Former Captain

H: 186 cm W: 80 kg Blood type: AB Birthday: December 10 Zanpakuto: Unnamed Bankai: ?

First Appearance: Manga Chapter 1 / Anime Episode 1

Isshin Kurosaki is the father of the main protagonist of the series, Ichigo Kurosaki. He single father to three children: Ichigo, Karin, and Yuzu. He is a tall scruffy looking man with short dark brown hair. Isshin’s occupation is a doctor. He was previously married to Ichigo’s mother, Masaki. After she died he took on the responsibilities of a father all by himself, and loves his children very much.

Ishhin has been seen using shinigami powers, and on his robe remains a captains symbol. This could be why Ichigo was born with such immense spiritual power. Ishhin ceased to be a shinigami about 20 years before the current storyline, but the reasons remain unknown. He has been seen conversing with Urahara and Ishida’s father Ryuken.

Little is known about Isshin’s zanpakuto at this time, but in its sealed form when he fought Grand Fisher had the appearance of a normal sword.

H: 165.1 cm W: 52 kg Bloodtype:  - Birthday: March 30  Zanpakuto: Not yet revealed Bankai: Not yet achieved

First Appearance: Manga Chapter 93 / Anime Episode 28

Nemu is the lieutenant of the 12th division of the Gotei 13, under her father/creator Mayuri Kurotsuchi. She is an artificially created shinigami. Because of this, she is very resistant to poisons, and has enhanced strength and speed. Nemu has the appearance of a young lady, with dark hair. She shows little to no emotion, partly because of her existance, partly because of the abuse she has received from Mayuri throughout her life. Though she is revealed to own a zanpakuto, its shikai has yet to be revealed.

H:  - W: -  Bloodtype:  - Birthday:  - Zanpakuto: Not Revealed Bankai: Not Acheived

First Appearance: Manga Chapter 134 / Anime Episode 49

Miyako Shiba was the former 3rd seat of the 13th division, directly under Captain Ukitake and her husband Kaien Shiba. She was a beautiful, and powerful shinigami very much respected by others, much like Restu Unohana. She was killed by a strong hollow during a mission in soul society. It was because of this that Kaien embarked on the mission that also ended his life. Miyako’s shikai was never revealed, but in its sealed state her zanpakuto looked like a normal katana with a red handle.

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Zanpakutou: not revealed
Bankai: not revealed
First Appearance: Manga chapter 183 | Anime episode 109

Shinji Hirako is the former captain of the 5th division in the Gotei 13, and the unofficial leader of the Vaizards. He has chin lengthed blonde hair, and sharp facial features. After becoming a vaizard, Shinji wears a brown suit, a black shirt, and tie. He generally adds comic relief to the series, either from receiving physical beatings by Ichigo or Hiyori, or from his love interest in Orihime.

100 years before the current events in the series, Shinji was the Captain of the 5th division. His leiutenant was Sousuke Aizen. He never fully trusted Aizen, but assumed he had him in check. After a meeting of the captains, discussing the mysterious dissapearance of shinigami, Shinji is one of the ones sent to rescue the 9th division. He, along with the other current vaizards were ambushed by the treacherous Aizen, Gin, and Tousen, resulting in their hollowfication. They were thereby banished from Soul Society as traitors, only to be saved by Urahara and Yoruichi and forced to live in the human world. There he and the rest of the vaizards train their shinigami and hollow powers, even recruiting Ichigo as one of their own.

Not much has been revealed about Shinji’s zanpakuto. Both his shikai and bankai remain a mystery, but seeing as how he was a captain, he has definitely achieved a bankai. His Hollow mask resembles that of a pharaoh’s mask, and in addition to the normal enhancements of a hollow mask, Shinji can also create ceros.

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Zanpakuto: Tachikaze Bankai: Tekken Tachikaze

First Appearance: Manga Chapter 214 / Anime Episode 122

Kensei is a vaizard, and the former captain of the 9th division of the Gotei 13.  Kensei is tall and muscular, with tan skin and silver hair. He has a “69″ tattoo on his chest, 6 for the kanji of his last name, and 9 for the 9th division. This is where Hisagi got the idea for his “69″ tattoo. Kensei is one of the stronger vaizards, being a former captain, and prefers hand-to-hand combad with his opponents.

100 years before the current events of the storyline, Kensei and some members from his squad were sent on a mission to investigate the disappearance of several gotei members. It was then that he was betrayed by his own subordinate Kaname Tosen, and Aizen, and turned into a hollow along with the rest of the current vaizards.

Kensei’s zanpakuto is called Tachikaze. When sealed, it looks like a small katana, but with the release command “Blow it away,” it transforms into what resembles a black hunting knife. Some abilities in this form are the manipulation of wind in combination with his own spiritual energy to create powerful attacks. His Bankai is Tekken Tachikaze, where it further transforms into a pair of knuckle blades for each fist, connected by a protective, armor-like band wrapping up each arm and arching over his back. Kensei seems to use his hollow powers the least, tending to only need his shinigami or hand-to-hand skills, but when he does use his mask, it resembles a tall, flat hockey mask. When fighting with his mask, other than the regular enhancements, he also gains energized punches.

Hayori was formerly a Lieutenant of the 12th Division under Captain Kirio Hikifune. When Kirio was transferred to the Royal Guard (0 Squad), Kisuke Urahara became her new captain but Hayori never respected him even though he was her superior. In fact, Hiyori ill-temperament and violent tendencies extends to many of those around her, especially Shinji Hirako. True to her nature, Hayori tends to be highly aggressive in battle and has a hard time controlling her temper. This rashness can often lead to trouble and it is often Shinji who keeps her in check.

Hayori uses both kicks and her zanpakuto in combat in effective combination. Her zanpakuto is named Kubikiri Orochi which transforms into a large cleaver in its shikai state with the command “Chop Cleanly.” The cleaver is similar to Ichigo’s zanpakuto but has several serrated blades like a saw. Hayori’s Hollow mask is distinctive with its single large horn protruding from the forehead. Hayori took the longest to defeat her Inner Hollow during their training to become Vizards.

Mashiro Kuna was formerly a lieutenant to the 9th Division under Kensei Muguruma, and later became a Vizard. Mashiro has very childish mannerisms, even when she was a lieutenant in the Gotei 13. These traits even carry over to battle as she enjoys using superhero themed moves and attacks. However, this does not diminish her battle prowess as her physical strikes are very power, especially when Mashiro dons her Hollow mask. Mashiro is also very friendly with Hachi, but can be childishly protective as when she began throwing tantrum after Hachi became friends with Orihime.

Mashiro’s Hollow mask resembles a hornet’s head. It is said that she was the only one of the Vizarda who could maintain her mask for 15 hours without any prior training. Since Mashiro prefers hand to hand combat, her mask enhances both her strength, toughness and speed in combat. She mainly focuses her power in various powerful kicks and is even able to fire Ceros by kicking the air in Vizard form.

Aaroniero is the 9th Espada in Aizen’s arrancar army and is one of the first generation Espada that existed prior to Aizen’s arrival in Heuco Mundo. Aaroniero has an odd appearance, even for an arrancar – in place of a normal head, he has a large, glass cylindrical capsule containing two floating heads floating in liquid. When first encountered by Kuchiki Rukia, Aaroniero took the appearance of Rukia’s former senpei, Kaien Shiba and was even able to use Kaien’s shikai abilities. It was later revealed that the Hollow, Metastacia, which fused with Kaien prior to his death managed to return to Heuco Mundo, but was consumed by Aaroniero since one of his abilities is to absorb the powers of Hollows he eats. Aaroniero tried to use the guise of Kaien to lure Rukia into a trap, but Rukia was able to detect his deception in time to defeat Aaroniero.

