Code Geass Characters

An exiled prince of Britannia, born Lelouch vi Britannia, who lives under a false surname at Ashford Academy with his younger sister Nunnally. He blames his father, the Emperor, for failing their mother, who was killed, and Nunnally, who was left unable to walk or see. After C.C. gives him Geass, he becomes the masked Zero and founds the Black Knights to bring Britannia down and build a world where Nunnally can live in peace. He is a chess prodigy and a cold strategist in battle, hopeless at anything athletic, and fiercely protective of the few people he loves.

Lelouch's childhood friend and the son of Genbu Kururugi, Japan's last prime minister. He serves Britannia as an Honorary Britannian soldier and pilots the experimental Knightmare Lancelot, convinced that the empire should be changed from inside and that results won by the wrong methods are meaningless. Euphemia makes him her knight in season 1, and in R2 he is the Knight of Seven. Guilt over killing his father during the war with Britannia drives much of what he does.

An immortal green-haired woman known only by her initials, pronounced 'C2'. She gives Lelouch his Geass in return for his promise to grant her one wish, which she keeps to herself for most of the story, then stays at his side as adviser, decoy in Zero's costume and pilot of the Gawain. Dry, stubborn and secretive, she has lived for hundreds of years and rarely lets anyone see what she feels. She also has an unshakeable fondness for pizza.

A half-Japanese, half-Britannian student who goes by Kallen Stadtfeld at Ashford Academy, where she plays a frail, sickly girl to explain her absences. She prefers her Japanese mother's surname, Kozuki, and fights in the resistance cell that her late brother Naoto once led. Under Zero she becomes the Black Knights' ace, piloting the Guren Mk-II and leading his personal guard, and she is devoted to Zero long before she learns who he is.

Lelouch's younger sister, born Nunnally vi Britannia. The attack that killed their mother left her unable to walk or see, and she lives at Ashford Academy in a wheelchair, looked after by the maid Sayoko. Gentle, patient and perceptive, she is the person the peaceful world of Lelouch's rebellion is meant for. In R2 she returns to the imperial family and asks to be made Viceroy of Area 11, where she sets out to revive Euphemia's Special Administrative Zone.

The Third Princess of Britannia, Cornelia's younger sister and Lelouch's half-sister, who comes to Area 11 as Sub-Viceroy. Kind, open-minded and opposed to violence, she makes Suzaku her knight and works out for herself that Zero is Lelouch. Her plan for a Special Administrative Zone of Japan around Mount Fuji, where the Japanese could use their own name again, ends in disaster at its opening ceremony, the turning point of season 1.

A cheerful member of the student council and the swimming club who calls Lelouch 'Lulu' and is openly in love with him. Her father dies in the Battle of Narita, and when she discovers that Lelouch is Zero, the strain is so great that he uses his Geass to erase her memories of him. In R2 Jeremiah's Geass Canceller gives those memories back, and she decides to forgive him.

A young assassin who appears in R2 posing as Lelouch's younger brother, placed there to watch him after the Emperor rewrites his memories. His Geass freezes the sense of time of everyone within range, but his own heart stops for as long as he uses it. Lelouch wins him over and uses him, and Rolo comes to love him as a real brother.

A Britannian officer of the Purist faction who once served in the guard of Lelouch's mother, Marianne. When Zero uses Geass on him while pretending to blackmail him over 'Orange', the nickname follows him everywhere and costs him his rank. After the Battle of Narita he is rebuilt as a cyborg with a Geass Canceller, and in R2, once he learns who Zero is and why he fights, he swears loyalty to Lelouch.

The Second Princess of Britannia and commander-in-chief of its army, who becomes Viceroy of Area 11 after Clovis's death and sets out to crush every resistance group. She is a superb Knightmare pilot and a hard, decisive commander who distrusts foreigners, but her younger sister Euphemia is her one soft spot. In R2 she goes underground to expose the existence of Geass and clear Euphemia's name.

The Second Prince of Britannia and its Prime Minister, a calm, charming strategist and the one person Lelouch could never beat at chess as a child. He prefers negotiation and arranged marriages to open war, but will sacrifice anyone, innocent or not, to reach his goal. He becomes Lelouch's main opponent in the last part of R2.

Lelouch's father and the 98th Emperor of Britannia, a believer in social Darwinism who regards equality as an evil and keeps the empire expanding through war. When the young Lelouch confronted him over his mother's death, Charles sent him and Nunnally to Japan as political hostages. Behind the throne he and his twin brother, V.V., are pursuing a secret plan of their own, the Ragnarök Connection.