Zakura Terui

"That guy is wearing a pimp hat, but it doesn't protect him from the dangers of mustard. Probably because mustard is something you eat. I've once received a drop of mustard on my head and I don't think I've suffered a lot of brain damage although, I mean, I could be wrong. I've been wrong about a lot of things in the past such as: Yogurt is not a cat, I had to learn that the hard way, and you can not play the piano if your piano is resting precariously on top of Central 46's headquarters."

- Zakura Terui

Zakura Terui (照井・本桜, Terui Zakura) is a mysterious spiritual being of unknown origin, who happens to have an interest in photography. He is beautiful beyond all compare, but he is also a frightfully unparalleled blabbermouth, prone to speaking on and on until those involved lose all rationality. His conversations, through no ill intent on his part, have a way of leaning toward maximum social awkwardness. Little is known about him, except he was found washed ashore naked by Yuuki Kaburagi, near the Walls of Eyes in Rukongai. He shows symptoms of amnesia, as he is unable to identify himself, nor where he lives. He eventually takes up the name addressed on a letter which he found on the beach along with him, "Zakura Terui". As it turns out, Zakura's real name is Tsukasa Tsugami (津上・阜, Tsugami Tsukasa).

Appearance
Zakura bears the appearance of a young, very feminine male with a petite and slender frame, much like a woman's, and soft light brown eyes. He has rosy light pink hair which goes down to his waist, and is tied up in a simple braid, and has two bangs going down to his chin. His treasured hair ornaments, which seem like something a princess would wear, are an "irresistible proof of love" which were given to him by his "dear deceased mother", apparantly. Zakura's beauty has spurned many a joke that Zakura is the "Second Most Beautiful Woman in Soul Society", even though he is, well, male. The one with the position of the first is a certain someone. This tends to irk Zakura greatly, though he is not ashamed of of his beauty, as he often flaunts it and uses it to manipulate men and women alike to get what he wants.

Personality and Traits
Always sparkling, Zakura, as a contrast to Gai Nagareboshi, is incredibly kind-hearted and friendly and wants to make friends with "everyone". He follows monk-like philosophies of peace, and spouts amazingly appropriate zen-like phrases. He also often does a 'point to the sky' pose, usually after he defeats an opponent or introduces himself. He is willing to go the extra mile and do bizarre things to get to know someone he wants to befriend better. He puts friendship above anything else and values every friend that he has, to the point of bawling his eyes out whenever he hears a sad story of someone he considers a friend. He also has a special handshake he does with his friends and is commonly used when he makes a new friend. While he has a good heart. he is hot-blooded and will often act straight-forwardly without thinking about the repercussions of his actions, which often leads to him making mistakes. Unyielding to the point of obstinance and always full of confidence, he confronts all obstacles without hesitation. He hates to be babied and wants to be treated like an adult. Time after time, Zakura manages to pull his weight through a combination of enthusasim and sheer happenstance, though many others speculate in-universe whether he's that dim-witted or is that good at playing the fool.

Zakura believes heavily in miracles, to the point that he will believe he can succeed because "God's luck shines down upon me [Zakura]." However, Zakura soon crosses paths with Mitsuru, who reminds him that a miracle takes more than one person to make by himself. Zakura, like Gai, has an incredible appetite. In addition, he occasionally reads common topics he finds interesting which sometimes will turn into an obsession that overwhelms him until he knows everything about that subject, often getting in the way of tasks. This is shown when Zakura reads a book about weight loss and uses a method that ends up making his body weaker than normal, causing the Hotaru Reisōbi Exceed Form transformation to take a severe toll on him. In the aftermath of that arc, he continues reading and ends up experiencing weight loss rebound, becoming obscenely obese from eating large amounts of mochi, a type of rice cake.

Since laying his eyes upon Yuuki Kaburagi, Zakura has fallen in love with him. His desire to be needed by Yuuki stems from the fact that he makes Zakura feel like he belongs. However, it turns out that Yuuki is manipulating him at first to curb his sexual frusteration and lonliness, though Zakura is aware of this, yet sticks by Yuuki's side to at least feel a sense of togetherness. Though eventually, Yuuki realizes that his feelings for Zakura are genuine.

