Soifon is the leader of the special forces and the captain of the 2nd Division in the Gotei 13. She is a hard worker and takes a strong moral stand - she particularly believes in following orders. Underneath her standard shinigami captain uniform, Soifon wears the special forces leader’s uniform, which has no sleeves or covering for the back. Her hair is worn short with two long braids covered in cloth. Soifon, like most female shinigami, is a member of the Shinigami Women’s Association.
Soifon was born as Fon Shaolin into the Fon house, one of the lower noble houses affiliated with the Shihouin noble house. The Fon house traditionally serves the Shihouin house by joining the special forces. Any member who doesn’t pass the test to get into the special forces is immediately exiled from the family. Because of this, Soifon has felt a lot of pressure to succeed since her youth. Though Soifon and her five older brothers all got into the special forces, her first two brothers died on their first missions, her next two brothers died on their second missions, and her last brother died on his third mission. Upon her joining the special forces, she adopted her grandmother’s codename: Soifon. In the anime, she did not adopt the name voluntarily, a family member gave her the name.
Soifon worked hard and was eventually promoted to become the head of the guard for the leader of the special forces at the time, Shihouin Yoruichi. Yoruichi took the young Soifon under her wing as her protector and they developed a close relationship. When Yoruichi eventually left Soul Society in disgrace to help her exiled friend Urahara Kisuke, she was stripped of all her titles. Soifon felt betrayed by Yoruichi’s abandonment and the circumstances surrounding them. As a result, she trained herself in order to beat Yoruichi and take the titles she lost.
Soifon was promoted to the captaincy roughly 100 years prior to the start of the Bleach storyline, shortly after Yoruichi’s departure from Soul Society.
Soifon’s Zanpakuto
Soifon’s Zanpakuto is named Suzumebachi (Hornet). In its sealed form, it resembles a wakizashi with a yellow hilt reminiscent of a Chinese dao. Unlike most shinigami, she wears it horizontally on her lower back.
Suzumebachi’s Shikai (Initial release) is triggered by the command “Sting all enemies to death!” It shrinks into a stinger that is worn on the middle finger of Soifon’s right hand. When Soifon stabs someone with Suzumebachi, a butterfly symbol called a hornet’s crest spreads from the point of contact, its abdomen acting as the center. If Soifon stabs the same location again, her opponent dies, regardless of how powerful they may be. The crests are maintained by Soifon’s will and are impossible to remove unless she wills it.
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