Kūgo Ginjō

is a mysterious man with a Substitute Shinigami badge. He is an associate of Riruka and Giriko Kutsuzawa.

Appearance
Kūgo has long dark hair that he keeps combed back down to the nape of his neck. He is tall and wears dark trousers, a light T-shirt, and a dark jacket over the top.

Personality
Kūgo is a mysterious individual who seems to be concealing some sort of secret about the Kurosaki family that he seems eager to inform Ichigo of. According to his group, he is a very charming individual that seemingly talked them into following him. He claims to carry ramen around because he likes it.

The Lost Substitute Shinigami arc
As Ichigo Kurosaki is walking home with Keigo Asano and Mizuiro Kojima, they are shoved aside by a thief running away with something he stole from Kūgo. Ichigo runs after the thief, defeats him and returns the stolen goods to Kūgo who then thanks him and offers to buy him some ramen which Ichigo declines and leaves. Kūgo wonders how he is so wary and a substitute Shinigami badge falls from his bag.

Sometime later, Kūgo shows up at the Unagiya Shop asking whether Ikumi Unagiya or Ichigo would like some Ramen. Despite how neither Ichigo's boss nor he wanted the Ramen, Kūgo proceeded to sit down and eat the ramen he had offered regardless, enraging Ichigo with his boldness. He informs them that he actually is a customer looking for a shop that did odd jobs and saying that him finding them was just a coincidence. He then proceeds to set a picture down of Isshin and when Ichigo reacts to this, he goes on to claim there are things about his own family that Ichigo does not know. He goes on to try and explain what he knew but is interrupted by Ikumi, who tells him they will call him after reviewing the information. He gets up to leave but tells Ichigo to go to the Urahara Shop to see something interesting. Outside, his comrades, Kutsuzawa and Riruka state that they failed and how they were following him because he charmed them. Kūgo appears after Ichigo sees his sister Karin leave the Urahara Shop, telling Ichigo that she has been visiting the store regularly. He says that there are things Ichigo does not know about Kisuke Urahara and that he should take measures while he still can, finally introducing himself to Ichigo.