Ugaki

is an anime-only character in the Bount arc. He is a male Bount who helps Jin Kariya achieve many of his goals.

Appearance
Ugaki has the appearance of a professional man, wearing a tie with a white button-up shirt, large glasses, and his hair neatly combed over to one side.

Personality
Preferring to stay out of direct battle, when Ugaki released his doll, Gessel, he stayed hidden behind a wall. He was responsible for helping Kariya create the bitto after Yoshino Sōma's death, and seems to be fiercely loyal to the Bount leader. Also, Ugaki seems to take great pride in the results of his research and boasts about it. He also seems to be somewhat of a peacemaker as shown when he attempted to quell an argument between Mabashi and Yoshi, though the former cut him off.

Bount arc (anime only)
Note: Events occurring in this arc are only in the anime and do not constitute canon material.

Originally, his doll chased Ichigo's friends around the mansion, while Ryō Utagawa fought the former. However, even after the Soul Society team showed up, he continued to be the distraction. He sets his doll's cards on a board, and calls out to his doll by saying Zigedich Gesell. Many of Gesell's eyes get summoned by the card Wachter, and begin to project light. After Wachter, he put down a card that summons spears to impale his opponents. He used this attack against Yumichika, and tried to kill him with it. It was then when Rangiku Matsumoto, Izuru Kira, and Shūhei Hisagi help him out by cutting off the limbs which were the spears. The group then splits up. Ugaki tries to lure Rangiku in by hiding his doll behind pillars. Rangiku dispatches of them with her Zanpakutō, Haineko. Ugaki then tried to smash her, but failed, as she dodged it. Ugaki then put down another card, which manifests ropes from Gesell's limbs. The ropes catch Rangiku, but she severs them all. Once she landed on the ground, she got attacked, and nearly killed by Ugaki's spear card. Ugaki then attacks Shūhei and Izuru. He sends Izuru flying, and immobilizes Shūhei with ropes. Once he cut the ropes, he was distracted. He got Izuru, and helped him up. While he did that, Gesell punched the ceiling, and made many rocks collapse on them, nearly killing the two. He then faces Yumichika, who instantly got defeated by Gesell's hand. Ichigo Kurosaki, Orihime Inoue, Yasutora Sado, Renji Abarai, and Rukia Kuchiki are outside, and hear Gesell's roar, which lets them know that they are running into a battle that already started.

Ichigo and the others then walk in. They begin fighting, and Ugaki has the upper hand. While Ichigo was blocking one of the dolls limbs, he nearly sawed Ichigo in half, If it weren't for Orihime's Santen Kesshun. While they fight, Chad and Renji keep destroying the endless amount of pupils. Rukia tries to help, but gets overwhelmed, as she was severely damaged in her battle with Mabashi. Ichigo and the others then found out that the eyes make shadows out of the pillars within the cave. Ichigo and the others then start destroying the pillars, maddening Ugaki. He then makes shadows out of the Humans standing already. While Ugaki continued the upper hand, and nearly killed Ichigo, was when Izuru and Shūhei shielded Renji and Ichigo from being cut in half. Once they appeared before Ichigo and the others, Ichigo and Renji decided to keep on going ahead, and defeat the doll.

They continued getting attacked, until Renji claimed that the teamwork he was taking part in softened him up. He then used Bankai, and began fighting the doll itself. He used Higa Zakko, and stabbed the doll multiple times. Ugaki then looses control of the doll, as it goes wild. The doll heads for Ugaki, and breaks the wall shielding him. Ugaki's cards fly away, and the doll keeps heading for him, while it goes wild. Ugaki runs away, but the doll gets a quick hold of him. The doll then crushes Ugaki with his hand, and both of them turn to sand.

Renji and Ichigo then show up, and Yumichika tells Ichigo to let Renji handle it, being that he was a member of Squad 11 and he wants to fight. Ichigo watches Renji release his Bankai and use his Higia Zekkō to hurt the doll. The attack knocked the wall hiding Ugaki down, and Gesell proceeds to attack his master. Ichigo, angered that Kariya allowed his own comrade to die, charges into battle (though Kariya effortlessly defeated the Substitute Shinigami and escaped to Soul Society with Uryū's help).

Doll
is Ugaki's doll. It is sealed within a pack of cards resembling tarot cards, which Ugaki uses to control the doll's actions. In its normal state, Gesell takes the form of many small, mouth-like eye creatures. Gesell is voiced by Kozo Shioya in the Japanese version and in the dub by Neil Kaplan.

Gesell's actions are controlled through Ugaki's placement of the cards on a small mat marked with German incantations. The mat bears a resemblance to the Sephiroth, Tree of Life, as the words on the mat, written by the lines on it, correspond to tarot cards and the "paths to God" found between the Sephiroths. The words written by the lines are also the names of tarot cards in the Major Arcana. The primary card is "Wachter" (Wächter is German for 'Guardian') which allows Gesell's eyes to flash a strong light onto objects and create shadows. After "Wachter" is initialized, other cards are chosen which summon Gesell's limbs or morph them into weapons. The card "Dämon Kraft" (Demon Power) summons a giant purple hand that can capture and injure opponents, one card summons spears to impale, and another summons ropes to immobilize.


 * Remote Viewing/Hearing: Ugaki can see what the eyes see through his glasses, allowing him to control them from a safe distance. He can also speak and hear through the eye creatures.


 * Shadow Constructs: Though they are used to spy on people and act as a lookout, the true purpose of the eyes is to project light, which in turn creates shadows. From the shadows, Gesell can manifest any weapon, object or single body part to effect the physical world by attacking or ensnaring. The shadow constructs created can also create blade weapons. These shadow constructs only last as long as the eye creatures are projecting light.


 * True Form: by grouping a multitude of eye creatures together to shine their light Gesell manifests its true form from the shadows, that of the upper body, of a large eyeless monster. It can also manifest various melee weapons from its limbs. Gesell possesses a great deal of strength in this form. Gesell can dissipate and reappear any of its body parts from any shadow.