Hinami Fueguchi

Hinami Fueguchi (笛口 雛実, Fueguchi Hinami) is a ghoul child whose parents were killed by ghoul investigators. She is known as subject number 745 in CCG's files. The CCG currently holds insufficient information about Hinami, and therefore has not succeeded in eliminating her.

She shares strong bonds with both Kaneki and Touka.

Afterwards, she joined Kaneki's group of ghouls.

After the timeskip, she becomes affiliated with Aogiri Tree.

Appearance
A young girl with resemblance to her late mother. She has short straight brown hair and brown eyes. She wears a hairband that is decorated with two four-leaf clovers. The four-leaf clover is a characteristic trait of hers.

She was identified as the 'daughter ghoul' when she was wearing her butterfly dress and coat. Now she is currently wearing disguises to move around the 20th ward.

After the timeskip, Hinami's hair is now arranged into a bobcut with her fringe parted towards the right side of her face. She first appears in the opening montage wearing a long, black, hooded cloak. Later on, she wears a plain white shirt, along with a dark-colored long skirt.

Personality
She is a shy girl with a very gentle heart. She is also eager for knowledge and fond of reading in order to learn. She cares deeply for Touka and Kaneki, constantly expressing sadness and worry for the two's unhappiness.

After the timeskip, Hinami's demeanor has become much more calm, collected and somewhat distant. Her experiences since Kaneki's disappearance and the CCG's new agenda has caused her to lose much of her previous cheerful stance, and instead take on a jaded, realistic outlook on life. Since joining Aogiri Tree, Hinami's persona has become more solidified, for she is no longer terrified of smelling or seeing death, as shown through her interactions with Torso and Ayato.

Doves' Emergence
Hinami appeared first with her mother, Ryouko Fueguchi, in Anteiku to receive human meat for being unable to hunt. Her mother saw Ken Kaneki, the new worker, and told Hinami to greet him, and so she did shyly. She was a little confused with Kaneki's smell at that moment. Another day, Hinami was eating meat in a room in Anteiku's second floor, as Kaneki suddenly entered the room without knocking the door. After Kaneki apologized properly, he ended up telling Hinami his case of being a former human. Kaneki noticed that she had one of Sen Takatsuki's books and so the two started talking about words. Before she went back with her mother she thanked him and told him to teach her more next time. While Hinami and her mother were walking back, the four ghoul investigators Koutarou Amon, Kureo Mado, Yasunori Nakajima and Ippei Kusaba appeared to annihilate the two. The mother told her daughter to run while she would hold them back. During her escape, Hinami ran into Kaneki and asked for help, but it was too late and the mother was killed by Mado. Later, Hinami received a newspaper that contained Kusaba's death. She realized that Touka had killed the investigator and decided to run away. After Touka had found Hinami holding her mother's hand, Mado appeared and attacked both Touka and Hinami. Mado was killed at the end by Touka. Renji Yomo and Kaneki rushed to Hinami's and Touka's whereabouts and they prepared to go back to Anteiku. While they were walking back, Hinami asked if it was right for her to live and Kaneki answered that he believed Hinami's mother told her to live.

Later on, as Kaneki went to Touka's home to pay Hinami a visit, he was surprised by Hinami's new and bad haircut. Kaneki gave Hinami a book and told her to try reading it in her free time.

Gourmet Arc
Hinami appeared once after Kaneki made it back alive from the Ghoul Restaurant and Shuu Tsukiyama's trap. She brought the injured cockatiel Loser to Anteiku because of Touka's fear of birds. She listened to Yoshimura's speech to Kaneki about the ghouls who killed their emotions and forgot the value of life.

Aogiri Arc
She participated with the others from Anteiku in the operation of rescuing Kaneki. Specifically, with Yoshimura and Irimi information collecting team, and she was the one to determine Kaneki's location.

Raid of Kanou's Lab
While Hinami has no role in this arc, she is mentioned several times. Here both Banjou and Kaneki mention that she has an excellent sense of smell, and could have been able to find Kanou much faster than them.

Anteiku Raid
In order to cheer up Kaneki, she goes with him to a book signing event. The pair meet and befriend author Sen Takatsuki, who takes an immediate liking to Hinami.

