Hayami Kazane

*"To fight without knowing what you’re fighting for is worse than not fighting at all, true strength lies within fighting for people you love, those that you must protect."*

## Professional Status

### Previous Occupation

3rd Seat of the 7th Division,5th Seat of the 4th Division

### Previous Partner

Sajin Komamura, Retsu Unohana, Isane Kotetsu

## Personal Status

### Relatives

Izuru Kira (Husband),Kimiya Kira (Daughter), Togashi Kira (Son), Nyla Kira (Daughter)

Sakura Kazane (Mother, deceased)

Haruto Kazane (Father, deceased)

## Zanpakutō

### Reiatsu Color

Ivory

Hayami Kazane (風音早見, *Kazane Hayami)* is the Co-Lieutenant of the 7th Division of the Gotei 13 formerly under Captain Sajin Komamura and currently under Captain Tetsuzaemon Iba. She shares this position with Atau Rindō.

## Appearance

A beautiful youthful woman. Hayami has long, dark blue, thick, messy and wavy hair pulled back into a low ponytail, her bangs hang on each side of her face framing her features, along with two strand that fall over her forehead just reaching her eyes, while her back hair extending to half of her torso. She is a voluptuous and curvaceous woman, with turquoise eyes and a beauty mark just below her left eye.

Prior to the Echoing Jaws of Hell arc, Hayami had her hair pulled back into a top bun only allowing her side bangs to frame the features of her face, placing her zanpuktuō within her bun. Prior to her promotion Hayami wore the standard shinigami uniform, but the bottom of her shihakusho went to just below her knees.

After per promotion to lieutenant of the 7th, Hayami took on her new appearance wearing a yellow bodysuit as an undergarment to cover a scar inflicted upon her when she was young. Her shihakusho hangs off her shoulders and ends just above her knees. She wears her lieutenant’s badge on her left arm and a wrap on her right leg that secures her zanpuktuō. Accompanied by a bracelet adorned with the turquoise gem gifted to her by Izuru.

## Personality

Hayami in most cases, was believed to be easily frightened and weak. Despite this belief, she is a clever, kind, and genuinely caring person who is more than capable of being brutal during battle, she also has quite a humorous side which she displays around her close friends; such as Renji, Momo and Izuru. Hayami is passionate for literature and enjoys being helpful and supportive by teaching the younger members of her division.

Unlike most of her subordinates, Hayami does not get very excited about fighting and is not quick to resort to violence as the solution. However, she does admit that when it comes to protecting the people she loves, she would do anything.

Due to her position as 3rd seat she would stray from battle believing herself to be weak, although she would never let any harm come to her Captain and Lieutenant, stating she would rather sacrifice her life slaying a foe than allowing them to lay a finger on her superiors. Her beliefs may seem different to the typical member of the 7th Division but she has always believed those superior to her are of greater value to the continuation of shinigami.

Hayami is more considerate when it comes to her enemies, attempting to see the reasoning behind their attacks, she has never thought them to be bad people but much rather misunderstood. Although when in a life threatening situation to her or those she holds dear, she is not merciful and would undoubtedly cut down an opponent. Unlike her lieutenant Iba, who puts his loyalty before fighting, Hayami has always put her heart as well as her loyalty into her fighting, wanting to protect all those around her, even if it’s believed to be reckless and puts her life in danger. She has power and technique similar to that of a Captain’s, although she has a lack of faith in her potential, therefore she refused any promotions given to her until she was convinced by Captin Komamura to become the lieutenant of the 7th division after Iba’s promotion.

Hayami’s outward appearance along with her kind, and genuinely caring personality makes her very approachable to those around her. Although she prefers to keep her perception of others; such as feelings and opinions to herself. Many believe her to be incredibly happy but this is not always the case, alone, in moments of weakness she is forced to remember her weakness and failure, something she wishes never to repeat, this being one of the soul reasons she joined the shinigami to begin with.

## History

Hayami was born in the soul society in the 76th District of Rukongai, her parents were killed when she was young by a hollow causing her to fend for herself. Hayami met a boy called Togashi Akinari not too long after losing her parents, he decided to look after her and they grew up to become incredibly close, Togashi was the first person who taught her hand to hand combat. They agreed that when the time came they would join Shinigami Academy and become soul reapers. One afternoon they were walking on the outskirts of the town when a Hollow appeared, bravely Togashi held off the hollow long enough till soul reapers showed up but his injuries were too grave. After his death, Hayami swore to join Shinigami Academy and never again need a loved one to protect her.

