Kururugi, Suzaku

枢木スザク

Suzaku is the anti-heroic deuteragonist of the anime and manga series Code Geass. He is an Honorary Citizen and soldier of the Holy Britannian Empire and the best friend and rival of Lelouch vi Britannia.
According to Lelouch, before the Britannian invasion of Japan, Suzaku was somewhat selfish, rarely putting others before himself. He also acted somewhat bratty when he first met Lelouch, beating Lelouch up and bullying him.
He dedicated his cause not to endorse terrorism or rebellion, which he believed would only result in the pointless killing. Unwilling to sacrifice the innocent, he also had a strong sense of loyalty, never questioning the orders of his superiors. Despite that, elders showed him to be willing to stab them in the back if necessary. Suzaku also wished to take responsibility for his actions, and his ultimate goal was to atone for the killing of his father.
Character Background:

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First Season:

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Suzaku, along with Lelouch, makes his first appearance at the beginning of the first episode of the series as a child, watching the Britannian Military entering Japan; C.C. was watching them. After the invasion of Japan, Suzaku seemed detached but sad. Later, Suzaku is introduced as an Honorary Britannian soldier. Prince Clovis sent honorary Britannian Soldiers to retrieve the poison gas stolen by the Japanese Resistance. Among them, Suzaku finds the vehicle and confronts Lelouch, whom he believes to be a terrorist. When Nagata opens the capsule, Suzaku quickly puts his gas mask on Lelouch's face. The capsule opens, and instead of gas, as Suzaku expected, a restrained C.C. appears. Before they can get answers, Suzaku's superiors come and tell him not to question his briefing and to shoot the "terrorist" Lelouch. When Suzaku refuses, he got shot in the back. However, the bullet stopped by a broken pocket watch belonging to his deceased father. As a result of Lelouch's rebellion in a counter-attack against the Britannian Army and a twist of fate, Suzaku became the pilot of the experimental Knightmare Frame Lancelot since Britannia wouldn't risk actual pilots on a practical craft. Lelouch rescues Suzaku from his impending execution by assuming the identity of Zero and taking credit for Clovis' murder, forcing the military to acquit Suzaku due to lack of evidence. While Suzaku agrees with Zero on the latter's assertion that the Britannian Empire is corrupt and not worth serving, he wants to change and improve the Empire from within to show that his father's death was not in vain. As Suzaku claims, achieving results by wrong or illegal methods is meaningless. Having been acquitted of all charges, Suzaku meets Third Princess Euphemia li Britannia and escorts her around Area 11. In Shinjuku Ghetto, they conflict with Shinichirō Tamaki, a member of the Japanese Resistance, and Suzaku ends up intervening in an internal pureblood struggle. From this point on, Suzaku remains the pilot of the Lancelot. He enrolled at Ashford Academy at Euphemia's suggestion. Lelouch later confronts him, and they talk about their past, but Suzaku worries that he will only cause Lelouch and Nunnally trouble. Later Lelouch invites him to Nunnally at the clubhouse, but Suzaku leaves, wanting to keep their statuses as royalty a secret. His rank within the military is initially Private, but he is promoted to Warrant Officer by Cornelia when she first arrives in Japan. When Mao kidnaps Nunnally, Suzaku helps Lelouch rescue her. After detonating the bomb and rescuing Nunnally, Suzaku approaches Mao to arrest him; however, Mao uses his Geass and reveals the fact that Suzaku was the one who killed his father, Genbu Kururugi. Suzaku is appointed as Euphemia's personal Knight, granting him the rank of Major after a televised battle with the Black Knights makes his occupation public knowledge. During the fight on Shikine Island, Lelouch confronts Suzaku after luring him into a trap to recruit him by reminding him of his father's death. After reinforcements arrive, Lelouch is forced to use the power of Geass on Suzaku and commands him to "live." As this command gives no time or event limitations, it activates every time Suzaku feels threatened, and he must live by any means necessary. He eventually encounters Kallen at Kamine Island and captures her only to spend their time being stuck. While spending time on the island, Suzaku and Kallen talk to each other peacefully until Suzaku tries to convince Kallen to abandon the Black Knights, which causes her to retort that Suzaku's ideals will bring nothing but the suffering of the people. That makes Suzaku tell her that he killed his father and wants to atone for what he did. At the primarily Administrative Zone's inaugural ceremony, Suzaku sees Zero and wants to request Euphie's assistance, which Euphie said was okay. Meanwhile, Suzaku sees the Gawain, he had the same reaction regarding C.C., and the moment the two reacted, Suzaku lost consciousness. Suzaku later woke up and saw trouble going around the stadium. He commanded the troops to stop attacking but get denied since Euphie ordered it, which shocked him, and as a result, he went to find Euphie. Suzaku falls in love with Euphemia and is thus crushed emotionally by her murder at Zero's hands. He gets a visit from V.V., who explains Lelouch's power of Geass to him. Before heading out to battle, Suzaku calls Lelouch, whose number was Euphemia's, and discussed their current actions and wishes both other luck as friends. This drives him to find and kill Zero at all costs, exemplified when he brutally kills anyone who gets in his way, including senior Black Knights member Yoshida. After this incident, he was nicknamed the "White Reaper" or "White Death." He follows Zero to Kamine Island after Cornelia instructs him to. He meets Zero, and the two have a standoff. Lelouch tries to offer Suzaku a truce to rescue Nunnally, but Suzaku is too swept up in his grief to come to a ceasefire. In retaliation, Lelouch reminded his father's death. Enraged, Suzaku exclaims that Lelouch's very existence is a mistake, one he intends to correct, and tells Lelouch that he will be the one to save Nunnally instead. Lelouch draws his pistol as well, and both men attempt to shoot one another, at which point the screen fades to black, and the season ends with two gunshots.

