Suzaku Kururugi (All Hail Lelouch!)

Suzaku Kururugi is one of the three deuteragonists (besides C.C. and Kallen) of Code Geass: All Hail Lelouch!. He is the son of the former Prime Minister of Japan, Genbu Kururugi and the best friend of Lelouch vi Britannia. After the war ended, Suzaku joined the Imperial Britannian Army and rose up the ranks and became the Knight of Seven. After Emperor Lelouch ascnded the throne, Suzaku was appointed as the Knight of Zero, personal knight of His Majesty the Emperor Lelouch. At the Epilogue, he and Nunnally married and had a son named Genbu after his father.
== Character History ==
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== Relationships ==
=== Lelouch vi Britannia ===
Suzaku Kururugi is the first and last true friend Lelouch had ever had. Lelouch trusts and has faith in him more than any one else (excluding Nunnally) in the world. He is even willing to go down on his knees to beg him to protect Nunnally because Suzaku is the only person he could trust and find help in, despite the fact that they were already enemies at that time. Lelouch was also hurt deeply when Suzaku decided to turn him in to the emperor and when he thought Suzaku had betrayed him again in the Kururugi Shrine.
They had many face offs and Lelouch often could not bring himself to hurt Suzaku after finding out that Suzaku is the pilot of Lancelot and tried time and again to get Suzaku to join his side. Suzaku is also the only person aside from Nunnally whom Lelouch is unwilling to use Geass upon--even when he did, he did not order Suzaku to obey him or join his side, but to "live on."
As Suzaku once said, "There is nothing we cannot accomplish together." They are able complete many impossible missions when they choose to cooperate with each other. The ascension to the throne and the plan to take over the world to complete Zero Requiem was the best proof of how strong they could be when working together. Lelouch eventually entrusts Suzaku with everything, including the peace of the world afterwards, and Nunnally.
Suzaku has very mixed feelings for Lelouch. He also sees Lelouch as his best friend but he disagrees with Lelouch's methods. He had suspected Lelouch was Zero before their confrontation but chose to trust his friend, thus he was more disappointed than surprised when he finally discovered the truth of Zero's identity. He also could not forgive Lelouch for killing Euphemia and smearing her name as a mass murderer. He is also furious that Lelouch views people as pawns and how Lelouch had forced him to "live on" when his secret desire is to die and the Geass often forced him to do things he has no desire to.
But after the confrontation at the Kururugi Shrine, the explosion of F.L.E.I.J.A. and the encounter with the emperor in the world of C that realize Charles cause Euphemia's tragic actions, and the truth about the SAZ Incident, Suzaku completely changes his views and adopts the same approach and beliefs as Lelouch. That results are what matters, and from then on, like Lelouch, he is willing to achieve the desired results regardless of the means. Thus Suzaku chooses to fight side by side with Lelouch as a faithful knight to create the perfect world.
=== C.C. ===
To be added.
=== Nunnally vi Britannia ===
Nunnally is one of Suzaku's closest friends, having known and played together since childhood, Lelouch originally intended Suzaku to become Nunnally's guardian due to his increased activities with the Black Knights only to be swayed by Euphie, which creates a more tragic conflict. When she becomes the Viceroy of Area 11, they become close to each other again. Nunnally later asks Suzaku who called her on the phone and after Suzaku stepped away from her, she realizes that he is the same as Lelouch. After Lelouch and Suzaku declare the world as enemies, her attitude towards Suzaku becomes the same as Lelouch, after being denied the truth of Lelouch's actions but after Nunnally helps Lelouch, Suzaku is happy to see Nunnally again.
=== Euphemia li Britannia ===
She confesses her feelings towards Suzaku and learns he loves her back. Their relationship causes a hindrance to Lelouch's plans since Lelouch intended to have Suzaku act as Nunnally's guardian. In the light novel, it was noted that Lelouch has been noticing that Suzaku has been distant from him and Nunnally ever since he was appointed as Euphie's knight. Suzaku was emotionally crushed when Zero killed Euphemia. Before heading out to battle, Suzaku called Lelouch through Euphie's number and discussed their actions, and both confessed, as Suzaku is willing to kill anyone in his way towards his target, and what Lelouch is doing is for Nunnally's sake. Therefore, throughout both seasons, he has gone through drastic changes and is willing to kill anyone or make them suffer to bring his ideals into fruition, to satisfy himself. However Suzaku is still hesitant, due to doubting his actions, as to how he wasn't willing to execute his assassin until Anya took over. He is shown hating Lelouch, when it was revealed that he was Zero, and having the intent to kill him and to end his reign by the time he becomes the Knight of One. It is possibly indicated that Suzaku's views on Lelouch began to change but ever since Nina wanted to kill Zero, Suzaku couldn't forget what happened. But Suzaku didn't lose a lot of faith in Lelouch since he wanted to question his actions, especially why he killed Euphie, since there could have been another way. After realizing the truth, Suzaku possibly began to have a sudden change of views on Lelouch. Suzaku also hates Charles and Geass, as the culprits behind Euphie's tragic actions, the same as Lelouch.
