Kenzo Shinzui

**Kenzo** **Shinzui** is the Lieutenant of the 11th Division in the Gotei 13 under Captain Kiokushi Hotsuka.

## Appearance

Kenzo is an average Shinigami with black hair that is brushed back into a wide tail, and some hanging in the front. He has thin eyebrows and a hawkish nose. He wears a sleeveless coat with black shoulders, over a white overshirt with the Eleventh Division symbol on his sleeves, over a black undershirt, dark colored pants, white socks, sandals, and carries two sword on his hip.

## Personality

Being born in District 80 of Rukongai, Kenzo lives for battle, and enjoys a good fight more than anything. Despite his tendency to be brutal, Kenzo usually stops a fight if his opponent is too injured to fight back. Kenzo always tries to fight .... for the title of Kenpachi but alway loses.

Due to his many loses against ..., Kenzo has grown to respect him but he does not let his respect get in the way of his goal to become the next Kenpachi and the leader of the 11th division.

When someone first meets Kenzo, he appears as very cold and distant, almost like his demeanor is forged from steel, seemingly emotionless. But once Kenzo get's to know a person, he often comes across as light-hearted and goofy. He is amiable, when around friends and boasts extraordinary technique and swordsmanship stemming from strict practice and discipline.

When fighting a Hollow, Kenzo is extremely merciless. He does not seem to talk much, preferring to settle disputes with his skill, seeing most Hollows as not worthy of his Shikai, though he bears this thought he is not above using his Shikai on a hollow.

## History

It is unknown where he was born, what happened to his parents, and what he was doing before becoming a child wander. It is also unknown how long he was doing this. He gained the nickname "Grave Robbing Child" from the nearby villagers due to being commonly seen wandering in deserted graveyards searching corpses for food and weapons to survive. During one search, Kenzo encounters a patrolling Shinigami who had heard the rumors about the child and came to investigate. Taking a liking to Kenzo and seeing massive amounts of potential in the child, the shinigami took him to Soul Society and trained Kenzo to become a shinigami while also giving him the surname of Shinzui. While in the Academy, Kenzo displayed a vast knowledge of Hakuda and Zanjutsu movements due to his time as a grave robber, he was picked on during his first days of the Academy, though that quickly stopped when he beat up a whole bunch of boys that disrespected the Shinigami that took him in all those years ago.

However after graduating from the Academy, Kenzo went back to Rukongai to sort out his trama of that place and he stayed there until the Vanishing occured and he was drafted into the 11th Division, where he quickly rose the ranks and become the Lieutenant.

## Plot

### Eight Swords, Eleven Hearts

*Main article: Eight Swords, Eleven Hearts*

**Kenzo Shinzui** hears all the ruckus going on inside and decides to jump into it aswell. Simultaneously as the clash with Yashiro and Kiokushi is happening, Kenzo Shinzui and Taopaipai Nobunaga battle eachother aswell. With both of them showcasing the abilities of their Shikai, and Nobunaga ending the fight with the victory of his Zanpakuto Sakesuke

## Powers and Abilities

**Master Swordsman**: According to many, Kenzo is the one of the most skilled swordsmen in the 11th Division. He uses a fighting style noted to be elegant, but with some rough edges, and simple movements which allow him to handle many opponets at once if need be, and allows for very quick Zanjutsu techniques. Kenzo's style also allows him to block and counter at very high speeds, making it seem he can block in a instant leading many of the lower 11th memebers to call him, "Lightning Hands Kenzo" a nickname he has gladly taken up.

**Hakuda Expert**: Before he became a Shinigami, Kenzo was wadering around the Rukongai, while he was wandering around he would frequently get attacked. Most opponents did not have weapons such as spears or swords, so he mostly fought with is bare hands. He lost many of his fights, but upon seeing his strength, most people fled from him. However he become a expert when he joined the Academy and took a liking to Hakuda and Zanjutsu with those two being what he put most of his focuse on.

