Ouran's Characters 1st: Tamaki Suoh

Type: Prince
Grade: Sophomore Year, Class A
Birthday: April 8 (Aries)
Height: 6’ 0"
Blood Type: A

Favorite Food: Common folk ramen and common folk sweets

Voiced by: Mamoru Miyano (anime and later drama CDs), Hikaru Midorikawa (early drama CDs), Vic Mignogna (English)

Bio:Tamaki Suoh (須王 環 Suō Tamaki), age 17, is a second-year student at Ouran High School and the founder and president of the Host Club. While flamboyant and narcissistic (Suō means "rightfully becoming king" or "to become a king"), he is very dedicated to his duty as a host. He is the Prince type to "entertain" customers. He is partial to classic piano music and plays quite well, one of his favorites being Mozart's Sonata for Two Pianos in D major. He, like Hunny, also has a stuffed animal, a teddy called Kuma-chan ("Beary" in English; kuma is Japanese for bear). The main comic relief character of the series, Tamaki can be viewed as outspoken and naive for his age, especially since he only views himself as an obsessive father figure to Haruhi, when in reality he's in love with her. Mei (as well as Hunny) points out his naivete when it comes to how he truly feels about Haruhi, and the rest of the club sees this too; this applies to his overall dense approach to his own feelings though he is very perceptive about other people's. He often gets jealous of other boys who get close to her and admires her when she shows her natural abilities. Tamaki is half-Japanese and half-French, and lives with his father, the wealthy superintendent of Ouran Academy. They both live separately from his French mother because of a deal between his Mother and his bitterly cold paternal grandmother. Despite his grandmother being the reason he can't see his mother, he is very gentle to her, and is constantly trying to get her to accept him as a part of the Suoh family. However, his grandmother does not like Tamaki and is always cold toward him. His family name is romanized by VIZ Media as Suoh and by Chuang Yi and Nippon Television's Japanese-language website as Suoh. His full name is revealed in chapter 55 to be Rene Tamaki Richard Grantaine.