Matasaka Kamishiro

Matasaka Kamishiro (神代 叉栄, Kamishiro Matasaka) is the former leader of the ghouls in the 6th Ward. He inherited the surname "Kamishiro" from his mentor. He looked after Rize Kamishiro, who was on the run from V at the time, as his foster daughter. Most people refer to him by his nickname Orca or Shachi (鯱, Shachi).

He is a strong ghoul, well-versed in the martial arts. When he was the leader of the ghouls in the 6th ward, he trained and strengthened his followers. However, he was captured, due to Rize's actions, and was sent to Cochlea.

However, he was freed during the Second Cochlea Raid, and temporarily joined Aogiri Tree after an agreement with Yoshimura.

Appearance
Shachi is a muscularly bulky man, most likely middle-aged. He has strong facial features, with thick black eyebrows and a long wispy black mustache. His black head hair is long as well, and putting his whole appearance into consideration, and one might even call him terrifying. After the Tsukiyama Operation, Shachi's beard has grown considerably, giving him a messy look.

Personality
A wise ghoul who avoids killing people needlessly, Shachi is one of the more 'calm' people in Aogiri despite his great power. It is possible that Tatara considers him "soft" due to this trait, but the exact reasons are yet to be confirmed. He has the habit of yelling out single word phrases in battle, which can be confusing as these words usually have a deeper meaning behind them.

He seemingly holds a respect towards humans, or at the very least the martial arts they have developed. In his life of mastering it, he says he has taken a human concept even further by combining technique with the strength of a ghoul. It could be said that he holds very little regard for species differences, and strives to live his life regardless of them.

Past
Years ago, Shachi came across a young Rize when she fled from V and helped the exhausted ghoul. He decided to adopt her as his daughter and apprentice. However, as Rize grew, her appetite became more ravenous and she began overeating, which angered Shachi. This further strained the relationship between the two. This culminated to a CCG attack in the 6th Ward, which is implied to have been caused by Rize. Shachi was captured in the aftermath.

Second Cochlea Raid
Shachi was freed from Cochlea as a result of a raid by the Aogiri Tree and was approached by Eto, who uses the idea of seeing Rize again to persuade him to join. Matasaka met with Yoshimura later on. Yoshimura agrees to look after Rize in exchange for Shachi looking over his daughter, Eto, for him.

Raid of Kanou's Lab
When Kaneki's group was closing in on the nurse who worked for Dr. Kanou he showed up along with a few other ghouls to take her. He fought with Ken Kaneki and was able to defeat him easily. Shachi then yells at Kaneki for thinking he could stand against Aogiri Tree with that level of strength. He then calls someone on the phone and told him they ran into the group he was talking about, should they kill them. He hangs up and says to Naki, "we got what we came for, so let's go." He then leaves carrying the unconscious Taguchi on his shoulders.

He confronts Kaneki for a second time in Kanou's lab with their fight being seemingly more even this time. Kaneki notes that however, Shachi shouldn't be that weak and is holding back against him. Kaneki then proceeds to thrash around Shachi enraged, as he believes himself to be underestimated; just before he tries to eat Shachi though, he is caught by Shachi who then deals him a heavy damage and reveals himself to be relatively unscathed. The previous attack brings the two ghouls to Kanou's inner laboratory where the doctor laid waiting for Kaneki. Shachi then stands by while Kanou attempts to persuade Kaneki to join him. When Yomo arrives to rescue Rize, Shachi secretly thanks his old friend. Shachi incapacitated Kaneki when the latter tried to kill Kanou and tells him to know his powerlessness before fleeing with Kanou, much to Kaneki's dismay. He later joins Eto and Kanou in the doctor's lab as they observe the battle between Kaneki and Amon.

Post-Owl Suppression Operation
Shachi stands on a rooftop checking his phone. For a while, he continued to be affiliated with Aogiri and apparently influenced Ayato Kirishima.

