| height = 156cm<ref>''Evangelion Chronicle'' has a character height chart, however it does not clearly state each character's height. An user has calculated their heights based on it [https://forum.evageeks.org/post/892644/Character-Heights/#892644 here], taking Misato's height from [[Episode 25]] as a reference.</ref>
| birthday = 12/26/2001
| birthday = 12/26/2001
| seiyu = [[Tomokazu Seki]]
| seiyu = [[Tomokazu Seki]] <ref name="Accents of Toji">In the original Japanese dub, Toji speaks with an Osakan accent, and his ID information displayed in Episode 03 states that he is originally from the Osaka region. English dubs of anime often try to translate an Osakan accent by having a character speak with a different accent than the other characters but familiar to American viewers, usually a "Southern" or "Brooklyn" type. ADV Films chose not to portray Toji this way, but used an informal tone in his subtitles, including words like "ain't" and "'bout". The English dubbing didn't have this.</ref>
| va = (English): Brett Weaver, Joe Pisano, Michael O'Connor, Justin Cook<br> (Italian): Corrado Conforti<br> (Brazilian): Vagner Fagundes<br> (French): Olivier Korol <br> (German): Julien Haggége
| va = (English)<ref name="Accents of Toji">In the original Japanese dub, Toji speaks with an Osakan accent, and his ID information displayed in Episode 03 states that he is originally from the Osaka region. English dubs of anime often try to translate an Osakan accent by having a character speak with a different accent than the other characters but familiar to American viewers, usually a "Southern" or "Brooklyn" type. ADV Films chose not to portray Toji this way, but used an informal tone in his subtitles, including words like "ain't" and "'bout". The English dubbing didn't have this.</ref>: Brett Weaver, Joe Pisano, Michael O'Connor, Justin Cook, Johnny Yong Bosch (Netflix)<br> (Italian): Corrado Conforti<br> (Brazilian): Vagner Fagundes<br> (French): Olivier Korol <br> (German): Julien Haggége , Volkmar Leif Gilbert (Netflix)
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'''Toji Suzuhara''' is [[Shinji Ikari|Shinji Ikari's]] classmate and later friend; their mutual friend is [[Kensuke Aida]]. Like all potential Children, Toji is kept with the others for his own protection, in the same school classroom. In relation to this fact, his mother is deceased; he is said to live with his sister, father and grandfather.
'''Toji Suzuhara'''<ref>The name "Toji Suzuhara" was taken from Ryu Murakami’s novel Ai to Gensou no Fascism (The Fascism of Love and Fantasy)</ref> is [[Shinji Ikari|Shinji Ikari's]] classmate and later friend; their mutual friend is [[Kensuke Aida]]. Like all potential Children, Toji is kept with the others for his own protection, in the same school classroom. In relation to this fact, his mother is deceased; he is said to live with his sister, father and grandfather.
==Profile==
==Character Summary==
Toji's sister was crushed under a pile of debris during [[Evangelion Unit-01|Eva-01’s]] battle with [[Sachiel]]. Angry over what he saw as the pilot's clumsiness, Toji punched [[Shinji Ikari]] after discovering who he was, saying, "I won't feel right until I've smacked you." But after seeing Shinji’s reaction to the fight with [[Shamshel]], Toji grew sympathetic towards Shinji and befriended him.
===First Appearances===
''Main Article: [[Episode 03]], [[Episode 04]]''
Toji appears strongly concerned with appearing "manly" and chivalrous. He insists on Shinji accompanying him to Rei’s apartment in [[Episode 17]] because he can’t go to a girl’s place alone, and refuses to help Shinji pick up Rei’s trash because it’s "not a man’s job". This same attitude might be why he had difficulty admitting that he was worried about the absent Shinji, or phoning him in [[Episode 03]].
When first appearing, Toji has gotten back from treating his sister, who was was crushed under a pile of debris during [[Evangelion Unit-01|Eva-01’s]] battle with [[Sachiel]]. Conversing with Kensuke, he says that since his grandfather and father work in the labs, he was left to take care of her. Angry at the pilot who supposedly caused this, he discovers that Shinji Ikari - the new transfer student - was the pilot. After school, he swings a punch at Shinji, saying he had to work out his own anger. When Shinji replies that he was forced to, Toji storms back, picks him up in further anger, and drops him.
