Ichika Kaneki

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> "Everyday... new people die. This world had changed alot I have no idea why. Everything seems to be... a tragedy, like being the lead role of a novel."
>
> — Ichika Kaneki

**Ichika Kaneki** (金木 一花, *Kaneki Ichika*) is the daughter of Ken Kaneki and Touka Kirishima who appears in the finale of *Tokyo Ghoul:re*. She is then later appears in *Dragon Quinx* as a teenager and becomes Shouta Magatsuchi's adoptive younger sister.

## Appearance

Ichika has mid-length hair of a light color, with darker roots at the crown, resembling her father's hairstyle during his time as Haise Sasaki. Like most children, she has a rounded face with large, violet-colored eyes, and is usually smiling. In her early teens and despite her age, she becomes a teenage girl with her hair grows longer and a buxom figure. Her kakugan is in her left eye like her father's.

She wears a light blue shirt that exposes her shoulders and her black bra strap, as well as her stomach. Ichika also wears shorts including tight thigh high socks with two white bands. She wears leathered black boots with fur around its ankle area.

Whenever Shouta invites his school friends to his home, Ichika often wear round glasses, that causes her to be very attractive to Shouta's friends as he complains to her that half of his volleyball team are obsessed with her.

Ichika's kagune is both Rinkaku and Ukaku, both adapted from her parents. Her Rinkaku kagune is similar to her father, bright red, becoming a darker shade as it neared the tips.

## Anime depiction

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## Personality

Ichika has a very typical personality for a little girl; outgoing and very energetic. As a teenager, she is rarely seen without a smile and tends to read books like her father and writing novels. Ichika also had a loving personality for her adoptive brother, she would often give him massages on the shoulder whenever he's stressed.

Ichika typically has a flirtatious behaviour towards Shouta's best friend, either she attempts to scare Shimura off her brother or trying to just tease him making Shouta felt embarrassed.

## Powers and Abilities

**Ghoul Physiology**: Ichika is both an ukaku and a rinkaku ghoul possessing only one wing and two tails with the ability to harden and dis-harden it at will. She also has displayed a unique healing factor, as well as a rinkaku kagune consisting of tentacles and increased physical power.

* **Rinkaku Kagune:** Ichika's Rinkaku kagune is similar to her father's. It is portrayed as bright red, becoming a darker shade as it neared the tips.
* **Ukaku Kagune:** Her Ukaku kagune is also similar to her mother's. However, due to her young age, she formed a single ukaku wing. Thus, she is able to shoot shards from her kagune like her uncle.

## Relationships

### Ken Kaneki and Touka Kirishima

Ichika is very close to her parents. Touka possesses a maternal attitude towards her daughter, even going as far as eating human food to provide nutrition before giving birth in order to prevent her body from consuming the child.

### Shouta Magatsuchi

As a younger sister, she deeply loves her adoptive brother. She would often give him massages to reduce his stress. Shouta would often play video games with her during their freetime. Whenever the two are exhausted, she would often cuddle with him on the sofa.

### Mina Katsuki

Ichika greatly adore Mina when she attended high school. They were formerly best friends, now they had mutual crush on each other. She would often invite Mina to her home to play around or in other cases, making out.

### Tohru Kobayashi

Ichika loves getting close to Tohru. She is often in a happy mood whenever she is around, sometimes slightly punch Tohru's left breast for fun.

### Kouki Shimura

Ichika finds Shimura very cute as she often toys with him a lot, much to his discomfort whenever she's near him.

### Shuu Tsukiyama

Tsukiyama spoils her, calling her a princess and praising her as adorable. Ichika seems to like him quite a bit, running to greet him when he visits.

### Ayato Kirishima

Ayato visits his niece, also playing with her by making funny faces.

## Etymology

* The name **Ichika** means "one" (一) (**ichi**) and "flower, blossom" (花) (**ka**).
* Ichika's surname **Kaneki** means "money, gold" (金) (**kane**) and "tree, wood" (木) (**ki**).

## Trivia

* Ichika's favorite foods are apples and Yoriko Kuroiwa's bread.
* Ichika is the only one-eyed ghoul confirmed to be conceived naturally from a male artificial one-eyed ghoul (formerly human) and pure-born female ghoul.

## Quotes

* To Shouta: "If it weren't for that ghoul, they should be here right now."
* To Tohru: "It's alright Miss Tohru, just... thank you for bringing my brother to me."
* To herself: "Everyday... new people die. This world had changed alot I have no idea why. Everything seems to be... a tragedy, like being the lead role of a novel."
* To Tohru: "I'm not into revenge or anything, I'm just... sad that mom and dad are gone. But all I have is my brother left, I love him."