Roel Williams

**Roel Dwane Williams** was a castaway from *Canadian Survivor: Japan*.

## Profile

**NAME:** Roel Williams (42)

**CURRENT RESIDENCE:** Lillooet, British Columbia

**OCCUPATION:** Animator

**HOBBIES:** Drawing, walking and wine tasting

**PET PEEVES:** Pushiness and loud conversations

**FAMILY/FRIENDS:**

* **PARENTS:** Gemma Sarah Williams (née Richardson), 63 and Mark Robert Williams, 71
* **FRIENDS:** Kenneth Max Duffy, 41; Isabelle Julie Ali, 46 and Stella Annette Hope, 40

## Survivor

### *Japan*

On *Canadian Survivor: Japan*, Roel was a member of the Amaterasu tribe. Day 2, has a small fight with Damon Jackson and he joins the Amaterasu Alliance with Leah Atkins, Matti Aarnio and Stacey Oliveira. Day 3, the Amaterasu Alliance joins Damon Jackson in unanimously voting out Irina Khachukaeva. Day 5, bonds slightly with Ibnu Batubara, later in the day has a minor disagreement with him and Roel solidifies a duo within the Amaterasu Alliance with Matti. Day 6, Matti wants to vote out Damon, but the women of the Amaterasu Alliance aren't interested, so they split the vote and Noha Zagazig is voted out. Day 8, finds something in common with Matti and Leah leaves Amaterasu Alliance. Day 9, Roel targets Damon and Ibnu makes a vital error in targeting Leah, the swing vote, which swings Leah to Roel's side and Damon is sent home. Day 10, Roel finds the Amaterasu Hidden Immunity Idol and he has a major fight with Matti. Day 11, Leah joins *NEW* Amaterasu Alliance with Roel and Matti.

Day 15, Roel wants to vote out Wade Martin, but when Fab Barros targets Janell Ward, the Amaterasu boys think they have a chance and instead, the remainder of the Original Tsukuyomi tribe vote out Ibnu. Day 20, Roel is impressing the tribe. Day 24, Roel was supposed to vote for Janell but disagreed and voted for Fab. Day 27, Roel was meant to vote out Dom Borowiec, but he disagreed and instead voted for Wade. The vote ended in a tie between Dom and Fab, where Roel ended up voting as intended and Dom was sent to the jury. Day 30, Roel plays his idol on Leah and negates 4 votes, giving Amaterasu Alliance full control and they send Fab to the jury. Day 33, Amaterasu and Tsukuyomi are even and don't budget at Tribal Council, with Amaterasu at a disadvantage in the rock draw - with 2 vulnerable (Matti and Roel) against Siobhan of Tsukuyomi, Roel draws the odd-coloured rock and is eliminated.

#### Voting History

**^1**  In Episode 09, the vote ended a 3-3-1-1 tie between Dom and Fab. Everyone voted for Dom in the revote.

**^2**  In Episode 11, the voted ended in a 3-3 tie between Leah and Wade. Nobody would change their vote, forcing a rock draw.

## Trivia

* Roel was the first Xaxli'p castaway on *Canadian Survivor*.
* Roel is the first Indigenous man to swap tribes on *Canadian Survivor*.
* Among the three original Amaterasu members that made it to the merge, Roel is the only one who never won an individual challenge.
* Roel is the first man and fourth castaway to be eliminated by rocks. Following Justyna Dybiec in *New Caledonia*, Rose House-Rain in *Marshall Islands* and Naomi Collinson in *Belize*.
	+ Roel is currently the oldest castaway to be eliminated by rocks, at 42-years-old in *Japan*.