Like his best friend [[Kensuke Aida]], Toji has a crush on [[Misato Katsuragi]], but his infatuation is usually more overt, especially in [[Episode 08]]. He also seems to be aware of [[Hikari Horaki]]’s crush on him as well.
Later, as [[Tokyo-3]] takes shelter from [[Shamshel]], Toji and Kensuke manage to sneak out to catch a glimpse of the battle. When Shinji is shown to be losing the fight, Kensuke remarks to Toji on "badly being beaten up must really messed him up", to which Toji shuts him down. Nearing the end of the battle, Eva-01 is flung across the hillside where the two are standing. Noticing them<ref>In [[Episode 03]] Misato brings up Toji's I.D. info on her computer:
Toji Suzuhara is originally from Sakai (in Osaka prefecture, explaining his Osakan accent in the original Japanese dub), and his blood type is B+. However, on the screen that is brought up two separate dates are listed as his birthday: December 26th, 2001, and September 28th, 2001.</ref>, Captain<ref>Later promoted to Major in [[Episode 12]].</ref> Misato Katsuragi orders the two to enter the [[Entry Plug]] for protection. As the two start to see Shinji in his element, he sprints into action, stabbing the [[Core]] of the angel is a blistering scream of determined rage. Once the angel dies, Shinji breaks down in tears, leaving Toji to witness it all.
Tojji likes sports and food. Instead of a standard school uniform, Toji usually wears a track suit (except in [[Episode 09]]), and is seen shooting basketball in Episode 17. He declared lunchtime "the single best thing 'bout school" in the same episode, and it’s probably no surprise that Hikari used her cooking to express her interest in him.
A while after the battle has ended, Toji - despite denying it - seeks to apologize to Shinji. He gets his phone number from Kensuke. He attempts, but hangs up.
After being chosen as the Fourth Children and the pilot of [[Evangelion Unit-03|Eva-03]], Toji accepted only on the condition that his sister be transferred to the hospital at [[Nerv]] headquarters, and became listless and remote before his test.
A few days later, Toji and Kensuke visit the apartment of Shinj, who has been absent from school since his fight with Shamshel. Unaware that Shinji has disappeared, the two are greeted by Misato, who tells them that he's been training at [[Nerv Headquarters|HQ]]. After she closes the door, the two comment on how hot she looked.
After Eva-03 was infected by [[Bardiel]] and destroyed by [[Evangelion Unit-01|Eva-01]], her [[Entry Plug]] was crushed. Toji survived that incident, but lost his leg. (The loss of his leg is not explicitly stated<ref>[http://eva.onegeek.org/pipermail/oldeva/2001-September/040472.html| here] it says "in the anime, based upon the storyboard book, Touji lost a leg only."</ref>, but when he is lying in the hospital in [[Episode 19]], the covers are sunk in where his left leg should be)
Later, once Shinji is brought back by Nerv officials and deciding to go to his old life, Toji and Kensuke arrive to say bye to him before he goes. With a prompt from Kensuke, Toji pleads for Shinji to punch him back, and to not hold back. Shinji agrees and lands one right across his face. With a smile, Toji tells him how he wanted to make up for punching him seeing as how he suffered in the Eva, vowing to defend anyone who mistreats him.
===Friends With Shinji===
''Main Articles: [[Episode 05]] to [[Episode 17]]''
Once Shinji decides to stay in Tokyo-3, he becomes close to Toji, as well as Kensuke. Throughout most of the action arc, the three are seen joking or teasing each other (Toji and Kensuke making fun of Shinji for supposedly gawking at [[Rei Ayanami|Rei]] in her swimsuit) to them joining a special trip to meet the [[Asuka Langley Soryu|pilot of]] [[Evangelion Unit-02|Unit-02]]. Toji, along with Kensuke, still retains a crush on Misato, which is shown rather blatantly whenever they're around her.
