Thread:Semek/@comment-24494906-20140405173421/@comment-24494906-20140406144824

I see that it's written there. It's not written in the Japanese wikipedia. I also can't remember that it was ever stated in the manga. Sadly, the age is never mentioned in character profiles, too.

Even in the Chinese wikipedia, the source is suspicious. The age was added by the edit of a random IP, and it was that IP's only edit on the Tokyo Ghoul page...

In Japan, second-year high school students are typically 16 when the school year starts in April (this may be the way the editor came to the conclusion she is 16). Touka's birthday is in July, so she should rather be 17 at series start...