Benihana Kinzokubō

**Benihana Kinzokubō** (金属棒 紅花, Kinzokubō Benihana) is the 3rd Seat of the 2nd Division, under Captain Suì-Fēng. She is also the Corps Commander of the Detention Unit in the Onmitsukidō.

## Appearance

Benihana is a relatively short woman. She has crimson red eyes with small slit-shaped pupils, similar to a cat's, sharp black fingernails, and black mascara. She also has long black hair, which has an unkempt look to it, with a white headband over her hair, a pair of fangs, and black lipstick on her upper lip. The headband has an explosive property which she exploited during her fight with (yet-to-be-named Quincy). She wears the standard Shinigami shihakushō with a pair of long red arm bands.

## Personality

Benihana appears to have a split personality. While she acts very cheerful and energetic towards her captain and very willingly obeys her orders, she is quite cold and ruthless towards most other people around her, especially her enemies. She seems to be quite obsessed with her captain, not dissimilar to the way Suì-Fēng feels about her own mentor, but to a much darker degree where she is very quick threaten anyone who she thinks is trying to get near her captain. However, when her captain left for the Soul King Palace, Benihana reassured herself that she would be alright while staying behind at the 2nd Division barracks.

Benihana also appears to be bloodthirsty in combat whenever she is antagonized, claiming that she enjoys "eliminating filth". She shows very little hesitation in battle when making a decision on how to counterattack her opponent, even pulling out underhanded tricks to gain an advantage. She seems to love anything that resembles a bee. She even stores her Zanpakutō in a case with bee stickers on it. Her favorite food is strawberries and she does not like bananas. She also appears to suffer from *heliophobia* and enjoys spending most of her free time indoors.

Despite the unsettling aura she gives, Benihana is willing to go out of her way to warn the prisoners about a Quincy. She also recognizes how desperate others may be trying to escape prison to the point of throwing their off lives away after being locked up for so long, and she offers to help the remaining prisoners gain their freedom if the Shinigami survive the war.

## History

("I am not sure what kind of history I should give Benihana, but it probably won't be a long one.")

## Plot

### The Thousand-Year Blood War arc

When the..........

Benihana stays within the 2nd Division's building with the Nest of Maggots' priosners throughout the Wandenreich incursion.

She warns the prisoners about the Quincy.

(She bites the Quincy in the arm with her fangs)

After being knocked down, she gets back up and blinds the Quincy with her headband now removed.

While the smoke is still clearing out, Benihana throws up the body of one of the dead Quincies to use as a decoy. When [insert Quincy name] stabs his fallen comrade, believing it to be the Shinigami, Benihana surprises him by stabbing him through the back while he is distracted.

## Equipment

**Explosive Band**: The band on Benihana's hair possesses an explosive property. By removing it, she can use it to produce a blinding explosive that expels a large amount of smoke.

## Powers & Abilities

**Shunpo Expert**: As an Onmitsukidō unit commander, Benihana has exceptional skills in Shunpo. She is very capable of dodging surprise attacks from an enemy and countering them without the enemy's awareness of her movements. While not on the level of her masterful captain, Suì-Fēng notes Benihana's **Shunpo** to be almost as fast as her own.

**Hakuda Expert**: As commander of the Detention Unit of the Onmitsukidō, Benihana is not allowed to use weapons in the Nest of Maggots, so she is highly proficient in unarmed combat. She effortlessly overwhelmed six prisoners from the Maggot's Nest, prompting the rest of them to keep their distance. She is very proficient in counterattacking, using both her speed and agility to fight off a Quincy in combat for a long time.

**Expert Swordsman**: Benihana is capable of wielding her Zanpakutō with relative ease. She possesses a unique style of sword-fighting in which she holds her sword in a reverse grip, in addition to using the normal sword style. This is proven by her ability to easily dispatch four Quincy soldiers within seconds, as well as fight on par with [insert Quincy name here (still working on it)].

* "**Nagareboshi** (流れ星, *Shooting Star*)": A sword technique where it appears as if multiple blade movements are taking place in all different directions at once.

**Expert Assassin**:

**Highly Perceptive Combatant**: Despite her psychopathic tendencies, she is a very perceptive fighter.

**High Spiritual Power**: Being a 3rd seat of the Gotei 13, Benihana boasts a high level of spiritual energy. Her Reiatsu is bright crimson.

* **Expert Reiatsu Control**: As a high-ranking member of the Onmitsukidō, Benihana is skilled enough in hiding her spiritual presence from detection for a long period of time.

**Enhanced Strength**: Despite her short stature, Benihana is strong enough to take on opponents over three times her size.

**Enhanced Durability**:

## Zanpakutō:

**Mangekyō** (万華鏡, Kaleidoscope): In its sealed form, it resembles a *kodachi* with a black sheath and a dark crimson blade. Its tsuba is shaped like a butterfly's wings with six pink dots on the top. While Benihana typically does not have her sword on hand, it is otherwise sheathed horizontally on her lower back by a strap.