Kōzuke Masaru

Kōzuke Masaru (勝る 鋼助, Masaru Kōzuke) is a former  of the. He headed the as the predecessor of. His Lieutenant — and current partner — is Harumi Ushijima. Kōzuke is one of the few Shinigami Captains to have willingly gone, when he realised that his ideals conflicted vastly with the ideals of the Gotei 13 and those who supported the existence of the.