Johnny Yong Bosch voiced him as a teenager and Mona Marshall as a child for the English dub. Morita said that Ichigo was one of his favorite characters he ever played alongside Tidus in Final Fantasy X. Ichigo is voiced by Morita as a teenager and Yuki Matsuoka as a child for the Japanese anime. As a result, Kubo noted that readers were relieved reobtained his Soul Reaper as he once again wore a kimono despite being sightly different from the original one. Kubo wanted to bring the readers a feeling of uneasiness when creating this design as it resembles more of a tokusatsu character rather than his kimono counterpart from the Soul Reaper form to the point it would fit Ginjou Shinjo better. During the story arc, Ichigo wears a new outfit after developing his Fullbring powers. In the same way Ichigo became a Soul Reaper during the series' first chapter he starts searching for methods to recover his original powers. When the Arrancar arc ended, Kubo rebooted the series which resulted in Ichigo losing his Soul Reaper powers. He said that Ichigo leads the story and introduces readers to the events in it. įollowing over fifty volumes of the manga's released, Kubo believes that Ichigo was the most developed character. He also mentioned that as people read more about him they will discover that he is a warm and kind-hearted person. Kubo attributes Ichigo's popularity among readers to the fact that he "looks cool". When asked in an interview if he had any plans to focus on the love triangle between Ichigo, Orihime and Rukia, Kubo chose neither to confirm nor deny it as he did not want to focus on romance. However, he noted it as his greatest weakness, since worrying about his friends tends to put him in danger. Kubo has stated that Ichigo's greatest strength is his considerate and thoughtful nature. While illustrating one of Ichigo's scenes, Kubo found it awkward to draw him with a cheerful smile. According to Kubo, Ichigo, along with Orihime Inoue, are the most arduous characters to sketch. In later chapters, his wristwatch was based on Naoto Fukasawa's W11K cellphone. During the series' first chapter, Ichigo's wristwatch was based on one Kubo himself wore at the time. When designing Rukia, however, Kubo modified Ichigo's appearance to contrast with hers, giving Ichigo orange hair, a trademark scowl, and removing the glasses. Initial design sketches show Ichigo wearing glasses, and having dark hair and softer eyes. Through subsequent development of the series, however, Kubo decided to make her a valued ally and instead introduced Ichigo as the central character. When drawing the manga series, Kubo commented that Rukia, the first Bleach character he introduced, was originally intended to be the protagonist. However, critics disliked his anticlimactic fights in the series' latter half due to his lack of memorable scenes at these points. Merchandise based on Ichigo's likeness has been released, including toys, clothing and action figures. Reviewers of the series have praised his personality, though some consider him to be a stereotypical anti-hero. The 2007 Japanese Newtype magazine polls ranked Ichigo as one of the top 100 most-loved anime characters. He was consistently ranked as the most popular character in Bleach. Ichigo is often featured in Weekly Shōnen Jump character popularity polls. His character has been well received among both readers and reviewers. In the live-action film, he is played by Sota Fukushi. In the English dubbing, he is voiced by Johnny Yong Bosch. In the anime series adaptation, Ichigo is voiced by Masakazu Morita in Japanese. Kubo said that Ichigo was created to replace Rukia as the protagonist of the series, because he felt she was unsuited for the role. Ichigo appears in other media after the manga series, including the anime television series, four anime films, two original video animations, rock musicals, several video games, light novels and the 2018 live-action film. These powers come at the cost of her own, and as a result, he concedes to work as her stand-in, fighting to protect people from evil spirits called Hollows and sending good spirits, wholes, to a dimension known as the Soul Society. He is the main protagonist of the series, who receives Soul Reaper powers after meeting Rukia Kuchiki, a Soul Reaper assigned to patrol around the fictional city of Karakura Town. Ichigo Kurosaki ( Japanese: 黒崎 一護, Hepburn: Kurosaki Ichigo) is a fictional character in the Bleach manga series and its adaptations created by Tite Kubo. Ichigo Kurosaki as illustrated by Tite Kubo
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