Xingke Yan

Xingke Yan (厳 星刻, Yan Shinkū'') is the founder and Chief Executive of the Yorozuya, as well as the leader of its elite fighting force—the Four Holy Swords. He is renowned far and wide across Soul Society and Hueco Mundo as the Legendary Dark Knight (伝説の魔剣士,  Densetsu no Makenshi  ) for his extraordinary talent and skill with the blade. Xingke was also formerly a prominent member of the Gotei 13, active mostly during the Second Shinigami-Quincy War and the period afterwards, and had served, throughout different parts of his career, as the 9th Seat of the 1st Division; 5th Seat of the 13th Division; 3rd Seat of the 8th Division; and Liutenant of the 10th Division.''

Appearance
Xingke is a tall, slender, and mild-featured man with fair skin and a lean built. He has green eyes and brown spiky hair that frame both sides of his face. He is noted to possess a youthful appearance, despite his considerable age. Xingke's attire consist of a dark grey western-style suit with matching shoes, a white shirt and a crimson red scarf. He is also shown wearing a pair of thin and frameless glasses, which he is shown to remove only in the rarest of occasions. As a shinigami, he wore the standard Shihakushō of the Gotei 13—complete with a white shitagi, a black kosode, a black hakama, a white hakama-himo, white tabi, and waraji.

Powers & Abilities
Master Swordsmanship Specialist: Xingke is considered by many to be one of the most powerful swordsmen of his generation, and arguably one of the greatest Zanjutsu practitioners that the Gotei 13 and Shinigami Academy had ever produced. He was taught directly by the greatest

His fighting style is described as being "insanely aggressive" — relying mostly on a combination of power, strength, and speed to overwhelm his opponents. During battle, Xingke is shown to be always on the offensive, attacking with wide, fast, and powerful swings, whilst also relying on amazing feats of acrobatics, such as somersaults and backflips, to evade the incoming attacks of the opposition. Xingke is shown to be highly vertasile in his application of this form of combat, capable of moving at incredibly speeds and rain strong blows from all directions — the front, the sides, overhead, or behind — by peforming powerful and quick spinning attacks whilst jumping and attacking through the air.

Expert Hand-to-Hand Combatant:

Shunpo Expert:

Kidō Expert:

Master Strategist and Tactician:

Great Spiritual Pressure:

Hollowfication
Hollow Mask:


 * Power Augmentation:


 * Cero:


 * Enhanced Strength:
 * Enhanced Speed:
 * Enhanced Endurance:
 * Enhanced Durability:
 * Enhanced Spiritual Power:

Zanpakutō
Amaterasu (天照, Illuminating Heaven)
 * Shikai: Its release command is "destroy the enemy with the Flames of Heaven" (天よりまい降りて敵をほろぼ, ten yori mai orite teki o horobose)
 * Bankai: Entei Amaterasu ( 炎帝 天照, Flame Emperor Illuminating Heaven)
 * Resurrección: Ragnarök (ラグナロク, Ragunaroku) . Its release command is "exhaust this foe with your Inferno" (かの敵をやきつくせ, ka no teki o yaki tsukuse)
 * Resurrection Special Ability:


 * Enkai (炎戒, Flame Commandment):


 * Fire Generation:
 * Pyrokinesis:
 * Immense Strength:
 * Immense Speed:
 * Immense Spiritual Pressure: