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| 12 | [[WMG:[[center: [- ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' '''[[Characters/{{Bleach}} Main Character Index]]'''\ |
| 13 | [[Characters/BleachIchigoKurosaki Ichigo Kurosaki]] | [[Characters/BleachIchigosCompanions Ichigo's Companions]] | [[Characters/BleachThirteenCourtGuardSquads1To7 Thirteen Court Guard Squads 1 - 7]] | [[Characters/BleachThirteenCourtGuardSquads8To13 Thirteen Court Guard Squads 8 - 13]] | [[Characters/BleachSquadZero Soul King & Squad Zero]] | [[Characters/BleachAizenAndHisCohorts Aizen & His Cohorts]] | [[Characters/BleachVisoredsAndExiledSoulReapers Visoreds & Exiled Soul Reapers]] | [[Characters/BleachHollows Hollows]] | [[Characters/BleachArrancars Arrancars]] ([[Characters/BleachEspadas1To5 Espadas 1 - 5]], [[Characters/BleachEspadas6To10 Espadas 6 - 10]]) | [[Characters/BleachKarakuraTownResidents Karakura Town Residents]] | '''Soul Society Dwellers''' | [[Characters/BleachXcution Xcution]] | [[Characters/BleachVandenreich Vandenreich]] ([[Characters/BleachSternrittersBM Sternritters B-M]], [[Characters/BleachSternrittersNZ Sternritters N-Z]]) | [[Characters/BleachZanpakuto Zanpakuto]] | [[Characters/{{Bleach Anime}} Anime-Only Characters]] | [[Characters/BleachMovieOnly Movie-Only Characters]] | [[Characters/BleachVideoGame Video Game-Only Characters]] | [[Characters/BleachLightNovels Light Novel-Only Characters]] | [[Characters/BurnTheWitch2018 Burn The Witch Characters]]]]-]]] |
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| 15 | Characters that appeared in Tite Kubo's ''Manga/{{Bleach}}''. The various residents of '''[[{{Heaven}} Soul Society]]''' from the '''[[FantasticGhetto Rukongai]]''' to the '''[[ShiningCity Seireitei]]'''. |
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| 17 | !!Spoilers ahead. |
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| 19 | [[foldercontrol]] |
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| 21 | [[folder:Military & Government]] |
| 22 | !!Departments & Division Squads |
| 23 | |
| 24 | Soul Reapers, the forces that make up the bulk of Soul Society's defense and offense. |
| 25 | |
| 26 | See [[Characters/BleachThirteenCourtGuardSquads Thirteen Court Guard Squads]] |
| 27 | |
| 28 | See [[Characters/BleachSquadZero Soul King & Squad Zero]] |
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| 30 | * AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: Soul Reapers mostly get to the highest positions by being the strongest and/or most skilled; one's power usually corresponds to their position and rank. It's worth noting that [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections simply using prestige and such]] isn't enough to earn respect. |
| 31 | * BadassArmy: The Court Guard Squads as a whole are this with each Captain being a OneManArmy and PhysicalGod in their own rights. They simultaneously fended off [[ManipulativeBastard Sōsuke]] [[GambitRoulette Aizen]]'s invasion of the Living World and helped rescue [[DamselInDistress Orihime Inoue]] from [[SeaOfSand Hueco Mundo]]. After a crushing first defeat they assisted in bringing down the [[PuttingOnTheReich Vandenreich]] and its Quincy leader [[GodEmperor Yhwach]]. |
| 32 | * BloodKnight: [[PlayedWith Some more so than others]]; the eleventh squad in particular is noted to have a high number of aggressive members. |
| 33 | * BunnyEarsLawyer: While they possess various oddities they're all capable of performing their duties well. |
| 34 | * CoolSword: Their [[EmpathicWeapon Zanpakuto]] through which they channel their powers and in some cases their [[NextTierPowerup Shikai]] and [[SuperMode Bankai]]. |
| 35 | * ForScience: {{Deconstructed}}. The twelfth squad's tendency to pursue innovations at all costs, even to the point of PlayingWithSyringes is presumably what led to Soul Society's scientific community mostly having [[NoBudget a lack of proper funding]]. |
