Bleach (ブリーチ Burīchi) is an Anime series based on the manga written by Tite Kubo. It's directed by Noriyuki Abe and produced by TV Tokyo, Dentsu and Studio Pierrot. It premiered on TV Tokyo in Japan from October 6, 2004 to March 27, 2012 with a total of 366 episodes.
In March 15, 2006, Viz Media obtained the license of the series from TV Tokyo Corporation and Shueisha. Viz Media contracted Studiopolis to create an English adaption of the series. The English adaption of the series premiered on Canada's YTV in the Bionix programming block on September 8, 2006. Cartoon Network aired Bleach the following evening on Adult Swim and continued airing the series under its Toonami programming block until November 2, 2014.
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Cast
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor |
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| Protagonists | |||
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Ichigo Kurosaki | Masakazu Morita | Johnny Yong Bosch |
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Yuki Matsuoka (young) |
Mona Marshall (young) | |
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Rukia Kuchiki | Fumiko Orikasa | Michelle Ruff |
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Orihime Inoue | Yuki Matsuoka | Stephanie Sheh |
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Uryu Ishida | Noriaki Sugiyama | Derek Stephen Prince |
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Takako Honda (young) | ||
| Wendee Lee (ep. 71) | |||
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Yasutora "Chad" Sado | Hiroki Yasumoto | Marc Worden (eps. 2-85) |
| Jamieson Price (eps. 86-366) | |||
| Human World | |||
| Kurosaki Clinic | |||
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Isshin Kurosaki | Toshiyuki Morikawa | Patrick Seitz |
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Karin Kurosaki | Rie Kugimiya | Kate Higgins |
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Yuzu Kurosaki | Tomoe Sakuragawa | Janice Kawaye |
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Masaki Kurosaki | Sayaka Ohara | Ellyn Stern |
| Karen Strassman (ep. 178) | |||
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Kon | Mitsuaki Madono | Quinton Flynn |
| Urahara Shop | |||
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Kisuke Urahara | Shinichirō Miki | Michael Lindsay (eps. 4-214) |
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Doug Erholtz (eps. 231-366) | ||
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Yoruichi Shihouin | Satsuki Yukino | Wendee Lee |
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Shirō Saitō (Cat) |
Terrence Stone (Cat) | |
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Tessai Tsukabishi | Kiyoyuki Yanada | John DeMita |
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Jinta Hanakari | Takako Honda | Jeannie Elias |
| Wendee Lee (ep. 88) | |||
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Ururu Tsumugiya | Noriko Shitaya | Wendee Lee |
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Lirin | Yumi Kakazu | Julie Ann Taylor |
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Noba | Tomokazu Sugita | Roger Craig Smith |
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Kurodo | Nobuo Tobita | Michael McConnohie |
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| Karakura High School | |||
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Tatsuki Arisawa | Junko Noda | Wendee Lee |
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Keigo Asano | Katsuyuki Konishi | Yuri Lowenthal |
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Mizuiro Kojima | Jun Fukuyama | Jamie Simone |
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Chizuru Honsho | Saki Nakajima | Jeannie Elias |
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Michiru Ogawa | Asami Sanada | Colleen O'Shaughnessey |
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Ryo Kunieda | Hitomi Nabatame | Stephanie Sheh |
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Mahana Natsui | Kayo Nōmi | Stephanie Sheh (ep. 3) |
| Michelle Ruff (eps. 15-16) | |||
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Kagine | Kazuhiro Nakata | Richard Epcar |
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Professor Misato Ochi | Hitomi Nabatame | Dorothy Elias-Fahn |
| Other Civilians | |||
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Don Kanonji | Shigeru Chiba | Michael Sorich |
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Ryuken Ishida | Ken Narita | Michael McConnohie |
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Harutoki Ide | Wataru Hatano | Steve Staley |
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Shigeo Gitano | Ichirōta Koizumi | Brad MacDonald |
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Heita Toujoin | Asami Sanada | Derek Stephen Prince |
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Kei Uehara | Tomoe Sakuragawa | Quinton Flynn |
