Eren Yeager - wikipedia Eren Yeager Eren Yeager Attack on Titan character Eren as depicted in the Attack on Titan anime First appearance Attack on Titan chapter 1 : `` To You, 2,000 Years from Now '' Created by Hajime Isayama Voiced by Japanese Yūki Kaji English Bryce Papenbrook Portrayed by Haruma Miura Profile Aliases Eren Jaeger ( Funimation dub ) Relatives Kalura Yeager ( mother ) Grisha Yeager ( father ) Mikasa Ackerman ( foster sister ) Zeke Yeager ( half - brother ) Eren Yeager ( Japanese : エレン ・ イェーガー, Hepburn : Eren Yēgā ), spelled Eren Jaeger in the Funimation dub, is a fictional character and the protagonist of the Attack on Titan manga series created by Hajime Isayama. Eren is a teenager who swears revenge on enormous creatures known as Titans that devoured his mother and destroyed his town. In order to defeat the Titans, Eren, alongside his childhood friends Mikasa Ackerman and Armin Arlert, enlist in the Military and join the Survey Corps -- an elite group of soldiers who fight Titans outside the walls. As the story progresses, later learning it was his father 's doing, Eren gained the power of becoming a Titan later identified as the titular Attack Titan ( 進撃 の 巨人, Shingeki no Kyojin ). Eren uses this power to give his people an advantage to defeat their enemies while learning of their true identity and their own history. In the anime adaptation of the series, Eren has been voiced by Yūki Kaji in Japanese and Bryce Papenbrook in English. In the live - action film adaptations, he is portrayed by Haruma Miura. Critical reception to Eren was initially quite mixed but grew more positive as the series progressed, though the character has typically proven popular within the Attack on Titan fanbase and anime in general. Contents 1 Creation and design 2 Appearances 2.1 In Attack on Titan 2.2 Other media 3 Reception 4 References Creation and design Japanese voice actor Yūki Kaji Author Hajime Isayama created Eren to be `` an ordinary youngster who gets paralyzed with fear when he sees a titan '' rather than a stereotypical hotheaded protagonist often seen in shonen manga. He also stated that Eren 's wish to go outside the city 's walls is similar to his own when he was a child : He lived in a rural Japanese town surrounded by mountains. One day, he wanted to go beyond the mountains, which reflected in the town surrounded by walls in the manga where Eren lived in the series ' beginning. The character 's Titan form 's physique was modeled after middleweight mixed martial artist Yushin Okami. Japanese actor Yūki Kaji commented on how it was important that he should voice Eren 's Titan form because he believes it is an extension of the character. He had a meal with Isayama after he visited the recording studio and the manga artist told him he found Eren quite a difficult character but complimented Kaji by saying `` You know Eren already '', which gave him confidence. Eren 's characterization was briefly altered for the English dub of the series making him self - reflective and eloquent in some scenes. English voice actor Bryce Papenbrook English voice actor Bryce Papenbrook got excited when he got the role of Eren as he was a fan of the show before it was announced that it would be dubbed into English. As a result, he viewed this as an advantage as he managed to understand the character beforehand. For example, he could understand the delivery of several lines because he already knew of the anime 's series of twists. Additionally, he saw himself prepared for the role 's pressure due to his previous works in popular anime. He was excited because Eren was different from his previous characters despite sharing a similar age and vocal range, He commented `` It 's a very raw sound. Some of the noises he pulled out of me were just disgusting. I loved it. I loved every second of it. '' Papenbrook noted how different was Eren from his previous role as noted in the delivery of emotions and notable screams. There were three different kinds of voices he used for Eren : One for his kid persona, another deeper for his young adult self and a third `` which was different from anything else. '' He recorded all three of those, and `` there were noises that were required that were just disgusting and nasty. '' While he saw Eren 's screams as challenging, he believes it was not the most difficult he ever had. Appearances In Attack on Titan Eren is introduced as a hot - headed, vocal ten - year - old in the town of Shiganshina who dreams of joining the Survey Corps in order to explore the outside world beyond the walls, but is constantly chastised by his mother Carla. A year prior to the events of the story, accompanying his father to meet her parents, Eren helps Mikasa Ackerman in dispatching her captors while developing his ideology. When the Titans invade Shiganshina, Eren is forced to watch his mother being devoured by one of the Titans and since vowed to kill every Titan henceforth. Enlisting in the military, Eren eventually places fifth overall in his graduating class. But between Shiganshina 's fall and his enlistment in the military, Eren has vague memory of seeing his father Grisha as he is entrusted with key to the basement of their house before being injected with a mysterious liquid. During his first mission at Trost, Eren helps in the attempt to quell the Titans entering through the compromised wall before he is swallowed by a Titan when he sacrifices himself to save his friend Armin Arlert. But Eren suddenly transforms into a 15 - meter class Titan that rips his way out and attacks the other Titans to the humans ' shock before he emerges from his Titan form. Though he is distrusted