Character profile
Batou
バトーBiography
Batou is nominally the second-in-command of Section 9.
Little is known about the strange, large foreigner who has been with Motoko Kusanagi for years. He was once American and served in the Special Forces in South America.
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His amount of cyborg-ization is variable according to the storyline, from his limbs only up to most of his body, second only to the Major herself. Despite the availability of superior eyes, he grew superstitious about his old-style eye replacements, popular with many high-level military operatives. He also retains some residual body-image issues, causing him to continually purchase workout equipment despite the obvious anachronism.
18 credits
Anime appearances
Voice actors
Akio Ootsuka
Japanese
12 anime credits
- Ghost in the Shell
- Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
- Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG
- Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
- Ghost in the Shell 2.0
- Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society
- Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045
- Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - The Laughing Man
- Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG - Individual Eleven
- Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 Season 2
- Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 Sustainable War
- Koukaku Kidoutai: SAC_2045 - Saigo no Ningen