User blog comment:TheBody84/Ichigos father being the former Kenpachi/@comment-1654562-20091025012028

i can see the logic, 9 and 5 are assuming that because they can use the bankai, that they were automatically made captain... i guess that would work. however didn't Sajin follow Tousen closely? or am i not remembering the relationship that well? meaning they would probably be around the same lvl at same time? possibly captains at same time? so that would knocks out 7... - i kinda had my money on 10 because other then Toshiro, we don't even have any listing of prior captains - with squad 3 however, that one is an iffy, since you are right, they have always been alright without a "captain" figure in between Gin and present, plus Rose was there before... so idk

i guess i'm still on a toss-up but yeah 10 does look pretty good