└IZU YOUSUKE┘ [Approved, 2-1+]

☣ NAME
└IZU YOUSUKE┘

☣NICKNAME:
└NONE┘

☣ GENDER
└MALE┘ Huge, muscular and very broad, his sheer size and muscle mass definitely marks him as a male, absolutely no chance of being mistaken as a female or elsewise.

☣ APPARENT AGE
└UNKNOWN┘ His apparent age is not ascertainable, a armored mask and headgear hides his head and from the shoulders up. Some estimate that he is in his late 30s according to the rest of his bodies and the scars that are apparent on his body, however most realize that this approximate age is inaccurate. From what he remembers of his face he estimates that his apparent age is somewhere around 28 or 29 years old, which was when he died. But again he could be wrong but that is his approximate guess.

☣ ACTUAL AGE
└102┘ Young for Shinigami, but he has lived a lot of combat in those years, having grown up in an underground(figuratively and literally) training facility under the 76th district of the Rukongai

☣ RACE
└SHINIGAMI┘

☣ AFFILIATION
└SHINIGAMI, GOTEI 13┘



【PERSONAL INFORMATION】

☣ HEIGHT
└7'3”┘ Izu was a towering man, the tallest he had ever met, and was probably the tallest in his sector of the Rukongai, seven feet three inches tall he was nearly eight inches taller then his father, and nearly two feet taller then his mother.

☣ WEIGHT
└342 POUNDS┘ Izu is a towering mountain of muscle, he appears as if he would have less then one percent body fat, and has the build of a top of the line human body builder.

☣ HAIR
└BALD┘ He has no body hair on his body at all, and there is no growth of body hair at all.

☣ EYE COLOR
└RED┘ His eyes are amongst the strangest things that showed on his body, they are red and actually tend to glow a little in the dark, believed to be an effect of his reitsu which always seem to be in excess for someone of his power level.

☣ SKIN COLOR
└DARK TANNED┘

☣ SCARS, BRANDS AND TATTOO’S
└DESCRIBED>>┘ His body is a mess of scars over his body from horribly strict training led by his father, a large amount of that training from the time he was 12 years old was with real weapons. When he turned 12 he was no longer allowed to use he practice weapons at the training center. He doesn’t have any noticeable tattoo’s on his body, nor does he have any brands of anykind. He also isn’t known to wear any jewelry of any kind either.

☣ WARDROBE
└DESCRIBED>>┘ He wears armor over his head, parts of his arms and on his legs, also his pants are black and torn up from being in battle a lot. He occasionally wears a uniform jacket, but he knows that they mostly doesn’t survive his battles for very long so he rarely wears them. He even occasionally wears a sash over his chest that either carries a few other weapons, or would also show the badge of whichever Division he happens to be in at anyone time.

☣ PICTURE
└APPEARANCE BEFORE HIS SO-CALLED CURSING┘



└APPEARANCE AS A SHINIGAMI┘





☣ INTROVERTED/EXTROVERTED
└Introvert┘ Izu is not a very friendly person, mostly sticking to himself, and not really willing to train or train with anybody else. He doesn’t have friends to speak with, and his family was killed by rebels that were trying to raise hell against those who run the Gotei 13. He joined the Academy so that he could be further trained, his goals don’t really involve anyone else in the 13 divisions, thus he isn’t here to make any friends so he keeps to himself unless needed by any of the divisions.

☣ SEXUALITY
└STRAIGHT┘ Not really something that has been raised with anyone, he keeps to himself and is rarely seen with anyone of either sex let alone males or females. The truth however is, when he was younger he had a girlfriend, and she was killed in the same attack that killed his parents. He hasn’t found anyone since that would be at his side, and he isn’t looking for someone to be with.

☣ SHOWING HIS WORTHINESS
└SURVIVAL┘ When he survived the attack by the rebels he swore revenge, and he has since been proving his worthiness by suriviving anything that was put in front of him. Living is his proof of worthiness, for the moment. But he will prove his true worthiness when he finally finds who killed those he loved and put them in the ground as well. Then he will have finally proved his worthiness of still being alive.

☣ LOYALTY
└LOYAL TO A FAULT┘ His loyalty lies with the thirteen divisions and their leadership, he doesn’t have a division yet, but this loyalty comes second only to the loyalty to his family and finding their killers. There is virtually nothing out there that will be able to shake that loyalty.

