Raiden Shuga serves as the vice-commander of the Spearhead Squadron.
He was formerly the leader of the 2nd Platoon and holds the rank of Second Lieutenant.
Raiden belongs to the Black Iron species.
At the time of the first 86 EIGHTY-SIX novel, Raiden is 16 years old.
His birthday is August 25.
He hails from the vicinity of the 23rd District of the Republic.
For about five years, he and his friends were sheltered by an elderly woman of White lineage who ran a boarding school.
Raiden is the only member of the Spearhead Squadron who remembers his birthday.
He is the author’s favorite character in the series.
His personal codename is Werwolf.
Raiden is skilled at cooking and is often seen as a reliable, older-brother figure.
Because of his caring nature, he is sometimes teased and called “Mom” by his comrades.
After fleeing to the Federacy of Giad, Raiden joins the Nordlicht Squadron.
He later becomes a member of the newly established 86th Independent Mobile Strike Group.
To best support Shin, who frequently charges headlong into enemy lines, Raiden pilots a Reginleif unit equipped with a large machine cannon as its main weapon.
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