=== Kaguya Sumeragi ===
They are cousins and both living together when they were young and were also former fiances.
=== Kyoshiro Tohdoh ===
Tohdoh was Suzaku's sensei when he was young. When Tohdoh joins Lelouch during Mt. Fuji, they both have a conversation about honor and loyalty.
===Kallen Stadtfeld-Kozuki===
Kallen is Suzaku's rival and subordinate.
=== Gino Weinberg ===
Suzaku has a sort of rivalry with Gino, however, he also consider him as a close friend, as Gino was the only Knight spared during the Knights of the Round Uprising, just settling for disabling his Tristan during the engagement.
=== Julius Kingsley ===
The reason Suzaku hates Julius despite the fact that Julius is actually a brainwashed Lelouch, is his willingness to kill civilians just so he can be victorious.
== Powers and Abilities ==
=== Powers ===
* "Live" Command: Following the events of Shikine Island, Suzaku is also placed under a command by Lelouch to "live." As this command gives no time or event limitations, it activates every time Suzaku feels suicidal (or otherwise accepts his death as an inevitability) and forces him to survive by any means. It also activates to a lesser extent when his life is in immediate danger, but Suzaku is able to resist such activations. He can also use the command to his advantage, allowing him to react faster than he would normally be capable of. An example of this is when he defeated Bismarck Waldstein during the Knights of the Round Uprising.
=== Abilities ===
* Master Martial Artist: Suzaku is a master hand-to-hand combatant and martial artist, having extensive levels of knowledge of melee combat as well as being considerably experienced in combat operations. Before Britannia's Invasion of Japan, Suzaku was trained by his instructor, Kyoshiro Tohdoh, in martial arts, and has spent most of his time training to become stronger. He is also skilled in the art of kendo despite the fact that he had quit Kendo. His physical prowess seems almost inhuman at times; such as, when Mao kidnaps Nunnally, Suzaku manages to destroy a camera-mounted machine gun with a lag time of 0.05 seconds without being struck once.
* Knightmare Mastery: As the pilot of the Knightmare Frame Lancelot, Suzaku is an extremely skilled pilot, with a 94% efficiency rating from Lloyd-based from his simulator scores. His lack of tactics and strategies baffles Lelouch, since he fights with instinct instead of thinking or using his mind. The mecha's superior abilities also help, as few other Knightmare Frames can match its astonishing speed or overcome its considerable defenses even if they outnumbered the Lancelot by a tremendous degree. This has been mitigated as of the year 2018, wherein newer Knightmare Frames have filled the technological gap. Even when Lelouch managed to predict his movements, Suzaku's reflexes allowed him to narrowly escape what would have otherwise been certain death. As seen during the Britannian massacre of the Shinjuku Ghetto, he got the Lancelot to perform a mid-air kick, the same move he used on Lelouch in the underground tunnels.
== Knightmare Frames ==
# Z-01 Lancelot
# Z-01/DF Lancelot Conquista
#RPA-212A Vincent Commander Model
# Z-01Z Lancelot Albion
== Trivia ==
* Both Suzaku and his father, Genbu Kururugi, have the same names of two of the Four Symbols in the Chinese constellation; Suzaku being the Vermillion Bird of the South and Genbu being the Black Tortoise of the North.
* Suzaku killed his father to save Lelouch and Nunnally and Japan as a whole.
* Due to Suzaku's physically impossible and unintentionally humorous signature spinning kick attack, fans have given him the unceremonious nickname of "Spinzaku". This in turn has led to an Internet meme where fast-paced gifs of the kicks are set to the song "You Spin Me 'Round (Like a Record)" by Dead or Alive, such that it looks like he is twirling in place while in mid-air.
* Suzaku appears to have affinity of number seven,as his first Knightmare Frame is Lancelot, a 7th Generation Knightmare, solely fend off seven Knightmares of The Order of Black Knights during Tohdoh's prison break and earn the title of Knight of Seven.
* His relationship with Lelouch somewhat mirrors the relationship between Lancelot and Gawain. After Lancelot killed Gawain's unarmed brothers, Gaheris and Gareth, when he rescued Guinevere from the stake, Gawain swore vengeance and challenged him at every opportunity, though Lancelot refused to finish him off. Gawain has also been occasionally refered to as "the man [Lancelot] loves most", also suiting their relationship.
== Other Sources ==
# https://www.wattpad.com/1087952064-code-geass-all-hail-lelouch-chapter-1-black
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