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I understand that during his initial training with Urahara something occurred
that gave him (or awoke in him)

> hollow powers,

but hardly anything is said on the matter. And how come nothing like this
never happened before, to the point of Urahara trying to make it
[possible](http://bleach.wikia.com/wiki/Hollowfication). For Ichigo just
happened?

And how does this play into

> Aizen's initial plan. Did he influence this event too?


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What happened to Ichigo in Urahara's training area after meeting Byakuya (for the first time)?


It's pretty simple. When Urahara starts training him, in the end of _chapter
60_ ,

> Tessai breaks Ichigo's Chain of Fate. Urahara explains that the corruption
> of the chain has already begun, and when it reaches Ichigo's chest, he will
> become a hollow. The only way to stop that would be to regain his Shinigami
> powers. Then they throw Ichigo into the hole, and seal him with bakudou 99.

In the end of _chapter 62_ ,

> the chain corruption gets to Ichigo's chest, and he starts transforming into
> a Hollow - you can clearly see his mask appearing (though Urahara comments
> that the mask forming before body indicates that Ichigo is resisting the
> transformation). However, Zangetsu helps Ichigo to stop the transformation
> in the middle and regain his Shinigami powers.

So yes, the reason is simply that

> he was already half-transformed into a Hollow when he gained his Shinigami
> powers back and stopped the transformation.


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While [SingerOfTheFall's answer](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/766) seems
correct, it isn't. When you find out about Xcution (organization of
Fullbringers) you learn that they have been in an incident with a Hollow as a
child. As in, a Hollow killed their parents when they were young.

In Ichigo's case, his mother was attacked by a Hollow, thereby giving Ichigo
Hollow powers.

From the [wiki](http://bleach.wikia.com/wiki/Fullbringer) on how Fullbringers
are made,

> However, they differ in that they each have a parent who survived a Hollow
> attack before they were born. As a result, traces of the Hollows’ power
> remained in their mothers’ bodies, which were then passed onto them at the
> moment of their birth.

However, it probably didn't awaken until he was pushed to the edge by
"training" with Urahara due to the Shinigami powers overwhelming the Hollow
powers. His situation is similar to what happened in the manga recently (major
spoiler):

> Ichigo got Quincy powers by releasing a massive amount of spiritual energy.
> He got Quincy powers because his mother was a Quincy.


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