Kaname Tousen

Kaname's creed in life is to "take the path with the least bloodshed"; it was for this reason that he felt it necessary to follow Sosuke Aizen. Despite this, he knows of Aizen's plan to create the King's Key, which will require the deaths of thousands of innocent people. He was also willing to attack and kill members of his own division while acting as the 5th seat, including Hollowfying his own captain. Kaname, along with Gin Ichimaru is identified by Kenpachi Zaraki as being afraid of death, this is later confirmed with him saying he only feared being assimilated into the Shinigami culture and dying a pointless death. Having lost his closest friend, Kaname had secretly dedicated himself to the pursuit of justice against Soul Society that allowed her killer to go free. Driven by vengeance despite stating many times how much his friend loved the world, he himself never said so, and in fact hated the world that took away his friend. He also recognized the fallacy that justice cannot conflate with ideals such as goodness or pacifism, stating to Komamura that living a peaceful life without avenging the dead would be considered evil to him. As former captain of the 9th Division, which is charged with the editing of Seireitei Communication, Kaname was the chief editor of the journal. He himself wrote a serialization titled "The Path of Justice", which was not very popular, until he began to publish cooking recipes in his articles, which made them more popular among female Shinigami. This also indicates that his specialty is indeed cooking, his favorite dishes being chicken stewed with carrots and other sophisticated ones. He does not like pickled food. Kaname also has several unique relationships with the Arrancar. Kaname thinks of Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez in the same manner as Zaraki; a killing machine that will cause only more bloodshed in the world. Wonderweiss Margela seems to have a large affection towards him. Kaname explains that this is because they are both pure spirits, and that pure spirits tend to attract and follow each other. After using his Resurrección and gaining the ability to physically see, Kaname became obsessed with his newfound sight and loses his composure out of arrogance. He also became meaner as upon seeing Sajin for the first time he pointed out he was ugly. The former change would lead him falling victim to an attack he could have easily dodged beforehand with the ultimate irony that being able to physically see actually made him more blind than before.