Kinnosuke Yamana (NPC) - Cpt. Squad 9

Name: Kinnosuke Yamana

Age: 562 (Appears 28)

Height: 6 feet

Weight: 158 pounds

Gender: Male

Looks:

Spoiler:

Kinnosuke is an extremely mysterious and unnerving individual. With sandy hair and dull amber eyes that have a cold look to them, he is capable of instilling discomfort into the faint of heart through extended eye contact alone. He draws no attention to himself with a unique wardrobe, instead choosing to don the typical shinigami attire suited to his station. His face is often fixed with a pleased looking sneer with a thinly curved smirk and slit-expression eyes.

Personality:

Kinnosuke’s personality is fairly simple for people to figure out. He is plainly a degenerate who also possesses sadist qualities. He derives pleasure from chaotic states in surrounding situations and in other people. He’s not a rule breaker, but feels that all else is fair in love and war regardless of normal moral standards. Kinnosuke also has a knack for playing with people’s minds and saying whatever he can to stress them mentally to the breaking point.
In battle, Kinnosuke’s style is harsh and deceptive. Putting on a fierce offensive as a distraction, he piles on the pressure until he’s ready to surprise the foe with a trap or some other unexpected development.


Sealed Zanpakuto:

Spoiler:

Kinnosuke’s sealed zanpakuto takes the form of a pearl white standard length katana.

Shikai:

Name: Kibaomaki (coiling fang)
Release Phrase: Nip him

Released Appearance:

Spoiler:

Kibaomaki takes the form of a white kopis sword with a curved blade about three feet in length. A hollow vein runs along the back side of the blade, coming out in a needle sized hole at the tip of the sword.


Abilities:

Hitokuchi-maki (coiling bite) – Kibaomaki’s default ability. The blade is able to extend at a high speed, albeit only at a curving trajectory. This limits the ability’s usefulness as a long range technique, but makes the zanpakuto excel at surprise attacks, stretching around an opponent’s weapon or guard after clashing with them to inflict a stabbing wound to their side or back. The length and degree of the curve are both controllable by Kinnosuke, but the maximum extension of the blade is 25 feet.

Dokuga (poison fang) – An ability that is used by itself or in combination with Hitokuchi-maki. Debilitating venom is produced and stored in a chamber in its handle when in its released state. This venom can be channeled through the vein in the sword’s blade to be injected into foes that the sword stabs. The venom is a deadly hemotoxin that causes extreme pain as it breaks down the bodily tissues it encounters. A dose from a single, quick stab is not strong enough to cause severe damage, but with repeated injections or an extended dose, the venom can destroy muscles and organs as well as cause uncontrollable bleeding by interfering with blood clotting.

Dokukasumi (poison haze) – This ability makes a new use of Kibaomaki’s venom. Spraying the venom out of the sword without injecting it into a target releases it as a cloud of poison mist that temporarily hangs in the air. The poison is spread thin by the mist form, so its effects are more distracting and pain inflicting than actually dangerous. Skin contact with the mist will produce an uncomfortable hot feeling. If mist comes into contact with open eyes, the eyes will feel pain and water severely. Worst of all, if the mist is inhaled, the victim’s lungs will be filled with a painful burning sensation. The venom doesn’t last long in this form and neither do its effects. Kinnosuke mostly uses this as one of his tricks in battle to strike an off guard enemy. He is also immune to the effects of the venom. (Usable in bankai)


Bankai:

Name: Dokuo zuruzuru, Kibaomaki (Slithering Poison, Coiling Fang)

Appearance:

Spoiler:

In bankai form, Kinnosuke’s zanpakuto becomes a giant white snake covered in white and bluish purple frills and scales. Its scales and frills are razor sharp, effectively making its whole body a weapon as deadly as a sword. It is about 100 feet long. The wide head has a large mouth complete with two thick poisonous fangs.

Abilities:

Doku hontai (poison body) – Dokuo zuruzuru Kibaomaki’s entire body contains a stronger version of the poison contained in its shikai form. A single bite from its fangs will leave a victim in unbearable pain as the poison spreads through and damages their body. The poison can also be excreted from its body to coat its exterior and be introduced into the foe through a wound caused by the sharp scales.

Hikō kiba (flying fangs) – The name of this technique is misleading. The fangs referenced in the name are actually the bankai’s scales. Inhaling a large breath of air, the snake causes all of its scales to violently shed off of its body in a large burst like a shrapnel grenade. If it first coats its body in venom, each of these scales becomes a two stage deadly threat that can cut a foe as well as get the zanpakuto’s poison into their body. This ability can only be used after a certain length of time has passed to allow the snake to grow new scales under the old ones prior to firing. (charge time of 5 posts in bankai form)


Stats:

Spirit Power: 40

Speed: 50

Technique: 10

Fighting Skill:45



History:

Kinnosuke was sent to the soul society after death like any normal soul. He didn’t remember the occurrences of the life he had before ending up in such a wasteland, and frankly he didn’t care. Why would someone worry about some far away existence that was no more when there was such beauty in the world around them? For years, Kinnosuke lived among the inhabitants of the Rukongai, watching in glee as they labored, scavenged, and killed each other in their struggle to survive. He was avoided by most because of the superior look in his eyes that seemed to signal that those who messed with him would die. This was not far from the truth as he did show an amazing combative insight when bothered by the more courageous or desperate. As rumors of his ruthlessness and power spread, the seireitei sent shinigami to investigate. Kinnosuke by this time was growing bored with his life in the Rukongai, the masses all fearing him and not presenting him with any misfortune to revel in. So when he met the shinigami and learned of their city and the gotei, he saw a brand new opportunity to make another fresh start.

After graduating from the academy, he was placed in squad 9…and there he stayed. He performed adequately at missions and stayed out of trouble at base, but he showed no strive to climb in the ranks. He didn’t see a point in displaying such appearances to others. Any personal growth through training was gained in secret, Kinnosuke not wanting to show an ambitious side. One thing that caught others’ attention was the way that no roommate could remain sharing a room with him for more than a few weeks at most. When asked why they would hysterically insist that living arrangements be changed, they refused to say anything on the matter. Kinnosuke continued this standard of life for several years.

As the years rolled by, Kinnosuke’s powers grew. He eventually mastered all aspects of his zanpakuto and was at the strength of a captain. However, he kept others in the dark about this and continued his normal standard of service for a few years more. But then he got to thinking that if he took the captain seat, he would have much more opportunities to stir up turmoil in people’s lives. The only problem was that there was no open seat at the time, so he went for the option of taking the captain seat by force. In a match observed by the entirety of the squad, Kinnosuke showed an impressive display of skill and tactics that won him the fight without even having to use his bankai. From that day on, he settled into his new position and went about living his life day to day, always on the lookout for the next exciting thing.