Batou — Ghost in the Shell Character Profile

About Batou

Loyal heavy weapons specialist and close partner to Major Kusanagi

Batou — Character Profile

Alignment

Hero

Species

Enhanced_human

Abilities

Heavy weapons mastery, Tactical analysis, Cybernetic durability, Close combat, Loyalty

• Strength: 9/10
• Intelligence: 7.5/10
• Charisma: 6.5/10
• Morality: 7.5/10
• Influence: 6/10

Affiliations

• Ghost in the Shell universe

Quick Facts about Batou

Occupation

police officer, investigator

Hair Color

White hair

Batou's Known Relations

• Public Security Section 9 — Affiliation

Batou appears in 4 titles

• Ghost in the Shell (1995)
• Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004) — character page
• Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society (2007) — character page
• Ghost in the Shell (2017) — character page

Character Facts

Played by

Akio Otsuka

Appears in

Ghost in the Shell (1995)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (2)

• Batou — related — Motoko Kusanagi (Atsuko Tanaka)
• Batou — related — Togusa (Koichi Yamadera)

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• Motoko Kusanagi (Atsuko Tanaka)
• Puppetmaster (Iemasa Kayumi)
• Togusa (Koichi Yamadera)
• Mizuho Daita (voice) (Mitsuru Miyamoto)
• Ishikawa (Yutaka Nakano)
• Director Nakamura (Tessyo Genda)
• Operator (voice) (Atsuko Hayashida)
• Technician (voice) (Sanryo Odaka)
• Sniper (voice) (Toshiki Kameyama)
• Coroner (voice) (Hiroshi Yanaka)
• Old Man (voice) (Ginzo Matsuo)
• Garbage Collector A (voice) (Kazuhiro Yamaji)