Characters

Ada Byron ranks among the American Empire's senior officials, the woman whose agency quietly controls the GHOST mercenary unit. An old acquaintance of Section 9's chief, she weighs those personal ties against the cold priorities of her…

Akiko Otomo belongs to two of Japan's most powerful households at once, born to Tokyo Rising chairman Sachio Otomo and married to Prime Minister Chris Otomo Tate. She surfaces in SAC 2045 as a grieving daughter and political spouse swept…

Akina Murase once served as the guardian of Purin Ezaki, the young prodigy who later joins Section 9. She appears within Ghost in the Shell: SAC 2045, though the work reveals little of her beyond that single connection.

In the Ghost in the Shell ARISE timeline, Akira Hose is the man romantically linked to Motoko Kusanagi. A well-off former soldier turned prosthetic specialist, he handles the upkeep of her fully cybernetic body.

Azuma counts among the later additions to Public Security Section 9, a former JGSDF Intelligence soldier known for carrying less cybernetic hardware than any of his colleagues. His brash streak and modest augmentation make him both a…

Batou stands as one of the pillars of the Ghost in the Shell saga, the full-body cyborg who serves as second-in-command of Public Security Section 9 and the Major's most trusted operative. A former military ranger with a soldier's tactical…

This entry covers Batou Buttetsu as he steps outside his own series, brought into Call of Duty: Mobile as a guest operator drawn from Ghost in the Shell.

Borma serves as Public Security Section 9's demolitions and cyber-warfare expert, a towering bald cyborg who rivals Batou in sheer size and strength. Whether laying charges or brewing a vaccine against a fresh virus, he is the unit's go-to…

Brenda Rucker runs a food truck in the war-torn stretch of Gate City, an American Empire local who has learned to squeeze a profit from the chaos around her. Her cheerful hustle masks a cyberbrain left wide open, which turns her into an…

Chai is a young boy who crosses paths with the Major over the course of the Ghost in the Shell episode Mother and Child.

Chris Otomo Tate governs Japan in SAC 2045 as its first American-born prime minister, a former U.S. diplomat and entrepreneur who traded Washington for Tokyo. Married into the powerful Otomo family, he steers the nation through economic…

Chroma is not a real individual but a false face that Major Motoko Kusanagi adopts whenever she wants to move around unrecognized. Across several entries in the franchise, the guise stands in for the Major and lets her keep her true self…

Clarice is one of the spare decoy shells that Major Motoko Kusanagi controls from a distance across the network. Stripped of armor and synthetic skin, the frame trades toughness for speed, letting her fight through a disposable stand-in…

Cruzkowa Bosyeltnov, known by the nickname Blindfold Ivan, is a Russian former intelligence agent turned criminal boss in Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. Once a covert operative working abroad, she now heads a brutal trafficking…

Cutter is the ruthless chief executive of Hanka Robotics and the central villain of the 2017 live-action Ghost in the Shell. Behind his polished corporate front stands the architect of the cyborg program that abducted and rebuilt Mira…

Daido carries the top rank of Superintendent-General and runs the force as its police commissioner throughout the Laughing Man arc of Stand Alone Complex, where he steers the official response to one of the era's most closely watched cases.

Daisuke Aramaki is the shrewd, unflappable chief of Public Security Section 9, the counter-terror unit at the heart of Ghost in the Shell. Rather than fighting in the field, he wields political leverage and hard-won diplomacy to shield his…

Dobashi is a minor figure from Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG, a public commentator whose televised appearance helps drag the shadowy Individual Eleven into open view during the season's escalating refugee crisis.

Dr. Dahlin is a Hanka specialist attached to Public Security Section 9 in the 2017 live-action Ghost in the Shell, a technical consultant whose part in the story ends when she falls victim to the hacker Hideo Kuze.

Dr. Ouelet is a Hanka Robotics scientist in the 2017 live-action Ghost in the Shell, the researcher who finally seats a human mind inside a synthetic body. She becomes the Major's creator and reluctant conscience, guarding the truth of…

Zhinzhee Bekka Arr Thied is a Qhardi official within the Republic of Kuzan's state water agency, introduced in Ghost in the Shell: Arise. A top graduate of her national university, she manages the country's water-import dealings while…

Eka Turkuro is the daughter of a cybernetics tycoon in Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, and one of the earliest recipients of a cyberbrain. Abducted as a child by an anti-cybernetics cult, she reappears years later as a tragic…

Emma Tsuda is a war orphan and prodigiously gifted hacker who appears in Ghost in the Shell: Arise. Despite her youth, she has made a name for herself building popular games designed to run directly inside the cyberbrain.

