Fujimaru Kudō

Fujimaru wears his dirty-blonde hair with small pieces flanking either side of his bangs and one more set over the bridge of his nose. A vivid red ribbon woven into his hair trails down to rest on his left shoulder, worn over the usual Shinigami robes. Much like his twin sister, his eyes are a bright blue.

Easygoing to a fault, Fujimaru is notorious for slacking, sleeping late and grumbling his way out of chores whenever he can. Beneath the laziness, though, he treats his duty seriously and answers the call to hunt Hollows when it truly matters. He shares his sister Matsuri's fondness for apples and plainly adores her, and he holds deep respect for Seigen Suzunami, the man who is at once his captain and his adoptive father, along with warm affection for Seigen's sister Konoka.

As children, Fujimaru and his younger twin Matsuri were set upon by a Hollow and saved by Seigen Suzunami, then captain of the Fifth Division, who took the pair into his noble house. Six years of study at the Shin'o Academy followed before they entered the Gotei 13 as ranked officers under Seigen, serving until the Arrancar Arturo Plateado assaulted the Soul Society and the twins joined the captains in driving him back.

That clash flung Fujimaru forward through time into present-day Karakura Town, where he crossed paths with Don Kanonji and Ichigo Kurosaki and slowly found his footing in an unfamiliar era. Under the tutelage of Yoruichi Shihoin he trained brutally to reach Bankai and even picked up the advanced art of Shunko, chasing the strength to win back his lost family. His sword, Ryujomaru, answers the command Flash in its Shikai and becomes Kokyu Ryujomaru at Bankai; paired with his talent for swordplay, Hakuda, Shunpo, and Kido, it carried him through a long campaign that ends with him laying his adoptive father's tormented soul to rest and choosing, with Matsuri, to settle in the human world.