Spoiler One Piece Chapter 1136 Spoilers Discussion

Possible, his first VC also said he was "assisting the BBP" instead of simply listing him as a BBP like the others.
I read a theory about how the previous 10th captain was Wang Zhi and Kuzan took his place as a official crewmember between Dressrosa and Wano after something happened to him but that's basically pure headcanon to damage control Oda's iffy writing.
That doesn’t make a lot of sense though

Wang Zhi had control of Hachinosu and BB-Koby-Law trio wrestled it from him

Oda listed nothing about Wang Zhi having relations to BB crew in his 10 Q&A. Since Wang Zhi is so inconsequential by now he def would be mentioned as being the former 10th Captain

Wang Zhi was a free pirate agent and Kuzan likely filled in the 10th spot. Kuzan’s first VC doesn’t contradict that either and it wasn’t revealed at the time
 
The timeline of Kuzan joining BBP doesn't make much sense and that's still a genuine issue
The 10 titanic captains were a properly etablished thing by Dressrosa as Gatz casually introduced Burgess as being part of "10 titanic captains"... yet Doflamingo despite his massive intel network only said he heard *rumors* concerning Kuzan and neither Smoker nor the marines had any idea of what Kuzan was doing and were shocked to learn he could have black market connections...

Either Gatz is actually supposed to have much better intel than Doffy and the marine or Oda purposely fucked up with the timeline due to wanting to keep Kuzan's status mysterious.
I have to assume it’s similar to the Dragon and Sabo thing where their existence is known but not who they are.

Basically the knowledge that Blackbeard is supported by ten titanic captains has been a known thing; however, who those titanic captains are isn’t known. Just like how Dragon the Revolutionary is so well known, but Monkey D. Dragon isn’t. Or how Sabo the number 2 of the RA is known; however prior to Dressrosa, Sabo had no bounty poster and his identity wasn’t known either.
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A warrior who disagrees with the elders of his people because he believes in the ancient ways and wants to be like the hero of his tribe >>>>>>
 
The timeline of Kuzan joining BBP doesn't make much sense and that's still a genuine issue
The 10 titanic captains were a properly etablished thing by Dressrosa as Gatz casually introduced Burgess as being part of "10 titanic captains"... yet Doflamingo despite his massive intel network only said he heard *rumors* concerning Kuzan and neither Smoker nor the marines had any idea of what Kuzan was doing and were shocked to learn he could have black market connections...

Either Gatz is actually supposed to have much better intel than Doffy and the marine or Oda purposely fucked up with the timeline due to wanting to keep Kuzan's status mysterious.
Oda just wrote that way so that he had the option of adding another BBP in case another strawhat joined later on but it does some of clunky when Kuzan ends up becoming the 10th
 
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