Second Season:

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In the second season, it is revealed that Suzaku managed to take Lelouch alive by shooting his pistol and then kicking him to the ground, leveraging his capture for a promotion into the Knights of the Round, the most powerful order of warriors in the Britannian Empire. Suzaku leads the Britannian Navy to wipe out the Black Knights to ensure that Nunnally's re-establishing the Special Administrative Zone of Japan will not be dismantled, but is completely surprised when the whole Navy got wiped out. In a surprising twist, Zero announces that he will accept Nunnally's offer in exchange for exile. Cleverly, Zero dressed all one million Eleven as himself, leaving Suzaku no choice but to remove the entire group to prevent another massacre. In the aftermath of Shirley's death, Suzaku investigates Shirley's supposed suicide and concludes that Lelouch murdered her. He decides to question Kallen about Zero's true identity, threatening to use Refrain if she does not cooperate. Kallen refuses to cooperate, but Suzaku does not use the Refrain, realizing that it would be no better than Lelouch by doing so. She beats him severely during their next meeting in retaliation, which he does not fight back. Frustrated, he goes to confront Lelouch personally and discovers that the Intelligence Agency is under the effect of Geass, confirming that Lelouch has regained his memories. During the second battle of Tokyo, Suzaku threatens to use the F.L.E.I.J.A. bomb, but Lelouch, having lost his trust in Suzaku, calls his bluff. Jeremiah Gottwald and Guilford attack Suzaku under the influence of Lelouch's Geass. Though both are drawn away from Suzaku, he is forced to battle Kallen in her improved Guren. She easily evades his attacks and significantly damages Lancelot. Kallen was ready to finish off Suzaku under Lelouch's order due to their broken trust. Driven to the edge, Suzaku realizes he cannot win and comes to terms with his death as an atonement. In doing so, Suzaku's Geass command activates and forces him to use the F.L.E.I.J.A. bomb. Kallen dodges, and the bomb instead hits the government complex, wiping out the entire government building and most surrounding areas. Following the battle, Suzaku can only laugh madly at the destruction he has caused. Suzaku concludes that the ends are more important than the means to reach them and becomes more focused on becoming Knight of One, which upset Cornelia and Gino's likes. He suggests to Schneizel that he could assassinate the Emperor. Schneizel agrees, and Suzaku heads to Kaminejima to complete his mission. Suzaku attempts revenge, but Suzaku's attempt to kill the Emperor is derailed by the Knight of One. When Lelouch attacks the island, Suzaku considers the task his burden to bear and heads off to find Lelouch, only to have the ground knocked out from under him by a stray blast. He is recovered by Anya, who Marianne possesses, and C.C. Suzaku enters the Sword of Akasha with C.C., who was told that Charles is already immortal, and looks on as Lelouch defeats his parents stops Ragnarök. He thinks about taking revenge for Euphemia right before Lelouch tells him that nothing is unforgivable, mirroring the conversation Shirley had with Suzaku before she died. The time shift one month later reveals that he became the Knight of Zero under his trusting friend Lelouch vi Britannia, the 99th Emperor of the Holy Britannian Empire. When four of the remaining Knights of the Round attempt to remove Lelouch from power, Suzaku battles them single-handedly. With the new Lancelot Albion, he easily defeats and kills all of them, sparing only Gino's life, asking his purpose to fight. He later assists Lelouch in taking the UFN leaders hostage. Following the destruction of Pendragon by Schneizel and the revelation that Nunnally is alive, Suzaku is stunned. Despite Lelouch's concern for Nunnally, Suzaku insists that their objective has not changed. He tells C.C. that he is Lelouch's sword and will remove his enemies and even his weaknesses and ask C.C. to be his shield since they are accomplices. He attacks the Black Knights to prevent them from reaching the Avalon but was too late. He joins Lelouch in boarding the Damocles, holding Gino off while Lelouch goes ahead. Suzaku fights Kallen to a standstill, eventually taking a blow to the chest, which causes his Knightmare to explode while she loses consciousness. He is shown as dead in the blast but later shows up as the new Zero to kill Lelouch. While simultaneously redeeming Lelouch's and Suzaku's sins by having them impose the most significant punishments on themselves: death for Lelouch, who wishes for a tomorrow with his sister, life for Suzaku, who wishes to atone for his sins through the end. With the Zero Requiem complete, Suzaku weeps his tears silently as Lelouch dies. As his final order and punishment, Lelouch tells Suzaku that he is dead from this day on, forced to exist as Zero and sacrifice his happiness for the sake of the world, an order Suzaku accepts.

