document_title: List of One Piece characters

question_text: how many members are there in the straw hat pirates

question_tokens: how many members are there in the straw hat pirates

text: List of One Piece characters

text: Creation and conception[edit]

text: Several characters have been stated to be based on actual people, such as: Eustass Kid (Eustace the Monk and William Kidd), X. Drake (Sir Francis Drake), Basil Hawkins (Basil Ringrose and John Hawkins), Capone "Gang" Bege (Al Capone and William Le Sauvage), Jewelry Bonney (Anne Bonny), Urouge (Aruj), and Scratchmen Apoo (Chui A-poo).[ch. 508] The cross dresser Emporio Ivankov is based on Dr. Frank N. Furter and Norio Imamura. Norio had asked Oda to draw more okama (homosexual) characters and became Ivankov's first voice actor.[ch. 570]

text: Oda had created Helmeppo before he created Captain Morgan, Helmeppo's father. Oda originally named Morgan after "Chop," with the character's full title being "Naval Captain Chop" or "Sailor Chop". "Sailor" in Japanese is suihei (水兵), and "Suihei Chop" is a fighting technique used by Giant Baba, a Japanese wrestler. He created several versions of Morgan before settling on the final design. After an editor told him that Morgan, in Oda's words, "looked lame", he changed the design to its final style.[vol. 1:p. 144 (en)]

text: Straw Hat Pirates[edit]

text: The protagonists of the One Piece series are all the members of the Straw Hat Pirates (麦わらの一味, Mugiwara no Ichimi), a crew of nine pirates captained by Monkey D. Luffy. The crew's number increases throughout the series, as Luffy recruits new members. Once Usopp joins the Straw Hat Pirates, they gain their own ship, the Going Merry, which is later destroyed and replaced by a larger and more powerful vessel, the Thousand Sunny created by their shipwright Franky. Two years later, the Straw Hats gain a new fleet, called the Straw Hat Grand Fleet, consisting of 5,640 pirates from seven different crews; Luffy objects to the idea of being a fleet commander, and organizes his new army in a way that they may act independently, but when one crew is in trouble, the others must do what they can to help them.

text: Monkey D. Luffy[edit]

text: Monkey D. Luffy (モンキー・D・ルフィ, Monkī Dī Rufi) is the primary protagonist of the One Piece series. At age seven , he admires and tries to join the pirates of the "Red Haired" Shanks. Ridiculed and rejected, he inadvertently eats their treasure, the Paramecia-type Gum-Gum Fruit (ゴムゴムの実, Gomu Gomu no Mi), which gives his body the properties of rubber. His reckless efforts ultimately lead him into grave peril causing Shanks to lose an arm while rescuing him. After this, Luffy gives up on joining Shanks, resolving instead to start a crew of his own and become King of the Pirates.[ch. 1] Displeased by Shanks spoiling his grandson, Garp takes Luffy to be raised by Curly Dadan and her mountain bandits, who he strong-arms into taking him in. During Luffy's time there, he becomes a sworn brother with Garp's other ward Ace, and local runaway noble Sabo.[ch. 582–589] Ten years later, and still wearing Shanks' treasured head covering, Luffy forms and captains his own pirate crew called The Straw Hat Pirates and sets sail for the Grand Line, quickly gaining infamy as "Straw Hat" Luffy (麦わらのルフィ, Mugiwara no Rufi).[ch. 2, 7, 96, 98] Eventually, after his strength proves insufficient to save Ace from execution, he spends two years on a secluded island learning the use of the three colors of Haki as well as Gear Fourth from Silvers Rayleigh, before heading to the New World.[ch. 590–602] Luffy is voiced by Mayumi Tanaka.[1]

text: In the 4Kids Entertainment English adaptation, he is voiced by Erica Schroeder.[2] In the Funimation Entertainment English adaptation, his voice is supplied by Colleen Clinkenbeard.[3]

text: Roronoa Zoro[edit]

text: Roronoa Zoro (ロロノア・ゾロ, named after François l'Olonnais) is a swordsman who uses up to three swords simultaneously, holding one in each hand and a third in his mouth.[ch. 3, 5, 28] To fulfill a promise to Kuina, his deceased childhood rival, he aims to replace "Hawk Eye" Mihawk as the world's greatest swordsman.[ch. 5, 50] Traveling the seas in search of Mihawk and making a living as a bounty hunter, he becomes infamously known as "Pirate Hunter" Zoro (海賊狩りのゾロ, Kaizoku-Gari no Zoro). Eventually, he comes into conflict with Helmeppo. To prevent the harm of innocent civilians, Zoro allows himself to be incarcerated temporarily, while Helmeppo plots to have him killed. Zoro is saved from execution by Luffy in exchange for becoming his first crewman. At that point, Zoro makes it clear that he would turn on his captain if he ever stepped between him and his dream.[ch. 2–6] However, Zoro grows fond of his crew and after several defeats in their defense, his priorities change and he convinces Mihawk to take him on as a student.[ch. 51f., 485, 597]

text: In the anime television series, his voice actor is Kazuya Nakai.[1] In the 4Kids English adaptation, his name is spelled Roronoa Zolo, and he is voiced by Marc Diraison.[2] In the Funimation English adaptation, his voice is supplied by Christopher R. Sabat.[3]

text: Nami[edit]

text: Adopted and raised by navy seaman turned tangerine farmer Bellemere, Nami (ナミ) and her older sister Nojiko, witness their mother being murdered by the infamous Arlong, whose pirate gang occupies their island and extracts tribute from the population. Striking a deal with him, Nami, still a child, but already an accomplished cartographer who dreams of drawing a complete map of the world, joins the pirates, hoping to buy freedom for her village eventually. Growing up as a pirate-hating pirate, drawing maps for Arlong, and stealing treasure from other pirates, Nami becomes an excellent burglar, pickpocket, and navigator with an exceptional ability to forecast weather.[ch. 77, 95, 130] After Arlong betrays her, and he and his gang are defeated by the Straw Hat Pirates, Nami joins them in pursuit of her dream and acquires infamy herself as "Cat Burglar" Nami (泥棒猫のナミ, Dorobō Neko no Nami).[ch. 94f., 435]

text: In the anime television series, Nami is voiced by Akemi Okamura,[4] In the 4Kids English adaptation, she is voiced by Kerry Williams.[5] In the Funimation English adaptation, her voice is provided by Luci Christian.[6]

text: Usopp[edit]

