The soul reaper debuted the power against byakuya kuchiki way back when but the power ichigo wielded then was not his actual bankai. Likewise what episode does rukia gives ichigo his powers back. Before fighting aizen in the last battle he briefly trained in the dangai.
The powers didn’t get too crazy until they end of the battle, but that kind of animation is golden. I’m just tired of “ichigo yells while running at a guy, they clash swords, and then there’s flash steps where they’re still evenly matched. In the final battle, uryuu plays his trump card, the arrowhead forged of still silver that halts yhwach's powers for a few seconds.
In that moment, ichigo rushes at him with his broken bankai, and yhwach tries to stop it with his hands, breaking off the white rim. No, as of 8/17/11, ichigo officially gets his powers back. Since chapter 429 when he first meets the fullbringers, he has perfected fullbring which, at first, resembles his shinigami powers.
In chapter 459, ginjo turns out to be evil and steals ichigo's fullbring abilities and whatever was left of his shinigami powers (even though the final gutsuga tenshou used all of. Yes, ichigo does lose his soul reaper powers. However in episode 320 and up he starts to work on a new power.
What episode does ichigo get back his powers? Does ichigo fully get his powers back? Ichigo’s full abilities were restored days after yhwach was vanquished, according to the book.
Tl:dr the most time that you are probably referring to is when he lost his soul reaper powers to mugetsu and regained his soul reaper powers from the head captain asking rukia to share powers from all captains and lieutenants via the same process rukia used in episode 1 to share. What episode does ichigo show his quincy powers? Renji abarai, bankai of the soul!
Ichigo kurosaki manages to activate his bankai, but uryū ishida completes the bount senkaimon, allowing them to enter soul society. This is the turning point of the arc and the point at which ichigo obtains his powers. Similar to how he gains his powers at the beginning of the series, ichigo is stabbed by rukia’s sword, which has been imbued with spirit energy from many of the gotei 13 captains.
This causes ichigo to come back into possession of his zangetsu and leaves.
