User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 560 - Rages at Ringside/@comment-7079377-20131204201204/@comment-5695542-20131205051220

@Sicarius001 Both Ikkaku and Yumichika (5th seat) are more powerful they they let on. Espectily Yumichika he stated back in the Soul Society arc i think why he is only a 5th seat while he could be higher. While it is hard to tell how strong they are Ikkaku is at least upper LT/low level captain.

But yes i being a captain these days don't mean much.