text: During his early childhood, Usopp (ウソップ, Usoppu) is abandoned by his father, Yasopp, who leaves to join the Red-Haired Pirates. Then, as Banchina (バンキーナ, Bankīna), his mother falls ill, Usopp starts telling tall tales, expressing his hope that his father will return and take them out to sea. Even after his mother dies, Usopp does not blame his father for leaving. Despite his cowardly disposition, he strives to become a great pirate himself.[ch. 25, 41] He is a gifted inventor, painter, and sculptor, and faster than the speed of light itself.[ch. 42, 106, 190] In combat, he relies primarily on slingshots to fire various kinds of ammunition with great precision.[ch. 332] Later in the series, he achieves Observation Haki, while defending his captain. Eventually, he achieves notoriety under his alter-ego "Sniper King the King of Snipers" (狙撃の王様そげキング, Sogeki no Ō-sama Sogekingu), a hero sniper wearing a golden mask and cape. Still later in the series he is known as "God" Ussop [ch. 435]

text: In the anime series, his voice actor is Kappei Yamaguchi.[1] Jason Griffith and Sonny Strait provide his voice in the 4Kids and Funimation English adaptations, respectively.[3][7]

text: In a 2007 Oricon poll, Usopp was voted the 10th most wanted character to receive a spin-off among all respondents, and the 5th most popular among males.[8] In a review of Funimation Entertainment's second DVD release for Mania Entertainment, Bryce Coulter notes that Usopp "brings lots of comic relief to the series", but also comments that he "can be downright annoying at times".[9]

text: Vinsmoke Sanji [edit]

text: While serving as an apprentice cook on a passenger ship, nine-year-old Vinsmoke Sanji (ヴィンスモーク・サンジ, Vinsumōku Sanji) stands up to a boarding party of pirates led by the infamous "Red Foot" Zeff (赫足のゼフ, Aka-Ashi no Zefu). During the encounter, Sanji is swept into the sea by a massive wave. Zeff jumps in after him because of their common dream of finding the All Blue (オールブルー, Ōru Burū), a legendary sea, containing every kind of fish in the world. While castaways together, the pirate saves Sanji's life yet again by giving him all of their food. After their eventual rescue, Sanji stays with Zeff for several years and helps him build a floating restaurant, the Baratie (バラティエ). Zeff in turn makes him a first-rate cook and teaches him his kick-based fighting style.[ch. 56–59] Mirroring Zeff, Sanji will never refuse a starving person a meal, and when fighting only uses his legs, to protect the hands he needs to cook.[ch. 48, 370] He also develops an unusual weakness for women, and makes it a principle never to harm one, even if it means his death.[ch. 403] Eventually, he becomes infamous under the name of "Black Leg" Sanji (黒脚のサンジ, Kuro Ashi no Sanji),[ch. 435] and, while training for a period of two years in Emporio Ivankov's Kamabakka Queendom (カマバッカ王国, Kamabakka Ōkoku), develops the Sky Walk (空中歩行 (スカイ・ウォーク), Sukai Wōku), a variant of the Six Powers (六式, Rokushiki) technique Moonwalk (月歩, Geppo), which allows him to essentially run through air.[ch. 635]

text: In the Japanese anime television series, he is voiced by Hiroaki Hirata.[10] In the 4Kids English adaptation, he is voiced by David Moo.[11] In the Funimation English adaptation, his voice is supplied by Eric Vale.[3]

text: Tony Tony Chopper[edit]

text: Tony Tony Chopper (トニートニー・チョッパー, Tonī Tonī Choppā) is a doctor and a blue-nosed reindeer. The power of the Zoan-type Human-Human Fruit (ヒトヒトの実, Hito Hito no Mi) provides him with the ability to transform into a reindeer or a reindeer hybrid.[ch. 140] A self-developed drug he calls Rumble Ball (ランブル・ボール, Ranburu Bōru) enables him to perform even more transformations.[ch. 149] When complimented, Chopper acts really sad and sometimes yells at the animal who complimented him to stop trying to make him happy.[ch. 140]

text: His voice actress is Ikue Ōtani.[12]Kazue Ikura voiced Tony Tony Chopper for episodes 254-263.[citation needed] In the 4Kids and Funimation English adaptations, his voice is supplied by Lisa Ortiz and Brina Palencia, respectively.[13][14]

text: When creating Chopper, Oda wanted a mascot who is both cute and very weak.[15] An IGN review of the manga praised Chopper's character as one of the best in the series and said that he was able to be both touching and funny.[16] With Chopper's back story, Oda wanted to illustrate that one need not be blood-related to be considered family.[17]

text: Nico Robin[edit]

text: Growing up in Ohara (オハラ), home of the world's oldest and largest library, Nico Robin (ニコ・ロビン, Niko Robin) becomes an archaeologist at the age of eight.[ch. 218,391f.] At some point she gains the power of the Paramecia-type Flower-Flower Fruit (ハナハナの実, Hana Hana no Mi), which allows her to have temporary copies of parts of her body, including her eyes and ears, which spring up on surfaces near her.[ch. 170] Behind her teachers' backs she acquires from them the outlawed knowledge of how to translate the ancient stones called Ponegliffs (歴史の本文 ( ポーネグリフ), Pōnegurifu, alt. Poneglyphs), which are scattered around the world. She comes to share their goal of finding the illusive Real Ponegliff (真の歴史の本文 (リオ・ポーネグリフ), Rio Pōnegurifu), which is said to tell the world's lost history.[ch. 218] However, the World Government finds out about these efforts and sends a battlefleet to stop them. Only Robin escapes the devastating attack that claims the lives of the island's entire population, including that of her mother.[ch. 218, 395] Called "Devil Child" (悪魔の子, Akuma no Ko), traumatized, and with a bounty on her head, Robin lives a life on the run, unable to trust anyone.[ch. 218] To survive, she cooperates with various pirates and other outlaws, until eventually joining forces with Sir Crocodile, leading Baroque Works with him, using the codename "Ms. All-Sunday" (ミス・オールサンデー, Misu Ōrusandē).[ch. 398] and becoming their vice-president.[ch. 218] After Baroque Works falls apart, with nowhere else to go, she tags along with the Straw Hat Pirates[ch. 218] and grows so fond of them that she gives herself up to the Government in order to save them. Only after they discover her motives, and declare open war on her powerful nemesis to get her back, does she come to realize that she has finally found people who will never sell her out, and becomes a part of the crew.[citation needed] After the two-year period where the Straw Hats are separated, Robin further hones her Devil Fruit powers to the point she can create a full-bodied duplicate of herself.

