Oboro Kurotsuchi

"Have I taught you nothing, Kisuke?! Specimens are better off alive when being experimented upon. They must be alive so as to preserve all of their natural properties. Indeed, nothing pleasures a scientist more so than to have a fresh specimen for proper experimentation!"

- Oboro, during his days as Kisuke Urahara's mentor.

Oboro Kurotsuchi (涅朧, Kurotsuchi Oboro) is a member of the Royal Guard, standing as one of the three Yatagarasu, as well as the father of Mayuri Kurotsuchi. He was formerly the first Captain of the Third Division in the Gotei 13. Prior to his promotion, Oboro was Kisuke Urahara's mentor in the sciences.

Appearance
Oboro has a very strange appearance to him to those who witness him in person, appearing to be very gaseous in his composition due to his experimentation. He has very long spiky dark hair along with dark brown eyes and two horns growing from the back of his head. He appears to be rather tall as he was able to stand about a few inches taller than Kamui, whom is rather tall in his own right, and wears purple lipstick and dark makeup on his eyes giving him a similar appearance in principle to his son, Mayuri Kurotsuchi. He has a small flat nose and long thin eyebrows. His arms are very thin in comparison with to rest of his body.

Behind the Scenes
Oboro's appearance is based off of Caesar Clown from the manga One Piece.