Bleach Trivia #12:
We've spoken about Toushirou and I had to put in another trivia fact... his initial release chant. Hyourinmaru is an Ice dragon *made of icicles and has purple eyes...soo totally cool
*... When Toushirou goes to shikai, he yells
Souten ni zase, Hyourinmaru! Which transalates to "Reign up on the frozen heavens"
In Toushirou's shikai, the sword does not change shape excessively. It gains a crescent shaped chain at it's base that can be used to hold opponents still during an attack. The rest of the sword remains pretty much the same except for some cosmetic uplifts. The main power of shikai though is that with a wave of his sword, toushirou can materialize the ice dragon to fly towards his enemies in a stream of frozen water. Whatever hyourinmaru touches becomes instantly frozen and shatters. This move was shown rather elaborately in the anime in episode 129 (most recent) where Toushirou fights a partial arrancar.
More to come on toushirou... we'll be back after a short commercial break ^_^