At some unknown time, he visited Nishiki and Yomo who had been taking care of Rize per his agreement with Yoshimura. Shachi told them that since Yoshimura's capture by his daughter, he cannot be saved, and urged them to be rid of Rize as keeping her would be too dangerous for them. As he left, Nishiki asked him why he still cared for her. Shachi remarked that it was a stupid question and stated that it is his duty as a parent.

Post-Rose Extermination
Months after the Tsukiyama Operation, Shachi is pursued by the CCG's Reaper Kishou Arima and two other investigators, who is moving under direct orders of V to exterminate him. As Arima comes forward to him, he crushes a bridge connecting him and the squad. He quickly fends off two of the squad's members, while noticing that Arima has a strange pause in between his strikes, noting that the cause of this might be the bad eyesight. As two other investigators ambush him, he quickly defeats them, leaving Arima as the only threat. Realizing that Arima's weakness was his "blind spot", he tries to attack the investigator from said blind spot. However, the investigator dodges the attack and counters quickly by stabbing his left eye and piercing his throat with Narukami, before shooting Shachi point-blank with its concentrated RC cells. Heavily injured, Shachi coughs up blood and falls to the floor, commending the investigator on his fighting ability despite having "such eyes", before calling for Rize to run.

Rize Kamishiro
Rize is Shachi's foster daughter, he discovered her at a young age after she had escaped from V. He took her in and taught her how to read and the value of independence, after some time he allowed her to use the name Kamishiro. As she got older, Rize became more and more rebellious and brushed off Shachi's warnings about binge eating. Eventually her habits attracted the CCG's attention to the 6th Ward, which resulted in Shachi's capture, and caused him to get sent to Cochlea. But despite Rize's past indiscretions he still cared for her deeply, and risked his life to protect her by fending off V.

Ken Kaneki
When they first met they exchanged clashes with each other that resulted in Shachi winning. He tells the half-ghoul that he is too naive and that it is through both training as a ghoul and a human (in the martial arts) that he was able to become as strong as he is now.

Yoshimura
Shachi presumably knows Yoshimura well, as he refers to him as an old friend. He trusts Yoshimura to take care of Rize.

Ayato Kirishima
While the two were never shown interacting in the main series, an omake features Ayato asking Shachi how he got so strong. Tatara implies that Shachi may have become a mentor to the younger Ghoul at some point, criticizing his influence on Ayato.

Power and Abilities
Shachi is one of the most powerful ghouls known to the CCG, as his strength was deemed to be greater than Noro's by Shinji Michibata. Furthermore, he was able to defeat Ken Kaneki, an SS-rated ghoul, twice without much difficulty.

Ghoul Physiology: Having been born a ghoul, Matasaka possessed enhanced physical capabilities along with a Bikaku kagune.
 * Bikaku Kagune:  It resembles the tail of an Orca. It is much larger than the average Bikaku however, and being that these are such a balanced Kagune, this only makes it all the more deadly and powerful.
 * Superhuman Strength: During his first fight with Kaneki, Matasaka could easily crush the ground around him with one foot. In Kanou's lab, Shachi slammed Kaneki through one floor of the lab with little effort. As he was getting approached by Arima, Shachi obliterated a bridge with one swing of his arm.
 * Superhuman Agility: When fighting Kaneki, Shachi could blitz and punch the latter in the stomach. When being attacked by Arima, Shachi could efficiently dodge a flurry of attacks from him.
 * Superhuman Durability: When in the underground lab, Shachi could still fight and beat Kaneki after having been slammed through a wall and get cut multiple times by his kagune.
 * Superhuman Regeneration: Matasaka could easily recover from his wounds in the matter of seconds when fighting Kaneki for the second time.

Master Hand-to-Hand Combat: Knows many different styles of Martial Arts, having most likely mastered and refined them through the amount of damage he can do with a mere punch or kick.

Trivia

 * In Tokyo Ghoul Trump, he is featured as the "King of Spades".
 * When commenting about him, Ishida has just described him as that guy who kicked Kaneki's butt.

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