User blog comment:SoulReaperBleach1/Izuru Kira.../@comment-5657895-20130702132355

If Kubo killed him then he would have brought it up.He didn't, not when the squad runner came to report Byakuya and Zaraki had been bitched out so he's not dead.

Kira was probably my favourite lieutenant in the current timeline until Rukia was promoted.