Suruga, the main character of Suruga Monkey, is [Koyomi](https://anilist.co/character/22036/Koyomi-Araragi)'s underclassman, ace of the school's basketball team and one of [Hitagi](https://anilist.co/character/22037/Hitagi-Senjougahara)'s acquaintances from back in junior high school. Immediately after she entered senior high school, she became aware of Hitagi's secret and was threatened by her, just like Koyomi was. She's an admitted lesbian, fujoshi, lolicon and masochist. 

~!Back in elementary school, she inherited what she thought was a Monkey's Paw but was actually a Rainy Devil from her mother. She started stalking Koyomi after she discovered he was dating Hitagi. She becomes friends with Koyomi and Hitagi after Koyomi rids her of the Rainy Devil.!~ She also has been growing her hair longer since. Her next story was revealed to be Suruga Devil.

First season of the Monogatari Series, part 1/6. Contains the arcs Hitagi Crab, Mayoi Snail, Suruga Monkey, Nadeko Snake, and Tsubasa Cat from the Bakemonogatari light novels. 
Thanks to Meme Oshino, Koyomi Araragi, a high school student, is able to remain a human after coming across a female vampire... However, since the incident, Koyomi seems to meet girls who have an apparition-related issue. Hitagi Senjougahara doesn’t weigh anything, Suruga Kanbaru’s right arm becomes like that of a monkey’s, and a young girl, Mayoi, cannot find her way home no matter how many times she tries. Koyomi, a Mr. Nice Guy, ends up helping each and every girl solve her problem with the help of Meme Oshino.
 
(Source: Aniplex)

__Height:__ 154 cm (5' 0")
__Hobbies:__ Piano

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Began her voice-acting career in 1999 and has continued her work as a seiyuu for more than two decades. Her younger brother [Chiharu Sawashiro](https://anilist.co/staff/120159) is a fellow voice actor.

__Non-anime roles:__~!
• Aggie in "Madeline" (live-action movie)
• Agrias Oaks in "Dissidia Final Fantasy: Opera Omnia" (Smartphone VG) 
• Akane in "ZERO ESCAPE: Jikan no Dilemma" (VG)
• Allie Nodens in "7th Dragon III Code: VFD" (VG)
• Anika in "HIT ～Heroes of Incredible Tales～" 
• Aranea Highwind in "Final Fantasy XV" (VG)
• Archer (Artemis) in "Fate/Grand Order" (VG)
• Aruruu in "Utawarerumono" (VG)
• Aya in "Assassin's Creed: Origins" (VG)
• Azel in "Rune Factory Oceans" (VG)
• Banshinatari in "Granado Espada" (MMORPG) 
• Barbara Gordon / Batgirl in "The Lego Batman Movie" (animated movie)
• Barcia in "The Lost Child" (VG)
• Beelzebub in "J-Stars Victory VS" (VG)
• Berserker (Florence Nightingale) in "Fate/Grand Order" (VG)
• Cal 'Drei' Devens in "Phantom of Inferno" (2011) (VG)
• Camilla in "Fire Emblem Fates" (VG)
• Cammy in "Street Fighter IV" (VG)
• Carl Clover in "BlazBlue" (VG)
• Catalina in "Granblue Fantasy" (VG)
• Chidori Yoshino in "Persona 3" (VG)
• Elizabeth in "Persona 3" (VG)
• Raiden Mei in "Honkai Impact 3rd" (VG)
• Raiden Shogun/Raiden Ei in ”Genshin Impact" (VG)
• Acheron in "Honkai Star Rail" (VG)
• Jolyne Cujoh in "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven" (VG)
• Twilight Sparkle in "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic/Equestria Girls" (animated cartoon & movies)
• Makoto Makimura in "Yakuza 0/Kiwami 2" (VG)!~


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First season of the Monogatari Series, part 5/6. Contains the arcs Karen Bee and Tsukihi Phoenix from the Nisemonogatari light novels.
 
