Toji Suzuhara

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Neon Genesis Evangelion character
Toji Suzuhara
Age	14
Birthday	December 26, 2001
Gender	Male
Relation(s)	Sister: Unnamed
Seiyū	Tomokazu Seki
Voice actor	Brett Weaver Joe Pisano Michael O'Connor
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Toji Suzuhara (鈴原トウジ Suzuhara Tōji) is a fictional character from the anime Neon Genesis Evangelion. He is the Fourth Child (Fourth Children in the Japanese version).

Contents 1 Description 2 Toji in Evangelion manga 2.1 Neon Genesis Evangelion 2.2 Shinji Ikari Raising Project 2.3 Angelic Days 3 Trivia

[edit] Description

Toji is the "jock" stereotype, is good friends with Kensuke Aida, and has a constant conflict with Asuka. Toji's younger sister was injured in the battle between Sachiel and Unit 01, and after learning that Shinji 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, Toji comes to respect Shinji and the two become friends.

Unbeknownst to Toji for much of the series, his normally by-the-book class rep Hikari Horaki actually had a crush on him. Later in the run of the series her feelings began to come to the forefront and Toji seemed to return her affection.

Toji is eventually selected to be the Fourth Child, and agrees on the condition that his sister be moved to NERV's medical facilities. En route to the testing facility, Unit 03 is taken over by Bardiel. When Toji is inserted in the Entry Plug and the Eva is powered up, it goes berserk as an Angel. Units 00-02 are deployed to stop Unit 03, but Units 00 and 02 are incapacitated in short order, and Shinji refuses orders to destroy Unit 03, wanting to try to save the pilot. However, Gendo orders that Unit 01's dummy plug system be activated, overriding Shinji's control. Unit 01 proceeds to tear Unit 03 to shreds and crush its entry plug. After the battle, Shinji learns that Toji is the pilot as the wreckage of the entry plug is examined. Toji survives but is critically injured, eventually losing his left arm and leg. In the manga, he actually dies. In both media, this event causes Shinji to temporarily quit NERV.

[edit] Toji in Evangelion manga

[edit] Neon Genesis Evangelion

In Yoshiyuki Sadamoto's manga adaptation of Evangelion, the English translation of Toji's dialogue gives him a distinct accent, which could be described as a "New York gangster" dialect, an English approximation of Toji's Osaka-ben dialect. Also, Shinji learns that Toji is Unit 03's pilot in before the battle rather than afterward, leading to his refusal to destroy the possessed Eva. Toji is killed when Unit 01 crushes Unit 03's entry plug.

Another change was to his hair colour, which went from black (in the anime) to dirty blond/light brown (in the manga).

[edit] Shinji Ikari Raising Project

Here, he's basically the same as his anime counterpart, although he doesn't get into shouting matches with Asuka that often. He's also captivated by Rei when she arrives at the school.

[edit] Angelic Days

Toji maintains much of his same qualities as the anime, although he was accepted into NERV early on, much like the other main teen characters.

[edit] Trivia

Toji 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.