He is also known for his catchphrase "Everything is Fa b u l o us !" (すべてが素晴らしいです！, "Subete ga subarashīdesu!") Amusingly, whenever the word 'fabulous' comes out of Zakura's mouth, they always appear multicoloured without fail. In addition, when throwing down with a particularly strong foe, Zakura tends to declare, "Let's settle this man-to-man!" (者はこの男から男を解決しよう！, "Mono wa kono otoko kara otoko o kaiketsu shiyō!")

Equipment
Twin Blades of the Emperor (双刃の皇帝, "Sōjin no Kōtei"): These blades are passed down from each Emperor of the Crimson Sovereigns to the next; they, by themselves are a sign of royalty; being crafted by Tsukasa Tsugami when he took up his reign of the Emperor of the Crimson Sovereigns. Together, the blades appear similar to rapiers; they both possess elongated hilts and fine features. While they are the length of a two-handed sword each, Zakura effortlessly wields both with precision and finesse with both hands. Due to Zakura being a split personality of Tsukasa, he is accepted as the ideal user, he has yet to fully master the full potential of the blades. The blades possess immense power; including the ability to control time and space; capable of cleaving the fabric of time and space itself.

Assorted Other Weapons: In addition to his signature blades, Zakura has collected a variety of powerful equipment and charms to defend against his foes, as, because noted by himself, he lacks very little in regards to "uniqueness" in battle, such as abilities. The numerous weapons possess various different effects and abilities, allowing him to assault the weaknesses of the races of many of his foes.
 * Flamberge (炎刃剣 (フランヴェルジュ), furanvueruju, Japanese for "Flame-Bladed Sword", English for "Flamberge"): The first blade of the pair; it is a broadsword-like weapon with an undulating blade, which resembles a kris. Patterned upon the blade are numerous golden markings which are in runic text; Zakura notes that this is the ancient language of the Crimson Sovereigns. In actuality, from the moment that Flamberge is unsheathed, a thin layer of spiritual particles attach themselves to it, before they quickly whirl around at high speeds, simulating a chainsaw-like effect which drastically increases its cutting power. Of course, Zakura can use his own Crimson Sovereign powers to set off a chain reaction in the iron which composes the blades, igniting the blade in silver flames which allows Zakura to unleash a series of fire-element techniques.
 * Fimbulvetr (厳冬, (フィンブルヴェト) finburuveto, Japanese for "Harsh Winter", English for "Fimbulvetr"): The second blade of the pair; it is a curved scimitar with an azure blade. However, it possesses two reinforced parallel blades, set a small distance apart from each other. The design's intent is to trap an opponent's blade between them and disarm them. These blades are seemingly composed entirely of water. Fimbulvetr's special ability is the polar opposite of its sister blade's; it is designed to repel spiritual particles. Then, it transfers what it has repelled to Flamberge, augumenting its power.

Powers and Abilities
Master Swordsmanship Specialist: In comparison to Gai, Zakura utilizes a more aggressive style of Zanjutsu: he is constantly on the offensive, and eschews any support or defensive abilities, in favor of speed and strength. It could be said that he moves his blades like butterflies, allowing them to sting like bees, though when this allusion is made, Zakura complains that he strikes with the speed and force of the dragon. Expert Hand-to-Hand Combatant: While Zakura's forte is in Zanjutsu, he has nonetheless shown incredible prowess in the art of Hakuda. Zakura is a master of Bāguàzhǎng; a Chinese martial art, which is a rather uncanny fighting style.
 * Hadōmeppū (覇道滅封, "Supremacy Way Ruin Seal"): After unsheathing it, Zakura grips Flamberge with both of his hands; focusing and amassing his spiritual energy upon its blade as well as activating its special flame manipulation ability. Now thoroughly ignited, Zakura focuses these flames at the tip of his blade, before they spread down, refining the blaze to its utmost extent. Swinging Flamberge in an arc formation, Zakura unleashes these flames in the form of an enormous crimson blazing arc or cresent moon of energy. This attack is able to break through many a barrier, and it can dissipate a rainstorm.