☣ CONTROL
└CALM YOURSELF┘ Even though he does not seem like he would be one to be calm in the face of adversity, he is incredibly level headed. Through constant training and meditation he keeps his anger in check, and he keeps himself calm through deep breaths and remembering his mothers words and her death, remembering that only a calm head will get him to his goals.

☣ TRAINING
└DOES HE EVER STOP?┘ Does he ever stop training? Some people believe that he is still training when he is asleep, which is really not true. He does have down time, he trains like any Olympic athlete, it’s the primary thing he does, but he does act like he has a life outside of training. He trains for about 6 hours a day and gets a regular 8 hours of sleep, the rest of the day is spent doing various other activities.

☣ TOWARDS FAMILY AND MENTORS
└BLOOD IS THICK SO IS HE┘ Izu grew up with a loving mother but a brutal father, but he respected his father for his martial skill and his ability in combat. There is belief that there was once a family connection between his fathers family and the Byakuya family, but that is unconfirmed and his family does not wish to anger a sleeping bear by poking it. All of Izu’s family is dead, he is the last of it as far as he knows. His only drive right now as it stands is to hunt down those responsible for their death and to kill them all. As it stands right now he has no Mentors, but he looks up to the Captain of the 11th division, Captain Kenpachi.

☣ TACTICAL
└TACTICS WHATS THAT?┘ The concept of tactics to Izu is pretty much a mystery to Izu. He doesn’t think out fights too much because he believes that overthinking a fight takes too long. He prefers to try to get the drop on an opponent and attack with as much surprise and power as possible and overwhelm him or her as fast as possible. That’s the closest thing to a tactic he has in his repertoire.

☣ PERIODS OF STRESS
└WAR OR PEACE?┘ Izu doesn’t handle stress very well, but, he does have ways to handle it. Even though his family is dead he does still have access to the underground training facility out in the Rukongai, he will either go there to work out on the equipment there, or he will go to a quiet lake and meditate until what bothers him goes away or what bothers him is worked out.

☣ WHAT HE FIGHTS FOR
└SPILLED BLOOD┘ He fights for the blood of his family that was spilled, and the blood of others that might be spilled needlessly in the future by these dishonorable people that pick on those who are innocent(or those he sees as innocent at the very least). He also fights to make sure that the Gotei 13 and their leaders don’t get destroyed by their enemies, and for all the spirits in the Soul Society that needs to be protected.

☣ ALIGNMENT
└CHAOS┘ Pinning down an alignment for Izu would be difficult, he is mostly good, and does good things. But the things he does and is willing to do in the name of good are not always good. So the closest thing that would describe his alignment would be Chaotic Good.

☣ LIKES
└YES HE CAN SMILE┘ There are only a few things that can make him smile, strangely enough you can find him in front of a television playing video games, or watching a good movie. He also likes to fight, and to train for fighting which is what he spends most of his time doing. He has done it since almost the day that he could walk, and possibly before he could walk. He also likes a good fight, and if he can find one he continues to pursue it until he gets that fight.

☣ DISLIKES
└YOU WOULDN’T LIKE HIM WHEN HE FROWNS┘ He dislikes insolent people who think that they are better then everyone else just because they can swing a sword or use some high power level Kidō. Other things he dislikes are unwarranted violence, violence against women and children, dishonorable attacks, talking behind someones back,but he absolutely hates crayons and he has absolutely no idea why.

☣ ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
└HOBBIES┘ Video Games, Weight training, Weapons training, waching movies, and Knitting(yes he knits)

└SPECIAL SKILLS┘ He is a really good knitter, really good at video games, and figuring out puzzles




【HISTORY】

└A LONG PAINFUL ROAD┘ Izu was born to a well off family who had lots of resources at their disposal, but the family lived in one of the poorest sections of the Rukongai. His mother was quite a loving mother, but his father was a brutal task master when it comes to training for combat, he spent 90% of the time in his specially built training facility, while Izu’s mother raised him until he was about 5 years old. When he turned five years old he followed his father into the training facility and hid in a closet while he watched a training session. The session was brutal and bloody, and people got hurt, but Izu couldn’t stop watching.

