Zennosuke Kurumadani

Zennosuke Kurumadani (車谷 善之介, Kurumadani Zennosuke?* Voiced by Masashi Yabe) is a Soul Reaper with an afro who appears almost exclusively in omake chapters. He replaces Rukia Kuchiki in guarding Karakura Town from hollows after she is sentenced to be executed. Working in Karakura Town causes him great annoyance; not only are most of hollows destroyed by other, more central, characters before he arrives on the scene, but an unusually high number of townsfolk can see him. When he complains of this to Soul Society, he is brushed off and told not to interfere with the other spiritually aware people around town. Zennosuke's zanpakutō is Tsuchinamazu, literally "soil catfish". When released with the command "rise and shine", it takes the form of a chakram with a wooden handle embedded in the blade. Its special abilities, if any, remain unknown.