Name: Takeshi Shinobu
Age: 380
Visual Age: 32
Date of Birth: December 15
Date of Death: March 20
Height: 180 cm
Weight: 75 kg
Former Division: 3rd
Former Rank: Captain (Requesting)
Appearance: Takeshi wears a long, brownish trench coat with a high collar, under it a black, long sleeved shirt; dark grayish pants with quite a few pockets, and grey-brown hiking shoes and brownish, fingerless gloves. All of this looks rather old and a bit worn out. His Zanpakutou is on his left side, the scabbard being held in one of the belt rims. He’s got long, silvery-grey hair that comes down as a fringe in front of the eyes. Overall, in length, the hair just covers the ears. His eyes are grayish-blue. The skin color is like that of a Scandinavian person, so slightly paler then a usual white person.
Personality: Takeshi is a calm person and usually keeps his cool. He is arrogant and somewhat anarchistic. He does not care what anyone else thinks of him. His business, choices and ideas are his own. Due to this, he prefers to work alone. He has no personal hatred towards the hollows, but still kills them when they show up in Karakura. He does not like the Shinigami that much, less than he likes hollows as a matter of fact, but again, has no personal hatred towards them. He’s not power hungry, but still prefers training to become stronger. He stays away from large groups of people.
Fighting Style: Takeshi uses a ruthless, brutal fighting style. He does not fully rely on his blade and quite often uses grabs, kicks and throws. His sword attacks involve a lot of powerful blows. The style overall has a good balance of speed and power. He occasionally throws his sword to disorientate the enemy, or sometimes does not draw it at all, resorting to punches and kicks. He occasionally taunts the enemy during a fight. Overall his fighting attitude can differ from “just playing” to dead serious. He can assess the situation after seeing some of the enemy moves. From this he will decide weather to use his sword/mask/release/bankai.
History: Takeshi was from a rather rough Rukon district. He had to strife and fight really hard to survive. He was with a small pack of people who used different methods, was a teenager back then. In that group of people, there was one girl that he loved. Several years they were with a group of trusted friends, untill they were attacked by a powerful hollow. The entire group, including his girlfriend were killed. The only reason Takeshi survived was because the Shinigami arrived at the scene just as the hollow bit into him. The wounds were deep, but he managed to survive thanks to the medics of the Shinigami. This is when he decided to become a Shinigami, and prevent something like this from happening again. Joining the academy, it took him five years to graduate. During this time he was mainly focusing on his martial arts rather than kido. When graduated, he was assigned to the third squad. Two more years of duty passed before he learned his Zanpakutou’s name. He was not a seated officer, yet soon after, he had three years of military success. This is when he was assigned to the eleventh division as a fourth seat. From there on, followed twenty-five years of service until he was assigned as a lieutenant. However, it was also at this point where there were symptoms of some strange sickness coming up. They were not sever, however. He could still perform his duty as a lieutenant. Ten more years passed, and Takeshi mastered his Ban Kai. Just two years later he was offered to become a captain. He decided to return to the third division. Coincidentally, the current captain was getting promoted to squad zero. After a demonstration of his Ban Kai as well as his fighting capabilities, he was granted the captain’s seat. However, during this time period, the symptoms of his sickness worsened. He suspected the source of the sickness. Yet it did not stop him from performing well as a captain. For the next fifty years he was a successful captain, until an incident happened. Something happened on one of his missions. When the other squad showed up at the scene, they saw the massacred members of the seventh squad and a hollow that very closely resembled a human. As a matter of fact, the only hollow thing about it was the mask. By the uniform, the soldiers recognized Takeshi and he was restrained, not without a fight of course. He was meant to be executed, without even an attempt to cure the infection, but he managed to escape. He knew that he will not be able to outrun the Shinigami in Soul Society, so he fled to the Real World, where he resides today. It was there where he managed to suppress his inner hollow and master its abilities.
Takeshi Shinobu lives in Karakura town, in a small apartment, which is a few stories above the store he works. He can sometimes be seen on the roof of the building training. As far as he is concerned, Takashi is the only being with power in the city or in the area. All he knows is that the incident happened after he met a certain individual who offered him to cure the sickness. He suspects that he is the cause, and knows that with his next meeting, that individual will die by his hand.
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