Kenshin Suzuki (太郎・団扇 , Suzuki Kenshin), a descendant of the once famed Suzuki Clan, is a Shinigami who currently serves in the Gotei 13 as the Lieutenant of the 10th Division. More than one and a half century ago, during the late shogunate period of Japan, he was a samurai operating out of the area that is now called Karakura Town. Having unknowingly awakened his own spiritual powers, one of the few humans in that era to have awakened shinigami powers, he grew up to be a famous samurai and made a name for himself as a Vice-Commander of a unit of the Shinsengumi. Though he never really learned to consciously use his shinigami powers, Soul Society none the less kept a close watch on him and he unwittingly helped their cause on a number of occasions. After his death he was given a soul buria