BANKAI INDEX
The final release of a Zanpakuto. Every Bankai named in the anime, who wields it, and the episode where it first appears.
33 Bankai catalogued
Tensa Zangetsu
Revealed mid-battle against Byakuya Kuchiki during Rukia's rescue, drastically shrinking his cleaver into a thin black daitō.
Kannonbiraki Benihime Aratame
Cornered inside Askin's Gift Ball Deluxe, Urahara activates his Bankai for the first time in front of anyone in Wahrwelt. It restructures whatever it touches, restoring his destroyed eyes and reworking his own body mid-fight.
Unnamed
Nozarashi, appearing to Kenpachi as Yachiru, hands him the power of Bankai against Gerard Valkyrie. His skin turns red and he grows horns, ripping Gerard's arm off with his teeth before the strain breaks his own right arm.
Hakka no Togame
Senbonzakura Kageyoshi
Revealed during the bridge battle against Renji Abarai, fragmenting his sword into countless cherry-blossom blade petals.
Kamishini no Yari
Revealed against Ichigo during their first confrontation in the fake Karakura Town.
Sōō Zabimaru
Unleashed against Captain Byakuya Kuchiki in a desperate attempt to prove himself and save Rukia.
Daiguren Hyōrinmaru
An icy dragon form that crystallizes enemies on contact, first revealed against Kariya during the Bount invasion.
Minazuki
Sakashima Yokoshima Happōfusagari
Inverts the world itself, flipping up/down and left/right perception in all directions.
Ryūmon Hōzukimaru
Revealed publicly for the first time during the Zanpakutō rebellion. Ikkaku had previously kept it hidden to stay in the 11th Division.
Konjiki Ashisogi Jizō
A grotesque gold caterpillar-monster that releases neurotoxic spores, first used against Uryū Ishida.
Shatatsu Karagara Shigarami no Tsuji
Kokujō Tengen Myō'ō
A gigantic warrior spirit that mirrors Komamura's movements, revealed while fighting alongside Kenpachi against Tōsen.
Suzumushi Tsuishiki: Enma Kōrogi
A domain of absolute silence and darkness unleashed against Kenpachi Zaraki and Komamura.
Tekken Tachikaze
A Bankai manifesting as oversized knuckle-like gauntlets, used against Wonderweiss Margela.
Not Achieved
Kinshara Butōdan
Kōkō Gonryō Rikyū
Raika Gōen Kaku
Mukōjōchū Muramasa
Not Achieved
Not Achieved
Not Achieved
Not Achieved
Gagaku Kairō
Jakuhō Raikōben
A massive shoulder-mounted missile launcher aimed at Baraggan Louisenbairn, fired only once due to its immense drawback.
Katen Kyōkotsu: Karamatsu Shinjū
A dark-themed Bankai that forces both wielder and opponent into a tragic 'play' with scripted death scenes, used against Lille Barro.
Kokyū Ryūjōmaru
Not Achieved
Ryūkyū Kotōmaru
Urozakuro
