Enkai Yamakaze

**Enkai Yamakaze** (山風沿海, *Yamakaze Enkai*) is a male Shinigami and is member of the Ninth Division of the Gotei 13. Having been born a poor soul in the Soul Society, Enkai worked his way up to become a powerful Captain-level Shinigami and well respected within his division. After the Vanishings, he would be promoted to the position of the Ninth Division Captain.

Under him, the Ninth Division has moved to begin documenting various figures and abilities of the Soul Society to improve general access to the history of the Soul Society. He has also pushed for the expansion and mixing of the various abilities of the Shinigami and for better relations between the branches of the Soul Society, albeit to the chagrin of many who view him as a power hungry figure. Enkai wishes to inspire the Soul Society to continue to evolve into a stronger society.

## Appearance

Enkai bears the image of a peasant who worked his way to power and glory. Enkai stands with a slight slouch the majority of the time, only standing upright when he boasts or is entering a battle. One particular portion of his appearance is his figure. He is fairly tall, but holds a lean and trim figure, which, combined with the various experiences he has been through, is highly muscular and defined. Enkai's flesh holds a slight tan to it and is riddled with scars across his body. His most prominent scars are on his face, having been inflicted on him by Kenpachi Ōyama. One scar stretches the length of the right side of his forehead, down his eyebrow, and continuing underneath the eye to just above his jaw. Enkai also has a smaller scar just beneath his left eye that is partially obscured by his hair. Enkai has wild and unkempt black hair that he often wears tied back in a ponytail and parted at the right, with strands falling into his face often and a fringe to the right. Enkai can occasionally be found with his hair down, revealing its full length of reaching down to his shoulder blades. Enkai wore his hair down all the time prior to becoming a Captain, and only started wearing his hair in a ponytail after becoming a Captain. Enkai's eyes are reddish-brown and hard, appearing as though they reflect all the trials and problems Enkai has had throughout his life. Enkai is said to be handsome in a rugged sort of way by many women of the Soul Society.

Enkai is typically found in a sleeveless variant of the standard *shihakushō*, though unlike most he wears black socks with his. The bottom of his *hakama* are also tattered and cut a bit. Enkai also wears black arm warmers on his forearms, tightened in place with red string. Enkai wears a cloak over his shihakushō, the majority of it is beige in color, but the right shoulder down to the ribcage area is black. The cloak has beige "X" stitchings holding it together. Each armhole has tassels of fabric. Enkai often has his Zanpakutō, Amano Shōgun, hanging at his left side. Enkai can occasionally be found wearing a straw hat, a *sakkat*, with a cut in it, similar to that of the once Captain-Commander Shunsui Kyōraku's hat. During his time when he was not serving as a Captain, Enkai wore the longer-sleeved *shihakushō* than went to about his elbows in length, along with his signature cloak, though he still had a short-sleeved variant he would often wear when off duty. After becoming the captain of the Ninth Division, Enkai could be found fearing a sleeveless version of the captain's *haori* over his tattered cloak.

## Personality

Enkai is noted to be a very kind man and a loyal friend. While he looks stoic or even mean, Enkai is known to often help the less fortunate children living in the Rukongai as best he can and generally help those in need. Enkai does all this with a smile to give hope and joy to the people of the Rukongai that they can better their situation and become greater. Enkai is known to be generous, often pushing the Ninth Division to help the poor and needy of the Soul Society. This has led to his home district thinking of him as a hero. Enkai also jokes around fairly often, coming off as juvenile to some people in some ways. Enkai is known to possess an ego of sorts, often boasting his abilities as someone who came up from being a Rukongai peasant. Enkai is known to be forgiving, giving many people second chances before finally acknowledging their errors fully. Enkai is also fairly easy-going person and enjoys pranking and bothering his close friends. Enkai also actively compliments foes in battle, some of which confuse the praise as Enkai mocking and insulting them. Enkai is noted to also be lazy, often sleeping when he is not helping others. Enkai also is known to love anything he deems cute greatly. Enkai's greatest belief is that hope fuels all people into greatness.