| 36 | * FunctionalMagic: One method of how they fight by drawing SoulPower from both themselves and areas around them. |
| 37 | * GoodIsNotNice / GoodIsNotSoft: Just because they are essentially a peacekeeping force does not mean they are afraid to [[LetsGetDangerous get down and dirty]]. |
| 38 | * {{Ninja}}: The second squad in particular utilizes more stealth-based tactics. |
| 39 | * {{Psychopomp}}: Their main purpose is to find the dead and help them pass on. |
| 40 | * RankScalesWithAsskicking: The higher a Soul Reaper's rank is the stronger they're likely to be. Those around the level of a Captain are required to maintain control over their [[BattleAura spiritual pressure]] [[PowerIncontinence lest they end up flattening anyone nearby]]. |
| 41 | * {{Samurai}}: Their main theme and motif considering they primarily wield swords and many of them abide by admittedly arbitrary [[CodeOfHonor codes of honor]]. |
| 42 | * {{Shinigami}}: They guide and send the deceased to the next world. |
| 43 | * SpacePolice: They are the supernatural fantasy equivalent in regards to defending the balance of life and death in the world. |
| 44 | |
| 45 | !!Central 46 & Noble Houses |
| 46 | The main ruling authority of Soul Society so named for the forty judges and six sages who serve on it; and the various families of Soul Society. |
| 47 | ---- |
| 48 | * AdaptationalVillainy: The anime adaptation made the original Central 46 worse by showing how they inadvertently [[CreateYourOwnVillain created many villains and antagonists]] of the {{filler}} arcs through their actions or how their rules help some of them out as well. The next iteration isn't shown to be much better either with a short story showing one member of Central 46 sell out a fellow member to Shaz Domino to save himself. |
| 49 | * AristocratsAreEvil: {{Zigzagged}}; there are certainly more corrupt members of [[{{Pun}} high]] Soul Society. |
| 50 | * AssholeVictim: After learning the roles a previous iteration of Central 46 played it's hard to feel sorry when those members end up being slain; {{filler}} materials [[AdaptationExpansion help expand upon]] the problems InherentInTheSystem with Soul Society's government. |
| 51 | * BadassBureaucrat: Some of Soul Society's upper echelons are actually quite capable of kicking ass and taking names. |
| 52 | * TheBeautifulElite: {{Deconstructed}}; with a few exceptions Soul Society's upper class have a tendency to flaunt themselves which leads to them being viewed as untrustworthy and/or unreliable. |
| 53 | * BoardToDeath: One Central 46 iteration's fate at the hands of Aizen and his lackeys. |
| 54 | * CelestialBureaucracy: Central 46 makes decisions that are supposed to be final, undisputed and unable to be challenged by anyone else, even leaders of the Soul Reaper squads. |
| 55 | * EverybodysDeadDave: The bodies of the Central 46 are suddenly discovered in their underground headquarters by [[OnlySaneMan Tōshirō Hitsugaya]] and [[HardDrinkingPartyGirl Rangiku Matsumoto]]. |
| 56 | * EveryoneHasStandards: Central 46 forbade [[OldMaster Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto]] from teaching [[AxCrazy Kenpachi Zaraki]] anything beyond basic, let alone complex fighting skills [[ProperlyParanoid out of fear he would be unstoppable]] if he pulled a HeelFaceTurn on them. |
| 57 | * MeaningfulName: There are forty-six members in total hence the name. |
| 58 | * ObstructiveBureaucrat: {{Downplayed}} in the early manga until near the end, PlayedStraight in the anime. |
| 59 | * PuppetState: Central 46 became this through Aizen's [[MasterOfIllusion creative deceptions]] sometime around [[BroughtDownToBadass Rukia]] [[BroughtDownToNormal Kuchiki]]'s forced return to Soul Society. |
