Shunsui Jirou Sakuranosuke Kyouraku

Shunsui Jirou Sakuranosuke Kyouraku

Animeography
Bleach
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Bleach: The Sealed Sword Frenzy
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Bleach Movie 1: Memories of Nobody
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Bleach Movie 2: The DiamondDust Rebellion - Mou Hitotsu no Hyourinmaru
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Bleach Movie 3: Fade to Black - Kimi no Na wo Yobu
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Bleach KaraBuri!: Gotei Juusan Yatai Daisakusen!
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Bleach: Gotei 13 Omake
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Bleach: Sennen Kessen-hen
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Bleach: Sennen Kessen-hen - Ketsubetsu-tan
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Bleach: Sennen Kessen-hen - Soukoku-tan
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Bleach 20th PV
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Mangaography
Bleach
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Bleach: The Honey Dish Rhapsody
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Bleach: Spirits Are Forever with You
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Bleach: The Death Save the Strawberry
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Bleach: We Do Knot Always Love You
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Tsurezure Nichijou Ekotoba Colourful Bleach
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Bleach: Can't Fear Your Own World
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Gekijouban Bleach: Memories of Nobody
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Bleach: Beginning of the Revive of Tomorrow
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Bleach: Gokui Meimei-hen
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Shunsui Jirou Sakuranosuke Kyouraku (京楽 次郎 総蔵佐 春水)

Captain of the 8th Division
Height: 192 cm
Weight: 87 kg
Race: Shinigami
Birthday: July 11th
Zodiac: Cancer
Zanpakuto: Katen Kyoukotsu
Theme Song: Carlos Gardel's "Por una Cabeza"

Kyouraku is a laid back and flamboyant man, evident in his style of dress and general attitude. He wears a straw hat and a pink flowered haori over his captain's uniform. Although his haori and obi sash are cheap, his pinwheel hairpin is very expensive. In his off time, he can be seen drinking sake and napping. Other times, he likes to chase after women, which is noted by Yasochika Iemura of the 4th Squad when commenting in his diary. In particular, he often flirts with his lieutenant, Nanao Ise, whom he calls 'my Nanao-chan' (little Nanao). In one of the omake outtakes he told Rangiku Matsumoto to buy Nanao Ise a sexy outfit while in the human world. Matsumoto brings back a skimpy two piece bathing suit which Nanao refuses to try on. He is close friends with 13th Division Captain Jushiro Ukitake, with whom he graduated from the shinigami academy and works with often.

Kyouraku tends to use a more familiar speech style than most other characters in Bleach. He generally refers to his fellow captains and shinigami by their first name followed by an honorific, and is the only character who dispenses with honorifics when addressing General Yamamoto, calling him old Yama (Yama-jī). Even Ukitake, who was also taught by Yamamoto, does not do this.

Kyouraku is a peace-loving man who will always try to talk his way out of a fight. However, he does not wish to insult his opponents by not fighting, either, as he explains to Chad. Since he has achieved the rank of captain, it is implied that he must be a powerful fighter, but the true extent of his abilities has not been seen in the series. General Yamamoto states that Kyouraku and Jushiro Ukitake, both of whom he trained himself, possess "greater powers on the battlefield than any younger generation, or old," suggesting that the two are more powerful than any other captains, with the possible exception of Yamamoto himself.

The slightly eccentric Kyouraku also seems to like making an impression on opponents. In the Soul Society arc, when Kyouraku confronts Chad who had invaded the 8th division area, he has Nanao Ise scatter rose petals over him to make a dramatic entrance. It creates this effect at first, but when Nanao doesn't stop dropping the petals and Kyouraku begins to exhort her to stop in an embarrassing manner, she dumps the whole basket on him, burying him and ruining his entrance.



(Source: Wikipedia, Bleach Official Character Book Souls page 136)

Voice Actors
Ootsuka, Akio
Japanese
Kramer, Steve
English
Láng, Balázs
Hungarian
Kim, Il
Korean
Soares, Renato
Portuguese (BR)
Rocabayera, Ramón
Spanish
Sesana, Paolo
Italian
Vollbrecht, Bernd
German
Lourenço, Gilmar
Portuguese (BR)
de Castro, Fábio
Portuguese (BR)
Munhoz, Anibal
Portuguese (BR)
Souterelle, Frédéric
French
La Greca, Andrea
Italian
Mendes, Vanderlan
Portuguese (BR)
Ornelas, Jorge
Spanish
Sakura, Ayane
Japanese
Hernández González, Sammir
Spanish
Darmon, Emma
French
Paletschek, Jochen
German
Iannotta, Kevin
German


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