Tamaki Suoh (須王 環 Suō Tamaki) (born 8 April, aged 17 at beginning of the series, 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 dedicated to his duties as a host. He is the Prince type to "entertain" customers. He is partial to classic piano music and plays exceedingly well, one of his favorites being Mozart's Sonata for Two Pianos in D major. He, like Honey, also has a stuffed animal: a teddy called Kuma-chan ("Beary" in English; kuma being Japanese for bear) though it is not shown very often.
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 Honey) 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, which is mentioned by the twins but several other members of the Host Club as well. He often gets jealous of other boys who get close to her and admires her when she shows her natural abilities. Haruhi eventually realizes that she is in love with Tamaki, while Tamaki only realizes the depth of his true feelings further into the series.
Tamaki is half-Japanese and half-French, and lives with his father, the wealthy chairman 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. As of the latest manga chapters, he has befriended and become close to Megumi Kanoya, a new Ouran student, who is suffering from family troubles and who he realizes is someone he cannot help because she is even worse off than him. He has rejected her twice but his feelings toward her appear to be extending once again into a protective family-type of assurance. His family name is romanized by VIZ Media as Suoh and by Chuang Yi, Funimation, and Nippon Television's Japanese-language website as Suou. His full name is revealed, in chapter 55, to be René Tamaki Richard de Grandtaine. At the end of chapter 64, he finally realizes that he loves Haruhi. Not as a "father", but as a man (chapter 67).
In Chapter 72 he and Haruhi shared an accidental kiss, he reacts by going for a 'walk' which turns into a 20 lap sprint while crying.
He is slightly similar to Ayame Sohma from Fruits Basket due to his obnoxiousness.
While flamboyant and narcissistic (Suō means "rightfully becoming king" or "to become a king"), he is dedicated to his duties as a host. He is the Prince type to "entertain" customers. He is partial to classic piano music and plays exceedingly well, one of his favorites being Mozart's Sonata for Two Pianos in D major. He, like Honey, also has a stuffed animal: a teddy called Kuma-chan ("Beary" in English; kuma being Japanese for bear) though it is not shown very often.
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 Honey) 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, which is mentioned by the twins but several other members of the Host Club as well. He often gets jealous of other boys who get close to her and admires her when she shows her natural abilities. Haruhi eventually realizes that she is in love with Tamaki, while Tamaki only realizes the depth of his true feelings further into the series.
Tamaki is half-Japanese and half-French, and lives with his father, the wealthy chairman 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. As of the latest manga chapters, he has befriended and become close to Megumi Kanoya, a new Ouran student, who is suffering from family troubles and who he realizes is someone he cannot help because she is even worse off than him. He has rejected her twice but his feelings toward her appear to be extending once again into a protective family-type of assurance. His family name is romanized by VIZ Media as Suoh and by Chuang Yi, Funimation, and Nippon Television's Japanese-language website as Suou. His full name is revealed, in chapter 55, to be René Tamaki Richard de Grandtaine. At the end of chapter 64, he finally realizes that he loves Haruhi. Not as a "father", but as a man (chapter 67).
In Chapter 72 he and Haruhi shared an accidental kiss, he reacts by going for a 'walk' which turns into a 20 lap sprint while crying.
He is slightly similar to Ayame Sohma from Fruits Basket due to his obnoxiousness.
