Name: Ichiro Akihiko
Race: Shinigami
Age: 3000
Height: 6â
Weight: 185lbs
Hair: Brown and black cut at the neck line
Eye: Blue
Skin:Light Tan
Appearance: Ichiro is often found wearing a typical Shinigami garb with a white overcoat that bears blue accents (the white suit in the picture is not there in game. He often holds his sword by a strap and slung over his shoulder so that the blade swings behind him and the bells on the sheath ring as he walks. He is not in the greatest of heath normally and has fits of coughing or must sit after a short distance of walking. Still, this seems to lift when he enters battle. He has the air of his wisdom but rarely sleeps and thus remains looking young. He has the symbol of Kido tattooed on his right shoulder.
Personality: Will be developed in game, though I can say he has a tendency to be a bit of a lecturer to others who are younger than him. Oh, and one other thing⊠one word, Tea Lover! Or is it Sake? Who cares, the point is he can drink.
Theme: Hero: Skillet
Abilities-Reiatsu: His Reiatsu has no colour (though many think of it as Blue), and no intensity normally. Most wouldnât think he has any power if it wasnât for the few moments when he does get serious his power is something that can make anyone turn about to double check what they are feeling. His total energy is about what a Captainâs would be on average, but for some reason when he releases his shikai many would mistake it for a bankai by the massive increase in his reiatsu, his bankai has never been felt by anyone as heâs never used it⊠at least not that anyone remembers
Mental Capabilities: Extremely high, years of experience and a brain that rivals the greatest in strategists make him someone you donât want to face in chess (or the Japanese equivalent)
Physical Capabilities: Lower than your average Ranked Shinigami with his abilities, his body is strong enough to withstand some punishment but in a lock against anyone who is potent enough to be ranked as a threat (PCâs mainly) he is going to lose fairly swiftly.
Combat Skills-Combat Style: Defensive or Balanced
Zanjutsu: He can hold his own in a battle against most. But its more experience than talent. Basically, he can stop you from killing him in one blow, but donât expect his strikes to do more than cause flesh wounds
Hakuda: He is good, like with Zanjutsu, but there are better and if he faces a person with half his knowledge but twice his talent heâll lose.
Hoho: This is one place he can brag about, he is easily in the top Ten at Shunpo, itâs all Kido to him and with his talent and experience if you want to get in a foot race with this man you had best be in the best shape and any of your life(in this case, lifes). He is deceivingly slow normally, often his chronic coughing sickness makes him seem weak and slow and he has been hit by many things that otherâs reflexes would easily dodge. However, this is a front he puts up, as he could easily dodge a flying frying pan and still have enough time to move who threw it into the path and get a cup of tea before it would have reached him (an exaggeration, but not by much⊠I kind of want to do this in game, someone please throw a pan!).
Kido: Ah, now we come to his true power. This man in simply put the single most powerful Kido user many have ever seen and easily the most potent alive. He can use
HadĆ 1-86 without incantation and not lose any power from the spell. He slowly loses power as he goes higher but he is capable of using even #98 and only having its power halved without incantation. The same canât be said for
BakudĆ âŠ he can cast up to 90 without losing power with those spells.
He is rumoured to have a secret KidĆ spell. A student of his once reportedly found a writing of his mentioning that he had finally mastered Kido #100. None are aware of what it is, and so most believe this rumour to be false. Ichiro, considered a foremost authority on KidĆ, has made sure in the past that everyone who asks knows that KidĆ goes to level 99, not 100, not 101, 99! âFor that is the law of the Soul Society⊠one that cannot be broken⊠must not be broken.â
Zanpakuto: HowaitĆ Utahime (White Songstress) the blade in its unreleased form is a simple white sheath and handle katana with a black sash wrapped about the top of the sheath. The sash has a bell hanging from either side every 3 inches and a long tail from the sheath which he hold and drapes over his right shoulder to let the sword hang behind him.
Shikai:Phrase-âSing a requiem to tyrants⊠and raise a song of honour, HowaitĆ Utahimeâ His swordâs release command is unusually long and complex, but he normally only says part of it to release the blade partially. In its first release the sword splits, turning into a double blade on one hilt. The hilt remains white and the blade polished steel. However, when he says both lines the blade lengthens as does the hilt, a 2 inch in diameter ring extending from the bottom and letting two chains of bells fall from the ring. The blade turns white and the hilt black.
-1st Song- Ichiro taps the blade against the sheath and a strangely angelic ring is emitted, he then points the blade and fires a concentrated blast of blue energy. It seems that he can do the same and use the blade to redirect energy and KidĆ based attacks such as Cero or HadĆ (this has its limits)
-2nd Song-Ichiro taps the blade as before but the ring is lower and there is a gong like sound in the background. At this he seems to form a shield before himself that is hexagonal in shape and clear that blocks most attacks. It ripples like sound waves and is maintained until the ringing stops
{b]-3rd Song-[/b] This is his swords true ability, the blade rings but if one listens carefully they can hear a small female voice speaking swiftly. This is his sword providing the incantation for a KidĆ spell, and while he doesnât need them the incantations usually greatly increase the power of his already potent spells. He also doesnât have to speak the type of KidĆ or number when using this and that means less warning for the opponent as to what is coming.
Bankai: This is something he is not believed to have achieved. It is thought that this is because he is s sickly and thus couldnât master his swords spirit. Most still find it hard to believe that a Shinigami as old and profound as him could have failed to attain the final release. But he still refuses to comment on it... Even in the heat of battle he wonât seem to consider Bankai as a tactic and never speaks of it to his students, which enforces the belief he doesnât have one. Then again, some who know his ability might find the explanation of his poor health to be a tenuous reasoning, and they probably doubt that he truly doesnât have one.
History: He is old, old enough to have been there in the palace when the King was killed. He is one of a few survivors from that attack, and he knows the leader of the Arrancar, Varick Roux, having hunted him down centuries before for his master. Obviously, he failed to kill him. He again met the being during the palace attack, and he escaped that encounter as well mentioning that ââŠYou, monster, have failed to kill me twice now⊠do so again it may be youâre downfallâŠâ
Since then heâs founded a dojo in the Rukon district and protects those there from wondering Hollows. His students are young and few have reached Shikai, but they are still loyal and heâll fight with them to the death against Hollows or Shinigami. The various warring factions of Shinigami have tried to recruit the man several times each, yet his men constantly say that, âMaster Akihiko has no interest in fighting for foolsâŠâ