izaya fun facts π€β
- he is afraid of dogs!
- there was this scene in this ova where back in middle school izaya was walking home from school when some dogs started barking at him and he got so scared he climbed up a telephone pole bruhπ
- his name is strange and unique! (like him!)
- his given name, izaya, is written θ¨δΉ. the first character, θ¨, is typically read as "rin" or "nozomu", and means to look out on. the second character, δΉ, is a classical way to say "to be". putting the two together, his name means "the one who overlooks," or something similar.
the reading "izaya" combined with these characters, however, is not typical, and multiple characters have pointed this out before. had the reading not gone through, his parents would have named him rinya.
- speaking of his name, the actual name "izaya" is derived from the biblical isaiah, who was a prophet.
- izaya can speak russian and english fluently along with japanese!
- it was actually never shown in the anime or novel when or how he learned english, nor do we ever see him speak it, but he speaks to simon in russian! according to a q&a with narita, he learned from a friend! izaya himself says his russian is like a native speakers' but i wonder how true that actually is...π€¦ββοΈ
- izaya is good at singing! (x)
- my beautiful princess...good at everything... except cooking... π₯Ίπ₯Ίπ₯Ί
- he's also good at making ascii art! (x)
- the reason he continued to wear his middle school uniform throughout high school was because he didn't want to wear the same outfit as shizuo! (x)
- izaya gets his hair cut at various places, and he also fixes it himself sometimes! (x)