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Kazuya Usaka | Junko Noda | Stephanie Sheh (ep. 12) |
| Wendee Lee (eps. 56-132) | |||
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Ryohei Toba | Sayori Ishizuka | Darrel Guilbeau |
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Ino | Reiko Takagi | |
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Hashigami | Asami Sanada | Steve Staley |
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Kaneda | Risa Hayamizu | Yuri Lowenthal |
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Mizuho Asano | Kaoru Morota | Erin Fitzgerald |
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Shōta Toyokawa | Reiko Takagi | |
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Yui Toyokawa | Yurika Ochiai | Laura Bailey |
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Mrs. Shinmura | Kumi Yamakado | Barbara Goodson |
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Shinji Iijima | Tetsuya Kakihara | ¿? |
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Heita Momoyama | Shōto Kashii | Michael Sorich |
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Heita's Mother | Kumiko Takizawa | Barbara Goodson |
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Miyuki | Taeko Kawata | Kate Higgins |
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Nozomi Kujo | Hisako Kanemoto | Julie Ann Taylor |
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Ikumi Unagiya | Yūko Kaida | Mary Elizabeth McGlynn |
| Bount | |||
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Jin Kariya | Tōru Ōkawa | Troy Baker |
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Hitomi Nabatame (young) |
Wendee Lee (young) | |
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Gō Koga | Tōru Furusawa | Richard Epcar |
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Yoshino Soma | Masako Katsuki | Dorothy Elias-Fahn |
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Ho | Daisuke Sakaguchi | Roger Craig Smith |
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Ban | Brian Beacock | |
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Ryo Utagawa | Shūnsuke Sakino | Tony Oliver |
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Mabashi | Daisuke Ono | Keith Silverstein |
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Ugaki | Katsumi Suzuki | Kirk Thornton |
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Yoshi | Yoko Sōmi | Stephanie Sheh |
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Cain | Takayuki Fujimoto | Peter Doyle |
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Sawatari | Yuzuru Fujimoto | Joe J. Thomas |
| Visored | |||
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Shinji Hirako | Masaya Onosaka | Roger Craig Smith |
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Hiyori Sarugaki | Reiko Takagi | Lara Cody (eps. 112-138) |
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Laura Bailey (eps. 206-285) | ||
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Rojuro "Rose" Otoribashi | Shōto Kashii | Christopher Corey Smith |
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Lisa Yadomaru | Kanako Hattori | Tara Platt |
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Hachigen "Hachi" Ushoda | Takashi Nagasako | Joe Ochman |
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Love Aikawa | Tetsu Inada | Travis Willingham |
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Mashiro Kuna | Akemi Kanda | Laura Bailey |
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Kensei Muguruma | Tomokazu Sugita | Dave Mallow |
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| Soul Society | |||
| 13 Court Guard Squads | |||
1st Division
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Shigekuni Genryusai Yamamoto | Masaaki Tsukada | Neil Kaplan |
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Chojiro Sasakibe | Tarō Yamaguchi | Michael McConnohie (eps. 54-55) |
| Daniel Woren (eps. 111-230) | |||
2nd Division
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Soi Fong | Tomoko Kawakami (eps. 24-182) |
Karen Strassman |
| Hōko Kuwashima (eps. 206-366) | |||
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Marechiyo Omaeda | Shōto Kashii | Lex Lang |
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Eikichiro Saido | Takuya Kirimoto | Kirk Thornton |
3rd Division
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Gin Ichimaru | Kōji Yusa | Doug Erholtz |
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Izuru Kira | Takahiro Sakurai | Grant George |
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Shusuke Amagai | Kenyū Horiuchi | Rick Zieff |
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Makoto Kibune | Hikaru Midorikawa | Christopher Corey Smith |
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Inose | Taketora | Dave Mallow |
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Aida | Kenji Takahashi | Patrick Seitz |
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Kano | Takuma Terashima | Tom Fahn |