He got caught eventually, when his mother came down and found him in the closet and tried to take him out, his father saw this and kept him at the session. Though he wasn’t allowed to join in until he was seven years old, which was the youngest person that was currently training. He started training as often as his father went down to the center, and even snuck into the facility on hours that it wasn’t open. His father kept him to using practice weapons until he turned 12, but he had practiced with real weapons plenty when his father wasn’t looking.

He continued the strict and heavy training regiment throughout his time with his parents, his mother had to regularly take care of his wounds constantly, because she didn’t want to answer the questions about why he was getting hurt so much. He really didn’t face anything really dangerous until he was quite a bit older, when there was an attack by a rebel group trying to raise problems in the Rukongai, trying to get people to rise against the Gotei 13 and their leadership. The attack killed plenty but failed to raise any real rebels.

However in that attack, his mother and father were killed as was the woman that he loved. He broke into heavy training for another year, and then decided that his best chance for revenge would be to apply to the academy, and then join one of the Divisions of the Gotei 13 and hunt the rebels down. He excelled in the academy, especially in combat training, where he was the absolute top of his class, tho he seemed to be really weak in many of the other area’s, like Kidō. He was one of the few members of his class that attempted to get out of Kidō training all together, but was not successful at it, and after A LOT of tutoring he managed to get through Kidō.

During his time at the Academy he was regularly in trouble for his brutality in combat training, and has proven himself someone that people would want to be fighting with over fighting with many others. When he graduated the academy he had already done half a dozen missions to the living realm, and already had over 2 dozen hollow kills to his name. He currently has his eyes on a seat in the 11th division. Maybe even the Captains seat someday, if someone could actually beat Kenpachi, but he doubted that would happen anytime soon.

Since Izu graduated he had ventured into the living realm and had a run in with a demon, this demon and him fought a massive battle in an old ghost town in Canada, it was a battle that lasted for nearly three days, and Izu was battered and hurt but still was managing to win, he eventually did win the fight, and stripped a set of armor off of the demon and tried it on. For some reason, even tho the Demon was a bit bigger then him, the armor slid on and fit him perfectly. The big problem came when he tried to take it off. The armor was fused to his body and he could not take it off. Luckily he hadn’t put on every single piece of armor, but he was stuck with what he did have on. When he returned to the Soul Society, the fourth division worked for a very long time trying to find a way to remove the armor, but it was a hopless battle, it could not be removed without killing Izu, and as it didn’t seem to actually be a threat to the Soul Society, they just left it be.

Since his return to the Soul Society he has started a search to find the best place for him amongst the 13 Divisions but has yet to find a place for himself.




【Zanpakutō】

☣ Zanpakutō SPIRIT NAME AND DESCRIPTION
└鉄の女┘ Tetsu no on'na, which roughly translates into ‘The Iron Woman’, Tetsu is a large feminine woman in a metal armor outfit that has the appearance of being made from coral from the ocean. Her primary weapon is a powerful trident, and she occasionally takes on the form of a mermaid. Her face is never visible even to Izu, but somewhere inside of Izu he believes that this spirit may actually be his mother reborn in a new form to watch over him, or possibly his former love. Tho the woman does have the attitude and the strength of will his father had, which might point towards all three people having come together into one spirit.

☣ INNER WORLD DESCRIPTION



└Atlantis┘ The inner world of his Zanpakutō, strangely, is very much like a sunken city, controlled by the ghosts of the past, water creatures of legend, and ghosts of humans seem to haunt this place. He doesn’t have a problem breathing in this realm and never seems to have a problem anytime he visits. He always seems welcome, and always feels at complete peace when he comes here. It is actually the place he goes when he meditates, the water is always nice, and he can sit and talk with the spirit for hours learning as little or as much as he wants.

☣ SEALED Zanpakutō APPEARANCE AND DESCRIPTION



└AXED YOU A QUESTION┘ In sealed form this Zanpakutō is actually quite different from the average persons, this weapon is a battle axe, just over four and a half feet long and with a jagged axe head, this increases his reach in battle. It is very heavy to weild, and is made of an incredibly dense metal that never pits or dulls. Its hanldle is ended with the head of a sea monster and is a padded black leather or so it seems.

