Ashido Kano

Ashido has peach skin, thin red-brownish eyebrows, red-brownish spiky hair and dark-black irises. He wears the white kimono undergarment underneath his standard Shinigami uniform, in ragged condition and without any footwear, with a brown fur coat draped over himself. The coat has five Hollow masks adorning the back of it, which he utilizes in a variety of ways. Ashido regularly wears a mask resembling a gazelle's skull over his face, which belonged to the Hollow that killed his best friend.

Mask Shield: Ashido carries a shield crafted from Hollow masks. The shield has proven to be of great use, for it can withstand and deflect Cero blasts from both Gillian-class and Adjuchas-class Hollows.

Cloak: Ashido wears a fur cloak with many Hollow masks attached to it. The cloak also hold Ashido's Mask Shield when he is not using it.

Mask (Former): Ashido usually wears a Hollow mask covering his face. The mask was obtained when Ashido arrived in the Forest of Menos, coming from a Hollow killed by Ashido's last teammate. The mask itself is highly durable, serving as a shield to deflect various Cero blasts from Gillian-class Menos. It also protected Ashido from harm when he saved Rukia Kuchiki from a lethal blow from an Adjuchas-class Hollow. However, the mask was broken as a result.

Expert Swordsman: Ashido has displayed great swordsmanship skills, especially since he is able to fight on par with Adjuchas-class Hollows and officer-level Shinigami without releasing his Zanpakutō.

High Spiritual Power: Ashido possesses a great amount of Reiryoku, being able to kill several Gillian and Adjuchas with little effort. Rukia further compares his power to be on par with Bankai.

Shunpo Expert: After saving Rukia and while searching for Ichigo Kurosaki and his group, he ably used Shunpo. He has used Shunpo proficiently in battle by evading a barrage of attacks from some of his opponents.

Kidō Practitioner: Ashido has some knowledge with Kidō. He keeps his cave lit with a Kidō spell.

Ashido's Zanpakutō has a green hilt and a rectangular tsuba, which is chipped.

Ashido is rather serious most of the time, having carried the mental scars created by the deaths of his teammates for many centuries. The very reason Ashido stayed in Hueco Mundo so long was to avenge the deaths of his friends and protect the Human World by killing as many Hollows as he possibly could. He met Rukia and saved her on several occasions, and would have left the Forest with her group if he had not been forced to save them from the Menos. Even after several centuries of living alone in Hueco Mundo, Ashido still harbors a sense of sorrow at having lost his companions and visits the site of their death from time to time to pay his respects. He later brings Rukia to this same spot, claiming that it would be nice if his deceased friends could hear the voice of another Shinigami.