Karin Kurosaki (White)

**Karin Kurosaki** (黒崎 夏梨, *Kurosaki Karin*) is the fraternal younger twin sister of Yuzu, daughter of Isshin and Masaki Kurosaki, and youngest sister of Ichigo.

## Kurosaki Karin

### Relatives

Ichigo Kurosaki (brother, dead/Arrancar), Kurosaki Yuzu (sister), Kurosaki Masaki (mother, dead), Kurosaki Ishin (father), Shiba Kaien (cousin, dead), Shiba Kūkaku (cousin), Shiba Ganju (cousin), Ishida Uryū (distant cousin), Ishida Ryūken

## History

### Early Years

When Ichigo was four, Karin, along with her fraternal twin sister Yuzu, was born to Isshin and Masaki Kurosaki. When she was young, Karin cried a lot, much like her sister. When she was five years old, Masaki died, leaving all three of her children motherless. Both of her daughters decided then that they had to mature much faster than usual, with Yuzu deciding to take over the housework and looking after the family. However, Karin felt useless compared to her sister and decided that her way of contributing would be to never cause her family to worry about her and therefore stopped crying all together even when she was injured or upset. Karin thus went for many years without shedding a tear.

When Ichigo arrives home and argues with Isshin, Karin comments to Yuzu that she should just leave their father and brother to their squabbling while requesting more food at the table and making fun of Ichigo's powers to see ghosts. She claims she does not care nor believe in ghosts despite being able to see them, much to the dismay of the Plus present in the room at that time. Isshin complains about how Ichigo never tells him about his problems, prompting Karin to tell him it's because he has no communication skills. This prompts Isshin to ask a poster on the wall of Masaki what he should do, as all of his children seem to be rather cold towards him, to which Karin responds by telling him that he should start by taking the poster down.

Karin struggles up the stairs to warn Ichigo about Fishbone D, a Hollow who has attacked the house, injured Isshin and captured Yuzu. She tells Ichigo to get away quickly before falling unconscious. The last thing she sees is her brother's disembodied soul dragged away by the mysterious monster into a tear in dimensional space.

A about seventeen months or so later, when she is visiting her brother's grave, she comes face-to-face with a hollow (by this she still does not know what a hollow is) with long horns and long orange hair. Seeing it read the tombstone and calling her by name as well as the hair clues her in on his identity. He leaves but before telling her to "look after Goat-chin."

## Appearance

Karin has dark grey eyes and black hair that is straight and cropped to hang around her face, just above her shoulders. Her eyes are large and dark. When not wearing her school uniform, Karin typically wears sportswear consisting of knee-length leggings or shorts with alternative shirts, trainers. She sometimes wears a red cap upon her head and often carries a soccer ball.

Seventeen months later, Karin wears her hair in a short ponytail and her bust has begun developing. She typically wears her school uniform, a blue and white sailor fuku.

## Personality

Compared to her soft-spoken twin sister, Yuzu, Karin is a more authoritative and out-spoken person. Karin's tough exterior results from her mother's death; because she could not be useful around the house like Yuzu, she resolved never to cry so that she would not burden her family with her personal troubles. As a result, Karin is the more hardened and least emotional between the two, resulting in her not being affected by most events that would more or less bring tears to Yuzu's eyes. Despite these obvious differences, both girls remain close. During these times, despite her own worries, Karin will reassure her sister, being there for her. Especially after she witnessed her brother being taken by a hollow (although at the time, she had no idea what it was).

Karin is a sensible person but is not above kicking her father in the head when she thinks he's acting unreasonable. Despite this, Karin is still helpful around the clinic, as she and Yuzu help out their father as nurses when they can.  Despite being able to see them as clearly as Ichigo can, Karin initially claims that she believes spirits do not exist, which she says is the same as them not actually existing. In spite of her attitude about spirits, Karin is willing to use her ability to see them to earn a little cash.