Ryōbu Shirabe (白辺 令法, Shirabe Ryōbu) is a Gemischt Quincy who was born in Kyoto. However, due to the recent genocide of his species around the world, Ryōbu lived alone for a long period of time, attempting to come into terms with his own abilities while struggling to survive daily. Following some period of time, a Quincy by the name of Xavier came to his rescue, introduced him to a community of Quincy known as Hafen and had given him the resources necessary to both live out his life as a human while protecting those very humans from the supernatural beings that exist across the world. He has been placed in the squadron known as Steigerung as its second-in-command underneath fellow Quincy Hiruko Sayonaki.