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Overview

Masaki Kurosaki
Masaki ep 178b.png
Race Human
Birthday June 9[1]
Gender Female
Professional Status
Personal Status
Relatives Isshin Kurosaki (Husband)

Ichigo Kurosaki (Son)
Karin Kurosaki (Daughter)
Yuzu Kurosaki (Daughter)

First Appearance
Manga Debut Volume 1, Chapter 1
Anime Debut Episode 1
Voices
Japanese Voice Sayaka Ohara
English Voice Ellyn Stern
Spanish Voice Alicia Laorden (Spain)

Masaki Kurosaki (黒崎 真咲, Kurosaki Masaki) was the mother of Ichigo Kurosaki who was killed trying to protect her son from Grand Fisher. She was a very loving mother and wife.

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Appearance Edit

Masaki is a woman of average height. She had fair skin and long light wavy brown hair down to her back that she usually had tied in a knot in the back and bangs down to her chin in the front. She typically wore plain dresses and wore lipstick on occasion.

Personality Edit

History Edit

Masaki with her family.
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Grand Fisher, a Hollow used the forms of Humans whom he had devoured (mostly women) to attract other Humans with high spiritual energy,[2] and Ichigo, who at the time could not distinguish between Souls and Humans, saw Grand Fisher's lure and ran after it. Masaki, realizing this went after Ichigo and protected him from Grand Fisher at the cost of her own life.[3] According to Ichigo, Masaki was the center of the family and everything that went on with the family revolved around her. Due to this fact, Ichigo's family was greatly devastated by her loss.[4]

Masaki lies dead.
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They visit her grave every year, and that is the only day in the year Isshin smokes. The reason he smokes in front of her grave was because when they had first started dating, Masaki complimented him about how cool he looked while smoking. He also added that was the first and last time she complimented him about his appearance.[5] Isshin hung up a large poster of her in his home, displaying the phrase "Masaki Forever".[6][7]

Masaki caring for Ichigo when he was just a toddler.
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According to Tatsuki Arisawa, Ichigo stopped crying every time he saw his mother. She claimed Ichigo had the most beautiful mother ever, and took it upon himself for her death.[8] Isshin also thought it was his fault his wife died. He says this the reason being he could not get there in time to protect her from Grand Fisher.[9] When Ichigo asked him why nobody ever blamed him for his mother's death, Isshin explained to him that he was "the man the woman I fell in love with gave her life to save." He also added that when they meet each other again, if he had ever blamed Ichigo, Masaki would not be able to forgive himself for her death.[10]

PlotEdit

Agent of the Shinigami arc Edit

When the Kurosaki family visited Masaki's grave, Grand Fisher returned as he could sense their high spiritual power. During the fight, when Ichigo began to lose, her memory upon being killed was released from Grand Fisher's lure, telling Ichigo her last thoughts before she died. All she could think about was how much fun they all had together, and for Ichigo to never stop smiling. Her spirit gave Ichigo the strength to nearly kill the hollow, forcing him to escape.[11][12]

The New Captain Shūsuke Amagai arc (anime only) Edit

Note: Events occurring in this arc are only in the anime and do not constitute canon material.

Masaki in Nukui's Bakkōtō

Masaki Kurosaki reappears when Ichigo Kurosaki faces off against Hanza Nukui. Hanza Nukui uses his Bakkōtō, Saiga, to look into Ichigo's memories, and then tortures him with the memories of the death of his mother. Hanza makes it so she tries to choke Ichigo, making it so Ichigo can't harm her or fight back. Before Ichigo chokes to death, the pleasant memories with his mother comes up from deep within him. A twister of Reiatsu surrounds them.[13]

Ichigo then tells his mother how much everybody misses her, and he manages even without her. Before she vanishes, she smiles after Ichigo thanks her for protecting him that day.[13]

ReferencesEdit

  1. Bleach Official Character Book Souls, page 50
  2. Bleach manga; Chapter 21, page 9
  3. Bleach manga; Chapter 19, page 12-15
  4. Bleach manga; Chapter 19, page 11 & 15-16
  5. Bleach manga; Chapter 25, page 9-10
  6. Bleach manga; Chapter 1, page 11
  7. Bleach manga; Chapter 199, page 2
  8. Bleach manga; Chapter 18, page 3-5
  9. Bleach manga; Chapter 188, page 7
  10. Bleach manga; Chapter 25, page 11-13
  11. Bleach manga; Chapters 23-24
  12. Bleach anime; Episode 9
  13. 13.0 13.1 Bleach anime; Episode 178

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