 * Gunhira (軍平, "Force Palm"): A technique which is inspired from the Baguazhang style of martial arts. This technique builds up immense momentum through high levels of rotational force, along with his precise control over his own spiritual energy. This causes Zakura's spiritual energy to rotate continuously throughout his body and in his palms, with the energy being much faster than the normal spiritual cycle. Zakura, at any moment, can then strike the air itself with his palm, causing a large amount of spiritual power to dash forward and increase the pressure to the point where it creates a considerably powerful shockwave. Although powerful, it does take some time to prepare, though with constant rotation in movement and exceptional mastery over ones spiritual energy, one can bypass this limitation.

Kidō Expert: Despite evidence to the contrary, Yuuki has been teaching Zakura in the arts of the demon way. He can utilize up to Hadō number 40 before tiring out. Tremendous Strength: Of course, because of his origins, Zakura has displayed a truly staggering amount of physical prowess, up to and including slicing the top half of a mountain off with a swing of Flamberge. The sheer force of his blows are more than enough to knock even the sturdiest of foes off their feet; in addition, more often than not, Zakura is able to fight back the assaults of his foes with a single arm almost effortlessly. Zakura also displays enough strength to kick a fully-grown man through a building composed of seki-sekki; his frightening strength was displayed better in his fight with Kyogi Toushi, where he slammed him over his shoulder one-handedly, before gripping his seven foot tall sword with one hand and dragging him into close range so he could smack him upside the head with a roundhouse kick.
 * Hadō Number 13, Yūsetsu (融雪, "Melting of Snow"): By channelling his spiritual energy in his arm or essentially any part of his body, Zakura bursts his spiritual energy in that area of the body, thereby creating a torrent of light blue flames which surround that area, burning anything they come in contact with, excluding his skin. Incantation: "The right hand of god awakens once more. Light of comradeship that signals peace, becomes the flames of yore!"

Tremendous Speed: The blood of the Crimson Sovereigns courses through Zakura's veins, granting him mind-blowing speed which can be considered almost unsurpassed. Zakura's speed enables him to jump to the top of lamp posts with ease, leap from rooftop to rooftop and match the speed of even Gai, if he were around by the time that he achieved such power. He can effectively use his agility to use the battlefield to his advantage, jumping from wall to wall to keep his opponents unsure of his attack patterns. Zakura moves at such a speed that his foes more often than not can't register his movements, until he's made them; he's also skilled enough to dodge at tremendous speeds, even if he's assaulted from behind. It should be noted that a burst of crimson is emitted from his feet with every step he takes, augumenting his speed even further.

Immense Durability: Zakura's durability is positively staggering; possessing possesses a level of endurance that is near Gai's skill, mostly due to his heritage, but it should be noted that it is in no small part thanks to his training. His durability enables him rise from attack after attack after attack on numerous occasions, more often than not surprising and confounding his foe, striking fear into their hearts. In addition, Zakura shows a high tolerance towards pain; during his fight with Kyogi Toushi, he refused to stop charging at his foe after his arm had been twisted beyond repair. This durability increases a hundred fold if Yuuki is in danger; showing he's able to take several blasts of compressed air to protect Yuuki from Kyogi's fierce attack. It has been hinted that Zakura's masochistic tendencies contribute to his high level of durability.

Enhanced Reflexes: Zakura is amazingly well co-ordinated, as he is able to catch bullets in mid-air. He is also incredibly precise, as he is able to remove small objects from a person's skull without damaging the person's brain in any way.