4th Division
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Retsu Unohana | Aya Hisakawa | Kate Higgins |
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Isane Kotetsu | Yukana Nogami | Stephanie Sheh |
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Yasochika Iemura | Yutaka Aoyama | Cam Clarke |
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Hanataro Yamada | Kōki Miyata | Spike Spencer |
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Harunobu Ogidō | Daisuke Hirakawa | Liam O'Brien |
5th Division
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Sosuke Aizen | Shō Hayami | Kyle Hebert |
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Momo Hinamori | Kumi Sakuma | Karen Strassman |
6th Division
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Byakuya Kuchiki | Ryōtarō Okiayu | Daniel Woren |
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Yuri Lowenthal (young) | ||
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Renji Abarai | Kentarō Itō | Wally Wingert |
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Reiko Kiuchi (young) |
Yuri Lowenthal (young) | |
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Ginrei Kuchiki | Kinryū Arimoto | J.B. Blanc |
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Rikichi | Masakata Nakai | Liam O'Brien |
| Hisafumi Oda (ep. 87) | |||
7th Division
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Sajin Komamura | Tetsu Inada | Kim Strauss (eps. 51-75) |
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J.B. Blanc (eps. 96-341) | ||
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Tetsuzaemon Iba | Rintarō Nishi | Neil Kaplan |
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Jirobo Ikkanzaka | Kazuhiro Nakata | Peter Lurie |
8th Division
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Shunsui Kyoraku | Akio Ōtsuka | Steve Kramer |
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Nanao Ise | Hitomi Nabatame | Kate Higgins |
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Tatsufusa Enjōji | Toshiharu Sakurai | Kim Strauss |
9th Division
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Kaname Tosen | Toshiyuki Morikawa | David Rasner (eps. 24-219) |
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| Brian Palermo (eps. 277-296) | |||
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Shuhei Hisagi | Katsuyuki Konishi | Steve Staley |
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Yū Kobayashi (young) | ||
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Heizo Kasaki | Daisuke Matsuoka | Kyle Hebert |
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Shinobu Eishima | Motoyuki Kawahara | Yuri Lowenthal |
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Izaemon Todo | Keiichi Takahashi | J.B. Blanc |
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Toshimori Umesada | Hajime Iijima | Michael McConnohie |
10th Division
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Toshiro Hitsugaya | Romi Park | Steve Staley |
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Rangiku Matsumoto | Kaya Matsutani | Megan Hollingshead |
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Kokichiro Takezoe | Kenichi Mochizuki | Daniel Woren |
11th Division
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Kenpachi Zaraki | Fumihiko Tachiki | David Lodge (eps. 20-203) |
| Patrick Seitz (eps. 243-366) | |||
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Yachiru Kusajishi | Hisayo Mochizuki | Dina Sherman |
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Ikkaku Madarame | Nobuyuki Hiyama | Vic Mignogna |
| Sam Riegel (eps. 104-105) | |||
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Yumichika Ayasegawa | Jun Fukuyama | Brian Beacock |
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Makizo Aramaki | Yūichi Nagashima | J.B. Blanc |
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Maki Ichinose | Susumu Chiba | Sam Riegel |
12th Division
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Mayuri Kurotsuchi | Ryūsei Nakao | Terrence Stone |
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Nemu Kurotsuchi | Rie Kugimiya | Megan Hollingshead |
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Rin Tsubokura | Miho Saiki | Stephanie Sheh (ep. 68) |
| Julie Ann Taylor | |||
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Hiyosu | Kōhei Matsumoto | Kirk Thornton |
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Akon | Kenji Okuda | Travis Willingham |
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Kaya Miyake (young) |
Karen Strassman (young) | |
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Kagerōza Inaba | Toshio Furukawa | Cam Clarke |
13th Division
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Jushiro Ukitake | Hideo Ishikawa | Kim Strauss (ep. 40) |
| Liam O'Brien | |||
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Kiyone Kotetsu | Chinami Nishimura | Cindy Robinson |
| Kate Higgins (ep. 185) | |||