While Enkai is generally easy-going, once he feels betrayed, or that those he cares for are put in danger, Enkai will raise his sword and become a demon on the battlefield. When he is finally pushed too far, many of his allies or subordinates will retreat and step back to evade the wrath of a good man when he goes to war. Pure fear emanates from his body, scaring any enemy who is lesser than him into submission as they feel Enkai's anger flow across them. Enkai's anger is focused though, rarely becoming wild at all. Enkai tries to follow a code. If one's crimes are done to help others or they are truly remorseful, Enkai is more than willing to help guide them to a more proper path. This has led to him recruiting ranks to his division more than once. However, if one hurts others for their own gain or amusement, this is when Enkai will give in to his temper and fight to the full extent of his power.

Above all other things, Enkai is known for his inquisitive nature. He loves to learn and believes he can learn from various sources. This isn't just for physical training and combat, but for all areas of life. Further, it has led to him making the Ninth Division become a hub of historical knowledge on top of its other duties. With this, Enkai has been noted as a good listener, giving his full attention to whoever is speaking to him to learn what he can to deal with others in such situations and how he could apply such lessons to his own life to make him a better person. This has made Enkai someone many will vent about to. His inquisitive nature has marked much of his Shinigami career as well. It has made him an man of many masters, with some viewing him as lacking self-respect in that regard or being power hungry. However, this is not the case, as Enkai denied applying to become the Captain of the First Division and the Captain-Commander with it. This is out of a combination of him not wanting that responsibility, feeling he is unready for it, and that he prefers the work of the Ninth Division. It is also believe Enkai worked hard to learn his many abilities out of an insecurity for his status growing up, wanting to appear strong and competent to those around him.

## History

Enkai was born into the Rukongai. He was born to nothing, not one of the great clans, a lesser noble, or even the vassal families. This led to Enkai having to fend for himself often growing up, as he never really got to know his family. This turned the young boy into a small time thief, stealing food and clothes as needed to survive. This caused many to dislike the boy, even attacking him should he appear. This would all come to an end one day as a group of Hollows got into his district. Many of these Hollows targeted the young boy, who even as a child had a strong deal of spiritual power. Moments before the boy could be consumed, members of the Ninth Division appeared. The squad quickly cleaned up the invading force, amazing the young man. Enkai would inquire about what it took to become a Shinigami, with the Vice-Captain of the division, Shūhei Hisagi, remarking that it is a combination of virtue and a will to protect life.

Enkai began to take these words to heart. This led to him working around his district to pay back those he had wronged before and earn a strong reputation for good deeds, such as helping his fellow orphans and the elderly. At some point, he would come across Kenpachi Ōyama. After a tragic event in which a Hollow attacked, Enkai would be one of very few survivors alongside the eventual Kenpachi. Enkai doesn't speak of the event much out of respect for Kenpachi's wishes. The time would eventually come that Shinigami would come and search for potential new candidate. Sensing the same power and potential in the local hero Enkai, he was selected. Taking the boy out of his home district and placing him in the Shin'ō Academy, Enkai began his advancement to become a great and powerful Shinigami, and leave behind the weak boy of the past.

In the Shin'ō Academy, Enkai began to show that he is a capable individual. Enkai showed enormous skill in the four areas of Shinigami combat system, Zankensoki, which are: Zanjutsu, swordsmanship; Hohō, high-speed movement; Kidō, spells with offensive and supplementary purposes; and Hakuda, unarmed, hand-to-hand combat. Enkai proved to be a powerful user of all four Zankensoki, with a greater focus on his usage of Kidō and Zanjutsu. Despite his great skill and intelligence, he would have a hard time working in some classes, were the professor would underestimate him for his humble beginnings. Enkai would have to prove himself over time, over people who were less skilled than him but possessed a more privileged family lineage, and eventually graduated the academy earlier than the normal six-year expectation.

Upon graduation, Enkai applied to the Ninth Division of the Gotei 13, and was quickly accepted into this great group. He chose the Ninth Division for saving him all those years ago, as well as growing a strong appreciation for art and culture in his time at the academy. Proving himself a great Shinigami on various missions, Enkai rose through ranks over time. Shortly before this event, Enkai began the process of Jinzen to discover the identity of his sword, and would learn over this process its name as **Amano Shōgun**, a powerful living-type Zanpakutō.