On a later date, she secretly goes on an outing with Tsukiyama. At a coffee shop, they discuss their concerns over Kaneki's mood and behavior, agreeing to do what they can to help him. When he excuses him to use the restroom, Takatsuki approaches Hinami and offers to give her advice about her worries. She is initially hesitant, but finally discusses her concerns about Kaneki and is surprised when the author tells her there's nothing she can do. Takatsuki excuses herself, and offers Hinami her business card should she ever need more advice or help.

Afterwards, Hinami and Tsukiyama ran into Touka and Nishiki, sparking a brief confrontation. She defuses it by defending Tsukiyama, and the two groups part ways.

When Kaneki resolves to disband his group, she wholeheartedly supports his decision to return to Anteiku.

She is next glimpsed in the aftermath of the raid on Anteiku, traveling through an alleyway with Banjou and his companions. She wears a downcast expression, and is seen staring at Takatsuki's business card.

Torso Investigation
Hinami briefly appears in the opening montage, speaking to Ayato.

Some time later, she hails a taxi and instructs the driver to just continue on straight. She then greets the driver as Torso and advises him that she has a message from "The Tree". She warns him that CCG is pursuing him, and that Aogiri Tree is concerned he might reveal information if captured. They briefly discuss the rumors about the Quinx Squad, and she warns him that his vehicle "smells" and it might give him away. She also requests "the usual" from him, and they exchange a flash drive. Afterwards, she leans against the window and thinks how the Qs are like her "brother".

Her Mother and Father
She loves her mother and father the most. She missed her father after his death. Her mother took on the task to teach her how to live in the human world and educated her in reading. When her mother finally also died, she confined herself in sorrow for days, but decided to live on since it was her mother's last wish.

Touka Kirishima
She sees her like an elder sister and loves her. She would fight back against whoever harms Touka. The two of them have a close relationship. Touka also is protective towards Hinami. After the death of her parents, Hinami lived with Touka until she joined Kaneki's group of ghouls.

Ken Kaneki
He is an older brother figure for her. She cares very deeply for him, in later chapters having expressed worry and sadness over his own sadness, desiring for him to be happy. She is also one of the few to have been able to see Kaneki genuinely smile. Even after Kaneki's disappearance, Hinami still think of him.

Shuu Tsukiyama
When Tsukiyama joins Kaneki's group, Hinami is wary of him at first, aware of his past attempts to eat Kaneki. However, when he takes her outside despite her curfew and asks her about what they should do to make Kaneki feel better, Hinami begins to trust him more. When Nishiki and Touka meet them outside, she defends Tsukiyama when they try to warn her about him, accusing him of having bad intentions. Because of the flowers he regularly brings to the group's hideout, she affectionately refers to him as "flower man".

Sen Takatsuki
She has long been a fan of Takatsuki's works, enjoying them even though she found them difficult to read. When they meet in person, there is an immediate connection between them. Takatsuki later seeks her out, and acts as a surrogate older sister, offering her advice and assistance in the future. She remained unaware of her new friend's true nature, but in the years between the series both are members of Aogiri.

Powers and Abilities
Even as a young child, Hinami is stronger than ordinary ghouls. Typically, ghouls only inherit the Kagune from one parent, but Hinami inherited both the Koukaku Kagune from her mother and the Rinkaku Kagune from her father. With the Koukaku on her shoulder blades and the Rinkaku emerging from the waist, she has surpassed her parents to be strong enough to fend for herself.


 * Rinkaku Kagune: It takes the shape of two spines where each spine individally was tied together, and this kagune has a long range. It is especially suited for high-speed combat and has a sharp cut.


 * Koukaku Kagune: It resembles two flower petals that act as shields.

She has a great sense of smell that can detect enemies even in heavy rain. She could tell that there is something off with Kaneki's smell, while average ghouls might consider him a normal ghoul at first. Her sense of hearing is also great, being able to overhear inside a building that it makes sounds hard to get out. However, she is still a pacifist ghoul which also could be her weakness.

Trivia

 * In Tokyo Ghoul manga and anime, she was never shown wearing a mask. The artbook Zakki includes a designs for it, revealing it to be identical to her pet bird.
 * Hinami is embarrassed when people watch her eat.
 * Hinami was ranked 7th in the character popularity poll.
 * Hinami likes her parents, studying and Touka.
 * Hinami is interested in Sen Takatsuki's works, human society and Ken Kaneki.
 * Her Kagune resembles butterfly wings.

Quotes

 * To Touka (about Mado’s defeat): “I can’t…do more than this. I don’t care about getting revenge or not…I…was just sad.”


 * To Touka: "Is it wrong for ghouls to live?”