Kisuke Urahara

Kisuke Urahara is a supporting protagonist in the anime/manga series Bleach. He is  the former captain of the 12th Division, as well as the founder and 1st President of the Shinigami Research and Development Institute. He currently lives in the Human World after being exiled, where he owns a small convenience store, "Urahara Shop", which doubles in selling Shinigami items. The shop is maintained by Urahara himself, as well as his employees Tessai Tsukabishi, Jinta Hanakari, and Ururu Tsumugiya. He is also a longtime friend of Yoruichi Shihōin and a mentor of Ichigo Kurosaki.

Urahara is stated to be the most intelligent character in the series, managing to outsmart even the likes of Sosuke Aizen eventually.

He is voiced by Shinichio Miki in the Japanese version of the anime, while in the English version he is voiced by Michael Lindsay from episodes 4-214 and Doug Erholtz from episode 231 onwards.