Over the course of many years and surviving the Quincy Blood War, Enkai would work his way up to the Third Seat position of the Ninth Division. His skill was noticed by Captain Kensei Mugurama and Vice-Captain Hisagi. Captain Mugurama taught him a great deal to expand his use of zanjutsu and hakuda, even with some unorthodox technqiues, while Vice-Captain Hisagi helped him to learn more of kidō and to properly fear and respect the power he held in his blade. As both had already mastered **Bankai**, despite claims from Captain Mugurama and Super Vice-Captain Mashiro Kuna against Hisagi, they would begin to encourage Enkai to connect fully with his Zanpakutō.

Enkai began the process of **Jinzen** once more to begin to learn the true name of Amano Shōgun, the **Bankai** the two souls possessed. The process would not be quick, and it would be multiple meetings in which the two argued and debated over many concepts, but they also learned more about their natures and desires. Finally, Enkai would enter his inner world, which all takes place in a grassy crater. Amano Shōgun would walk out of a from a strange rock formation in the center of the crater and challenged Enkai to a battle and test his faith in himself and his faith in Amano Shōgun that he would not kill Enkai. The battle lasted many hours, with spiritual fists and blades barraging Enkai over and over, all while fighting back with his sword in a sealed state, using none of its powers, along with Kidō, Hakuda, and Shunpo. Amano Shōgun then demanded to know why Enkai was refusing to use Amano Shōgun's power, truly Enkai's power as well, against him despite their previous encounters in which he did. Enkai responded back to the spirit that fighting oneself is pointless and leads to lack of faith, and that Enkai finally proved his true worth to the Zanpakutō spirit with power outside of Amano Shōgun's own usage. Amano Shōgun stopped fighting and smiled at this, and declare the battle was over, that Enkai had defeated him. Enkai would again respond that he had not won a battle against Amano Shōgun, that he merely learned how to best work with himself, and that he and Amano Shōgun were one and the same being. When Enkai awoke from his meditation, he quickly activated his **Bankai**, revealing its name as **Kishin Amano Shōgun**, and began the rigorous process to master its great power.

Enkai worked diligently towards mastering this new-found power of his new power over time. Enkai noted that his Bankai was dangerous to be used around others, as it could unintentionally harm people with its sheer mass. Training alongside his captain and with others as well, Enkai would finally master the living-type power that he wielded in his blade, with many believing it to be a more perfect living-type Zanpakutō than that of Sajin Komamura’s. Enkai would also show he could channel other fields of combat into the living structure of his **Bankai**, namely with Kidō.

Time would march on and he would continue to improve himself in the various fields of Shinigami combat. However, tragedy would eventually befall the Soul Society. Many of the major figures involved in the Quincy Blood War, including the captains and vice-captains, suddenly disappeared in an event that would become known as the Vanishings. With it, the Ninth Division would mourn the loss of Captain Muguruma and Vice-Captain Hisagi. However, the Gotei 13 would not allow itself to remained crippled and weak. As new captains were promoted, it was natural that Enkai would be approached to fill the role in the Ninth Division. He was the third seat already and had learned **Bankai** under his vanished leaders. After fulfilling a few minor tests, Enkai became the new Ninth Division captain.

## Synopsis

### Captain-Commander Promotion Arc

Enkai attended a meeting of the captains of the Gotei 13, being the second captain to arrive. It would be revealed that the primary motivation of the meeting was find the new Captain of the First Division and Captain-Commander of the Gotei 13 with it. Enkai would openly admit he had no interest in the position, at least at the time, and preferred the habits of the Ninth Division.

## Powers and Abilities

**Immense Spiritual Power**: Enkai possesses a great amount of spiritual power. When not controlled, various Shinigami have noted that they could feel his presence from miles away. The amount has allowed Enkai to break attempted Bakudō on him with relative ease depending on the strength of the Bakudō. When made visible, Enkai's spiritual energy is a brilliant silver color and can take the image of an angered giant ready to attack when he focuses it.

* **Master Reiatsu Control**: Enkai can control the release of his reiatsu, the pressure formed by the releasing of spiritual energy, in various ways. Enkai can easily cause fear in others, making them sake and quiver in reaction to his great power. Enkai can also momentarily paralyze them, making them stop moving entirely as to be able to take them down easier. Enkai can also make others experience phantom pains, such as making one opponent feel like a wound was being cut into his back when Enkai was nowhere near him. Enkai can further use his reiatsu as a sort of telekinesis, using it to push lower enemies into the ground and move objects with it. Lower-level Shinigami have outright passed out due to his intense spiritual pressure. Enkai can also mask his spiritual presence fairly well.

