Name: Kazuko Tsukiakari (和子 月明かり,child of harmony moonlight)
Race: Shinigami
Birthday: April 16
Age: 150 (looks 15 in human years)
Height: 5'4 (163 cm)
Personal Status:
Affiliation: Gotei 13, Soul Society
Occupation: 3rd Seat of 1st Squad
Previous Occupation: Co-Lieutenant of 5th Squad
Team: Squad 1
Previous Team: Squad 5, Squad 2
Partner/s: Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto, Chojiro Sasakibe
Base of Operation: Squad 1 HQ, Seireitei, Soul Society
Appearance:
Kazuko has long dark brown high ponytailed hair and silver eyes. Her fringe covers her right eye and wears a dark blue clip to hold her fringe on her left side back. She also wears a dark purple hair tie. She wears the standard shihakusho robe, although her sleeves are longer and she also wears a red shitagi.
Personality:
She is kind-hearted, calm, but mostly shy. Even though she is shy, she gets along really well with her fellow shinigami. Momo Hinamori is her best friend and Rangiku Matsumoto, Isane Kotetsu and Nanao Ise are like her older sisters. She deeply cares about all of her friends and is scary when angered. The things she does in her pastime are reading and playing her violin. She is really close to Momo and Nanao because of her love for reading. She is mostly seen reading a book in the library or when walking somewhere.
History:
Kazuko grew up in District 64 in Northern Rukongai along with her older brother Toma Tsukiakari. While Toma tended to be a brat, Kazuko knew he did that to tease her, so she found his bratiness amusing. She was the one who looked after both herself and Toma, which gave him a big reason to protect her from danger. Soon they ran out of food and almost died of starvation until Captain Retsu Unohana saved them. A couple years after that, they both entered the shinigami academy, in order to thank Unohana properly. Around this time Kazuko met Renji Abari, Izuru Kira and Momo. She also became best friends with Momo around this time too. However, she graduated early because of her abilities and was immediately placed in 5th Squad as Co-Lieutenant. Her abilities started improving and she is now 3rd Seat of 1st Squad.
Family:
Toma Tsukiakari - Alive in Soul Society
Abilities:
Expert Swordsmanship: She is proficient enough to cross swords with both captains and lieutenants. She is capable enough to keep her seated rank in swordsmanship and was able to achive Bankai while in 5th Squad. Her Shikai surpasses everyone to Captain Soi Fon, and her Bankai, by a tiny bit surpasses the Head Captain Genryusai.
Shunpo: She is skilled enough in shunpo to keep up at Captain Soi Fon's level.
Kido: Like Momo and Izuru she is a Kido master. She is able to use Kido at Momo's level, stating that she is the best Kido master. She can use multiple spells in conjunction with her Zanpakuto in a unique way to capture and eliminate opponents.
High Spiritual Pressure: Being part of the 1st Squad in the Gotei 13, she has high spiritual pressure at captain-class level. Her reiatsu is red.
Zanpakuto:
Enraiha (炎雷覇, Blaze Lightning Supremacy) in its sealed state, takes the form of a regular katana, with a red and white hilt and her guard is in the shape of a lightning bolt. Her Zanpakuto is a lightning/thunder type.
Shikai: The command for its Shikai is "Paralyze and kill" (麻痺と殺す, Mahi to kurosu). When it's Shikai is released Enraiha's blade is normal, however lightning starts to surround the blade all the way down to the hilt. Enraiha is also the strongest lightning/thunder type Zanpakuto in the Soul Society.
Bankai: Shinku Enraiha (真紅 炎雷覇, Crimson Blaze Lightning Supremacy) turns into a red and black scythe with a white lightning pattern on its blade. When in Bankai it becomes the heaviest Zanpakuto. However with the power over lightning, it reduces the weight to make it easier to hold for Kazuko.