In Bakemonogatari, the story centered on Koyomi Araragi, a third year high school student who has recently survived a vampire attack and finds himself mixed up with all kinds of apparitions: gods, ghosts, myths, and spirits. However, in Nisemonogatari, we pick up right where we left off and follow Koyomi as the psychological twists delve deeper and deeper...
 
(Source: Aniplex)

Second season of the Monogatari Series, part 1/2. Contains the arcs Tsubasa Tiger, Mayoi Jiangshi, Nadeko Medusa, Shinobu Time, and Hitagi End, from the Nekomonogatari White, Kabukimonogatari, Otorimonogatari, Onimonogatari and Koimonogatari light novels, respectively.
 
These stories take place after the end of the summer vacation when the apparition of the bee had left and the apparition of the phoenix avoided any consequences… Now that Koyomi Araragi and the girls were entering their new school terms, they were once again about to encounter supernatural beings…but this time, they may not be so easy to deal with.
 
Tsubasa Hanekawa, Mayoi Hachikuji, Nadeko Sengoku, Shinobu Oshino, and finally Hitagi Senjougahara. The girls’ loneliness, their confessions, and their departures… 5 new “stories” begin now.
 
(Source: Aniplex) 
 
Notes:
 
 Includes 3 recap episodes from the TV version (Ep. 6, 11, 16).
 
The recap episodes were not included in the Blu-Ray version of the anime.

Second season of the Monogatari Series, part 2/2. Contains the arc Suruga Devil from the Hanamonogatari light novel.
 
Now that Koyomi Araragi and Hitagi Senjougahara have graduated, few familiar faces remain at Naoetsu Private High School. One of them is Suruga Kanbaru, holder of the Monkey's Paw. When she begins to hear talk of a mysterious being known as the "Devil," who will magically solve any problem, she immediately thinks these rumors are about her and decides to investigate.
 
Kanbaru discovers the Devil is actually Rouka Numachi, a former rival who provides free advice to those who seek her out now that she can no longer play basketball due to a leg injury. As a collector of misfortune, Numachi enjoys relieving her clients' stress by giving them false hope. Though Kanbaru sees no real harm being done, she reprimands Rouka for lying and heads home, relieved she is not the cause of the rumors. But the next morning, when she finds that her left hand has reverted back to its original form, she may have a reason to worry after all.

Third and “Final Season” of the Monogatari Series, part 3/5. Contains the arcs Ougi Formula, Sodachi Riddle, Sodachi Lost and Shinobu Mail from the Owarimonogatari light novels.
 
During the month of October of his third year in high school, Koyomi Araragi is introduced to a transfer student named Ougi Oshino by his underclassman Suruga Kanbaru. Ougi tells Koyomi that she has something she wishes to consult with him. When she draws the map of Naoetsu High School, she finds something peculiar on there. This discovery reveals a tale that wasn’t meant to be told, and this makes Koyomi’s high school life totally different. This is the story that brings to light “what” makes Koyomi Araragi. This is the story that reveals the “beginning” of everything.
 
(Source: Aniplex)
 
Note: The first episode aired with a runtime of ~48 minutes as opposed to the standard 24 minute long episode.

The first part of the Monogatari Series.
 
There’s a girl at their school who is always ill. She routinely arrives late, leaves early, or doesn’t show up at all, and skips gym as a matter of course. She’s pretty, and the boys take to whispering that she’s a cloistered princess. As the self-described worst loser in her class soon finds out, they just don’t know what a monster she is. So begins a tale of mysterious maladies that are supernatural in origin yet deeply revealing of the human psyche, a set of case files as given to unexpected feeling as it is to irreverent humour.
 
(Source: Kodansha USA)
 
Note: The English release and the JP ebook edition have Bakemonogatari split across three volumes, instead of the original two volumes.

A tale of heroine Tsubasa Hanekawa from her own perspective, in her own voice—if that can hold true for a damaged soul who, depending on who you’re asking, suffers from a split personality or a supernatural aberration. The bone-chilling brokenness of her household, where father and mother and daughter keep three separate sets of cookware in the same kitchen and only ever prepare their own meals, and the profound darkness nurtured in the genius schoolgirl’s heart, come to life, if that is the word, through her self-vivisection.
 
