User blog comment:Eduardovongola/Matsumoto's Past and It's value to the History/@comment-11506376-20140120133536/@comment-11051098-20140120210042

Although it would have been cool and funny to see Ichigo as a captain, I doubt it will happen.

With Shunsui as captain-commander, I doubt Ichigo's Quincy and Hollow powers would make a difference, but he is a human after all. He is a Shinigami only in his soul form. We also don't know if his soul form will age in the same speed as his human body, or if he could get a Shinigami lifespan if he remained in his soul form. And in that case, what could happen to him when his human body died?