Talk:Izaya Orihara

Can someone put more info about Izaya

---Yeah, actually all the char pages need work, I talked to Sxerks about info boxes, 1 person can only do so much. I've been working mostly on Dollars, [Yellow Scarves]], and Saika Army pages. --Mr.Zeke 17:06, June 19, 2010 (UTC)

--- Should we put down that Izaya is a human? I mean a lot of people ask that question since he claims to love the human race, but he admits it himself to Namie that he's human. --- Unresgistered User June 20, 2010

cleaning it up~
there are parts of the background that should actually be in characteristics (since background refers to the time before vol1) and some parts of characteristics seem like they would be part of personality superlinna 02:32, July 19, 2011 (UTC)

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Can someone provide a source?
I've had to delete this twice now but just to be safe...Concerning this post: "However, the voice actors of both characters have said they both voice them as two people who are sexually attracted to each other."

Could someone provide the source for this info? Or is it just fangirls making stuff up again?

okay can someone tell me if izaya's twin sisters gay because that just freaked me out when they kissed?

Mairu and Kururi (especially Mairu) are bisex, it has been stated in the novels. If I remember well it's said in Vol.4.

(74.193.34.134 06:04, December 18, 2011 (UTC))

Game Piece Corrections.
I corrected the section that describes Izaya's gaming pieces. This is a really common misconception. Those aren't Go stones, as they're clearly half-white and half-black and much too large. They're Othello pieces; some people also know that game as Reversi. Check it out. The board itself does appear to be a Go board, but the tablets/stones are definitely from Othello.

24.210.89.208 08:30, February 21, 2012 (UTC)V.

I see now that someone has put "or possibly Go Stones" into the section about Izaya's game pieces. I'm going to remove it, since those are absolutely, definitely-NOT Go stones. If you look at the pieces, the ones with black tops have clearly white undersides where they meet the board. That is not a shadow or a highlight, that is a reversible side. This mean that they are ~clearly~ Reversi/Othello pieces.

69.223.184.55 16:49, April 9, 2012 (UTC)V.

About the Recent Edit
Concerning the recent change in the personality section about izaya showing "physical Love" to an individual who peaked his interest...Could someone provide a source? Because the way the whole thing is worded sort of sounds like someone's made up loophole to make Izaya seem gay.Sol420 03:58, April 25, 2012 (UTC)Sol420 4/24/12

Is Izaya Orihara human? Or is that what he wants you to think?
Is Izaya Orihara human or is that just what he saids so he can toy with the human race? He could be a demon from hell who came to earth just to mess with the human race. He may have told Namie that he is human for a cover-up. I'm just saying, that could be the reason. I mean look at the facts:

"Is it absurd to divide people into good or bad. People are either charming or tedious."

He always said he loved the human race.

He doesn't show any love for an individual. Anri wants to love but she is unable to, he has the abilite or ability I'm not a good speller.

If you believe me or not discuse it btween each other.96.228.11.91 00:04, May 27, 2012 (UTC)

I think the whole "I love humans" is eeriely close to Saika's motto...

Wow, is that actually how eeriely is spelled? I honestly hope not... 174.53.247.140 02:36, July 12, 2012 (UTC)

Will the human who changed all the information into penis be so friendly to turn it back~?

Thank you very much.

213.93.55.224 13:38, December 27, 2013 (UTC) izaiza

Shizuo vs. Izaya
When you guys are done reading Volume 13 of the Light Novel, I want to know what happens to Shizuo and Izaya. Want to know which one of them wins and dies.

Does this mean Izaya is going to die after being stabbed in Volume 13? And why wait until 2016 for Volume 14 for a 2 years skip?Skyler.fernandez.9 (talk) 19:05, January 20, 2014 (UTC)Skyler Fernandez

Izaya's Age
It says here in wikia that Izaya was 23 in the anime, 24 in the manga and 25 in the novel. But I read/ watched all three and in all of them, before the cellphone stomping scene. Izaya mentioned that he was 23.

I don't know, could someone please explain this?

for some reason, Izaya always lies about his age, usually using 23. In reality, he's closer to around 25 but I guess his age differs between media

SkylerFernandez: It's possible he was 23rd at first, but once it came to May 4th(his birthday), or pass his birthday. He became 24 years-old.