(Source: Kodansha USA)

Third season of the Monogatari Series, part 2/5. Adapts the arcs Koyomi Stone, Koyomi Flower, Koyomi Sand, Koyomi Water, Koyomi Wind, Koyomi Tree, Koyomi Tea, Koyomi Mountain, Koyomi Torus, Koyomi Seed, Koyomi Nothing, and Koyomi Dead from the Koyomimonogatari light novel.
 
“You’re looking for a horror story? I wish I got one for you." Untold stories… one per month for one year… Taking place between other Monogatari stories, a chapter not yet told surrounds Koyomi Araragi and the strange happenings he gets pulled into over the course of a year. With one episode told per month, the story unravels in this 12 episode-long series of shorts.
 
(Source: Aniplex)
 
Premiered on the Japan-exclusive Koyomimonogatari mobile app.

Third and “Final Season” of the Monogatari Series, part 4/5. Contains the arcs Mayoi Hell, Hitagi Rendezvous, and Ougi Dark from the Owarimonogatari light novels.
 
Koyomi wakes up to see Mayoi Hachikuji before him, the girl who supposedly had gone to the afterlife. She tells Koyomi that they are currently in Avichi, the lowest levels of hell. Koyomi is dubious of how Mayoi knew about the exact timing of his death and which hell he would drop into, when Mayoi tells him that she was there to pick him up by the request of a certain individual.
 
(Source: Aniplex)

Third season of the Monogatari Series, part 5/5. Contains the arc Koyomi Reverse from the Zoku Owarimonogatari light novel.
 
The morning after high school graduation, Koyomi is standing in front of the mirror above the sink to wash his face when he suddenly feels like his reflection is staring back at him. He instinctively reaches for the mirror, and upon touching it, his fingers sink in... When he comes to, Koyomi finds himself in a world where everything appears to be reversed.
 
(Source: Aniplex)
 
Zoku Owarimonogatari premiered in theaters across Japan in November 2018. It was later released as a 6-part OVA on Blu-ray/DVD from February to March 2019.

Yotsugi Ononoki, the shikigami girl assigned to watch over Koyomi Araragi. This dead tsukumogami girl faces a challenge, but what exactly is that do-or-die struggle with her life on the line? As the "story" grows, it keeps on running, ever burning bright!
 
These are the modern-day oddities! Oddities! Oddities!
 
Youth is going back and forth between pain and peace.
 
(Source: Kodansha, translated)

One day, high-school student Koyomi Araragi catches a girl named Hitagi Senjougahara when she trips. But—much to his surprise—she doesn’t weigh anything. At all. She says an encounter with a so-called “crab” took away all her weight …
 
Monsters have been here since the beginning. 
Always. 
Everywhere.
 
(Source: Kodansha USA)

A short promotional video cross-promoting Monogatari and Okitegami Kyouko no Bibouroku.


Five short stories, one for each of the Bakemonogatari girls which appeared in the complete guidebook. 
Hitagi Buffet 
Mayoi Room 
Suruga Court 
Nadeko Pool 
Tsubasa Song

Third season of the Monogatari Series, part 1/5. Contains the arc Yotsugi Doll from the Tsukimonogatari light novel.
 
One day in February, Koyomi Araragi was taking a bath with his younger sister Tsukihi amidst finishing his studies for the college entrance exam. This was also following the incident involving Nadeko Sengoku, which was successfully amended behind the scenes by Deishu Kaiki. Koyomi noticed a change on his body “that could not be overlooked” and sought advice from Shinobu Oshino leading him to contact Yozuru Kagenui and Yotsugi Ononoki. Was this change signifying retribution for everything that Koyomi has done?!
 
(Source: Aniplex)

Adaptation of the Koyomi History short story, released in the Madogatari blu-ray.

What if Monogatari's Ararararagi, Zaregoto's Ii and Jun "Humanity's Strongest" Aikawa, and Okitegami Kyouko no Bibouroku's titular forgetful detective all attended school together? In 2002, NisiOisiN won a Mephisto Prize prize for his debut novel Zaregoto, Book 1: The Kubikiri Cycle. Part of the 15th anniversary celebration will be 4-panel crossover gag manga Seishun Kijin-den! 240 Gakuen (240 is a pronunciation pun - 240 can be read as "Nishio," so "Youth Oddball Story! Nisio Academy"). 
 
