Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5405361-20130408110659/@comment-31283382-20131223015219

I belive Zangetsu has a Shikai command. However, Ichigo will never use it, since Zangetsu is in permanent Shikai. Also, I heard somewhere that    extremely powerful Death gods can release their Soul slayer just by uttering its name (shown on few occasions by Renji).