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Kisuke Urahara bio

Kisuke Urahara (浦原 喜助, Urahara Kisuke?) is a fictional character and a major protagonist in the anime and manga series Bleach created by Tite Kubo. He runs the Urahara Shop, which sells various shinigami items. The shop is maintained by Urahara himself as well as Ururu Tsumugiya, Jinta Hanakari, and Tessai Tsukabishi.

Contents [hide]
1 Character outline
2 History
3 Inventions
4 Benihime
5 References



[edit] Character outline
Kisuke Urahara always wears traditional Japanese wooden sandals and a bucket hat, which has earned him the nickname "sandal-hat" (ゲタ帽子, geta-bōshi?, "Mr. Hat-and-Clogs" in the English version). He is generally a laid-back, jovial fellow, although he can be dead serious when the situation warrants it. Despite his carefree attitude, his speech is always polite, though it is sometimes sarcastic. Yoruichi Shihouin notes that he tends to go over the top with whatever he becomes passionate about. He once described himself as a "mere honest, handsome, perverted businessman." During the Bount arc of the anime, when Ganju Shiba calls Urahara an "old man," Urahara replies that he is the same age as Ganju's sister, Kūkaku Shiba.

Urahara can usually be found near the scene of an important event, but will rarely step in to intervene, preferring to be in control from outside. After the event is over (i.e. the battle between Ichigo Kurosaki and Renji Abarai), he kindly pops up and helps the side he deems fit. Thus far, it has tended to be the side of the protagonists. He often tends to know more than he reveals and tends to have some form of relationship with most of the story's characters. While he is a major driving force throughout much of the story, he is usually only the catalyst, allowing others to do the work for him. Despite his appearance, Urahara is a highly skilled fighter, using a combination of powerful attacks and cunning deceptions, and is capable of holding his own against Espada-level arrancar with nothing more than his initial release. He also likes building large underground training spaces in secret. He built the first one under the Sōkyoku hill in Soul Society with Yoruichi for their training,[1] and created a second one under his shop in the mortal realm for a similar purpose.


[edit] History

Urahara as the captain of the 12th Division.Kisuke Urahara is a former captain of the 12th Division of the Gotei 13. He is also the founder and the first president of the Shinigami Research Institute. Mayuri Kurotsuchi succeeded him in both positions.

At some point (about 100 years before the main Bleach storyline), Urahara was sentenced to exile by Soul Society for creating an untraceable gigai which caused the spiritual power of the shinigami inside it to deteriorate, as well as the Orb of Distortion.[2] Yoruichi Shihouin helped him escape and, for reasons yet unknown, ran away with him as well. He also seems to be an acquaintance of Isshin Kurosaki, Ichigo Kurosaki's father.


[edit] Inventions
Having founded the research institute in Soul Society, Urahara has developed a number of unique items. The notable ones are below:

Gikongan (義魂丸) – More commonly known as Soul Candy, this item is an artificial soul in the form of a green ball of candy. When ingested, it forces the user's soul out of their body. The artificial soul then operates in a preprogrammed manner while inhabiting a body. Its name was changed to "Soul Candy" after its creation because the Shinigami Women Organization complained that the name gikongan wasn't cute.
Tenshintai (転神体, lit change [death] god body, Viz: "Divine Transfer Body" wink – This item is a vaguely human-shaped, man-sized doll used to forcibly materialize the spirit of a zanpakutō into the real world when stabbed by the zanpakutō. In doing so, the user can subjugate the spirit and attain the final release of their zanpakutō. The materialization lasts for about a day, after which the spirit reverts back into the doll that spawned it. Without this invention, achieving the final release takes at least ten years, not to mention the many years of combat experience needed. This method, however, is very dangerous due to the fact that it forcibly materializes the zanpakutō's spirit. If used more than three times consecutively, it is possibly fatal to the user.
Hōgyoku (崩玉, lit. Crumbling Orb, translated as Orb of Distortion, Viz: "Breakdown Sphere" wink [3] – This item is a small orb that dissolves the boundary between a shinigami and a hollow. It can allow a shinigami to use hollow powers and vice-versa. As Sōsuke Aizen reveals to Orihime Inoue, continued use of the orb seems to weaken it.[4]
Variations of gigai (faux bodies) – Having experimented with gigai at length, Urahara has created at least two variations. The most notable one is an untraceable gigai which drains the user's spiritual power instead of restoring it, effectively making them human if used long enough. He also developed an inflatable gigai for use as a decoy in combat.[5]
In addition, Urahara has also developed several novel techniques throughout the course of his research as the captain of the 12th Division, most notably the technique to bury matter within a soul and later remove it without any damage to the bearer. This was used by Aizen to remove the Orb of Distortion from Rukia.


[edit] Benihime

Benihime's initial release.Kisuke Urahara's zanpakutō is Benihime (紅姫, lit. Crimson Princess). It is one of the few known female zanpakutō. When sealed, Benihime takes the form of a shikomizue (a blade hidden inside Urahara's cane). The shaft of the cane is able to separate a soul from a body, much like Rukia Kuchiki's glove. The initial release command of Benihime is "awaken" (起きろ, okiro?, Viz: "wake up" wink .

In its initial release, Benihime's blade becomes a bit wider than that of a sealed zanpakutō and the hilt curves, adding a crimson ribbon and other elaborate decorations around it. Benihime has two special abilities, one for offense and one for defense, both of which are activated by the command "sing" (啼け, nake?, "scream" in the English version). Benihime's defensive ability forms an oval-shaped "blood mist shield" in front of Urahara. The barrier seems to be significantly powerful in particular, as it was able to block Ichigo's getsuga tenshō attack and only slightly eroded. At the same time, he also commented that if he had not blocked Ichigo's attack, he would've very easily lost a limb even though Ichigo didn't know the name of attack at the time. Benihime's offensive ability fires crimson-colored energy blasts. Urahara was easily able to cancel out a cero blast by the arrancar Yammy by striking it head-on with this attack.[6]

Benihime's final release has yet to be revealed, but has been vaguely commented upon. When Chad comes to Urahara for training, he instead gives the task to Renji Abarai, remarking that Chad needs to face the strength of final release to improve. Upon Renji asking why Urahara does not train Chad himself, he states that the final release of his own zanpakutō is not fit for training others or lending power to them.

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