kirishima touka
Species: GhoulGender: Female
Birthdate: July 1
Age: 17 (in TG), 20 (in TG: re), 21 (present)
Height/weight: 156cm / 45kg
Blood type: O
Kagune type: Ukaku
Ghoul alias: Rabbit
Touka is a natural-born ghoul who blends in with humans as a high-school student and works part-time as a waitress in Anteiku. She has short black hair with long bangs that covers the right side of her face. It is hinted that she styles it that way because her right eye got pecked by her pet bird in her childhood. When she’s not working or attending school, she is usually seen with plain casual streetwear.
Past
Touka has a little brother named Ayato. When they were little, their mother, Hikari, was killed by a CCG investigator—later revealed to be Kishou Arima, but their father managed to save them. When her mother died, Touka and Ayato was taken care by their father, Kirishima Arata. Arata was depicted as a very kind man, polite, always smiling, and developed a good relationship with humans. He was the one who taught Touka how to blend in with humans, including how they should appreciate the food given to them by humans.
One night, Arata disappeared while being hunted by CCG. Touka and Ayato’s neighbors turned on them, sold them to the investigators. In the dire situation, Touka’s ukaku activated (probably for the first time), attacking the investigators. She escapes with Ayato. Touka is loyal to her father’s way of living, but Ayato has completely lost faith in humans for betraying them.
After sometime, Touka and Ayato meet Yoshimura, who takes care of them and suggests that Touka attend school. She befriends Kosaka Yoriko, who is a human, and occasionally receives food treats from her. Despite her circumstances of being a ghoul, Touka always eats the food Yoriko makes for her, and tries hard not to throw up. This prompts Ayato to further distance himself because of their difference, he leaves the 20th ward and is later known to have become a member of the Aogiri Tree. Ayato leaves Touka feeling abandoned, but she still loves her as he is the only family member she has left.
It has been said that before she bears kids, Hikari was a wild ghoul, and the kids’ personality are like her. Touka also has a striking resemblance to her mother and brother. When Banjou first meets her, he even mistakes Touka for Ayato.
Touka keeps her parents’ ring, with their names engraved on the inside. It is very precious to her, and she says that she holds on to it whenever she needs strength.
Personality
Touka has abandonment issues after she loses important people around her. Growing up with the lack of parental love has affected her to be brash. Her brother has a very similar personality to Touka, except he’s far more brutish. Tsukiyama notes that Touka used to be very cold when they first met, attacking without mercy.
After getting to know Yoshimura and other ghouls, it seems that Touka has started to become warmer because she’s no longer alone. She cares a lot about the people around her. When Hinami’s mother is killed by the CCG, Touka seeks revenge on her own by disobeying Yoshimura, and manages to kill one of the investigators.
Touka is shown to bear a self-hatred for being a ghoul. She hates that her ghoul body makes it necessary for her kind to kill humans, and be constantly in danger from the doves. She just wishes to be able to live a normal life like humans. Touka is also noted to be very cute (according to Kaneki, Mutsuki) and beautiful (by Hinami); but this self-hatred makes her feel insecure. It can be seen when Nishino Kimi sees her kagune and How beautiful...
, Touka is stunned and storms off, thinking there’s no way that a ghoul could be beautiful.
After the Anteiku raid, Touka believes that Kaneki is alive, and that one day he will come back to them. Years later, Touka has grown to be more mature, calm and calculated; not as reckless and emotional as before. Often, she looks emotionless, probably to repress her feelings. She opens :re, a coffee shop that is similar to Anteiku. She reveals that :re exists to be the future home for Kaneki to return to. In TG:re, Touka dyes her hair color to light blue and styles it looking more voluminous, but eventually reverts back to her original hairstyle after Kaneki’s return.