Haruo Suzuyama

Haruo Suzuyama is a minor character referenced several times throughout the series. He is Haruki's father, and the former head of the Suzuyama Motorcycle and Engine Corportation, based out of Hawaii. Haruo passed away in the summer of 2010, leaving the company in the hands of his second in command, Kyoko.

Haruo is shown in his later years to be a very playboy-type figure, living in a large house with several girlfriends, all reasonably younger than him. This causes understandable tension and embarassment for Haruki, and their relationship was strained for a long time, with Haruo abandoning Haruki as a child and leaving him to live in Japan with Haruki's maternal grandmother after the death of his wife, who, by all accounts, was the love of his life.

Haruo is shown to have some connection with the Grant Foundation, run by Eliza Grant. He is also shown to have not been afraid upon meeting Dororo and Kirere for the first time, and in fact, he quickly befriended both. Kirere later helped to mend the shaky relationship between Haruo and his son, with Haruo adopting the girl as the granddaughter he never had.