Kanbaru Suruga

Kanbaru Suruga is a contestant from Survivor: Italy and Survivor: Sri Lanka.
An impressive streak of tribal immunity in Italy gave the spunky and promiscuous Kanbaru ample time to solidify her allies - most notably womanizers Ringabel and Elmore Evans. The early elimination of the former, however, set the tone for the rest of the season, as Kanbaru found herself in the minority once alliances settled during the merge and could only watch as both close and tangential allies alike were picked off one by one. While she was spared the same fate for a while thanks to her low profile (though she was targeted at the final eight council, and played a Hidden Immunity Idol on herself as a precaution), the final nail in the coffin was the elimination of Rufus leaving her as the only contestant left not aligned with Comrade Black in some way. Despite notorious waffler Dorothy voting alongside her at the next council, placing their votes for the only other contestant who may have flipped, Sophia, led to a 3-2-1 vote rendering Kanbaru the eighth juror.
Returning for Sri Lanka, Kanbaru enjoyed another streak of immunities, giving room for her to forge connections with Riley and Char that would serve to get her far in the game once more. After the swap, she ended up on the majority vote, eliminating two of the players who had voted her out in Italy, Black and Kainé, on her way to the merge. Though the minority alliance attempted to remove her at the first merge vote, afterwards, she squeezed by as a tight, loyal member of Char's alliance. At the final seven vote, however, she joined in on Riley and Ezreal's plan to vote out Char's goat Phos, and at the final five Char unsuccessfully attempted to have her voted out instead of his right-hand man Kyouma. After she survived to the final four, he decided to try and bring her to the end over the bigger threat in Trent, resulting in a tie vote. Kanbaru lost the firemaking tiebreaker, leaving the game a day short of the finale as the last juror.
==Survivor==
===Voting history===
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==Trivia==
* Kanbaru's luxury item in Italy was a bag full of clothes.
* Kanbaru's luxury item in Sri Lanka was a basketball.
* Kanbaru received one prize at the live Survivor Auction for Italy.
** Item #8, for €500: Piccolo wine, a +1 roll boost.
==Gallery==
Kanbaru full.png|Italy render
Kanbaru SL full.png|Sri Lanka render
KanbaruStats.png|Italy stats
KanbaruSLStats.png|Sri Lanka stats
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