About

Character Set Up

Full name: Ikkanzaka Kiwate
Pronunciation:E-can-zokka Ke-wa-te
Common name: Kai
Pronunciation: Ki
Nicknames/Aliases: Swift Gale

Age of soul: 345
Age of appearance: 17

Gender: Male
Sexuality: Straight

Nationality: White
Appearance:
Kai wears the usual shinigami attire, a black hakama and kuro hakama with his zanpaktou on his left side because he is right handed. On his left ear Kai wears a bar with a skull ear ring and on his right ear Kai has a full cage with a matching skull earring at the bottom. Kai also wear yellow goggle shades that barely tint his eyes away from others. But behind the shades lie his light brownish yellow eyes that shimmer in the light. On his face are two marks on each check that lead down into tribal stripe tattoos on his body(much like Renji’s but not the exact same). His hair is a cool auburn color that is keep just short enough above his shades and just at his neck. As for his body Kai has an athletic build but he is not full of bulky muscles anyway his muscles only stand out when his kuro hakama is off other than that he looks “normal”.
Height: 5 foot 4 inches
Weight: 160 pounds

Personality:
Kai is very sarcastic and blunt when it comes to his speech; always speaking his mind. His sarcasm usually leads him into conflicts which is where is overconfidence befalls him. Kai is light hearted and is mostly happy during the day but when night falls Kai becomes silence as he likes to stare at the moon. To sum Kai up in a phrase his charisma burns through the day as his silence loneness empties into the night.
Kai is much louder when others are around. When Kai is with other shinigamis his laughter carries out cause of his teasing of them. Kai enjoys his teammates and protect them at any cost. His loyalty to them may be far greater than his for the seretei. His boasting may even be unbearable during training and fights but still his hearty laughter can be heard. Kai laughs no matter the situation and is the one with all the jokes due to his surprising optimism. Under all of Kai, he really cares about his teammates and just wanted them to stay around where his old friends aren’t.

Biography:
Kai never did stop moving as a child. His family jumped from place to place during his childhood so that he was affected by all worlds. His parents were from noble decent so the presence was needed quite often while they were together so they got Kai a dog at the age of 7. This was all Kai had since his older brother had died in some freak accident but Kai moved on strongly. Kai loved his present and spent every day with him after naming him Tetse. Tetse was a brown mix of a Boxer and a Rottweiler with dark brown eyes and a smooth coat. Tetse and Kai played together and did everything imaginable, they played in mud, they rolled on hill and even chased cats a bit. They grew so close that Kai sort of even looked a bit like Tetse. Tetse grew with Kai up until the age of 16 when tragedy strict. It was a dark night in June, Kai and Tetse were in Italy and his parents had left to visit Paris. A plot was formed to remove the heir of the Riobushas; A group of thugs broke in and attack Rio but couldn’t reach him because Tetse protected him faithfully. Rio later got away but lost Tetse and went missing. Because of his disappearance the authorities assumed Kai was dead and told his parents such. Kai struggled to live but no one believed he was who he said and so Kai struggled on remembering the dog that he left to save himself. Kai was stricken with guilt and died in an alleyway from heat exhaustion.
After arriving at the soul society Kai became close to some other struggling kids who unfortunately died trying to protect each other. Alone again Kai walks in the soul society until he ran into the wall of the seretei. A shinigami saw him observing the wall and approached Kai. Kai asked him what was within the walls and the shinigami told him of the seretei being a group talented individuals who help and protect those in need. Kai marveled at the shinigami’s response and vowed to become a shinigami so that he can protect those he cares about.
Though Kai's life was somewhat dreary and alone his life at the academy was filled with new faces and great memories. He had found purpose to his teaching and training which helped his goal to protected even harder. This push him so much that Kai excelled in class and graduated in two years. Now he awaits placement in the thirteen court gaurds.