| 60 | * UpperClassTwit: {{Zigzagged}}; most members of Soul Society's elite seem fairly pretentious and [[ItsAllAboutMe self-absorbed]]. |
| 61 | [[/folder]] |
| 62 | |
| 63 | [[folder:Kukaku Shiba]] |
| 64 | !!Kukaku Shiba |
| 65 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kukaku_1601.png]] |
| 66 | ->'''Species:''' Soul |
| 67 | -->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AkikoHiramatsu (JP), Creator/CindyRobinson (ENG), Creator/EricaEdwards (Latin-American Spanish) |
| 68 | ---- |
| 69 | Ganju's older sister and owner of a house [[{{Bizarrchitecture}} with statues of arms]] on the outside. She owns a large cannon that she lets Ichigo and friends use to get past the barrier of the Seireitei. She's quick to anger and acquainted with Yoruichi. |
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| 71 | * ActionGirl: Mainly in the video games, but in canon she's perfectly willing to jump into the fray against ''Aizen.'' |
| 72 | * AngstWhatAngst: {{Invoked}}. Unlike Ganju, she never was angry at Rukia for Kaien's death, mainly because she knew the full story from Ukitake. She even punches Rukia when for repeatedly apologizing and tells her it's all right. |
| 73 | * AnArmAndALeg: She's missing her right arm. The anime depicts her [[ArtificialLimbs with a prosthetic]] [[BambooTechnology wooden one]]. |
| 74 | * BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Downplayed. She lacks an arm. In the anime she replaces it with a prosthetic one; in the manga she has only her stump. She is still a good-looking woman who acts as a MsFanservice. |
| 75 | * CoolBigSis: She's Ganju's spunky and badass older sister, and she also acts as a helpful older sister figure to Ichigo's gang. A more tomboyish example, so this is especially evident when she's calm and relaxed. |
| 76 | * HandicappedBadass: [[AnArmAndALeg Losing her right arm]] don't hinder her in the slightest. |
| 77 | * HardDrinkingPartyGirl: After Rukia apologizes to her and Ganju over the deal with their older brother, Kukaku throws a party for Rukia on the night before Ichigo and his gang left the Soul Society. |
| 78 | * HumanCannonball: She has a cannon specifically designed for this effect. She sent Ichigo and co. to the Sereitei this way way back in the Soul Society arc, and it's recently revealed to be the only way to get to [[spoiler:the Soul King's palace.]] |
| 79 | * TheLadette: She's something of an abrasive, short-tempered drill sergeant, but even she can show a softer side, rare as it is. |
| 80 | * MegatonPunch: Sends Ichigo and Ganju flying with a punch after they break her kiseru while fighting. |
| 81 | * MsFanservice: From the large boobs and the full legs, to the exposed back and the PantyShot, to all the camera shots of her bare feet, she's certainly one of the poster women of EatingTheEyeCandy for ''Bleach''. |
| 82 | %%* PluckyGirl: A grown up and very tomboyish version. |
| 83 | * SamusIsAGirl: Ichigo, Orihime, Ishida and Sado were all surprised to learn that the one bearing the name "Kukaku" is ''female''. |
| 84 | * SexyBacklessOutfit: Her back isn't covered by her clothes. |
| 85 | * {{Tsundere}}: In the end she really loves her brother, but don't expect to hear that out loud anytime soon. |
| 86 | [[/folder]] |
| 87 | |
| 88 | [[folder:Ganju Shiba]] |
| 89 | !!Ganju Shiba |
| 90 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ganju_1502.png]] |
| 91 | ->'''Species:''' Soul |
| 92 | -->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/WataruTakagi (JP), Creator/KyleHebert (ENG), Bardo Miranda (Latin-American Spanish) |
| 93 | ---- |
| 94 | A member of the established Shiba clan. He helps Ichigo and his friends get into the Seireitei with his sister's help. Usually gets into fights with Ichigo. He is also a master of fireworks and can change the ground into sand if he wants. He grew up hating Soul Reapers and his attitude only became worse after his older brother was killed by one. He decides to accompany Ichigo because he wants to understand why his brother loved Soul Reapers so much, and eventually warms up to several of them. |
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| 96 | * BigOlEyebrows: He has thick, imposing eyebrows. |
| 97 | * BoisterousBruiser: He's loud, aggressive and on the crude side. |
| 98 | * CombatPragmatist: What do you do when you know you're vastly outclassed by your opponent? Keep [[RunOrDie running away]] and [[ObfuscatingStupidity playing the fool]] until they drop their guard, then throw a [[ImprovisedWeapon firework]] at [[TheDandy his hair]] and [[SoLongSuckers get the hell out of Dodge]]. |
| 99 | * DemotedToExtra: While he served as a major ally during the Soul Society arc, once that concluded, he all but vanished from the story for ''seven years'' in real time. He wouldn't show up at all outside of anime {{filler}} until [[BackForTheFinale the final arc]], upon which he becomes one of Ichigo's allies in fighting the Wandenreich. |
| 100 | * DishingOutDirt: His Seppa spell allows him to turn stone into sand. |
| 101 | * OddFriendship: He's tough and manly while Hanataro is girly, weak and feminine. The two nevertheless develop a close friendship over the Soul Society arc and are happy to reunite in the Bount arc. |
| 102 | [[/folder]] |
| 103 | |
| 104 | [[folder:Yūshirō Sakimune Shihōin]] |
| 105 | !!Yūshirō Sakimune Shihōin |
| 106 | [[quoteright:195:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/yushiro_7.png]] |
| 107 | ->'''Species:''' Soul Reaper |
| 108 | ->'''Zanpakutou:''' Unknown |
| 109 | --> Voiced by Creator/HiromiIgarashi (JP), Creator/ZenoRobinson (EN) |
| 110 | ---- |
| 111 | Yoruichi's younger brother, and the 23rd head of the Shihōin household. |
| 112 | ----- |
| 113 | * AmbiguouslyBrown: Yuushirou has very dark skin, but standard features for a manga character (large eyes, small nose, slim build). As a result, the reason for the dark skin is impossible to visually figure out and the ethnicity of the Shihouin family is never discussed. |
| 114 | * BadassAdorable: He took over as the head of House Shihōin after Yoruichi disappeared. He's emotional, sensitive and very affectionate, especially towards his older sister whom he idolises. However, he mastered Shunkou in a very short space of time and his physical strength is so great he can take on Sternritter-level opponents. A single punch was enough to make Askin take him seriously. |
| 115 | -->'''Askin Naak Le Vaar:''' "W...Wait... This is insanity! You can't be this strong!" |
| 116 | * BigSisterWorship: He deeply admires Yoruichi. He expresses great sadness when Yoruichi goes ahead of him in his first appearance, and later expresses great joy when he reunites with her. He abandons the group of Soul Reapers he's with to rush to her side and is willing to fight the Sternritter just for insulting her. |
| 117 | * DudeLooksLikeALady: He is small and slight of build with very feminine facial appearance and hair bound into a pony tail. He looks like a young version of his older sister, Yoruichi. When Askin first sees him, he mistakes Yuushirou for a girl, much to Yuushirou's indignation. |
| 118 | * HavingABlast: His Shunkou is fire-based. Whenever he uses it, it causes huge explosions akin to a fire bomb. |
| 119 | * InstantExpert: It took both Yoruichi and Soifon years to master Shunkou. However, Yoruichi only recently taught Yūshirō Shunkou, so she's startled to see he's mastered it so quickly. |
| 120 | * {{Keet}}: He's very talkative and hyperactive, and rushes thoughtlessly around the place whenever he wants to try and catch up to Yoruichi (which is often). He is eager to please and highly emotional, becoming tearful when Yoruichi leaves him behind or extremely excited whenever he sees her or feels he's done something to please her. |