initially by the military despite sealing the wall, especially due to his inability to control himself in Titan form, Eren earns a place in the Special Operations Squad, a branch of Survey Corps under Levi assigned to watch over him. Shortly after joining, Eren finds himself hunted by a female Titan who kills all of his squadmates to get to him. With help of Levi and Mikasa, Eren is saved from the Titan who is later revealed to be his classmate Annie Leonhart. Though Eren defeats Annie alongside his allies, they are unable to get answers as they watch her encase herself using her Titan form 's hardening ability. Eren soon learns during a mission to reach Krista Lenz, revealed to be Historia Reiss, that their other classmates Reiner Braun and Bertolt Hoover are the human forms of the Armored and Colossal Titans who were responsible for the Shiganshina attack. It was then that Eren learns he possess a power that the enemy Titan Shifters seek called `` The Coordinate '', subconsciously directing a group to kill and devour the Titan that killed his mother and then has them attack Reiner and Bertolt so he and his friends can fall back. After being rescued, Eren is sent with his friends to an isolated village while preparations are made for a campaign to retake Wall Maria for good, by making use of his newfound power. But Eren is then captured by the royal family 's patriarch Rod Reiss, who reveals the `` Coordinate '' was originally in his family for years since their founding ancestor created the walls until it was stolen. Eren also learns that his transformation into a Titan was caused by Grisha, another Titan Shifter, whom he unconsciously devoured to inherit `` The Coordinate '' which Grisha obtained from eating Historia 's half sister Frieda Reiss. Eren realizes by then that Rod Reiss intends to restore his family by having Historia become a Titan and eat Eren, accepting his fate out of guilt for the people he failed to save as he asks Historia to save humanity in his place. However, Eren finds Historia refusing to aid her father as she frees him as Rod becomes an Abnormal Titan while Misaka, Levi, and Jean arrive. Eren ingests a liquid labeled `` Armor '' that bestows him a new power to harden his Titan form, using it to save himself and his friends from being crushed by a collapsing ceiling before he and the Survey Corps head to the Orvud district where they confront and kill Rod. After the old regime is ousted and Historia ascends to the throne in his place, Eren and the rest of the Survey Corps depart to Shiganshina to reclaim Wall Maria by sealing its breach with his new power. However, upon arriving there, they face an army of Titans led by Zeke, the Beastly Titan, as well as Bertoldt and Reiner. The vicious battle ends with almost all members of the expedition killed, including Erwin, save for Eren and his companions, but Zeke ends up forced to flee, leaving a captured Bertoldt behind, which is later consumed by Armin to save his life. With Shiganshina secured, Eren fulfills his promise to his father by reaching the basement of their old house, where he and his friends retrieve some books and a photograph of Grisha, his first wife, Dina, who Eren recognizes as the same Titan who killed his mother, and their son, who is no other than Zeke. Upon returning home, Eren realizes that to control the power of the coordinate, he must obtain the blood of someone from the royalty, as the only moment when he managed to use it was when he got into contact with Dina, a descendant of the Eldian kings herself, in her Titan form. Four years later, Eren and Armin, who acquired the Colossal Titan from Bertholt after their confrontation at Shiganshina District, are assumed to have fended off forces from Marley who tried to invade Paradis. After Fort Slava is taken by Marley thereby ending its war with the Mid-East Allied Forces, Eren infiltrates and assumes the identity of Mr. Kruger ( クルーガー さん, Kurūgā - sa ), a former Marleyan military officer who was Eren 's namesake and passed the power of the Attack Titan to Grisha. Despite having his left leg amputated, Eren facilitates his espionage and information gathering by using Falco Grice, an Eldian cadet who aspires to become the Armored Titan. He later had Falco bring Reiner Braun to him during the festival within Liberio. After making a subtle threat to Reiner and the people around them, the three of them listen to the play presented by Willy Tybur. Eren learns from Willy 's speech of how the Reiss family 's founding patriarch, the last Eldian King Karl Fritz CXLV, engineered Eldia 's fall with the Tybur family while covering their act through Helos. Eren then hears Willy condemning him as a threat to the world order as the actions of Grisha destroyed a ceasefire Fritz arranged with the Tybur family, the king having promised that the Coordinate power would not to be used against the world as long as it remains with his living descendants. Other media Eren stars in the parody manga Attack on Titan : Junior High where he is presented as a student from high school who is obsessed with the Titans. He is a playable character in Attack on Titan : The Last Wings of Mankind for the Nintendo 3DS. His Titan form also makes an appearance in the game. Jin Haganeya 's visual novel Burning bright in the forest of the night has Eren and Levi as the leading characters. He also appears in the mobile game Granblue Fantasy. Reception Critical reception to Eren 's character has been varied. Jacob Hope Chapman of Anime News Network referred to Eren as `` almost deliberately not a ' likable ' protagonist, even by 15 - year - old boy standards '' based on his rude