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Nimura Furuta (旧多 二福, Furuta Nimura) is a Rank 1 Ghoul Investigator and the former partner of Shiki Kijima. After the death of his partner, he is reassigned as a subordinate of Haise Sasaki.

While seemingly an unremarkable investigator, he is actually an alumni from the Sunlit Garden and an agent of V. To uncover the identity of the One-Eyed King, he infiltrated the Clowns under the name Souta (宗太, Sōta) and joined the Ghoul Restaurant as a clown under the alias PG. Furthermore, he collaborated as Souta with Akihiro Kanou, collecting experimental subjects for Kanou's ghoulificiation experiments and disclosing the route of the transport vehicle carrying the corpse of a Qs to Kanou.

Appearance
Furuta is fairly tall and has dark, medium-length black hair that is parted on his right. A mole lies near the bottom right corner of his right eye. He wears a black overcoat on top of his suit with a bow tie, like Kijima does. He occasionally wears a trench coat like the other investigators do.

As the clown Souta, he always hides his face by wearing his clown mask.

Personality
To others, Furuta is a normal and quiet investigator who appears to respect his boss. It is however revealed that he has a dark side when he casually uses a fellow investigator as a human shield. He is manipulative, and doesn't hold any respect for fellow investigators. He is also shown to be cold and sadistic, mocking an investigator who had witnessed his rampage, and despite tearfully begging for his life, brutally kills him with more force than necessary.

He also has a childish side of him when making jokes on his superior and spinning on the chair.

Prologue
He orchestrated the steel bar accident, gravely injuring both Rize Kamishiro and Ken Kaneki. Heavily injured, they were transported to Kanou's hospital, where Rize's kakuhou was translated into Kaneki's body.

Gourmet Arc
As Souta, he lured Ami to the restaurant by pretending to be in a relationship with her and promising to marry her. In reality, he offered her as food, as one of the three courses of the meal, to all members of the restaurant.

Aogiri Arc
After the invasion of the Aogiri hideout, Furuta accompanied Nico under the identity of Souta and asked him if the One-Eyed King really did exist. However, Nico denied the King's existence, then whispered more details into his ear. He later complained about Nico ignoring him but was happy with Nico's last decision to be more active with him and the other clowns.

Prelude to Anteiku Raid
When Touka Kirishima was visiting Kamii University, she mistook Furuta for Ken Kaneki.

Anteiku Raid Arc
After Kaneki's defeat by Arima, Kaneki recalls his last moments before the steel beams fell on Rize. He remembers Souta standing above them holding a peace sign before fading out of consciousness. Rize's last words to Souta were "why...are...you...". After the raid, he was celebrating along with the other Clowns.

Rosewald Investigation
Furuta acted as a drunk businessman loitering around possible Rose hunting grounds, complaining about his superior. He then successfully lured a Rose hunting group to attack him, falling into the CCG's ambush.

Tsukiyama Family Extermination Operation
He later joins in the assault on Lunar Eclipse, and was seen on standby when Kijima and Hairu fought Matsumae and other Tsukiyama servants. When Kijima's quinque dug into its owner's head, Furuta looked at the scene with horror. He then contacts Ui to inquire about when the reinforcement will arrive, and proceeds to use a fellow investigator as a human shield against Matsumae. When asked what he was doing, Furuta calmly replies "standing back behind him" and proceeds to destroy Matsumae's eyes barehanded before stepping over Kijima's body to kill Matsumae with Kijima's quinque, saying "I'm sorry, Mr. MM."

Some time later, Koori Ui and his squad arrive to discover a scene of carnage. Furuta is discovered collapsed against a pillar appearing to be badly beaten, as the only survivor of the battle. He reports that two of Tsukiyama's bodyguards managed to kill everyone, but Furuta actually tore Matsumae's kagune free and used it to kill the other surviving investigator to cover his tracks. While a vehicle is called to transport the bodies, he appears to break down in tears over the death of his partner, but it is revealed to actually be laughing.

After the battle is over and the CCG transports the bodies of the killed investigators, several members of Aogiri Tree attacked the transport vehicles and stole Shirazu's corpse. Furuta watches the scene, holding his smartphone in his hands, while smiling and singing Donna Donna. It is implied that he is the perpetrator who revealed the transport routes to Aogiri.

Post-Tsukiyama Operation
Six months after the Tsukiyama Operation, he is currently partnered with Haise Sasaki, who he accompanies in visiting Shunji Shiono, Sen Takatsuki's editor. After Sasaki interrogated Shiono, Sasaki tells him via phone that the interrogation hasn't produced results yet. In turn, Furuta reports that they still need time to search Takatsuki's room. Sasaki instructs Furuta to continue searching the room, and expresses his trust in Furuta's abilities since Kijima told him that Furuta is quite talented with arranging documents, to which Furuta retorts that it's the only thing he's good at. Haise then orders him to play the "good cop" with Shiono. Some time later, he is seen offering katsudon to the suspect.

