Rio (Shikorae)

Shikorae (死堪, Shikorae) is a ghoul and an associate of the Clowns, formerly belonging to Aogiri Tree. He was the main protagonist of the game Tokyo Ghoul: Jail and the upcoming novel Dragon Quinx:re. He was later the upcoming antagonist.

Originally named Rio (凛央, Rio), he was an orphan raised by his older brother and kept isolated from others because of his unique abilities. After Shiki Kijima killed his brother, he slaughtered several investigators in what became known as the Jail incident. He was eventually captured by Kijima, and subjected to extensive torture while imprisoned in Cochlea.

He was among the prisoners freed from Cochlea during the Second Cochlea Raid. After the destruction of Aogiri, he joined fellow Cochlea escapee Roma Hoito.

After the Dragon War, Shikorae continued to pose as a threat to Tokyo after developing a monstrous Kakuja as a result of devouring the remains of Dragon, and as of current, is considered the biggest ghoul threat. He was found somewhere underground in an unknown ward of the death of Shouta Magatsuchi. Knowing that Shouta is finally dead, his "time has come".

Appearance
As a teenager, Rio appeared with light green hair and pale red eyes. When activated, his kakugan caused a vertical pattern to appear across his face—a feature he retained over the years.

Later as Shikorae, he is a young man with long, brown hair and a slender body with a muscular profile. He sports a striped long-sleeve crop top with a fish scale design along with a pair of dark-colored pants. His tie has multiple markings of the kanji for "God," and his mask is composed of sharp bones that cover the lower half of his face.

Personality
His personality as Rio before the Jail incident is unknown, though he felt a strong familial attachment to his brother and called out to him when he was captured. As Shikorae, he is fairly scatterbrained and shows little sympathy to his victims. He is mentioned by Shousei as having a crazy pace, and his speech patterns are simple and sometimes end with alt codes. Shikorae possesses a streak of cowardice, shown during his fight with Nishiki Nishio in which he wanted to leave after receiving a single injury, as well as displaying selfishness when not ensuring the safety of those he fought beside as he did so.

Plot
After the events of the Dragon War from Tokyo Ghoul:re, he possessed the unique ability of forming new kagune by taking in the RC cells of others, but by taking in the cells of dragon orphans, it developed into a kakuja. Many civilians and TSC personnel were sacrificed to him. Due to the recorded number of casualties suffered in battle against him, he became the TSC's greatest ghoul enemy. TSC is currently still continuing the search of his whereabouts, later he was seen hiding underground in an unknown ward.