User blog comment:Udarsha45/Bleach - The Dagger/@comment-1338916-20130728135238/@comment-11051098-20130730170924

I was sure that he had to be a Stern Ritter, he seemed too strong not to be. And I see now, on the 3rd of the Chinese raws, that he's among the other Stern Ritters.

I wonder, though, why Kubo didn't just introduce Kirge, as well as Shaz and "Unknown Male Stern Ritter 1" right away. He introduced Äs in the same chapter if I remember correctly. But then, in the chapter entitled "Letters" he didn't introduce "Unnamed Male Stern Ritter 2" either.

Since Shaz apparently is dead, I guess we won't find out which letter he had until the other letters are revealed. There's still C, L, M, N, V, W and X open.

Oh, and as of Kirge, his page should be edited - he's still not listed there as a Stern Ritter. Also, he's still in the list of "notable members" on the Wandenreich page. Yhwach and Uryû are there too, despite being listed on the "Stern Ritter" page.