Yachiru Kusajishi

Yachiru Kusajishi is a supporting character in the anime/manga series Bleach. She is the lieutenant of the 11th Division in the Gotei 13, under Captain Kenpachi Zaraki (who is also her adoptive father), as well as the President of the Shinigami Women's Association.
She is voiced by Hisayo Mochizuki in the Japanese version of the anime, and by Dina Sherman in the English version of the anime.
==Background==
Yachiru was originally found in the Rukongai District or "Wandering Soul City", with no parents and without a memory of her past or even her name. While wandering aimlessly, she came upon a wandering urchin in the city, a swordsman covered in blood, the man who would come to call himself Kenpachi Zaraki. The little girl, far from being afraid of the bloody killer, was fascinated by him and delighted by the blood covering his blade. Sensing a kindred spirit the man humored the little girl and allowed her to follow him. Over time the man called himself Zaraki, based on the street he grew upon and named his young companion "Yachiru", after Yachiru Kenpachi/Yachiru Unohana, Zaraki's idol.
Under Zaraki's guidance Yachiru became a formidable warrior despite her young age, he encouraged her interest in bloodshed until she was just as thrilled by violence as he was and Yachiru became like a foster daughter to him. Eventually, Zaraki encountered a man named Gosuke Kiganjo Kenpachi, the holder of the title "Kenpachi", (The Undefeated), since the original Yachiru Kenpachi retired. Though Zaraki had come to accept he would never fight Yachiru Kenpachi again, he saw defeating her forbear as the next best thing and challenged Gosuke Kiganjo to a fight to the death. Gosuke Kiganjo Kenpachi had claim command of the 11th division of the 13 Gotei/Thirteen Court Guard Squad, by slaughtering his commander the previous Kenpachi and so he was bound to accept the challenge. Zaraki annihilated the captain and by the very rules, Gosuke Kiganjo had imposed on the squad Zaraki not only won the title "Kenpachi" but also the command of the 11th Division.
Once approved by official channels Kenpachi became the legitimate commander of the entire 11th division however he felt that the squad had grown soft under Kiganjo and they were unworthy of following in the footsteps of the great Yachiru Kenpachi. Kenpachi Zaraki went as far as to say that young Yachiru could take on the entire squad herself, a feat Yachiru was more than happy to prove whenever possible, and so Kenpachi made her his Lieutenant.
==Skills and Abilities==
Yachiru Kusajishi is a master swordswoman and extremely fast, even by Soul Reaper standards. Yachiru can leap up to others more than four times her size and weight with one hand and without being encumbered. Like Kenpachi, Yachiru gives off a battle aura so strong it tears apart most foes but unlike Kenpachi, Yachiru can control her aura. Yachiru like all members of her squad is fundamentally opposed to using Kido (magic) in battle, despite her potent spiritual energy. Instead of using her spirit energy for Kido, Yachiru only uses its raw power as a shield and radiation. Yachiru's passive spiritual aura is strong enough to instantly nullify other Soul Reaper's Kido or other spiritual effects, in essence making her a portable anti-magic field.
==Gallery==
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==Trivia==
*In the Thousand Year Blood War arc, Yachiru is implied to actually be the manifestation of Kenpachi's Zanpuktō spirit, Nozarashi. Right when Kenpachi releases his sword for the first time, Yachiru has a flashback to meeting Kenpachi; he asked where she came from and she touched his zanpukto. "Yachiru" later reappeared, saying she could grant him "her" strength to use Bankai.
**Tite Kubo would eventually confirm this in a Q&A on Klub Outside, stating that Yachiru is the manifestation of his Bankai brought to life while the true form of Nozarashi resembles an older version of her, likening the relationship to Zangetsu and Tensa Zangetsu.
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