Mikoto Suoh

"Sorry... For making you do the dirty work..."

- Mikoto Suoh, speaking to Reisi Munakata.

is the Third and Red King, and leader of the Red Clan, HOMRA. Despite his slacker attitude at times, something considered unfit for a King, Mikoto is hailed as the most violent-tempered of all the Kings.

Appearance
Mikoto is a tall, muscular man with red hair and amber eyes. His red hair is kept short, ruffled, and spiked, with two strands of hair near the opposite sides of his head falling over his face, as well as distinct sideburns. As a teenager, his hair, while still short and ruffled, was messier and his bangs fell across his forehead. Since at that age, there have been light creases under Mikoto's eyes, which he still has.

He wears a black, leather jacket with a fur collar and a white V-neck underneath. He wears dark blue, denim jeans held up by a simple brown belt, with a silver chain attached from the belt to his back pocket, additionally with black shoes to top off the rest of his outfit. Mikoto wears other jewelry pieces with his clothes, primarily silver: a silver ring, and a star-shaped necklace. He also has a piercing in his left ear, which once belonged to Totsuka.

Once, Mikoto wore a long-sleeved brown sweater under a high-collared black vest.

While still a high school student, he wore a white school shirt with an upturned collar and a loose, striped red bolo tie. Over that, Mikoto wore a black sweater vest, and underneath, plaid pants and brown shoes.

Personality
Despite his status as a King, Mikoto actually cares little about the title and at one point in his life, questioned why he even had it. He is quite lazy and spends a lot of his time sleeping, which he does so much that he is able to fall into a deep sleep in a matter of seconds. Likewise, he is not affected from being woken up by a head slam, reacting calmly when such an incident occurs. In contrast to this casual nature of his, Mikoto has been said to be the most violent-tempered of all the Kings, such a statement being more evident in his younger years. Mikoto also appears to have bad manners. Seri Awashima notes that he has complained about being served food from her Clan yet eats it all anyway. Food is occasionally an attribution to Mikoto's dark sense of humor. He once suggested to name a horse "Basashi" and grew hungry once he looked at its shoulder, which is a known part of the horse to be commonly eaten.

Mikoto possesses a genuine relationship with all of his Clansmen and cares for their well-being. However, since Totsuka's death, he has since been more quiet and distant towards them. Nonetheless, his genuine concern for them has not wavered and he remains close to his Clansmen. Mikoto is an avid smoker, having smoked since his early twenties.

History
Mikoto Suoh was raised by his grandfather after he lost his parents at a very young age. A month after the Kagutsu Crater Incident, Mikoto's grandfather (whose friend had been killed in the incident) took his grandson to the crater, which was now submerged in water. Mikoto went swimming in the debris, and when he returned to the surface, he found his grandfather talking to a young boy around his age, who wore a large straw hat. The two only saw each other briefly, before Mikoto started walking in the opposite direction, waiting for his grandfather to catch up.

During high school, a 15-year-old Mikoto met Izumo Kusanagi and over time, became best friends with him. He regularly visited Izumo at his bar, HOMRA, usually to have drinks or otherwise spend his time at.

While lounging about in HOMRA, there was a call sent to inform Mikoto that a young admirer of his was recently beaten up. Mikoto and Izumo went to visit him in the hospital. Once there, Izumo asked the middle-schooler, Tatara Totsuka, who had injured him. He did not receive any answer to his question. Instead, he obliged Totsuka's request to scratch his foot for him before hitting the middle school student on the head. Annoyed, Mikoto left the two in the room and walked outside with a scowl on his face. Mikoto had meet Tatara a little while back, when the latter crashed his bike into him. When Mikoto was 18 years old, he became the Red King during a fight with a dangerous Strain, nick-named "Earless Mitsuha". Mitsuha idolized the previous Red King, Genji Kagutsu, and wanted to claim the Red power for himself to become just like him. Plus, Mitsuha desired revenge against Mikoto, who had beat the Strain in a fight three years prior. After being tossed out a window of the apartment they were fighting within, Mikoto "connected" with the Dresden Slate and awakened as the new Red King. As his first action, he extended his hands to Kusanagi and Totsuka, offering for them to become his first Clansmen. They accepted, and thus the new Red Clan was born.

