Yachiru Kusajishi
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| Yachiru Kusajishi | |
| Occupation | Shinigami Lieutenant of the 11th Division |
| Birthday | February 12 |
| Height | 109 cm (3' 7") |
| Weight | 15.5 kg (34.2 lbs) |
| Theme song | "Yahoo!" by Sora Izumikawa and "Veni, Veni, Venias" by Andre Previn |
| Seiyū | Hisayo Mochizuki |
| Voice actor | Kari Wahlgren |
Yachiru Kusajishi (草鹿 八千流 Kusajishi Yachiru?), [1] usually written in hiragana as やちる, is a character from the manga and anime Bleach. She is the lieutenant of the Gotei 13's 11th Division, under Kenpachi Zaraki, and serves as the president of the Shinigami Women's Association.
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[edit] Character outline
Yachiru is child-like in most respects, as she is small, cheerful, energetic, and carefree most of the time. She is often seen latched onto the back of her captain, Kenpachi Zaraki, just over his left shoulder, and is somewhat territorial about this position. She is surprisingly intimidating at times, especially when annoyed. Like Kenpachi, she has no sense of direction, even though he relies on her for directions. Yachiru resents being criticized in any way and will often attack the perpetrator. For example, she headbutts Orihime Inoue and bites 3rd Seat Ikkaku Madarame's bald head.
Further reflecting her child-like nature, Yachiru likes to give people nicknames; she has given a total of four people formal nicknames, and often gives random people placeholder names (calling Orihime "big boobies" or Ikkaku "pachinko head," for instance). She consistently calls Makizō Aramaki, an unseated officer in the 11th Division, "Maki-maki" (meaning rolled-rolled), though she often forgets it only to remember it again later. She calls her captain "Ken-chan" and starts calling Ichigo "Ichi-san," because, according to her, his battle with Kenpachi is the first time that Kenpachi has been truly happy in a long time. She also calls Byakuya "Bya-chan" or "Byakushi." She shows no special respect for her superiors, calling Sajin Komamura "Koma-Koma" and trying to draw on his head with a permanent marker.
Despite her child-like appearance, Yachiru is apparently quite strong, since she is the current lieutenant of the combat division within Soul Society. She is strong enough to lift Kenpachi and leap between buildings while carrying him. Yachiru is also incredibly fast despite her size, running from the ground-level area of Seireitei to the mountain that holds the execution grounds in a fairly short period of time. She is also capable of emitting a large amount of spiritual power when angry, which is colored pink to match her appearance.
Various omake chapters and character profiles also show that Yachiru has a love for candy, specifically confetti candy. Byakuya Kuchiki takes advantage of this weakness on several occasions, such as using it to get her out of his house when she tried to interview him for the Shinigami Women's Association. He also randomly stuffs a nikuman into her mouth to silence her during a lieutenant's meeting[2] (he is sitting in for Renji, who is in the human world at the time), having seemingly bought it beforehand just for that purpose.
[edit] History
In North Rukongai, in the 79th district (Kusajishi), someone murdered Yachiru's (who was then unnamed) parents. A highly skilled sword fighter with a name unknown to all, including himself, from Soul Society's 80th District, Zaraki, soon found her. The swordsman named the baby Yachiru after the only person he ever aspired to be. That same day, the swordsman named himself Kenpachi, after the most skilled swordfighter in every generation and the district he was from, respectively.
From that moment on, the two have been inseparable and have developed a caring, albeit argumentative, father-daughter relationship. There is currently no information on how they entered Seireitei and became shinigami. In an interview, Tite Kubo mentioned that he plans on revealing after whom Zaraki named Yachiru.
[edit] Zanpakutō
The name and ability of Yachiru's zanpakutō are both unknown. She carries her zanpakutō around with a loose cord, rather than at the sash of her uniform. Her zanpakutō's scabbard is also unusual in that it has a pair of wheels for transport. According to Yachiru's profile in volume 13, these were installed by Ikkaku, who turns out to be handy with tools, after she continually pestered him to do it. It also has a child-like flower pattern on the crossguard.
In the game Bleach DS: Souten ni Kakeru Unmei, Yachiru doesn't remove her zanpakutō's scabbard when attacking. Additionally, her attacks are centered more around her unusual speed and ability to emit spiritual power. Yachiru does unsheath her zanpakutō in Bleach: Heat the Soul 3, but her fighting style remains similar.
