Ayato Kirishima

"Even my "family" was a bunch of peaceful idiots, now that I think of it."

- Ayato Kirishima Ayato Kirishima is Touka Kirishima's younger brother. He grew up with his sister in the 20th ward but at some point of time, he disappeared. Currently, he is an executive of Aogiri Tree.

Appearance
Ayato bears a striking resemblance to his sister. He is a quite tall and lean young man, with blue eyes and long, blue messy hair which sweeps down in front of his eyes. He wears a hooded, long-sleeved black leather jacket, and black pants, along with knee-high black boots.

Personality
An arrogant youth with a similar harsh attitude resembling his sister. Other than his physical looks, he shares many similarities with Touka such as his cold, hotblooded attitude and a habit for kicking people. However, he seems to be harsher compared to his sister and surprisingly nicer than his Aogiri superiors. Ayato bears deep grudges against his father, Arata, for abandoning him and Touka when they were young. Ayato has even stated that the whole reason for hating Kaneki was his resemblance to Arata. It was also pointed out by Kaneki that Ayato cares deeply for Touka subconsciously, as shown when he beat her down first rather than allowing her to suffer a slow, torturous death from Yamori. Ayato also seems to have a soft spot for rabbits.

Aogiri Arc
Ayato ordered Kazuichi Banjou to search for Rize Kamishiro. When Banjou didn't answer his phone calls, Ayato feared that Yamori and Nico would overtake him. Thus, he decided to go himself to Anteiku, where the 20th ward's information is collected. Together with Yamori and Nico, he fought Touka Kirishima and Ken Kaneki at Anteiku. He defeated Touka in this fight and took Kaneki to the Aogiri hideout together with Yamori and Nico. In the hideout, Ayato brought Kaneki to Tatara. On the way, Kaneki asked Ayato about Touka's state, but Ayato hit him as an answer and told him that he was not allowed to ask and follow orders obediently. After Tatara had decided that Kaneki could not be used, Tatara allowed Ayato to do with Kaneki as he liked.

After Kaneki defeats Yamori, he is faced with Ayato. Ayato grows apprehensive when Kaneki openly points out that he really did care for his sister, as seen when he subtly saved her from Yamori's wrath. Despite Kaneki's assumptions, Ayato denies it, and the two engage in a fight.

As retribution for Ayato, and vengeance for Touka, Kaneki "half-kills" Ayato, by breaking one hundred and three of the two hundred and six of his bones, crushing the entire half of his body.

Abilities
A lifetime of fighting against CCG investigators and ghouls has resulted in Ayato being well versed in hand to hand combat with the ability to overcome experienced opponents such as his sister Touka. Combining his kagune's advantage in long distance attacks with his close combat capabilities makes Ayato a strong opponent to defeat.
 * Ukaku Kagune: Like his sister, Ayato is able to release RC gas and can form a single wing on both of his shoulders. Like many Ukaku ghouls, he is agile and able to shoot bullets from both wings. However he also suffers from a low RC supply and therefore tires if a battle is dragged out for too long.

Trivia

 * Ayato was ranked 10th in the character popularity poll.
 * Ayato likes brawls, tropical fish and rabbits.
 * Ayato hates the ghoul investigators and weaklings.