User blog comment:Njalm2/Fanon Canon: Relationship Workshop/@comment-18812574-20141211185828/@comment-3403804-20141212144804

Incidentally, Kazuo was somewhat modelled off of Hisagi. He's my favorite Lieutenant after all, closely followed by, why, Izuru! Which he's also modelled a bit off of. Hisagi largely provided the point base to determine his abilities.