Visored Leader Shinji Hirako Joins Bleach Rebirth of Souls

At Jump Festa 2025, Bandai Namco revealed Shinji Hirako, the former Soul Reaper who became head of the Visored, will be playable in Bleach Rebirth of Souls. It’s primarily a cinematic trailer, though there is gameplay footage that shows Shinji in different looks based on various points in time in the story. The video also teases the appearance of fellow Visored Hiyori Sarugaki in Bleach Rebirth of Souls.

Editor’s Note: The following Bleach Rebirth of Souls Shinji Hirako trailer features spoilers for the manga and anime.

Things begin with Shinji explaining who he is, while flashbacks hint at his history with Sousuke Aizen. We also see him in his roles as a Soul Reaper and Visored. He meets Ichigo as well, offering to mentor him. The Hiyori cameo comes up at the 1:20 mark of this new Bleach Rebirth of Souls trailer.

Here’s the full video. We don’t know what his exact moveset will look like yet:

Here are all the Bleach character trailers that showed up before the Shinji Hirako Jump Festa 2025 reveal.

• Byakuya Kuchiki
• Gin Ichimaru
• Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez
• Ichigo Kurosaki
• Ichigo Kurosaki (Bankai)
• Izuru Kira
• Kaname Tosen
• Kenpachi Zaraki
• Kisuke Urahara
• Mayuri Kurotsuchi
• Nelliel Tu Odelschwanck (Nel) 
• Rangiku Matsumoto
• Renji Abarai
• Rukia Kuchiki
• Shigekuni Genryusai Yamamoto
• Soi Fon (Sui-Feng)
• Sousuke Aizen
• Toushiro Hitsugaya
• Ulquiorra Cifer
• Uryu Ishida
• Yasutora “Chad” Sado
• Yoruichi Shihoin

Bleach Rebirth of Souls will come to the PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X, and PC on March 21, 2025. The Bleach anime, including Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War, are streaming on on Disney+ and Hulu. Viz Media handles the manga series outside of Japan.