Yachiru Kusajishi
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Yachiru Kusajishi (草鹿 八千流 Kusajishi Yachiru?) is a character from the manga and anime Bleach. She is the lieutenant of the Gotei 13's 11th Division, under Kenpachi Zaraki.
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| Yachiru Kusajishi | |
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| Occupation | Lieutenant of the 11th Division, shinigami |
| Birthday | February 12 |
| Height | 109 cm (3' 7") |
| Weight | 15.5 kg (34.2 lbs) |
| Theme Song | "Yahoo!" by Sora Izumikawa and Veni, Veni, Venias by Andre Previn |
| Seiyū | Hisayo Mochizuki |
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[edit] Character outline
Yachiru, who appears cute, small, and harmless, is cheerful, upbeat, and energetic. Most of the time she is seen latched onto the back of her captain, Kenpachi Zaraki, just over his left shoulder. She is surprisingly intimidating at times, especially when annoyed. Like Zaraki, she has no sense of direction. She is also revealed to be incredibly strong, as she easily picked up Zaraki, who is almost twice her height, and carried him away while leaping great distances between tall buildings.
Yachiru resents being criticized in any way and will often attack the perpetrator. For example, she headbutts Orihime Inoue and bites 3rd Seat Ikkaku Madarame's bald head.
Although she looks harmless, it should be noted that Yachiru is the lieutenant of the combat division within Soul Society. This is reflected when she gets into more serious moments and reveals her immense spiritual energy and speed.
She also likes to give people nicknames; She calls another member of the 11th Division "Maki-maki" (meaning rolled rolled), a humorous nickname. She has given affectionate nicknames to only three known individuals; she calls her captain 'Ken-chan' (Kenny in Viz translation) out of respect and because he is basically her only 'family', and starts calling Ichigo 'Ichi-san', because according to her, his battle with Kenpachi is the first time that 'Ken-chan' has been truly happy in a long long time. She also calls Byakuya 'Bya-chan' or 'Byakushi'.
[edit] History
Someone murdered Yachiru's parents in North Rukongai, 79th district (Kusajishi) when she was a baby. A nameless but highly skilled sword fighter from Zaraki, Soul Society's 80th District, soon found her. The swordsman named the baby Yachiru after the only person he ever cared about. The swordsman from Zaraki named himself Kenpachi that day, and became Kenpachi Zaraki.
From that moment on, the two have been inseparable and have developed a caring, albeit argumentative, father-daughter relationship. There is currently no information on how they entered the Seireitei and became shinigami. In an interview, Tite Kubo mentioned that he plans on revealing who Zaraki named Yachiru after.
[edit] Zanpakutō
The name and ability of Yachiru's zanpakutō is unknown. She carries her zanpakutō around with a loose cord, rather than at the sash of her uniform. Her zanpakutō's scabbard even has wheels on it to carry it around. It has a child-like flower pattern on the crossguard. After the first fight between Zaraki Kenpachi and Ichigo Kurosaki, she claimed that getting help from one's zanpakutō is cheating (believing it to be two against one), and thus considered Kenpachi the winner.
[edit] Trivia
- Yachiru's name is written in hiragana (やちる). The only time the kanji version (八千流) appears is during a flashback. Her name in kanji means "eight thousand flows".[1]
- Yachiru is the president of the Shinigami Women's Association.
- According to the profile that appears in a tankōbon, Yachiru loves confetti candy. It does not matter how much of it you have, she'll eat it all. In a VJump comic, Byakuya Kuchiki takes advantage of this weakness to get her out of his house when she tries to interview him for the Shinigami Women's Association.
- Yachiru appears to be fond of Byakuya Kuchiki, and talks to him as if he was a friend in some omake chapters/episode specials. This attitude seems to annoy Byakuya, who finds ingenious ways to get rid of Yachiru, such as carrying around snacks. This is seen in the Shinigami Cup sketch following episode 77 of the anime, where he takes a bun out of his left sleeve and stuffs it into her mouth.
- Apparently, Yachiru does not want anyone else on Kenpachi's back besides herself. This is shown in episode 51, when she forces Inoue off Kenpachi's back when they broke into Ishida, Chad, Ganju's prison cell.
[edit] References
- ^ Bleach manga; chapter 114, page 12.
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| Karakura High School: | Ichigo Kurosaki | Orihime Inoue | Uryū Ishida | Yasutora "Chad" Sado | Tatsuki Arisawa | Keigo Asano |
| Shinigami: | Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai & Chōjirō Sasakibe | Soifon & Marechiyo Ōmaeda | Gin Ichimaru & Izuru Kira | Retsu Unohana, Isane Kotetsu, & Hanatarō Yamada | Sōsuke Aizen & Momo Hinamori | Byakuya Kuchiki & Renji Abarai | Sajin Komamura & Tetsuzaemon Iba | Shunsui Kyōraku & Nanao Ise | Kaname Tōsen & Shūhei Hisagi | Tōshirō Hitsugaya & Rangiku Matsumoto | Kenpachi Zaraki, Yachiru Kusajishi, Ikkaku Madarame, & Yumichika Ayasegawa | Mayuri Kurotsuchi & Nemu Kurotsuchi | Jūshirō Ukitake, Kaien Shiba & Rukia Kuchiki | Kisuke Urahara, Yoruichi Shihouin, & Isshin Kurosaki |
| Vizard: | Shinji Hirako | Other Vizard |
| Arrancar: | Ulquiorra | Grimmjow Jaggerjack | Yammy | Wonderwice Margera | Other Arrancar |
| Other characters: | Ganju Shiba | Kon | Ryūken Ishida | Jin Kariya | Other Bounts |
