Ryu Tatsumaki

 Ryu Tatsumaki(龍竜巻,Tatsumaki Ryu)is a Human who gains shinigamis powers, and protect Kagamino Cityof hollows, arrancars and demons.

Appearance
Ryu is a very handsome young looking man, for someone of his age, and this only adds to his charm. Always clean shaved face with his long curling brown hair that often comes in front of his face, and is seen brushing it away from his face. His ice blue eyes often remind him of his ice lake home where he grew up with his family, where the ice field were never ending blue. He stands fairly tall, at six foot three, nearly towering over most other people. He has a lean muscular body, that has many small scars from his days on the battle field, none of which touched his face or back. This is because he often used his swordmanship skills and never turned his back on a fight. He may have a lean but he still weighs hundred ninety pounds. His skin is lightly peach in tone with no freckles or blemishes. He typically wears his shinigami robes. His normal style of clothing is usually very comfortable while stylish; red t-shirt covered by a black sports jacket, a pair of blue jeans, and black boots. He wears a pair of fingerless biker gloves when he rides his motorcycle and a red helmet. He has a pair of dog tags daggling from his neck which usually opens up a conversation with the ladies.

Personality
On the surface, Ryu is a decidedly shallow and self-absorbed man, infamous among many of his colleagues and students alike for the selfish and narcissistic aura he gives off. Easily as arrogant as his some of his young protégés, Ryu would act in an ostentatious manner and appears to act mostly out of self-interest rather than any sort of philanthropy.

He comes off to most as a sort of cocky lay about, shirking most of his duties and delegating his paperwork to others while sitting idly at his desk with an amused smile on his face as he procrastinates, but quick to take action when it appears that there is glory to be gained.

Ryu also has the reputation of being an incorrigible womanizer, spending much of his time cavorting about town with various women and wooing several of the servicewomen with his abundant charm, good looks and charisma. This adds another facet to his unpopularity among the students and teachers, many of whom have had their sweethearts and crushes ignore them due to their crush on Ryu.

However, while these traits do have a place in his real personality, much of his outward persona can perhaps be considered an intentional façade perfectly designed to cause those unfamiliar with him to underestimate his remarkable intelligence and ability. Ryu is an exceptional tactician, well-versed in various strains of combat theory and particularly talented in the realms of surreptitious information-gathering, covert operations and enemy ensnarement. At the core, he is a remarkably devoted educator whose primary focus and personal duty is to his friends and students. Though he hides it well behind a veil of cynicism and self-importance, Ryu is a man who cares deeply about the people who trust and support him, and goes to great lengths to ensure their safety and well-being, even at the risk of his own.

As a man with considerable power, Ryu considers himself a protector to those without and acts accordingly, earning the staunch loyalty of his most trusted compatriots. Unfortunately, his self-imposed position as protector has caused him to display a penchant toward stubbornness in regards to his pride on the field and a fiery temper, both of which have been shown to cloud his judgment in certain situations.

History
Childhood As a child growing up was nice and fun. Ryu had a loving family, a caring mother with a no nonsense attitude and a father who was a former Irish Army swordman but had a heart of gold.

He would often get some military like training from his dad, which usually consisted of sword cleaning to basic survival. He mom was always there to make sure he got an education, being a former teacher she had high hopes for Ryu. He never really told his parents about the spirits he saw, the first time it happened they said it must be the wee people messing with him.

He knew better has he grew up, he found that they were human beings once and not just some tricks played by leprechauns. It was on his seventh birthday when he started to develop his shinigami powers. It stated with simple during one of his fathers training days, they were practicing Ryu’s accuracy by swordmanship parctice. When he held that sword, it felt natural, and when he fired that energy wind he saw the reiastu form around it causing an amazing air attack, but it faded off once he lost concentration. He wanted to know more about this wind and tried his best to reproduce it.

After several months of practicing, Ryu finally managed to create his own zanpakutou with his spiritual power. His parents thought he was practicing his form, but in truth he was doing far more then that. It was that night when the Hollows attacked his home and killed his parents. He couldn’t do anything to stop them, for every one he killed two took its place. They just played with him tell he came, the man who Ryu would refer to as teacher. He cut every last one of them with a single move of his zanpkutou, and as they faded from this world Ryu sat next to his dead parents. He took Ryu under his wing and held him close as they burned Ryu’s home has a ceremonial cleaning for his parents souls.

Teenage

After several years with this man, Ryu managed to learn more then just basic training. He learned how to manipulate his zanpakutou and spiritual powers far beyond his imagination. It was own his sixteenth birthday that his teacher thought he was ready to start his shinigami training. Thanks to his early survival training, he managed to pass the requirements.

When he returned, his teacher trained him to further understand his duties as a shinigami. He explained the history that they had, and talked about the soul society. Ryu didn’t know how to react about this, for one he was a shinigami and felt responsible for protecting human world. His teacher was the same as him, seeing both sides of the issue without choosing a side.

Years past as Ryu devolped his shinigami skills, it was then that his teacher come back to soul society. Leaving everything to Ryu, he felt the felt that Ryu should honor his parents.

Military Life After the departure of his master, Ryu felt that he should honor his father by joining the Irish Army swordman. With his fathers reputation he was able to enlist with little effort. This did not save him from the harsh training that lied ahead; with the none stop training where he was taught special forces tactics such as long range reconnaissance patrolling, surveillance, intelligence gathering, search tactics, and ambush organization.

Ryu passed another selection exam, where he was sent on a further six-month swordman skills course. This course includes long range reconnaissance and survival training, unarmed combat, anti-terrorist and close quarters combat skills, advanced first aid, advanced combat swordmanship and parachuting. Upon passing this selection course and probationary period they then earn the right to wear the prestigious Green beret.

Some other swordsman felt jealous about Ryu’s progress, and tried to make his life a living hell. He didn’t take this like they thought, he excepted every challenge they presented to him and passed. He moved up in ranks much faster then they thought and made it to a leading position before they were shipped of to hostage missions. He used all his shinigami skills to protect his comrades with his superior zanjutsu skills. He lead them on several ambush missions and after which he was honorable discharged. They never really explained why they discharged him, but this gave him the opportunity to go to college.

Teacher

He joined the best college he could afford, and decided to become a teacher like his mother. He spent several years learning how to develop his teaching ability tell he got his masters degree. He started off as a middle school history teacher tell he became a high school teacher.

After several more years he got bored with his career in Ireland and felt the urge to move to Japan. He chose Japan due to the fact that his teacher came from Japan.

He studied the language, writing, and applied for several transfers. It was when he got the job offer as a school counselor at Kagamino high school. He then took what little money he had, bought a one way ticket, and moved. He couldn’t wait for this new life he was about to occur.