text: In the anime television series, Robin's voice actress is Yuriko Yamaguchi.[18] In the 4Kids English adaptation, her Baroque Works codename was changed to Miss Sunday and she is voiced by Veronica Taylor.[13] In the Funimation English adaptation, her voice is supplied by Stephanie Young.[19]

text: Franky[edit]

text: The son of pirate parents who abandon him at age ten, Cutty Flam (カティ・フラム, Kati Furamu), nicknamed Franky (フランキー, Furankī), is taken in as an apprentice by a shipwright who secretly holds the plans for a devastating ancient weapon.[ch. 344, 354, 427] Franky's recklessness eventually provides an opportunity for World Government agents seeking these plans.[ch. 356] Attempting to rescue his master, Franky suffers severe injuries and only survives by rebuilding parts of his body using pieces of scrap metal, turning himself into a cola-powered cyborg with super-human strength.[ch. 336, 339, 352, 357f.] After gaining notoriety as "Cyborg" Franky (サイボーグ フランキー, Saibōgu Furankī), and to fulfill his dream of sailing a ship he built around the world, he constructs the Thousand Sunny, a brigantine-rigged sloop-of-war, for the Straw Hat Pirates and joins the crew.[ch. 435–437]

text: In the anime television series, his voice actor is Kazuki Yao.[20] Patrick Seitz provides his voice in the Funimation English adaptation.[21]

text: Brook[edit]

text: Already a pirate before the time of Roger, "Humming" Brook (ブルック, Burukku) first enters the Grand Line as vice-captain of the music-themed Rumbar Pirates. Leaving their pet, the infant whale Laboon at Reverse Mountain, they promise to return after sailing around the world.[ch. 487] Instead, they are annihilated, with one exception. The power of the Paramecia-type Revive-Revive Fruit (ヨミヨミの実, Yomi Yomi no Mi) allows "Dead Bones" Brook to rise again and live a second life as a skeleton.[ch. 443] Fifty years later, Brook's goal is still to fulfill his late crew's promise, and to that end he joins the Straw Hat Pirates.[ch. 459][citation needed] He is an excellent musician, who says that he can play any instrument, although he is usually seen playing the violin.[ch. 486] He can even influence people with his music to the point of making them fall asleep.[ch. 454] While separated from the other Straw Hats, and incognito as "Soul King" Brook, he gains world fame, filling concert halls with fans.[ch. 600] He is also a skilled fencer who uses a shikomizue (a Japanese cane sword) in battle.[citation needed] His reduced weight allows him to jump extraordinarily high and to run across water.[ch. 443, 493] Eventually, he learns how to use his devil fruit ability to leave his skeleton body and explore his surroundings as a disembodied soul.[citation needed]

text: The idea of a skeleton musician was first conceived by Oda in 2000, about the time of Laboon's introduction and more than half a decade before the first appearance of Brook.[22]

text: He is voiced by Chō.[23] Ian Sinclair provides his voice in the Funimation English adaptation.[24]

text: Other groups and organizations[edit]

text: Alabasta Kingdom [edit]

text: The Alabasta Kingdom (アラバスタ王国, Arabasuta Oukoku) is a desert climate island in the Grand Line ruled by Nefeltari Vivi's father, Nefeltari Cobra (ネフェルタリ・コブラ, Neferutari Kobura).[citation needed] The nation's army, the Alabasta Royal Guard, is commanded by Igaram (イガラム, Igaramu), a man who fights with a saxophone that shoots bullets when played,[citation needed] and guns hidden in his hair that fire when he pulls his neck tie.[citation needed] Next in line after Igaram are Chaka and Pell, dubbed the strongest warriors of Alabasta. Other inhabitants include Vivi's childhood friend, and later rebel leader, Koza and his father Toh-Toh. The Straw Hats are welcomed here thanks to their help saving the kingdom.

text: Arlong Pirates [edit]

text: The Arlong Pirates (アーロン一味, Āron Ichimi) are a pirate crew consisting mostly of fishmen led by Arlong and several officers: Kuroobi,[b] a manta ray fishman who uses "Fishman Karate", Choo,[c] a Japanese whiting fishman who spits water as if firing bullets, as well as Hatchan and Nami, who left the crew following its defeat by the Straw Hat Pirates.[ch. 69, 75, 93f.]

text: Baroque Works[edit]

text: Baroque Works (バロック・ワークス, Barokku Wākusu) is a secret organization of more than two thousand members whose aim is to stage a coup d'état in the Alabasta Kingdom. Using code names, Mr. 0 and Ms. All-Sunday serve as the organization's president and vice-president respectively. Taking orders directly from them are thirteen male agents, who use the code names Mr. 1 through Mr. 13, and their female partners, who use code names taken from days of the week or holidays and happy events.[ch. 161f.] Agents Mr. 1 through Mr. 5, and their partners, are called Officer Agents and entrusted with only the most important of missions.[ch. 155] Daz Bones (ダズ・ボーネス, Dazu Bōnesu), whose body possesses the qualities of bladed steel, and Pola (ポーラ, Pōra), whose body can grow spikes, work together as Mr. 1 and Ms. Doublefinger (ミス・ダブルフィンガー, Misu Daburufingā, named after New Year's Day)[d][ch. 190, 533] Mr. 2 Bon Clay, being a drag queen, serves as his own partner.[ch. 155, 161f.] Mr. 3 works with Ms. Golden Week (ミス・ゴールデンウィーク, Misu Gōruden Wīku, named after the Japanese Golden Week), an artist who can manipulate emotions using paint.[ch. 124, 161] Mr. 4, who fights using a four-ton baseball bat, works with Ms. Merry Christmas (ミス・メリークリスマス, Misu Merī Kurisumasu), who can transform into a mole or mole-human hybrid.[ch. 160, 183] Mr. 5 can cause explosions with any part of his body, including his mucus and breath. His partner, Ms. Valentine (ミス・バレンタイン, Misu Barentain), can change her weight at will.[ch. 111f., 124]

text: Bellamy Pirates [edit]

text: The Bellamy Pirates (ベラミー海賊団, Beramī Kaizokudan) is a pirate crew originating from the North Blue, and allies with the Donquixote Pirates. The captain of the crew is Bellamy "the Hyena" (ハイエナのベラミー, Haiena no Beramī, named after Samuel Bellamy), a blonde-haired man with the power of the Paramecia-type Boing-Boing Fruit (バネバネの実, Bane Bane no Mi), which allows him to turn his legs into springs to bounce off surfaces and gain momentum for his attacks.[ch. 230f.] After his defeat at the hands of Luffy, Doflamingo dismisses Bellamy, who later becomes a fighter in Dressrosa. The crew's first mate is "Big Knife" Sarquiss (サーキース, Sākīsu, alt. "Sarkies"), a blue-haired bespectacled man.[ch. 223] Other crew members include: Lily,[ch. 223] Ross, the navigator Eddy, the chef Hewitt, the sniper Rivers, Mani, and the doctor Muret.

