Nanao Ise is the lieutenant of the 8th Division of the Gotei 13, under her uncle, Captain Shunsui Kyōraku, and Vice-President of the Shinigami Women's Association. Nanao is a slim and youthful girl with long black hair normally kept pinned back, with flat bangs that hang to the right side of her face. Nanao also wears a standard Shinigami outfit and wears glasses with a slight oval shape to them. Nanao is a very serious and pragmatic person who often puts up with her captain's silly antics.