Ayumu Nakahara

Ayumu Nakahara (中原歩夢, Midland Step Dream) is a and a member of the Royal Guard. His specialisation is. He is known as the "Instant Death" (即死, Sokushi).

Appearance
Ayumu is a tall man with dark complexion and toned muscles. He has short, curly black hair and brown eyes.

His attire consists of a black vest, white undershirt and black shorts. Over it he wears the Royal Guard variant of a Captain's haori.

Personality
In general, he is an easy-going and friendly man who rarely lets combat situations affect this behaviour in any significant way. This attitude extends to his enemies, whom he seems to address in a somewhat casual and familiar manner most of the time.

History
Nakahara used to be a Captain of the Sixth Division of Gotei 13 in the past, before being promoted to the Royal Guard.

Powers and Abilities


While he seems capable of fighting with his hands, he usually relies on various techniques revolving around the usage of legs.
 *  (ガトリング(地団駄), "Gatling Mad-Stomping"): A technique which has the user deliver a series of rapid kicks aimed at the target's upper body.
 *  (風車, "Windmill"): The user throws his body backward and makes an abrupt shearing motion with his legs, delivering a devastating kick to the enemy's chin.
 * Tatsumakigeri (竜巻蹴り, "Tornado Kick"): An elaborate manoeuvre that consists of Nakahara circling countless times around his opponent with tremendous velocity, stirring up a ground-shaking cyclone which encloses the target. Afterward, he halts abruptly, and at the same time the shockwave created by that hits the enemy, he plunges at them with a powerful spinning kick.

Enhanced Strength: He is able to send a powerful flying and crushing into a distant building with a single attack.

Enhanced Endurance: For instance, he was able to deliver a powerful kick to a very tough Togabito with his bare feet and sustain only a light injury as a result.

For instance, he arrived in the and interrupted Kerai Gozen's fast attack completely unnoticed by any of the individuals present, despite all of them being high-level combatants themselves. He can casually evade abrupt, point-blank attacks.

His Reiatsu is.

Senkō (閃光, "Flash"): In its sealed form, the Zanpakutō is a wakizashi with a lightning-shaped tsuba and a bright yellow hilt.
 * Shikai: Activated by the command "Accelerate" (早める, Hayameru). The Zanpakutō dissolves into several bolts of lightning that seemingly struck his feet, only to cover them with dark blue light which starts to gain physical shape. After a short while it morphs into a pair of plated boots with lightning ornaments and pipes protruding slightly downward from the ankles.
 * Shikai Special Ability:

The Chiaroscuro Arc

 * Chiaroscuro: Annihilation
 * Chiaroscuro: Trepidation
 * Chiaroscuro: Complication