Akai Hana (spirit)

 Akai Hana (赤い花 Red Flower) is the manifested form of Hikaru Kuroda's zanpaku-to.

Appearance
Akai Hana appears as a young woman of average height. She has light skin and noticeably large breasts. Her eyes are bright gold. Her hair is long and actually made of fire. Akai Hana wears a red kimono with sandals and white tabi. She also wears a long, transparent red veil which she stated prevents her from burning people with her hair.

Personality
Unlike her master, Akai Hana is very childish and is usually comic relief. She smiles and laughs rather often, much to Hikaru's annoyance. She can be very impatient and interrupts people mid-sentence. She is not very formal, as she adresses Hikaru by her first name (Hikaru-chan).

Quotes
(to Hikaru Kuroda) : " Of course I'd never call you, ' Hikaru-sama.' '-sama' would mean you're superior to me. We're Shinigami and Zanpaku-to! So we're equals, right?"