René Tamaki Richard de Grantaine Suoh (or René Tamaki Richard de Grantaine (ルネ・環・リシャール・ド・グランテーヌ Rune Tamaki Rishāru do Gurantēnu)), also known as Tamaki Suoh (須王 環 Suō Tamaki ), is the illegitimate son of Yuzuru Suoh (Ouran Academy's Chairman) and the president of the Ouran Host Club. He is in Class 2-A, the same class as Kyoya Ootori (Tamaki's best friend and co-founder of the Host Club). Being a hafu (Japanese by his father and French by his mother), Tamaki has the pale-blond hair inherited from his mother. His good looks and charm often allow him to win over others and he is known by the rest of his club members as Tono (i.e. King/Boss), with a 70% request rate by the female guests. Tamaki is credited as the co-founder and President of the Host Club. Although his outward manner would be best described as flamboyant, egotistical and dramatic he is, in fact, a young man dedicated to his studies, his friends, and his duties as a host. He is considered the "Princely" type, entertaining his female clients with upper-class etiquette and shameless flattery. He views the club as his "family" with himself as the father, Kyoya Ootori as the mother, Haruhi Fujioka as the daughter, Hikaru Hitachiin and Kaoru Hitachiin as the sons, and Mitsukuni "Honey" Haninozuka and Takashi "Mori" Morinozuka as the neighbors. As the main comic relief character of the series, Tamaki is portrayed as outspoken and naive for his age. While celebrating romance in general, he is quite blind to his own feelings of romantic love towards Haruhi, of which the other hosts are completely aware.