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Sousuke is an approximately 17 year old sergeant within the paramilitary counter-terrorist force, Mithril. He is a member of the SRT (Special Response Team) of the Western Pacific Battle Group "Tuatha de Danaan" aboard the assault submarine of the same name under the command of Captain Teletha Tessa Testarossa. His call sign is Urzu-7 and his ID number is B-3128, and operates as team pointman as an Arm Slave specialist.
Sousuke is of Japanese descent, but has no clear nationality. His exact date of birth is also unknown. He has black hair and grey eyes, as well as a small, visible cross-shaped scar on his left chin. He is literate and fluent in both English and Japanese. He can also speak some Russian and Persian as well as several local Afghan dialects fluently. He was raised as a Muslim, but doesn't follow strict interpretations of Sharia law like the people who raised him. He is once depicted worrying more about Ramadan than Christmas in the 6th book, but his consideration is depicted on a pure combat basis ("It was a time when Soviet soldiers would lower their guard" wink . On a daily life basis, Sousuke is depicted as a secular character. He is shown eating pork and his refusal of alcohol is made, again, on a pure combat efficiency basis, and he clearly shows a genuine distaste for the stuff in "The Second Raid". He is capable of reciting the Qur'an from memory, probably due to his infancy in a Muslim country, but finds classical Japanese literature, poetry and history extremely difficult to comprehend.
In addition to being a capable Arm Slave pilot, Sousuke is a specialist in Arm Slave operations and maintenance, improvised explosives, small arms, survival training, anti-armor combat, trap setting and camouflage. Additionally, he is proficient in logistics, demolitions, breach and forced entry, covert intrusion, and hand to hand combat. His background and experience as a guerrilla fighter, and later a mercenary soldier has made him much more sensitive and knowledgeable about tactics and methods more commonly used by guerrillas than government trained regulars.
Sousuke is unfortunately not very good at social interaction off the battlefield. He constantly causes many problems for Kaname Chidori due to his military nature. Even in school he carries a gun with him although it is loaded with non-lethal rounds. He is also very bad at blending in with normal members of society due to his nature. That is, he has no readily available "civil" concepts about life, like entertainment or anything recreational and tends to horribly misinterpret the actions of people around him. This is shown throughout the main series when Sousuke is guarding Chidori at Jindai High, and Fumoffu! focuses mainly on this aspect. This part of his personality is indeed one of the main sources of the series' humor.
Sousuke harbors deep feelings for Kaname Chidori, however he conceals them from her due to his inability to express them. At the end of Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid, both Sousuke and Chidori have realized that they like each other, but are unable to tell each other. In the novel, A Dancing Very Merry Christmas, Sousuke realizes that he loves Chidori, but is still unable to find the courage to tell her.
Sousuke was known under various identities, such as Sousuke Seagal (temporarily), Isegar Sousuke and during his time in Afghanistan (Helmajistan in the anime), he was known as Kashim (only two characters refer to him as Kashim, one being Gauron and the other is Zaied, a former comrade from his Afghan days).
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Aliases Kashim, Uruz 7
Age 17
Known relatives Unknown Mother and Father (Deceased)
Weapons ARX-7 Arbalest
ARX-8 Laevatein
Glock 19/Glock 26
Steyr SPP
Colt M4
Knives (many)
Explosives (many)
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