Later in the series, he and Shinji deliver class printouts to Rei, to which Toji reacts in shock of the messiness of Rei's room. As Shinji starts to clean up (Toji opts out saying it's not "manly" to clean up), Toji comments on how much he's seen Shinji change, saying his perception Shinji was envisioning him as "A jerk," who "didn't seem like [he'd] do something for others."
Later, walking away from Rei's room, Toji comments on how weird Eva pilots are, saying this with Rei's awkward reaction to Shinji cleaning her room still fresh in his mind.
With the completion of [[Evangelion Unit-03|Eva Unit-03]], Toji is chosen to be the fourth child. He accepts on the condition that his sister be transferred to the hospital at [[Nerv]] headquarters, and became listless and remote before his test. He is shown to be solemn about this, afraid about what's to come.
Things go horribly wrong during the [[Activation Test|activation test]] where it's discovered that the [[Angel|angel]] [[Bardiel]] has infected the unit, and reclassified as angel. Shinji, unaware that Toji's inside the entry plug, refuses to fight. However, forced by the [[Dummy System]], Shinji is forced to completely destroy both the Eva and Entry Plug.
After Eva-03 was infected by [[Bardiel]] and destroyed by [[Evangelion Unit-01|Eva-01]], her [[Entry Plug]] was crushed. Toji survived that incident, but lost his leg<ref>The loss of his leg is not explicitly stated. [https://web.archive.org/web/20111004042705/https://eva.onegeek.org/pipermail/oldeva/2001-September/040472.html Here], it says "in the anime, based upon the storyboard book, Touji lost a leg only, but when he is lying in the hospital in [[Episode 19]], the covers are sunk in where his left leg should be.</ref>. He is visited by the class rep [[Hikari Horaki]], and tells her to inform his sister that he's alright
Toji left with the rest of [[Tokyo-3]]’s remaining citizens after the city was destroyed by [[Evangelion Unit-00|Eva 00]]’s detonation in [[Episode 23]]. His only other appearances after this were as part of Instrumentality in [[Episode 25]] and [[Episode 26]].
Toji left with the rest of [[Tokyo-3]]’s remaining citizens after the city was destroyed by [[Evangelion Unit-00|Eva 00]]’s detonation in [[Episode 23]]. His only other appearances after this were as part of Instrumentality in [[Episode 25]] and [[Episode 26]].
==In Rebuild of Evangelion==
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Toji is seen in much the same role in [[Evangelion 1.0]], beating up Shinji for causing his sister's injuries in the [[Sachiel]] battle. However, following the battle with [[Shamshel]], Toji allows Shinji to punch him back- and Shinji does so, harder than expected. Toji and Kensuke send Shinji messages of encouragement prior to Operation Yashima at the end of 1.0. By [[Evangelion 2.0]], it is evident that Toji and Kensuke have become close friends with Shinji, and accompany him often. In a major departure from the series, Asuka, not Toji, pilots the infected Eva-03; instead of being the pilot of the doomed Eva, Toji visits his sister on the day of her release from the hospital. In 2.0, Toji is last seen with Kensuke and Pen-Pen while shielding Hikari from missile explosions during the battle with Zeruel. Sometime near the middle of 3.0, Shinji is given a change of shirt that has a name-tag bearing Toji's surname on it. In addition, [[Sakura Suzuhara|Toji's sister]] does not mention her older brother for any of the time that we see her onscreen.
Toji returns in ''[[Evangelion: 3.0 + 1.0 Thrice Upon a Time]]''. He works as a doctor in the survivor's village, and married [[Hikari Horaki]], with whom he has had a child, Tsubame. He and Hikari survived Third Impact together with Kensuke's help and "had to grow up quickly". He does not show any resentment to Shinji, and is very helpful and supportive of him, guiding him in his recovery, same as Kensuke, also present in the village. He is however puzzled at Rei, not initially realizing she is not the same Rei they knew, calling her "lookalike". When the Wunder arrives to pickup Asuka, he insists that Shinji stay there and live with them.
