Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-44061-20140415144923/@comment-44061-20140415150357

Your going on the assumption she knew who the 10th Division captain was. If anything she may have knew him by name. Its clear that during Ichigo and friends invasion of the Soul Society that when the lieutenants had a meeting that its not uncommon for even someone at their level to know whose who at the captain level, especially if its not their specific captain. The divisions dont commonly interact. (It was the lack of centralized nature that allowed Aizen, Gin and Tosen to get away with what they were doing for so long). Even Renji didnt know who Toshiro was when he had became the 10th division captain not to long ago, and renji had been a member just as long as Rukia. Even having met him in person doesnt mean that she could make the assumption of him being someone she likely never met in soul society. Thats like assuming everyone with the name John is the same person. There was also no way she could know from ichigo's similarity to Kaien that they were related it was just too much of jump given that Kaien was a noble/Shinigami from soul society. At the time whats the likelihood that a teen from the human world could be his relative. Also last but not least while the Shinigami did come over to the house the same applies for alot of them but recall they never came face to face with Isshin. Secondly whats the likelhood that any of them knew isshins first name at all anyhow. Lastly if you recall isshin has specifically gone out of his way to make sure he physically stays out of the way of anyone that could physically recognize him.