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Sentaro Kotsubaki | Kōichi Tōchika | Michael Lindsay (ep. 40) |
| Patrick Seitz | |||
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Kaien Shiba | Toshihiko Seki | Kim Strauss (ep. 49) |
| Dave Mallow (eps. 153-208) | |||
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Miyako Shiba | Sumi Shimamoto | Cindy Robinson |
| Other Members | |||
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Jidanbo Ikkanzaka | Takashi Nagasako | Peter Lurie (eps. 21-62) |
| J.B. Blanc (eps. 97-99) | |||
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Gengoro Nabara | Hideo Watanabe | J.B. Blanc (ep. 46) |
| Tony Oliver (ep. 184) | |||
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Aoga | Yasumichi Kushida | J.B. Blanc |
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Kanisawa | Asami Sanada | Dorothy Elias-Fahn |
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Zennosuke Kurumadani | Masashi Yabe | Kirk Thornton |
| Keith Silverstein (ep. 80) | |||
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Ashido Kano | Yasuyuki Kase | Travis Willingham |
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Shin'etsu Kisaragi | Hōchū Ōtsuka | Joe Ochman |
| Rukon District | |||
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Ganju Shiba | Wataru Takagi | Kyle Hebert |
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Kukaku Shiba | Akiko Hiramatsu | Cindy Robinson |
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Yuichi Shibata | Makoto Tsumura | Colleen O'Shaughnessey |
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Koganehiko | Hiroshi Matsumoto | Peter Spellos |
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Shiroganehiko | Kenta Miyake | Michael McConnohie |
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Hironari Horiuchi | Mayumi Asano | Brianne Siddall |
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Elder | Tomomichi Nishimura | Michael McConnohie |
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Mitsuru Ishino | Tomokazu Seki | Daniel Woren |
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Sadamoto Saionji | Tarusuke Shingaki | Michael Sorich |
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Kenji Yamashita | Kiyotaka Furushima | Yuri Lowenthal |
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Taichi Miyamoto | Kōsuke Okano | Liam O'Brien |
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Ran'Tao | Masako Katsuki | Kirsten Potter |
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Daiji Hirasago | Susumu Chiba | Richard Cansino |
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Rurichiyo Kasumioji | Reiko Takagi | Eden Riegel |
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Ryusei Kenzaki "Kenryu" | Hiroki Takahashi | Roger Craig Smith |
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Ryusaburo Enkogawa "Enryu" | Ryōtarō Okiayu | Neil Kaplan |
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Gyokaku Kumoi | Masaharu Satō | Kirk Thornton |
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Sayori | Hiromi Tsunakake | Dorothy Elias-Fahn |
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Shu Kannogi | Tsubasa Yonaga | Brianne Siddall |
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Hanza Nukui | Yoshikazu Nagano | Tony Oliver |
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Genga | Daisuke Matsuoka | Adam Bitterman |
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Ryu Kuzu | Hikaru Hanada | Joe Ochman |
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Jinnai Douko | Jin Domon | Brian Beacock |
| Hueco Mundo | |||
| Arrancar - The Espada | |||
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Coyote Stark (Nº 1) | Rikiya Koyama | Keith Silverstein |
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Baraggan Louisenbairn (Nº 2) | Shōzō Iizuka | Steve Kramer (eps. 145-161) |
| Michael McConnohie (eps. 216-284) | |||
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Tier Halibel (Nº 3) | Megumi Ogata | Laura Bailey |
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Ulquiorra Schiffer (Nº 4) | Daisuke Namikawa | Tony Oliver |
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Nnoitora Gilga (Nº 5) | Nobutoshi Canna | Michael Sinterniklaas |
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Luppi Antenor (Nº 6; temporary) |
Daisuke Kishio | |
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Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez (Nº 6) | Junichi Suwabe | David Vincent |
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Zommari Leroux (Nº 7) | Taiten Kusunoki | Neil Kaplan |
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Szayelaporro Granz (Nº 8) | Kōsuke Toriumi | Benjamin Diskin |
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Aaroniero Arruruerie (Nº 9) | Ryūzaburō Ōtomo (low voice) |
Keith Silverstein (low voice) |
| Mayumi Yamaguchi (high voice) |
Wendee Lee (high voice) | ||
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Toshihiko Seki (as Kaien) |
