Kururugi Suzaku

Kururugi Suzaku is Lelouch's childhood friend and son of Japan's last prime minister, Kururugi Genbu.

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He murdered his father when he was a child in the belief that it would end the war between Britannia and Japan, but only paved the way for Japan's conquering. Traumatized,

he also begins to find a way to liberate Japan. However, in stark contrast to Lelouch, he claims to support reformism and that achieving results by wrong or illegal methods is meaningless, wanting to change Britannia from within. As such, he is aligned against Zero's Black Knights, but nevertheless intent on changing the Britannian Empire for the better.

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In reality, however, this is an illusion, as Suzaku actually wishes to be KIA in order to atone for his father's death.

Suzaku is an Honorary Britannian and part of the Britannian army, later becoming the pilot of the experimental Knightmare Frame Lancelot as a member of the R&D Division.