text: Blackbeard Pirates [edit]

text: The Blackbeard Pirates (黒ひげ海賊団, Kurohige Kaizokudan) are a group of very powerful pirates led by Blackbeard. Initially, his crew consists of the marksman Van Ogre (ヴァン･オーガー, Van Ōgā); Jesus Burgess (ジーザス･バージェス, Jīzasu Bājesu), the crew's helmsman who possesses immense physical strength; the exiled policeman Laffitte (ラフィット, Rafitto, a name shared by well-known early 19th century pirates Pierre and Jean Lafitte); and the sickly physician Doc Q (ドクQ, Doku Kyū),[ch. 234] with his equally sickly horse Strongheart (ストロンガー, Sutorongā).[ch. 223] Later Blackbeard recruits a number of prisoners from Impel Down: San Juan Wolf (サンファン・ウルフ, Sanfan Urufu), Vasco Shot (バスコ・ショット, Basuko Shotto), Catarina Devon (カタリーナ・デボン, Katarīna Debon), and Avalo Pizarro (アバロ・ピサロ, Abaro Pisaro), as well as the prison's deposed chief jailer, Shiliew (シリュウ, Shiryū).[ch. 576]

text: Black Cat Pirates [edit]

text: The Black Cat Pirates are a cat-themed crew of pirates led by Captain Kuro (クロ, Kuro, lit. "Black"), nicknamed Kuro the "Thousand Plans" (百計のクロ, Hyakkei no Kuro), who is known for his elaborate plans.[ch. 26] Wishing to leave his identity behind, and to escape the pirate lifestyle of always being on the run,[ch. 37] he becomes butler to Kaya, a childhood friend of Usopp.[citation needed] He considers his crew as nothing but pawns to carry out his plans and, if he so pleases, to die for him.[ch. 38] Kuro fights using a pair of gloves equipped with very long, straight, single edged blades. Wearing these, he adopted his signature habit of adjusting his constantly slipping glasses by using only the palm of his hand to avoid cutting his face.[ch. 33] Other members of the crew include Jango, and the Meowban Brothers, Siam (シャム, Shamu) and Butchie (ブチ, Buchi).

text: Carl Kimlinger of Anime News Network praised Kuro as being "both unspeakably cool and utterly vile".[25]

text: Buggy's Band of Pirates [edit]

text: Buggy's Band of Pirates (バギー海賊団, Bagī Kaizokudan) is a circus-themed group of pirates led by Buggy the Clown, one of the Seven Warlords after the 2-year timeskip. His second in command is the beast tamer Mohji (モージ, Mōji), who is usually accompanied by his pet lion Richie (リッチー, Richī).[ch. 12] Third in line is the acrobat Cabaji (カバジ, Kabaji).[ch. 15] Following Buggy's escape from Impel Down, the Buggy Pirates are joined by some of his fellow escapees,[ch. 593] and from early on, the group is accompanied by Alvida (アルビダ, Arubida, named after the Scandinavian pirate Awilda), a pirate who is out to make Luffy "her man".[ch. 50, 98]

text: Cipher Pol Number 9 (サイファーポールナンバーナイン, Saifā Pōru Nanbā Nain), abbreviated as CP9 (シーピーナイン, Shī Pī Nain), is the secret, ninth unit of the World Government's intelligence agency Cipher Pol based at Enies Lobby.[ch. 346] Specializing in assassination,[ch. 382] they utilize a weapon-themed martial art called the Six Powers (六式, Rokushiki).[ch. 347] The group is commanded by Spandam (スパンダム, Supandamu), the self-centered son of the group's previous leader Spandine (スパンダイン, Supandain) who is obsessed over moving up in the World Government.[ch. 358][ch. 391][ch. 392] Though extremely weak compared to his subordinates, Spandam carries the sword Funkfreed (ファンクフリード, Fanku Furīdo) which is capable of transforming into an elephant or an elephant-sword hybrid.[ch. 379][ch. 400] Next in command is Rob Lucci (ロブ･ルッチ, Robu Rutchi), a man known for ruthlessly and mercilessly enforcing the World Government's "justice".[ch. 422] He can transform into a leopard or leopard-human hybrid and is always accompanied by his pigeon, Hattori (ハットリ).[ch. 327, 349] Despite their failure at Enies Lobby to get Nico Robin to the Gates of Justice, Spandam is hospitalized and Lucci is defeated by Luffy, they are eventually promoted to Cipher Pol Aigis 0 (サイファーポールイージスゼロ, Saifā Pōru Ījisu Zero), abbreviated as CP-0 (シーピーゼロ, Shī Pī Zero), the World Government's elite enforcement unit.

text: Other Devil-Fruit using members of CP9 include the skilled giraffe-human Zoan swordsman Kaku (カク, Kaku) [ch. 401], the deceptive wolf-human Zoan martial artist Jabra (ジャブラ, Jabura)[ch. 413f.], Blueno (ブルーノ, Burūno) who travels great distances with manifested "air doors"[ch. 374], and Califa (カリファ, Karifa) whose "strength-cleaning" bubbles that turn a person into a slippery mannequin. Its other two members are Kumadori (クマドリ), a man who resembles a kabuki actor and uses an ability called "Life Return" to control every cell in his body[ch. 406], and Fukurō (フクロウ), an owl-shaped man with a zipper across his mouth which has to be open in order for him to speak.[ch. 375] [ch. 408]. CP9 also had a new member in Nero (ネロ), a man with weasel whiskers who had not fully mastered all the Rokushiki skills and was killed by Lucci for his failure.[ch. 257]

text: Dressrosa [edit]

text: Dressrosa (ドレスローザ, Doresurōza) is a kingdom within the New World. Initially it is ruled by the Riku Family (リク一族, Riku Ichizoku), led by Riku Dold III (リク・ドルド3世, Riku Dorudo Sansei). He has two daughters: Viola (ヴィオラ, Viora), whose ability allows her to see through everything and read the minds of others; and Scarlett (スカーレット, Sukāretto), who marries Kyros (キュロス, Kyurosu), the best fighter of Dressrosa, and has a daughter, Rebecca (レベッカ, Rebekka). Years later Donquixote Doflamingo stages a mutiny and dethrones King Dold.

text: Other inhabitants include Tank Lepanto (タンク・レパント, Tanku Repanto), the former commander of Dressrosa's Self-Defense Army; and Gatz (ギャッツ, Gyattsu), the announcer at the Corrida Colosseum.

text: Don Quixote Pirates [edit]

text: The Don Quixote Pirates (ドンキホーテ海賊団, Donkihōte Kaizoku-dan), or Don Quixote Family (ドンキホーテファミリー, Donkihōte Famirī), are a pirate crew led by Don Quixote Doflamingo.[ch. 762] It is divided into three groups, each led by one of the top three officers.[ch. 732]

text: Trébol's Army is led by Trébol (トレーボル, Torēboru), a man who can turn into an adhesive and highly sticky liquid; Sugar (シュガー, Shugā), a girl who can turn people into toys; Jora (ジョーラ, Jōra), a woman who transforms things into modern art; and Violet, who possess the ability to see through everything and read other's minds, she is also the princess of Dressrosa Viola.

