Ino Kurosami

Currently a petty officer of the 7th Division of the Gotei 13, Ino Kurosami is a Soul Reaper. A human in her past life, Ino Kurosami lived an utterly standard life as a human woman. She was kind, caring, and involved in her community. She cared so much that it inevitably killed her. Ino Kurosami died stopping a murder, getting between a man attempting to stab a woman, being stabbed herself. She bled out in that alley the same night. After becoming a Soul, Ino Kurosami wandered her old city, Karakura Town, before being purified and sent to the Soul Society. Frightened of the concept of death, Ino enlisted in the 7th Division, excelling through Soul Reaper training and becoming a Soul Reaper, unlocking her Shikai, Akuma, in the process.

Ino Kurosami is a kind, caring woman. She's resolute and strong, but after becoming a Soul Reaper, something... changed within her. Ino Kurosami is frightened of the status quo being changed or uprooted. She does not actively seek to grow stronger as a Soul Reaper, instead wishing to maintain her position, collect her paychecks, and relax. This has been challenged, however, by her newfound friends, Arrancar Lessilya Cifer, Quincy Sophia Kurosaki, and Fullbringer Aimi Ginjo. Ino takes the role of "Mom Friend" in her group, even if she's not the primary medic. She cares deeply about her companions, urging them to eat, sleep, drink water, and prioritize themselves. She is unbending in these things and can rarely be convinced to drop it.

Ino Kurosami has long, brown hair, which she keeps tied up in a neat bun. She has chocolate brown eyes and a kind face. She wears a blue-gray jacket over a nearly bare chest that is wrapped primarily in bandages or other wraps. She wears a long skirt as a bottom and sandals to complete it. Her Reiatsu color is a royal purple.

Ino's Zanpakutō is Akuma. Akuma's sealed form takes the appearance of a standard katana with a black saya adorned with a purple rope. The handle is circular and wooden, made of cedar, more like a dowel than the handle of a blade. Her release is "Burn, Akuma!" In order to release, Ino must sheathe the blade and knock on the saya, causing it to disappear and turn the weapon into a spear, its awakened form. Ino's current Bankai is "Kyūseishu Akuma", meaning Savior Devil. Her near refusal to grow stronger led her Zanpakutō spirit to give her a false name. Ino's Bankai has her swapping places with her Zanpakutō spirit, locking her within her Inner World as Akuma fights. Akuma's power set is defined as "Heat," but NOT fire, though fire is an extension of the ability. If Rukia Kuchiki's ability is to freeze things by lowering their temperature, Akuma's ability is the exact opposite, raising the temperature of the area and setting them ablaze.