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NaNaNa Najahkoop

Character

NaNaNa Najahkoop is a Quincy of the Wandenreich's Sternritter, branded 'U: The Underbelly.' A wary, arrogant fighter, he reads an enemy's spiritual weak points and drains them into paralysis, a trick he later turns even on Sōsuke Aizen.

English Voice: Zeno Robinson
Japanese Voice: Tomoaki Maeno
Height: 192 cm
Birthday: February 27th
Race: Quincy
Status: Deceased
First Appearance (Manga): Chapter 495: Bleeding Guitar Blues
First Appearance (Anime): Episode 370: Kill The Shadow
Squad & Affiliations: Wandenreich
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Appearance

Five spiraling, fanned-out spikes make up NaNaNa's long black hair, and a smooth red-orange visor with a mirror-like sheen hides his eyes and the upper half of his face. His grin reveals teeth that alternate black and white like the keys of a piano. He wears a pared-down take on the Sternritter cloak, its right side heaped over one shoulder to leave his lean arms and midriff bare above high-waisted white trousers and boots, with rings on every finger and a bracelet at each wrist.

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Personality

Blunt to the point of insult, NaNaNa freely knocks his own Sternritter comrades and openly admits that art means nothing to him. Arrogance colors his talk, as when he swears he could finish Third Division Captain Rōjūrō Ōtoribashi inside five minutes, yet he pairs that swagger with unusual caution: convinced a sleeping Renji Abarai must be baiting a trap, he watched the lieutenant through an entire night rather than strike. Even after Yhwach leaves him for dead and strips his power with Auswählen, his loyalty holds firm, and he keeps working to thwart the Shinigami.

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Abilities

NaNaNa commands spiritual power on par with or beyond a captain, orange in hue, and as a Quincy he pulls reishi from the air to shape his weapons, gathering it more readily in dense environments like Soul Society or Hueco Mundo. His Schrift, The Underbelly, studies a target's reiatsu over time to chart its distribution, then brands them with his letter to form a grid he calls the Morphine Pattern; he widens the gaps in their energy until it drains away and they black out, a method that dropped even the restrained Sōsuke Aizen. Its flaw is time, since less study makes the effect weaker.

For a weapon he forms the Heilig Bogen, a bow of three orange rings that can loose nine Heilig Pfeil in a single volley. Activating his Quincy: Vollständig once granted him looping, ring-shaped Heiligen Fliegen wings for high-speed flight, though Yhwach's Auswählen later robbed him of the ability to enter that form at all.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Who is NaNaNa in Bleach?

NaNaNa Najahkoop is a Quincy of the Wandenreich's Sternritter in Bleach, branded U: The Underbelly. He is a wary, arrogant fighter who reads an enemy's spiritual weak points and drains them into paralysis.

What are NaNaNa Najahkoop's powers?

NaNaNa Najahkoop's Schrift, The Underbelly, studies a target's reiatsu over time and brands them with a Morphine Pattern that widens the gaps in their spiritual energy until it drains away and they black out. As a Quincy he also forms the Heilig Bogen, a three-ringed bow that can fire nine Heilig Pfeil in a single volley.

Who voices NaNaNa Najahkoop?

NaNaNa Najahkoop is voiced by Tomoaki Maeno in Japanese and by Zeno Robinson in the English dub.

What happens to NaNaNa Najahkoop after Yhwach strips his power?

After Yhwach leaves NaNaNa Najahkoop for dead and strips his power with Auswahlen, his loyalty to the Wandenreich holds firm and he keeps working to thwart the Shinigami.

What is NaNaNa Najahkoop's personality like?

NaNaNa Najahkoop is blunt to the point of insult, freely mocking his own Sternritter comrades, yet he pairs his arrogance with unusual caution, once watching a sleeping Renji Abarai through an entire night rather than risk a trap.

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