* **Shock Wave**: Enkai can control his spiritual pressure with high focus and then unleash reiatsu in the form of a powerful shockwave. The shockwave can cause great destruction, and is increased the more Enkai focuses his reiatsu. Enkai generally releases these shock waves in a circular-form by stomping one of his feet. Enkai often will use this power at the start of a fight before moving on to stronger, better tactics. It allows Enkai to trip foes up and attack them as they are down.

**Immense Endurance**: Enkai is known to be able to fight for long lengths without tiring, even when using all of the Zankensoki skills and the release states of Amano Shōgun, his Zanpakutō. Enkai can fight large numbers of enemies on his own without tiring and take powerful attacks and fight on despite the pain he may be feeling. Enkai is noted to have fought through a large group of Hollows and sustain multiple injuries that would kill lesser Shinigami and come out on top in battle, slaying many the Hollows and purifying them. Many enemies of the Gotei 13 fear him in battle for this ability.

**Skilled Strategist & Tactician**: Enkai possesses great intelligence on the field of battle, being able to change his tactics quickly and flexibly with ease. Enkai pays high attention to his enemy to notice any detail, weakness, or strange mannerism the foe has to be able to use it to his advantage, showing his great insight and craftiness. He notices patterns to his foes as well when they display them and is quick to understand the potential ability of the attack his opponent may throw at him.

### Zankensoki

**Master Swordsman**: Enkai is an utmost master of his Zanpakutō while he wields it. This mastery comes from Enkai's and Amano Shōgun's similar ideals. Enkai wishes to evolve the Soul Society in a constructive way after all their tragedies over the years, in a mean to inspire hope and determination. Meanwhile Amano Shōgun desires to test the hope and faith of people. These ideals, while they can conflict at time, ultimately say them wanting the people of their world to grow stronger and better. This has given the two a mutual understanding of one another and caused them to work as entirely one spirit, not merely master and sword. Some foes have even noted that Amano Shōgun seems to "sing" when it clashes with others, utter joy and love for working with a master such as Enkai.

Enkai would gain this great bond with Amano Shōgun in his inner world through the usage of Jinzen. Working towards his **Bankai**, Enkai would for the first time truly see the spirit of Amano Shōgun within him. The spirit, while respectful, was unwilling to reveal his full name. Amano Shōgun would say this is due to Enkai merely being a conduit for hope, but not truly seeing if people would partake of the emotion. Enkai would have to fight his sword to prove his worth. While fighting, Amano Shōgun noted Enkai not using his Shikai abilities at all while Amano Shōgun was making great use of them. Amano Shōgun would question this strange event. Enkai would respond that he was allowing his hope to be tested, to see if he could overcome. Amano Shōgun would stop the battle between them and tell him Enkai had passed his test in a way Amano Shōgun would have never imagined, and that Enkai was truly a worthy master. Enkai would tell Amano Shōgun it wasn't a master-subordinate relationship, and that truly the two were one. Through these actions, Enkai is known to have one of the strongest relationships with his Zanpakutō in the history of the Shinigami.

With his strong swordplay and relationship to his sword, Enkai is able to dominate enemies with the power of his blade. Using his speed to maneuver around the enemy, Enkai would take time to cut softer areas to vital areas with blinks of an eye. His precision and speed with the sword allows him to quickly cut down enemies without exerting himself too much. Enkai is also known to strike people with the sheath of his sword too for a blunter approach. It has been noted his swordplay is rather aggressive compared to some of the other Shinigami in the Gotei 13, and he fights as if he is truly one with his sword.

**Shunpo Master**: One of his most commonly used skills, Enkai is a strong user in the art of Shunpo. Enkai can use his speed to weave in and out of large groups and areas quickly and transverse large distances in the blink of an eye. Enkai also uses his speed to easily evade most attacks rather than block with his sword or cast a defensive Kidō, making Enkai extremely difficult to hit. Very few may even notice Enkai begin to attack due to his blinding speed. Enkai's speed is also hardly affected when he carries heavy objects, but he is noted to tire out more quickly in this process.