**Shunpo Practitioner**: Kenzo uses Shunpo frequently, using to get place to place faster than his own two legs can carry him. But what he mostly uses Shunpo for is to increase his dodging capabilites. His skill with Shunpo allows him to get to the outside of the 11th Division barracks in alarming speeds.

**Kido Practitioner**: As a student in the Academy, Kenzo showed little to no talent in using Kido, it always being his weakest field of accomplishment and study, with Kenzo only able to cast a Kido capable of creating a small light source. Despite this Kenzo has been thinking of upping his knowledge of Kido atleast a bit, to increase his chances of becoming Kenpachi.

**High Spiritual Power**: As a lieutenant of the Gotei 13, Kenzo boasts a high level of spiritual power. When feeling very emotional, Kenzo's spiritual power can increase about 10 fold and be felt for miles.

**Novice Reiatsu Control**: By his own admission, Kenzo has good although not great control of his spiritual energy as it constantly remains very potent. Despite this, he is able to level it to the point, where it can be felt at a very potent level while not being over flowing out to the world.

**Immense Endurance**: Kenzo is known to be able to fight for long lengths without tiring. This is due to the fact that Kenzo used to have to stay awaken for days and in dire cases fight for long periods of time just to secure a meal.

**Immense Strength**: Kenzo possesses a very large degree of physical strength, most commonly displayed by his ability to push back his many of his opponent's attacks with a single arm, even if the opponent's weapons and attacks were theoretically be gigantic in size. Kenzo has possessed this strength every since he was a child, able to beat attackers when he was wandering aroung the Rukongai. His strength has only increased with time and practice allowing him to be one of the most powerful memebers in the 11th Division.

**Immense Speed**: Kenzo is also known for his high speeds even when not using Shunpo, this is due to just his leg strength alone, allowing himself to run faster, jump higher and kick himself off the ground, even when heavily injured.

### Zanpakutō

**Hageshī sora** (激しい空, Fierce Sky): In its sealed form, Hageshī sora is a normal katana. It is lacking the *tsuba,* or guard and has a casing made of wood.

**Shikai**: Its Shikai command is **"Fierce Storm"** (激しい嵐, Hageshī arashi). While holding his sword out in front of him. Activating his Shikai causes the blade to glow for a moment before turning a Naginata. If his Zanpakuto is not in his possession when activating his Shikai, it will return to his hand. Kenzo can also call back his sword at anytime if he is in his Shikai.

***Shikai Special Ability***: Hageshī sora power is described as command over storms. This most commonly manifests itself as electrokinesis: the ability to generate and manipulate electricity and electrical currents. The Shikai crackle with electrical power, which overflow when Kenzo is in combat. He can then either keep this electricity contained within the Naginata to enhance his melee combat, or he can release it in dangerous electrical bursts when he swings it. Additionally, he can generate powerful electrical blasts by simply pointing his Naginata at an intended target. These blasts have the power to paralyze their target, and prolonged exposure to them can cause tremendous physical injury or even death.

**Sutōmuarīna** (ストームアリーナ, Storm Arena): **Hageshī sora** basic power and its most powerful. Kenzo is able to generate a powerful electrical storm, in his immediate vicinity, with the exertion of his reiatsu. Lightning from the storm frequently strikes the ground around Kenzo, making it hazardous to get close to him when he is using this power. The lightning is considerably weaker than the blasts he can generate from his Zanpakutō; however, they have the capacity to be quite harmful. Because the storm is infused with his reiatsu, its effects are not harmful to Kenzo himself. This ability is usable in both Shikai and Bankai. However, it is considerably weaker in Shikai and is able to be activated and deactivated at will.

**Hirai-ki** (避雷器, *Lightning arrester*): This is Hageshī sora's most deadly close-combat ability. Using his Zanpakuto as a container, Kenzo contains all of his reaitsu as well as the lightning bolts he has created into the edge of his Zanpakuto giving it godly cutting and slicing abilites. This ability also allows Kenzo, the unique ability to seemingly cut weak reiatsu based techniques.