Yūichi Shibata

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Yūichi Shibata
柴田　優一Shibata Yūichi
Gender	Male
Species	Human, Soul
Affiliation	Soul Society
Family Mother (deceased) Horiuchi Hironari (adoptive older brother)
Debut (Manga)	Volume 1, Chapter 07
Debut (Anime)	Episode 4
Appears in	Manga and Anime
Seiyū (Japanese)	Makoto Tsumura
Voice actor(s) (English)	Colleen O'Shaughnessey
Voice actor(s) (Spanish)	Elisabet Bargalló (Spain)

Yūichi Shibata (柴田　優一, Shibata Yūichi) was a human boy whose mother was killed by the Hollow Shrieker when the latter was a living serial killer. According to Shreiker, while he was killing Yūichi's mother on a balcony, Yūichi grabbed his shoelaces and sent him tumbleing down. After Shreiker became a Hollow, he sucked out Yūichi's soul and put it in a parakeet. This parakeet was given to Chad by a friend named Harutoki who explained that all of its previous owners had died. This, of course, was the outcome of a deal made by Shreiker with Yūichi: that if the latter ran from the former serial killer for three months, he would bring his mother back to life. Rukia explained to Ichigo, Chad and Yūichi that this was impossible, meaning that Shrieker was only lying to make a game out of murder. Ichigo exorcised Yūichi with Konsō and thus sent him to the Soul Society.

He appeared again in volume 9 and fulfilled an earlier promise with Chad that he would let himself be carried. He joined a surrogate family with Horiuchi Hironari acting as his older brother. He had not yet found his real mother which may be because souls are sent to separate districts in Rugonkai, even if they are family. There has been some speculation that Shrieker had eaten the souls of those he killed while he was living, if they were still pluses. Although this is unlikely, it is possible and would explain why Yūichi has not found his mother.

Appearance in Other Media

In the video Game Bleach: Dark Souls, Yūichi is an unlockable character. He appears to be very weak because of his size and poor range, easily making him the weakest in the game.

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