A few years later, Mikoto came back to the bar after beating up local bullies, clearly tired. Totsuka rose from the couch across from him and told Mikoto what they would eat that night. Mikoto then pondered why he ever became a King and expressed his annoyance at how he is viewed as one. For that, Totsuka gave him a quick lecture about his becoming King. He does not respond to the younger individual's words. Instead, he asks of what type of dish they'll be eating and is explained more about tom yum goong.

Sometime afterwards, Mikoto was introduced to Shōhei Akagi, whom he recognized as the "brat" who wanted to join HOMRA. Mikoto listened to Shōhei as he proclaimed his desire to become a Clansmen under his leadership. Afterwards, Mikoto extendd his arm to the young man. Before they can shake, Mikoto released his flame-like Aura onto his hand. Noticing Shōhei's sudden hesitation, Mikoto stated that they will have to shake hands in order for him to join their leagues. Shōhei found the will to do so and his insignia appears on his arm. Mikoto then welcomed him into HOMRA.

Several days later, Mikoto is informed of Shōhei's plan to rescue a childhood friend by Anna. Bearing the thought in mind, he gathers the rest of HOMRA to the warehouse in which they are in, preparing to fight the Rakshasa drug dealers inside. He states to a surprised yet also grievously injured Shōhei that he was out for a walk. Mikoto then adds that overusing one's power does not benefit the person in the end. One of the Rakshasa men fires bullets at Mikoto but he easily destroys them with his Aura. He then says not to leave behind any ashes.

Late in February, Mikoto went out to play baseball with the others of HOMRA. He went up to bat and managed to swung a home run.

While out, Chitose went to bat, and ended up swinging the ball toward a woman, who was coincidentally looking for him. When he had fled the area because of her, Mikoto went to give him a call, asking if he needed him to save Chitose. He was declined, however, leaving Mikoto solemn. Chitose's problem was eventually resolved by the end of the day. Mikoto would go out to have a smoke, thinking to himself about how power caused him loneliness. He was approached by Totsuka and denied sharing any thoughts.

Almost two months later, when Kōsuke brought a person, named Eric Sōlt‎, to headquarters from the rain, Mikoto walked down the stairs to meet him, but ended up startling the young man. After some time in the Clan's headquarters, Eric walked to Mikoto's room while he was sleeping, reaching out for his neck. Mikoto was abruptly woken and he attacked in self-defense, burning part of the building. As Eric fled, Mikoto warned Totsuka to be aware of the non-member's murderous intent. Izumo was later brought to see Mikoto's damages to the building. Mikoto explained himself that he was in a daze and quietly apologized for his actions.

Mikoto later overheard Totsuka on the phone talking to Kusanagi. After the call was over, he got up to leave, telling Kusanagi that numbers won't matter when he's out to face the gang Hikawa. He approached their gang quietly and left them unharmed. Mikoto returned to the bar afterwards to confront Eric. Mikoto studied Eric briefly before lighting his right hand with his Aura, then pressing it against Eric's face. He leaves behind no marks, except for the rising HOMRA insignia on Eric's shoulder. When asked why he did such a thing, Mikoto merely stated that he felt weak from looking at Eric. He then reminded Totsuka that he was in charge of taking care of newcomers.

One afternoon, Mikoto walked sleepily down the stairs of the bar so he could get a drink. He sat by the counter and noticed a horse drinking from a container beside him. He asked Kusanagi why the horse was there though he did not receive an answer. Anna suddenly ran up to Mikoto and asked him to name the horse. He decided to name it "Basashi" much to the little girl's horror. Mikoto ignored her and told his Clansmen that the horse was not an ordinary being, right before it unveiled its Strain powers; seeing its shoulder immediately hungered Mikoto.

Later that day, Mikoto was informed by Kusanagi that Basashi had run wild with Anna still riding on its back.

Several months later, Mikoto and Kusanagi had a brief chat about Totsuka. Mikoto merely commented on how strange the younger individual was, saying nothing else in regards to the topic. During the conversation, Anna giggled and ended up blowing a bubble in her drink. Mikoto asked if she was laughing, though she shook her head at him. Soon afterwards, Totsuka decided to play a song for the whole Clan following Anna's inquiry of it. As Totsuka sang and played music on his guitar, Mikoto expressed visible delight at his music.

