Sōsuke Aizen

* Gotei Captain
* Ruler of Hueco Mundo
* The Chrysalis
* 2nd Hogyoku Form
* 3rd Hogyoku Form
* 4th Hogyoku Form
* Muken

### "Evil is Cool" Zone

Plotting to sit on the throne during the Thousand Year Blood War and succeeding in it.
Planning his attacks on innocent villages and towns perfectly.

### MEH or Most Evil Actions

Impaling Momo Hinamori.
Masterminding Rukia Kuchiki's attempted execution.
Trying to murder Ichigo's friends.

### Crimes

Unethical experimentation
Incrimination
Mass murder (including child murder)
Conspiracy
Kidnapping
Vandalism
Terrorism
Stalking
Treason
Torture
Abuse

### Type of Villain

Power-Hungry Mastermind

**Sōsuke Aizen** is the overall main antagonist of the *Bleach* anime and manga series, serving as the main antagonist for the majority of the series and a supporting villainous character in the final arc.

He was once a trusted member of the 13 Court Guard Companies of Soul Society, but he later revealed that he was pretending to be friendly around the members and was plotting alongside Gin Ichimaru and Kaname Tōsen to gain power for himself.

After his defection from the Court Guard Companies, Aizen becomes the ruler of Hueco Mundo and plotted to gain enough power to kill the Soul King and create a world in his vision. He is the arch-nemesis of the main protagonist, Ichigo Kurosaki and Kisuke Urahara. He is also the creator of an experimented Hollow named White (later known as Zangetsu).

He is voiced by Shō Hayami in Japanese and Kyle Hebert in English.

## His Cool and Evil Ranking

### What Makes Him a Guile Villain?

* He has a legitimately interesting plan as he desires to become the Gotei Captain and sit on the throne.
* He is extremely cunning and can manipulate people easily.
* He feigns affability to hide his vile nature from others, especially Ichigo and his allies.
* His fighting skills are almost perfect and he can easily win any battle.

### What Makes Him Evil?

* In the past, he once masterminded an attack in Soul Society, even before he publicly betrayed them.
* He would create hollows and unleash them in the Living World to study them and was uncaring about the level of danger people would be exposed to when someone came across a hollow.
* He impales his assistant captain (who was like a daughter to him), Momo Hinamori, through the chest when her guard was let down because she was hugging him. He leaves her to die. He also reveals to Tōshirō Hitsugaya, Momo's childhood friend, that he plotted to cover up her murder by setting up a situation where she would either be killed by Kira in a fight or to have Hitsugaya kill her during another fight, and after recovering from the attack and realizing Aizen's betrayal, Momo was left mentally traumatized for a couple months.
* He nearly killed Rukia with the help of Gin only for Byakuya to save her life by taking the blow from Gin's Zanpakuto, severely wounding the 6th squad captain.
* He amasses an army of Arrancars and Espadas and goes to the Living World in an attempt to destroy Karakura Town, uncaring about the people present in the city. Although it is revealed that the Court Guards moved the real city to safety, Aizen still planned to go the real city in order to destroy it and create the oken for his master plan.
* He expresses no concern when people in his army begin to die off in battle such as his close ally, Kaname Tōsen, and loyal members like Coyote Starrk and Lilynette Gingerbuck.
* Annoyed over seeing his subordinates fall and deeming them all weak, he personally cuts down and nearly murders Tier Harribel during her battle against Toshiro, Lisa and Hiyori. He also kills his ally Tousen after his defeat at the hands of Komamura and Hisagi.
* During his battle against the Court Guards, Aizen uses his shikai, Kyōka Suigetsu, to create an illusion and switch places with his former subordinate, Momo Hinamori. Aizen tricks Hitsugaya into impaling Momo with his illusion technique.
* When Aizen ascends to power and defeats the Court Guard members and their allies, he goes to the real Karakura Town. With his immense spiritual pressure, he casually walks around the city, causing the people there to die from the exposure to his spiritual pressure.
* He attempts to murder Ichigo's friends when he encounters them and tells Gin that he planned to set up their corpses to mock Ichigo when he arrives in the real Karakura Town.
* He brutally kills Gin (who revealed that he was a double spy) by vertically slashing him, ripping his right arm off and throwing him through a nearby building in the *real* Karakura Town when the latter attempts to kill him for what he has done to Rangiku (who is Gin's childhood friend).
* He was on the verge of killing Rangiku Matsumoto crying over Gin's dead body if Ichigo hadn't arrived in time.
* After his defeat by Ichigo Kurosaki, Central 46 sentenced Aizen in the lowest level underground 8 known as **Muken/Avici** for initially 18,800 years. However, he still showed insolence to the officials and looked down on them because he is immortal, which caused the Central 46 of extending his sentence to 20,000 years.
* Even in the years after his defeat by his archenemy, Ichigo Kurosaki, Aizen has not expressed any regrets or remorse for his actions.

## Trivia

* Sōsuke Aizen and Ulquiorra Cifer are the two *Bleach* villains to be Guile Villains.

## External Links

* Sōsuke Aizen on the Villains Wiki
* Sōsuke Aizen on the Pure Evil Wiki