Do you have trivia on Izaya?
I decided to do this just because. Got some help from Ruka and sloppily threw this together. WARNING FOR SPOILERS FROM NOVEL 13 AND BEYOND.
Izaya has called Kadota “Dotachin” since high school [source]
Izaya got ‘noticed’ in high school by Kine as someone who could work for awakusu (although he didn’t start really working for them until after).
In regards to the awakusu, Izaya is hired more as a third party by Shiki who believes in the power of information over brawn
According to Shinra, Izaya has a very brittle heart. Which is why he avoids getting it hurt by instead choosing to love ‘all of humanity’.
Mikado seems to be the only character from Durarara!! that Izaya regrets/wishes to get into contact with again after the events of Durarara 13. [source]
Izaya is younger than Shinra but older than Shizuo and Kadota [source]
Izaya explains in volume three that the girls who follow him were abused by either their families or their lovers. (Girls such as Saki)
When asked if there was meaning behind Izaya’s rings and jacket Narita joked that ‘there may be meaning! or none at all! I haven’t decided yet!’ [source]
It’s been said time and time again but Narita has specifically said that although Izaya loves all humans equally, in terms of sexual desire he is ‘normal’. Translators think this was Narita’s nice way of saying he is heterosexual. [source]
In Izaya’s novel it is implied that Izaya refuses to seek rehabilitation for his broken body because it is his way of accepting the fact that he ‘lost against Shizuo. In contrast Shizuo doesn’t think either of them won or lost because both of them lived. [source]
In Izaya’s novel, the boy pushes Izaya in his wheelchair while Izaya drinks Barley tea out of a wine glass. [source]
In volume 13 Izaya was prepared to die to prove what a monster Shizuo is.
At the end of Durarara and into Izaya’s novel it is implied that he has become traumatized by his fight with Shizuo [source]
Izaya pays Namie 260k a year [source]
Izaya is ‘repelled’ from Aoba due to their similarities [source]
When he met Aoba Izaya was pretending to be his cram school tutor [source]
When asked if Izaya has any love experience, Narita said that was a spoiler which fans believe was a reference to mikage. [source]
Orihara isn’t an uncommon surname. Narita chose it to stress Izaya’s ordinary origins. [source]
Izaya, however, is a very unusual name. While it was meant to be related the prophet Isiah there is a lot more complications to it. I’d suggest reading up on it here.
In volume 6 Izaya was stabbed on his birthday [source]
Izaya hates dead fish eyes [source]
Izaya likes any food that can tell him about the personality of the person who made it [source]
He dislikes compressed/canned/junk food [source]
Narita has said that Izaya loves food and eats out often. [source]
In elementary school Izaya was a straight A honor roll student [volume 9 iirc]
His family members are: his grandparents Orihara Torakichi and Natsu, his parents Orihara Shirou and Kyouko, and the twins. [source]
His parents worked for a trading company and were overseas frequently and for long periods of time. It is noted that his parents work wasn’t a factor in the formation of who Izaya is, but that lack of contact with them might have helped in that formation. [source]
Izaya is the reason why the twins turned out like they are [volume 9]
Izaya’s record is spotless save for a corrective guidance due to ‘stabbing Shinra’ in middle school. Corrective guidance being not juvenile delinquency but something more like a ‘plan’ to prevent it from happening again [source]
Izaya’s cover for his information brokering is that he is a Financial planner [source, also Durarara SH]
While most information brokers get information from the source (night club workers, etc) Izaya has done better by instead using other information brokers as his sources/network. [source]
Izaya gets alot of his information from Shinichi Tsukumoya.
Shishizaki-senpai was the only person who could catch Izaya.
He was viewed as a loner in elementary school. But whenever people realized he was left out they’d often fight over him. [source]
Izaya initially thought ‘Shizu-chan’ was a girl. He later adopted that nickname and used it when he met Shizuo. [source]
When he is using a fake name Izaya always claims he is 21. [source]
On Izaya’s anime driver’s license it says he wears glasses. I don’t know how much I believe this though since the name on the license was ‘Nakura’.
Izaya fears death more than anyone and reveres heaven more than anyone. But he’d rather spend eternity in hell rather than to become ‘nothing’ [volume 2? or 3 iirc]
Izaya doesn’t deny his involvement in causing the ruin of other people. He acknowledges that he pushes people knowing what they will do but chooses to do so in order to see if they will exceed his expectations. [Volume 3 and later to Akabayashi]
Izaya weighs himself after every daily shower [volume 9]
Both Shiki and Namie refer to Izaya as ‘Loki’ at different points
I know some people claim that Izaya’s favorite fruit? Is a red apple? I have never seen a source for this (and trust me, I’ve looked) so yeah I don’t believe that whatsoever. (Not gonna say it is bs but unless someone shows me a source it doesn’t sound reliable). But I think that is pretty much all I have/can think of from the top of my head in regards to Izaya. Read volume 9 for more!! (No seriously, if you’re an izaya fan you need to read volume 9 if you haven’t already)
