Mashiro Kuna

Race

Visored

Affiliation

9th Division, Gotei 13

Height

5', 153cm

Birthday

April 1st

Sex/Gender

Female

Relationships

Kensei Muguruma (Captain of Squad 9), Shuhei Hisagi (Squad 9 Lieutenant), Niko Kuna (Sister)

Home

Soul Society, Sereitei, Squad 9 Barracks

Appearance

Mashiro's appearance is that of a young woman with hazel eyes. She wears a white bodysuit with orange gloves, boots and scarf, along with a set of goggles atop her lime green hair. Her overall style of dress is reminiscent of the costumes worn by the Tokusatsu superheroes in late 1970s Japanese television shows. During her time in Soul Society, she wore the standard Shinigami robes, though her sleeves were very long. She also wore a pink scarf and a pair of glasses perched atop of her hair, which was wavier then. Seventeen months after the defeat of Sōsuke Aizen and having returned to Soul Society, Mashiro wears the standard Shinigami shihakusho, while keeping her goggles, orange gloves and boots from her time in the Human World. She also wears a custom made badge on her arm that has a 9 on it and the word Super.

Personality

Despite having formerly attained a position in the elite Gotei 13, Mashiro has very childish and immature mannerisms. She is portrayed as rather flighty and rarely takes note of the bigger picture around her. She is prone to throwing fits over the smallest of things, such as Orihime Inoue befriending Hachigen Ushōda or when Kensei insisted on following his subordinates into battle. Her childish personality frequently irritates her Captain Kensei, causing him to question why he kept her as a lieutenant at the time; he has noted she is capable of annoying him even while asleep. Mashiro is an air-head and shows many comedic acts. She often calls Ichigo "Berry-tan" (Berry Boy in the English manga, Carrot-Top in the English dub anime), a play on Ichigo's name. She seems to be good friends with Hachi, instantly disliking it when Orihime befriends him. In battle, she is somewhat more serious though, acting slightly like a superhero while attacking and after winning.

Zanpakutō

Mashiro's Zanpakutō is an average sized katana with a green hilt-wrapping, rectangular tsuba with circles on each corner of the rectangle, and silver sheath. During her Shinigami days she wore it by her waist like many others, but as a Visored she carries it around in her hands. Excluding holding down the Hollowfied Ichigo to prevent him from killing Hiyori, she has never used her Zanpakutō. While fighting the Gillians in Fake Karakura Town, she discards her still sheathed Zanpakutō and engages the Gillians unarmed.

Hollowfication

Hollow Mask: Her Hollow Mask takes the form of a hornet or bee. Compared to the other Visored, Mashiro is uniquely in touch with her inner Hollow; from the start of her Hollowfication, she was able to maintain her Hollow Mask for fifteen hours without practice of any kind, which in turn meant that she did not have to train to maintain the mask like her fellow Visored. However, this seems to be under unique circumstances outside of battle. Against opponents of higher caliber, her time limit is considerably shorter, proven when her mask shatters during her battle with Wonderweiss Margela. Mashiro can also don the mask by simply shouting "Transform!" (変身, Henshin) without making any hand movements across her face. Power Augmentation: While wearing the mask, Mashiro's Hollow powers supplement her Shinigami powers, giving her a vast increase in both strength and speed. The transformation gives her legs great strength and speed. While in Visored form, her attacks seem to focus almost exclusively on powerful kicks.

Hollowfied Appearance

When transformed into a Hollow, her mask remains the same as in her Visored form, instead of covering her entire head as it usually does with a normal Hollow transformation. Her legs are transformed, gaining an insect- like appearance.