The following article is a list of characters from the manga series Tokyo Ghoul .
A small neighbourhood café in Tokyo's 20th district, Anteiku is run by Ghouls who intend to blend into society. Providing aid and food for ghouls in need, managing the feeding grounds of the ghouls in the 20th Ward, and collecting food for ghouls by searching for the bodies of humans who committed suicide. It becomes Kaneki's home until the place is raided by the CCG in the end of the original series. Almost all of its original staff become core members of Kaneki's Ghoul coalition "Black Goat", after he assumes the title of One Eyed King.
The Clowns is a mysterious group responsible for the accident that led to Kaneki receiving Rize's organs. They later appear in the sequel as the proprietors of an auction for wealthy Ghouls to buy humans which is later broken up by the CCG. After Furuta kills his father, their members start attacks around Tokyo to put the CCG in state of alert, in a plot to have the organization fall into Furuta's hands.
The Aogiri Tree (青霧の木, Ao kiri no ki), are a group of rogue Ghouls destined to usurp the power from the CCG. Their main objective is to have control over Tokyo's Ghoul wards, whether by infiltration or all-out war. Most of the Ghouls part of the organization are S-rated, such that they are formidable to the CCG.
The Commission of Counter Ghoul (喰種対策局, Gūru Taisaku Kyoku, "Ghoul Countermeasures Bureau"), usually abbreviated as CCG, is a federal agency that serves as a criminal investigative body in cases connected to ghouls, as well as to hunt down and imprison or kill any runaway ghouls. The investigators regardless of class or grade are referred to as Doves (ハト, Hato). In secret, the CCG is run by a family of ghouls disguised as humans. After the Dragon Crisis, the CCG is disbanded and replaced by the Tokyo Security Committee, or TSC, composed of former members of the CCG and ghouls who joined their ranks in their mission to maintain security in the city and develop policies to allow humans and ghouls to coexist.
Introduced in Tokyo Ghoul:re, the Quinx Squad are a special group of young investigators mentored by Haise Sasaki. They are essentially "human ghouls" such that they are transplanted with ghoul Kakuhos, allowing the user to form their own kagunes and do replenish their power from feeding on bodies like normal ghouls.
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Tokyo Ghoul is a 2017 Japanese dark fantasy action film based on the manga series Tokyo Ghoul by Sui Ishida. The film is directed by Kentarō Hagiwara and stars Masataka Kubota as Ken Kaneki and Fumika Shimizu as Tōka Kirishima. It was released in Japan by Shochiku on July 29, 2017.
Tokyo Ghoul is the first season of an anime television series adapted from the manga of the same name by Sui Ishida. The series is produced by Pierrot, and is directed by Shuhei Morita. The series aired from July 4 to September 19, 2014 on Tokyo MX, TVO, TVA, TVQ, BS Dlife and AT-X. This season adapts the first sixty-six chapters of the manga series.
The second season of the Tokyo Ghoul anime series, titled Tokyo Ghoul √A, is a direct sequel to the first season of the anime, picking up right where the final episode left off. The series is produced by Pierrot, and directed by Shuhei Morita. The anime aired from January 9 to March 27, 2015, on Tokyo MX, TVO, TVA, TVQ, MRO, BS Dlife and CS AT-X.
Tokyo Ghoul:re is the first season of the anime series adapted from the sequel manga of the same name by Sui Ishida, and is the third season overall within the Tokyo Ghoul anime series. The series is produced by Pierrot, and is directed by Odahiro Watanabe. The anime series aired from April 3 to June 19, 2018 on Tokyo MX, Sun TV, TVA, TVQ and BS11. This season adapts the first fifty-eight chapters of the manga.
Tokyo Ghoul S is a 2019 Japanese dark fantasy action horror film, and the sequel of the 2017 film Tokyo Ghoul, based on Sui Ishida's manga series Tokyo Ghoul. It was released theatrically in Japan by Shochiku on July 19, 2019. The film has grossed over ¥220 million in Japan, and received mixed reviews from critics.
Tokyo Ghoul: re Call to Exist is a survival action video game developed by Three Rings and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment for Microsoft Windows and PlayStation 4 in November 2019. It is based on Sui Ishida's manga series Tokyo Ghoul and Tokyo Ghoul: Re.