Almost three months after, Homra was planning for Anna's birthday party. Mikoto went into a toy store and stared at a teddy bear. For some reason, this made him angry. He reached out a hand, perhaps to burn it, but grabbed the stuffed animal the same instant Reisi did. Munakata scolded the Red King for scaring the shoppers, while Mikoto scoffed at the idea of Reisi having a normal family to be shopping for. Mikoto left while Reisi watched him go sadly, knowing Mikoto's struggles to control his violent powers. Mikoto felt trapped in his own cage, and although he was content in Homra, his powers were suffocating him. He had nightmares about the Kugutsu Crater Incident, even fearing that if he stepped out of his "cage", he'd end up like the previous Red King.

Just after midnight on December 8th, Mikoto was informed about Totsuka's death from Kusanagi via cell phone call. After finding this out, Anna quietly entered his room as Mikoto reluctantly relaid the news. Soon after he engulfed himself in flames out of anger, but they were quickly extinguished as Anna ran towards him and embraced Mikoto as hard as she could. During Tatara's private funeral, Mikoto burned Tatara's body, leaving "no blood, no bone, no ash". He then filled his own hollow earring with Tatara's blood as a memorial.

Sometime later that week, his Clanmen looked through Totsuka's old recorded tapes on one day, though Mikoto did not join them. Instead, he went out to have a smoke alone.

Plot
Mikoto guides the rest of HOMRA across Shizume City to confront an infamous gang residing in one of the hotel suites. The group splits up after a certain amount of time, leaving Mikoto with Anna. Once the others have completed the operation, Mikoto and Anna head to the hotel suite; there, Kusanagi comments on how early the former is. Upon learning that their main target does not know the person they're after, Mikoto and the others leave.

They head towards the lobby, stopped only on the second floor, having been confronted by Scepter 4. Mikoto says to "burn them" before dropping down to the lobby, soon accompanied by the others. He initiates a confrontation against the opposing group while the Sword of Damocles hovers above them. However, a fight does not ensue. Rather, Mikoto is asked to turn himself in peacefully, which he obliges.

Not long after, there is an incident where the city's network has been hijacked, which Reisi Munakata accuses him of being responsible for.

Sometime later, while sleeping soundly, Mikoto receives another visit from Munakata. Munakata awakens him by slamming his head into the wall. Mikoto awakens and then receives a lecture about him abusing his power. Munakata tells him that he will be forced to kill him should he continue. Mikoto asks lazily what Munakata is saying, then is told that he should simply renounce his place as the Red King. Mikoto simply states in response that Munakata isn't a fun person. When Munakata speaks to himself of how he can lock up the Red King forever, Mikoto speaks up, offering his own suggestion. He says that Munakata can monitor and restrict him at all times of the day and that would be enough. When his idea appears to be without option for his rival, Mikoto states his apologies that Munakata feels such a way, before going back to sleep.

Mikoto dreams of himself in a post-catastrophic city, alone in the midst of rubble, with his Aura burning his right hand. The dream sequence switches to two different scenes. One particular moment was when Totsuka was being shot, though with Mikoto being the one who receives the bullet instead, and Anna telling Mikoto not to go. After catching a brief glimpse of Anna, Mikoto abruptly wakes up. He then starts to recall the memories of him and Totsuka from before his death.

Sometime later, a red telephone is brought to Mikoto's cell. As it is ringing, suddenly, the machine picks itself up and the caller on the other end begins to speak. Mikoto listens as the caller identifies himself as the actual one behind Totsuka's death. However, Mikoto does not respond nor does he open his eyes to see what is happening. A fox-like creature emerges from inside the phone and begins taunting Mikoto and his Clansmen. The particular targets being Totsuka, Kusanagi, Yata and Anna. As Mikoto finally begins to open his eyes, the fox enters Mikoto's body and tries stealing his Aura, though Mikoto retorts by using his power to scare it off. The fox escapes back to Ashinaka High School, which Mikoto realizes is also where Totsuka's murderer is located at.

