Hohō

is an important skill for most shinigami. Though never stated clearly it most likely relates to the Shinigami ability to walk on air using spiritual power. By collecting and solidifying Reishi beneath their feet, Shinigami can gain traction on thin air to either freely move about or to stop themselves from falling.


 * , a movement technique that allows the user to move faster than the eye can follow. . The focal point that determines the bases of this technique is speed. As speed is the main point of the technique the method is best characterized by how fast one can get from point A to point B in the least amount of steps. Training and skill are what determines how fast a user of shunpo can move; those of little skill in the technique or those who haven't used it an extended amount of time would obviously be out of practice, causing those individuals to be considerably slower, which requires the use of more steps to achieve higher speed and become winded far easier in a shorter amount of time.

The agility and speed of Hohō can be enhanced and improved through mastery of it, concentration, and training. The foremost practitioners of this technique are those assigned to the Onmitsukidō.

Hohō Masters
Masters of the technique are obviously by far the fastest beings within Soul Society. Maintaining high speed movements for extended periods of time while only using the least amount of steps to achieve those movements. Masters are capable of using Advanced steps which are considerably harder to initiate. A master can possibly create new techniques but its most likely a rare occurrence.


 * Yoruichi Shihōin: "Goddess of the Flash". Foremost Flash Steps Master in the Bleach Universe.
 * Soifon
 * Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai
 * Byakuya Kuchiki
 * Jūshirō Ukitake
 * Shunsui Kyōraku
 * Sōsuke Aizen
 * Kisuke Urahara

Hohō Experts
Experts of the technique are considerably fast and are capable of maintaining high speed movements for extended periods of time. While not as fast as a master they can keep up quite effectively. Some holding the title are faster then others but none the less their application of the technique is highly advanced.


 * Gin Ichimaru
 * Tōshirō Hitsugaya
 * Ichigo Kurosaki
 * Kaname Tōsen
 * Kensei Muguruma
 * Love Aikawa
 * Mayuri Kurotsuchi
 * Retsu Unohana
 * Rōjūrō Otoribashi
 * Shinji Hirako
 * Marechiyo Ōmaeda
 * Syūsuke Amagai
 * Renji Abarai
 * Lisa Yadōmaru
 * Mashiro Kuna
 * Nanao Ise

Hohō Practitioners
Practitioners of the technique can maintain fast movements for a short period of time, by seemingly taking only a few steps to bridge what would normally be a large distances. Those who are practitioners commonly use their knowledge of Hoho while engaging in combat to close the space between combatants. Those practitioners that maintain these high speeds for to long tend to become winded.


 * Sajin Komamura
 * Izuru Kira
 * Momo Hinamori
 * Rangiku Matsumoto
 * Isane Kotetsu
 * Tetsuzaemon Iba
 * Ikkaku Madarame
 * Yumichika Ayasegawa
 * Shuhei Hisagi
 * Rukia Kuchiki

Those Who Possesses No Skill for Hohō
Those in this category possesses no skill for Hoho and instead rely on walking to get where they need to be or have trained extensively to enhance their natural speed to a level allowing them move considerably fast though decidedly under that of shunpo.
 * Kenpachi Zaraki
 * Hanatarō Yamada
 * Yachiru Kusajishi