Kinroku Izuhara was the very first captain of the Gotei 13's 3rd Division, appointed more than a thousand years ago. A cold and merciless blade, he helped throw back the earliest Quincy assault on Soul Society before eventually laying his sword down for peace.
Izuhara is a fair-skinned man defined by sharp angles: a pointed nose, thin lips, high cheekbones, a strong jaw, and slim eyebrows, topped by short gray hair parted to one side. He peers through narrow yellow-tinted glasses and wears a captain's haori over his uniform, cinched at the middle by a thick green sash.
By Yhwach's account, Izuhara was notorious as a ruthless, cold-blooded killer, a reputation he earned by cutting down the Lichtreich's Quincy invaders without so much as a flicker in his stern expression.

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More than a millennium ago Izuhara takes up the newly created captaincy of the 3rd Division, and when the Lichtreich storms Soul Society he answers by opening the throats of soldier after soldier, helping to break the Quincy army. Once the fighting subsides he settles into the ensuing peace, having found things he considers worth protecting. As one of the earliest and reputedly strongest captains, he wields enormous spiritual energy and precise swordsmanship, aiming his strikes at his enemies' throats. In its sealed state his Zanpakutō appears as a wakizashi with a green grip, a square golden guard, and a matching green scabbard, though neither its Shikai nor its Bankai was ever shown.
Kinroku Izuhara was the very first captain of the Gotei 13's 3rd Division, appointed more than a thousand years ago. He was known as a cold and merciless swordsman who eventually laid down his blade for peace.
When the Lichtreich stormed Soul Society over a thousand years ago, Kinroku Izuhara cut down wave after wave of Quincy soldiers, helping break the invading army. Yhwach recalled him as a ruthless, cold-blooded killer for the way he fought without any change in expression.
Kinroku Izuhara was succeeded as captain of the 3rd Division by Rōjūrō Ōtoribashi, known as Rose.
In its sealed state, Kinroku Izuhara's Zanpakutō took the form of a wakizashi with a green grip, a square golden guard, and a matching green scabbard. Neither its Shikai nor its Bankai was ever shown.
As one of the earliest and reputedly strongest Gotei 13 captains, Kinroku Izuhara wielded enormous spiritual energy and precise swordsmanship, typically aiming his strikes at his enemies' throats.
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