Kousuke Houji (法寺 項介, Hōji Kōsuke) was a Special Class Ghoul Investigator and a former partner of Kureo Mado prior to a major assignment in China. He was previously assigned to the 20th Ward as the partner of Seidou Takizawa and worked on the Gourmet case. He was devoted to the mastery of quinque and was said to have surpassed Kureo. He served as the Branch Director of CCG's 5th Ward Branch Office.