Yoruichi is from the Japanese yoru (夜 — night) + ichi (一 — one). A modern American baby name in the broader Japanese anime heritage aesthetic. Yoruichi Shihoin — *iconic foundational female character in the foundational Japanese manga/anime franchise Bleach (ブリーチ); created by Tite Kubo; widely considered one of the most-iconic female anime characters of the 21st century; the iconic foundational Bleach manga has sold over 130 million copies worldwide; the iconic Yoruichi Shihoin is the foundational 22nd Head of the iconic foundational Shihoin Noble Clan + former Captain of the 2nd Division + former Commander of the Onmitsukidō (Secret Mobile Corps) of the Gotei 13; widely considered one of the foundational warrior-mentor female anime characters + widely known as the iconic foundational Flash Goddess (Shunshin) — having mastered the iconic foundational Shunpo* (Flash Step) at unprecedented levels; her foundational shapeshifting ability — appearing as a foundational black cat in the iconic foundational opening Bleach arcs — became one of the foundational visual mysteries in modern shonen anime; her foundational dark-skin + purple-hair character design made her one of the foundational diverse character representations in 2000s anime; her foundational role as the iconic foundational mentor to Ichigo Kurosaki — teaching him the foundational Bankai in 3 days — is widely considered one of the foundational shonen anime mentor arcs; widely studied as a foundational example of confident-feminist character development in modern shonen anime. Princess Yoruichi — modern Japanese-anime heritage naming.
Featured throughout Japanese anime.
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Yoruichi reduces to seven.