behavior and intelligence. However, he liked that he inspires people by believing in his feelings, hopes, and dreams, making him the `` heart of humanity ''. Theron Martin noted that while Eren initially has hardly any emotion besides anger, in later episodes he eventually does have emotions beyond that. Jeffrey Kaufman of Blu-ray.com calls Eren `` a compelling character, and once a really surprising development crops up a few episodes in, he becomes even more compelling. '' Ken Iikura Anime Now highly acclaimed Eren for the way his emotions are shown in the series due to his constant rage regarding his desire to take vengeance for the Titans who ate his mother as well as his reaction to the discovery of the two Titans who have been posing as his friends. As a result, Iikura said Eren was more appealing due to his emotions rather than the powers he reveals across the series to fight. Kyle Charizanis of The Fandom Post found the anime portrayal of Eren 's transformation to be amusing, starting from his `` almost pitiful '' look while declaring how he 's going to kill all of the Titans. When the anime portrays him as capable of controlling his transformation, Charizanis adds `` Maybe one day he 'll be able to contort his body to be used as a bridge, or heal other people 's wounds, or morph his arms into sharp blades like a certain other anime character. '' In the final anime episode, when Eren is fighting the Female Titan, he describes Eren 's internal monologue as changing `` from the usual violent determination to a kind of gleeful madness. '' and likens his tone to that of The Joker. Elijah Watson from Complex magazine liked the plot twist of Eren 's titan form turning on the other titans that he called it a Worldstar moment. Bamboo Dong of Anime News Network was fond on Eren 's Titan abilities as `` there has not been anything as uncomfortable for me to watch as Eren chomping into his own hand, trying to transform. There is something visceral and real about Eren drawing blood from his own hand, and boy, it gave me the chills, '' and later praised his thoughts when fighting the Female Titan due to the portrayal of Eren 's humanity despite being a Titan. Other writers were more critical on the character. Nicoletta Browne of THEM Anime Reviews found him `` a frustrating protagonist '' based on his fits of rage often seen as childish. Elliot Gray from Japanator called him a `` typical shonen manga lead '' based on some of his cliche traits and instead found Mikasa and Armin more appealing. Similarly, Anna Neatrour from Manga Bookshelf called him a `` fairly typical brash and opinionated shonen hero '' and considered the manga design of the humans to be `` drawn stiffly and not in proportion. For much of the time Eren and his comrades are yelling at each other, with facial expressions that do n't have very much variation ''. On the other hand, Justin Wu from The Artifice saw Eren 's hotheadness as a positive trait of the character. Chapman found Papenbrook 's child Eren forced but noted his performance once the character grew up was far better. In the Newtype anime awards for 2013, Eren was voted as eighth best male character. In Animage 's Anime Grand Prix 2014 polls, Eren ranked as the fourth most popular male anime character, behind Levi who was voted the most popular. However, his Japanese voice actor ranked first among all voice actors, with Eren as his primary credit for that period. In the Animedia Eren was nominated for multiple categories including `` Most Valuable Player '', `` Darkness '', `` Hot '' and `` Brave '' ; He only won the `` Hot '' award, but took high places in the rest. Anime News Network also listed his Titan form as one of the weirdest power ups seen in anime. Eren is featured in a variety of merchandise. In December 2013, the Good Smile Company released the Eren Picktam ! strap along with straps of other characters from the series. The official Eren Yeager nendoroid and figma were also launched after the series ' success. These figures exist via a variety of figurine and merchandise companies. Eren 's figma was released in May 2014, and the nendoroid was released in April 2014. In addition to figures, Bandai has released Eren plushes, a smaller one in December 2013 and a larger one in July 2014. Eren Yeager, along with many other characters from the series, also has a dedicated perfume inspired by his character traits. His perfume was released by Koubutsuya in fall of 2013 along with the perfumes for Mikasa Ackerman and Levi. 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Jump up ^ `` Picktam ! Attack on Titan : Part 1 ''. www.goodsmile.info. Retrieved 10 November 2017. Jump up ^ `` Nendoroid Eren Yeager ''. www.goodsmile.info. Retrieved 10 November 2017. Jump up ^ `` figma Eren Yeager ''. www.goodsmile.info. Retrieved 10 November 2017. Jump up ^ `` Shingeki no Kyojin - Eren Yeager - Ichiban Kuji - Ichiban Kuji Shingeki no Kyojin Jiyuu no Tsubasa ( Banpresto ) ''. myfigurecollection.net. Retrieved 10 November 2017. Jump up ^ `` Shingeki no Kyojin - Eren Yeager - Kuttari Cushion - S ( Bandai ) ''. myfigurecollection.net. Retrieved 10 November 2017. Jump up ^ `` コウブツヤ 『 進撃 の 巨人 』 より エレン 、 ミカサ 、 リヴァイ を イメージ した アロマ フレグランス が 発売 ! ''. cafereo.co.jp. Retrieved 10 November 2017. Jump up ^ `` Second Wave of `` Attack on Titan '' Perfumes Go On Sale ``. crunchyroll.com. Retrieved 10 November 2017. 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Question: who created the walls in attack on titan
Answer: the royal family's patriarch Rod Reiss, who reveals the "Coordinate" was originally in his family for years since their founding ancestor created the walls