Fukami works as a police investigator in the Stand Alone Complex anime, though he quietly ranks among its most important players. Once Togusa's partner and friend, he keeps a low profile while mounting clues point to him as the real source…

Gabriel is the basset hound kept by Batou, a dog who turns up again and again across the animated films and first draws real notice in Innocence. The care Batou pours on the animal, down to buying premium food, reveals a gentler streak…

Gary Harts stands as the earliest confirmed Post-human catalogued in Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045. Once a decorated Special Forces commander in the American Empire's military, a mysterious fever rewired him into something inhuman, a threat…

Gayle Yasuoka leads field operations for the Narcotics Suppression Squad under Japan's Drug Enforcement Agency in Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. A hardened government operative, he crosses paths with Section 9 as a late-season…

Lieutenant Colonel Giichi Mamuro led Unit 501 before Kurutsu and served as Motoko Kusanagi's mentor during her time there. His death, staged to look like a random street robbery, comes wrapped in allegations that he had been trafficking…

Hairi Kusanagi is Motoko Kusanagi's mother in the 2017 live-action Ghost in the Shell film. An ordinary woman clinging to hope, she mourns a daughter the government told her had vanished, refusing to believe the young woman is truly gone.

Hideo Kuze is a full-body cyborg and former JGSDF commando who becomes the revolutionary leader of Dejima's refugees in Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG. A hacker of staggering reach and the Major's long-lost first love, he…

Hozumi is an enigmatic figure dwelling inside Akira's mental lobby in Ghost in the Shell: Arise. A female cyborg concealed behind an iron mask, she holds crucial knowledge tied to the terrorist called the Fire Starter, and her shattered…

Ibachi is a combat cyborg serving Unit 501 in Ghost in the Shell: Arise. Trained in bojutsu and outfitted with concealed machine guns, he is a masked enforcer built for direct confrontation on the battlefield.

Ishikawa serves as the cyberwarfare and technology expert of Public Security Section 9. The oldest and most easygoing of its field operatives, he handles data gathering and cyber-reconnaissance rather than frontline combat across the Ghost…

Ishiwata was a construction magnate in Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 who funneled refugees into Japanese citizenship through the Tokyo Rising project, pocketing government subsidies off a workforce that often did no work. He became a target…

John Smith is a National Security Agency operative of the American Empire in Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045. Leading the Post-Human Affairs Bureau, he directs the hunt for Post-humans and attaches himself to a revived Section 9 as America's…

Kaede is an ailing widow in Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 whose bank withdrawal goes disastrously wrong. Caught up in a hold-up and driven by a terminal diagnosis, she seizes a shotgun and turns to Batou for help, only to find a reason to…

Kagari Odunu ranked among the Individual Eleven, the ultranationalist terrorist cell at the center of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG. He counted as one of the twelve figures marked for the group's ritual mass suicide.

Kanami was a Japanese student who shared a classroom with Takashi Shimamura in Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045. She is recalled as a pupil singled out for mistreatment by their instructor, Takanobu Yamada.

Kaori Kawashima surfaces in Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG as a woman undone by obsession, a former lover of the Section 9 officer Pazu who reshapes her own body to mirror his. Her fixation curdles into a plan to erase him and take his place.

Kaoru Yakushima is a veteran power broker in Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, the Secretary General of Japan's ruling coalition who hides a criminal enterprise behind his political title. He engineers the Laughing Man affair to…

Kazundo Gouda is the principal villain of Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG, a scarred data-manipulation chief inside the Cabinet Intelligence Service. Convinced he is Japan's destined savior, he orchestrates a refugee crisis and a…

Kenji Isshi is a minor figure in Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045, a yakuza lieutenant who dies as one of the many people singled out by the Think Pol application, a program that killed its targets by burning out their cyberbrains.

Kitora Masaoki is a background figure in the Ghost in the Shell universe, counted among the terrorists of the Individual Eleven and listed as one of the twelve members who were chosen for the group's planned ritual suicide.

Koichi Tadakoro appears in Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 as a Security-General within the Ministry of Residential Control and a go-between for the Tokyo Rising initiative. His sudden, violent death pulls Section 9 into a much wider…

Koji Kogure is a supporting character in Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045, a user of the Peep Hole application whose questioning helps Section 9 close in on the shadowy hacker responsible for a string of killings.

Kubota is a Japanese intelligence officer and a longtime acquaintance of Section 9's Daisuke Aramaki. Across the Stand Alone Complex anime and its second season, he acts as Aramaki's private conduit, passing along secrets that originate at…

Kuki Jiro is a minor figure tied to the Individual Eleven, the terrorist group of the Ghost in the Shell saga. He is listed among the twelve members chosen as candidates for the cell's planned ritual suicide.

Kunihiko Nibu runs the Laughing Man Task Force in Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, presenting himself as a dogged investigator while secretly colluding with corrupt officials and spying on his own detectives through hidden implants.

Kuro is a fresh recruit to Public Security Section 9 in the online game Ghost in the Shell: First Assault. A decorated soldier turned full-body cyborg, he specializes in electronic warfare potent enough to shut his enemies down outright.

Kurutan earns her living as a nurse and stands among Motoko Kusanagi's civilian friends, one of the Major's companions when she is off the clock. She first shows up in the original manga, then returns for the Stand Alone Complex anime.