Yoruichi Shihōin is a slender yet athletically fit and well-endowed woman. She has dark skin, golden eyes. Her hair is waist-length and kept in a ponytail with chin-length bangs framing the sides of her face.

 Her standard attire consists of a black, backless, sleeveless undershirt, an orange over-shirt with two white straps on each shoulder, a large beige sash around her waist, and black stretch pants with a pair of lightweight brown shoes, and a tribal tattoo on her left thigh