Rio (game)

Rio  (凛央, Rio) is the protagonist of the game Tokyo Ghoul: Jail.

Appearance
Rio appears as a young teen with light green hair and pale red eyes, dressed in a purple coat with a neon green interior, white and gray striped shorts, a gray shirt, and knee-high boots.

The mask Rio wears depends on the RC type chosen by the player, providing him with four optional masks. Each one seemed to be suited to his Kagune. If he is an Ukaku, his mask has an insect motif to it, consisting of a visor with horns. If an Koukaku, his mask is a red helmet, that covers the upper half of his face with three slits. If a Bikaku, he will wear a gas mask with green highlights and a strap that goes over his head. If Rio is a Rinkaku, his mask covers his entire face, being slightly demonic in shape with narrowed black slits and exaggerated teeth with a dark green jaw.

Personality
In Tokyo Ghoul: Jail, Rio's personality before the 'Jail' incident of being imprisoned is unknown, as he has seemingly changed greatly from both his time in Cochlea and Anteiku, casting aside any of his own personal needs, now only focusing on working to find out who 'Jail' is and why he was imprisoned instead of Jail.

A part of Rio's personality that remains is that he cares deeply for his unseen 'Big Brother' who is thought to be imprisoned in Cochlea by Rio himself. The reason Rio took a liking to Kaneki so quickly was that Rio stated that their personalities 'overlap'.

Tokyo Ghoul: Jail
The Jail incident - the ghoul Jail committed the crime of mass-killing investigators. But there were few eye witnesses, and no one knew his true appearance.

As one of the suspects of the Jail incident, Rio was falsely charged with the crime and imprisoned in Cochlea.

During the 11th Ward Battle, Aogiri attacked Cochlea and Rio took advantage of the commotion and broke out of Cochlea. Worn out, he wandered the town and was given a warm welcome at Anteiku. He began searching for clues on Jail who was the cause for his imprisonment.

After having caught hold of some information on Jail, Rio approaches the ward that he believed to be Jail's turf. There, he encounters Kaneki, who is eating powerful ghouls and seeking to become stronger. Since they share the goal of chasing Jail, they decide to act together.

Ken Kaneki
Rio first encounters Kaneki while he is pursuing a lead on the mysterious Ghoul known as "Jail". As it happens, Kaneki is also pursuing Jail as well, which leads the two to cooperate in order to pursue the Ghoul. Rio also meets the cast of Anteiku through Kaneki. Kaneki reminds Rio of his big brother.

Yoshimura
As the leader of Anteiku Yoshimura was the first to welcome Rio with open arms.

Touka Kirishima
He holds respect for Touka as a co-worker at Anteiku and is somewhat shy around her. Later on it's revealed that he has a crush on her. However, if the option to confess his feelings is chosen she politely turns Rio down, which leaves him heartbroken.

Jail
The mysterious ghoul whose actions caused Rio to be falsely accused of his crimes and arrested. Rio searches the wards for information on Jail.

Rio's elder brother
Rio suspects that he also might have been incarcerated in Cochlea. Rio wants to save him.

Powers and Abilities
An unique mechanism of the game allows Rio's Rc type to be determined by the player. As such, he has four potential kagune, each one with a V2 and V3 version as the player upgrades it during gameplay, and it is unknown at this time which is the default.

Trivia

 * Rio's Rinkaku mask appears in Chapter 38 of Tokyo Ghoul:re, when the Quinx visit Uta's shop.
 * Shuu Tsukiyama calls him "Little Rio".
 * According to Rio's profile, he likes his brother, stripe patterns, and Anteiku's coffee.

Quotes

 * "To me, I could see that Kaneki-san’s form and my brother’s form overlap."