Mikoto then uses his Aura to burn his shackles to a crisp, allowing him to roam freely. He melts the bars used to confine him in the cell and subsequently does the same for the lock down measures enforced by Scepter 4. Mikoto finds his way outside where he sees that Blue Clansmen have barricaded the exit. Nonetheless, he continues to move forward and swiftly dispels Seri Awashima's attacks at him. Mikoto launches his own attack at the Clansmen and ends up destroying much of the area, including the building that functions as their headquarters. He walks past the injured men, including former ally Saruhiko Fushimi, and on towards his own Clansmen.

As they greet him, Anna runs up to Mikoto and holds on to his hand. He is asked whether he has found their target, which Mikoto confirms, saying that their enemy is located on Ashinaka High School. He says to go and they walk down the road towards their new destination.

The others from HOMRA eventually join up with them and they all enter the school island together. Using his Aura, Mikoto destroys the school entrance, allowing his Clan easy entry. They step into the campus and discover that several students are running away from them out of fear. In response, Mikoto uses his Aura again to strike at the clock tower within the courtyards, causing it to collapse into rubble. This draws the student's attention allowing Kusanagi to reason with them via megaphone. When he has finished speaking, Mikoto reconfirms that they're searching for the man in Totsuka's video, before he personally heads out to the clock tower's rubble so that he can rest near it.

Hours later, Mikoto notices while he's resting that it has begun to snow. Eventually, Anna comes to visit him but nearly falls over while climbing through the rubble, forcing Mikoto to grab her and pull her up to him. He learns that she only wants to remove the snow off of him and decides to melt it with his Aura. Afterwards, when she goes to sleep beside him, Mikoto asks whether she'll be cold, but is reassured that she won't. Sometime after, Mikoto creates a barrier around them with his Aura to prevent the snow from reaching them.

Kusanagi then visits them both. Mikoto tells him that doing nothing compared to the rest of his Clansmen is what it means to be a King. Then, he listens to the latter speak about Totsuka and how Mikoto's becoming of a King has affected him so much; this only disturbs Mikoto and he turns around, calling it "creepy". When Kusanagi and Anna prepare to leave, Mikoto gets up and walks out into the forests alone.

While walking up a stone pathway in the forests, Mikoto passes by a shrine. There, he sees Reisi Munakata waiting for him with a box of cigarettes to share. Mikoto gladly takes a cigarette and lights both of their respective pieces. He then sits down on the steps nearby. Mikoto listens to Munakata's two proposals about how to deal with their current situations but ends up refusing them both. Furthermore, when told that he no longer has the right to be a King, Mikoto states that he has never taken action as one anyhow. This infuriates Munakata and he pins the latter down, reminding him of the dangers that he is causing for innocent people. Mikoto tells Munakata not to interfere with others' business. Afterwards, when released, he gets up and disposes of his cigarette, telling Munakata to "go". He then returns back to the school alone.

Mikoto heads into the student council's office along with several of his Clansmen in the following morning. He holds a cigarette in his mouth and begins to reflect on Munakata's words from last night. After a bit of thinking, he walks over to Kusanagi and puts his hand on his shoulders, though he doesn't say anything. He then walks out of the room.

He then begins searching for Yashiro Isana across the school's campus, avoiding any contact with Scepter 4 and even HOMRA, which includes the inevitable war between both Clans. After some time, Mikoto eventually finds Yashiro with three other teenagers. He alerts them of his presence by saying he has found them. When none of them responds, Mikoto walks up to their group, telling them to "stop acting dumb" because they are responsible for calling him out to the school.

He then releases his Aura and tells one of them to get out of his way. The black-haired teenager refuses to move and even stops Mikoto. In response, Mikoto easily throws the teenager far behind him. However, he then notices that the area has completely transformed into a forest-like scenery. Initially surprised, Mikoto realizes that it is an illusion. He furthermore deduces that one of Yashiro's female companions is responsible and tells her not to get in his way, even removing the illusion by force. However, the black-haired teenager, named Kuroh, tells his companions to leave immediately, which they do.

Kuroh then engages in a fight with Mikoto. Despite each side attacking one another, both are left completely unharmed. After a few attacks, Mikoto decides to end it, claiming that "his blood is seething in anger". He creates a sphere-like force field around him made by his own Aura that rapidly grows larger and hotter. However, it is unexpectedly dissolved due to Munakata's interference. Mikoto tells him to watch while he deals with his opponents even while they are running away from him. Mikoto then shrouds his left hand with his Aura. However, Munakata lunges at him, annoying the latter.

