Heyyyy just asking people who may know for a fic I am writing…would you happen to know the age of Houji or Tatara?
Their ages were never specified in the story so these are just my headcanons.
Regarding Houji's age, since he is older than Arima (29) and younger than Shinohara (37), I think he is somewhere between 31 and 35 when he first appeared in the og Tokyo Ghoul. I mostly headcanon him as 33.
For Tatara, it's more vague and it's mostly based on "how young do you think he was /when Yan was killed by Houji"
Look at this illust, guess his age, and add 5 to it, you will get Tatara's likely age at the start of Tokyo Ghoul. A clearer explanation (just my own speculation) can be found here. And yeah he was 18 at most when Yan died (18 is a generous number) because Tatara was not yet an adult when Houji first came to China, as implied by Ishida Sui in zakki:re.
TLDR Houji was in his 30s, couldn't be older than 37. Tatara was in his 20s.