Sun Wukong

**Sun Wukong** (サン・ウーコン, *Song Okuu*) is a student from the Kingdom of Vacuo, who later moved to Mistral and attended Haven Academy before transferring to Shade. He is a Faunus and the leader of Team SSSN.

Sun's weapon is a collapsible staff that separates into two pairs of nunchucks made of guns called Ruyi Bang and Jingu Bang.

## Description

### Appearance

Sun is a tan-skinned boy with short spiky light-blonde hair and blue eyes. He wears two red wrist bracers over black fingerless gloves and an open loose-collared white jacket with no shirt underneath, displaying his muscular physique. He also wears blue cargo pants tied up with a white belt. He wears white bandages on his legs and has a chain hanging from the belt loop on the right side of his pants.

He sports black and yellow sneakers and wears a twisted golden necklace around his neck, with a round pendant bearing his monkey emblem. As a result of his Faunus lineage, he has a long prehensile monkey tail the same color as his hair. Sun hides his weapon under the back of his shirt.

In stealth, Sun wears a brown-hooded cloak while following Blake Belladonna to Menagerie. He abandons the cloak while fighting the Sea Feilong with Blake and the ship. In the concept art, this outfit is called "Stealth Sun".

### Personality

In his first appearance, Sun is shown to be fun-loving and mischievous, with little regard for the law – stowing away on a ship, thanking the crew for the ride during his escape, throwing a banana peel in a detective's face, and stealing apples. He has a lot of self-confidence, referring to himself as a "great stowaway". He also has a strong crush on Blake.

In conversation, Sun is very laid-back and casual. This translates to his choice of clothing – he heavily dislikes wearing formal attire. He is also very kind and patient and – in great contrast with his usual comedic demeanor – often demonstrates wisdom beyond his years, readily offering good advice when needed. When first meeting Blake, he is willing to listen to her story and waiting for her to open up for nearly two days, bearing with her "small talk and weird looks". He is not afraid to give his opinion and has a dislike for those who regard themselves as "holier than thou" or "use force to get whatever they want", such as the White Fang viewing them as nothing but a bunch of bullies.

Sun also seems to be willing to help others, regardless of whether he is asked or not, even if he barely knows them. In "Black and White", he goes out of his way to help Blake, whom he had just met and barely knew. This quality is further demonstrated when he readily volunteers to help Team RWBY with their investigation, despite both Blake and Ruby Rose stating their opposition to his involvement. In a Cameo interview, writer Miles Luna has stated that he thinks Sun is "a good guy with a good heart". He admits that although Sun "sometimes doesn't always think things through and is very reactionary with his feelings and actions... he's a well-meaning character".

He also does not like it when people dear to him have to risk their lives; he shows great opposition to Ruby and Weiss Schnee endangering themselves to search for Jaune Arc and Pyrrha Nikos during the Grimm attack on Beacon Academy. However, Sun is willing to put himself in harm's way for those he cares for.

Sun persistently remains at Blake's side and continues to try to help her in any way he can. He expresses wisdom in pointing out that Blake's friends want to fight for her, and that she should not try to distance her friends because she feels responsible for bringing harm to them. He begins to personally take Blake's campaign against the White Fang to heart, believing it's the right thing to do and wholeheartedly pursuing the same ends. In that respect, Blake believes Sun to be the embodiment of the word "earnest".

Sun is shown to be a poor leader to his team, as noted by both Scarlet David and Coco Adel, he is often shown to be easily distracted and has a chaotic and unpredictable nature. Even Sun himself appears to be fully aware of this flaw, as he, in his own words, admits to Blake that he's "the worst team leader ever". Following the events of Volumes 4 and 5, Team SSSN is shown to have strained their relationship with Sun, angry at him for leaving them behind yet again. Scarlet also criticizes Sun for being both "noble and selfish at the same time," as seen when he abandoned his team in pursuit of Blake.

## Trivia

* Sun and Ruby Rose's english actors are married in real life.