Character profile

Orihime Inoue

井上織姫

Hime

Biography

Orihime Inoue is a main character in Bleach and a teenage girl living in Karakura Town who is close to Ichigo Kurosaki. Friendly, kind, sensitive, and imaginative, she performs exceptionally well at school despite being poor with technology. Orihime can be impulsive and prone to elaborate fantasies, but she is also perceptive, especially where Ichigo is concerned.

Story spoilers

Orihime was raised for years by her older brother Sora after they left their parents. Sora later died after being injured in a car accident, and Orihime began wearing the hairpins he had given her. After his death, she became close friends with Tatsuki Arisawa, who defended her from bullies.

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