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==In Other Media==
==In Other Media==
===In the Manga===
===In the Manga===
Toji is depicted with a light brown hair color in the Manga. In addition, Shinji goes into the Bardiel battle knowing that Toji is the pilot of the infected Eva-03. Unlike his anime counterpart, who survives with the loss of a leg, Toji dies when Eva-01 crushes the Entry Plug.
Toji is depicted with light brown hair color in the Manga. In addition, Shinji goes into the Bardiel battle knowing that Toji is the pilot of the infected Eva-03. Unlike his anime counterpart, who survives with the loss of a leg, Toji dies when Eva-01 crushes the Entry Plug.
===In Rebuild of Evangelion===
Toji is seen in much the same role in [[Evangelion 1.0]], beating up Shinji for causing his sister's injuries in the [[Sachiel]] battle. However, following the battle with [[Shamshel]], Toji allows Shinji to punch him back- and Shinji does so, harder than expected. Toji and Kensuke send Shinji messages of encouragement prior to Operation Yashima at the end of 1.0. By [[Evangelion 2.0]], it is evident that Toji and Kensuke have become close friends with Shinji, and accompany him often. Toji's little sister is seen having recovered from her injuries in the Sachiel battle, and, in a major departure from the series, Asuka, not Toji, pilots the infected Eva-03. Toji is last seen with Kensuke and Pen-Pen, shielding Hikari from missile explosions during the battle with Zeruel. His fate at the end of Evangelion 2.0 is unknown.
==Notes==
==Notes==
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*In the original Japanese dub, Toji speaks with an Osakan accent, and his ID information displayed in Episode 03 states that he is originally from the Osaka region. English dubs of anime often try to translate an Osakan accent by having a character speak with a different accent than the other characters but familiar to American viewers, usually a "Southern" or "Brooklyn" type. ADV Films chose not to portray Toji this way, but used an informal tone in his subtitles, including words like "ain't" and "'bout". The English dubbing didn't have this.
*[[File:Proposal 23 sonota.jpg|thumb|Early sketches of Toji, Kensuke and Shinji]]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.
*The name "Toji Suzuhara" was taken from Ryu Murakami’s novel ''Ai to Gensou no Fascism'' (''The Fascism of Love and Fantasy'')
*Toji's voice was recast twice, for unspecified reasons, for the original ADV English dub of the series. He was voiced by Joe Pisano from his first appearance in [[Episode 3]] to [[Episode 18]], by Michael O'Connor in [[Episode 19]] and [[Episode 20]], and Brett Weaver in [[Episode 26]]. Weaver reprised the role in ''[[Evangelion: Death and Rebirth]]''.
*In two of the ''Super Robot Wars'' game series featuring Evangelion, Toji can be unlocked as a playable character, even after the events of Episode 18. However, the player might have to fulfill certain conditions to unlock him. Toji continues to pilot Unit-03 if he is unlocked. In ''Super Robot Wars MX'' for the PS2, he automatically joins in the course of the game without requirements, owing to some crossover storyline help from the ''RahXephon''.
