Takao Mizaru

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— **Takao Mizaru**

**Takao Mizaru** (タカオ ミザル Mizaru Takao): is the lieutenant and former 3rd Seat officer in the 5th Division of the Gotei 13, under Captain Zora Sontara.

## Appearance

Takao is of average height and has an athletic build. He is usually seen wearing a sleeping-mask on his head like a pair of sunglasses. His eyes are black with a golden, glowing spot in the center that turns into a cross or cross-hairs that runs to the edge of his black irises when he gets riled up or excited in some way.

As a Shinigami of the Gotei 13, Takao wears a heavily modified version of the standard shihakushō.

He also wears his lieutenant armband which carries his division symbol and its number of the fifth division, on his left arm.

## Personality

Takao is obsessed with hip hop culture from the Human World, to the point that he completely adopted its culture's practices.

## Powers & Abilities

**Expert Swordsman**:

* **Bōjutsu Master**:

**Shunpo Expert**:

**Kidō Master**:

**Great Spiritual Power**:

**Enhanced Strength**:

**Enhanced Endurance**:

**Enhanced Durability**:

### Zanpakutō

**Ruyijingu** (如意棒 Compliant Golden-Hooped Rod): In its sealed form, () resembles a katana.

* **Shikai:** Its Shikai command is "**Extend**". In its Shikai, Ruyijingu transforms into a silver bo staff that appears stone-looking. In addition to his sword's transformation, Takao's modified shihakushō is also replaced with a long-sleeved, waste-length black coat (or shihakushō) with orange lining, which is closed at his chest and left to flare out. He also gets a knee-length tiger skin cloth wrapped around his waste tied together by a red knot used as a belt and blue pants commonly seen in the Human World instead of a black *hakama* with black and white traditional Chinese shoes with ordinary white socks. He develops a glowing winged band around his head which replaces his sleeping-mask. His eyes are blue with a black spot in the center that turns into a cross or cross-hairs that runs to the edge of his blue irises. This style of clothes is part of Takao's Shikai, and the damage it can take is directly proportionate to the remaining strength and level of Takao's Reiatsu.

***Shikai Special Ability***: In its Shikai, Ruyijingu's bo staff is able to extend to great lengths, at high speed or retract in length when Takao wills it to attack his opponents from a distance, and is easier to twirl and use. The staff also carries tremendous force when extending, allowing Takao to push even a giant Gillian beyond the borders of Seireitei. In addition, Takao can maintain the extension and swing the activated Ruyijingu in wide arcs and spinning attacks, attacking multiple targets quickly and simultaneously or retract it and extend it rapidly for jabbing attacks. Ruyijingu's maximum length is about the entire size of the Seireitei from one end to the other. Another of one of its capability is being able to change in diameter as it can grow broader or slimmer as well making weilding it much easier or having it have greater attack depending on its size. Its maximum diameter is about as wide as a \_\_\_\_. The staff can even become lighter or heavier on command as well and the normal weight for Takao is heavy by ordinary people standards, just placing it onto the floor was able to create cracks in the ground that reverberated up a gigantic hole up to its surface. Making it lighter vastly increases movement speed. Its max weight is currently unknown. One of its final capabilities is the ability to extend appanages of the saff out of the bo staff's surface itself.
Despite the staff having a stone-like appearance, the staff is as hard as diamond, making it very destructive. This also renders it largely impervious to damage, making it useful as a defence.
* **Bankai:** Not Revealed Yet

***Bankai Special Ability***:

## Trivia

* Takao Means "warrior" and Mizaru is the name of the famous Japanese monkey who embodies the principle of see no evil