Masaki Kurosaki

Masaki Kurosaki was a human in the Bleach series. She was the wife of a former Shinigami Captain named Isshin Kurosaki. She was the mother of the the main protagonist Ichigo Kurosaki and of the younger frateranl twin daughters named Karin and Yuzu Kurosaki.

Personality
Masaki was described by Ichigo as being the center of the family's universe. She was a very good mother and was always cheerful since Ichigo mentioned that he never saw her get angry Ichigo's friend Tatsuki also mentioned that whenever Masaki came to pick Ichigo up from his classes, he would always have a big smile on his face.

During her life, Masaki greatly enjoyed spending quality time with her family. She was very protective of her children, and she even risked her own life to protect her son when he was trying to rescue the girl by the river. This trait was pasted down to her son which gave Ichigo the determination to protect those he loves.

History
Masaki was born on June 9th.Years later, she eventually met and married Isshin Kurosaki and together they had three children. After Karin and Yuzu were born, her elder son Ichigo took martial arts classes so that he can become stronger and protect both his mother and sisters. Masaki always came and picked up Ichigo from his classes.

One evening on June 17th, Masaki was picking the 9 year old Ichigo up during a rainstorm and Ichigo noticed a young girl near the river as if she wants to jump in. Ichigo let go of his mother's hand and ran over to save the girl with his mother running after him and yelling him to stop until everything went black. Ichigo woke up to find his mother on top of him severly wounded and dead with Ichigo not knowing what really happened to her.

Every year on June 17th, the Kurosaki family would visit Masaki's grave to pay her their respects. Six years later, it was revealed that Masaki was really killed by a hollow named Grand Fisher who kills children (women in the anime) and that the girl was actually Grand Fisher's antienna bait to use as a lure for his victims.