*Toji is originally from Osaka, and thus in the original Japanese version, he speaks with a Kansai accent as Osaka is located in the region. English dubs of various anime series sometimes try to represent an Osakan accent with a comparable English accent, such as a Brooklyn accent for Meowth in ''Pokémon'', or a Southern accent for Ayumu Kasuga in ''Azumanga Daioh''. The official English dub of Evangelion did not try to give Toji a particular accent, instead, he just speaks more casually than other characters. His voice actor Tomokazu Seiki is from the Asakusa district of Tokyo, however, and had difficulty in portraying the dialect.<ref>[https://e-hentai.org/s/101b5015ff/942924-6 Film Book 2]</ref>
*Toji seems to have been majorly influenced by Anno's father. The loss of his leg inspired Toji's own, as Anno was not allowed to kill him.<ref>''"My father has only one leg. While working at a lumber mill he had his left leg seriously injured with an electric saw. He was 16 years old at the time. He wears an artificial leg below the thigh. He has trouble walking, so he used to stay at home.''<br>''But there is no doubt that I have been influenced by father's physical handicap. I cannot love anything perfect."'' - [https://wiki.evageeks.org/Statements_by_Evangelion_Staff#Hideaki_Anno:_Disability_Shapes_Taste_for_the_Imperfect_.28Asahi_Evening_News_03.2F1999.29 Disability Shapes Taste for the Imperfect]</ref><ref>'''''Oizumi''': About the complex you have because of your father's body... you said, for instance, in an interview with Animage that even when drawing a robot you're not satisfied until you've erased some part of it.<br>'''Anno''': Probably I have an attachment towards deformity. I can't love [something] if it's not broken somewhere. I believe that's [due to] the influence of my father['s condition].<br>'''Oizumi''': The Evas often got deformed as well (laughing).<br>'''Takekuma''': Toji lost his leg. Why didn't he die there?<br>'''Anno''': I couldn't kill him.<br>'''Takekuma''': Of course.<br>'''Anno''': No, um, I made a certain promise, though I think now I should have broken it. At the very beginiing, when [we] drew up the plan [for Eva], [I met] with the producer, from King Records, who told me, "I will approve the plan you submit, whatever it is, because I have faith in you. However, there will be two conditions. The first one is that you will remain with me for five years. You cannot, for example, do a film version with another [producer]. The additional condition is that you will not kill any children. The adults can die, but I don't want children dying." Because of that condition I couldn't kill [Toji]. - [https://wiki.evageeks.org/Statements_by_Evangelion_Staff#Evangelion_staff_interviews_from_Schizo.2FParano Schizo/Parano]</ref>
*Although he's not shown to be physically active, early plans make mention of Shinji being good at sports and dedicated in physical education class as part of overall passivity. In an earlier [[Episode 05]] draft, a scene was included with him playing basketball with Toji, and beating him, driving the attention of his female classmates. Kensuke would also comment Shinji didn't seem like such a "sports freak". However, this was deleted as the writers realized they didn't want to make Shinji seem too perfect, and him being oblivious to their attentions also made him more grounded. A scene where he is cheered by his classmates and seen as attractive and popular is retained afterwards. When Toji plays alone later in [[Episode 17]], this was originally meant as a callback to this scene, and also to show Toji's self-doubt as he recognized he wasn't actually that good at sports.<ref>[[Neon Genesis Evangelion Storyboard Collection|Evangelion Storyboard Collection]], Vol 1 #5-14, [https://imgur.com/a/D0mnfMX vol 4 #17-36]</ref>
*The name "Toji Suzuhara" was taken from Ryu Murakami’s novel ''Ai to Gensou no Fascism'' (''The Fascism of Love and Fantasy''). Toji Suzuhara, the main character, is a dictator seeking to reform Japan and free it from an international conspiracy.
*Although Toji has a regular school uniform, he wears a tracksuit most of the time he's seen in or out of school. A possible explanation is quoted in [https://forum.evageeks.org/post/736887/Tojis-Attire/#736887 this forum post], which posits that Toji was a transfer student from the Kansai region who did not have to wear a school uniform until he got his Tokyo-3 school uniform, and later took advantage of the exception made for him by continuing to wear the tracksuit.
*The coloration of Toji's usual outfit strongly resembles the color scheme of Eva-03, perhaps foreshadowing (along with just about every other hint) that he was the pilot.
*The coloration of Toji's usual outfit strongly resembles the color scheme of Eva-03, perhaps foreshadowing (along with just about every other hint) that he was the pilot.
*In [[Episode 03]] Misato brings up Toji's I.D. info on her computer:
*In [[Episode 03]] Misato brings up Toji's I.D. info on her computer:
**Toji Suzuhara is originally from Sakai (in Osaka prefecture, explaining his Osakan accent in the original Japanese dub), and his blood type is B+. However, on the screen that is brought up two separate dates are listed as his birthday: December 26th 2001, and September 28th, 2001.
**Toji Suzuhara is originally from Sakai (in Osaka prefecture, explaining his Osakan accent in the original Japanese dub), and his blood type is B+. However, on the screen that is brought up two separate dates are listed as his birthday: December 26th, 2001, and July 28th, 2001. Like Kensuke but unlike other Evangelion characters, he does not share his birthday with his voice actor, Tomokazu Seki (whose birthday is September 8th).