Mikoto ends up having to fight Munakata instead. Both head towards the forests surrounding the school's campus, destroying several trees in the process, until they stop at a stone pathway. Mikoto tells Munakata to stop, since he is already entertaining the former despite not being the original target. Suddenly, they then notice a massive beam of silver light in the distance. Mikoto looks on in pleasant surprise. Later on, Yashiro intervenes their battle, and tells Mikoto to take the opportunity to kill the Colorless King. Mikoto thanks Shiro, impaling him in the chest and seemingly killing both the Colorless King and him. As Mikoto's Weismann levels sky rocket, he smiles at Reisi, the latter knowing he has no choice but to kill him. Both Kings knew it would ultimately come to this. Reisi stabs Mikoto in the chest with his saber in order to prevent the Red Sword from reaching the ground. After apologizing to Anna, Mikoto dies and his Sword of Damocles disappears.

K: Missing Kings
Mikoto is seen as a mirage created by the aura of other Red Clansman, before fading as the clansman go their separate ways.

Anna is captured and held within Mihashira Tower by the Green Clan Jungle, Yata and Kuroh enter the Chamber of Slates and find Anna in the center of the room, Jungle's J Rank clansman Yukari Mishakuji and Douhan Hirasaka awaiting them. After Yata is almost slashed by Douhan, Kusanagi enters the room and fires at the Green clansman and asks Yata to buy time for him to converse with Anna. Kusanagi tells Anna to face reality and whispers into Annas ear the truth of her new role in the Red Clan. Anna begins to dream of being confronted by Tatara and Mikoto, who begin to assure her that the beautiful Red she once admired in Mikoto as a King is now her own. After embracing the truth, Anna becomes the new Red King, destroying the cage she has been locked in and reinforcing the auras of Yata and Kusanagi.

After destroying the lightning bolt jutsu fired upon the Mihashira Tower by the Green King Nagare Hisui, Reisi looks up at his Sword of Damocles and notices a small crack begin to form, remarking to see who wins with the burden of killing a king.

K: Return of Kings
In a flashback to a battle between the Red and Blue clans in Shizume Town, Mikoto battles against Reisi, the two exchanging their own views of the others ideals.

When the Green Clan begins their attack on HOMRA and Scepter 4 by triggering an emotional response, a disturbing video is spammed across the area with both clans seeing it in shock, a video of the transpiring deaths of the red clansman Tatara Totsuka and Red King Mikoto Suoh in an 8-Bit video game style, intercepting the source of the feed alongside the Red Clan HOMRA in an ambush set by the Green Clan in a hotel that was previously seen in a stand off between the Reisi and Munakata, the Green Clansman reveal themselves and begin to attack the Red and Blue clans to no avail. After preparing themselves, the Red and Blue clan begin to battle alongside one another to defeat the Green Clans ambushers.

When Neko crashes at bar HOMRA as Kuroh meets with the Blue King at Scepter 4s headquarters, Neko jokes about whether or not Anna will go "Kaboom!" like Mikoto, to this, Anna smiles and jumps up, running over to various pictures lining the bars wall, looking and reminiscing over a picture of Tatara and Mikoto, replying that she isn't as strong as Mikoto, but has a feeling that she'll be alright. A flashback of Mikoto after a brawl shows Tatara trying to assure Mikoto to use his power to protect the things and people he holds precious to him. Mikoto sees Anna in awe at his aura and pats her on the head, walking off to smoke a cigarette.

After obtaining the research data from the Gold King Daikaku Kokujōji after his death, Yashiro converses with Kusanagi about the shape of how the Blue Kings Sword of Damocles is in, referring it to Mikoto's Sword as it began to Damocles down after the burden of killing the Colorless King. Kusanagi admits he hadn't payed it much mind, later assuring Anna that hopefully there wont be any more casualties out of the mess with the Green Clan.

