Naoko Izuru

Naoko Izuru (直子 イヅル, Izuru Naoko) is a of the  in the. She is the 12th Seated officer of her Division and formerly served as an unseated member of the.

Synopsis

 * Main Article -- Bleach: Tower of Night.

Part I

 * Tower of Night: Forming the Squad
 * Tower of Night: The Beginning

Powers and Abilities
She managed to strike a Hollow six times successively with her Shikai as she moved past it.

Keen Intellect: Naoko was undertaking sanctioned missions with the 12th Division in the Gotei 13 while she herself was still a student at the Shin'ō Academy; a remarkable feat, considering the focus of the 12th Division as a unit. She was consistently at the top of her classes at the academy.



Zanpakutō
Kan'yōtsu (寛容つ, The Forgiving One). Naoko's Zanpakutō takes the traditional appearance of a, with green and black hilt wrapping and a circular guard. She secures it to her ōbi.


 * : Naoko releases her Zanpakutō with the command "Lower your Head" (頭を下げ, Atama o Sage). Her Zanpakutō takes the form of a double-bladed weapon with one katana blade on either end with a long hilt in the center which enables Naoko to spin it around her body.


 * Shikai Special Ability: Kan'yōtsu chips away continually at a foes weight and defensive strength with every successive strike, making them lighter and more fragile with every successive attack. After merely six strikes its power enabled Kenji to shatter a Hollow with the spell.


 * : Not achieved.

Behind the Scenes

 * This character, , is the Tower of Night version of the author's main Bleach time-line counterpart on the sister wiki.