Toja Hagiwara [Approved; 2-3+]

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» Name: Toja Hagiwara
» Titles: Fiery Trap
» Appearance Age: 16-17
» True Age: ~700
» Gender: Trap! (male)
Affiliation/Rank: Gotei 13 (Vizard powers not yet discovered)

» Appearance Description: Toja is a short, very feminine and 'cute' boy. His blonde hair reaches under his shoulders slightly, and is usually bound together slightly on the back of his head to not make him appear too much like a girl (a vain effort). While his face can usually be rather reserved, cold or twisted with slight anger, he also has a 'cute' smile, which he hates to show to anyone.
In an attempt to make his gender more apparent, Toja also has a few black tattooes on his neck and over his chest, while trying to somehow fit a male Shinigami uniform (causing it to be quite a bit wider than usual), while carrying his normal-sized Zanpakutō on the back, as it would otherwise scratch over the ground. Toja is known for being short - even the 'young Captain' Hitsugaya back during the war against Aizen would easily be able to look down onto him. Rumor has it he is around 4'5" tall.

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» Personality: Toja, the fiery trap, carries his title for a good reason. One shouldn't be decieved by his feminine looks, as he is one of the most hot-headed individuals in the Soul Society when he wants to be. Especially about being feminine - calling him girly is the same as challenging him to a fight, and outright calling him 'girl' often leads to a sudden case of fist-to-the-face for the offender, and has delivered even a few of the 11th Squad right into the medical center with bruises and burns.
Besides that little explosive fact, Toja is usually a no-nonsense guy, especially on duty, and hates nothing more than people not taking their duties seriously. He doesn't enjoy work, so to say, but he always gets his job done one way or another, and in a timely manner. Although his powers suggest against it, he usually prefers a stealthy and tactical approach, much to his Zanpakutō Spirit's chargin.
While few people would ever call Toja a 'friend', he is usually a whole lot nicer and warmer to people that he likes - but is still rather rough around the edges, so it can be hard to notice. Despite his cute appearance - or maybe to offset it - he is known to sometimes swear like a sailor, especially when he either snaps or something goes horribly wrong (or horribly right...).
When he is not on duty, Toja prefers to either keep his strict training routine up and running or just nap, although he can at times be seen in various bars and pubs. For his size he's a remarkable drinker, although it is hard to say if he's alcoholic or not, seeing as he keeps sober during duty hours without complaints.
Some rumors say that Toja is not quite as much against being 'girly' as he tries to seem most of the time, and when genuinly surprised (or piss-ass drunk) can actually be brought to act quite jumpy, like a young girl. Much to his own chargin, of course.

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» Zanpakutō Name: Hotaru

» Zanpakutō Spirit Appearance: Hotaru is the opposite gender to it's wielder, being a tomboyish fire fairy. She is about the same height as Toja himself, has a rather small chest size and short, fiery red hair. On her back, she has two butterfly-like wings that glimmer dark red and black in light. Her body is covered with a skin-tight reddish colored bodysuit that leaves only her hands, head and feet free. Usually she can be seen either floating in the air in a sitting posture or even fluttering upside-down.

» Zanpakutō Spirit Personality: She is a weird and 'wild' spirit, not listening to any orders one might give her - she'd rather do the opposite. Caring for her wielder, she's always the one to support his agressive and impulsive decisions, and berates long waiting and strategy. As a spirit of fire, her temperament is not one to be underestimated, as she can quickly singe off a few hairs with a violent outburst.

» Inner World: Toja's inner world is a gigantic vulcano - or at least he assumes it is. The 'crater walls' stretch high up into the sky, but stars can be seen when looking directly upwards while floating above the sources of light below. It is thus impossible (at the moment) to leave the crater, but the inner world has also been known to change size randomly, going from as small as a cottage to the size of a small town in a matter of minutes. The size is apparently dependant on Toja's anger, and him being angry makes his inner world grow in size rapidly, while long periods of happiness make it shrink.
It is STILL an active vulcano though, or so it seems - hot magma and lava fills it, and floating rocks are all that is there to stand on usually. If the lava actually burns is not known, since Toja has yet to be dumb enough to fall in - but it can't be as hot as the real deal, since the world is exceedingly hot, but not unbearably so.
The middle of the vulcano-crater is a small, solid island, on which a spring erupts hot water over the black stones. This is where one can usually find Toja's spirit.

