# Eren Yeager

By [lk](https://paragraph.com/@lk-7) · 2022-12-21

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**Eren Yeager** ([Japanese](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_language): エレン・イェーガー, [Hepburn](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hepburn_romanization): _Eren Yēgā_), named **Eren Jaeger** (Turkish: [Eren](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eren), "Saint"; German: [Jaeger/Jäger](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A4ger_\(surname\)), "Hunter") in the subtitled and dubbed versions of the anime [_Attack on Titan_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_Titan_\(TV_series\)), is a [fictional character](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fictional_character) and the [protagonist](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protagonist) of the [_Attack on Titan_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_Titan) [manga](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manga) series created by [Hajime Isayama](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hajime_Isayama). Eren is a teenager who swears revenge on enormous humanoid creatures known as Titans that devoured his mother and destroyed his town in the Shiganshina district in Wall Maria. In order to defeat the Titans, Eren enlists in the Military and joins the Survey Corps—an elite group of soldiers who fight Titans outside the walls and also study the physiology of Titans in order to know what they are fighting. As the story progresses, Eren gains the power of becoming a Titan later identified as "Attack Titan" (進撃の巨人, _Shingeki no Kyojin_). He has also appeared in other related media including anime and video games.

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