Yoruichi

Yoruichi Shihouin (四楓院夜一) is a former squad captain and the former head of the Covert Ops brigade. She is intelligent, playful and witty, and knows a lot about an afterlife, Soul Society (尸魂界), as she was previously the leader of the Covert Ops corps. She is also from one of the Four Noble Families (the most influential houses) and thus was highly respected in Soul Society while she was there: she was the first woman to ever lead the noble Shihouin family. Her seiyuu (voice actor) is Satsuki Yukino .

The name and true appearance of Yoruichi's zanpakuto is unknown. In the manga, it was seen in a few panels, resembling a kodachi or Wakizashi short sword. Yoruichi doesn't tend to help directly in battles, but will step in if she thinks her side can't win. Since she is familiar with many of the shinigami due to her history, she can usually be trusted to make this assertion correctly. An excellent instructor, she is responsible for training Ichigo's friends prior to their entrance into Soul Society.

Abilities

As a member of a noble family and head of the covert ops, Yoruichi acquired a lot of powerful abilities and artifacts. One of her most important and unique abilities is that she can transform into a black cat at will. Yoruichi can remain in her feline form for a long period of time. It is unknown if this ability possesses any time limit, but it is unlikely considering she used it for so long that she has become unused to and dislikes wearing clothing (much to Ichigo's chagrin). As a cat, Yoruichi is still able to use many of her abilities. Her transformation allows her a complete disguise in multiple ways; in addition to not appearing in a human form, her voice as a cat is deep enough for most to assume that she is male.

A less unique but equally important ability is the flash step (瞬歩) aka shunpo, which lets her move incredibly fast for short distances with each 'step'. Although many high-ranking shinigami have this ability, Yoruichi holds the title Goddess of Flash (瞬神 shunshin), because she can move faster and for longer distances. It's unclear how many steps she can take before collapsing, but we know she needs to catch her breath after 200 steps due to being out of practice for a hundred years.

Yoruichi is a master of hand-to-hand, demon arts, and has learned one of the ultimate techniques that combines these combat arts. The technique is called shunko (瞬閧, "flash war cry") and allows the user to concentrate high amounts of energy in different parts of their body and blast it at opponents. Later she learns how to transform her mind and body even further. By the end of the manga she can turn into the so-called Beast Battle Form (瞬閧 雷獣戦形 瞬霳黒猫戦姫), which sheaths her in an aura of electrical energy. The energy forms her hair into the form of cat ears and she grows a tail. Yoruichi's friend Kisuke Urahara is the only one who can control her in this form.

Artifacts

Yoruichi has two items that allow her to fly. One is a wand with a skull atop it that produces a tentacle that acts as a harness, and a single, bat-shaped wing that acts as a hang glider. Flight is triggered using the word tobe ("fly!"). No skill or previous experience is required to fly using this artifact. The other is the tentouken (天踏絢 which means "heavenly dancing figure"), a brown cloak with a large draw string closure at the collar, with a large brooch displaying the Shihouin family crest. Like the wand, the tentouken seems to require no skill or previous experience to use. It also seems to be superior to the wand, since it allows one to hover in mid air, and leaves ones hands free. So far, only Ichigo has been shown using this artifact.

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