Bleach(Soul Society)

Spirit World

the Spirit World, or Soul Society, correspond to heaven in human belief systems. It consist of a giant walled city in the center, known as Sereitei (lit. Court of Pure Soul), and 80 districts outside of it. The district of Sereitei are known as the Rukongai and are the place where non-shinigami and non-noble live. The district number of the Rukongai alsoa gives a measure of how bad it is. District 1 is peaceful and lawdul, while District 80 is filled with criminals and poor conditions. The Sereitei is completely surrounded by a wall made of special material that completely repels all spirit energy. This barrier extends in all directions, including down in the ground and up in the sky. The only entrances are four huge gates, each guarded by a Gate Guardian , an elite od soul society. Shinigami generally don't interact with the citizens of the Rukongai.

Shinigami Guide:

• A Shinigami is a spiritual entity tahat works for Soul Society. The Shinigami cannot be seen by those of the " Human " World, even those who can see ghosts cannot always see Shinigami, its rare gifts to be able to see them beforeyou're dead.

• The Shinigami most commonly wear black robes for every day wear, Captain and Vice Captain have special arm bands and robes which they wearon special occasionsto signify rank.

• Each Shinigami has Zanpaku-to which they do not carry while in Soul Society. Its useis eliminating Hollows and other threats.

The Shinigami have three duties:

1. To perform the ' soul burial ' and send ghosts to Soul Society or Hell.
2. To defeat and cleanse hollows.
3. To be balancers and regulate the amount of souls in each world.

Bleach Shinigami Division

1st Division
Captain: Yamamoto Genryuusai Shigekuni
Vice Captain: Chōjirō Sasakibe
2nd Division
Captain: Soi Fong
Vice Captain: Ohmaeda Marechiyo

3rd Division
Captain: Ichimaru Gin
Vice-Capatin: Kira Izuru

4th Division
Captain: Unohana Retsu
Vice- Captain: Kotetsu Isane
3rd Seat: Iemuro Yasochika (Squad#1 Leader)
7th Seat: Yamada Hanataro ( Squad #14 Leader)
8th Seat: Ogida Harunobu (Squad#1 Lieutenant)

5th Divison
Captain: Aizen Sousuke
Vice-Captain: Hinamori Momo

6th Division
Captain: Kuchiki Byakuya
Vice-captain: Abarai Renji
9th Seat: Mihane Shirogane
Misc: Rikichi

7th Division
Captain: Komamura Sajin
Vice-Captain: Iba Testsuzaemon
4th Seat: Ikkanzaka Jiroubou

8th Division
Captain: Kyouraku Shunsui
Vice-Captain: Ise Nanao
3rd Seat: Enchouji Tachikusa

9th Division
Captain: Tousen Kaname
Vice- Captain: Hisagi Shuuhei
20th Seat(15 way tie): Umesada Toshimori

10th Division
Captain: Hitsugaya Toushiro
Vice- Captain: Matsumoto Rangiku
7th Seat: Takezoe Koukichiro

11th Division
Capatain: Zaraki Kenpachi
Vice-Captain: Kusajishi Yachiru
3rd Seat: Madrame Ikkaku
5th Seat: Ayasega Yumichika
Misc: Aramaki Makizou
Former Member of 11th Division:
Maki Ichinose

12th Division
Captain: Kurotsuchi Mayuri
Former Captain: Kisuke Urahara
Vice-Captain: Kurotsuchi Nemo
Former Member of 12th Division:
Hiyosu, Akon and Rin Tsubokura


13th Division
Captain: Ukitake Juushiro
Vice-Captain: Shiba Kaien ( deceased)
3rd Seat (former) Miyako Shiba
3rd Seat (tie): Kotetsu Kiyone
3rd Seat (tie):Kotsubaki Sentaro
Misc: Kuchiki Rukai

Gate Watchers:












The Gate Watchers are giants (each is over 50 feet tall) that guard the four gates into Sereitei. They are elites of Soul Society, although not as strong as a captain or lieutenant.

Jidanbō [West Gate - Hakutōmon]
Kaiwan [East Gate - Shōryūmon]
Danzōmaru [North Gate - Kokuryōmon]
Hiku Nyuudou [South Gate - Shūwaimon]

Other Soul Society Dwellers:

Kūkaku Shiba - is an ill-tempered, one-armed fireworks expert who is particularly known for her ridiculously themed houses. Like Orihime Inoue and Rangiku Matsumoto, she has a rather large bust. Her birthday is October 1. She wears a prosthetic arm in the anime, which is at odds with her scenes in the manga, where she is illustrated with just a stump. She assists Ichigo and company by launching them via a special cannon so they can enter Sereitei. Kūkaku is part of the former-noble clan Shiba. A hollow fused with her brother Kaien, which forced Rukia Kuchiki to kill him. She doesn't seem to be a shinigami, but she knows high level kidō, and she carries a short-bladed sword on her back.

Ganju Shiba - Leader of a boar-mounted group. He is the younger brother of Kūkaku Shiba and Kaien Shiba, the deceased lieutenant of the Gotei 13's 13th Division.

Hisana Kuchiki - Hisana was Byakuya's wife who died of a disease fifty years before the main storyline. As she was a commoner, Byakuya was prohibited from marrying her, but did so out of love, thus disobeying the rules of the Kuchiki noble house. She was the older sister of Rukia Kuchiki in their past lives, and both were sent to Inuzuri (a poor district of Rukongai) where Hisana abandoned Rukia, unable to support both herself and Rukia. Hisana later greatly regretted this decision, even in her final moments, and as a result Byakuya adopted Rukia as his sister, in accordance with Hisana's dying wish, disobeying the rules a second time. She and Rukia are very similar in appearance.

Zennosuke Kurumadani - is a shinigami assigned to replace Rukia after her arrest. To his chagrin, he has little to do while in Karakura, since either the Karakura Superheroes or Ichigo tend to destroy the few hollows that attack. He is confused by the fact that so many people in the town are capable of seeing him. He has an afro hair style, which results in Keigo Asano nicknaming him "Afro Old Man" (Afro-oji-san). Tatsuki Arisawa spots him and accuses him of being a stalker when he first spies on the Karakura Superheroes. In one of the omake chapters, he calls Soul Society to complain about his working conditions, but is merely brushed off and told not to interfere with Ichigo. It is not known what division of the Gotei 13 he is a part of. His zanpakutō is Tsuchinamazu and is activated by the phrase "good morning."

Eikichirō Saidō - Eikichirō is two years Rukia's senior and a low- or mid-level shinigami (supported by the fact that he never activates his zanpakutō) in service with the special forces. He finds himself pressed into service assisting Rukia and Ichigo against the hollow Grand Fisher. After being wounded by Grand Fisher, he fell asleep to heal himself. Upon waking up, he abandoned his mission to bring Rukia back to the Soul Society, having come to appreciate her reasons for staying on Earth.

Kanisawa and Aoga - are two students who were in the same year as Shūhei Hisagi when studying in the Shinigami Academy. They were killed by Huge Hollows that showed up during a training session which they acted as facilitators. Aoga is a large male and Kanisawa is a female.

Ran'Tao - A Shinigami and Leader of the research team that created the Bount race.

Baishin - A Shinigami and was once a member of the Gotei 13, but went mad and killed 63 seated officers before escaping to the human world.