When his other self appears in this world, though, it gets turned around completely - fire turns into ice. The fiery vulcano becomes a vulcano of ice, breaking known laws of physics by being liquid freezing underneath floating rocks of ice. The temperature drops sharply, making it hard to breathe.

Sealed Zanpakutō Appearance: A normal-sized Katana, although Toja has to carry it on his back thanks to his short height.

» Release Phrase: Illuminate the paths of my will, Hotaru!

» Shikai Appearance: Toja has an odd release. It can be described as a dual wield Zanpakutō, although it is hard to even notice that it is still a Zanpakutō - because it turns into a pair of special, fingerless tight gloves around his hands. These gloves are able to project short blades made out of pure, solid fire, while rendering Toja's arms highly resistant to any kind of fire damage. These blades are mainly a defense mechanism. The gloves enhance hand to hand of the wearer by being hard as steel.

» Shikai Abilities:

• Law Breaker: The fire within the gloves burn away Toja's limits, allowing him to use Kidō that would normally overwhelm his soul and be impossible to cast. This ability, at maximum power, raises his possible Kidō level by 30. Using a Kidō that high above his natural limit, though, uses part of his life force as power source and is thus way more taxing than it should be.
  
• Incantation Mastery: Toja can use half the incantation of a Kidō to use it at full power while in Shikai. This doesn't apply to Kidō unlocked by Law Breaker.
  
• Kidō Imprint: While fighting in Shikai, Toja can 'imprint' a Kidō that he uses into each of his gloves. It then allows him to recast said Kidō at the imprinted power level by just calling out the name, without requiring an incantation at all. This ability is limited by the amount of Reiatsu that Toja can actually use for high powered spells. A Kanji representing the number of the spell, and the school (Bakudo, Hadō), show up on the glove as imprint is used, but it does not require a vocal command to imprint.
  
• Molten Blades: As said above, Toja can extend fiery blades out of his gloves. they appear either from the backside of the hands, acting like arm-mounted shortblades, or from his palms while he forms the usual 'palm-strike' form with his hand. As they are made out of fire, blocking them with the bare body can be a bad idea in general.
  
• Hotaru no Hikari: The 'light of fireflies' is the special attack of Toja's Shikai. Channeling the power of elemental fairies, he conjures up the fire from his inner self and uses it as a weapon. It can either be used as a projectile-like attack, to defend against something, or to enhance either the molten blades or a simple punch with the fists.

» Bankai Appearance: Not yet achieved

» Bankai Abilities: Not yet achieved

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» Inner Hollow Description: His Hollow is a combination of Toja himself and his Zanpakutō spirit. While the body frame fits his spirit, all together with the wings, it has the hair color and face of Toja (with yellow Hollow eyes, that is), although the hair is far longer than normal. The Hollow also appears to be male, as no chest bulges can be seen in the now blue-white bodysuit. The Hollow carries the gloves of Hotaru's Shikai on the wrists at all times. Visual representation in Shinigami garbs:


» Inner Hollow Personality: Toja's Hollow is a very playful, yet twisted individual. He revels in his odd appearance and body, acting incredibly feminine and flirty, even towards Toja himself. It is both creepy and weird, but also strangely 'attractive', if you will. He is a surpressed collection of feeling inside of Toja just as much as he is an inner Hollow, making him a little bit resentful towards his host, but he is generally friendlier than most inner beasts - which isn't to say that he wouldn't still try to kill Toja and take over his body if he could.
Also, his inner Hollow - unlike the real Toja - can be described as flamboyant gay without any holding back. To imply anything else is a straight out lie. When in control of Toja's body, he is just as likely to grope a man's ass as he is to stab him. Or do both at once, because besides the flirty exterior, he is also a sociopathic monster that enjoys the suffering of others. His anger isn't as explosive as you'd normally think, and he is actually his most dangerous during the times where he shuts up and focuses solely on violence.

» Inner Hollow Powers: Toja's Hollow has complete control over both the elements of ice, as apparent by the new gloves, and fire, using the powers of Hotaru. It is also incredibly powerful physicially - being able to punch through a building with a single swing, being way stronger than Toja in almost all regards.

