Jirou Souzousuke Shunsui Kyouraku

Jirou Souzousuke Shunsui Kyouraku, also known as Sakuranosuke, is a character from the Bleach series.
== Charactah Account ==
Kyouraku is a laid back and flamboyant man, evident in his style of dress and general attitude. He wears a straw hat and a pink flowered haori over his captain's uniform. Although his haori and obi sash are cheap, his pinwheel hairpin is very expensive. In his off time, he can be seen drinking sake and napping. Other times, he likes to chase after women, which is noted by Yasochika Iemura of the 4th Squad when commenting in his diary. In particular, he often flirts with his lieutenant, Nanao Ise, whom he calls 'my Nanao-chan' (little Nanao). In one of the omake outtakes he told Rangiku Matsumoto to buy Nanao Ise a sexy outfit while in the human world. Matsumoto brings back a skimpy two piece bathing suit which Nanao refuses to try on. He is close friends with 13th Division Captain Jushirou Ukitake, with whom he graduated from the shinigami academy and works with often.
Kyouraku tends to use a more familiar speech style than most other characters in Bleach. He generally refers to his fellow captains and shinigami by their first name followed by an honorific, and is the only character who dispenses with honorifics when addressing General Yamamoto, calling him old Yama (Yama-jii). Even Ukitake, who was also taught by Yamamoto, does not do this.
Kyouraku is a peace-loving man who will always try to talk his way out of a fight. However, he does not wish to insult his opponents by not fighting, either, as he explains to Chad. Since he has achieved the rank of captain, it is implied that he must be a powerful fighter, but the true extent of his abilities has not been seen in the series. General Yamamoto states that Kyouraku and Jushirou Ukitake, both of whom he trained himself, possess "greater powers on the battlefield than any younger generation, or old," suggesting that the two are more powerful than any other captains, with the possible exception of Yamamoto himself.
== 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: Spirits Are Forever with You
* Bleach: The Honey Dish Rhapsody
=== Manga ===
* Bleach
* Bleach: Howl from the Jaws of Hell Arc
=== Video Games ===
* Bleach Advance: Kurenai ni Somaru Soul Society
* Bleach GC: Death Gods Meeting in the Twilight
* Bleach Soul Resurrección
* Bleach: Blade Battlers 2nd
* Bleach: Brave Souls
* Bleach: Dark Souls
* Bleach: Flame Bringer
* 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: Paradise Lost
* Bleach: Shattered Blade
* Bleach: Soul Carnival 2
* Bleach: The 3rd Phantom
* Bleach: The Blade of Fate
* Jumputi Heroes
* Soul-Arena
== Trivia ==
* His theme song, as chosen by Tite Kubo, is Carlos Gardel's "Por una Cabeza".
* Shunsui's name is sometimes romanized as Syunsui Kyoraku.
* Shunsui was ranked the 36th most popular character in the second character popularity poll, 29th in the third, 17th in the fourth, 10th in the fifth, and 12th in the tenth.
* Katen Kyoukotsu ranked 33rd in the first Zanpakutou poll and 6th in the second.
* In the second best bout poll, Shunsui's fight with Coyote Starrk ranked 5th, his fight alongside Jūshirō Ukitake against Genryuusai Shigekuni Yamamoto ranked 19th, his joint fight against Sousuke Aizen ranked 47th, his fight with Yasutora Sado ranked 68th, and his fight against Robert Accutrone ranked 83rd.
* While Shunsui is his first name and Kyouraku is his last name, his full name is Shunsui Sakuranosuke Kyouraku no Jirou. "Kyouraku no Jirou" means "second son of the Kyouraku family" while Sakuranosuke means "assistant who conceals/possesses all".
* Shunsui is the only Shinigami known to wield a Zanpakutou that exists as two completely separate blades in both its sealed state and its Shikai.
* His Zanpakutou and Juushirou Ukitake's Zanpakutou have the longest release commands as of yet. Word-for-word, Ukitake's is the longer of the two, although the translation in the English manga drastically shortens it and lengthens Shunsui's.
* The Shinigami Women's Association released a photo collection on Shunsui, titled "Using Arms as My Pillow". It quickly sold out, partially due to there being less copies released than similar collections by the other captains. Shunsui is unaware that it has not been re-printed.
* In the Shounen Jump release of Chapter 559, Shunsui appeared with his right eye intact and with no eyepatch. However, this was corrected in the release of Volume 62. This error occurred a second time in Chapter 604, but was corrected in later chapters.
* The name of Shunsui's Bankai was originally written as Katen Kyoukotsu: Kuromatsu Shinjuu (Bones of Heavenly Blooming Madness: Black Pine Lovers' Suicide) when Shunsui activated it in chapter 647, and was subsequently changed to Katen Kyoukotsu: Karematsu Shinjuu (Bones of Heavenly Blooming Madness: Withered Pine Lovers' Suicide) in chapter 648 before being changed to its current version in chapter 649, which the volume versions of chapters 647 and 648 had their versions changed to as well.
* When Shunsui is explaining the history of Nanao's family and her mother to her in chapter 651, Nanao's mother is wearing his flowery kimono.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Shunsui Kyōraku at Bleach Wiki
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