text: Diamante's Army is led by Diamante (ディアマンテ, Diamante), whose ability allows him to flatten, reform, and fold anything while still retaining its original characteristics. It is made up of Lao G (ラオ・G, Rao Jī), an old skilled martial artist; Machvise (マッハバイス, Mahhabaisu), a strong man who can change his weight; Senor Pink (セニョール・ピンク, Senyōru Pinku), a man who can swim on the ground or through walls; and Dellinger (デリンジャー, Derinjā), a boy who possesses both human and Fighter Fish men genes and fights with kicks.

text: Pica's Army is led by Pica (ピーカ, Pīka), who can absorb, manipulate and merge with stone. It is made up of Baby 5 (ベビー5, Bebī Faibu), a girl who can change any part of her body into any kind of weapon; Buffalo (バッファロー, Baffarō), whose ability allows him to turn into a rotating man; and Gladius (グラディウス, Guradiusu), a man who can make his own body or any inorganic object he touches rupture and explode.

text: Other crew members are: Caesar Clown, Bellamy, Monet and Vergo (ヴェルゴ, Verugo).

text: Inhabitants of Fishman Island [edit]

text: Lying on the ocean floor halfway through the Grand Line, Fishman Island is inhabited primarily by fishmen (魚人, gyojin) and merefolk (人魚, ningyo).[citation needed] The average fishman has ten times the strength of a human, can breathe underwater, and swim very fast.[ch. 70f., 495]

text: Four Emperors [edit]

text: The most powerful pirates in the New World are referred to as the Four Emperors (四皇, Yonkō). Initially the group consists of Shanks, Whitebeard, Kaido (カイドウ, Kaidō), and Big Mom (ビッグ・マム, Biggu Mamu), forming a precarious balance of power with The Seven Warlords of the Sea and the Navy Headquarters that keeps the world at peace until Blackbeard's capture of Ace. This leads to a war between the Whitebeard Pirates and the World Government, and results in Whitebeard's death.[ch. 432, 483, 576, 581] Two years later, Blackbeard is considered to have assumed Whitebeard's position.[ch. 650]

text: Foxy Pirates [edit]

text: The Foxy Pirates (フォクシー海賊団, Fokushī Kaizokudan) is a crew specializing in a pirate game known as the "Davy Back Fight" wherein pirate crews can win crewmen from their opponents.[ch. 306] The crew is led by Foxy (フォクシー, Fokushī), nicknamed "Silver Fox" (銀ギツネ, Gin Gitsune), a cheater and trickster.[ch. 307] Though he acts supremely confident most of the time, he is extremely sensitive to insults or criticism.[ch. 306] Having eaten the Slow-Slow Fruit (ノロノロの実, Noro Noro no Mi), Foxy can emit microscopic particles from his hands which can temporarily slow down any object, reducing its velocity, while preserving its kinetic energy.[ch. 309] Other members of Foxy's numerous crew include Porche, the crew's idol, and Hamburg, who occasionally serves as Foxy's mount.

text: Germa Kingdom[edit]

text: The Germa Kingdom (ジェルマ王国, Jeruma Oukoku) is Sanji's fatherland. It is ruled by Sanji's father, Vinsmoke Judge (ヴィンスモーク・ジャッジ, Vinsumōku Jajji).

text: God's Army[edit]

text: God's Army (神の軍団, Kami no Gundan) is the personal army of Eneru, consisting of himself, Kami's Vassals:[e] Satori,[f] Gedatsu,[g] Shura,[h] and Ohm,[i] and the fifty Enforcers,[j] led by Enforcer Commander Yama.[k][ch. 246, 254, 257] In combat, the Vassals and Enforcers rely heavily on various types of dials. The Vassals and Eneru are also skilled users of the Color of Observation Haki, which they refer to as Mantra.[l][ch. 257, 597]

text: Impel Down [edit]

text: Impel Down (インペルダウン, Inperu Daun) is one of three main locations of the World Government and the world's greatest prison.[ch. 525] Chief Warden of Impel Down is Magellan (マゼラン, Mazeran), a man with the ability of the Paramecia-type Venom-Venom Fruit (ドクドクの実, Doku Doku no Mi), which allows him to generate and manipulate poison as well as making him immune to any type of poison. However, his ability does not spare him from diarrhea caused by poisoned food. As a result, he spends about ten hours per day in the bathroom relieving himself.[ch. 528] Second in charge of Impel Down is the exceedingly ambitious Vice Chief Warden Hannyabal (ハンニャバル, Hannyabaru).[ch. 526] He often shows off how tough he is to the prisoners, which earns him admiration among the guards.[ch. 536] However, he cares more about his own position than the security of the prison.[ch. 535] His weapon of choice is a double bladed naginata.[ch. 543] Below Hannyabal stand the Chief Guards Sadie (サディ, Sadi) and Saldeath (サルデス, Sarudesu). Sadie is a very sadistic woman who uses a thin, torturing whip in battle.[ch. 543] Saldeath wields a trident, which also functions as a flute to direct his subordinates, the Blugori, blue, legless creatures resembling gorillas.[ch. 528, 543]

text: Krieg Pirates [edit]

text: The Krieg Pirates are a pirate crew led by Don Krieg (首領 (ドン)・クリーク, Don Kurīku), nicknamed "Foul Play" Krieg (ダマシ討ちのクリーク, Damashi Uchi no Kurīku), a man well known for his underhanded tactics.[ch. 46] Krieg does not care for his crew and bullies them to fear and obey him.[ch. 49] He punishes those who fail him and those who show weakness.[ch. 61f.] Krieg wears a gilded suit of steel armor filled with hidden weapons such as guns, bombs, etc.[ch. 47] Krieg also uses a weapon called the "Mighty Battle Spear", that is not only a spear, but can release explosions and remain intact. Other crew members include Krieg's chief commander, Ghin, and the Pearl.

text: Kuja [edit]

text: The Kuja (九蛇) are a tribe of women living on Amazon Lily (アマゾン・リリー, Amazon Rirī), a China-inspired island, where men are forbidden.[ch. 514f., 535] It is ruled by Boa Hancock, who also captains a group of pirates made up of the strongest fighters of the Kuja, including her two younger sisters who possess the Zoan-type abilities of the Snake-Snake Fruit (ヘビヘビの実, Hebi Hebi no Mi), allowing the middle sister, Boa Sandersonia (ボア・サンダーソニア, Boa Sandāsonia), to transform into an anaconda or anaconda-human hybrid, and the youngest sister, Boa Marigold (ボア・マリーゴールド, Boa Marīgōrudo), to turn into a cobra or cobra-human hybrid.[ch. 519]

text: Mink Tribe [edit]

text: Mink Tribe (ミンク族, Minku Zoku) is a tribe of various animals living on a gigantic elephant named "Zunisha" as the island is known as "Zou". The Mink Tribe's city is known as Mokomo Dukedom. The Mokomo Dukedom is led by Inuarashi (イヌアラシ) who leads the tribe from dusk to dawn, and Nekomamushi (ネコマムシ) who leads tribe from dawn to dusk. The Mink Tribe is loyal to the Wano Country as they shared unbreakable ancestral bonds. The red colored Poneglyph belongs to the Mink Tribe, which proves to be a very useful information to find Raftel.The ruler at night is called Cat Viper or Nekomamushi. The ruler during the day is named Dogstorm or Inuarashi.

