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 or Daughter in CCG's files. The CCG currently holds insufficient information about Hinami, and therefore has not succeeded in eliminating her.

She shares strong pseudo-sibling relationships with both Kaneki and Touka.

She later joined Kaneki's group of ghouls.

After the timeskip, she has become a member of Aogiri Tree. While her primary duties concern information gathering, she also serves as a strategist and commander when necessary. She became known there under the alias Yotsume (ヨツメ, Yotsume).

Appearance
A young girl with a strong resemblance to her late mother, Hinami has short straight brown hair, brown eyes, and often wears a hairband decorated with two four-leaf clovers, a common motif for her.

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

After the timeskip, Hinami has grown into a beautiful young woman, with her hair arranged into a bob cut 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
Hinami is a shy, childish 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. She also has a very pacifistic nature, having no intention to avenge her mother and father despite loving them so much. Hinami slowly got over the deaths of her parents as the series progressed, developing into a very cheerful character.

After the timeskip, however, 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, recieving food. Her mother told Hinami to greet Ken Kaneki, the new worker, and she did so shyly, confused by Kaneki's unique half-ghoul scent.

Later, Hinami was eating her food in a room in Anteiku's second floor when Kaneki suddenly entered the room without knocking. After apologizing properly, he explained his half-ghoul status to her. Kaneki noticed that Hinami was reading of Sen Takatsuki's books and, remembering that she was unable to attend school, taught her some of the more complicated vocabulary in the novel. 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 from the bookstore, four ghoul investigators including Koutarou Amon, Kureo Mado, Yasunori Nakajima and Ippei Kusaba lured the two into an alley to annihilate them. Ryouko told her daughter to run while she held the attackers back. During her frantic escape, Hinami ran into Kaneki and begged for his help, but only returned in time to witness her mother being killed by Mado. When reading a newspaper detailing Kusaba's death, Hinami realized that Touka had killed the investigator as revenge and decided to run away.Touka found her in a distrauught state and comforted her, only to be interrupted by the appearance of Mado. Hinami helplessly watched her sister figure battle and slowly lose against the investigator, eventually releasing her own kagune and rendering Mado helpless. As Hinami cried over the loss of her parents, a weak and injured Touka finished off Mado. Renji Yomo and Kaneki rushed to Hinami's and Touka's whereabouts and accompanied them back to Anteiku. During their walk back, Hinami asked if it was right for her to live and Kaneki answered that he believed it to be Ryouko's will.

Later on, as Kaneki went to Touka's apartment to pay Hinami a visit, he was surprised by Hinami's new, unprofessional haircut and gave her another book to read in her free time.

Gourmet Arc
Hinami made an appearance after Kaneki returned from Tsukiyama's trap at the Ghoul Restaurant. She had brought the injured cockatiel Loser to Anteiku, eliciting a fearful reaction from Touka. She listened to Yoshimura's speech to Kaneki about the ghouls who killed their emotions and forgot the value of life.

Aogiri Arc
Hinami joined the others from Anteiku in rescuing Kaneki. With the Yoshimura and Irimi information collecting team, she was the one to determine Kaneki's location using scent.

Raid of Kanou's Lab
Although Hinami does not physically appear in this arc, she is mentioned several times. 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 himself 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".

Nutcracker Investigation
She is next seen analyzing the audio recordings obtained from various informants, while Karao Saeki watches in amazement. In a room filled with computers and speakers, she listens to all of the recordings at the same time to pick out important pieces of information. When she finishes, she greets Ayato and informs him that the Doves are also concerned about the "floppies". He tells her of his next assignment, acting as a bodyguard to Big Madam and asks her to come to the Auction as his "ears".

Auction
During the beginning of the ghoul auction, Hinami mentions that she senses something off. Her sense of unease proves to be true, as the building is quickly surrounded by Investigators while Juuzou Suzuya begins attacking from the stage. While Ayato goes to rescue Big Madam and fight Suzuya, Hinami tells Karao to follow her and flees towards the exit. Miza contacts her to warn that Naki has gone out of control, and apologizes for being unable to secure them an escape route yet.