Immense Spiritual Power: As a cast off of the strongest Crimson Sovereign alive, Zakura possesses absolutely monstrous spiritual power. Despite the energy of the Crimson Sovereigns being life energy, they also possess tremendous amounts of spiritual energy, a fact that Zakura proves without a doubt. While Zakura usually keeps it under control, when sufficiently angered, the Crimson Sovereign can release it to its full extent. Due to his unique origins, Zakura's spiritual power is unlike anything ever felt before, unless if it's by another Crimson Sovereign. The presence it exudes is completely at odds with his personality and appearance; the spiritual pressure itself is a vibrant pink and pitch-black, crackling intensely when Zakura focuses; when Zakura's power is at it's peak, it transforms into the frightening visage of a Chinese dragon which surrounds him, striking fear into the hearts of his foes.
 * Dragon Psychology: Due to his Crimson Sovereign form, Zakura possesses the characteristics of a dragon; their strengths and weaknesses. Because of this, he has much trouble with anti-dragon tools. Due to these attributes, Zakura possesses incredible spiritual resistance, capable of resisting even Ofuda to a certain extent; though he receives double the damage from powers that specifically target dragons.

Crimson Sovereign Abilities
As the Emperor of the Crimson Sovereigns, Zakura possesses a tremendous amount of control over his natural impulses as a blood-sucking fiend, and with his blood coursing through his veins, Zakura possesses drastically enhanced speed, strength, and durability. It should be noted, due to being a natural-borne Crimson Sovereign, Zakura does not enter a 'Crimson Sovereign' form, instead having access to all of these abilities at any time; and as such, he is able to call upon them at any time he wishes.
 * Haemokinesis (血能力) (ハエモキネシス), haemokinesisu, Japanese for "Blood Power", English for "Haemokinesis"): A natural Crimson Sovereign ability is the ability to control and manipulate blood; of the user or others. Zakura can generate excessive amounts of blood and manipulate, bring to life, solidify and otherwise control it, whether the blood is his own, from his surroundings, or from someone else. Zakura can also control the state that blood is in; enabling him to solidify blood though forming a seal of sorts around it with his spiritual energy to form powerful tools and weapons as a substitute for his blades as well replicate himself though an (so far) unknown method, making carbon copies of the one and only Zakura Terui for diversions. There are many more applications of Haemokinesis; however, Zakura thusfar has only utilized the ability for pure offensive purposes.
 * Dragon Install (竜変身 (ドラゴン・インストール), doragoninsutouru, Japanese for "Draconic Transformation"): Zakura's standard ability; Dragon Install enables him to gain characteristics typical of a dragon: lungs capable of spewing flames, scales that grant protection against fire, and nails covered in flames. However, only in his Crimson Sovereign form can he manifest a full dragon, so for now, Zakura opts to manifest Dragon Install as separate draconic limbs; though this doesn't make the ability any less deadly. Zakura's spiritual energy surrounds him, before compressing upon his body and solidifying, merging with fire in order to reappear as a draconic full-body armour that is inspired by medieval, futuristic, and even mythological armours. Possessing several shining emerald gems upon her elbows, backs of his hands, chest, knees, and feet, this armour is illuminated illustriously by the fires sprouting from his body. The armour that covers his arms, abdomen, and legs appears very similar to a dragon's spine, jutting out in a funnel-like shape to provide extra protection. There are several golden protrusions on his hips, elbows, and jaws that appear similar to a dragon's fangs. The pauldrons of the suit are rounded, yet they retain that dragon-like feel. Lastly, the helmet which covers his face allows his hazel eyes to be represented and possesses a crimson half-crown that adorns the metal; overall, it is a fearsome sight to behold.
 * Scale Mail (赤龍の鎧 (スケイ・ルメイル), sukeirumeiru, Japanese for "Armour of the Crimson Dragon", English for "Scale Mail"): By vibrating the flames that composes the armour at supersonic speeds, Zakura causes friction within the armour, setting them ablaze. This has the added effect of causing the armour to take upon a vibrating form, causing the flames to surround his body in a continually rippling manner, whirling around his body all the while. This essentially creates an extremely sturdy defensive armour around the actual armour that allows Zakura to not only increase his defensive power, but also his physical power as the flames are constantly surrounding his body and flowing in and out as well as spinning around him. Zakura's usage of this technique is shown through the increase in density of his spiritual energy. When alight, Zakura's arms and legs deal twice the damage they would normally output; he can also unleash waves of fire up to and including fireballs that cause a large amount of damage from his hands and feet on a whim at a rapid pace, allowing him to constantly bombard his foe with a seemingly never-ending shower of flames.
 * Dragon Shot (竜力弾 (ドラゴンシ・ョット), doragonshotto, Japanese for "Dragon Power Bullet"): Zakura's ultimate attack in Dragon Install; he raises Flamberge to the skies, piercing the heavens. There, it gathers and condenses stray spiritual energy upon the blade, which is converted to the fire element. Holding the "black sun" in his hands, this sun expands and transforms into a large glyph with a sun in the center, before imbuing his body in flame, intensifying the kinetic energy that is about to be released by convergence and acceleration, he unleashes a massive horizontal slash of flame that erupts outwards and "purifies the very soul", releasing a truly enormous wave of fire that mows through the surface of the earth. While the result is what looks like a massive wave of flame, only the tip of the attack, which is a arc is capable of doing damage, as the arc is the result of the inversion of everything the attack destroys in its path. Dragon Shot is most useful when activated towards the end of a battle between high-level opponents, since the area will be saturated with excess energy from their attacks. It is a recycling of the spiritual energy just used and spread over the battlefield. Therefore, even though Zakura has been exhausted from spiritual energy, the ability can still be invoked.

