Kisuke Urahara

Kisuke Urahara, also known as Hat-And-Clogs, is a character from the Bleach series.
== Charactah Account ==
Kisuke Urahara always wears traditional Japanese wooden sandals and a bucket hat, which has earned him the nickname "Hat-And-Clogs". 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, Kuukaku 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 shikai. He also likes building large underground training spaces in secret. He built the first one under the Soukyoku hill in Soul Society with Yoruichi for their training, and created a second one under his shop in the mortal realm for a similar purpose.He is also the former captain of squad 12 until he designed the Orb of Distortion. This is able to create Vizards.
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Bleach
* Bleach Movie 1: Memories of Nobody
* Bleach Movie 2: The DiamondDust Rebellion
* Bleach Movie 3: Fade to Black
* Bleach: The Sealed Sword Frenzy
* Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War
* Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War - The Separation
=== Light Novels ===
* Bleach: Can't Fear Your Own World
* Bleach: Letters From the Other Side
* Bleach: The Death Save the Strawberry
=== Manga ===
* Bleach
=== Video Games ===
* Bleach Advance: Kurenai ni Somaru Soul Society
* Bleach GC: Death Gods Meeting in the Twilight
* Bleach: Blade Battlers
* Bleach: Blade Battlers 2nd
* Bleach: Brave Souls
* Bleach: Dark Souls
* Bleach: Flame Bringer
* Bleach: Heat the Soul 2
* Bleach: Heat the Soul 3
* Bleach: Heat the Soul 4
* Bleach: Heat the Soul 5
* Bleach: Heat the Soul 6
* Bleach: Heat the Soul 7
* Bleach: Immortal Soul
* Bleach: Released Emergent Ambition
* Bleach: Selected Soul
* Bleach: Shattered Blade
* Bleach: Soul Carnival 2
* Bleach: The 3rd Phantom
* Jump Ultimate Stars
* Jumputi Heroes
* Soul-Arena
== Trivia ==
* Kisuke Urahara was inspired by Snufkin (original language: Snusmumriken, Nuuskamuikkunen), a character from Tove Jansson's Moominvalley novels.
* The theme song that Kubo chose for Urahara is "The Sacrifice" by the composer Michael Nyman on the feature film soundtrack The Piano.
* Urahara was ranked the 7th most popular character in the first character popularity poll, 4th in the second, 8th in the third, 20th in the fourth, and 14th in the fifth.
* Benihime ranked 12th in the first Zanpakutō poll and 14th in the second.
* In the second best bout poll, Urahara's fight with Sōsuke Aizen ranked 35th, his following fight against Aizen alongside Isshin Kurosaki and Yoruichi Shihouin ranked 38th, his fight with Yammy Llargo ranked 56th, and his fight with Wonderweiss Margela ranked 83rd.
* His command for his Nake, Benihime technique differs between episodes in the English dub. Its release command is "Scream" in Episode 114 and "Cry" in Episode 214.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Kisuke Urahara at Bleach Wiki
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