Hinami gathers numerous Ghouls on the roof of the building, taking command while the other Executives are busy fighting. She orders most of their forces to retreat and regroup, but is brought up short when someone mentions the "Spine User" is fighting with Naki. Regaining her composure, she orders reinforcements to head to Naki and Miza's position.

She is next seen making her way to Naki's position when the Investigators begin to get the upper hand but one of her subordinates convinces her to stay since there would be no one left to take command if she left. She once again asks Miza and Ayato to retreat saying that the Investigators that were dealing with Miza are heading towards Ayato and Naki. Hinami appears visually disturbed when she hears Sasaki's agonized screams on the building's PA system, seemingly recognizing his voice, proceeding to rescue him from Seidou.

Hinami resolves to protect Sasaki even if he no longer remembers her and says that she won't let him fight alone anymore. She then proceeds to fight Seidou in order to protect Sasaki. Hinami initially has the advantage as she uses her new abilities to wound Takizawa, cutting off his hand. However once her opponent activates his Kakuja, Hinami finds herself overwhelmed but is still determined to protect Sasaki.

Sasaki regains conciousness and asks Hinami to leave, telling her that he is no longer the person she once knew, and that even though he has Ken Kaneki's body, he is still Haise Sasaki, but he says that Kaneki must have been a great person for Hinami to remember him like this. Hinami reaches out to him and calls him "Big brother" while mentally begging him not to fight. After hearing Saiko beg Sasaki not to leave, Hinami retracts her hand seeing that Sasaki isn't just Kaneki's vessel and that even without any memories the person before her, Haise Sasaki, is her big brother Ken Kaneki.

Her injuries and fatigue leave her at the mercy of Arima and Squad 0, who arrive with the reinforcements. She is saved by Haise however who lies and claims that he cornered Hinami and asks for rights over her, which Arima grants.

Rosewald Investigation
Since the events of the Auction, she has been imprisoned in Cochlea. Akira and Sasaki discuss the situation with her, and how she has proven a valuable informant. Sasaki notes that the subject makes Akira tense, since Hinami was involved in the death of Kureo Mado. Akira warns Sasaki about the period of ownership rights, something that leaves him troubled.

During her imprisonment, Ayato attempts to get permission to rescue her and is turned down by Tatara. After the meeting, he recalls how he first met Hinami, when Eto brought her to the organization. She was confronted by him because of her crying, but recognized him as Touka's younger brother. Their similar expressions cheered her up, prompting the beginning of a friendship.

Some time later, Sasaki pays a visit to Hinami in prison and brings her several books. She thanks him and refers to him as "Big brother", which bothers him. He insists that he is a different person from Kaneki, something Hinami admits may be true. Even so, she states his way of worrying about things and bringing her books to cheer her up are the same. She tells him that she, and the many others that loved Kaneki, are all probably feeling the same confusion.

As he departs for the day, Sasaki remains troubled by his growing attachment to Hinami and how this conflicts with his duties.

Her Mother and Father
Hinami had loving relationships with both her parents, and missed them dearly after their deaths. Her mother Ryouko taught her to live in the human world and educated her in literacy. After Hinami was orphaned, she confined herself in sorrow for days, but decided to live on in respect to her mother's last wish.

Touka Kirishima
Hinami sees her as an elder sister and loves her, willing fight back against whoever harms Touka despite her own pacifistic nature. In return, Touka is fiercely protective of Hinami. After the death of her parents, Hinami lived with Touka until she joined Kaneki's group of ghouls.

Ken Kaneki
After the two bonded over reading, Hinami and Kaneki quickly developed a close sibling-like relationship. In later chapters, she expresses worry to both Tsukiyama and Takatsuki Sen over his sad and stoic demeanor, desiring his happiness. She is one of the few able to make Kaneki genuinely smile after his torture at the hands of Aogiri. Even years after Kaneki's disappearance, Hinami still thinks of and misses him. During the Auction raid, she is shown to still care for him deeply and broke from her position to rescue him from Takizawa. She has come to the conclusion that Sasaki isn't just an empty, former vessel of Kaneki, but that Sasaki and Kaneki are one and the same.

