Kuramoto Itou

Kuramoto Itou (伊東 倉元, Itō Kuramoto) is a First Class Ghoul Investigator and the leader of his squad.

Appearance
Kuramoto is a young man with shaggy, light-colored hair. He wears the dark suit typical of an Investigator, and seems to always be smiling with his eyes closed. This gives him a mischievous quality.

Personality
Kuramoto comes across as a light-hearted and friendly individual, always smiling and making playful comments. He offers encouragement and information to Haise Sasaki, and chides his teammates for their attitudes. However, there are hints that his friendly demeanor may not be entirely genuine -- he follows up chiding his comrades by criticizing the decision to use One-Eyed Ghouls as Investigators and calls them "scary". After the Auction mission he has abandoned any misgivings and is friends with the Quinx.

Anteiku Raid
Kuramoto participates during the Anteiku raid operation as a member of the squad 3, he engages in the battle against Black Dog, and finally managed to defeat her, though she broke his Quinque in the process. However, Ken Kaneki appears to save Irimi, temporarily subduing Kuramoto and his squad, breaking a spare Quinque lent to him by Ayumu Hogi. He later regroups with the other squads and engages Eto in combat before standing back to watch Arima fight the Owl.

Torso Investigation
After the Shimoguchi, Mado, and Hirako squads finish their meeting, Kuramoto follows Haise and greets him, telling Haise that unlike Shimoguchi, he believes in sharing information with other investigators and talks about the ghoul named Serpent; who is recently hunting fellow ghouls.

Auction
He participates during the operation under Hirako's leadership, and confronts against the Clowns.

Rosewald Investigation
Kuramoto is promoted to a First Class Investigator. He is given leadership of the Hirako Squad, now Itou Squad, as Hirako is assigned to as Arima's assistant. He shows concern for his former superior and is unsure about his position as leader. Kuramoto was one of the voters in favor for Sasaki's Operation Mask and later worked with Koori Ui in tracking down suspected Aogiri ghouls in the 18th Ward. He and his squad participate in the Tsukiyama Family Extermination Operation and eventually teams up with the Quinx Squad to fight Noro. During the fight, he's left severely wounded with a rib portruding the left side of his chest. He goes on to tell Michibata to leave him behind, to which Michibata ignores and patches him up.

In the aftermath of the battle against Noro, Itou is seen silently looking at Michibata's covered corpse, ignoring the new investigators on the scene.

Take Hirako
Hirako was Itou's previous superior in the Hirako Squad. Having formed a long time relationship, Itou is constantly concerned with Hirako's well being.

Haise Sasaki and The Quinx Squad
Itou being the first from his squad to openly treat Sasaki and the Quinx kindly, they quickly formed a friendship. Although he initially thinks they are a little scary, he develops a more positive relationship and occasionally hang out in their free time.

Power and Abilities
As a First Class investigator and the leader of his squad, Kuramoto is proficient in combat. He has been shown to be able to hold his own against Roma Hoito, a ghoul with eight tentacles, for a short period of time. His personal quinque, Senza, is shown to be a spear which he wields with proficency. During the Anteiku raid, he borrowed one of Ayumu Hogi's quinque swords against The Black Dobers.

Trivia

 * His default expression, smiling widely with closed eyes, is known as "Kitsune no me" (Fox Eyes). This expression is used in Japanese media for characters that are tricksters.
 * In Tokyo Ghoul Trump, he's featured as the "Seven of Diamonds" along with Takeomi Kuroiwa.