| 121 | * SarcasmBlind: When Yoruichi sarcastically responds to his latest blubbering by observing how much stronger he's become, he's thrilled she's noticed it. She kicks herself at that, having forgotten that he's so naïve he's incapable of recognising sarcasm. |
| 122 | * UncannyFamilyResemblance: He and his older sister look damn near identical, despite their difference in age and gender. When Yoruichi was younger, [[http://s634.photobucket.com/user/Ezone525/media/manga-rainbleach-ch130-10.png.html she]] was virtually identical to [[http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/scale_small/6/67663/4356520-3904695840-80559.jpg him.]] |
| 123 | [[/folder]] |
| 124 | |
| 125 | [[folder:Jidanbo Ikkanzaka]] |
| 126 | !!Jidanbo Ikkanzaka |
| 127 | [[quoteright:195:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jidanbo.png]] |
| 128 | ->'''Species:''' Soul Reaper |
| 129 | ->'''Zanpakutou:''' Unknown |
| 130 | -->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TakashiNagasako (JP), Peter Lurie (ENG, Episodes 21-62), Creator/JBBlanc (ENG, Episodes 97-99), Creator/MiguelAngelGhigliazza (Latin-American Spanish |
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| 132 | The guard to the Seireitei's western gate, a large giant. He's the older brother of Ikkanzaka Jirobo, fourth seat of Squad 7. |
| 133 | ----- |
| 134 | * AnArmAndALeg: His arm got ripped off by Gin. (The anime tones down to a small gash) |
| 135 | * BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler:During their assault on Soul Society, Pepe of the Vandenreich manages to put Jidanbo under his control, after which he is made to attack Squad 12.]] |
| 136 | * DualWielding: He wields two massive cleavers. |
| 137 | * DumbMuscle: When counting a 10-hit combo he clearly shows little knowledge of numbers or counting, especially since it ends up becoming a ''13''-hit combo. |
| 138 | --> '''Jidanbo''': One! Two! Three! Four! Five! Six! Seven! Seven! Six! Eight! Um... Six! Eight! Time to finish up... Ten!!! |
| 139 | * GentleGiant: It turns out he's actually a pretty nice guy and very popular among the people despite being a gatekeeper for the Soul Reapers. |
| 140 | %% * {{Gonk}}: Much like his younger brother, Jidanbo has some pretty bizarre facial features. |
| 141 | * HonorBeforeReason: He thinks all fights should be honorable one-on-one duels, and believes that he has to open the gate if he loses. Gin isn't wrong when he points out it's his job to keep people out, not let them in. |
| 142 | * UncertainDoom: During the first Quincy invasion he gets zombified by Giselle and then mind controlled by Pepe. The last we see of him, is him attacking Squad 12. While Mayuri later develops a counter against Giselle's zombification, that was several days after the initial invasion. Jidanbo is notably the only Shinigami absent in the post-war novels; even when Hitsugaya visits the western gate he protects, Jidanbo is not present. |
| 143 | [[/folder]] |
| 144 | |
| 145 | [[folder:Hisana Kuchiki]] |
| 146 | !!Hisana Kuchiki |
| 147 | [[quoteright:195:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hisana.png]] |
| 148 | ->'''Species:''' Soul |
| 149 | --> Voiced by Creator/FumikoOrikasa (JP), Debi Mae West (ENG), Norma Iturbe (Latin-American Spanish) |
| 150 | ---- |
| 151 | Byakuya Kuchiki's late beloved wife. Originally a Rukongai resident who arrived with her baby sister Rukia upon their deaths in the living world to District 78 of Southern Rukongai. She was forced to abandon said sister in order to survive, and could never forgive herself for that. |
| 152 | ----- |
| 153 | * BarefootPoverty: Before her marriage to Byakuya, she was so overwhelmingly poor that not having a pair of simple straw sandals were literally the ''least'' of her worries. |
