Kururu

Infobox animanga character
name = Kururu/Kululu
series = Sgt. Frog


first = Manga: Chapter 1 (silhouette), Chapter 20 (debut) Anime: Episode 1 (silhouette), Episode 9 (debut)
creator = Mine Yoshizaki
voiced by = Takehito Koyasu
nickname =
alias = 966 (wordplay)
age = Unknown (younger than Keroro)
gender = Male
species = Keronian
born = Unknown
occupation =
title = Sergeant Major of the Keroro Platoon.
relatives = A brother and sister (?), as implied in Chibi Kero: Secret of the Kero Ball?nihongo|Sergeant Major Kururu|クルル曹長|Kururu Sōchō is a fictional manga and anime character from Mine Yoshizaki's "Sgt. Frog" series. In the anime, he is voiced by Takehito Koyasu.

Kururu is a Sergeant Major in the Keron Army, and the head of communications in the Keroro Platoon. Although he is of a higher rank than Keroro, he is not the leader of the Platoon due to his unpleasant and unnerving demeanor, which has given him the nickname of 'Yellow Devil'. His blood type is AB, which is befitting his Japanese blood type theory of personality . His name comes from the Japanese word for the phrase "round and round" ("kurukuru"), referring to the spirals seen on his glasses.

Kururu's name is now romanized as 'Kululu' in the English manga as of the eleventh volume. Furthermore, all of the books previous to this have been republished with the name replacement.

Personality and appearance

Kururu is the brain of the Keroro Platoon, officially in charge of intelligence and planning, and the alien partner of Mutsumi Hojo. However, he is extremely mischievous, deceitful, and downright evil and enigmatic, almost to the point where some people might call him a mad scientist. He is generally disliked by everyone, most of the characters seeing him as a depressing jerk and in the series, action figures of him tend to sell very poorly on Keron, (much to Kururu's chagrin ["Sgt. Frog Volume 4", "Encounter 30.5: Letters from the Homeworld", pg. 29] but Kururu seems to take pride in his bad attitude). Despite this, he gets along quite well with Mutsumi and Aki Hinata. Kururu and Giroro greatly loathe each other due to their vast differences (Brain vs. Brawn) ["Sgt. Frog Volume 3", "Encounter XXI: Welcome to Radio-Free Keroro", pg. 13] and as a result, Kururu usually uses Giroro as a guinea pig for any invention that he creates, and when the platoon and their human friends are having a spooky story competition, Kururu tortures Giroro by hooking him up to the 'fear meter' that measures how scary the story was (using Giroro's own fear). By the third season however, Kururu seems to have developed a sort of crush on Giroro, much to the corporal's abject horror, blushing whenever Giroro pays extra attention to him, and wasting no opportunity to woo Giroro by way of gift or twisted invention. Whether this affection is genuine, or merely a new way for him to torment Giroro remains a mystery. Being the least emotional of the Keroro Platoon, he is almost never seen being moved to tears or smiles by any events, though at the same time he rarely, if ever, panics when something goes wrong, likely due to the multiple dangers from his own inventions outweighing it.

Kururu's body color is yellow, though he was originally blue. It is revealed in "" that he was dyed yellow due to falling in a large plate of curry. His stomach has a red swirly mark on it; a yellow one is also located on his hat, though it is purple in the 114th episode of the anime. Spirals can also be seen on his glasses. When these glasses are removed in one way or another, Kururu often begins to mumble "my glasses, my glasses" and starts searching for his glasses. His headphones have the ability to take the sound a person hates the most and send it into their brain, usually using the antenna located inside of them, and it can also erase other people's memory (surprisingly, this is a very painless process). ["Sgt. Frog Volume 3", "Encounter XXI: Welcome to Radio-Free Keroro", pg. 14] Kururu also loves curry, but often takes this to the extreme, even seen bathing in it, and can withstand even the spiciest curries.

In the Musha Kero storyline, Kururu reinvents himself as Kururu Yabui (Barber-Surgeon), with a doctor's reflector added to his hat, and a long-sleeved orange robe with white jagged lines and triangles on the cuffs, worn over a traditional vest and baggy pants.

Other information

*Kururu's remote control resembles an iPod.
*Kururu dislikes sukiyaki.
*Kururu's favorite dish is curry. He loves it so much he bathes in it. It is shown in the Secret of the Kero Ball that his color originates from bathing in curry. It is unknown if bathing in curry is essential to maintain his yellow colour.
*Kururu often punctuates his sentences with a high-pitched laugh pronounced 'kukuku'; this may allude to his mischievous nature, as 'ku' can mean '9', but has the same pronunciation as 'bitterness'.
*Kururu's favorite word seems to be "Pochito" or in English, "I press."
*Kururu is known to be immune to disgusting foods and can eat a lot of it nonstop.
*In episode 83, Kururu as an infant is revealed to have an unusual high-pitched cry as well, roughly transliterated as 'Baabobee~!'

Costumes and transformations

;KururukoIn episodes 47 and 82, Kururu disguises himself as a magical girl complete with short, orange hair, a uniform, a wand and wings.In episode 47, Kururu became Keroro's guide in Hinamatsuri. In episode 82, Kururu was a contestant for 623's radio contestant, in which he won.;Old LadyKururu disguises himself as a little old lady in episode 63 of the anime as a diversion for Fuyuki and Momoka's teacher. The teacher has to carry Kururu on his back.;BabyIn the second half of Episode 83, "Kururu, The Most Dislikeable Guy", he is hit by a "If You Can Do Life Over Again" gun, thus transforming him into a baby. It is found that Kururu had about the same intelligence as a baby as he does as an adult; being able to fix the "If You Can Do Life Over Again" gun without the blueprint.;FrankensteinKururu dons this attire in order to attend a Halloween party in the 133rd episode of the anime.

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