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Toji Suzuhara[3] is Shinji Ikari's classmate and later friend; their mutual friend is Kensuke Aida. Like all potential Children, Toji is kept with the others for his own protection, in the same school classroom. In relation to this fact, his mother is deceased; he is said to live with his sister, father and grandfather.
When first appearing, Toji has gotten back from treating his sister, who was was crushed under a pile of debris during Eva-01’s battle with Sachiel. Conversing with Kensuke, he says that since his grandfather and father work in the labs, he was left to take care of her. Angry at the pilot who supposedly caused this, he discovers that Shinji Ikari - the new transfer student - was the pilot. After school, he swings a punch at Shinji, saying he had to work out his own anger. When Shinji replies that he was forced to, Toji storms back, picks him up in further anger, and drops him.
Later, as Tokyo-3 takes shelter from Shamshel, Toji and Kensuke manage to sneak out to catch a glimpse of the battle. When Shinji is shown to be losing the fight, Kensuke remarks to Toji on "badly being beaten up must really messed him up", to which Toji shuts him down. Nearing the end of the battle, Eva-01 is flung across the hillside where the two are standing. Noticing them[4], Captain[5] Misato Katsuragi orders the two to enter the Entry Plug for protection. As the two start to see Shinji in his element, he sprints into action, stabbing the Core of the angel is a blistering scream of determined rage. Once the angel dies, Shinji breaks down in tears, leaving Toji to witness it all.
A while after the battle has ended, Toji - despite denying it - seeks to apologize to Shinji. He gets his phone number from Kensuke. He attempts, but hangs up.
A few days later, Toji and Kensuke visit the apartment of Shinj, who has been absent from school since his fight with Shamshel. Unaware that Shinji has disappeared, the two are greeted by Misato, who tells them that he's been training at HQ. After she closes the door, the two comment on how hot she looked.
Later, once Shinji is brought back by Nerv officials and deciding to go to his old life, Toji and Kensuke arrive to say bye to him before he goes. With a prompt from Kensuke, Toji pleads for Shinji to punch him back, and to not hold back. Shinji agrees and lands one right across his face. With a smile, Toji tells him how he wanted to make up for punching him seeing as how he suffered in the Eva, vowing to defend anyone who mistreats him.
Once Shinji decides to stay in Tokyo-3, he becomes close to Toji, as well as Kensuke. Throughout most of the action arc, the three are seen joking or teasing each other (Toji and Kensuke making fun of Shinji for supposedly gawking at Rei in her swimsuit) to them joining a special trip to meet the pilot ofUnit-02. Toji, along with Kensuke, still retains a crush on Misato, which is shown rather blatantly whenever they're around her.
Later in the series, he and Shinji deliver class printouts to Rei, to which Toji reacts in shock of the messiness of Rei's room. As Shinji starts to clean up (Toji opts out saying it's not "manly" to clean up), Toji comments on how much he's seen Shinji change, saying his perception Shinji was envisioning him as "A jerk," who "didn't seem like [he'd] do something for others."
Later, walking away from Rei's room, Toji comments on how weird Eva pilots are, saying this with Rei's awkward reaction to Shinji cleaning her room still fresh in his mind.
With the completion of Eva Unit-03, Toji is chosen to be the fourth child. He accepts on the condition that his sister be transferred to the hospital at Nerv headquarters, and became listless and remote before his test. He is shown to be solemn about this, afraid about what's to come.
Things go horribly wrong during the activation test where it's discovered that the angelBardiel has infected the unit, and reclassified as angel. Shinji, unaware that Toji's inside the entry plug, refuses to fight. However, forced by the Dummy System, Shinji is forced to completely destroy both the Eva and Entry Plug.
