Daisuke Kaoru

Daisuke Kaoru (Kaoru Daisuke) is the captian of the 4th Division. He has average combat abilities, but surprising skill in Flash Steps and healing. This combined with his recent achievement of Bankai sealed the deal of his placement as the 4th Division Captain.

Appearance
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Abilities

 * Swordsmanship: Average
 * Hand-to-Hand: Poor
 * Kido: Fair
 * Flash Steps: Master

Daisuke has very few notable abilities. He is only an average Shinigami, but was able to achieve the rank of Lieutenant due to his surprising mastery of Flash Steps and his achievement of Bankai. However, even his Bankai is not very strong, mostly due to him having just recently achieved it.

Despite being the 4th Division Captain, his Kido skills are only below-average. He must rely on his lieutenant for powerful Kido. And unfortunately, Daisuke has such low Spiritual Pressure that it is very easy for most Shinigami to cripple him with their own Spiritual Pressure. Fortunately, Daisuke can combat this with the special abilities of his Zanpakutou.

Zanpakuto
Daisuke's Zanpakutou is Barahime. It is one of the more unusual Zanpakutou.

Sealed State
Barahime is sealed as a Shinai, or a bamboo practice sword. This is done so the opponent will assume that Daisuke does not have his Zanpakutou with him. The opponent is then surprised when Daisuke Releases his Shikai.

Shikai
Barahime's Shikai takes the form of a thorny rse whip. With it, Daisuke has mastered several different attacks that use his Reiatsu, the most notable of which is Lashings of Love, which allows him to render an opponent unable to cripple him with Spiritual Pressure by cutting through Reiatsu.