☣ SEALED Zanpakutō POSITIVES AND NEGATIVES

└STRENGTH OF THE STEEL┘ These following Abilities are accessable by Izu when the axe is in sealed form:

☣└THUNDERCLAP┘ Izu is capable of slamming both of his hands together and generate a massive sonic shockwave that can shatter weaker structures in front of him, or generate disorientation in an opponent that can effectively disable any opponent for 1 round(this effects any tier level that is in front of him). This is a directional attack however, and only effects opponents in front of him. This can be done once every three rounds. This directional attack has a maximum range of 75 feet from Izu,

Definition of Disable: the opponent can still defend himself but cannot focus enough to attack. People with Focus of Master or Grandmaster or are 3 tiers stronger then Izu are completely unaffected by this power.

☣└SONIC IMMUNITY┘ Any attack that is based on a sonic based power is resisted by his focus skill rating and against Sonic based attacks his Focus skill rating is considered to be 1 level higher then listed on the skill sheet but only when dealing with sonic(or sound) based attacks (so beginner would be considered Adept, Adept would be considered advanced and so on), if successfully resisted the effects from a sonic based attack is reduced to 25% of normal, if unsuccessful it will still be reduced to half the normal strength.

☣└CUT RESISTANT┘ His skin takes on properties that are incredibly difficult to cut or stab even the strongest swordsmen find it difficult to cut him, thou blunt force deals quite a bit more damage that it would to others. This is mostly effective up to 1 tier level higher then him, if an opponent is 2 tier levels higher, the damage is reduced by 40 percent and that percent decreases by 10% per tier(2 tier stronger= 40%, 3 tiers stronger= 30%, 4 tiers is full damage effect)

☣└INCREASED REITSU┘ His reitsu level is truly impressive for a Shinigami of his level, his reitsu stores is just above twice that of a normal Shinigami of his level.

☣└SLOW HEALING┘ He takes almost twice as long to recover from injuries that are sustained in any situation, even when he is being taken care of by members of the fourth division, they will need to use two healing Kidō when usually only 1 Kidō would be useful.

☣└SLOW MOVEMENT┘ His sheer size and weight actually works against him in the speed side of things, he is treated as having 1 skill level lower in general speed (minimum of beginner) then what is listed on his skill sheet.




☣ Zanpakutō RELEASE

└すべてのニューカマーに強い立っている┘ Subete no nyūkamā ni tsuyoi tatte iru which translates roughly to ‘Standing Strong against all comers.’

☣ SHIKAI DESCRIPTION AND PICTURE


└THE AXE┘ In this form, his weapon is huge, seven feet long with the axe head taking up three feet of that, it is two and a half feet wide, and seems to be made of an Obsidian style material that heavily resists all damage. The weapon in this form easily weighs over 250 pounds, and is incredibly dense. It appears to have what looks like Celtic designs engraved down the blade of the weapon.

☣ SHIKAI ABILITIES

└SHEILD┘ He can form a lasting reitsu shield that extends around his left forearm, the shield is 4 feet in diameter and can block most forms of attacks, however only lasts a limited amount of time. Against attacks from opponents of equal or weaker tier then Izu, the shield will last for 4 posts/rounds, for those stronger then him the shield will last 2 posts/rounds, and against 0-tier opponents the shield will last for 1 post/round. This carries a 2 post/rounds cool down after use. This shield can be used to defend against area effect weapons, but defending against such an attack will instantly destroy the shield, but protect him from the immediate effect of the attack. This shield is a solid form of Reitsu meaning that in close combat the shield could be slammed into an opponent and can cause bashing damage to an opponent.

└INCREDIBLE LEAP┘ His incredible strength he can launch himself into the air, his leaps can cover massive amounts of distance and can get him places faster then walking or running, but not quite as fast as shunpo. With his great weight he can also use this as an attack, using gravity and emense strength to increase his damage when he comes crashing down on an opponent.

└IMPOSING STRENGTH┘ (must be activated) He is incredibly strong, in this form he is bulked up and has a strength modifier of x15 over the average Shinigami, and his endurance for using that strength is physically impressive as well (note this does not have any effect on the strength skill sheet). This strength lasts for a flat 2 rounds/posts and carries a 2 round/post cool down.

└ABSORPTION┘ When this power is activated, he touches the surface of a substance and absorbs it, his body takes on all of the physical traits of the substance that he touches, including the durability and strength of the substance. This also absorbs any reinforcement that may exist in the substance that he touches as well. Around his neck is usually a pendent of the strongest substance that he comes across. This effect will last for 4 rounds with a 3 round cool down before he can reabsorb a substances traits again.




