4 Noble Clans?

[Insipidipity]

Who were the 4 Nobles that Byakuya mentioned?

So far theres Kuchiki
Then Yoroichi's clan
It seems like Shiba is one from the fact that Byakuya attacked him with Shikai.
Then who's the 4th?

If I were to speculate, I'd say either
Uruhara's
Tessai's
Maybe Omaeda(he seems to be rich)

uruhara has a chance only because he and Yoroichi played as kids, I dont think she'd be allowed to play with a normal shinigami.

[chauronity]

4th ... the banished ones ... Kurosaki's maybe? Or something.

And Yoruichi's clan is called "Shihouin".

[Hef]

uruhara has a chance only because he and Yoroichi played as kids, I dont think she'd be allowed to play with a normal shinigami.
Maybe that's why they built the hidden sex cave training hole thing. :O

[Insipidipity]

yea I was gonna say Shihuoin but I didn't know how to spell it or pronounce it correctly.

I thought thats the shinigami equivalent of a treehouse...speaking of which, wtf did they use to build it? Yoroichi's shunpo digging combined with uruhara's Shikai blasts?

[Sesqoo]

I thought it could be the Hitsugayas 'cus of Toshirou being a genius and all. He looks quite noble too:P but now I think it could be "Kurosaki" just that its not the real name, anyway the family Isshin is from or could Quincy count as one noble?:huh

[Insipidipity]

I thought it could be the Hitsugayas 'cus of Toshirou being a genius and all. He looks quite noble too:P but now I think it could be or could Quincy count as one noble?:huh
Seeing as they passed down the order to exterminate them...no, Quincy couldn't be.

Toushiro was friends with Hinamori before he became a shinigami, they were both from Rukongai, not noble.

"banished ones" could refer to Uruhara since...well, Uruhara is kinda banished
Or even Shiba, since Byakuya seemed pretty willing to kill Ganju.

[oka]

Shiba is the clan that seem to be 'fallen' from grace. But I don't know if they are 1 of the 4 greatest noble clans, since there are ranking of the noble clans.