Yumichika Ayasegawa

Yumichika Ayasegawa (綾瀬川弓親, Ayasegawa Yumichika) is a recurring character of Bleach. is the current 3rd Seat officer in the 11th Division of the Gotei 13, under Captain Kenpachi Zaraki.
He was voiced by Jun Fukuyama in the Japanese version of the anime, and by Brian Beacock in the English version.
==Overview==
Yumichika is the apparently narcissistic current third and former fifth seat in Squad 11. He isn't the fourth seat because he hates the number four and apparently didn't want to share the third seat with Ikkaku. His most distinguishing feature is his right eye which has two pairs of brightly coloured feathers accentuating it. Yumichika is first seen fighting Ganju Shiba during the Soul Society arc and losing, mainly due to having his precious hair messed up. Despite his vain appearance, he's actually an even match to Ikkaku.
==Personality==
On the surface, Yumichika's defining personality trait appears to be narcissism. As a result of his determination to conform to 11th division philosophy, he would rather die than publicly display his true strength. He's content to remain in a subordinate position, sacrificing his abilities to make sure he doesn't do anything that would harm Kenpachi or Ikkaku's faith in him as an 11th division warrior.
Yumichika sees the number 3 as the most beautiful number, but as Ikkaku took the third seat of the 11 division, Yumichika settled for the fifth seat as 5 closely resembles it. In the epiligue, Yumichika got his wish to be third seat, as Ikkaku got promoted to take Yachiru's place.
==Powers & Abilities==
Yumichika's Zanpaktou is known as Fujikuzyaku.
In its base form it appears as a normal, though graceful Katana. It possesses no special abilities in this form.
In its second released Shikai state, it is shapes like a scythe or Kama, with triple blades jutting from the cross-guard in a fan-shape. This state gives it superior attacking and defensive abilities. It also allows him access to a hugely powerful Shikai ability. This ability is a very closely guarded secret of Yumichika's: in fact he has not even told Ikkaku, whom he trusts his life to. This is because his sword is a Kidou-type (Demon magic). As has been stated, Kidou is looked down upon in his squad, and he would lose honour and possibly even his place in the 11th squad if it were found out that his Shikai was not suited to his squad. Despite this, Yumichika's Shikai has shown quite possibly the most powerful Shikai ability in the entire Manga: when it is invoked his blade turns to a fan of peacock feathers and it instantly drains all of his opponents reiatsu, leaving just enough for them to stay alive (though this might be a deliberate choice of Yumichika's). The process involves their spiritual energy being drained out in the form of flowers which blossom, the petals of these flowers can also be eaten, the process of which heals Yumichika and gives him an excess of energy (and also leaves him feeling elated). The extent of the draining ability is unknown, but it was enough to instantly take down both a vice captain and an arrancer with no effort or accuracy involved other than line of sight.
==External links==
*http://bleach.wikia.com/wiki/Yumichika_Ayasegawa
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