Fukumi Enomoto



Fukumi Enomoto (榎本福美, Enomoto Fukumi) is a well-known throughout the Rukongai for many of her amiable qualities and her rich heritage; the former heiress of the  — one of Soul Society's Four Noble Houses, and cousins of the infamous, she was eventually disowned after failing to get into the Kidō Corps in lieu of nominations for her entry and captaincy by. Eventually, she took residence in what would be later known as the Enomoto Shrine — dedicating her time to helping other Souls and spiritual beings master and refine their powers, becoming one of the few iconic teachers in the Reikai; it's such that she would be known by her moniker, "Mikō Benzaiten" (御紅弁財天, lit. "Majestic Crimson "), referencing her innate and near-boundless understanding of both the magical arts and spiritual side of reality while noting her elegance, nobility, and kindness towards others despite her somewhat harsh background and "fall from grace".

Later on, she's discovered to be the current incarnation of the legendary, thus an unofficial member of the Four Cardinal Spirit Beasts — a group of four warriors who are incarnations of the spirit beasts representing each of the four directions, specializing in a specific area of combat similar to the Yonkō — having intense rivalries with one another and helping each other out when deemed necessary.

She's one of the main protagonists in side-story, Bleach: Redemption.

Trivia

 * The author created this character, using certain magic ideas that he had planned for other characters on FTF for his own story while exploring the depths he can go with Kidō and other magical arts due to the powerscaling in Bleach. In addition, this would the last character of the four created because he couldn't decide on the female character needed to fulfill the requirements for the role of Vermillion Sparrow, most specifically being blonde — somewhat of a rarity in action anime, and even then they're worfed to certain extents.