text: Navy[edit]

text: The Navy[m] (海軍, Kaigun), translated as the "Marines" in FUNimation's English dub,[n] are a maritime force under the command of the World Government. Currently the position of fleet admiral, who is the leader of the organization, is occupied by Akainu. The greatest forces are the three admirals, who are currently Kizaru, Fujitora, and Ryokugyu. The corrupted Commander Ax-Hand Morgan (father of Helmeppo) was the first high ranking commander of the Navy depicted in the series until stripped of his status when he was defeated by Luffy.

text: New Fishman Pirates [edit]

text: The New Fishman Pirates (新魚人海賊団, Shin-Gyojin Kaizoku-dan) are a pirate group of fishmen-supremacists led by the great white shark-fishman Hody Jones (ホーディ・ジョーンズ, Hōdi Jōnzu).[ch. 631] Hody is responsible for assassinating Otohime, the queen of Fishman Island. The pirates eventually make a pact with Vander Decken IX (バンダー・デッケン九世, Bandā Dekken Kyūsei), (another fishman pirate with the power of the Paramecia-type Target-Target Fruit (マトマトの実, Mato-Mato no Mi) to lock on any target at will, so long as he touches the target first}, to plot the complete destruction of Fishman Island by initiating a coup d'etat. Jones broadcasts a message to the island, announcing that he will execute Neptune, its current ruler, to take over the kingdom, and then kill the Straw Hat Pirates. However, Luffy eventually teams up with Jimbei, to launch a combined assault on the pirates – defeating them and saving Fishman Island.

text: Punk Hazard people [edit]

text: Punk Hazard (パンクハザード島, Panku Hazādo-tō) is an island which is half hot and half cold, because Akainu and Aokiji fought there for the post of fleet admiral. On the island lives Caesar Clown, and his henchmen who have aspects of mythological creatures like centaurs and satyrs, because Trafalgar Law gave them animal parts. Next in line after Caesar is Monet (モネ, Mone), a harpy-like girl with the ability to transform into snow. Brownbeard (茶ひげ, Chahige), the leader of the army of centaurs, is pirate who has crocodile legs added by Law.

text: The island is also inhabited by children, kidnapped by Caesar, who are used for his experiments.

text: Red-Haired Pirates [edit]

text: The Red-Haired Pirates (赤髪海賊団, Akagami Kaizokudan) are led by "Red-Haired" Shanks. Other members include: Ben Beckman (ベン・ベックマン, Ben Bekkuman), the first mate; Lucky Roux (ラッキー・ルウ, Rakkī Ruu), a large man often seen eating; and Yasopp (ヤソップ, Yasoppu), a skilled sniper and father of Usopp.

text: Revolutionary Army [edit]

text: The "Revolutionary Army" (革命軍, Kakumeigun) is an army of globally operating revolutionaries, openly aiming to overthrow the World Government. To that end, they incite revolutions in countries around the world. The organization is led by the world's most wanted man, Monkey D. Dragon (モンキー・D・ドラゴン, Monkī Dī Doragon), who is known to the public only as Dragon.[ch. 432] Also unknown to the public are his family ties; he is the son of Garp and father of Luffy.[ch. 432] Next in command after Dragon is Sabo (サボ, Sabo), Luffy's brother. Koala (コアラ, Koara) is the army's Substitute Fishman Karate Instructor.

text: Other revolutionaries are: Dragon's comrade Emporio Ivankov (エンポリオ・イワンコフ, Enporio Iwankofu), nicknamed "Miracle Person" (奇跡の人, Kiseki no Hito), who is the queen of the drag queen (お釜, okama) kingdom Kamabakka (カマバッカ), and can inject hormones into a person's body by making his finger nails into syringes, creating various effects like increased healing abilities, increased vigor, or changing the person's gender[ch. 537–539]; Inazuma (イナズマ),[ch. 539], who can turn his hands into giant scissors capable of cutting and deforming almost anything as if it were paper[ch. 540]; and Bartholomew Kuma.[citation needed]

text: Seven Warlords of the Sea [edit]

text: The Seven Warlords of the Sea (七武海, Shichibukai), the full title being The Royal Seven Warlords of the Sea (王下七武海, Ōka Shichibukai), are a group of up to seven powerful pirates sanctioned by the World Government who hand over a fraction of their loot to the Government. The Government's idea is to use powerful pirates to fight all the lesser ones. Other pirates consider the Warlords to be "government dogs".[ch. 69] For their allegiance, the World Government pardons these pirates for their crimes and removes bounties from their heads.[ch. 342] The Seven Warlords are loosely based on the European privateers, government endorsed pirates considered heroes in their homeland and pillagers in others.[ch. 260] Initially, the group's members are: Dracule Mihawk, Crocodile, Gecko Moriah, Jimbei, Boa Hancock, Donquixote Doflamingo, and Bartholomew Kuma.[ch. 69, 113, 234, 455, 516] Following the exposure of Baroque Works, Crocodile is replaced by Blackbeard, who soon leaves the group again, along with Jimbei, who resigns to side with Whitebeard against the World Government, and Moriah, who is discarded by the World Government and narrowly escapes an assassination attempt.[ch. 474, 557, 576, 581, 595] The three open spots are eventually filled by Trafalgar Law, Buggy the Clown,[ch. 700] and Edward Weevil[ch. 802]. After Doflamingo's actions in Dressrosa are exposed, Law and Doflamingo are removed by the World Government.

text: Inhabitants of Skypiea[edit]

text: Skypiea (スカイピア, Sukaipia) is a land located in the sky above the Grand Line, consisting of Angel Island (エンジェル島, Enjeru Tō), one of several solid clouds, and Upper Yard, a lost part of the Grand Line island Jaya, believed by most to have sunk into the ocean. Skypiea is inhabitited by the original inhabitants of Angel Island, including Gan Fall, Pagaya, his daughter Conis (コニス, Konisu) and their pet, the "cloud fox" Suu (スー, Sū).[citation needed] Also living in Skypiea are the Shandorians, the original inhabitants of Jaya, led by Wyper (ワイパー, Waipā), an extremely violent man who is initially distrustful of outsiders. With the exception of Gan Fall, most of the inhabitants of Skypiea are shown to have bird-like wings on their back.

