Don Kanonji

is a popular spirit medium who has a television show called Ghost Bust that, at the time of his introduction, is watched by 25% of Japan's population.

Character Outline
His true name is. The method in which Don Kanonji used to rid ghosts, thinking he was sending spirits to heaven, actually quickly caused those spirits to become hollows (he would take his cane and forcibly rip open the holes in spirits that hadn't fully changed into hollows yet). He found this out when he and Ichigo Kurosaki fought a hollow that appeared because of Don Kanonji during a television taping at Karakura Town. He later formed the Karakura Superheroes, which consists of the Kurosaki sisters, Kon and the children at the Urahara Shop, to get the show's declining ratings up. He speaks in a mixture of Japanese and English. His trademark pose is to cross both arms over his chest and laugh "BWAHAHAHAHA!!" boisterously and deeply, so does his fans. His catch phrase is "Smells like bad spirits!" This is most likely a tribute to "Smells Like Teen Spirit", a song by the band Nirvana. He also uses other phrases, "Spirits are always with you!!" and the like. He also introduces himself as "The charismatic medium spirit for the new century". He seems to have some knowledge on hollows and Shinigami, albeit limited due to his limited interaction with them.

Powers and Abilities

 * Spiritual Power: He first appeared to have little spirit energy. However, when fighting a hollow with Ichigo, Ichigo stated that the hollow was going after people with high spirit energy like Kanonji and himself.
 * Golden Kanonball: Don Kanonji's special attack, consisting of a tiny ball of golden light that moves slowly and explodes with surprising power.
 * Super Spirit stick: Don Kanonji's special melee attack. He shocks the enemy with a golden stick with spiritual energy and can completely destroy a lesser hollow with it.

Trivia

 * In the video game Bleach: Dark Souls, Don Kanonji is an unlockable character in the game, his speed and attacks make him one of the stronger characters, has a ratings gauge that affects special attacks and damage, taunts can raise ratings as well. His Karakura Super Attack is the strongest in the game.
 * His theme song, as chosen by Tite Kubo, is "L'Arlesienne Suite #2" by George Bizet
 * He seems to be like Ichigo who was born with Spiritual Energy and the ability to see spirits, possibly given some information on his heritage.