Aaroniero’s zanpakuto is Glotonería which appears as a deformed appendage hidden in his left hand. Because Asroniero also indirectly absorbed Kaien’s spirit, he is also able to use his zanpakto, Nejibana. The Resurrección command for Glotoneria is “Devour” which transforms it into a large blob-like mass with a multitude of tentacles. As stated, Aaroniero’s special abiltity is to absorb other Hollows and their powers – one of the reasons why he became a top Espada. After cannibalizing Metastacia, Aaroniero gained all the abilities of that Hollow including body possession, mimic combat skills and manifest whatever powers of those he had absorbed.

Szayel is the eighth Espada in Aizen’s arrancar army. He has distinctive pink hair and his remains of his hollow mask form a pair of square framed glasses he wears. Prior to becoming the Eigth Espada, Szayel helped fellow arrancar Nnoitra Jiruga to ambush and defeat Nelliel Tu Odelschwanck so as to reclaim his position as a top Espada. Szayel could be considered the Mayuri Kurotsuchi of the Espada, being highly intelligent but also possessing an extremely eccentric and narcissistic personality similar to his shinigami counterpart. Szayel is very selfish and cares little for anything other than his own research; even after his brother Yylfordt was killed by Renji, Szayel commented it was not worth getting upset over. Szayel joined forces with Aizen to eradicate non-Hollows, who he sees as inferior. He also desires to obtain the perfect body and achieve immortality, which are reflected in the Resurrección abilities of his zanpaktou.

Szayel’s Resurrección command is sip, where upon his lower body transforms into purplish tentacles and four branch like structures grow outwards from his back that are adorned with drops that can expand to protect him in a shield. Szayel gains several abilities in his resurrección form including:

• Create cloned copies of his opponent by splashing them with a dark liquid from his back

• Generate “voodoo dolls” of opponents after engulfing them with his wings. The dolls contain pellets which represent internal organs of the victim. Crushing a pellet will result in serious damage to the said organ.
• Possess the victim’s nervous system and control the body (only possible if Szayel is consumed by the opponent such as when he was by Mayuri Kurotsuchi’s Konjiki Ashisogi Jizo)
• Gabriel – a form of resurrection where Szayel impregnates the enemy with a part of himself by consuming the body from the inside to regenerate himself and kill the enemy at the same time.

Although he proclaims not to be a very strong fighter, Szayel is quite powerful. Along with various inventions and traps at his disposal, Szayel is capable of various arrancar abilities like sonido (super speed) and hierro (spiritual shield). He also possesses multiple fraccion under his command, but they are notably weaker than the fraccion kept by other top ranked Espada. Szayel has modified each of his fraccion’s bodies so he can cannibalize them instantly to regenerate his own wounds.

Zommari Leroux

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Zanpakutou: Brujeria (Witchcraft)
First Appearance: Manga chapter – 244 | Anime episode – 145

Zommari is an arrancar and the 7th ranked espada in Aizen’s army. The remains of his hollow mask consist of small spikes on his head immitating a mohawk, a pair of earrings, and a necklace. Neither his hollow hole nor his ranking  tattoo are visible. He wears tight white garbs, and is  tall, muscular, dark skinned.

For the most part, Zommari is a very calm, quiet, and collected individual. He is extremely loyal to Aizen, to the point where he would abandon his usual demeanor and acts more like an enraged sociopath. He despises all shinigami except for his three generals, Aizen, Gin, and Tosen, because of they kill his fellow hollow for their “evil” nature.

Zommari’s zanpakuto is named Brujeria. In its sealed state it looks like a normal katana with a black, spikey guard. His resurreccion is triggered with the command “suppress,” and transforms his lower half into what looks like a pink pumpkin, with eyes looking in every direction. His upper body remains human-like, with his tight white garbs now covering his head too, and also grows eyes looking in all directions. In this form he has the ability to take control of  the movement of one object per eye. Also, he can hide for protection inside his lower half, becoming one sphere.

Zommari met his demise at the hands of Byakuya Kuchiki. His aspect of death is “Intoxication”.