Karakura High School

Karakura High School is the school that Karakura Town residents Ichigo Kurosaki, Orihime Inoue, Sado Yasutora and Uryū Ishida, amongst others, attend. The high school is a major focus point of the early parts of Bleach, up until Ichigo launched an attempt to rescue Rukia Kuchiki. After this, the school plays a greatly reduced role in the series, as it focuses upon events elsewhere.

Overview
Karakura High School is a normal school containing normal teenagers; however, like the rest of the town, it contains an abnormally large amount of spiritually aware people. Since Ichigo spends most of his day there during the school year it serves, for all intents and purposes, as a base of operations for him during school hours. The same goes for his spiritually aware Human friends, Uryū, Orihime and Chad as well as any visitor (or exile) from Soul Society who wishes to blend in among the Human World locals.

Scholastically, Ichigo's class occupies the top three places in the 9th grade year's list of excellence, but at the same time contains mediocre and poor graded pupils, such as Keigo.

Over the last year Karakura High School has seen an unusually large number of mid semester transfers, mostly into Ichigo Kurosaki's year and even more specifically, his class. None of the newly transferred students have lasted more than a few months.

Agent of the Shinigami arc
Following an attack on his home the previous night, Ichigo arrives late to school the next day. Tatsuki and Orihime are discussing the root of Orihime's attraction to Ichigo when Mizuiro announces he might not come at all, since his house was hit by a truck during the night, which was the false memory Rukia implanted in the Kurosaki family. Tatsuki is allarmed and asks if Ichigo was hurt, but he slams her on the head with his backpack and reassures her that no one was hurt. Ichigo begins to sit in his chair when a new, yet familiar voice joins the conversation. Rukia Kuchiki has enrolled into Ichigo's class and is now sitting in the chair next to him. She has written a message on her hand, warning him not to say anything.

Later, at the back yard Ichigo asks Rukia to explain what she is doing there and what she wants with him. Rukia explains that since she has lost all of her Shinigami powers during her fight the other night she can neither perform her duties nor return to Soul Society. Therefore, she needs Ichigo to help her perform her duties while she recuperates her powers. Ichigo refuses, saying he won't fight the Hollows for perfect strangers. Seeing she has no choice, Rukia dons her Skull Symbol glove and uses it to force Ichigo's soul out of his body. Ichigo's unconscious body is later found at the school's back yard, where it fell.

After Acidwire's attack, Orihime and Tatsuki both convey the story implanted in their memories by Rukia: A sumo wrestler came to Orihime's house and shot a bazooka through the wall. Their friends seem less than convinced, but Orihime and Tatsuki stick to their story.

Ichigo is surprised the injuries he sustained during the attack healed so quickly. Rukia tells him his surprise is misplaced, since her Kidō grades were at the top of her class. Ichigo inquires whether there is a school for Shinigami but Rukia evades the question and asks instead how she can drink the juice in her juice carton. Ichigo explains that she must stick the straw in first, but that only seems to perplex the Shinigami further. Mizuiro comments on how Ichigo and Rukia are constantly together and suggests Ichigo pay more attention to the impression he's leaving by always hanging around Rukia. Ichigo however replies that if he cared what people thought about him he would have dyed his hair black long ago.

Ichigo moves on to introduce Mizuiro as a womanizer. Mizuiro protests saying he is only interested in older girls and Ichigo says that's exactly why he told Rukia about it, though Mizuiro misses the hint. Keigo approaches the three and asks to join them, he is surprised not to find Chad with them but is amazed to see Rukia. Mizuiro lies, telling him Ichigo asked Rukia out, prompting Keigo to shed tears of joy. Keigo then proceeds to embarrass himself while introducing himself to Rukia, who's still concentrated on her beverage. He is rudely interrupted by a knee to his back.

The knee belongs to Reiichi Ōshima who has come to demand Ichigo dyed his hair black as he believes Ichigo is copying his appearance. Ichigo maintains his hair is naturally orange and suggests Reiichi does something about his own hair. He then insults the bully, trying to instigate a fight. Seeing the situation about to turn violent, Keigo bravely attempts to protect Ichigo by cooling Reiichi's temper. Ichigo, however continues to provoke the bigger boy, causing him to pull out his brass knuckles with the intention of settling the score between them once and for all. Before he can attack, Chad arrives and throws Reiichi clear across the yard.

Current

 * Ichigo Kurosaki
 * Orihime Inoue
 * Yasutora Sado
 * Uryū Ishida
 * Tatsuki Arisawa
 * Keigo Asano
 * Mizuiro Kojima
 * Chizuru Honshō
 * Michiru Ogawa
 * Ryō Kunieda
 * Mahana Natsui
 * Mizuho Asano
 * Reiichi Ōshima
 * Tetsuo Momohara
 * Kenichirō Nanbu
 * Satoshi Terasawa
 * Shouko Kusama
 * Jinpei Nagase
 * Shinji
 * Kyōko Haida

Temporary

 * Rukia Kuchiki
 * Tōshirō Hitsugaya
 * Shinji Hirako
 * Renji Abarai
 * Rangiku Matsumoto
 * Ikkaku Madarame
 * Yumichika Ayasegawa
 * Rurichiyo Kasumiōji
 * Ryūsei Kenzaki
 * Rusaburō Enkōgawa

Faculty

 * Kagine
 * Misato Ochi