After Eva-03 was infected by Bardiel and destroyed by Eva-01, her Entry Plug was crushed. Toji survived that incident, but lost his leg[6]. He is visited by the class rep Hikari Horaki, and tells her to inform his sister that he's alright
Toji left with the rest of Tokyo-3’s remaining citizens after the city was destroyed by Eva 00’s detonation in Episode 23. His only other appearances after this were as part of Instrumentality in Episode 25 and Episode 26.
In Rebuild of Evangelion
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Toji is seen in much the same role in Evangelion 1.0, beating up Shinji for causing his sister's injuries in the Sachiel battle. However, following the battle with Shamshel, Toji allows Shinji to punch him back- and Shinji does so, harder than expected. Toji and Kensuke send Shinji messages of encouragement prior to Operation Yashima at the end of 1.0. By Evangelion 2.0, it is evident that Toji and Kensuke have become close friends with Shinji, and accompany him often. In a major departure from the series, Asuka, not Toji, pilots the infected Eva-03; instead of being the pilot of the doomed Eva, Toji visits his sister on the day of her release from the hospital. In 2.0, Toji is last seen with Kensuke and Pen-Pen while shielding Hikari from missile explosions during the battle with Zeruel. Sometime near the middle of 3.0, Shinji is given a change of shirt that has a name-tag bearing Toji's surname on it. In addition, Toji's sister does not mention her older brother for any of the time that we see her onscreen.
Toji returns in Evangelion: 3.0 + 1.0 Thrice Upon a Time. He works as a doctor in the survivor's village, and married Hikari Horaki, with whom he has had a child, Tsubame. He and Hikari survived Third Impact together with Kensuke's help and "had to grow up quickly". He does not show any resentment to Shinji, and is very helpful and supportive of him, guiding him in his recovery, same as Kensuke, also present in the village. He is however puzzled at Rei, not initially realizing she is not the same Rei they knew, calling her "lookalike". When the Wunder arrives to pickup Asuka, he insists that Shinji stay there and live with them.
In Other Media
In the Manga
Toji is depicted with light brown hair color in the Manga. In addition, Shinji goes into the Bardiel battle knowing that Toji is the pilot of the infected Eva-03. Unlike his anime counterpart, who survives with the loss of a leg, Toji dies when Eva-01 crushes the Entry Plug.
Notes
Early sketches of Toji, Kensuke and ShinjiToji 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.
Toji's voice was recast twice, for unspecified reasons, for the original ADV English dub of the series. He was voiced by Joe Pisano from his first appearance in Episode 3 to Episode 18, by Michael O'Connor in Episode 19 and Episode 20, and Brett Weaver in Episode 26. Weaver reprised the role in Evangelion: Death and Rebirth.
In two of the Super Robot Wars game series featuring Evangelion, Toji can be unlocked as a playable character, even after the events of Episode 18. However, the player might have to fulfill certain conditions to unlock him. Toji continues to pilot Unit-03 if he is unlocked. In Super Robot Wars MX for the PS2, he automatically joins in the course of the game without requirements, owing to some crossover storyline help from the RahXephon.
Toji is originally from Osaka, and thus in the original Japanese version, he speaks with a Kansai accent as Osaka is located in the region. English dubs of various anime series sometimes try to represent an Osakan accent with a comparable English accent, such as a Brooklyn accent for Meowth in Pokémon, or a Southern accent for Ayumu Kasuga in Azumanga Daioh. The official English dub of Evangelion did not try to give Toji a particular accent, instead, he just speaks more casually than other characters. His voice actor Tomokazu Seiki is from the Asakusa district of Tokyo, however, and had difficulty in portraying the dialect.[7]
Toji seems to have been majorly influenced by Anno's father. The loss of his leg inspired Toji's own, as Anno was not allowed to kill him.[8][9]
Although he's not shown to be physically active, early plans make mention of Shinji being good at sports and dedicated in physical education class as part of overall passivity. In an earlier Episode 05 draft, a scene was included with him playing basketball with Toji, and beating him, driving the attention of his female classmates. Kensuke would also comment Shinji didn't seem like such a "sports freak". However, this was deleted as the writers realized they didn't want to make Shinji seem too perfect, and him being oblivious to their attentions also made him more grounded. A scene where he is cheered by his classmates and seen as attractive and popular is retained afterwards. When Toji plays alone later in Episode 17, this was originally meant as a callback to this scene, and also to show Toji's self-doubt as he recognized he wasn't actually that good at sports.[10]
The name "Toji Suzuhara" was taken from Ryu Murakami’s novel Ai to Gensou no Fascism (The Fascism of Love and Fantasy). Toji Suzuhara, the main character, is a dictator seeking to reform Japan and free it from an international conspiracy.
