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Personal Information
Name: Kunikore Miura-Benoit
Aliases/Nicknames: Inari, Kitsune, Kit, Kuni, Kore, Vixen, Psychic Illusionist
Age: 123
Seat: [Captain of the Gotei Gobantai and Kidō Corps]
Height: 5'5"
Weight: 117 lbs.
Physical Description: Kunikore, as seen to the right, has a small frame. Agile and femininely muscular, this shinigami carries an otherworldly beauty, her pale skin, blood red hair, pale eyes, and French accent adding to her uniqueness. As for her silver orbs, they lighten and darken with her changing moods.
Theme Song(s): [Utada Hikaru ♪ Deep River]
Personality: Because most of Kunikore's young life was spent moving about between France and Japan, a wanderlust was born. Paired with her need to explore her surroundings, Kunikore is an outgoing observer, meaning that while she enjoys being around others in social settings, she also loves to watch people just as much. She is empathic towards those she cares tremendously for, going so far as to put aside her own wants and needs in order to tend to those in need of her assistance. Kunikore has an odd sense of humor, often sarcastic about the details of life occurring around her. However, once one gets past her polite and comedic exterior, deep beneath the surface lies a highly observant woman whom seems almost psychic in her ability to tune into the universe around her. She is always spot on in her ability to read people. Thus the creation of her nickname, "Psychic Illusionist", an alias that attributes to her innate ability to understand everything around her, and oddly enough her defensive battle style. To balance with her wisdom, she is a very curious and mischievous shinigami which also ties back to her other nicknames, "Inari, Kitsune, Kit, and Vixen". And finally, while a perfectionist, Kunikore has shown that she is a closet genius by zipping through the academy in record time to become a full-fledged shinigami.
Bio: Kunikore is apart of the Benoit clan. A family of royalty, however, they are not so well known. Which is fine because they prefer their privacy, but their anonymous status is due to the fact that they are Death Gods from France. The Benoit clan Princess moved to Japan's Soul Society as a way of forming strong allying friendships with Japan's Soul Society. That was over three-hundred years ago. Since then, the daughter of the French Soul Society King and Queen has settled down with her shinigami husband, giving life to a girl, Kunikore.
Now, as for Kunikore's actual story. She has always been extremely intuitive and quick-learning, so as a very young girl she found herself taking lessons that would help her to become a valuable shinigami. These lessons started as soon as she could properly hold a sword, and took her to a different continent - China - where she was taught the fighting style she uses today.
However, it wasn't until sometime after her one-hundredth birthday that her parents decided to finally place her in the academy where her already finely-tuned skills, blossomed during her two years at the shinigami academy. Training since birth, as she liked to call it, allowed Kunikore to graduate four years early with some of the highest marks of her era. At age one-hundred-twenty, and a prodigy, the young Miura was ready to make a name for herself, and did so as she quickly ascended through the ranks to become Captain of the Gobantai.
Shinigami Information
Zanpakutō Name and Sealed Description: Bakushinchi and Brillez are a pair of simple blood red, Japanese swords that Kunikore prefers to keep strapped to her person at all times. No matter the situation.
Zanpakutō Sword Type: Sealed State and Shikai: Katana, Bankai: Sai
Zanpakutō Element: Unclassified, though fire seems to be the only element capable of activating Bakushinchi's explosive material. As for Brillez, the element for this Zanpakutō will remain unclassified as illusions do not fall to any element.
Zanpakutō Spirit: Bakushinchi and Brillez are essentially one whole, split into two blades. However, to appear before their shinigami mistress in spirit form shows that they have two different minds of their own, both agreeing on the physical attributes of a fox demon. Bakushinchi, being the more quick to ignite of the the two, appears to Kunikore as an actual [fox]. Brillez, the intellectual illusionist, becomes a deceiving [humanoid fox demon].
Call Out Name: "Jihakka!" (Detonation) - Bakushinchi. "Chiratsuku!" (Dazzle) - Brillez.
Shikai:
|Bakushinchi|
Though it appears to be a simple katana, Bakushinchi is made of highly flammable and explosive material that when Kunikore uses her spiritual energy or Kidō, it causes whatever has been struck with her blade, to explode. When in Shikai form, the blade steadies and slows the drain of Kunikore's spirit energy so that she can use more energy and kidō to activate more hits of her blade. In addition, by swiping at empty space, Kunikore can have her sword release a powdered form of Bakushinchi's explosive and flammable material make-up, which she can then activate to explode with the Call Out Command, "Jihakka".
Because of the uniqueness of this Zanpakutō, there are no real abilities. Instead, Kunikore must use strategy in order to defeat her opponents. And the first rule of war, one should never give out their battle strategies. ;p
|Brillez|
The Zanpakutō of illusions. Similar to Bakushinchi, Brillez has no real abilities.
Yet, Shikai does allow this Zanpakutō to create visual and audible illusions that dazzle Kunikore's opponent with their seeming sincerity. Though strong, creating these fantasies would drain her energy quickly if it weren't for Bakushinchi's opposite effect. And with her unique ability to be able to read into a person's past, Kunikore is able to accurately pinpoint a time in her opponent's life that will cause them to falter during battle.
Bankai:
|Bakushinchi|
Bakushinchi-Maru, has all the qualities of its katana and simply evolves into one of the two Sai seen to the left. In addition, all fire type of Kidō spells are amplified in power. So needless to say, Kunikore has made sure that she knows all fire type spells. It is also safe to say that Bakushinchi's explosive make-up has become more potent, setting off stronger explosions that cover larger areas.
|Brillez|
Bankai for Brillez is the ability to merge - if willed - with Bakushinchi, forming a single Sai blade with the capabilities of both Zanpakutō.
