List of Shinigami

Overview
Shinigami are the personification of death. Their job is to send spirits to Soul Society (the afterlife) in order to maintain a balance of souls between it and the material world, and to exorcise evil spirits. They all have katana known as zanpakutō, though not all of them carry them. Each zanpakutō is a manifestation of it's owner's soul, and has a unique name which is required for a shinigami to learn in order to use Shikai and Bankai. Not all shinigami can use these. All of the vice captains can use Shikai while some, like Renji Abarai, can use Bankai. Most but not all of the captains can use Bankai. The only exception to this is the Captain of 11th Division, Kenpachi Zaraki. There are a few runaway shinigami, namely Yoruichi Shihōin and Kisuke Urahara. Ichigo Kurosaki is what is known as a substitute shinigami, which is a shinigami who gained powers by taking another's. At first, he uses Rukia Kuchiki's powers which he lost during a fight with Byakuya Kuchiki. In order to defeat him, he had to gain his own shinigami powers, which he did by a very dangerous process that almost killed him. This process turned him into what is called a "vizard." These are shinigami who have gained hollow abilities, and use them to gain power far exceeding that of a normal shinigami or a normal hollow.

Captains

 * Isshin Kurosaki - Former Captain; Squad has not yet been revealed

Seated Officers

 * Maki Ichinose - Former unknown-number Seat Officer of the 11th Division (deceased, Anime-Only)

Others

 * Rikichi - Shinigami of the 6th Division
 * Rin Tsubokura - Shinigami of the 12th Division.
 * Hiyosu - Shinigami of the 12th Division.
 * Akon - Shinigami of the 12th Division.
 * Rukia Kuchiki - Unseated Shinigami of the 13th Division
 * Zennosuke Kurumadani - Rukia's replacement as watcher of Karakura Town, his Division number and rank is unknown.
 * Jidanbō Ikkanzaka - The keeper of the West Gate leading into Seireitei.
 * Ashido Kanō - A Shinigami that was stranded in Menos Forest of Hueco Mundo (Anime-Only)
 * Senna - A character in Bleach: Memories of Nobody
 * Eikichirō Saidō - A shinigami sent to find Rukia (Anime-Only)
 * Ran'Tao - Leader of the research team that created the Bounts (Anime-Only)
 * Baishin - A former shinigami and the antagonist in the OVA ''The Sealed Sword Frenzy
 * Ganryū - Leader of The Dark Ones in Bleach: Memories of Nobody (Deceased)
 * Sōjirō Kusaka - The main antagonist in Bleach: The DiamondDust Rebellion (Deceased)
 * Shin'etsu Kisaragi - A shigami who was the father of Shūsuke Amagai (Anime-Only) (Deceased)
 * Rurichiyo Kasumiōji - The princess of the Kasumiōji noble family (Anime-Only)
 * Kenzaki "Kenryū" Ryūsei - 1st servant of Rurichiyo (Anime-Only)
 * Enkōgawa "Enryū" Rusaburō - 2nd servant of Rurichiyo (Anime-Only)
 * Shuu Kannogi - Rurichiyo's fiancé (Anime-Only)
 * Gyōkaku Kumoi - Rurichiyo's nemesis (Anime-Only) (Deceased)
 * Hanza Nukui - Gyōkaku's personnal assassin (Anime-Only) (Deceased)
 * Matsuri Kudo - A Shinigami of the 5th Division (Videogame-Only)
 * Fujimaru Kudo - A Shinigami of the 5th Division (Videogame-Only)