Name: Rangiku Matsumoto
Occupation: Shinigami lieutenant of the 10th Division
Birthday September 29
Height 172 cm (5' 7⅝")
Weight 57 kg (125.6 lbs.)
Zanpakutō: Haineko
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Character outline:
Rangiku is an attractive woman with long wavy fair hair (worn short in her youth). Her most distinctive feature is that she is even more well-endowed than Orihime Inoue.

She dresses in the garb typical of shinigami, though her robes hang loose enough for her ample bosom to be revealed. She wears a necklace and a pink scarf over her arms. In addition, her lieutenant's armband is worn on her uniform's sash, as opposed to around the arm.

Rangiku tends to be a slacker who doesn't like paperwork and likes to drink sake a lot. Her easy-going and free-spirited personality is in sharp contrast with the serious Hitsugaya. Her relationship with Hitsugaya is dubious, though they seem to be quite close. She often slightly embarasses Hitsugaya by unabashedly talking about her enormous breasts and the troubles they give her, while Hitsugaya loudly protests he doesn't want to hear about it. Rangiku has proven time and time again her loyalty to her captain, and is very protective of him. While she also seems somewhat self-centered, she is sensitive to the feelings of others, evident when she sees the concern Hitsugaya has for Momo Hinamori, the guilt Izuru Kira shares with her when Gin Ichimaru is revealed as traitor of Soul Society, and when Orihime feels depressed about her role in Ichigo Kurosaki's life.

History:
Little is told about Rangiku's past. She came from Rukongai and was rescued as a child by Gin Ichimaru; the two soon became friends. In one short chapter from the manga, she was once asked by Ichimaru during her childhood what her birthdate was. She replied that she did not know because she had been alone for as far as she could remember. This possibly meant she was orphaned since birth. When he heard about this, Ichimaru told her that if this was the case, then her birthdate should be set on the day they met (the day she was not alone anymore).

It is not known how she became a shinigami or how she became lieutenant of the 10th Division. There are strong hints that she had been lieutenant of the 10th Division prior the promotion of the current captain, Tōshirō Hitsugaya.

Haineko:
Rangiku's zanpakutō is Haineko (lit. Ash Cat) and the command for its initial release (shikai) is Unare! (Growl!). Its initial release ability remains unknown, even though it has been released twice. It is however known that Haineko will first turn itself into ash. In the anime's filler arcs (Bount), Haineko's ash can physically affect its surroundings, cutting through objects like a sword would.

It seems that Rangiku is trying to learn the final release (bankai), though she comments that her zanpakutō's personality is moody, lazy, selfish, and dumb, which, ironically, somewhat characterizes herself.
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