* **Speed Clones**: With this ability, Enkai moves fast enough as to create after-images of himself multiple times. Enkai can create about 10 clones on a regular basis with this ability. The clones mimic the actions of Enkai and are indistinguishable from him, allowing Enkai to attack his enemies as they are confused by which "Enkai" is the real one. The clones do not last very long, so Enkai must move continually to create more of them.

**Kidō Master**: Enkai would place great emphasis on the usage of Kidō, making it one of his most used skills, even using it above Zanjutsu in some cases. Enkai's skill with Kidō is high enough to the point that he doesn't need to use the incantation of many of them, being able to activate them merely with their name, which is the ability known as **Eishōhaki** (詠唱破棄, *Incantation Abandonment*). Like Yamamoto, Enkai possesses enough skill in a few to be able to use them with most of their power without even their name. Examples of this would be Enkai's favored usage of **Byakurai** (白雷, *Pale Lightning*) to blast bolts of lightning is rapid succession to shock and harm his target, or using **Hyōga Seiran** (氷河晴嵐, *Glacier Vapor Storm*) through his mouth for a smaller-scale ice-breath of sorts to quickly freeze the target in place. Enkai's usage of Kidō favors the Hadō style more, but also makes great usage of Bakudō, such as **Hyapporankan** (百歩欄干, *Hundred Steps Fence*) to create multiple energy rods to pin foes down to walls or the ground and then quickly incapacitate or kill them. Enkai would also train with some higher up members of the Kidō Corps to help further his productivity in the art of Kidō. Enkai would be offered a position among the Kidō Corps' ranks, though Enkai would politely decline in favor of the Gotei 13. Enkai is known as one of the best Kidō users in the current group of all Shinigami in the Gotei 13 due to this training.

* **Daichi Tenyō** (大地転踊, *Upturned Earth Dance*): Enkai has made this spell one of his most commonly used ones. With it, it grants Enkai what amounts to telekinesis. He can use it to throw large boulders, trees, or parts of a building torn from their foundations at a foe. Further, in a bit of unconventional fighting, Enkai will also use it in combination with his Zanpakutō. This attack will manifest as Enkai throwing his sword like a javelin of sorts, before calling it back to him with the spell.

* **Zangerin** (斬華輪, *Cutting Flower Ring*): Enkai is quite fond of the Hadō ability Zangerin. When it is used in, Enkai forms a circle of Kidō energy around him with his sword and blasts it outward with powerful energy. The energy of the attack acts as an extension of his blade, carrying to power to cut through buildings with ease. Enkai often uses the technique in a similar method to that of Getsuga Tenshō with the speed he can deploy it. This technique is loved by Enkai as it combines the power of his sword with the power of Kidō.

**Hakuda Expert**: Enkai possesses great skill in hand-to-hand and unarmed combat. Enkai combines his great strength, stamina, and speed to fight in this form of combat. Using his great speed, he has shown a wide range of physical assaults with barrages of strong punches and powerful kicks. He also uses more unorthodox methods, such as slamming his head into foes as a powerful head-butt, despite this proving to hurt him as well. Along with sheer strength, his stamina allows him to maintain powerful strikes, punches, and hits with little to now weakening even after a long period of time. Enkai seems to focus on hitting joints to disable foes and is not above breaking a foe's bone in an area to defeat them. One of Enkai's punches can easily shatter stone.

* **Ikkotsu** (一骨, *Single Bone*): This is a simple, yet effective and powerful punch. Enkai focuses his strength and strikes the opponent with great force and power. The punch can cause massive damage, such as entirely destroying part of Enkai's opponent's body, and send them flying away with enough force to burst through buildings. Enkai can also use the punch to destroy an entire, multiple story building and presumably even more. Enkai notes that using this punch hurts his arm, and Shinigami often flinch in fear when they see Enkai about to use the attack due to its deadliness. Enkai states, while using it, its power comes from focusing reiatsu into his fist to give the punch powerful amounts of pressure. Enkai has noted he dislikes the double fisted version, the **Sōkotsu** (双骨, *Double Bone*), and does not use it, though this may be because Enkai simply lacks the skill to use it properly.