Although Toji has a regular school uniform, he wears a tracksuit most of the time he's seen in or out of school. A possible explanation is quoted in this forum post, which posits that Toji was a transfer student from the Kansai region who did not have to wear a school uniform until he got his Tokyo-3 school uniform, and later took advantage of the exception made for him by continuing to wear the tracksuit.
The coloration of Toji's usual outfit strongly resembles the color scheme of Eva-03, perhaps foreshadowing (along with just about every other hint) that he was the pilot.
In Episode 03 Misato brings up Toji's I.D. info on her computer:
Toji Suzuhara is originally from Sakai (in Osaka prefecture, explaining his Osakan accent in the original Japanese dub), and his blood type is B+. However, on the screen that is brought up two separate dates are listed as his birthday: December 26th, 2001, and July 28th, 2001. Like Kensuke but unlike other Evangelion characters, he does not share his birthday with his voice actor, Tomokazu Seki (whose birthday is September 8th).
References
↑Evangelion Chronicle has a character height chart, however it does not clearly state each character's height. An user has calculated their heights based on it here, taking Misato's height from Episode 25 as a reference.
↑ 2.02.1In the original Japanese dub, Toji speaks with an Osakan accent, and his ID information displayed in Episode 03 states that he is originally from the Osaka region. English dubs of anime often try to translate an Osakan accent by having a character speak with a different accent than the other characters but familiar to American viewers, usually a "Southern" or "Brooklyn" type. ADV Films chose not to portray Toji this way, but used an informal tone in his subtitles, including words like "ain't" and "'bout". The English dubbing didn't have this.
↑The name "Toji Suzuhara" was taken from Ryu Murakami’s novel Ai to Gensou no Fascism (The Fascism of Love and Fantasy)
↑In Episode 03 Misato brings up Toji's I.D. info on her computer:
Toji Suzuhara is originally from Sakai (in Osaka prefecture, explaining his Osakan accent in the original Japanese dub), and his blood type is B+. However, on the screen that is brought up two separate dates are listed as his birthday: December 26th, 2001, and September 28th, 2001.
↑The loss of his leg is not explicitly stated. Here, it says "in the anime, based upon the storyboard book, Touji lost a leg only, but when he is lying in the hospital in Episode 19, the covers are sunk in where his left leg should be.
↑"My father has only one leg. While working at a lumber mill he had his left leg seriously injured with an electric saw. He was 16 years old at the time. He wears an artificial leg below the thigh. He has trouble walking, so he used to stay at home. But there is no doubt that I have been influenced by father's physical handicap. I cannot love anything perfect." - Disability Shapes Taste for the Imperfect
↑Oizumi: About the complex you have because of your father's body... you said, for instance, in an interview with Animage that even when drawing a robot you're not satisfied until you've erased some part of it. Anno: Probably I have an attachment towards deformity. I can't love [something] if it's not broken somewhere. I believe that's [due to] the influence of my father['s condition]. Oizumi: The Evas often got deformed as well (laughing). Takekuma: Toji lost his leg. Why didn't he die there? Anno: I couldn't kill him. Takekuma: Of course. Anno: No, um, I made a certain promise, though I think now I should have broken it. At the very beginiing, when [we] drew up the plan [for Eva], [I met] with the producer, from King Records, who told me, "I will approve the plan you submit, whatever it is, because I have faith in you. However, there will be two conditions. The first one is that you will remain with me for five years. You cannot, for example, do a film version with another [producer]. The additional condition is that you will not kill any children. The adults can die, but I don't want children dying." Because of that condition I couldn't kill [Toji]. - Schizo/Parano
