Kaoru Shōki

Kaoru Shōki (瘴気おる, Miasma's Fragrance) is a Shinigami, the Captain of the Twelfth Division and the head of the.

Powers and Abilities
Even though she is quite adept at this, she prefers other means of combat.

Genius Intellect: As the Head of the, Shōki is an accomplished scientist who has made a plethora of useful inventions. During combat she is basically impervious to most kinds of tricks and she usually can determine the secrets behind the enemy's special techniques after seeing them just once.

As a result, she can effectively use mid-level spells without incantations to support her Zanpakutō techniques.



It has a sickly green colour, and becomes gaseous and poisonous in Bankai.

Zanpakutō
Ekibyō (疫病, "Pestilence"): Its selead form is that of a tantō with a rhomboidal tsuba and a khaki hilt.
 * Shikai: It is released with the command "Decay" (崩壊, Hōkai). Kaoru jabs with her sword in the process. Upon activation it morphs into a large sickle with a jagged blade.
 * Bankai: Hare-Shitai Fuhai (腫れ-死体腐敗, Swollen-Corpse Putrefaction):