About

Set after the Thousand-Year Blood War. The leader of the Visoreds. He was formerly the Captain of the 5th Division of the Gotei 13, but he was hollowified due to Sosuke Aizen's conspiracy. After the Arrancar arc, he returned to his position as the Captain of the 5th Division. His signature features include his neat bobbed hair and his fluent use of the Osaka dialect, the representative form of Kansai-ben. He has a bold and cheerful personality. Despite his usually light and casual appearance, he has a very strong sense of camaraderie, is sensible, and is deeply considerate of others. [Zanpakuto] Shikai: Collapse, Sakanade. 倒れろ、逆撫。 When released, a large ring is attached to the end of the hilt, and two holes appear in the blade. By holding this ring and spinning the Zanpakuto, a smoke-like substance is emitted. Anyone caught in Sakanade's influence has their sense of direction for everything reversed. Up, down, left, right, front, and back are reversed, as well as the direction from which an attack comes and the direction in which one swings an attack. Later, the ability was enhanced to induce dizziness and cause sounds to be heard in reverse as well. Bankai: Sakashima Yokoshima Happo Fusagari 逆様邪八宝塞 The name refers to an ominous fortune where all eight directions are blocked with no way out. The name seems to combine a word meaning "wicked heart," in that it is an ability specialized for stabbing someone in the back after hypnotizing them into perceiving him as an ally, and a word meaning "surrounded on all sides," in that its true value is revealed only when he is left alone and surrounded by many enemies. The ability reverses the perception of friend and foe for those around him, causing enemies to fight enemies and allies to fight allies.