A powerful technique to her Bankai allows Kunikore to supposedly "fuse" with her Zanpakutō spirits, the trigger word, ["Mélange"]. This allows her to gain fox ears like Brillez as well the tail, claws, and fangs of Bakushinchi. She appears to have become a fox demon like her Zanpakutō spirits. Of course, this is all a hallucination, as her illusions have become so much more powerful than when in Shikai. So where Kunikore could only create visual and audible illusions before, in Bankai, she can pull her victims into fantasies that affect all senses. The trances are so effective and powerful that they are quite literally incapable of being broken. This almost always leads to the defeat of Kunikore's opponent, either by death, serious injury, or unconsciousness. Her mood and mission depend on which reality of these she chooses.
Reiatsu Color: Blood red, with wisps of black, purple, and sapphire. As seen in the picture to the left.
Fighting Style: Kyusho Jutsu. Kobudo; Shorin Ryu, Isshin Ryu. Wushu; Chángquán, Bāguàzhǎng, Tai chi chuan, Xingyiquan, Zui Quan, Tang lang quan, Nanquan, and Jian Sword-Style.
Skills:
Amazing Chef - Her mother has taught her to perfectly blend French cuisine with Japanese delicacies.
Brilliant Strategist - Because of her Zanpakutō, Kunikore has had to come up with a different way to fight. Thus her fighting styles and great tactical skills, though she is no Squad 6 Captain.
Kidō Master - Again, the uniqueness of her Zanpakutō has allowed Kunikore to sure up what would have been a weakness and turn it into a great strength.
Multilingual - Being both French and Japanese will do that. However, when her parents sent her to China to learn her fighting style, she had to learn Chinese as well.
Miscellaneous Photos:
[The Captain in her school uniform.]
Unfortunately for her, she is young enough looking to belong in school during her extended visits to the Earth Realm.
[The Captain as a Plushie.]
She was horrified by the fact that someone created a line of Plushies for each of the Gotei 13's Captains and Lieutenants, yet she couldn't help but purchase one.
Kidō
Bakudō:
• Bakudō #1: Sai (塞, Restrain)
• Bakudō #2: Kabe (壁, Wall)
• Bakudō #4: Hainawa (這縄, Crawling Rope)
• Bakudō #8: Seki (斥, Repulse)
• Bakudō #9: Geki (撃, Strike)
• Bakudō #12: Fushibi (伏火, Ambush Flare)
• Bakudō #21: Sekienton (赤煙遁, Red Smoke Escape)
• Bakudō #26: Kyakko (曲光, Curving Light)
• Bakudō #30: Shitotsu Sansen (嘴突三閃, Beak-Stab Triple Beam)
• Bakudō #37: Tsuriboshi (吊星, Suspending Star)
• Bakudō #39: Enkosen (円閘扇, Arc Shield)
• Bakudō #54: Uraawase
• Bakudō #58: Kakushitsuijaku (摑趾追雀, Summoning of the Tracking Sparrows)
• Bakudō #61: Rikujōkōrō (六杖光牢, Six Rods Prison of Light)
• Bakudō #62: Hyapporankan (百歩欄干, Hundred Steps Fence)
• Bakudō #63: Sajō Sabaku (鎖条鎖縛, Locking Bondage Stripes)
• Bakudō #73: Tozanshou (Falling Mountain Crystal)
• Bakudō #75: Gochūtekkan (五柱鉄貫, Quintet of 1 kan Iron Pillars)
• Bakudō #77: Tenteikūra (天挺空羅, Heavenly Rickshaws in Silken Air)
• Bakudō #81: Dankū (斷空, Splitting Void)
• Bakudō #99 Part 1: Kin (禁, Seal)
• Bakudo #99 Part 2: Bankin (卍禁, Great seal)
Hadō:
• Hadō #1: Shō (衝, Thrust)
• Hadō #4: Byakurai (白雷, Pale Lightning)
• Hadō #11: Tsuzuri Raiden (縛られた電光, Bound Lightning)
• Hadō #31: Shakkahō (赤火砲, Shot of Red Fire)
• Hadō #33: Sōkatsui (蒼火墜, Blue Fire, Crash Down)
• Hadō #54: Haien (廃炎, Abolishing Flames)
• Hadō #58: Tenran (闐嵐, Orchid Sky)
• Hadō #63: Raikōhō (雷吼炮, Thunder Roar Cannon)
• Hadō #73: Sōren Sōkatsui (双蓮蒼火墜, Twin Lotus Blue Fire, Crash Down)
• Hadō #88: Hiryūgeki Zoku Shinten Raihō (飛竜撃賊震天雷砲, Flying Dragon-Striking Heaven-Shaking Thunder Cannon)
• Hadō #90: Kurohitsugi (黒棺, Black Coffin)
• Hadō #95: Sebunsutaasutoraiku [Seven Star Strike]
Unclassified:
• Shunpo (瞬歩, Flash Step)
• Senka (闪花, Flash Blossom)
• Utsusemi (空蝉, Cicada)
• Hakufuku (白伏, White Crawl)
• Kyōmon (鏡門, Mirror Door)
• Keikatsu (啓活, Hiroshi Life?)
• Shimoku (紫木, Purple Wood?)
• Seppa (石波, Stone Wave)
