Juuzou Suzuya

Juuzou Suzuya (鈴屋 什造, Suzuya Jūzō) is a Rank 3 (Rank 2 as of chapter 80) Ghoul Investigator. In the past, he went by the name Rei Suzuya (鈴屋 玲, Suzuya Rei). He is the partner of Yukinori Shinohara.

He is currently assigned to the 20th ward and responsible for the investigation of the Binge Eater.

Appearance
He is a young male with an androgynous appearance, leading most to believe that he is a girl upon first meeting him. He has many stitchings used as both first-aid and fashion. His bangs are clipped up with red hair pins in a roman numeral 13 pattern, with large pupils that leaves an eerie and frightening impression. Juuzou wears a white button-up shirt (often rolled up to the elbows) with the top few buttons undone, an oversized suit jacket (also rolled up to the elbows), black dress pants that reach just under his knees, and red/orange suspenders with yellow polka-dots. Instead of shoes, he wears light-colored slippers with what appears to be rabbits stitched onto them.

In the anime, he is dressed in a unkempt white multicolored buttoned dressed shirt with blue suspenders attached to a pair of black pants that reaches to his knees. He wears red slippers instead of dress shoes. In battle, Suzuya wears the standard CCG combat uniform.

Personality
Before joining the CCG, he was raised by a female ghoul called Big Madame as a scrapper (much like Taro-chan). When he first started the job as a scrapper, Suzuya threw up for 3 days and nights and had nightmares, indicating that his personality was originally somewhat normal. Big Madame used him as a personal pet, constantly torturing him or dressing him as little girl ("Rei-chan") for her personal entertainment. She even castrated him after deciding that she wanted him to stay a girl forever, as she feared that he would lose his "angelic" features as he got older.

As a result of Big Madame's treatment, he no longer feels fear, pain, nor does he have any morals. Her hideout was later raided by CCG and Suzuya was rescued and taken in by the CCG as an orphan. Yukinori Shinohara his mentor describes him as a problem child. Despite his childish and playful demeanor, he is also extremely violent and disturbed. He usually describes his killing methods to be clean, without needless movements, which is a skill he seems to take pride in.

Suzuya is frequently seen talking to himself, referring to himself as "Juuzou-kun", "Rei-chan" and "Jason," leading most to believe that he has some sort of personality disorder.

He was blamed for the killings of multiple animals during his time being "trained" by the CCG, though he was innocent. Suzuya was used as the scapegoat because nobody would doubt that he'd committed the killings, due to his past, and to avert suspicion from the man who had actually killed them. Suzuya had actually found one of the murdered cats, and when he noticed the culprit, the man threatened to kill him if he told anyone.

Because of his lack of emotional understanding, he is willing to confront any opponent head on, no matter how dangerous they are. This has proven to be disastrous when he decided to take on Yoshimura alone when cooperation was necessary. Originally he showed no signs of empathy whatsoever and did not understand the emotions of others. However, when he realized how important his partner and father figure Shinohara was to him, he let out a cry of anguish. This shows that a part of his former self remained and that he is still capable of loving and caring for individuals close to him.

Aogiri Arc
In his first appearance, Suzuya stole Ken Kaneki's wallet and killed a gang of ghouls that had attacked him because he smelt delicious.

After a police officer had arrested him for being suspicious, he was picked up by Shinohara and Koutarou Amon. Because the police officer didn't apologize enough, he sucked out his ear bones.

Suzuya participated in the attack on the Aogiri hideout as a member of th 11th Ward Special Countermeasures Unit. First, he killed the members of Aogiri Tree's assault team, which allowed CCG to enter the hideout. Afterwards, he moved separately from CCG's teams and tracked down Yamori in Yamori's hobby room. Suzuya finished off Yamori who had already been severely injured by Kaneki.

One-shot JOKER
In the one-shot JOKER, Suzuya appears as a first-class investigator. He has a cowardly subordinate, Hanbee Abara, who admires him.

In JOKER, we learn the story of a particular human who protected his life and that of his son at the cost of his legs. Later on, Suzuya remarks that another character was fortunate in keeping his legs after being attacked by a ghoul. In the Anteiku Raid arc, Suzuya loses a leg to the One-Eyed Owl, possibly in reference to the one-shot. In one panel a large band is wrapped around his right leg, likely his prosthetic.

Post-20th Ward One-Eyed Owl Battle
In the aftermath of the Anteiku Raid Arc, he appears to have matured and become more composed, expressing gratitude towards Shinohara and regret that he was unable to save him when speaking with his wife. In his last scene, Suzuya tells the comatose Shinohara that he will continue working hard for the both of them and kisses his forehead telling him good night and exclaims how he was his 'salvation'.

Power and Abilities
Suzuya is a slim but a gifted acrobatic combatant with a unorthodox fighting style. While not trained in the academy like Amon, Suzuya uses his unpredictable behavior in order to suprise his enemies and violently finishes them off. His personality reflects his form of fighting, while most CCG officers are trained to be efficient and quick, Suzuya is sadistically sloppy and fools around in the battlefield. Suzuya also has a strong tolerance to pain which is evident by the number of stitches covering his body and how he casually stitched a flower pattern onto his palm without any visible expression of pain. He is a skilled knife wielder, attacking and throwing with deadly efficiency.
 * Scorpion 1/56 is a Bikaku quinque that takes the form of a switchblade. Like all quinques, it has the ability to cut through ghoul and their kagunes. Although it's light and viable, Suzuya preferred a weapon that was more destructive. He stole a large quantity of them from the CCG before he helped raid Kanou's lab. The quinque is very compatible with Suzuya's knife handling skills, despite his weapon preferences.
 * 13's (Juuzou's) Jason is a Rinkaku quinque that takes the form of a scythe with a jagged and squared blade. The quinque is created presumably from Yamori's kagune. 13's Jason is shown to be extremely strong and durable, having a RC Value above Monster Class 5000 and is capable of cutting through thick Quinque metal with ease.
 * Submachine gun: During the Aogiri Seige, Suzuya was armed with a submachine gun that resembled an Uzi or Mac-10 or 11. The gun is likely loaded with Q bullets due to the damage the gun caused to the Aogiri Tree members during Suzuya's rampage in the hideout.

Trivia

 * Suzuya was ranked fifth in the character popularity poll.
 * The association of Suzuya with the number "13" is a word play: It's possible to write the name "Juuzou" with the kanji 十三, translating to "thirteen".
 * The number "13" is also a reference to the Friday the 13th movies.
 * His hair pins look like "XIII" which translates to 13 in roman numerals.
 * 13 is also the Death Arcana. Apart from the grim reaper parallels it can represent loss, conclusion, sadness, transition into a new state, psychological transformation, and deep change.
 * Suzuya seems to have a particularly delicious scent when ghouls smell him.
 * His likes are: sweets, ghoul hunting, his mama, and getting raped by fat woman.