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Details:

First name:: Suzaku
Last name:: Kururugi
Other names:: White Knight
Knight of Princess Euphemia
Knight of Seven
Knight of Zero
White Grim Reaper
Age:: 17 (first season), 18 (second season)
Birthday:: July 10, 2000 a.t.b. (Cancer)
Blood type:: O
Height:: 176 cm (5'9")
Nationality:: Japanese- Honorary Britannian
Occupation:: Student, Military Officer, Knightmare Pilot, Knight
Affiliation:: Holy Britannian Empire
Position:: Knight of the Round

Photo gallery

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Productions featuring this character

(23)

Movie

Main

Code Geass: Fukkatsu no Lelouch

Code Geass: Lelouch of the Re;surrection

Movie

Main

Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch III - Oudou

Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion III - Glorification

Movie

Main

Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch II - Handou

Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion II - Transgression

Movie

Main

Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch I - Koudou

Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion I - Initiation

Special

Main

Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch Picture Drama - Kiseki no Anniversary

Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion Picture Drama - A Miraculous Anniversary

Special

Main

Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch - Kiseki no Birthday Omake Flash

Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion - A Miraculous Birthday Extra Flash

Special

Main

Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch - Kiseki no Birthday

Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion - A Miraculous Birthday

OVA

Main

Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch R2 Special Edition - Zero Requiem

Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 Special Edition - Zero Requiem

Special

Main

Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch R2 Picture Drama

Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 Picture Dramas

TV

Main

Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch R2

Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2

OVA

Main

Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch Special Edition - Black Rebellion

Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion Special Edition - Black Rebellion

Special

Main

Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch DVD Magazine Picture Drama

Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion DVD Magazine Picture Drama

Special

Main

Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch Picture Drama

Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion Picture Dramas

TV Special

Main

Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch Recaps

Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion Recaps

TV

Main

Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch

Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion

ONA

Supporting

Code Geass: Dakkan no Rozé

Code Geass: Rozé of the Recapture

Special

Supporting

Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch Picture Drama - Kamen Kokuhaku Taikai

Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion Picture Drama - Masked Declaration Contest

Movie

Supporting

Code Geass: Boukoku no Akito 5 - Itoshiki Mono-tachi e

Code Geass: Akito the Exiled - To Beloved Ones

Movie

Supporting

Code Geass: Boukoku no Akito 4 - Nikushimi no Kioku kara

Code Geass: Akito the Exiled - Memories of Hatred

Movie

Supporting

Code Geass: Boukoku no Akito 3 - Kagayaku Mono Ten yori Otsu

Code Geass: Akito the Exiled - The Brightness Falls

Movie

Supporting

Code Geass: Boukoku no Akito 2 - Hikisakareshi Yokuryuu

Code Geass: Akito the Exiled - The Wyvern Divided

OVA

Supporting

Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch - Nunnally in Wonderland

Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion - Nunnally in Wonderland

Special

Supporting

Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch R2 Omake Flash

Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 Extra Flash - Baba Theater Redux

Voice actors for this character

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Takahiro SakuraiVoices: Japanese

Yuri LowenthalVoices: English

Adrien SolisVoices: French

Rubén ArandaVoices: Spanish

Akeno WatanabeVoices: Japanese

Laura BaileyVoices: English

Davide PerinoVoices: Italian

Konrad BösherzVoices: German

Danny HoVoices: Mandarin

Céline MelloulVoices: French

Ja-hyeong GuVoices: Korean

Jessie LambotteVoices: French

Erick BougleuxVoices: Portuguese (BR)

Andrés PirrónVoices: Spanish

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