arms collect his sweat during a fight, and when he pulls the pin, they release it all at once in a single enormous blast. He first uses them in a training exercise against Deku early in the series, and the explosion takes out part of the building they are fighting in. Since then, the gauntlets have been as recognizable as his face.

A gauntlet on its own, with the pin and ring drawn in detail, is a neat small-pad design for a work desk. It reads as a piece of gear to anyone outside the fandom, and as Bakugo to anyone inside it.

Named attacks

Bakugo names his moves the way other people name pets. AP Shot fires a concentrated, piercing blast through a ring of his fingers. Stun Grenade is a blinding flash. Howitzer Impact sends him spinning through the air until the explosions form a tornado, then drives it into a target. Each one looks different, and each suits a different shape of pad: the tight beam of AP Shot runs neatly along a long M or L, while the spinning tornado of Howitzer Impact fills a deep XXL, 23.6″ × 35.4″ (60 × 90 cm), from top to bottom.

Kacchan and Deku

Bakugo and Deku grew up in the same neighborhood. Deku calls him Kacchan, a childhood nickname, and Bakugo calls him Deku, which began as an insult meaning someone useless and later became Deku's hero name. Their rivalry, Bakugo's pride against Deku's stubbornness, is the backbone of the whole series.

A design of the two together is made for a long mat. With Bakugo's orange at one end and Deku's green at the other, the keyboard sits between them like a referee, and the color split across the desk is striking even to someone who has never seen the show.

Ground Beta at night

After the events at Kamino, Bakugo calls Deku out to Ground Beta, the training ground where they first fought, and demands a rematch in the middle of the night. It is a turning point for both of them: the fight is about pride and guilt more than winning, and it ends with Bakugo learning the truth about Deku's power.

Scenes from that night are darker and more emotional than the usual Bakugo art, lit by explosions against a black and blue sky. They suit a dark desk, low light and someone who cares more about the characters than the fights.

First place, in chains

Bakugo wins the first-year Sports Festival, and he is furious about it. His opponent in the final held back, so the victory doesn't count in his eyes, and he ends up strapped to the winner's podium, muzzled and still trying to break free while All Might hands out the medals. It is one of the funniest scenes in the series, and it says everything about him.

A podium design is a light, comic way to put Bakugo on a desk. It suits the TCG Mat size, 14″ × 24″ (35.5 × 61 cm), and makes an easy gift for someone who also hates coming second.

King Explosion Murder and other names

When Class 1-A chooses hero names, Bakugo proposes King Explosion Murder and is told, firmly, to try again. His later attempts are not much gentler, and the joke follows him through the series. It makes text-based designs a fun option, a rejected hero name lettered in bold comic type across a strip of orange, for anyone who would rather laugh than look intimidating.

A work-study with Best Jeanist

After the Sports Festival, Bakugo spends his first internship at the agency of Best Jeanist, the denim-clad pro who believes a hero should look composed. Jeanist's answer to Bakugo's temper is to start with his hair, and Bakugo comes back to class with a neat, flattened parting and a face like thunder. It lasts about as long as it takes him to lose his temper again.

That neat-haired Bakugo is one of the funniest images in the series, and it makes a great chibi design for a small pad: a smart side parting, a furious expression and a few sparks threatening to undo the whole thing.

Warming up

Because his explosions come from sweat, Bakugo's Quirk is strongest when he is warm and gets weaker in the cold, and the series makes a point of him heating up as a fight goes on. It is a good excuse for a desk ritual of your own: a few minutes of aim practice before a ranked match, on a pad that gives the same glide in the first minute as in the third hour. A dark Bakugo design, mostly black with the orange kept to his blasts, also hides the warm-up marks your palm leaves over a long evening.

The friends who keep up

Despite his temper, Bakugo ends up with a loyal group of friends: Eijiro Kirishima, who never stops believing in him, Denki Kaminari, Hanta Sero and Mina Ashido. Group designs that put Bakugo in the middle of them are noisier and more cheerful than his solo art, with red, yellow and pink joining the orange. They suit a bright desk and a younger fan, and they need XL, 15.7″ × 35.4″ (40 × 90 cm), or more so the whole group fits.

Growing up

Bakugo changes more than almost anyone in Class 1-A. He starts as a bully who torments Deku, gets kidnapped by the League of Villains, fails his first provisional license exam and slowly learns to work with other people rather than over them. By the final arcs, the rivalry has become a partnership. In Japanese he is voiced by Nobuhiko Okamoto and in English by Clifford Chapin, and both carry him through all of that, shouting most of the way.

Later-story designs often show a steadier, more focused Bakugo, still scowling, but fighting beside Deku instead of against him. They suit someone who followed the story to the end.

Bakugo on a gaming desk

Bakugo fights aggressively, and his designs suit an aggressive player. The fabric top gives fast, even glide for flicks and tracking, the non-slip base keeps the mat locked to the desk when you slam the mouse across it, and the stitched edges hold up where your wrist rubs during long sessions. For low-sensitivity aim, XL or larger gives you room to sweep; for a compact setup, the M keeps an orange stripe under both the keyboard and the mouse.

Sizes for a Bakugo desk

A design's product page lists the sizes it is made in. These are the ones that suit Bakugo.

Setup	Size	Good for
Mouse corner	S, 11.8″ × 15.7″ (30 × 40 cm)	A grenade gauntlet or a scowl
Beside a laptop	TCG Mat, 14″ × 24″ (35.5 × 61 cm)	The Sports Festival podium
Compact keyboard	M, 11.8″ × 27.6″ (30 × 70 cm)	An AP Shot along the strip
Keyboard and mouse	XL, 15.7″ × 35.4″ (40 × 90 cm)	Bakugo and his friends
Deep desk	XXL, 23.6″ × 35.4″ (60 × 90 cm)	Howitzer Impact top to bottom
Entire desk	4XL, 23.6″ × 47.2″ (60 × 120 cm)	Bakugo and Deku at opposite ends

For a narrow desk with plenty of width, look at the L, 11.8″ × 31.5″ (30 × 80 cm), or the 3XL, 19.7″ × 39.4″ (50 × 100 cm).

Gifts for a Bakugo fan

A Bakugo pad suits a friend with a competitive streak, someone who shouts at their screen during ranked matches or a fan who will tell you that Bakugo's growth is the heart of the series. His birthday in the story is April 20, a handy date if you want the gift to land on time. We need 1–3 business days to make the pad; it then ships from Turkey and normally reaches a US door 2–5 business days later. When you can't measure their desk, XL is the size that rarely disappoints.

Sweat, oil and orange

Unlike Bakugo, you probably won't set your mouse pad on fire, but your palm and wrist still leave skin oil on the fabric over time, and it shows first on bright orange. Wipe the pad with a damp cloth every week. For a deeper clean, hand wash it in lukewarm water with a little mild soap, rinse it, press it inside a dry towel to take out the water and leave it flat to dry. No washing machine, no dryer and no iron; the fade-resistant print keeps the blasts as bright as ever.

A note on names

Katsuki Bakugo, My Hero Academia and the names of its characters and techniques are used here to describe what our designs are inspired by. Padrift is not affiliated with, sponsored or endorsed by Kōhei Horikoshi, Shueisha or Bones.