text: Sun Pirates[edit]

text: The Sun Pirates are a band of pirates consisting of fishmen and mermen, led by Fisher Tiger (フィッシャー・タイガー, Fisshā Taigā), and later by Jimbei. They attack any pirate ship they see, but no matter who is on it, they never kill directly. Their Sun insignia was created to cover up the mark of the Celestial Dragon's slave, "Hoof of the Soaring Dragon", since Tiger Fisher bore the mark from being a slave. But he had escaped the World Nobles and during his escape he freed other mermen/fishmen and Boa Hancock and her two sisters. With the Sun insignia, the World Government was unable to claim the slaves due to mass confusion over whether they were Sun Pirates or not.[ch. 620] Other members include: Arlong, Aladdin, Macro, Choo, Kuroobi and Hatchan. The group eventually disbands when Jimbei joins the Seven Warlords of the Sea.

text: Thriller Bark crew [edit]

text: The crew of the island-sized ship Thriller Bark (スリラーバーク, Surirā Bāku), captained by Gecko Moriah, consists mostly of zombies, numbering in the hundreds, created from corpses – patched up by Moriah's subordinate, the medical genius Hogback (ホグバック, Hogubakku) – given unlife in the form of shadows stolen using Moriah's devil fruit ability.[ch. 446, 449, 455] Placed in charge of the zombies are Moriah's other subordinates, "Graveyard" Absalom (アブサロム, Abusaromu), a man augmented by Hogback with various animal parts and capable of turning himself and anything he touches invisible, and "Ghost Princess" Perona (ペローナ, Perōna), a woman who can create ghosts with various abilities.[ch. 449, 461, 464f.]

text: Among the zombies created by Hogback and Moriah are Victoria Cindry (ビクトリア･シンドリー, Bikutoria Shindorī), a former famous stage actress whom Dr. Hogback was in love with; Ryuma (リューマ, Ryūma), a samurai from the Wano Country; Lola (ローラ, Rōra), a warthog-like zombie in love with Absalom; and Oars (オーズ, Ōzu), a giant formerly feared by all.

text: Wano Country [edit]

text: The Wano Country (ワノ国, Wano Kuni) is a nation in the New World unaffiliated with the World Government. It has its own warriors, the samurai, who are swordsmen so strong that not even the Marines go near them. It was first mentioned by Hogback, as Ryuma was from there. Aside from Ryuma, the only other known residents are Kin'emon of Foxfire (狐火の錦えもん, Kitsune-bi no Kin'emon) and his "son" Momonosuke (モモの助, Momonosuke), who met the Straw Hat Pirates in Punk Hazard, and temporarily accompanied them on their journey. The other known samurai is Kanjuro (カン十郎, Kanjūrō), Kin'emon's friend, who was kidnapped by the Donquixote Pirates.

text: Wapol Pirates [edit]

text: The Wapol Pirates (ワポル海賊団, Waporu Kaizokudan) are led by Wapol, the former King of Drum Island. He ate the Paramecia-type Munch-Munch Fruit (バクバクの実, Baku Baku no Mi) which allows him to eat virtually anything and take on its properties. His crew consists mostly of his former army. His closest underlings are Chess, who is a skilled archer, and Kuromarimo whose fighting style revolves around throwing parts of his Afro hair-cut.

text: Whitebeard Pirates[edit]

text: The Whitebeard Pirates (白ひげ海賊団, Shirohige Kaizokudan) are a group led by Whitebeard and sixteen division commanders, each in charge of one hundred men.[26] Members of the Whitebeard Pirates include the first division commander "Phoenix" Marco (不死鳥のマルコ, Fushichō no Maruko), who can transform into a phoenix or phoenix-human hybrid and is a skilled user of Haki;[ch. 434, 554] the second division commander "Fire Fist" Ace;[ch. 157] the third division commander "Diamond" Jozu (ダイヤモンド・ジョズ, Daiyamondo Jozu), who can turn parts of his body into diamond;[ch. 553] and Blackbeard who leaves and starts his own crew after murdering the fourth division commander Thatch (サッチ, Satchi).[ch. 440]

text: World Government[edit]

text: The World Government (世界政府, Sekai Seifu) is a global organization, affiliated with over 170 countries from around the world.[ch. 398] It is administered by a council of five older men known as the Five Elders (五老星, Gorōsei).[ch. 233] Eight centuries after its foundation by a group of twenty kings, their descendants, the World Nobles (世界貴族, Sekai Kizoku), also known as the Celestial Dragons (天竜人, Tenryūbito), live luxurious lives and abuse their power.[ch. 498]

text: Other characters[edit]

text: Akainu[edit]

text: Sakazuki (サカズキ), better known as Admiral Akainu (赤犬, lit. "Red Dog"), is a ruthless naval officer with the ability of the Logia-type Magma-Magma Fruit (マグマグの実, Magu Magu no Mi), which allows him to control, create, or transform into magma.[ch. 397, 573, 610] After Sengoku retires, Akainu wins the position of fleet admiral in a duel against Aokiji.[ch. 650] His appearance is modeled after Bunta Sugawara.[ch. 558]

text: He is voiced at first by Michio Nakao, later by Fumihiko Tachiki.[27][28] In the Funimation English adaptation, his voice is supplied by Andrew Love.[citation needed]

text: Aokiji[edit]

text: Kuzan (クザン), better known as Admiral Aokiji (青雉, lit. "Blue Pheasant"), is a lazy naval officer with the ability of the Logia-type Chilly-Chilly Fruit (ヒエヒエの実, Hie Hie no Mi), which allows him to freeze objects, to transform into it, or to create it.[ch. 319f., 393] On his retirement, Sengoku advocates for Aokiji to succeed him as fleet admiral.[ch. 594] Aokiji duels with Akainu for the position, but loses. Not wanting to serve under Akainu, he leaves the Navy. Eventually he forms an alliance with the Blackbeard Pirates.[ch. 650] Aokiji's appearance is modeled after Yusaku Matsuda.[ch. 558]

text: He is voiced by Takehito Koyasu.[29] In the Funimation English adaptation, his voice is initially supplied by Bob Carter, later by Jason Douglas.[30]

text: Arlong[edit]

text: "Saw-Tooth" Arlong (ノコギリのアーロン, Nokogiri no Āron) is a sawshark fishman and fishmen-supremacist.[ch. 69, 71] Growing up in a rough part of Fishman Island, he becomes captain of the Arlong Pirates, who temporarily merge with other fishmen to form the Sun Pirates.[ch. 621, 624] Arlong's powerful jaws have rapidly re-growing teeth capable of rending stone.[ch. 90] His favorite weapon is the sword-like Shark Saw (キリバチ, Kiribachi) with its six tooth-shaped blades.[ch. 92]

