Katsura Uzūhara

"To be a warrior is not a simple matter of wishing to be one. It is rather an endless struggle that will go on to the very last moment of our lives. Nobody is born a warrior, and believing such proves quite the opposite; that you do not deserve to be one, nor have you earned it. We make ourselves into one. Do you all understand? Hakuda is not something you can be given, it is an obligation made to the art, and breaking the obligation means you've strayed from the path of a warrior."

- Katsura speaking to his first-year students.


 * "Philosophical Philanthropist of the Soul Society." - Seireitou-shishō

Katsura Aizawa (相澤桂, Aizawa Katsura) is the current Captain of the Thirteenth Division, his lieutenant being Nasaki Kōetsuji. He is also an instructor at Shinō Academy, taking up the role of Hakuda professor.