Shin'etsu Kisaragi

was a Shinigami from the First Division and the father of Shūsuke Amagai.

Synopsis
Little is known about Shin'etsu, other than he was killed by Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai. Amagai knows about that and he figures that the reason of Shin'etsu's assassination was because he knew about the existence of the Bakkōtō, and Yamamoto's possible involvement with the Kasumiōji clan to secretly allow them to create Bakkōtō, as his father's last words were "Beware of the Bakkōtō". As a result, Shūsuke Amagai formulates a plan against Soul Society to avenge his father. In the final moments of the last battle between Ichigo and Amagai, Amagai is set on killing Yamamoto, but Yoruichi Shihōin tells Amagai that his father was another victim of the bakkōtō, revealing to him that Shin'etsu was one of the loyalest and greatest pupils of Yamamoto. Amagai is then told that his father wanted to take the mission to disclose the evil plans of Gyōkaku Kumoi, who used his father as an experimental body and sent him to kill Yamamoto. He was possessed by the power of the Bakkōtō, so Yamamoto made the hard decision to kill his subordinate, freeing his soul from the evil katana.