(Source: Crunchyroll)

Unlike ne’er-do-well former vampire Araragi, his two younger sisters Karen and Tsukihi, who attend a private junior high, are little balls of energy and charisma that their peers look up to. That the “ka” in Karen and “hi” in Tsukihi are both written with the character for “fire” isn’t the only reason they’ve come to be known as the Fire Sisters. Karen is the brawn and Tsukihi the brains of a vigilantism that the pair sees not merely as defending justice but as justice itself. They can’t encounter a harmful fad without trying to hunt down a specific source that had a motive for spreading it. In their big brother’s humble opinion, there is something fake and precarious about it all.
 
(Source: Kodansha USA)

Our sorry hero, his reformed girlfriend, and the amnesiac class president have all graduated from their high school out in the boondocks, and self-described Sapphist and ex-basketball ace Kanbaru, retired by reason of an “injury,” is starting her senior year and the narrator of this volume—her voice far more introspective than the smutty jock’s we thought we knew.
 
Bereft of the company of her beloved mentors, the only other person around her with any working knowledge of aberrations the junior Ougi Oshino, apparently a relative of the Hawaiian-shirted folklorist, she feels a bit alone and blue, and sick with dread that the devil residing in her left arm courtesy of the Monkey’s Paw might act up again while she sleeps.
 
Investigating a rumour that she fears might lead back to her, the former star ends up peering into an abyss of negativity called Rouka. Trapped in a pit the like of which could only be escaped by the one girl who was able to pull off slam-dunks in her basketball nationals, can the penitent Kanbaru, however, still be aggressive?
 
(Source: Kodansha USA)

Calendar Tale, narrated by our titular hero, sends us to various earlier points in the story where certain events had yet to occur—when, for instance, the shady “expert” Oshino was still in town, and the ex-legendary vampire Shinobu hadn’t tired of sulking in a corner. After revisiting with a “case files” feel of the series’ origins, we will start to catch up to the present moment until we are violently spliced back into the overarching plot.
 
Weaving in a motif of ways, paths, roads, and streets—walks of life—the nostalgic vignettes hark back to the “case files” feel of the series-launching Monster Tale, but with a twist. Not all oddities are supernatural: stones and flowers; sand and water; the wind and the tree can just be plain weird without being aberrations. The vignettes for the months of October to March deal with six ladies who are either not quite human or older than titular narrator Koyomi Araragi, bless his bantering soul.
 
In this instalment, say hello from the future to class president among class presidents Hanekawa, acid-tongued girlfriend Senjogahara, cheeky lost child Hachikuji, smutty athlete Kanbaru, pathologically shy Sengoku, and justice-loving martial artist Karen, young ladies who love to make our young man sweat. See how he handles—or is handled by—aberration of a little sister Tsukihi, enigma of a freshman or -woman Ougi, shadow of a legendary vampire Shinobu, corpse of a tween girl Ononoki, psychopath of a monster expert Kagenui, and know-it-all of a Machiavellian fixer Izuko Gaen.
 
(Source: Kodansha USA, edited)
 
Note: The English release was split across two volumes, instead of the original singular volume.

Volume 1: 
Before we witness the series’ climactic showdown in the third volume of the End Tale—each part of which forms its own cohesive whole—narrator Araragi wrestles with a crucial bit of history that had turned him into the loner we met at the very beginning, who opined that friendships only lowered his intensity as a human.
 
What initiates his pilgrim’s progress of a reckoning is his first encounter, at school, with the mysterious freshman Ogi Oshino, self-described niece of the equally enigmatic aberration expert Mèmè, and the book’s opening chapter is a harrowing standalone novella of a who-dunit involving a locked room of sorts.
 
