
This sudden loss pushes Kuze to find his disappeared friend, eventually leading him to his decisive ultimatum against the Japanese Government and Public Security Major Motoko Kusanagi.ĭuring his childhood years, when he was still human, Hideo Kuze was a simple boy who still went by 'Hisaragi', after his parents surname.

This eventually grows into a mutual object of affection, yet before the two could admit their feelings for each other, they both forced themselves in their own separate ways. During this time, he established a friendship with a girl who happened to be the other survivor. Because trans-humanism was the only way to save him, he underwent a long procedure to become a cyborg.

Later on, it is discovered that when he was six years old, Kuze was one of two survivors from a plane crash that happened in the 2000's. Yet during a mass suicide by the Individual Eleven members, Kuze alone survived, leaving and hiding out in the Refugee Residential District.Įncouraged by the refugees' determination, Kuze spearheads their revolutionary independence movement in Japan, becoming a legendary hero and terrorist at the same time. He starts as one of the known 12 members of the terrorist group referred as the " Individual Eleven". Hideo Kuze is the pseudonym of a mysterious and insightful cyborg, with little to no classified information on his identity. Spoiler Warning: Spoiler details may follow. In comparison to the other Ghost in the Shell works, Hideo Kuze is Project 2501's counterpart for the Stand Alone Complex universe Due to this, his mouth typically remains motionless while he speaks. Furthermore, he has chosen to have a sculpted face, which is far more difficult to manipulate than a standard prosthetic design.

Among cyborgs, Kuze is quite unique since his body, the Peacekeeping-Force Type, is built for combat.