* **Sandbag Beat** (サンドバッグ・ビート, *Sandobaggu Bīto*): Enkai learned this attack directly from his former captain, Kensei Muguruma. With it, Enkai rapidly throws punches in an unending assault. Due to the speed of the strikes and the strength of Enkai, the damage this technique can inflict is strong. For particularly strong opponents, Enkai will make the last punch an **Ikkotsu** strike.

Over time, Enkai was able to master the technique. He is shrouded in the full power of white lightning. It erupts from his arms and back, destroying his shihakushō and hakama in the process. Enkai generally removes these before he uses the ability. This greatly increases the strength of his whole body, as well as his speed. He can fire bolts of lightning from the shroud at will, as well as use the energy to rapidly cast Kidō spells. His great speed and Kidō usage, as well as his fair skill in Hakuda, make this form truly powerful for him. Further, when wielding his Zanpakutō, as the blade is figuratively and literally an extension of himself, he can channel the power of his lightning-kidō through the blade.

### Zanpakutō

**Amano Shōgun** (天の将軍, *General of Heaven*): In its sealed state, Amano Shōgun takes the form of a regular katana. It possesses a round tsuba, a cross guard, that appears to be made of bronze. In the cross guard, four crescent-shaped holes are in it, two in the middle on either side of the blade and two closer to the back side of the sword. A white cloth is tied in one of the holes of the blade, with many believing it to be a bit of cloth torn from another captain's *haori*. Enkai later confirms it be be a bit of fabric torn from Kensei Muguruma's *haori* as to remind him of his lost captain and the tragic means to how he became his replacement. The handle is wrapped in red cloth, and the sheath for the sword is black with a similar white cloth tied to it as is on the tsuba. Amano Shōgun is a living-type Zanpakutō and is considered the most powerful one to have existed in the Soul Society's history.

* **Shikai**: To awaken his **Shikai**, Enkai calls out the command **"Guard the Bridge"** (橋が守る, *hashi ga mamoru*) while holding his sword out in front of him. Activating his Shikai causes the blade to glow for a moment before dispersing into energy.

**Shikai Special Ability**: Upon his sword dispersing into energy, it would form around Enkai and form a massive ribcage with two skeletal arms. This spectral form was an extension of Enkai's very soul. These skeletal arms could be controlled mentally by Enkai, possessing strength far greater than his own. This would allow him to fight with them in the place of his sword, using them for striking foes of grappling them. Finally, being shrouded in his own spiritual energy, the ribcage acted as a barrier to protect Enkai, though it could be broken with sufficient force. However, this is hard to accomplish due to the power of the spectral form.

* **Gunshin no Ken** (軍神の剣, *Sword of the War God*): When Enkai awakens his **Shikai**, Amano Shōgun has no weapons and can only fight with its own arms. However, Enkai can use this technique to arm the spectral guardian. With it he can summon a single blade or dual wield blades with both hands. While being made of spiritual energy, they possess the full cutting, slashing, and lunging potential of the sealed blade, perhaps even greater. Further, due to the enhanced size, the wounds they inflict are much larger as a result. The construct can launch these weapons for a ranged attack and reform a new one in a matter of moments, with the discarded blade dissipating soon after it lands.

* **Bankai**: **Kishin Amano Shōgun** (鬼神天の将軍, *Fierce Deity General of Heaven*): Enkai has the guardian put its hands together, as if the construct was praying, before yelling out **Bankai**. This causes a massive swell of spiritual energy and the specter grows rapidly into a more complete body.

**Bankai Special Ability**: The guardian grows rapidly into a full-bodied form. **Kishin Amano Shōgun** just takes the form of the **Shikai** and grows it far larger. In this form, Kishin Amano Shōgun becomes a towering samurai-like warrior that wears tengu-like armor. It possesses long tengu nose with a carved-out mouth with two lines that run into the chin along with robes, pointed shoes, and armor on its shoulder and waist. It is a four-armed warrior, with the extra set of arms being behind the traditional ones. They have a plated appearance compared to the front set, and extend upwards to give them a wing-like appearance. As a spiritual extension of Enkai, **Kishin Amano Shōgun** can repair from any damage done to it so long as its master is healthy.
The spectral guardian grows far stronger and more powerful, as well as increasing its defensive capability. As an extension of Enkai's spirit, he can channel his other abilities through it. This allows him to use various Kidō spells in a larger, more powerful display of the spells. Generally, Enkai stands within a jewel-like construct on its forehead. He can allow others to enter the construct.

