An elderly industrialist, who was most influential in the mining of the Sakuradite, and founder of the Kirihara Industries. During the years of the Kururugi Administration, he was one of its most influential people and administrators behind the scenes. After Britannia's invasion, he appeared publicly in support of its rule and the colonization of Area 11, being known publicly as a traitor, however secretly, he managed the resistance movements against Britannian rule and was leader of the Kyōto house. He had known both Nunnally and Lelouch when they first visited the Kururugi Shrine, and knows of Lelouch's identity as Zero, and has given support and assistance to him in his struggle against the Britannia Empire.  (Source: Wikipedia)

On August 10th of the year 2010 the Holy Empire of Britannia began a campaign of conquest, its sights set on Japan. Operations were completed in one month thanks to Britannia's deployment of new mobile humanoid armor vehicles dubbed Knightmare Frames. Japan's rights and identity were stripped away, the once proud nation now referred to as Area 11. Its citizens, Elevens, are forced to scratch out a living while the Britannian aristocracy lives comfortably within their settlements. Pockets of resistance appear throughout Area 11, working towards independence for Japan.<br><br>
 Lelouch, an exiled Imperial Prince of Britannia posing as a student, finds himself in the heart of the ongoing conflict for the island nation. Through a chance meeting with a mysterious girl named C.C., Lelouch gains his Geass, the power of the king. Now endowed with absolute dominance over any person, Lelouch may finally realize his goal of bringing down Britannia from within!<br><br>
(Source: Bandai Entertainment)

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An alternate Code Geass story in which Lelouch's fate is unknown after his meeting with C.C., whether he be dead or alive. Nunnally makes a Geass contract and gains the power to read the lines of the future. She also obtains a new body and takes up piloting an unusual Knightmare Frame.


Taizou Kirihara