Clowns (Tokyo Ghoul)

The Clowns (ピエロ, piero, from French pierrot) is an unknown organization of ghouls known for their clown masks and is a major faction in ''Tokyo Ghoul. ''They all wear clown-themed masks and have no offivial known goal other than to "have the last laugh". They are currently under investigation by the C.C.G. after Hide mentioned them. They have been involved in many pivotal events throughout the entire series.

History
The Clowns have already been well known for sometime now. The public has known of them as the CCG spends time on their plans to eradicate every living ghoul in all of Japan. Only three known Ghoul Investigators are known to have been involved in actual combat with members of the Clowns; Kishou Arima, Take Hirako, and Kousuke Houji. Sometime prior the series, Yamori was captured and was sent to jail by one of the clowns where he was tortured at. This would soon lead him to become a major figure within the ghoul community. Throughout th entire series they have been involved in many critical events working as either individuals or as a whole group. During the Auction, Big Madam had hired them as both security and were auctionerss.

List of Involvements

 * The Steel Beam Incident. - Souta
 * Kaneki at the Ghoul Restaurant. - Itori
 * Kaneki's capture by Aogiri and torture by Yamori. - Nico
 * Search for Kanou's Lab. - Itori and Nico
 * The Auction. - Uta, Roma, and an unknown Member

Members

 * Nico
 * Roma Hoito
 * Souta
 * Uta
 * Itori

Trivia

 * The Clowns are revealed to have been involved in turning Yamori into his curentt status since one of the members sent him to the Ghoul Detention Center.
 * He still works with Nico even though he's a member and most likely doesn't know about his clown affiliation.
 * On the list of SS-Rated ghouls that had escaped, one of the escapees was a brown haired woman suggesting that it's Roma.
 * Every single major ghoul organization has at least one member of the clowns either associated with or an official member. Uta and Itori were associates of Anteiku while Roma was a waitress there, Nico was an associate of the Aogiri Tree for a while and Souta was part of the Ghoul Restrauntt before. All of them had become Security Guards at the Auction.