Kensei Muguruma

Kensei Muguruma (六車 拳西, Muguruma Kensei) is a Vizard and the previous captain of the Gotei 13. He served as the 9th division captain with his lieutenant being Kuna Mashiro.

Character Outline Kensei has the appareance of a teenager with short, light-gray/silver hair and golden eyes (brown in the anime). He has a 69 tattoo on his chest which young Shūhei Hisagi saw and later copied by tattooing his face with the same number. He also has one peircing on his eyebrow and three on his left ear, all of which are gold. Kensei is portrayed as wearing a blue and white basketball jersey with green cargo pants as well as black combat boots. He is also shown to wear orange fingerless gloves. In the manga his shirt is shown slightly differently as it appears black with a white and orange outline. During his time as a captain, he wore a standard shihakusho though he altered it somewhat. His belt was replaced with a rope and just like all other 9th divison members, his kimono was sleeveless. His captain's haori was also portrayed sleeveless.

Unlike the other Vizard, Kensei is shown to be a very serious character, often angry at the others for being immature. While he was a captain he was shown to have strong leadership skills, though he seems more passive as a Vizard.

History Approximately 100 years ago, Kensei was the captain of the 9th division with his lieutenant being Kuna Mashiro. During this time he saved Shūhei Hisagi, who would eventually become lieutenant of the 9th division, from an attacking hollow. He was investigating souls disappearing when his entire group was attacked and he was stabbed from behind. Based on his reaction, he knew the attacker.

Zanpakuto Kensei's zanpakutō is known as Tachikaze (断地風 lit. Earth-Severing Wind). When sealed, it is shown to have a rectangular guard in a sort of 'H' shape. The hilt weaving is white. Kensei's shikai is triggered by the command Blow it away (吹っ飛ばせ, futtobase). In its shikai, Tachikaze shrinks down to about the size of a survival/combat knife. While in this form, Kensei demonstrates the ability to charge and fire spiritual energy from the blade as well as creating a wind blade to cut enemies.