Yoruichi Shihouin

Yoruichi Shihouin, also known as Goddess of Flash and Demon Cat, is a character from the Bleach series.
== Charactah Account ==
Yoruichi is the dark-skinned Soul Reaper who acts as a mentor/guide or sorts for Ichigo and friends in Soul Society and later revealed as one of the more powerful Soul Reapers. She was once a member of the Shihouin noble family, and mentored both Byakuya and Soi Fon. She has the ability to turn herself into a black cat, complete with masculine voice. Also, later chapters reveal her to be the former Captain of the 2nd squad of Gotei 13, preceding Soi Fon.
Yoruichi is intelligent and witty, holding an intimate knowledge of Soul Society and its workings, as she was the former leader of the Onmitsukidou and the Second Division's captain. Although of noble birth, she acts differently from most other nobles, very much like Kaien Shiba. For instance, she instructed Soi Fon to refer to her without using honorific suffixes, but reluctantly settled for being called "Yoruichi-sama". On several occasions, she transforms into her Human form directly in front of Ichigo just to see his reaction to seeing her naked, which she teases him about. In addition, she speaks in a dialect used by elders, such as identifying herself as "washi" (a term usually used by old men to define themselves with), instead of more feminine terms like "watashi", in both her Human and animal forms.
While it is unknown how she obtained her cat transformation, she appears to prefer spending most of her time in it. Upon showing her Shinigami form to Ichigo, she forgot to put on clothes, as she had grown used to not needing them; due to being in cat form for so long. She especially takes delight in transforming in front of people to see their shocked reaction, due to her cat form making her sound male. Her love for her cat form extends to great anger should someone harm it or insult its appearance, as seen from how upset she got after her tail was damaged. 
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Bleach
* 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: The Death Save the Strawberry
* Bleach: The Honey Dish Rhapsody
=== Manga ===
* Bleach
=== Video Games ===
* Bleach Advance: Kurenai ni Somaru Soul Society
* Bleach GC: Death Gods Meeting in the Twilight
* Bleach Soul Resurrección
* Bleach: Blade Battlers
* Bleach: Blade Battlers 2nd
* Bleach: Brave Souls
* Bleach: Dark Souls
* Bleach: Erabareshi Tamashii
* 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: Paradise Lost
* Bleach: Released Emergent Ambition
* Bleach: Selected Soul
* Bleach: Shattered Blade
* Bleach: Soul Carnival
* Bleach: Soul Carnival 2
* Bleach: The 3rd Phantom
* Bleach: The Blade of Fate
* Bleach: Versus Crusade
* Divine Gate
* J-Stars Victory Vs+
* Jump Force
* Jumputi Heroes
* Soul-Arena
* Valkyrie Connect
== Trivia ==
* Yoruichi was voted the 15th most popular character in the first character popularity poll, 19th in the second, 7th in the third, 28th in the fourth, and 20th in the fifth. In the tenth poll, she ranked 10th.
* In the first best bout poll, Yoruichi's fight with Soi-Fon ranked 9th; in the second, it ranked 7th while Yoruichi's fight alongside Kisuke Urahara and Isshin Kurosaki against Sousuke Aizen ranked 38th and her fight with Byakuya Kuchiki ranked 68th.
* Yoruichi has a tribal tattoo on the outside of her left thigh, which was based on a picture of her drawn by Tite Kubo in Volume 26.
* In the 19th edition of Tedious Everyday Tales Colorful Bleach, Yoruichi is colored with purple eyes. In the following releases, however, her eyes are golden again.
* When Yoruichi was explaining how Urahara was a former member of the Gotei 13, she was still in her cat form. In the anime, however, she transformed back into her original and explained who Urahara was.
* In the anime, the three guardians whom Aizen summoned to Soukyoku Hill were not shown. Instead, Kuukaku Shiba arrived with Jidanbou Ikkanzaka and used Raikouhou to attack Aizen before he was subdued by Yoruichi and Soi Fon.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Yoruichi Shihōin at Bleach Wiki
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