Masaki Kurosaki

was the mother of Ichigo Kurosaki who was killed trying to protect her son from Grand Fisher, who used the forms of people who he had devoured, mostly women, to attract other humans. Ichigo, who at the time did not know the difference between seeing ghosts and humans, saw Grand Fisher's lure and ran after it. Ichigo's family visits her grave every year (they play games on her grave), and Isshin has a large poster of her in his home, displaying the phrase "Mazaki forever". Because her soul was devoured by Grand Fisher she never became a soul or crossed over into the Soul Society.