[Captain] Namikaze Minato
Personal Profile
Name: Namikaze Minato
Age: 1800+
Appearance
Height: 5'8"
Weight: 145 lbs
Hair Style/Color: He has spiky, blonde hair with jaw-length bangs framing either side of his face
Eye Color: Blue
Attire: He wears a short-sleeved long white haori over his Shihakusho, closed in the front by a thin, orange rope. The haori is custom-decorated by red flame-like motifs on the edges.
Miscellaneous:
Combat Profile
Division: 13th
Rank: Captain
Combat Style:
Zanpakutō
Hikeishin (飛軽神, Flying Light God): In its sealed state, Minato's weapon is a straight-bladed tantō with a small, circular hand-guard.
Shikai: Hikeishin's Shikai form is a kunai, though it differs from a standard kunai in that it has three blades instead of one and the handle (which is thicker than normal) serves as the "marker" for its teleportation ability. Its prongs also make it more deadly in melee fighting.
- Shikai Special Ability: Hikeishin utilizes a special space-time technique which allows the Minato to instantaneously transport himself to a previously marked location. To activate this technique, Minato places a special seal or "technique formula" to mark an intended destination. After this is done, he can at will enter a dimensional void that instantaneously transports him to the location of the seal. The mark can be applied to almost any area through brief physical contact with the Shikai, including an opponent or other surrounding feature. Because this technique is able to affect anything that is in contact with Minato or somehow connected to his Reiryoku, he can also use this technique to teleport other objects or people, though the size of the object and the distance of the location dictates the amount of Reiryoku required. As Minato also notes, the marking formula never disappears from a marked target.
- Hikeishin: Dōrai (飛軽神・導雷, Flying Light God: Guiding Thunder): This barrier technique incorporates the use of the technique formula to erect a barrier space capable of warping away anything which comes in contact with it. Once erected, the barrier has proven powerful enough to warp away techniques as destructive as an Arrancar's Cero. Once warped, the subject of the technique can be directed to another location marked by the formula.
- Hikeishin — Ni no Dan (飛軽神 ニの段, Flying Thunder God: Second Step): A technique that teleports the kunai through both space and time, multiplying the number of kunai, and/or Minato himself.
- Rasen Senkō Chō Rinbukō Sanshiki (螺旋閃光超輪舞吼参式, Rasen-Flash Super-Circle Dance Howl Stage Three): Minato throws numerous kunai, which all become linked to one another by Hikeishin's ability. Minato is able to teleport from one kunai to another, traveling through space and time. Traveling to an earlier point in time during a series of movements makes Minato appear to be reacting to an occurrence before it even happened.
Bankai:
Keijin no Tengoku (軽神の天国, Light God's Heavenly Realm): Minato's Bankai coats his body in yellow Reiryoku, which emanates from him reminiscent of flickering flames. Two horns of Reiryoku are on his head, six magatama markings around his neck, some sort of prominent circular/swirl design (similar to the technique formula of his Shikai) over his stomach, and various other lines extend along his body.
- Bankai Special Ability: Keijin no Tengoku retains its ability to transcend space and time. Since he is coated in his Bankai, Minato is able to teleport through space and time without first applying the technique. Minato states that because of the markings on his body are the new and improved formula that has become one with him.
- Reiryoku Arms: This is an ability Minato is only able to perform during Bankai. Minato uses the raw Reiryoku of his Bankai to form arms, which he can freely manipulate to attack his foes, able to strike an opponent faster than even an Arrancar's Bala. The Reiryoku arms' hands are clawed while the rest of the arm seems to lack any kind of joint, thus allowing them to have flexible movements that will generally be impossible for normal arms. Minato can create any number of arms that he desires and they can also serve other purposes such as grappling hooks, to either grab onto objects or enemies from great distances. These arms even have the power to crush stone without Minato putting much thought into it.
- Kyuubinokitsune Ryouyuu (九尾の狐領有, Nine-Tailed Kitsune Possession): Stated to be the true form of his Bankai, Kyuubinokitsune Ryouyuu spreads Minato's Reiryoku cloak and makes it take the form of a giant fox with nine tails. While this form is active, Minato hovers within the construct's head. He can in fact allow others to enter the construct as well, extending its protection to them and allowing it to even replenish their Reiryoku by having it enter their bodies. When using this form, Minato remains capable of temporarily leaving the construct by teleporting out of it, but for the construct to remain, he must return to it within eight seconds.
