Heita Momoyama

Heita is a stout, average-sized Plus who still wears the trappings of his trade, a white baker's uniform topped with a chef's hat.

Everything Heita does turns on his mother and his craft. Even after death his one ambition is to see her enjoy a cake of his, and he pours himself into teaching others his recipe with patient, exacting guidance, coaching each helper through the stirring, tasting, and slicing until the result comes out right.

In life Heita worked at a bakery until a car struck and killed him right outside the shop. Lingering as a spirit, he crosses paths with Hanatarō Yamada, Rin Tsubokura, and Yumichika Ayasegawa; recognizing him as an earthbound Plus, Yumichika moves to perform Konsō, but Hanatarō and Rin spare him. At a nearby riverbank he explains how he died and begs the trio to bake the cake he meant for his mother. They set up in Kisuke Urahara's newly rebuilt kitchen, where Heita drills the three novices, none of whom has ever tasted cake, since Soul Society has none. Ururu Tsumugiya lends a hand, while taste-testers Sado and Renji suffer through batch after batch.

On the final night before his mother is due to move away, they finish two cakes at last and find them delicious. When they present one to her, she refuses it, unable to bear the reminder of her lost son. Her grief spikes Heita's reiatsu and draws a Menos Grande, and as the hole in his chest widens he pulls her toward him with his Chain of Fate. Hanatarō heals the injury, which is one of the heart rather than the body, and Heita steadies. With help from one of Rin's devices he finally speaks to his mother, telling her his cake is complete; she eats the slice Yumichika offers and promises the sight of cake will never wound her again.