Yasutora Sado is a fictional character in the Japanese manga and anime series Bleach created by Tite Kubo. He is also one of Ichigo Kurosaki's friends. Because Ichigo first read Yasutora's name off a nametag, he pronounced his family name as Chad due to the variable pronunciations of kanji, and Ichigo continues to call him this throughout the story.
Chad as illustrated by Tite Kubo
Chad's armored arms.
Bleach is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tite Kubo. It follows the adventures of a teenager Ichigo Kurosaki, who obtains the powers of a Soul Reaper—a death personification similar to a Grim Reaper—from another Soul Reaper, Rukia Kuchiki. His new-found powers allow him to take on the duties of defending humans from evil spirits and guiding departed souls to the afterlife, and set him on journeys to various ghostly realms of existence.
Fans dressed as characters from Bleach in 2014