Rukia Kuchiki

Rukia Kuchiki is one of the main characters from the Bleach series.
== Charactah Account ==
Rukia and her older sister, Hisana, were brought together to 78th District of Rukongai after they died in the human world. Hisana abandoned Rukia when she was still a baby since she could not continue to support both herself and Rukia. Rukia grew up on her own until she met Renji Abarai and other children her age. They worked together to steal food in order to survive and became a makeshift family. She's a bit of a tomboy to show that she's tough. During this time, Rukia and Renji showed signs of having spiritual power. While they initially opted against becoming shinigami, the death of all their friends prompted Rukia to suggest joining the academy for a better life.
At the shinigami academy, Renji was admitted into the top class and Rukia into the second ranked one. Renji and Rukia started growing further apart as Renji got further ahead in his training. The emotional distance continued until Rukia was asked to join the Kuchiki family. Renji expressed happiness for Rukia's opportunity but both did not admit that they disagreed with the arrangement since they would likely never see each other again. Rukia reluctantly joined the family and was immediately inducted into the 13th Division without having to graduate or take a squad entrance exam. Unknown to Rukia, Byakuya had adopted her in order to fulfill the last wish of Hisana, whom he had taken as his wife.
In the 13th Division, Rukia was not given a seat position, due to Byakuya Kuchiki's influence, since he did not want her sent on dangerous missions. She became friends with the division lieutenant, Kaien Shiba, who trained and mentored her. Their first training location was Mount Koifushi of Hokutan, the 3rd district of West Rukongai.
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Bleach
* Bleach Jump Festa Anime Tour 2008
* Bleach Movie 1: Memories of Nobody
* Bleach Movie 2: The DiamondDust Rebellion
* Bleach Movie 3: Fade to Black
* Bleach Movie 4: Hell Verse
* Bleach: Memories in the Rain
* Bleach: The Sealed Sword Frenzy
* Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War
* Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War - The Separation
=== Light Novels ===
* Bleach: Letters From the Other Side
* Bleach: Spirits Are Forever with You
* Bleach: The Death Save the Strawberry
* Bleach: The Honey Dish Rhapsody
* Bleach: We Do Knot Always Love You
=== Manga ===
* Bleach
* Bleach 0
* Bleach 4-koma: Komaburi
* Bleach Unmasked Short Stories
* Bleach: Howl from the Jaws of Hell Arc
=== Video Games ===
* Bleach Soul Resurreccion
* Bleach Versus Crusade
* Bleach: Blade Battlers
* Bleach: Blade Battlers 2nd
* Bleach: Brave Souls
* Bleach: Flame Bringer
* Bleach: Heat the Soul
* 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: Paradise Lost
* Bleach: Shattered Blade
* Bleach: Soul Bankai
* Bleach: Soul Carnival
* Bleach: Soul Carnival 2
* Bleach: The 3rd Phantom
* Bleach: The Blade of Fate
* Bleach: Versus Crusade
* J-Stars Victory Vs
* J-Stars Victory Vs+
* Jump Force
* Jump Ultimate Stars
* Jumputi Heroes
* Soul-Arena
== Trivia ==
* Wanting to draw a Shinigami in kimono, Tite Kubo drew Rukia - making her the first of the Bleach characters to be conceived.
* According to Tite Kubo, Rukia's theme song is Wing Stock by Ashley MacIsaac.
* Rukia is consistently the most popular female character in the series. In the fourth character popularity poll, she was ranked as the 2nd most popular character in Bleach; in the seventh, she was ranked as the most popular character overall, and again in the tenth.
* Sode no Shirayuki, Rukia's Zanpakutou, was ranked the 2nd most popular Zanpakutou in the first Zanpakutou poll; in the second, it was ranked the most popular Zanpakutou.
* Solely in Bleach: Dark Souls' English version, Rukia yells out the translated name of her Zanpakutou during her Super Move C, albeit grammatically flipped around (as "Sleeve of the White Snow").
* In the first best bout poll, Rukia's fight with Aaroniero ranked 7th; in the second, it ranked 2nd, while her fight with Äs Nödt ranked 3rd, her fight with Di Roy Rinker ranked 47th, her fight with a Metastacia-possessed Kaien Shiba ranked 68th, and her fight with Shrieker ranked 83rd.
* The soul-removing glove Rukia uses early in the series is colored light blue, gold, orange, and white in the manga, while being colored red, black, dark blue, and white in the anime adaptation.
* In the manga, after Ichigo's battle with Grand Fisher, Rukia notes how a Shinigami's life force is measured by their Reiryoku, and comments on Ichigo's potential. In the anime, Eikichirou Saidou states it instead.
* Rukia's report on Ichigo, titled the Substitute Shinigami Work Diary, along with her illustrations, are slated for publication in the Seireitei Communication.
* Rukia was mistakenly shown as holding Senbonzakura in chapter 302.
* During Rukia's rematch with Yoshi, a voice line error causes her to label Byakurai as Hadou no. 33 instead of Soukatsui (shown in Episode 93 of the English dub).
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Rukia Kuchiki at Bleach Wiki
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