Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4957813-20131130185522/@comment-4673545-20140417030727

People are saying that Yamamoto could have been incorrect in saying that Ukitake and Kyoraku are the only dual blade Zanpukuto wielders and citing the fact that Shuhei never released in canon before he said that. But you have to consider the fact that Shuhei is a vice captain so that stands to reason that he has achieved Shikai and people would know about it. Now I'm not saying that Ichigo is also a dual blade wielder (even though in my opinion he totally is and it's freakin awesome) but just from that, it's probably safe to say that Shuhei definitely is NOT.