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 against her curfew and conspires with her to make Kaneki feel better, Hinami begins to trust and enjoy his company. When encountering Nishiki and Touka, she defends Tsukiyama against their accusations. 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 despite their advanced level. When the two meet in person, there is an immediate connection between them. Takatsuki later seeks her out, and offers her advice and assistance in the future. Hinami was unaware of her new friend's true identity as the "one-eyed owl" Eto, but during and after the timeskip both serve as members of Aogiri.

Kazuichi Banjou
Banjou is one of Hinami's caretakers and companions in Kaneki's group, and she enjoys his company. The two watch horror movies together, even though he is easily frightened.

Ayato Kirishima
The two work closely together as members of Aogiri, and seem to have a comfortable relationship. When she is captured by Squad 0, he has to be physically restrained to keep from going back for her and is deeply upset. After her capture, he challenges Tatara over the issue of rescuing her. It seems that when she had trouble adjusting to the group, his familiarity as Touka's brother gave her comfort.

Karao Saeki
She has acted as his primary contact for Aogiri, delivering messages to him and retrieving the data he prepared for them. They seem to be comfortable with each other, and after he officially joins the organization, he seems to spend time in her company. Saeki is in awe of her unique abilities and admires her.

Naki
They seem to get along well, and she expresses concern for his well being during the Auction Raid. Naki also voted for a rescue to save her when she was caught by the CCG.

Seidou Takizawa
She seems to fear him, and for good reason. While he refers to her as a comrade and speaks to her with a (mockingly) affectionate tone, she opposes him to protect Sasaki and is seriously wounded in battle against him.

Powers and Abilities
Even as a young child, Hinami is stronger than ordinary ghouls. Typically, ghouls are born with only one kagune type, but Hinami inherited both a koukaku kagune from her mother and a rinkaku kagune from her father, granting her incredible fighting potential. Hinami also has a great sense of smell that can detect enemies even in heavy rain. She could sense the difference in Kaneki's smell upon their first meeting, while others might initially assume him to be a normal ghoul. Her sense of hearing is also extremely sensitive, being able to eavesdrop inside a building from outside.

After the three year timeskip, Hinami has significant improvements in her fighting abilities, to the point where she could overpower Takizawa, who is labelled as an SS~ rated ghoul, earning Takizawa's praise. After complimenting her strength, he is forced to use his kakuja to deal with her.


 * Rinkaku Kagune: This kagune takes the shape of two flexible red-and-yellow spines, and has a longer range. It is especially suited for high-speed combat and has a sharp cut. During Tokyo Ghoul:re, Hinami has shown to be able to create four spiked rinkaku limbs. Whether or not she can employ her koukaku while using the improved rinkaku has yet to be seen.


 * Koukaku Kagune: This kagune resembles two flower petals that act as shields. They are strong enough to grab and lift Kureo Mado several yards.

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.
 * In Tokyo Ghoul √A, she is briefly shown wearing her mask after receiving it from Uta.
 * In :re, during the auction, Hinami is shown wearing a metal visor over her eyes.
 * Hinami gets embarrassed when people watch her eat.
 * Hinami loves her parents, studying, and Touka.
 * Hinami is interested in Sen Takatsuki's works, human society, and Ken Kaneki.
 * Her Kagune resemble the wings of a Butterfly, an animal associated with Death and Rebirth.
 * She is associated with the Tarot Cards II. The High Priestess and VIII. Strength.
 * The members of Aogiri refer to her as "Yotsume", in reference to the Japanese crest. It symbolizes Vigilance, Good Fortune, and protection from evil spirits as well as something that appears weak but possesses great hidden strength.
 * She is the first ghoul shown to possess a dual kagune.
 * She has half the kagune of her mother (two wings instead of four), but quadruple the kagune of her father (four spines instead of one.)
 * In Tokyo Ghoul Trump, she's featured as the "Ten of Hearts".

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?”
 * To Banjou (about Kaneki): "I can't do anything, but I can keep someone company. So I want to be together with onii-chan in place of onee-chan, because onii-chan seems so lonely."
 * To Herself: "He's not a vessel or anything. Even without any memories... Haise Sasaki (this person) ... is Ken Kaneki (my big brother)."