Upon entrance into Shinigami Academy, Hayami was placed in the special accelerated class alongside Izuru Kira, Momo Hinamori and Renji Abarai. Later that day, the students engaged in using Hadō in their Kidō class, Hayami excelled over the rest of her class along with her classmate Izuru. She was also able to hold her own against the aggressive nature and fighting style of Renji in their swordsmanship class. Hayami and Momo shared common interest and struck up a friendship in which later on they would share with Renji and Izuru.

Two months later, the class was given leave to go to the World of the Living for a training session in Konsō. The training session was to be lead by 6th year student Shūhei Hisagi and two of his classmates, Hotaru Kanisawa and Aoga. The fact that Hisagi was leading the mission caused a ruckus, which prompted Izuru to explain to Renji and Hayami why Hisagi was so famous. The various students were then placed into three-person teams, Hayami was placed in a team with two other students while her friends Izuru, Renji and Momo where placed together. The class then set out for the World of the Living to begin their training mission.

As the training session was coming to a close, the class was surprised when a Hollow attacked them and killed Kanisawa. When Aoga saw this he went to fight the Hollow, but was almost killed. Hisagi then called for all the students to fall back and run for their lives, while he held the Hollow off. Confused and afraid Hayami searched for Momo and was surprised to see her standing firm, Izuru asked her why, to which she responded that she didn't understand why they were fleeing, despite Izuru, Renji and Hayami desperately trying to reason with her she went back to attack the Hollow and assist Hisagi. Hayami followed her to try and help her, Izuru and Renji joining her. Much to the surprise of Hisagi, Renji, Izuru and Momo appeared just in time to block the attacks of the Hollow, while Hayami assisted Hisagi in an attemt to heal his wounds using her Kidō. Momo was then able to used Hadō #31 **Shakkahō** in order to take down the hollow. But to their surprise the small victory was cut short by the arrival of many more Hollows. They were then saved by the timely arrival of Captain Sōsuke Aizen and then Lieutenant Gin Ichimaru, who effortlessly took out all the Hollows, while the four students stood amazed.

Just before graduation, Izuru after having an interest in Hayami, finally got the courage and gave her a pendant, with a gem that matched the color of their eyes, which to him signified that they were meant to meet.

After graduation, Hayami was approached by Isane Kotetsu to join the 4th division, while Izuru, along with Renji and Momo, were sent to the 5th Division. Hayami would wear the pendant given to her by Izuru as a necklace in order to remember him since they would not see much of eachother once joining their respective divisions. Hayami remained at the 4th division for quite so time until she was recruited by Captain Sajin Komamura as he believed her to show great promise in swordship and strength in combat. Although Kido wasn’t exactly the 7th Divisions strongpoint, she did believe in their attitudes of courage and honoring obligation.

Soon after joining the 7th Division she found that it was the right division for her and she was able to quickly work her way up the ranks in order to become 3rd seat. She believed that her Captin, in contrast to his imposing physical stature, had a heart of gold, along with being loyal and a grateful subordinate to his fellow Captin's. Regardless of his appearance Hayami greatly respected her Captin and accepted him for who he is and not what he is. Similarly to Hayami her lieutenant Tetsuzaemon Iba, at the time had the same goals as her, putting his loyalty to his division above his desire to fight, although for his division he would fight to win. Hayami grew close to her lieutenant and learnt more fighting techniques from him as well as learning to speak in a Hiroshima dialect, Iba stating that he wants to spread its knowledge more.

## Powers & Abilities

Advanced Swords-woman: Hayami is a highly competent swords-woman, she learnt most of her sword skills from Captain Tetsuzaemon Iba.

Hakuda Expert: Having come from the 76th District of Rukongai, Hayami encountered many hardships which allowed her to become skilled in hand-to-hand combatant. Hayami trained to become highly proficient in all forms of Shinigami combat later when she joined Shin'ō Academy, alongside her friend Renji Abarai.

Kidō Expert: Kidō always came to Hayami very easily and she was highly skilled in the art of kidō, aiming to become stronger she became incredibly skilled in Kidō, her kidō skill is about the same as that of a Captin. She was able to learn an large amount of techniques thanks to her time spent studying under Captin Retsu Unohana in the 4th division.

Shunpo Expert: Hayami is incredibly proficient in Shunpo which assisted her in becoming a lieutenant.

Spiritual Power: Hayami has a great amount of spiritual energy. Had she strived to become a lieutenant from the beginning she had the spiritual power to do so, especially since in aiming to become stronger she achieved both Shikai and Bankai.

## Trivia

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