<P> While patrolling Karakura Town, Ichigo is informed about invasion of Hueco Mundo by Wandenreich, a group of Quincies . He goes to Hueco Mundo with his friends to liberate it from one of the Wandenreich's high - ranked officers Quilge Opie . After dealing with Opie, Ichigo finds out that the Quincies are attacking the Soul Society . Arriving just after Head Captain Yamamoto's death, Ichigo encounters the Wandenreich's leader Yhwach . At the end of the encounter, which ends in a draw, Ichigo learns his mother was a Quincy . During the fight, Ichigo's Zanpakutō is shattered while attempting to stop Yhwach from escaping . Ichigo goes back to the World of Living where he learns the truth that his mother was a Quincy who was on a verge of hollowification until she was saved by Isshin at the cost of his Soul Reaper powers . Ichigo later learns that entity he believed to be Zangetsu is actually the embodiment of his Quincy powers yet accept him as he gains his reforged Zanpakutō in its new split Shikai form . During the second invasion by the Wandenreich, Ichigo and his friends confront Yhwach at the Soul King's Palace . During the prolonged fight that followed, Ichigo is defeated by Yhwach . With help from new allies, Ichigo faces Yhwach once again and slices him in two after getting help from the now free Aizen . Ten years after Yhwach's defeat, Ichigo and Orihime have a son named Kazui, who destroys the remnants of Yhwach's power . </P> <P> Ichigo appears in each films for the series, including Memories of Nobody; The DiamondDust Rebellion; Fade to Black and Hell Verse . He also appears in both of the original video animations; fighting against a Hollow called the Grand Fisher in the first one and combating the rogue Soul Reaper Baishin in the second . In the Bleach video games, Ichigo is a playable character, including the Heat the Soul and Blade Battlers series . In some games, his Hollow form and Bankai state are available as separate characters . In Rock Musical Bleach, a musical based on the Bleach series, Ichigo is played by Tatsuya Isaka . His character is featured in two volumes from the Bleach Beat Collection CD soundtrack series which features themes composed by his Japanese voice actor, Masakazu Morita . These include the first of them, in which he is the only character and the fourth season's fourth volume along with Rukia . Ichigo also appears in the first volume of Bleach Breathless Collection CD soundtrack series together with the embodiment of his Quincy powers that posed as the Zanpakutō spirit Zangetsu . </P> <P> Amongst the Bleach reader base, Ichigo has been always highly ranked in the Weekly Shōnen Jump popularity polls for the series . He has usually taken first place, though in early 2008 he dropped to third . His sword, Zangetsu, also ranked third in the Zanpakutō popularity polls . In the 2007 Japanese Newtype magazine poll, Ichigo was ranked one of the best male anime characters . In the Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation (SPJA), Ichigo was elected for the best anime male character in 2008 . The Japanese music distributor Recochoku has made two annual survey of which anime characters that people would like to marry . Ichigo ranked tenth in the category "The Character I Want to Be My Groom" from the 2008 survey and eight in the 2009 poll . Wizard Entertainment considered Ichigo the best hero from 2007, commenting that he doesn't try to be a typical hero but he fights in order to protect his friends . He was also 20th in IGN's "Top 25 Anime Characters of All Time" with comments focused on his design and personality . Ichigo has also appeared twice in the Anime Grand Prix polls, ranking as one of the most popular male anime characters . At the first Seiyu Awards in March 2007, Masakazu Morita won in the category "Best Rookie Actor" for his role as Ichigo Kurosaki . Ichigo's voice actor in the English adaptation, Johnny Yong Bosch, has also been praised for his voice work on Ichigo's character by Anime News Network (ANN), which favorably compared Bosch and Morita's work . Various merchandise based on Ichigo's appearance has been created, including action figures, plush toys and key - chains . Since the series was released, replica models of Ichigo's Zanpakutō and Bankai have been produced for purchase by collectors and fans . </P> <P> Several publications for manga, anime, video games, and other related media have provided praise and criticism on Ichigo's character . ANN's Melissa Harper commented that Ichigo's initial rebellious actions make him almost a stereotypical anti-hero, but note that he is soon revealed to be a more complex character with a sad past . Los Angeles Times's Charles Solomon comments Ichigo's character has little in common with protagonists from other series due to his bad temper and how he tends to fight . However, he added that readers from the series still "love" Ichigo . The way Ichigo becomes a Soul Reaper was found to be relatively common by Carlos Alexandre . He noted that Ichigo's character of a "tough guy with a heart of gold" had already been done in several series . Charles White from IGN praised Ichigo's climactic fight against Byakuya Kuchiki as one of the best fights in the Bleach series, and later Ramsey Isler gave additional praise to both the design and voice acting for Ichigo's inner Hollow . Ichigo's development during the Rescue arc in which he sets to save Rukia Kuchiki from being executed have been praised by ANN's Theron Martin . He praised the scenes in which Ichigo manages to stop Rukia's execution and his subsequent demonstration of his Bankai as one of the "eminently satisfying landmark moments in the series". Wired News's Corrina Lawson stated that she liked Ichigo's strong sense of responsibility, and commented it was one of the reasons of the series' popularity . </P>

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