Inherent Skill
Due to his status as the Emperor of the Crimson Sovereigns, Zakura possesses twin Inherent Skills.

Yūzūmuge (融通無碍, "Free, Unfettered and Flexible"): Not Yet Revealed.

Crimson Sovereign Form
As the Emperor of the Crimson Sovereigns and the originator of the Crimson Sovereign race, Zakura's true form is called the Origin of Species, Apocalypse Dragon (種の起原・黙示録, "Shunokigen Mokishirokuryū"), in addition, it is also referred to as the True Crimson Dragon God Emperor (真赤龍神帝, "Shinakaryū Shintei") due to it's sheer power.

Light Manipulation
Lumokinesis (光能力) (ルモキネシス), rumokinesisu, Japanese for "Light Power", English for "Lumokinesis"): Lumokinesis is the natural extension of Zakura's Crimson Sovereign powers; it is the ability to generate, manipulate and/or absorb light particles. He can control light: electromagnetic radiation that is visible to the human eye and which is emitted and absorbed in tiny "packets" called photons. He can generate, bend, shift, focus, scatter and generally manipulate light to various decrees and effects. To Zakura, the light around him is similar to an extension of his body as in he possesses the ability to manipulate its movements and structure, subjugating it to his will. In many cases, he is able to nullify and prevent any light-manipulation abilities, or turn said abilities into his own.
 * Shōha Tenkūsen (照破・天空穿, "Shattering Light Sky Drill"): Zakura's main attack; he engulfs his blade in intense light, which becomes the visage of the Aurora Borealis. Light swirls around the blade, compacting instantly to give it a drill-like effect. The compacted nature and moving speed of the spiritual energy that makes up the light allows the blade to grind into whatever it comes in contact with to inflict major damage. This also tends to launch the opponent far backward after being hit. Zakura can also utilize this attack in a projectile manner, where he condenses the spiritual energy, relocating it to the tip, before thrusting forward, releasing it all in the form of a arrow-like beam of light. In this form, it is capable of tearing through metal and even through weak defensive techniques.
 * Rocket Burst (融除劈, "Yūjo Heki"): Zakura directs a quick column of light beneath himself, allowing him to gain vertical altitude. This is done by igniting his feet with a very intense light to increase the power of his kicks. He can also use the strong ensuing light to jet-propel him in any direction he wishes. Zakura is also able to do planned travel at the speed of light, and is able to reflect himself to any desired location. However, as Zakura cannot think at the speed of light, he often crashes whenever he utilizes this technique. This is Zakura's preferred method of travel; and with it, he is capable of fabricating dozens upon dozens of tangible afterimages to confound his opponent. These afterimages contain mass, so at Zakura's will, they can strike their opponent while moving; however they only last a few moments before dissipating.
 * Doppler Effect (ドップラー効果, "Doppurā Kōka"): Manipulating light, Zakura causes others to view light as colour-shifts as they get closer (red) or further away (blue) from himself. The Doppler Effect is mainly used to disrupt his foe's sights, leaving them at a loss on where to attack when facing him. In addition, Zakura can increase the vibrancy of these colours to temporarily blind his foes and sllow him to get a clean hit in without exceptions.
