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Official series visualAaroniero ArruruerieBleachNinth Espada who weaponizes consumed memories and identitiesOfficial series visualAbirama RedderBleachEagle-themed Baraggan Fracción whose aerial pride is grounded by Izuru Kira's WabisukeOfficial series visualAcidwireBleachSora Inoue's corrupted Hollow form, whose jealousy becomes Orihime's first direct encounter with the danger of unresolved soulsOfficial series visualAkonBleachBattlefield analyst who runs Soul Society's research center when Mayuri is awayOfficial series visualAsguiaro EbernBleachArrancar soldier sent to provoke Ichigo into revealing BankaiOfficial series visualAskin Nakk Le VaarBleachSternritter D and analytical member of Yhwach's Royal GuardOfficial series visualAyonBleachChimera created by the Tres Bestias whose uncontrolled strength threatens Soul Reapers and Quincy alikeÄ
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Official series visualBambietta BasterbineBleachSternritter E and volatile leader among the BambiesOfficial series visualBaraggan LouisenbairnBleachSecond Espada and deposed ruler who embodies ageingOfficial series visualBazz-BBleachFire-wielding Sternritter and childhood friend of HaschwalthOfficial series visualBG9BleachMechanical Stern Ritter who steals Soi Fon's Bankai and studies opponents as dataOfficial series visualBulbous GBleachBrute-force Hollow whose attack on Karin and her friends triggers Chad's first manifestation of Brazo Derecha de GiganteOfficial series visualByakuya KuchikiBleachSquad 6 captain and head of the Kuchiki ClanC
Official series visualCandice CatnippBleachSternritter T and lightning-wielding member of the BambiesOfficial series visualCang DuBleachStern Ritter I who steals Toshiro Hitsugaya's BankaiOfficial series visualCharlotte ChuhlhourneBleachFlamboyant Arrancar whose battle with Yumichika turns beauty, secrecy and performance into tacticsOfficial series visualChizuru HonshōBleachOutspoken Karakura classmate whose early supernatural endangerment helps trigger Orihime's protective awakeningOfficial series visualChoe Neng PowwBleachWhale-themed Baraggan Fracción whose enormous strength exposes Ikkaku's refusal to reveal BankaiOfficial series visualChojiro SasakibeBleachYamamoto's lifelong lieutenant and wielder of a lightning BankaiOfficial series visualCirucci SanderwicciBleachFormer Espada whose bladed Resurreccion tests Uryu's precision and mercyOfficial series visualCoyote StarrkBleachFirst Espada whose overwhelming power leaves him searching for companionshipOfficial series visualCyan Sung-SunBleachSerpent-themed Harribel Fraccion whose composure and concealment support the Tres BestiasD
Official series visualDon KanonjiBleachTelevision spiritualist whose theatrical heroism matures into genuine courageOfficial series visualDondochakka BirstanneBleachLarge-hearted former Fraccion whose comic brother persona protects NellielOfficial series visualDordoni Alessandro Del SocaccioBleachFormer Espada whose theatrical duel with Ichigo becomes a final attempt to recover lost prideOfficial series visualDriscoll BerciBleachStern Ritter O whose strength rises with every life he takesE
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Official series visualFindorr CaliusBleachSelf-styled analyst in Baraggan's Fracción whose exact rankings fail against Shuhei HisagiOfficial series visualFishbone DBleachPredatory Hollow whose attack on the Kurosaki family forces Rukia to transfer her power and begins Ichigo's Soul Reaper lifeOfficial series visualFranceska Mila RoseBleachLion-themed Harribel Fraccion who balances physical force with an older-sister composureG