After investigating Takatsuki's room he reports to Sasaki that he found nothing of interest and tried to put everything back as best he could. Furuta is concerned about investigating a private residence without a warrant, but Sasaki says he doesn't care about the consequences so long as he gets results. Furuta laughs and teases him for being a subpar employee. He brings up the Quinx Squad hearing that they've been doing well. Furuta briefly informs Sasaki of the status of each Quinx, but Sasaki shows little interest in the new members.

Rushima Invasion
At some later point in time, he is approached by Kishou Arima and informed that V has summoned them.

Answering the summon, Arima and Furuta are greeted by Kaiko in a massive chamber that appears to belong to the organization. Kaiko questions them whether they believe that Takatsuki is the One-Eyed King. Furuta gives a flippant response and is chided for his lack of manners, mentally noting that Kaiko's manners aren't any better. The two men are given orders by their apparent superior, with Arima assigned to take care of "that" related to Rize while Furuta continues to observe Kaneki and Eto for the organization.

Furuta speaks with Sasaki about the fiasco Eto started at the press conference. The response to Eto revealing that she's a ghoul and CCG having taken her into custody is big enough that they're overwhelmed with phone calls giving various opinions. He then asks Sasaki if he's had a chance to read her new novel, King Bileygr. Sasaki gives him a brief explanation of what the book is about; how on the surface it looks like a regular work of fiction. However, Eto had dedicated the book to her comrades and the book takes on a different meaning if one recognizes the clues.

Afterwards, Furuta is seen sitting and conversing with Eto, complimenting her hair and telling her that it suits her, to which she replies with a smile, demanding him silence and calling him "Kanou's Clown". Furuta is amused by Eto's extensive knowledge and flaunts his own about Aogiri. Eto goes over the mischievous things he's done over the years since working for Kanou, like collecting samples for ghoulification experiments, alerting Aogiri to the transport of a Quinx body, and dropping steel beams on people. Eto expresses confusion over how his actions relate to V, but Furuta denies revealing his motives. He diverts the conversation towards Eto's own goals, confused himself about why she wouldn't rather stay on Rushima, but Eto claims that she has nothing left to do. Furuta finds her attitude attractive and begins to flirt, expressing his desire to dominate her until Eto expresses her curiosity about what he wants with her. He wants to know about the One-Eyed King and is willing to make a trade: reveal their identity and Eto would be allowed to live in the VIP rooms of Cochlea until she dies. Furuta talks a bit about his predecessors, about how they've long learned how to control the masses if they divert their attention to a common enemy. As long as they can uphold the status quo, they can get away with whatever they like. However, Eto and the One-Eyed King are irregular enemies and have made things difficult. Eto expresses relief that they don't know anything about the One-Eyed King and Furuta goes over his efforts to uncover information, from sneaking into a Ghoul Salon to joining the Clowns. His efforts where fruitless however as even those in the know knew nothing and even one source claimed the One-Eyed King didn't exist. Eto affirms they indeed exist and is "in their bellies". Furuta tries to enforce that the current sense equilibrium is ideal and that Eto's attempt at revolution would only harbor pain and sadness, but Eto calls out the hypocrisy as ghouls get the short end of the stick. Seeing as Eto didn't provide the information he sought, Furuta ends the meeting and begins to walk away grinning at the prospect of her execution and the spectacle he'll make when it happens. Eto refers to him as "Washuu" and taunts him for not being able address his own father while tossing other insults. Aggravated, Furuta repeatedly tells her to die, but Eto is unfazed.

The event triggers a memory from his youth where he encounters a young Rize and he inquires if she was also "bred", which she affirms. Furuta then mutters to himself that he would punish Eto hard for this. Sasaki comes up to him commenting on his pallor and Furuta quickly tries to compose himself claiming illness before taking his leave.

Some time later, he pays another visit to Eto. He feigns hurt feelings in response to her cold attitude, and reveals that he is there to serve her meal -- made from the corpse of Shunji Shiono. Furuta praises the man's efforts to see Eto's final work published, put confirms that he was killed as punishment for his involvement in releasing King Bileygr. He shows off the pate he had prepared, and slides the container into Eto's cell. Any further interaction is interrupted by alarms going off in the prison, and he rushes off to meet with Warden Shinme Haisaki. Assuming his meek and clumsy persona, Furuta checks on the situation and learns that Sasaki has begun freeing prisoners. He manages to intercept Sasaki and Hinami Fueguchi as they seek to escape through an alternate route, demanding to know what his boss is doing. Furuta takes on a comical demeanor, stating that he is going to miss his "kid boss" and attacking with Rotten Follow. His seemingly-wild swings with the chainsaw miss, but he manages to catch Sasaki's leg before being tossed into a wall. One of his front teeth gets knocked out by the impact, and Furuta rolls around on the ground in an exaggerated fashion before retrieving his tooth. He shoves the tooth back into place, and shoves his thumb towards Sasaki's eyes in a "thumb attack". However, Hinami impales him from behind with her kagune and throws him aside. The two ghouls then exit the area, leaving him for dead.