| 154 | * IncurableCoughOfDeath: She passed away from an illness, with one symptom being uncontrollable coughing. |
| 155 | * TheLostLenore: Without her, the Soul Society arc would never have unfolded the way it did as she was the root cause of the two conflicting vows that forced Byakuya to be Ichigo's main antagonist. |
| 156 | * MyGreatestFailure: Due to having abandoned Rukia as a baby, Hisana considers herself unworthy of being Rukia's sister and insists to Byakuya that he [[LockedOutOfTheLoop never reveal]] the blood relationship to Rukia if he ever manages to find her. |
| 157 | * PlotTriggeringDeath: One of four characters[[labelnote:*]] Along with Masaki, Souken and Kaien[[/labelnote]] whose deaths combine to shape the first arcs of the story. Hisana's death was the reason Byakuya made a solemn oath to find and protect Rukia. The interaction of this promise with his earlier promise to always uphold the rule of law (prompted by the upheaval caused by his marriage to a commoner) results in Byakuya being the main antagonist for most of the Soul Society arc and his undying loyalty to Ichigo ever since. |
| 158 | * PosthumousCharacter: She died over fifty years before the series begins. |
| 159 | * RagsToRoyalty: Went from a poor peasant who couldn't even afford ''sandals'' to the wife of a noble from one of the four most powerful and highly ranked noble houses in Soul Society, as well as 6th Squad Captain of the Gotei 13. |
| 160 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: Rukia was told she was adopted because of her strong resemblance to Hisana. It's only later she learns this resemblance is because she and Hisana are sisters. |
| 161 | [[/folder]] |
| 162 | |
| 163 | [[folder:Great Old One]] |
| 164 | !!Great Old One |
| 165 | [[quoteright:195:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/oldone.png]] |
| 166 | ->'''Species:''' Soul (Werewolf) |
| 167 | -->'''Voiced by:''' Jin Urayama (JP), Creator/AaronLaPlante (ENG) |
| 168 | ---- |
| 169 | Komamura's great-grandfather, who eventually teaches him the clan's secrets. |
| 170 | ----- |
| 171 | * CanisMajor: He is a giant dog that even dwarfs a character as large as Komamura. |
| 172 | * HateSink: In addition to laughing off Komamura's request to learn his clan's secret arts, he flat out admits he doesn't care what happens to Soul Society. Later, it's revealed that he knew that the Human Transformation Technique would turn Komamura into an ordinary powerless wolf after it wears off. Not only is he not upset about it, he's thrilled at Komamura succumbing to his clans roots of revenge, and at the prospect that his grandson's life is ruined and his Soul Reaper days are over. There's nothing redeeming about him and he's very clearly written that way because he's lampshaded in-universe as an example of the Buddhist "sin" of ignorance, and only seemingly exists to kick Komamura out of the plot. |
| 173 | * {{Jerkass}}: The first time he ever takes great pride in Komamura is after he falls into the state of a mindless beast fuelled only by the thirst for revenge that has consumed the clan. |
| 174 | * MonstrousCannibalism: After Komamura rips out his heart, his grandfather thanks him for the gift of his hatred and then eats it. |
| 175 | * OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: He is the patriarch of a clan of werewolf-like beings from the Animal Realm of {{UsefulNotes/Buddhism}}. |
| 176 | * SavageWolves: He's proud of Komamura when he becomes a bloodthirsty monster. |
| 177 | [[/folder]] |
| 178 | |
| 179 | [[folder:Former Residents]] |
| 180 | See [[Characters/BleachVisoredsAndExiledSoulReapers Visoreds & Exiled Soul Reapers]] |
| 181 | |
| 182 | See [[Characters/BleachAizenAndHisCohorts Aizen & His Cohorts]] |
| 183 | [[/folder]] |
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