Official series visualGanju ShibaBleachShiba clan fighter who joins Ichigo's rescue missionOfficial series visualGantenbainne MosquedaBleachHonorable former Espada whose duel awakens Chad's left armOfficial series visualGerard ValkyrieBleachSternritter M and giant warrior of Yhwach's Royal GuardOfficial series visualGgio VegaBleachTiger-themed Baraggan Fracción whose speed duel lets Soi Fon conceal her decisive techniqueOfficial series visualGin IchimaruBleachFormer Squad 3 captain and Aizen's unreadable lieutenantOfficial series visualGiriko KutsuzawaBleachXcution Fullbringer who enforces timed contractsOfficial series visualGiselle GewelleBleachSternritter Z and manipulator of battlefield zombiesOfficial series visualGrand FisherBleachLong-hunted Hollow whose human lure weaponizes memory and makes Ichigo confront the truth about Masaki's deathOfficial series visualGremmy ThoumeauxBleachSternritter V whose imagination becomes realityOfficial series visualGrimmjow JaegerjaquezBleachFormer Sixth Espada and enduring rival to IchigoOfficial series visualGwenael LeeBleachGremmy's imagined assassin who removes his body, presence and memory from an opponent's awarenessH
Official series visualHachigen UshodaBleachVisored barrier specialist and former deputy commander of the Kido CorpsOfficial series visualHanataro YamadaBleachSquad 4 healer whose compassion leads him to aid Rukia's rescuersOfficial series visualHexapodusBleachSix-legged Hollow whose attack on a child spirit forces Ichigo to define what accepting Soul Reaper duty meansOfficial series visualHiyori SarugakiBleachFormer Squad 12 lieutenant and confrontational Visored trainerI
Official series visualIchibe HyosubeBleachLeader of Squad Zero and guardian of names in Soul SocietyOfficial series visualIchigo KurosakiBleachSubstitute Soul Reaper and protector of Karakura TownOfficial series visualIkkaku MadarameBleachSquad 11 officer who hides captain-class power to remain under KenpachiOfficial series visualIkumi UnagiyaBleachStrong-willed odd-job business owner who gives the powerless Ichigo employment, discipline and an adult refugeOfficial series visualIsane KotetsuBleachSquad 4 medical officer and Retsu Unohana's trusted lieutenantOfficial series visualIsshin KurosakiBleachKarakura physician and former Soul Reaper captainOfficial series visualIzuru KiraBleachSquad 3 lieutenant whose sword turns every strike into a burdenJ
Official series visualJackie TristanBleachXcution close-range fighter whose Fullbring grows stronger through dirtOfficial series visualJidanbō IkkanzakaBleachGiant guardian of the Seireitei's western gate whose personal code turns an apparent obstacle into Ichigo's first ally inside Soul SocietyOfficial series visualJinta HanakariBleachCompetitive Urahara Shop assistant whose childish teasing gives way to immediate loyalty in dangerOfficial series visualJirōbō IkkanzakaBleachFormer Fourth Seat of Squad 7 whose flying-blade ambush lets Uryū define the difference between combat and attacking a protected companionOfficial series visualJugram HaschwalthBleachSternritter commander and Yhwach's designated successorOfficial series visualJushiro UkitakeBleachCompassionate captain of Squad 13K
Official series visualKaien ShibaBleachFormer Squad 13 lieutenant whose example shapes Rukia's idea of the heartOfficial series visualKanae KatagiriBleachRyuken's observant childhood attendant and the mixed-blood Quincy mother of Uryu IshidaOfficial series visualKaname TosenBleachFormer Squad 9 captain whose pursuit of justice becomes vengeanceOfficial series visualKaoru UnagiyaBleachIkumi's protective young son whose suspicion of Ichigo reveals the family life inside the Unagiya ShopOfficial series visualKarin KurosakiBleachSpiritually aware Kurosaki sister and grounded protector of the familyOfficial series visualKeigo AsanoBleachExcitable Karakura classmate whose panic repeatedly gives way to loyalty when his friends face supernatural dangerOfficial series visualKenpachi ZarakiBleachSquad 11 captain driven by the challenge of combatOfficial series visualKensei MugurumaBleachVisored and reinstated Squad 9 captain who concentrates explosive force into close combatOfficial series visualKirio HikifuneBleachSquad Zero food specialist and creator of the artificial soulOfficial series visualKisuke UraharaBleachFormer Squad 12 captain, inventor and mentor to IchigoOfficial series visualKiyone KotetsuBleachEnergetic Squad 13 officer who grows from Ukitake's competitive attendant into her sister's lieutenant in Squad 4Official series visualKonBleachModified soul who lives in a lion plush and assists IchigoOfficial series visualKugo GinjoBleachFormer Substitute Soul Reaper and leader of the Fullbringers