Dave Mallow (as Kaien) | |
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Yammy Riyalgo (Nº 10) | Kenji Nomura | Paul St. Peter |
| Arrancar - Privaron Espadas | |||
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Dordoni Alessandro Del Socaccio (Nº 103) | Kōji Ishii | Neil Kaplan |
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Cirucci Sanderwicci (Nº 105) | Hōko Kuwashima | Tricia Pierce |
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Gantenbainne Mosqueda (Nº 107) |
Masato Funaki | John Eric Bentley |
| Other Arrancar | |||
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Nel Tu | Tomoko Kaneda | Colleen O'Shaughnessey |
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Nelliel Tu Odelschwanck (ex Nº 3) | ||
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Pesche Guatiche | Takehito Koyasu | Michael P. Greco |
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Dondochakka Birstanne | Daisuke Gōri | Pete Sepenuk |
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Edrard Liones | Taiten Kusunoki | Beau Billingslea |
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Shawlong Koufang | Hideyuki Tanaka | Michael McConnohie |
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Yylfordt Granz | Kōichi Tōchika | Ezra Weisz |
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Di Roy Rinker | Takashi Kondō | Spike Spencer |
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Nakeem Greendina | Taketora | J.B. Blanc |
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Patros | Tetsuo Kaneo | |
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Aldegor | Kenta Miyake | David Lodge |
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Menis | Hisafumi Oda | Michael Sinterniklaas |
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Aisslinger Wernarr | Eiji Takemoto | Travis Willingham |
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Demoura Zodd | Hajime Iijima | J.B. Blanc |
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Lumina | Jun'ya Miura | Derek Stephen Prince |
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Verona | Yoshinori Sonobe | Wendee Lee |
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Rudbornn Chelute | Tarō Yamaguchi | Michael Lindsay (ep. 153) |
| Doug Erholtz (ep. 157) | |||
| Benjamin Diskin (ep. 195) | |||
| Daniel Woren (eps. 196-272) | |||
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Tesla Lindocruz | Yūichi Nakamura | Keith Silverstein |
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Wonderweiss Margela | Hisayoshi Suganuma | Christopher Corey Smith |
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Lilynette Gingerback | Kiyomi Asai | Kate Higgins |
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Loly Aivirrne | Hana Takeda | Colleen O'Shaughnessey |
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Menoly Mallia | Hitomi Harada | Wendee Lee |
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Cyan Sung-Sun | Tomoe Sakuragawa | Karen Strassman |
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Emilou Apache | Kumi Sakuma | Megan Hollingshead |
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Franceska Mila Rose | Sayori Ishizuka | Erin Fitzgerald |
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Abirama Redder | Kazunari Tanaka | Benjamin Diskin |
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Charlotte Chuhlhourne | Kenta Miyake | Travis Willingham |
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Findorr Calius | Takashi Kondō | |
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Choe Neng Poww | Hiroshi Shirokuma | Jamieson Price |
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Ggio Vega | Tetsuya Kakihara | Tony Oliver |
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Nirgge Parduoc | Daisuke Matsuoka | Kyle Hebert |
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Female Arrancar | Ayumi Fujimura | Colleen O'Shaughnessey |
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Mock Arrancar | Masuo Amada | David Lodge |
| Hollows | |||
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Hollow Ichigo | Masakazu Morita | Johnny Yong Bosch |
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Grand Fisher | Chafurin | Paul St. Peter |
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Acidwire | Yūji Ueda | Liam O'Brien |
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Shrieker | Hisao Egawa | J.B. Blanc |
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The Demi-Hollow | Susumu Chiba | Wally Wingert |
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Numb Chandelier | Yōko Sōmi | Barbara Goodson |
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Metastacia | Hōchū Ōtsuka | Peter Lurie |
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Millipede Hollow | Takaya Hashi | John DeMita |
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Centipede Hollow | Masaya Onosaka | Cindy Robinson |
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Runuganga | Taketora | Lex Lang |
