Hideyoshi Nagachika (永近 英良, Nagachika Hideyoshi), also known as Hide (ヒデ), is a normal human and the best friend of Ken Kaneki. He attended Kamii University as a freshman and, later, sophomore. While there, he was studying Foreign Language Studies - majoring in English - at the Department of International Studies. At a certain point, he started working part-time at the CCG, and soon became an investigation assistant helping both Koutarou Amon and Akira Mado. He disappeared during the Owl Suppression Operation, and his whereabouts are currently unknown.