Hinata Kusuhana

"Kaya-sama and I made a promise to eachother. Both of us, back then, understood how the endless fighting between people would never change. That there would always need to be someone who is stronger. Kaya-sama said that this hatred amongst people to keep fighting would never change, but I disagreed. I said that, one day, people would come to understand eachother. We were at an impasse. So, we made a promise to one another. That, we'd keep fighting and fighting until one day... we would be eachother's opponents, and fight for which ideal would come out on top. Understanding... or Hatred? I refuse to ever lose a fight, Minato-kun. I will prove to Kaya-sama that people will understand eachother!"

- Hinata speaking with Minato Kuramoto.

Hinata Kūsūhana (古酒華日向, Kuusuuhana Hinata) was a former Shinigami student that studied at Shinō Academy, but ended up losing all of her powers during a mission in the world of the living. She currently attends Karakura High School, where she met Minato Kuramoto.

History
Hinata is known to have been friends with Kaya Inōse, the current Fourth Blade under Sōkudo, with whom she also shared a powerful rivalry. Kaya, albeit being Hinata's senior, acknowledged this and made a promise that they would both fight one another someday as equals.

During a mock-mission in the world of the living, she had ended up losing all contact with the team she was assigned to, following a battle with a adjuchas-class Hollow that cost her all of her powers. In an attempt to cover up the situation, in the hopes of avoiding disciplinary punishment, her teammates abandoned her in the human world and kept quiet about the event. As a result, Hinata was left in the human world, with all of her spiritual powers gone. Because of this, she ended up finding refuge at the Urahara shop, until she was accustomed to a gigai and obtained her own apartment. She also began attending Karakura High School, awaiting the day that she would regain her Shinigami powers.