 * Obfuscation (難読化, "Nandoku-ka"): Zakura dim/obscures light by scattering photons. In practical use, this enables him to completely turn off the lights in a room, leaving only him able to see properly; his allows him to carve a bloody swathe through his confused foes. It is rumoured that Zakura is able to cause a city-wide blackout with this technique. On offensive matters, Zakura is able to utilize this technique to obscure enemy offensive light-based abilities to the point that they disperse.
 * Double Sight (重目, "Jū-me"): Zakura can view two places at once by refracting light from his eyes. This allows him to see from the front and in any other direction he desires; if utilized correctly, this allows him to remove the fact that he can be taken by surprise; to onlookers, it appears as if Zakura has a "sixth sense" of sorts.
 * Meikyō (明鏡,"Soul Mirror"): A technique invented by Nanaya Wanijima that was handed down to Gai which Zakura replicated. Utilizing lumokinesis, Zakura causes bilocation, which causes his foes to view two places at once; this allows him to shift himself towards the enemy's blind spot. Upon noticing the "fake" Zakura, his foes become caught under brief hypnosis, causing those under the influence of the technique can be easily outmaneuvered by Zakura. However, Zakura must stabilize his reiatsu in order for this technique to work; if Zakura's reiatsu is thrown out of balance (this is done by rousing his emotions or by being struck by anything outside of the area-of-effect, or even by losing focus while initiating this technique), then this technique will dissipate and Zakura will be left stunned.

Zanpakutō
"My Zanpakutō is a dragon scale drill sword. Your argument is invalid."

- Zakura Terui, to Akane Nishoku

Kinshi (禁止, "Interdiction") is a variation of the strongest ice-type Zanpakutō in Soul Society, birthed from the Suinox Core that Gai Nagareboshi grafted upon Zakura's arm. Kinshi, in it's sealed state, resembles a katana, the blade of which coils into a spiral that inflicts piercing penetrating damage if utilized as a thrusting weapon. As with all Nox Core Zanpakutō, Kinshi is summoned into Zakura's hands in a burst of spiritual energy; in this case, Kinshi materializes in a icy mist. It should be noted that Kinshi is only utilized as a last resort for Zakura, because of two reasons: A) Zakura prefers to rely on his own honed skills instead of "the power of a magical, sentient sword", and B) Because of his status of a Crimson Sovereign, Zakura experiences significant strain upon his mind, to the point that utilizing it for more than ten minutes can cause him to slip into a coma.
 * Musō Senshōzan (霧槍尖晶斬, "Mist Spear Piercing Crystal Slash"): Kinshi's sealed ability; noted to be one of the few Zanpakutō that possess a sealed ability in it's sealed state. With a single slash, Zakura reduces the temperature of spiritual particles to the point that they become absolute zero, freezing them, before converging them, moulding them into the form of a large, vertical dragon scale which Zakura can then use as transportation; the scale moves at high speeds to the point that Zakura becomes a blur. At any moment, Zakura can leap off of his transportation and slash his foe, either downwards or overhead with tremendous force.

Shikai: Activated with the phrase, "Chill!" (凍てつけ！, "Itetsuke!"), a layer of gases surrounds Kinshi, which solidifies and extends into a sword of pure dragon scales; which, despite being so supposedly easy to shatter, is more durable than the original form, even enough to slice cleanly through seki-sekki. Kinshi's blade becomes larger and elagonated, as the tsuba expands into several snowflakes.

