Yoshi

Yoshi's most striking feature is her dark green hair, which spills to the middle of her back and sweeps down across the left half of her face as a long fringe parted down the center. Her complexion carries a slightly dusky tone, her eyes are a pale green beneath thin, tense brows, and her mouth tends to settle into a flat line. She dresses in a sleeveless purple qipao slit high along the thigh and laced shut down the front by several slim braids, worn over beige trousers and black shoes.

Violence is Yoshi's guiding principle. Sadistic and forever hungry for a fight, she believes the strong are entitled to seize whatever they want from the weak, and she craves combat for its own sake rather than any cause. She gladly drank the Bitto serum despite the aging it inflicts, reasoning that immortals need not fear old age, and she treats children as fair game, once threatening to crush a small girl's skull to force Rukia to surrender. She even takes a disturbing pleasure in her own suffering, crying out in delight as her body knits itself back together after an explosive spell.

For all her ferocity, she keeps enough restraint to retreat from a fight she cannot win, as she did when Mabashi's doll threatened to possess her. She holds no real affection for her fellow Bount, resents Kariya treating them as underlings, and openly feuds with Mabashi, whom she mocks even after his death. Her bond with her doll Nieder is prickly: the weapon and its fan criticize her technique, the two bicker constantly, and she loathes staying fused with it for long. When Uryū finally outwitted and killed her, she took the loss gracefully and thanked him for an enjoyable last battle.

Yoshi channels considerable spiritual energy and, like every Bount, can draw ambient Reishi from her surroundings to mend wounds and torn clothing, an ability that grows far stronger inside Soul Society, though it cannot save her from an instantly fatal blow. In close quarters she blends graceful, precise kicks in a style resembling wushu with expert swordplay, and the serum she consumed grants her startling strength, letting her hoist an opponent one-handed or punch through solid wood unharmed. She is shrewd in a fight as well, deducing that Uryū could not fully command the Quincy Bangle feeding his power.

Her doll, Nieder, pairs a straight jian sword with a fan joined by an extending chain, each half possessing its own voice and temperament. The fan can loose thick spikes and shift into an armored guard, the chain can bind targets, and the blade takes on an armored offensive form. Fused together with Yoshi in their Happonjin state, the weapon sharply boosts both her attack and her defense.