Our increasingly well-adjusted hero kept on beingdecent at one thing even when he was just hanging on, but this forte, an unlikely aptitude for math, of all things, becomes the focus of a cheating scandal and a web of recollections that forces him to come to terms with, what do you know, his capacity to connect to people.
 
Volume 2: 
When an old flame who gave up on life and chose to go up in flames—because he wanted to leave you but couldn’t—comes crawling back after four hundred years, you might not appreciate it, especially if you’re in a new relationship. But nothing’s ever simple between people, and that’s even truer between monsters.
 
For the first time in months, our heroic loser Araragi is human, parted by previous events from the ex-legendary vampire bound to his shadow. Before he, the second-ever thrall of the former Kissshot, can resume his partnership with the donut-loving waif that she’s turned into, she must make a choice—about that first-ever. 
 
Before the End Tale can end, some loose ends must be tied, and in this volume, the fixer Gaen calls in her favor, requesting an introduction to her niece; the errand of the amulet that Araragi ran with Kanbaru comes into crisp focus; and the time-traveling and -spanning Dandy and Demon Tales see their devastating resolution.
 
Volume 3: 
No good deed goes unpunished, they say, and so does friendship and lowering your intensity as a human, they don’t say—alas, for all his literally painful hustle and inveterate need to save others, our brave fool of a hero ends up in hell, a conception of the inferno in its full Buddhist glory, and muses (lol) if there’s a return ticket.
 
Told in three chapters, the final part of End Tale concludes the story proper and resolves the series’ panoply of ongoing mysteries: the dues of a do-gooder for relying on a power not his own, the identity of a shady transfer student, the outcome of a class president’s questing abroad, and even the true name of a park.
 
Araragi, indeed, is the one who knows, but along the way he meets old faces, really every last one of them, who aid him on his journey for understanding, and perhaps for salvation, and you for one might not be surprised if he had another rendezvous with an erstwhile “cloistered princess” before it—guess what it is—sees an end.
 
(Source: Kodansha USA)

Just when we thought the darkness menacing the town had been identified, named, and tamed, clear and unclear mysteries of seasons past looming or surfacing, then resolving, not without tears, not without bittersweetness, of course, but satisfyingly, in a tripartite finale, all loose ends tied up into, or at least with, a bow…
 
The End Tale continues—if only for one last time, in a bonus stage for the ages, as our softie of a protagonist who wished for all parties involved, including himself, maturely enough, to end up happy, sees his reflected image freeze in a mirror and regretfully, regrettably, reaches for it to find himself through the looking glass.
 
In an alternate reality where bits of the world have been flipped around, the hero comes face to face with the hidden side(s) of familiar faces, along with author NISIOISIN, whose bravura attempt to reimagine character possibilities concludes, with signature flair, the MONOGATARI series proper—thank you for reading.
 
(Source: Kodansha USA)

The girl who was once a god, Nadeko Sengoku. She, who followed her dreams and was forced into reality, is successful in creating alter egos by borrowing the power of the little girl shikigami, Yotsugi Ononoki.
 
However, the four "Nadekos" run away, scattering……?
 
The Oddities! Oddities! Oddities! of these modern days.
 
Youth is being unable to control even oneself.
 
(Source: Kodansha, translated)

"I don't know anything. You're the one who knows... Officer Araragi."
 
Cracking down on a "rumour" before it can turn into a ghost story. Police officer Koyomi Araragi has begun working at the Hearsay Department of Naoetsu Station. Hitagi and Tsubasa, who have left town.
 
What paths have the three have chosen after turning 23 years old... and what feelings will Koyomi convey in the end...?
 
As one knows more, the more you find things you don't know.
 
These are the modern-day oddities! Oddities! Oddities!
 
For all time, these hearts in love cannot be unbound.
 
(Source: Kodansha, translated)

It's chic to go saving a girl who has nothing to do with you every once in a while. Female students from Naoetsu High School have gone missing one after the other. When the mummified bodies of the girls are discovered, there's a very distinctive marking left on the napes of their necks...? Koyomi Araragi, now a first-year university student, goes on the move to track down the culprit! The curtain opens on Monogatari Series: Monster Season!
 
(Source: Kodansha, translated)