Shikai Special Abilities: Kinshi's ability lies in the control of dragon scales and any crystalline materials, which is induced by reducing the temperature of spiritual particles to the point that they become absolute zero, essentially being able to manipulate it into any shape and form as he wishes, able to generate it from any part of the blade. These dragon scales are crimson in colour, and despite the fact that scales are easily shattered; the scales of Kinshi are able to pierce objects and beings with ease, and they are capable of piercing through the elemental spiritual particles infused within elemental-type Zanpakutō and Kidō upon impact, causing a chemical reaction and dissipating them. However, it should also be noted that instead of piercing the foe most of the time, Kinshi's scales erodes all life, decaying all it touches at a frightening rate. The power that Kinshi possesses is so overwhelming that upon releasing, it's power affects the weather within Soul Society, though curiously enough, this effect dissipates immediately after being unleashed. Zakura wields the scales with such mastery that it enables him to mould the scales he manifests into many versatile forms with ease and almost instantly.
 * Haō Harishōken (覇王・玻璃翔剣, "Vortigern: Crystal Flying Sword"): Kinshi's most basic ability; by condensing stray spiritual energy upon the blade, it becomes charged and immersed in power. In an instant, the layer of gases which surrounds Kinshi normally attaches itself to the spiritual particles, bringing their temperature down to absolute zero and freezing them. Swinging his mighty blade forward, Zakura releases this frozen spiritual energy in the arc of the sword's swing, moulding and shooting it forward in the form of a crescent moon or arc of scales. As it travels through the air, launching at Zakura's foe, it erodes everything it touches with frightening ease, though by doing this, the arc begins to decrease in size; however, by becoming smaller, it's speed is increased drastically, but it becomes slightly weaker the longer it travels. Despite all of this, Haō Harishōken remains extremely powerful, and it is said that it will chase Zakura's foe down until the ends of the earth.
 * Reitō Henkajin (零刀・片華塵, "Frostbite: Shard Blossom Dust"): By condensing stray spiritual energy upon the blade, Kinshi becomes charged and immersed in power. In an instant, the layer of gases which surrounds Kinshi normally attaches itself to the spiritual particles, bringing their temperature down to absolute zero and freezing them. These frozen spiritual particles gather at a single point on the blade- the tip. With a single swing of Kinshi, Zakura releases these spiritual particles in the form of several thousand clusters of dragon scales in the form of jagged spheres which shoot towards his foe at high speeds; because of Zakura's Crimson Sovereign life energy, these scaly clusters go berserk, before homing in upon Zakura's foe in a similar manner to heat seeking missiles, all with the intent of bombarding them all at once. The scaly clusters possess incredible strength, as their refined edges enable them to tear through obstructions in their way of the foe as if they were nothing. Upon impact, they shatter and release the scales that they are composed of towards their target, with little to no time to evade because of the close-range.

Bankai: Kinshi Hoshisaiseki (禁止星彩石, "Interdiction Of The Stars"): Not Yet Revealed.

Bankai Special Abilities: Not Yet Revealed.
 * Yata no Kagami (八咫鏡, "Eight Span Mirror"):
 * Kusanagi no Tsurugi (草薙劍, "Grass Cutter Sword"):
 * Yasakani no Magatama (八尺瓊曲玉, "Eight Shaku Curved Jewel"):

Relationships
Yuuki Kaburagi:

Touma Seisou:

Isshōmaru Ureshii:

Mujaki Zetsurin:

Tsukasa Tsugami:

Gai Nagareboshi:

Kachihi Amagase:

Fumiko Orikasa:

Rika Ichigawa:

Trivia

 * Zakura's given name means "cherry blossom", referring to his hair. Meanwhile, his last name means "Shining Beauty", referring to his looks. His true name, Tsukasa Tsugami, means "Chief of the Harbor God", referring to the fact that he was the former Emperor of the Crimson Sovereigns and that he was found washed up at the beach.