Ninigi Yamakage

**Ninigi Yamakage** (山影 ニニギ, *Yamakage Ninigi*) is a Soul and student at the Shin'ō Academy, currently training to be a Shinigami.

## Appearance

Ninigi takes the appearance of a young man in his early teens, if not a big younger, that tends to sport a neutral facial expression thanks to his linage of being a Soul. Ninigi is about average height when considering his age, standing at five feet and two inches. Unlike most males in his class, Ninigi is rather skinny as far as his frame goes.

As far as physical features go, Ninigi sports sharp features as far as facial and hair goes. He has short black spiky unkept hair that stops at his upper neck. His eye sharp, nose, and chin are are all points while his irises themselves are a crimson red which reflects the same color of blood. Though he doesn't wear them, Ninigi has a pair of family earrings that is supposed to be tradition within his clan, but states that he hates them because they irritate his skin.

For clothing, as a student of the Shin'ō Academy and Shinigami, he is required to wear the basic Shihakusho that all Shinigami must wear. This consists of a white shitagi, a black kosode, a black hakama, a white hakama-himo, white tabi, and waraji.

## Powers and Abilities

As a member of nobility and chosen Shinigami in training, Ninigi is a rather skilled individual when it comes to not only combat but intelligence as well. He's adept in utilizing Kidō and Hoho techniques due to being trained by his family trainer as well as the teachers of the Shin'ō Academy. He has great spiritual power due to his birth and in turn can sense the spiritual energy of those around him to determine their power level in a sense.

### Innate Abilities

* **High Spiritual Power**: Born to nobility, Ninigi possesses a great amount of spiritual energy. Because of this, the people of the Yamakage sought it fit to train him to control it early on and as such he can enhance the power of his kido with it.

### Kidō

Ninigi's full skill in the use of Kidō remains unknown, but he seems to be an adept practitioner. As such, he can enhance the power of his Kidō by exerting more of his reiatsu into his spells. This was first seen in his sparring match against Garou as he was able to utilize Hōrin with relative ease.

### Zanpakutō

**Kazehara** (風原, *Wind Plain*?): His Zanpakutō as appearance goes in its sealed state is rather average. It takes the form of a normal katana in both appearance and length, with a green hilt with white diamonds going along the sides of the hilt. The crossguard of the blade takes the shape and color of a gold four-pronged circle. The sheath covering the actual blade of the sword is green as well. The blade itself is silver in tone with a wing-like design going along the blade. Like other Zanpakutō, Kazehara has a personality of its own. The blade tends to tell him that he isn't using him correctly which could be a major factor that is holding him back.

* **Shikai**: The shikai command of his Zanpakutō is **"Whisper in the wind."** (風にささやく, *Kaze ni sasayaku*)—Ninigi holds the hilt of the sword with both of his hands and points it straight forward. Though it may not be a necessity, rather than shout it like most who call out their sword, he tends to whisper it which is ironic considering the command itself. As he finishes calling out the release command, a gust of wind blows around himself and the area he occupies. The blade of Kazehara doesn't change at all aside from the fact that sometimes it can disappear entirely leaving nothing but the hilt behind which can cause confusion to the opponent.
	+ **Shikai Special Ability**: Kazehara allows Ninigi to generate and control wind. With it he can create wind storms and even use his spiritual power to create constructs out of wind that are used for a multitude of combative purposes. Because of this Kazehara is classified in the Zanpakutō database as an "elemental" Zanpakutō and one of the only handful of the wind element.
		- **Tatsumaki** (たつまき, *Tornado*): One of Ninigi's simplest techniques he can cast with Kazehara. By generating and/or manipulating pre-existing winds, he can form a giant tornado of wind which can be guided and controlled by where he moves his hand. The tornado is so strong and fast that it was able to spin even boulders and trees in its epicenter.

## Trivia

* Ninigi's images were drawn by User:EmperorSigma.
* Unlike many of the author's characters, Ninigi does not take any personality traits from him.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Spar: Ninigi makes his official introduction into the story.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Spar: The narrator mentions that Ninigi has high Reiryoku.
3. ↑ Spar: Ninigi displays the ability to utilize kido for the first time.
4. ↑ Spar: Ninigi reveals his sword to the other students at the academy.
5. ↑ Spar: Ninigi has a conversation with Kazehara.
6. ↑ Spar: Ninigi releases his Zanpakutō due to the constant requests.
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Spar: Ninigi uses **Tatsumaki** for the first time.