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» Vizard Powers: This state is currenlty unknown, and should it break out, would be completely uncontrollable. Besides the basic abilities of a Vizard, it would be completely under the sociopathic control of his inner Hollow, and staying in this form for any longer amount of time could turn him into a full Hollow at any given time. He can also summon up Toja's Shikai instantly without any incantation.
Should Toja manage to force control during the Vizard stage, then he could use ice the same way he uses fire in regular Shikai - fire being bound to the right, and ice to the left hand.
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» Resurrección Appearance: Not yet achieved

» Resurrección Abilities: Not yet achieved

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» Background: Toja never lived as a human. He is a born soul, steeming from Soul Society and one of the safer districts, where his parents lived. He can barely remember them, but knows that neither of them had Reiatsu, as they never needed to eat. That was obviously different for Toja, however, but since his family was rather poor, he had to rely on stealing and thievery to get by as a kid once his spiritual energy awakened and manifested.
His constant hunger in this way lead him to develop quite a few dangerous personality traits and the 'training' needed to learn how to move without making a sound. He would've eventually turned into a Hollow, most likely, had he not been found by a Shinigami that he tried to rob of his lunch one day - by that time, Toja had forgotten even the faces of his parents. That day was the day where Toja used his charms for the first - and so far, only - time to get out of a sticky situation, taking the lunch and all of the money the Shinigami had before tying him up and fleeing for the hills after said capture.
However, this event changed Toja in the way that he now knew of the Shinigami. It seems odd for a soul not to know about them in the first place, but as someone who spent his entire days hunting for something to eat and a place to sleep, collecting information was secondary. Now, with the money of the Shinigami, he had the chance to slow down his chaotic lifestyle for the first time in years.
Deducting the best course of action, Toja set out towards the Seireitei and Gotei 13, as he knew he wouldn't be able to survive on his own forever. His body was rather weak, but thanks to the spiritual energy within him, the Gotei accepted him as one of the many students to become new Shinigami.
Ever since that day, Toja became incredibly loyal and protective of the Gotei, as they had saved him from a fate of starvation and hollowfication. Over the first months in the academy, Toja developed his reclusive nature, and a distinct dislike against people that called him 'girl'. One day, during Kidō training, instead of firing at the targets, he lit the chief 'joker' of his age group slightly on fire after hearing him whisper 'girl' behind his back - and that was quite effective in shutting that guy up, even if Toja had to clean the toilets for three weeks in return.

In Shinigami training, it became clear that Toja had about as much familiarity with a sword as a badger. However, his spiritual energy proved to be incredibly stable and growing, making it easy to conjure Kidō from the energy of the world around them, marking his specialization later on.
After graduating from the academy, Toja's sword skills, by comparison, went from below average to abyssmal and terrible. Sticking to the study of Kidō as an unseated officer, there was only one thing making him different from other Shinigami of his skill level...
He was able to converse with his Zanpakutō, even if he was yet unable to hear her name. Still, this communication proved vital in many a mission and spar, giving him a reputation as a Kidō master in the making. It was only when, during a mission, he had to save someone from a Menos Grande that his Zanpakutō's voice fully reached his ears, though - as darkness was approaching from all sides, the illuminating light of Hotaru flared up, and enabled the unseated officer a victory against a Menos. Needless to say, he was promoted almost instantly after that mission.

Ever since then, Toja has simply been improving himself. He is training day in, day out - his dedication seemingly knowing no bounds. He even memorized all known Kidō incantations by this point, although he was still missing the power to use them all properly. His dedication even lead to him filling in a captain position for a short time, and although a new full time Captain was chosen rather quickly, he was involved in a break-in where he fought Shadin Yuudeshi for a very short time.

Lately, though, Toja's growth in power seems stuck. The last 400 years did not treat him too kindly, and during the last few weeks and months, he has been suffering through constant nightmares that threaten his sanity...
And his standing as a member of the Gotei 13, should the source ever burst out.

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» PhatomTech: None

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General Skills

• Durability: Adept
  
• General Speed: Adept
  
• Strength: Advanced
  
• Weapon Skill: Beginner
  

Racial Skills

• Hoho: Adept
  
• Cero/Bala/Kidō: Advanced
  
• Zanjutsu: Beginner
  
• Hakuda: Adept
  

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» Role Play Sample: N/A