Character Profile: Rangiku Matsumoto

Matsumoto is a beautiful lady with orange wavy hair. She dresses with a pink scarf over her arms and she wears a necklace. Matsumoto lacks paperwork and likes to drink a lot of sake. Her captain, Hitsugaya, always gets annoyed by her whether she's lacking the paperwork or when she jokes around. Her free-spirited and easy-going personality is in sharp comparison with Hitsugaya. Even though her and Hitsugaya seem to argue a lot, they're still quite close.

Matsumoto came from Rukongai and was found and rescued by Gin Ichimaru. Later on the two became friends. Gin once asked her what her birth date was. She didn't know so that meant she was an orphan ever since birth. So Gin decided that her birth date should be the day they met, when Matsumoto wasn't alone anymore.

Matsumoto's zanpakutou is called Haineko which means "Ash cat". Its ash can cut anything like a sword can. She tries to achieve her final release, though she comments that its personallity is lazy, moody, selfish, and even dumb.