Gin Ichimaru

Little is known of the former 3 captains history, what we do know when he was a child Gin saved Rangiku Matsumoto from dying of starvation, ever since then the two have been close friends. In later years Gin joined the soul society along with Rangiku and soon Gin was noticed as a child prodigy, his skills soon became noticed and he graduated from the academy in under a year. He first joined 5 division. A few years later Gin killed the 3 seat of the division and soon was taken under the wing of Sosuke Aizen and made a lieutenant. The two become very devious which is noticed by the tenth captain. Gin often speaks to Byakuya and plays with her mind which later leads to an attack which is soon stopped by the tenth. Shortly after this Gin along with Aizen betray the soul society and vanishes.

Fox Face

History

3rd Captain

Gin after he betrays the Soul Society

Hailed as a child prodigy, his skills and abilities were very much evident that he was able to graduate from the within a year.

Manipulative and deceptive, Gin can also be considered as strategically gifted. This is shown when when battling another child genius, Hitsugaya. He manages to take the upper hand by easily manipulating the positions of lieutenants, Kira and Hinamari, so Hitsuguya has to choose taking his life or Hinamori's.

Spirit Power - Gin's spirit powers are typical of a captain class Shinigami and has been shown to easily incapacitate the others with his spiritual pressure by just glancings towards their direction.

Swordsmanship - Deadly with a wakizashi despite the sword's disadvantage of a shorter reach. Sure of his own swordmanship skills, Gin is normally unfazed by his opponent's own sword skills even when they may have the advantage.

Zanpakuto      

Shinso the "Divine Spear"

Gin's zanpakuto's unreleased form form takes on the appearance of an ordinary wakizashi.

Shikai

The name of Gin's zanpakuto is Shinso (Divine Spear). An ideal name as when Gin calls out Ikorose Shinso ("Shoot to Kill"), Shinso glows white and projects at high speed that is capable of impaling his opponent. The force is so great it can shatter other zankuptos.

Bankai