Tessai Tsukabishi

Personality
Tessai is a quiet, stern, level-headed man who often acts as a source of disipline to Jinta's childish behaviour, though he has his own sentimental side. He is quite loyal to Urahara and takes meticulous care of the shop, actually bursting into joyful tears if anyone complements his work. Conversely, when Soifon snubs it, his instant reaction is extreme irritation. He is known to buy TV-displayed medicines, which do not always work or have unpleasent side affects, much to Urahara's chagrin. He is also among the few who find Orihime's strange food ideas tasty, the other being Rangiku Matsumoto.

Appearance
Tessai is a large, muscular dark-skinned man wearing square-shaped glasses and with an enormous handel-bar mastachue. He is always seen in a white shirt with a blue apron, although during his time in soul society he wore an ornate dark robe over standard shinigami garb.

History
In the past, Tessai was once the leader of the Kidō Corps in Soul Society. The reason of his exile to the Human World is still unknown. Currently he works as Urahara's personal assistant in both business and other duties. He has apparently held a position amoung the Gotei 13 for quite some time, at least 200 years, since he informed Rukia that the word "Quincy" "brings back memories" from that long ago.

Powers and Abilities
As the former captain of Soul Society's Kidou division, Tessai is extremely skilled in this regard, although he has only been shown performing Binding Arts so far. He has demonstrated the ability to use a level 99 binding spell while skipping its incantation.

He has not been shown to carry a zanpakutō, but he did carry a shakujo during his time in Soul Society. It is possible that his Zanpakuto is sealed within in much the same way as Kisuke Urahara or General Yamamoto.

He is also shown to have great physical strength, made apparent by his ability to smash a hollow's head to pieces with a single, open-palmed thrust.