User blog comment:Kmbfsu11k/Soul King/@comment-24113610-20131207060506

If by "directly involved" you mean fight? I highly doubt it. He has a Royal Guard for a reason. But he awoke for a reason so he'll have some role to play in this arc, though I suspect it'll be towards at the end of it.

And agreeing with Sternritter M, Ichigo's an anomaly so the King of Soul's curiosity about him is well-warranted.