Shihōin, Yoruichi

Name: Shihōin, Yoruichi

Sex: female

Age: ??

Clothes: She wears a black undershirt, an orange over shirt, black pants, and light shoes for the flash steps

Race: Shinigami.

Hair colour, length, eye colour: Yoruichi had short purple hair, is dark-skinned with golden eyes and stands 156 cm (5'1") tall

Division: ex-2nd captain

Organization: Urahara shop

Rank: co leader along with Urahara

Character Traits: She is intelligent and witty, and is intimately knowledgeable of Soul Society and its workings, as she was the former leader of the special forces and the Second Division's captain. Although of noble birth, she acts differently from other nobles. For instance, she instructed Soifon to refer to her without using honorific suffixes, but reluctantly settled for being called "Yoruichi-sama" She also transforms into her human form directly in front of Ichigo on several occasions just to see his reaction to seeing her naked, which she even teases him about. Another note of her eccentricity is that she speaks in a dialect that elders use, such as identifying herself as "washi" (a term that usually old men define themselves with) instead of more feminine terms like "watashi" in both her human and animal forms.

Yoruichi tends to avoid battles, preferring to help after a fight is over, but she will step in if she thinks her side cannot win.


Bio: Yoruichi grew up in Soul Society with her friend, Kisuke Urahara. Growing up, she and Urahara were close friends, and trained together in their secret training ground.
Yoruichi was the once the 2nd Division Captain of the Gotei 13, Commander of the Special Forces, and Corps Commander of the Corrections Corps. She was also the 22nd generational head of the Shihōin family (tenshiheisōban), one of the four noble families, and the first female to hold that position. She earned much respect in Soul Society in all of her positions. While her age has not been revealed, she is considerably older than Byakuya Kuchiki and refers to him as "Little Byakuya" since he was a kid. She used to tease him and they used to play tag using flash steps, even when Byakuya was still a kid and she was already a captain. She was probably on good terms with his grandfather considering they both were heads of two of the most powerful noble families.
While Yoruichi was the Special Forces commander, she took in Soifon as a guard and became her mentor and friend. She taught Soifon most of the techniques she knew. As a result, Soifon succeeded her as head of the special forces after Yoruichi's escape from Soul Society. During her time in Soul Society, she created many techniques that involve Flash Steps, as well as teaching some of them to Byakuya. While she was in the Second Division, Yoruichi's 3rd Seat was Urahara, whom she recommended as Captain of the 12th Division after Kirio Hikifune was promoted.


Other: (seeing as atm Yoruichi has not reviled her zanpakuto I will post her powers here)

Feline Transformation: One of her most important and unique abilities is that she can shapeshift into a black cat at will. It is unknown if this ability possesses any time limit, but it is unlikely considering she has used it for so long that she is unused to her human form and dislikes wearing clothing (much to Ichigo's chagrin). As a cat, Yoruichi can still channel spiritual power and move with incredible speeds, though she is physically limited by the form. Her transformation also allows her a complete disguise in multiple ways; aside from the physical transformation, her voice as a cat is deep enough for most to assume that she is male.

Enhanced Strength: Though she may not look like it, Yoruichi is very strong as long as she is in her human form. She was strong enough at the point of using flash steps while carrying around a passed out Ichigo. She also injured Yammy, the 10th Espada, with various unarmed moves, but it was later revealed that she was injured by his hierro, admitting that she wasn't expecting his skin to be that hard.

Flash Step Master: Considered to be the most proficient Hohō master in the entire Soul Society, Yoruichi is highly skilled in the use of Flash Steps, a high speed movement ability. Though this is by no means a unique skill, as most seated officers are capable of performing it to various degrees, Yoruichi holds the title "Goddess of Flash" (shunshin) because she has mastered this ability to such an extent that she can appear to be in several places at once and wipe out entire special forces squadrons in moments. The full extent of her abilities remain unclear, but she was able to outrun Byakuya while carrying an unconscious Ichigo over her shoulder. She was able to perform around 300 steps before feeling out of breath. Furthermore, she states that she is out of practice after doing so. She is so fast that Soifon could barely keep up with her and she was able to take out a multitude of Special Forces operatives in a matter of seconds. It is revealed that her speed in cat form is much slower then in human form,as in a filler episode even Ichigo's shunpo was faster than it.

Master Hand-to-Hand Combatant: Yoruichi is often seen fighting hand-to-hand, and has never even used her Zanpakutō, making one wonder if she even possesses one. Her mastery in this area is so great that she may be the most proficient in it of all Shinigami alive. Taking on the likes of high level Arrancar with no problem, she is even being considered to be highly dangerous by the 4th Espada, Ulquiorra Schiffer

Kidō Master: As former Captain of the 2nd Division and the Commander-in-Chief of the Special Forces Yoruichi is well versed in a mastery of Kido. Though she commonly employs Shunpo and hand-to-hand fighting techniques, she is masterful in using demon magic to further her capacity in combat- being so experienced she is able to mix it with other fighting techniques.

Shunkō (Flash Cry): Yoruichi is also skilled with Flash Cry, a technique that combines hand-to-hand combat and Kidō. It concentrates high-pressure Spiritual Energy around the body, allowing it to be fired at opponents. It can also be used to instantly neutralize an opponent's movement.

Stealth Mastery: As the former Commander-in-Chief of the Special Forces Yoruichi is masterful in the art of staying hidden and unseen. When necessary she can effectively exploit having a advantage against an opponent or hiding her presence.

Master Assassin: as the former Commander-in-Chief of the Special Forces Yoruichi is one of the foremost masters of the art of assassination