Kiyone Kotetsu

Kiyone Kotetsu (虎徹 清音, Kotetsu Kiyone) is the co-3rd Seat officer of the Thirteenth Division in the Gotei 13 under Captain Jushiro Ukitake. She shares her position with Sentaro Kotsubaki.

Background
Shortly after Rukia Kuchiki joined the 13th Division, she served as an assistant to Kiyone.[2 ] Some time later, a drunken Kiyone and Sentarō eavesdropped on a conversation between her and Kaien Shiba. They applauded Kaien on his words before he asked if they were drunk again. Sentarō told Rukia that he is from Rukongai as well and people talked behind his back about him. Kaien then ordered them back to their posts.[3 ] Some time after Miyako Shiba's death, Sentarō and Kiyone became the 13th Division's 3rd Seat officers. When Rukia was informed that she was being sent on a mission to the Human World, Kiyone reassured her that she was not being transferred. She and Sentarō began to squabble until Ukitake appeared. She told the captain that he ought to be resting, but he insisted that he was fine. Kiyone and Sentarō then listened as he talked to Rukia about letting Byakuya know about her mission.[4 ]

Personality
Kiyone is the younger sister of Isane Kotetsu, the lieutenant of the Fourth Division. Unlike her sister, Kiyone is very open and excitable, but she does share Isane's sense of loyalty.

She holds her captain, Jūshirō Ukitake, in high regard and always tries to impress him in any way possible, even if she has to ruin her partner Sentarō Kotsubaki to do so. She frequently engages in competition with Sentarō over who admires and/or loves him more, much to Ukitake's exasperation. Like other female Shinigami, she is a member of the Shinigami Women's Association.

She is even willing to help Sui-Feng pin Ukitake to a tree with kunai knives and slash open his clothing so she can have "sexy" photos of him, although she does jabber "I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" while she photographs him.

Appearance
Kiyone is petite, has dark blond hair and gray eyes. She wears a standard Shinigami uniform with the collar of a white shirt protruding over her top, and white gloves.

Abilities
Shunpo: While not seen often, Kiyone showed enough skill in Shunpo to appear immediately to not keep her captain waiting.[31 ]
 * Shikai: Not Yet Revealed
 * Bankai: Not Yet Achieved

Video Games
Kiyone appears in Bleach: Soul Carnival, where her gloves and collar are brown instead of white. She is also in Bleach: Heat the Soul 6's introductory sequence.

Knownable Relatives

 * Isane Kotetsu (Older Sister)

Trivia

 * She doesn't appear in any of the Bleach films.
 * In the second opening to the Bleach anime, despite being shown only briefly, Kiyone has silver-colored hair like Isane.

Voice Actresses
Japanese : Chinami Nishimura

English : Cindy Robinson