Sonya Shulen (Tenjyu Star) is a playable character in Suikoden 1 HD Remaster that can be recruited in Headquarters. See how to recruit Sonya Shulen, their stats, range, army battle team, unite attacks, weapons, equipment, and protection summary.

How to Recruit Sonya Shulen

Tell Sonya You Do Not Care if She Hates You

Sonya Shulen is recruited by telling her you do not care if she hates you while she is imprisoned at Heaquarters following the Battle at Shasarazade.

Missables Guide

Sonya Shulen Strengths and Weaknesses

Great Offensive Character All-Around Great Stats Good Unite Attacks Joins Late and Fights For S-Range Spot

Great Offensive Fighter

Sonya Shulen is a balanced fighter where she is great at dealing both physical and magic damage. Although she joins your army with a Water Rune embedded, you can freely change this to a more offensive-based Rune instead.

Best Runes

All-Around Great Stats

Sonya Shulen's stats are great all-around. While her defensive stats aren't as good as her offensive stats, she is able to equip a shield to more than make up for it.

She is a versatile frontline character that can deal decent physical and magical damage with the necessary Rune.

All Character Stats and How to Increase

Good Unite Attacks

Sonya Shulen also has a decent Unite Attack that can hit all enemies when paired with Cleo, Eileen, or Valeria.

Unite Attacks List and Guide

Joins Late and Fights For Last S-Range Spot

The biggest disadvantage that Sonya faces is that she joins your army very late.

To add to this, she competes with the likes of Valeria for the last S-range spot for the final boss, since 2 are fixed to certain story characters.

Best Party and Team Composition

Sonya Shulen Overview and Stats

Stats and Range

Sonya Shulen	Star							Tenjyu (Star of Longevity)
	Gender							Female
	Range							S
	Level ※							48
	Playable?							Yes
HP			STR			DEX			PROT			SPD			MAG			LCK
C			A			B			C			S			B			D

※: Level upon joining your team.
The status is displayed using a 9-tier ranking system: SS, S, A, B, C, D, E, F, and G.

Army Battle Team

Team Name						The Soldier Beauties
Attack Type						Bow
Team Attack Power						20
Team Composition
Sonya Shulen Captain				Cleo Vice Captain 1				Camille Vice Captain 2

Army Battle Guide

Sonya Shulen Unite Attacks

Combination and Effects

Substitutes can replace any member to perform a Unite Attack. Only 1 Candidate need to be selected for a Unite Attack.

Unite Attacks List and Guide

Sonya Shulen Weapons and Equipment

Runes

When you recruit Sonya Shulen, they will initially have the Water Rune equipped to their Rune Slot. However, you can still unequip this Rune and equip it to another compatible character.
How to Use Runes

Weapons

Armor Restrictions

List of All Armor

Sonya Shulen Protection Summary

How to Protect Characters

Sonya Shulen Tenjyu Star

Tenjyu Star is Sonya's Title

Sonya Shulen holds the title of Tenjyu, the Star of Longevity, among the 108 Stars of Destiny in the New Liberation Army.

All 108 Stars of Destiny Guide

Suikoden 1 Related Guides

List of All Characters

List of All Characters

Alen	Anji	Antonio	Apple
Blackman	Camille	Chandler	Chapman
Cleo	Clive	Crowley	Eikei
Eileen	Esmeralda	Flik	Fu Su Lu
Fukien	Fuma	Futch	Gaspar
Gen	Georges	Giovanni	Glenshiel
Gon	Gremio	Griffith	Hellion
Hero	Hix	Hugo	Humphrey
Ivanov	Jabba	Jeane	Joshua
Juppo	Kage	Kai	Kamandol
Kanak	Kasim Hazil	Kasios	Kasumi
Kessler	Kimberly	Kirke	Kirkis
Kreutz	Krin	Kun To	Kuromimi
Kwanda Rosman	Ledon	Leon	Leonardo
Lepant	Lester	Liukan	Lorelai
Lotte	Luc	Maas	Mace
Marco	Marie	Mathiu	Maximillian
Meese	Meg	Melodye	Milia
Milich	Mina	Moose	Morgan
Mose	Odessa Silverberg	Onil	Pahn
Pesmerga	Qlon	Quincy	Roc
Ronnie Bell	Rubi	Sanchez	Sancho
Sansuke	Sarah	Sergei	Sheena
Sonya Shulen	Stallion	Sydonia	Sylvina
Taggart	Tai Ho	Ted	Templeton
Tengaar	Tesla	Valeria	Varkas
Viki	Viktor	Vincent	Warren
Window	Yam Koo	Zen