* **Fūjin Tobuzora** (風神飛ぶ空, *Wind God Soaring in the Skies*): With this technique, the back set of arms on the construct of **Kishin Amano Shōgun** transform into a massive pair of wings. These wings allow the massive specter to take flight, giving the construct aerial combat and increased agility as a result. Despite the large size of the ethereal guardian, **Kishin Amano Shōgun** can fly remarkably fast. Further, with the large wingspan of the construct, Enkai can create gusts of wind that cause a strong deal of damage to the surrounding area. Lastly, while weaker than the rest of the **Kishin Amano Shōgun**, the wings can be used to create a wide shield to defend either a group of allies or a cluster of buildings. However, this can damage the wings and lead to Enkai loosing the ability to fly until the wings are able regenerate. The drawback of the technique, of course, is **Kishin Amano Shōgun** loses some level of strength from lacking its four arms in regular combat. Switching in and out of this state is relatively fast, giving Enkai a great deal of versatility in terms of movement and fighting potential.

## Trivia

* Enkai's name translates to "coast" or "shore" (沿海). His surname, Yamakaze, translates to "mountain wind" (山風).
* Enkai shares his birthday, November 2, with his author.
* Enkai's author has stated that Enkai's ideal Japanese voice actor would be Junichi Suwabe and that his ideal English voice actor would be Jensen Ackles.
* Enkai was originally created as a Visored, but this was quickly dropped from his character in order to focus more on his Shinigami abilities. His author also briefly considered creating him as the new Kenpachi, but decided against this as he enjoys the various Shinigami skills that the Eleventh Division generally shun.
* Enkai enjoys relaxing, music, training, learning new things, and history.
	+ Enkai enjoys singing to himself and out loud at times. He possesses a strong baritone voice and has a fairly large range of notes he can hit. Most who hear him sing note that he sounds quite good.
* Enkai's favorite foods are steak, potatoes, and fatty tuna. For drinks, he enjoys sake and jasmine tea. Enkai has also become quite fond of cheeseburgers and cognac during excursions to the human world.
* Enkai can occasionally be found smoking cigars in his office.
* Enkai has a great fear of centipedes.
* Enkai has a great deal of respect for Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto, Byakuya Kuchiki, Yoruichi Shihōin, and Kensei Muguruma.
* Enkai's release command for his Zanpakutō, **"Guard the Bridge"** (橋が守る, *hashi ga mamoru*), is actually a reference to the **Amano Ukihashi** (天の浮橋, *Floating Bridge of Heaven*), a mythical bridge that connected the heaven and the earth. This is due to the name of his Zanpakutō being **Amano Shōgun** (天の将軍, *Heaven's General*) and its techniques being connected to different types of gods.
	+ Further, it is a reference to the legendary death of Benkei. The man served as the retainer of Minamoto no Yoshitsune and guarded a bridge to allow his master to commit *seppuku*. He famously died standing up after killing many of their enemies. This connects to Enkai being the captain of the Ninth Division, which deals with the security of the Gotei 13.
* Upon learning that fellow Captain Kazuki Shihōin knew Shunkō, Enkai expressed interest in learning it from him.

## Quotes

* *"My story is just one of many, the world will not suffer if it ends too soon."*
* *"When you try to master something, you will either succeed or fail. However, in the attempt, you will find your true value."*
* *"Quitting out of fear for failing is in itself failure. Failure is only a beginning, you must try again. However, this time you know where to improve."*
* *"Life only possesses purpose when you give purpose to it."*
* *"Grow to truly understand something and to not just merely admire."*
* *"Natural skills and learned skills are both important in combat. If one is born great but has learned nothing, one who has learned to gain the same skills and hone them can over take them. One born untalented, however, must quickly discover that fact if he does not wish to fall to the prodigies around him."*
* *"Power comes in response of a need, not of desire."*

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Twelve Tone Rendezvous (Da Capo)
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 The Trial of Leaders