| Fullbringers | |||
| Xcution | |||
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Kūgo Ginjō | Hiroki Tōchi | Travis Willingham |
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Shūkurō Tsukishima | Daisuke Ono | Matthew Mercer |
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Riruka Dokugamine | Megumi Toyoguchi | Cristina Valenzuela |
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Yukio Hans Voralberna | Mitsuhiro Ichiki | Lucien Dodge |
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Jackie Tristan | Atsuko Yuya | Julie Ann Taylor |
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Giriko Kutsuzawa | Atsushi Ono | Michael Sorich |
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Moe Shishigawara | Hiroyuki Yoshino | Todd Haberkorn |
| Various | |||
| Shun Shun Rikka | |||
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Ayame | Tomoe Sakuragawa | Philece Sampler |
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Baigon | Kiyoyuki Yanada | Liam O'Brien |
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Hinagiku | Daisuke Kishio | Kirk Thornton |
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Lily | Rie Kugimiya | Kate Higgins |
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Shun'o | Junko Noda | Dorothy Elias-Fahn (eps. 13-43) |
| Mona Marshall (ep. 85) | |||
| Wendee Lee (ep. 117) | |||
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Tsubaki | Toshiyuki Morikawa | Wally Wingert |
| Zanpakuto | |||
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Zangetsu | Takayuki Sugō | Richard Epcar |
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Shōtarō Morikubo (Tensa Zangetsu) |
Keith Silverstein (Tensa Zangetsu) | |
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Zabimaru | Tōru Furusawa | Vic Mignogna (baboon) Patrick Seitz (snake) |
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Mitsuki Saiga (Saru) |
Mary Elizabeth McGlynn | |
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Asami Sanada (Hebi) |
Michelle Ruff | |
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Sode no Shirayuki | Mie Sonozaki | Tara Platt |
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Muramasa | Yūichi Nakamura | Jamieson Price |
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Katen Kyokotsu | Ayumi Fujimura (Katen) |
Erin Fitzgerald |
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Yū Shimamura (Kyokotsu) | ||
| Dolls | |||
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Dalk | Takako Honda | Karen Strassman |
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Goethe | Tomokazu Sugita | Patrick Seitz |
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Fried | Miho Saiki | Wendee Lee |
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Ritz | Asami Sanada | Sandy Fox |
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Nieder | Tarō Yamaguchi (sword) | Joe J. Thomas |
| Mariko Kouda (fan) | Wendee Lee | ||
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Baura | Takaya Kuroda | Patrick Seitz |
| Other Characters | |||
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Sora Inoue | Yūji Ueda | Liam O'Brien |
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Óscar Joaquín de la Rosa | Masashi Hirose | Kim Strauss |
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Soken Ishida | Eiji Maruyama | Liam O'Brien |
| David Lodge (eps. 44-45) | |||
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Hisana Kuchiki | Fumiko Orikasa | ¿? |
| Not Applicable | |||
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Narration | Nobuo Tobita | Kirk Thornton |
Additional Voices
Notes
- Various roles throughout the series dub were recast.
- All of Kim Strauss' roles were recast after Strauss retired from dubbing work.
- David Lodge was replaced as Kenpachi by Patrick Seitz, as continuing the role David stated was costing him more money than he was making.
- Doug Erholtz replaces Michael Lindsay as Kisuke Urahara due to Lindsay's retirement.
- The voices of Zommari Leroux and Gantenbainne Mosqueda are often misattributed to Greg Eagles.
Transmission
| Date(s) | Channel | Country | |
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| 2006-2010 | YTV | Canada | 
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| 2006-2015 | Cartoon Network (Adult Swim / Toonami) |
United States | 
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| 2007-2008 | Anime Central | United Kingdom | 
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Video Releases
| Distributor | Year | Format | Content | Region | Country | |
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| Viz Media | 2006-2010 | 
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Episodes 1-135 | 1 NTSC |
United States |
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| 32 Volumes | ||||||
| 2008-2015 | The Complete Series | |||||
| 26 Volumes | ||||||
| 2016-2019 | 
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Episodes 1-167 | A DVB-T | |||
| 6 Volumes (TBC) | ||||||