☣ BANKAI NAME
└ 議員┘ “Giin” or Lawmaker

☣ BANKAI RELEASE
└力順┘ “ Chikara jun” roughly translates to ‘Order by force’

☣ BANKAI DESCRIPTION AND PICTURE



└HEADTAKER┘ This axe is just gigantic by any definition of the word, at 8 feet long and the axe head measuring a stunning 5 feet wide and weighing in at close to 350 pounds of obsidian build. The weapon is mostly black but is edged in white, this weapon does not conduct electricity at all. The end of the handle could be turned and used as a spear as it is tipped in an incredibly sharp tip.

☣ SEALED BANKAI ABILITIES

└ENHANCED THUNDERCLAP┘
This ability enhances the original Thunderclap ability once Bankai is achieved, Instead of disorientating an opponent for 1 round/post, this disablement is increased to two rounds or posts, and its cool down remains at three rounds.

☣ BANKAI ABILITIES

└CLONE PRODUCTION┘ Under this power Izu can create 2 copies of himself in a thread, these copies have the same physical properties as himself. Only their weapons are not Zanpakutō’s so they do not carry the powers or the sealed powers that the core person has. They move at the same speed as him, and operate off of the same skill set as the core body. They cannot use any Kidō, and will last the entire thread, however cannot be replaced during the thread if they are killed. They are capable of independent thought but are guided by Izu’s orders.

Each of them carry an axe that looks just like the Bankai form of the weapon, only they are not Zanpakutō, just have the same appearance as Izu’s Zanpakutō in Bankai form. In the heat of combat it is hard to tell the difference between Izu and his clones.

└CLEAVE┘ Izu channels a massive amount of reitsu into his weapon and chops downwards with it. Sending a massive cut at anything within 200 feet in front of him, if hit, this will cut through damn near anything in its path, short of the most powerfully reinforced constructions in his path, and even then it is likely to heavily damage it. He is only able to do this once per 6 turns/posts. A second hit is likely to finish the destruction that the first on hit,



☣ Kidō SKILL SCORE:
└Adept┘
☣ Kidō MAXIMUM NUMBER:
└40┘
☣ Hadō AVAILABLE:
└Bakudo 1- sai, Bakuda 3- Estriata Lux, Bukuda 4- Hainawa, Bakudo 7- Gyokuseki o hogo, Bakudo 8- Seki, Bakuda 9- Horin, Bakudo 11- Haru Bodo, Bakudo 15- RokKU no Hifu, Bakudo 20- Binding cross, Bakudo 21- Sekienton, Bakudo 26- Kyokko, Bakudo 30- Shitotsu Sansen, Bakudo 33- Kurokumo, Bakudo 37- Tsuriboshi, Bakudo 39- Enkosen┘
☣ BAKUDO AVAILABLE:
└Hadō 1- Sho, Hadō 3- Piercing shot, Hadō 4- Byakurai, Hadō 7- Denki-dama, Hadō 8- Kaen-dama, Hadō 9- Kori no tama, Hadō 11- Tsuzuri Raiden, Hadō 17- Pulse Blast, Hadō 29- Dakushokku, Hadō 31- Shakkaho, Hadō 32- Okasen, Hadō 33- Sokatsui, Hadow 35- Koumuru Raiden┘



☣ GENERAL SKILLS:
☣ DURABILITY: ADEPT
☣ GENERAL SPEED: BEGINNER
☣ STRENGTH: ADVANCED
☣ WEAPON SKILL: ADEPT

☣ SHINIGAMI RACIAL SKILLS:
☣ HOHO: BEGINNER
☣ Kidō: ADEPT
☣ ZANJUTSU: ADVANCED
☣ HAKUDA: ADEPT

☣ WILL SKILLS:
☣ WILLPOWER/DETERMINATION: MASTER
☣ MENTAL DEDUCTION: ADEPT
☣ PAIN ENDURANCE: ADVANCED
☣ FOCUS: ADEPT

Please ignore the one image can't be found, i've done everything i can to make the Kidō header appear but photobucket won't let me make it appear..

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• Willpower/Determination: Master
  
• Mental Deduction: Adept
  
• Pain Endurance: Advanced
  
• Focus: Adept
  

Comments/Notes: I'll approve this without Bankai for now, though training will easily get you there.
Tier: 2-1+