As Ayato's group proceeds through the compactor in order to escape Cochlea, Furuta reactivates the pressing machine, crushing the ghouls inside while numerous members of V stand behind him. However, the group is ambushed by enraged Eto who obliterates the machines and kills several V members. Furuta observes Eto's gigantic kakuja in fear, while the later states that she will kill him.

Shiki Kijima
Kijima was Furuta's superior and partner. While he was acting drunk, he mentioned that he was annoyed by his boss. He seemed to care for his superior, but this ultimately proved to be false after Kijima's death. Furuta shows an utter lack of regard for his superior, even going so far as to step on his body.

Shuu Tsukiyama
Furuta was associated with him under the alias PG before the destruction of the Ghoul Restaurant.

Haise Sasaki
Furuta's superior. Some time after the Tsukiyama Family Extermination Operation they began working together. Sasaki usually has Furuta handle the more menial work like searching through papers and books and leaves him to organize. He also imposes irregular tasks such as investigating a private residence without permission and suddenly asking Furuta to play "good cop" to a suspect Sasaki had terrified. Furuta directly teases Sasaki for his behavior, but Sasaki isn't bothered and even agrees occasionally.

Kishou Arima
The relationship between them is unclear, however, they're both involved with V. Arima sought Furuta out to inform him that V was calling about Ken Kaneki.

Kaiko
Their relationship is superficially professional, but indications of strain exist. Kaiko berates him for his lack of manners, while Furuta expresses negative sentiments in his thoughts.

Akihiro Kanou
Furuta works with Kanou acting as his body guard, leaking information, and helping him acquire tests subjects. The full extent of their relationship is unknown.

Eto Yoshimura
They have an unfriendly relationship that borders on volatile. Their conversations are laced with insults and Furuta harbors a strong desire to see her die and punished.

Rize Kamishiro
Furuta and Rize knew each other as children. There is currently little known about the nature of their relationship, but Furuta was the one who pushed the steel beams on her.

Nico
They seem to have an easy-going relationship as Nico and Souta has a talk after Aogiri raid and OEK's identity, to which he made fun Nico's appearance and Nico joked in return.

Roma Hoito
As Souta, he enjoys teasing Roma about her feelings towards Kaneki.

Powers and Abilities
Furuta has demonstrated both inhuman speed and strength equal to that of a ghoul, as shown when battling Matsumae. This physical prowess was testified when he managed to defeat Matsumae - who had killed Ihei and Kijima, two senior investigators - by gouging out her eyes with his bare hands, backhanding a direct strike from her Kagune without any effort or signs of damage and easily dodging her attacks. Afterwards, he performs another incredible feat of strength by tearing Matsumae's Koukaku free from her body with his bare hands and uses it to kill another Investigator. The resulting damage suggested an attacker of incredible strength, fooling experienced Investigators into believing it was done by a Ghoul.

During the battle in Cochlea, he demonstrates the ability to survive seemingly-fatal injuries. Though impaled by Hinami Fueguchi's kagune and left for dead, he shows no signs of injury when he sets up an ambush a short time later. It is unknown how he survived and recovered from these injuries in such a short period of time.

Furuta utilized two different quinques during the Tsukiyama Extermination Operation:


 * Tsunagi: A Bikaku-type mass-produced sword quinque, Furuta uses the &lt;custom&gt; version of this quinque. He seemed to have temporarily abandoned it during his fight with Matsumae in favour of the far more destructive Rotten Follow.


 * Rotten Follow: A chainsaw quinque powered by a Rinkaku-type kakuhou. Furuta interited this quinque from his deceased former superior Kijima, and used it for the first time to attack and finish off Matsumae during the Tsukiyama Family Extermination Operation.

Trivia

 * The name Furuta Nimura (旧多二福) is a play on his birthday: The family name Furuta plays on "one day more", while the given name Nimura is a play on "2/29". The literal meaning for Furuta is "Many old" and for Nimura is "Two blessing".
 * In the redistributed version of Tokyo Ghoul Trump, he's featured as a "Black Joker". As Souta, he's featured as the "Five of Hearts" in both versions of the card deck.
 * His birthday, February 29th, is an extra day in the calendar that only occurs every 4 years. It is known as Leap Day.
 * The Tokyo Ghoul Flip Calendar includes a coded message concerning him, found on Shiki Kijima's birthday. This message, which combines characters written in red, spells out: "Furuta - Is - Ghoul - Agent".
 * Touka Kirishima mistook him for Kaneki during her visit of Kamii University. This was confirmed in an omake in Re: Volume 5, which retells the event from his point of view and reveals he knew Touka was a Ghoul.

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