Kyōko Haida

is a new student who transfers into Karakura High School during the events of the Beast Swords arc.

Appearance
Kyōko has dark brown eyes and short black hair with bangs that curve inward. She initially wears her school uniform from the high school she transferred from, which consists of a short-sleeved white shirt, a light blue colored vest, and a dark blue skirt. She later receives a Karakura High School uniform.

Personality
When Haida is first introduced, she is quiet and somewhat solitary. She is also athletic, able to play well in various sports. Haida is smart as well, as she is able to do well academically, even anticipating what content teachers may put on tests. Furthermore, she is very perceptive, as she knew that Orihime Inoue had unique powers before she displayed them in front of her.

Haida has also been shown to be very lonely, as she was hurt from being alienated by Mai Suzuki, the only person she had ever considered her true friend. Afterwards, she felt that she would not be accepted by anyone.

History
Kyōko previously attended a different high school, where she was friends with Mai Suzuki. KHaida is spiritually aware, and can thus see things like Pluses and Shinigami; she believed that Suzuki would accept her even though Kyōko's ability was strange. Suzuki becomes wary of Kyōko when she correctly predicts what a teacher would put on a test. Haida eventually finds out that Suzuki is dating a boy who was known to be cheap and date numerous girls, and tries to warn her in order to prevent him from hurting her. However, Suzuki alienates her and calls her a freak before running off in tears.

Hurt from Suzuki's outburst, Haida throws away a present she was planning to give her, which was a small pink bear. After doing so, she hears a voice. The voice claims to know how she feels and tells her to vent all of her frustration. It further states that her heart will break if she hesitates. A Zanpakutō of a Tōjū then appears out of nowhere. As Haida reached to pick it up, she was engulfed by purple reiatsu.

Beast Swords arc (anime only)
Note: Events occurring in this arc are only in the anime and do not constitute canon material. Haida transfers into Karakura High School and is introduced to her classmates by her new teacher Misato Ochi. After class ends, she introduces herself to Orihime Inoue and leaves while Orihime is distracted before she can invite her to lunch.

The next day, she is injured by a fellow classmate during gym class. Inoue decides to take her to the nurse for treatment. On their way, a student accidentally knocks a flower off of a balcony on an upper level. Inoue protects them with her Santen Kesshun spell. She then states that she knew Orihime had powers and proposes that they be friends because they both have special powers. When Inoue argues that she is not special, Haida becomes defensive and threatens to tell Inoue's friends about her powers, which she believes will make her an outcast. Inoue asks why she would do that, but she briefly blacks out and recalls her past. When she comes to, Inoue asks if they can just put their abilities aside and just be normal friends. As she is stunned by Inoue's words, she cringes in pain and a purple reiatsu is uncontrollably emanated and her Zanpakutō briefly manifests itself. As Orihime tries to help her, Kyōko refuses and runs off.

As she leaves Karakura High School, the spirit of her Zanpakutō asks her if she really believes that Orihime wanted to be friends with her. She further states that Inoue, someone who has many friends, cannot understand them and how they feel. Kyōko tells her that Inoue said she wanted them to be friends. The Zanpakutō spirit states that those feelings would fade, and that they had both felt the pain of abandonment. She then tells her that what she really desires is to kill Mai Suzuki, to which Kyōko denies. The spirit then possesses her, saying that it will help her fill that "desire".

Using Haida's body, the spirit eventually tracks down Mai and tries to kill her. Kyōko manages to resist, and Suzuki tries to call for help, but faints after seeing Haida and traces of the Zanpakutō spirit on her. Realizing that Mai would never accept her again, Haida feels that everyone would treat her as an outcast. As she bids farewell to Mai, Kyōko is engulfed by a purple reiatsu. The Zanpakutō takes full possession of Haida's body and materializes in full form.

Inoue arrives as this is happening. She demands that the spirit - which is really a Tōjū - to bring Haida back. The Tōjū tries to kill her, but she is saved by Ichigo Kurosaki. Rukia Kuchiki arrives as well and moves Suzuki to a save distance away from the battle. She states that the Tōjū has merged with a Human, which is why they were not able to track it down sooner. Rukia states that if Haida lost her mind and body to the Tōjū completely, then they would have no choice but to kill her. Inoue pleads for them to wait, as Haida has not lost her heart to the Tōjū. Inoue asks the Tōjū to return Kyōko. The Tōjū tells her that if she is willing to give herself to her, then she would release Kyōko. Inoue tells her that nobody would "give" themselves over to the Tōjū willingly, as it is an illusion that she has created for herself. The Tōjū is angered by this, as her master despised her and abandoned her somewhere, dying sometime afterwards, and that she herself began to wilt without anyone to accept her. She states that she'll absorb everything she can and prove how powerful she really is.

Orihime calls out to Kyōko, which causes her to resist the Tōjū. Rukia then advises her to use her Sōten Kisshun technique to separate the Tōjū from Kyōko, which Orihime complies. As the Tōjū is separated, Ichigo kills her with a Getsuga Tenshō.

The next day, Haida watches Suzuki walking with her classmates. Kyōko recalls Rukia saying that she erased Mai's memories. As she begins to feel sad, Inoue meets up with her and asks her if she wants to walk home with her. Kyōko smiles, realizing that she made a friend in Orihime Inoue. Haida then asks her if she wants to run by the candy shop, as she is able to tell that Orihime wanted to go there.

Powers & Abilities
Spiritual Power: Kyōko has some spiritual power, as she is able to see a Zanpakutō and hear the voice of a Tōjū, as well as seeing Shinigami.

Zanpakutō Materialization: While she possessed a stray Zanpakutō of a Tōjū, she was able to make the Zanpakutō materialize and dematerialize at will.

Tōjū
While Haida did possess a Zanpakutō with two blades protruding from the hilt and tsuba, she was also merged with a Tōjū, which has its own abilities that Kyōko could not utilize. The Tōjū has pale skin, dark green hair, pale yellow eyes, and a pale colored kimono, which is torn. The Tōjū also has a snake-like torso and no mouth on her face.

Possession: At any time, the Tōjū is able to possess Kyōko's body. When she does this, Kyōko's eyes change from her normal brown eyes to glowing yellow eyes.


 * Full Materialization: When Kyōko's own soul is synced with that of the Tōjū, she is able to fully possess Kyōko, materializing her own body in place of Kyōko's.

Claw Extension: The Tōjū can extend three sharp claws from under the sleeves of her torn kimono.