Touji Suzuhara

Touji Suzuhara, also known as Fourth Child and Touji the Stomach, is a character from the Neon Genesis Evangelion series.
== Charactah Account ==
Touji is the Fourth Child and is selected to be the pilot of Evangelion Unit-03.
Touji is a tough boy, the stereotypical "jock". Touji is best friends with Kensuke Aida, and is in constant conflict with Asuka Langley Soryu. Touji's younger sister, Sakura Suzuhara, was injured in the battle between Sachiel and Unit-01, and after learning that Shinji Ikari was Unit-01's pilot, he beats Shinji up as payback. However, after witnessing firsthand the suffering Shinji experiences piloting Unit-01 in the battle against Shamshel, Touji comes to respect Shinji and the two become friends.
Unbeknownst to Touji for much of the series, his normally by-the-book class rep Hikari Horaki actually has a crush on him, which she tries to repress and disguise by bossing him around. Later in the series, she begins bringing especially big homemade lunches to school for Touji, since he loves to eat. Subsequently, her feelings begin to come to the forefront and Toji seems to return her affection. 
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone
* Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance
* Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time
* Petit Eva: Evangelion School
* Neon Genesis Evangelion
* Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth
=== Manga ===
* Neon Genesis Evangelion
* Neon Genesis Evangelion: Angelic Days
* Neon Genesis Evangelion: ANIMA
* Neon Genesis Evangelion: Campus Apocalypse
* Neon Genesis Evangelion: The Shinji Ikari Raising Project
=== Video Games ===
* Super Robot Wars Alpha
* Super Robot Wars MX
* Super Robot Wars Z3: Hell Chapter
== Trivia ==
* Touji is named after one of the main characters in the novel The Fascism of Love and Fantasy (Ai to Gensou no Fascism) by Ryu Murakami.
* Touji's voice was recast twice, for unspecified reasons, for the English dub of the series. He was voiced by Joe Pisano from his first appearance in Episode:03 to Episode:18, by Michael O'Connor in Episode:19 and Episode:20, and Brett Weaver in Episode:26. Weaver reprised the role in Evangelion: Death and Rebirth.
* In two of the Super Robot Wars game series featuring Evangelion, Touji can be unlocked as a playable character, even after the events of Episode 18. However, the player might have to fulfill certain conditions to unlock him. Touji continues to pilot Unit-03 if he is unlocked. In Super Robot Wars MX for the PS2, he automatically joins in the course of the game without requirements, owing to some crossover storyline help from the RahXephon.
* Touji is originally from Osaka, and thus in the original dub, he speaks with an Osakan accent. English dubs of various series sometimes try to represent an Osakan accent with a comparable English accent, such as a "Brooklynese" accent for Meowth in Pokémon, or a southern accent for Ayumu Kasuga in Azumanga Daioh. The official English dub of Evangelion did not try to give Touji a particular accent, instead, he just speaks more casually than other characters. His voice actor Tomokazu Seiki is from the Asakusa district of Tokyo, however, and had difficulty in portraying the dialect.
* Touji seems to have been majorly influenced by Anno's father. The loss of his leg inspired Touji's own, as Anno was not allowed to kill him.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Tōji Suzuhara at Evangelion
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