Hide

Apologizing for the unpleasant taste of the coffee, he talks about the past and reveals that he was awake during the battle between Kaneki and Nishiki. He reassures him that this doesn't matter, and the two begin to relax. It is then that Hide collapses on the ground, revealing a severe stomach wound from earlier which he attempts to joke about. Bleeding out, he clings to Kaneki and asks that they go home. Anteiku begins to burn around them, and after a brief time Kaneki carries his lifeless body back to where CCG has established a base camp. The troops look on in shock, and Kaneki lies Hide down in the snow before going to face Kishou Arima.



Kaneki calls Hideyoshi by the nickname "Hide". Kaneki and Hideyoshi have been best friends since childhood. Hide seems to care greatly about Kaneki and had been watching him carefully after the incident with Rize. If Kaneki was in trouble or danger, he would do his best to support him. He cares for Kaneki immensely, and did not falter to help him even after finding out about Kaneki's transformation into a ghoul. It is speculated that Hide was eaten by Kaneki during the Anteiku raid, however, this has not been confirmed.

In the anime, Hide was injured before meeting Kaneki during the Anteiku Raid, likely by Noro, and ended up ultimately succumbing to his wounds. Kaneki was later seen carrying his body, covered by a white sheet, as he walked through a crowd of Investigators.

Hide has proved to be very perceptive for a human, being both able to distinguish Kaneki's changing feelings, and sense Nishio as dangerous despite not knowing Nishio was (in fact) a ghoul pretending to be human.
 * To Ken: "I already knew man! ...Who cares about that, let's just go home already."
 * To Ken: "I...I want to help you!"

Hide is one of Kaneki's Friends that are human.