<p>At the beginning of episode 12 of R2, when Rollo is castigating Sayoko for doing a poor job as Lelouch's double, the following conversation occurs:</p>
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<p><strong>Rollo:</strong> それでもくノ一ですか。<br />
<strong>Rollo:</strong> And you call yourself a ninja?</p>
<p><strong>Sayoko:</strong> 正確には<b>ＳＰ</b>です。篠崎流３７代目の―<br />
<strong>Sayoko:</strong> To be precise, I'm an <b>SP</b>, the 37th of the Shinozaki line―</p>
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<p>So what's an <strong>SP</strong>?</p>
<p>I don't think this is any sort of Code Geass-specific lingo. Given that it's an acronym, there's a lot of things it could stand for, but by far the most likely is <strong>security police</strong> (yes, Japanese has borrowed the phrase from English: セキュリティポリス <em>sekyuriti porisu</em>). The Japanese &quot;security police&quot; are sort of like the US's Secret Service - they're bodyguards for important people (cf. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_Police_%28Japan%29" rel="nofollow noreferrer">wikipedia</a>).</p>
<p>Given that the Ashfords are (or at least were) an important family of nobles, it isn't too surprising that they might have a bodyguard on staff, especially given that they're harboring an exiled prince and princess.</p>

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senshin
<p>In the second season (R2), they mention this term SP many times but I don't know what it means. Always wondered it's meaning. Does someone know it?</p>

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Can you give an example of where "SP" is used? I can't seem to remember this term being used anywhere.
senshin
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@senshin I believe it's used in episode 12 of R2, but no indication of what it means (at least from that episode).
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What does SP means in Code Geass?
# What does SP means in Code Geass?
Posted by: username_0 on 2014-03-25
In the second season (R2), they mention this term SP many times but I don't know what it means. Always wondered it's meaning. Does someone know it?
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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Can you give an example of where "SP" is used? I can't seem to remember this term being used anywhere.  
> **username_2**: @senshin I believe it's used in episode 12 of R2, but no indication of what it means (at least from that episode).  
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### Answer by username_1 on 2014-03-25. Score: 4 | Accepted answer
At the beginning of episode 12 of R2, when Rollo is castigating Sayoko for doing a poor job as Lelouch's double, the following conversation occurs:

> **Rollo:** それでもくノ一ですか。  
> **Rollo:** And you call yourself a ninja?
>
> **Sayoko:** 正確には**ＳＰ**です。篠崎流３７代目の―  
> **Sayoko:** To be precise, I'm an **SP**, the 37th of the Shinozaki line―

So what's an **SP**?

I don't think this is any sort of Code Geass-specific lingo. Given that it's an acronym, there's a lot of things it could stand for, but by far the most likely is **security police** (yes, Japanese has borrowed the phrase from English: セキュリティポリス *sekyuriti porisu*). The Japanese "security police" are sort of like the US's Secret Service - they're bodyguards for important people (cf. [wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_Police_%28Japan%29)).

Given that the Ashfords are (or at least were) an important family of nobles, it isn't too surprising that they might have a bodyguard on staff, especially given that they're harboring an exiled prince and princess.
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