Okay, so at the anime and novel start, Izaya is 23. Izaya ages, time passes in the novels. So where the anime just left off with the kidnapping scene, that's from Volume nine. Izaya is 25 currently in the anime as he had recently turned 25 in that part of Volume 9.. When the novels end (Volume 13), he's still 25, two years pass between Volume 13 and SH making him 27. That's why the ages vary. The ages are supposed to be going from the novel/anime/manga start or variations. But I believe they all begin with him being 23 and simply don't mention that it's his birthday or anything so you're not given a reason to believe he's aging unless they give you some line about time passing. It's difficult to say whether we should keep his age consistent with where he is now- so it's just formatted oddly until a better way is brought to us.

TL;DR:

Izaya's birthdate supposably varies between manga/novel/anime and often time skips aren't mentioned. Novel Izaya is currently 27, anime Izaya is currently 25, and Manga Izaya is 24 or 25 depending on where the manga is at right now. In the novel, Izaya's birthday is the day Earthworm kidnaps him. ChromeCircus (talk) 21:32, August 23, 2015 (UTC)

Profile Image Update
Say, I was thinking, why not add Season 1 / Season 2 / Light Novel appearances? Since their designs are slightly different in each media, I thought it might be best to add them to the character's profiles. I mean, Psycho-Pass and One Piece are good examples. Why not try it?--Kajune (talk) 14:47, March 30, 2015 (UTC)

You mean like those image tab hings? I don't mind honestly. I'm actually thinking that we could use those for adding more images to character pages in general. Right now I'm trying to focus on updating character page layout but if you want to go for it then do so. Just make sure to keep it consistent and add it to everyone else (assuming they have actual pictures to use.).Sol420 (talk) 23:02, April 3, 2015 (UTC)Sol420

Ahh...I tried making one but kept failing. Does anyone here know how to make switchable profile pictures? I've already uploaded one that might be suitable for season 2, but I don't know how to make it appear right.--Kajune (talk) 15:43, April 22, 2015 (UTC)

Izaya (and Shizuo's) birth year
There's been a small upset on Izaya's canon birth year. It appears some people believe Durarara follows our timeline and therefore will set the birth years to match up. The issue with this, is that Durarara does not follow our time line and is actually a few years behind us. Izaya would currently be 35.

I know what this contributer is talking about when they say they have seen a character card with his birth year. It's a company released driver's license, where Izaya is under his alias 'Nakura' and also needed glasses to drive. The popular argument is that it isn't canon information and likely only applies to Nakura. We must also keep in mind that Izaya routinely lies about his age when he's using an alias, so we can assume whatever birth year was attributed to that card, was also a fallacy.

What I'm basically getting at here is: Izaya could not possibly have been born in 1990 for the simple reason that he would've been 13 when Durarara began in 2004. We have no reason to believe he was 13 because that's silly. Until a canon year is announced or a better labeled start point is given, we can assume Izaya was not born in 1990 and merely put that on 'Nakuras' license.

My suggestion is that we remove the birth year's from both Izaya and Shizuo's profiles since there has been no information released blatantly saying when either of them were born. They're the only two characters with birth year's in their infoboxes despite not having any canon information to confirm or deny it. Could an admin weigh in? ChromeCircus (talk) 18:02, February 23, 2016 (UTC)

You guys are lucky i had a break long enough to check in. In all seriousness however, I remember reading somewhere that Shizuo was 25 when the series started, with the original story ending in 2004. Assuming that the story spans about a year and a half, shizuo would be 26 by then. Doing the math, their birth years should be around 1978-1979. That being said, I can't remember where exactly I read that information so that doesn't really help much. If it removes any confusion then it would probably be best to just delete the birth years entirely.Sol420 (talk) 20:49, February 23, 2016 (UTC)Sol420

Haha I think I know where you read that. It was a tumblr post right? The person who made the timeline chart is a good friend of mine. I spoke with her about it, we re-crunched the numbers and she stands corrected. Shizuo was 23 at the start, Izaya was also 23, however Izaya is older than Shizuo by a bit so they were only the same age for a few months. But hey it's all good, it really does make more sense to just remove their birth years until an actual chart comes out or something. A character card, profiles, I'll even take a drama CD at this point.. But thanks for weighing in, I didn't really want to remove the years without checking in first. It seems to have solved the problem regardless though! Thanks! ChromeCircus (talk) 20:54, February 23, 2016 (UTC)