Fired by the Prime Minister Samukawa after the attack on Mihashira Tower and the Jungle Boot Up Reception, Reisi visits bar HOMRA and talks with Anna and Kusanagi about a prior battle with Mikoto and how he has become the spitting image of Mikotos stubborn, arrogance. Anna reassures Reisi that he is nothing like Mikoto, shocking him somewhat. After explaining how he would have never imagined being the one admonished, he explains he had been fired and will probably abandon his Clansman. Reisi leave despite Anna plea to stay, and after conversing with Yata over the true intentions of Saruhiko after disbanding Scepter 4 to join Jungle as a double agent, Reisi hears the voice of Mikoto, telling him how it's unlike him to doubt his ideals. Reisi, in shock, looks back in surprise to realize it's his own imagination. Reisi laughs and agrees.

After Anna and the rest of the Red Clansman get into position on the attack on Jungles secret base underneath the Yomito gate and Reisis battle with the Grey King Tenkei Iwafune, Reisi looks down into the elevator to the secret base, seeing Anna release her power and amassing the Red Clans power, Reisi sees a mirage of Mikoto behind Anna, the two repeating "Burn them... Burn them...! Burn them!" The power of Annas red marbles destroy the multiple levels of the secret base, burning down to the bases room holding the Slate.

K Seven Stories
Circle Vision: Sometime after the events of Return of Kings, Mikoto is brought back to life by Sukuna Gojo's wish, although it is short-lived. After the people trapped in the dream realize it's not real, they start to wake up one-by-one to return to reality. While in the dream world, the Clans would often battle each other, with Mikoto going head-to-head against Yukari, the Green King, and the Gray King. Before Yata can awake, Mikoto asks him to "hold that thought" so Tatara, Kusanagi, and himself can have one last drink together. Tatara chuckles and says it's rare for "King" to serve a drink, while Mikoto thumps a sobbing Kusanagi on the back. Yata and Anna wake up, causing Mikoto and Tatara to vanish once more.

Powers & Abilities
Red Aura: As the Red King and leader of HOMRA, Mikoto has power over fire, imbibing itself in a red-colored Aura. When exerted, the Aura has great offensive potential to allow Mikoto to attack his enemies. The Aura also provides defense, as it was able to protect Mikoto against the Aura attack of Reisi Munakata, King of Scepter 4 and an incredibly powerful combatant.
 * Flame Slash: Mikoto engulfs his left hand with his Aura and holds it in the air, then pulling it back closer to his face. A wave of the Aura is ejected and sent towards a great distance at a relatively high speed. It is able to horizontally slice through an entire clock tower and cause the upper half to collapse. (unnamed)
 * Illusion Breaking: Suoh's Aura was able to effortlessly break and disintegrate one of Neko's most powerful illusions to date just by releasing his aura into his surroundings. (unnamed)

Quotes

 * (to Reisi Munakata) "I've always hated that overly polite manner of yours. Can't you speak normally?"
 * (to Munakata) "Sorry... for making you do the dirty work."
 * "Sorry, Anna... I won't be able to show you that lovely red anymore."

Etymology

 * The name Mikoto means "honor, precious, valuable, priceless" (尊).
 * is taken from the full name of the deity . Susano-o was known for having a violent temper, which is one of Mikoto's most prominent qualities as the Red King..
 * When Susano-o was banished from Heaven, he descended to the province of Izumo. There, he would rescue the maiden Kushinada-hime from being sacrificed to the using his Sword of Totsuka; afterwards, he would also discover the Sword of Kusanagi in the beast's tail.
 * Mikoto's surname Suoh means "circumference, lap, surroundings" (周) (su) and "defense" (防) (oh).

Trivia

 * Mikoto has no special hobbies to mention.
 * Mikoto's left ear is shown to have already been pierced when Shōhei Akagi joined HOMRA. However, in the three months prior to Totsuka's death, both the accessory and the small hole in his ear disappeared. A week after the Red Clansman died, Mikoto's ear was pierced again.
 * Now, his left ear piercing is filled with Totsuka's blood.
 * He lived 12 days after Tatara died.
 * Mikoto witnessed the explosion and blinding light of the Kagutsu Crater Incident while he was out playing soccer.
 * For a short time in his late-teens, Mikoto worked as a bodyguard for a restaurant/bar. This was the only real "job" he ever had.