Yamada Kooji

Yamada Kooji is a Vice-Captain level Shinigami of the Gotei 13, he, along with his partner, Kuroda Hasegawa's division is not yet known.

Apppearance
Yamada most notable physical feature is his great height, which while it is known for humans to be as tall as him, it is a rarity to say the least. He has parted, shoulder length, brown hair which never covers his eyes, staying parted nearly all the time. He has distinctive baby blue eyes and he usually puts on an dis-interested face, so that no-one can decipher his emotions or thoughts, he usually keeps this expression on at all times, only breaking out of it if he is surprised or is feeling an extreme emotion he cannot contain.

Personality
Yamada is known for his harshness to his subordinates, which leads to believe he has a superiority complex, as he usually puts down his partner, Hasegawa and talks to him in an less than friendly or even an professional manner.

He does however credit anyone's achievements or ideas if he believes they are very good, may it be friend or foe, he seems to take into account and admire his opponents, not wishing for any harm to befall on them if the situation does not require it, however, he will willingly kill if a situation gets out of hand where he is in danger or otherwise.

He is also known to be rather adaptive to any situation, usually formulating up some kind of plan before doing any action, he is very alert and quick on his feet when it comes to finding out an opponents strategy.

Powers and Abilities
Expert Swordsmanship Specialist: Yamada has shown exceptional skill in using sword techniques, he was able to effortlessly defeat Fujiwara Masato, a skilled fullbringer, with just two strikes of his sword, the first strike knocking him out for a reasonably long period of time and the second strike leaving him in a near death state.

Hakuda Combatant: While the extent of his knowledge and prowess of Hakuda is unknown at this point in time, he has been shown to know where the human pressure points are and use them effectively against Fujimoto Kumiko, managing to knock out the fullbringer ōwith just one strike.

Keen Intellect: He has been shown to be rather percptive in figuring out his opponents main strategies in battle, such as being able to figure out that the beads that Fujimoto produce cannot home in on her opponent, and acts just like binding rope, he used this knowledge to defeat her.

Enhanced Strength: As a Shinigami, Yamada innately strong, and being a vice-captain also means that he is stronger than the average Shinigami, while this is the case, the extent of his strength is unknown.

Enhanced Endurance: As a Shinigami, Yamada is more resilient than other souls, also, as he is a vice-captain, it could be said he is even more defensive than the average Shinigami.

Kidō Master: Yamada has been shown to know at least some knowledge of Kidō, as he has used Bakudō #4, Hainawa, to restrain Fujimoto Kumiko after she was knocked out.

Shunpo Expert: He has been shown to be extremely good in the art of hohō, using Shunpo to outmaneuver both Fujiwara Masato and Fujimoto Kumiko, the latter of which having mastered her fullbring and knowing Bringer Light. Both of the fullbringer's could not keep up with his movements at all, indicating that he could be fast even for vice-captain standards.

High Spiritual Power: Yamada, as a vice-captain, boasts of a high spiritual pressure.

Zanpakutō
When sealed, Yamada's Zanpakutō looks like a normal katana with a green hilt and a octagonal tsuba.

Shikai: Not yet revealed

Appearances
The Hollow Hunters