text: In the original Japanese series, his voice actor is Jūrōta Kosugi.[31] In the 4Kids English adaptation, he is voiced by David Wills.[32] In the Funimation English adaptation, his voice is supplied by Chris Rager.[33]

text: Bartholomew Kuma[edit]

text: The "Tyrant" (暴君, Bōkun), Bartholomew Kuma (バーソロミュー・くま, Bāsoromyū Kuma, kuma (熊) meaning bear), is one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea; the only one with a reputation for complete obedience to the World Government, when in fact he is an officer of the Revolutionary Army.[ch. 234, 473f., 603] The power of the Paramecia-type Paw-Paw Fruit (ニキュニキュの実, Nikyu Nikyu no Mi) allows his palms to repel anything, from physical objects such as people or air to abstracts such as pain and fatigue.[ch. 484f.] He can use this ability to safely transport himself or others over long distances.[ch. 514] Kuma is the model for the Pacifista (パシフィスタ, Pashifisuta), a class of experimental cyborgs created by the Government. Their bodies are made of a substance harder than steel, and they can shoot powerful blasts from their mouths that can melt metal.[ch. 485] The other Pacifista look just like Kuma, sharing his towering, bear-like stature, but lack the Paw-Paw Fruit's ability. Instead, they possess the ability to shoot laser beams from their palms.[ch. 508f.] At some point during his gradual conversion into the human weapon "PX-0", Kuma's personality is destroyed, leaving him a programmable fighting machine under the Government's control.[ch. 559f.]

text: In the original Japanese series, he is voiced by Hideyuki Hori.[34] Joel McDonald provides his voice in the Funimation English adaptation.[citation needed]

text: Blackbeard[edit]

text: Marshall D. Teech (マーシャル・D・ティーチ, Māsharu Dī Tīchi), better known as Blackbeard (黒ひげ, Kurohige), is the captain of the Blackbeard Pirates. As a member of the Whitebeard Pirates, he kills his crew mate Thatch to get hold of the Devil Fruit he has sought for several decades, the Dark-Dark Fruit (ヤミヤミの実, Yami Yami no Mi). It grants him the ability to create and control gravity fields, which are represented as flowing darkness, as well as the ability to disable the Devil Fruit powers of others, as long as he is touching the person. For betraying Whitebeard's crew, and the murder of his crewmate, he is pursued by Ace who eventually confronts him.[ch. 159, 440f.] After defeating Ace and turning him in to the World Government, he is appointed Crocodile's replacement as one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, a position he promptly abuses to expand his crew with prisoners from Impel Down and resigns once he is finished. After killing Whitebeard with the help of his new crew, Blackbeard somehow adds his former captain's Devil Fruit ability to his own and manages to take Whitebeard's place as one of the Four Emperors.[ch. 486, 576f., 650]

text: The character is based on and named after the historical pirate Edward "Blackbeard" Teach.[ch. 474] In the Japanese anime television series, his voice actor is Akio Ōtsuka.[35] In its Funimation English adaptation, his voice was supplied by Cole Brown until his death in November 2016.

text: Boa Hancock[edit]

text: Boa Hancock (ボア・ハンコック, Boa Hankokku) is a member of the all-female Kuja Tribe from the island of Amazon Lily.[ch. 515f.] Sold to the Celestial Dragons during childhood, she and her sisters are force-fed devil fruits and branded as slaves.[ch. 521] Eventually freed by Fisher Tiger, the three return to their people. Hancock becomes ruler and is referred to by her subjects as "Snake Princess" (蛇姫, Hebihime).[ch. 516, 521] Leading the Kuja Pirates, she quickly gains infamy as the "Pirate Empress" (海賊女帝, Kaizoku Jotei) and is offered membership in the Seven Warlords of the Sea.[ch. 516, 522] Despite resenting the World Government for her past enslavement, which she keeps a secret even from her kinswomen, Hancock accepts the position to protect her people. But when called upon to participate in the Government's war against the Whitebeard Pirates, she initially refuses and only reconsiders after falling in love with Luffy, who enlists her help to infiltrate Impel Down.[ch. 516f., 520–522] Hancock is capable of utilizing Haki, including the Color of the Supreme King.[ch. 519] The ability of the Paramecia-type Love-Love Fruit (メロメロの実, Mero Mero no Mi) allows her to turn anyone charmed by her into stone.[ch. 516, 521]

text: In the Japanese anime television series, her voice actress is Kotono Mitsuishi.[36] In the Funimation English adaptation, her voice is supplied by Lydia Mackay.

text: Bon Clay[edit]

text: Bentham (ベンサム, Bensamu), better known under his codename "Mr. 2 Bon Clay" (Mr. 2 ボン・クレー, Misutā Tsū Bon Kurē), is a drag queen (オカマ, okama) and a skilled martial artist with the power of the Paramecia-type Clone-Clone Fruit (マネマネの実, Mane Mane no Mi), which allows him to transform into an exact copy of anyone whose face he once touched with his right hand.[ch. 156, 532] He has a flamboyant attitude which includes singing and performing ballet moves. He is the only Baroque Works Officer Agent without a female partner,[ch. 155] because as a transvestite, he fills both roles himself. Likewise, his code name is a composite of a male Officer Agent's number, "Mr. 2", and a female Official Agent's holiday code name, "Bon Clay", which represents the Bon Festival and year-end festivals.[ch. 161f.]

text: In the original Japanese series, he is voiced by Kazuki Yao.[12] In the 4Kids English adaptation, he is voiced by Kevin Kolack.[37] In the Funimation English adaptation, his voice is supplied by Barry Yandell.[30]

text: Buggy[edit]

text: Buggy (バギー, Bagī) is a pirate with a preference for fighting with knives, a love of cannons, and a prominent red nose. While a junior member of the Roger Pirates, he gets hold of a devil fruit and a treasure map, intending to sell the fruit and search for the treasure, but Shanks accidentally causes him to swallow the fruit and drop the map into the sea, earning Buggy's resentment.[ch. 19, 434] Having consumed the Paramecia-type Chop-Chop Fruit (バラバラの実, Bara Bara no Mi), Buggy can separate his body into levitating parts and control them independently as long as they remain close, and at least one of his feet is on the ground. This ability also makes him immune to cutting attacks which will only separate him into parts.[ch. 526f.] Following the Roger Pirates' dissolution, Buggy becomes captain of the Buggy Pirates and achieves limited notoriety as "Buggy the Clown" (道化のバギー, Dōke no Bagī).[ch. 9] Eventually his involvement in the first mass breakout of Impel Down, and the Paramount War, earns him a sizable following of escapees, worldwide infamy as "The Genius Jester" (千両道化, Senryō Dōke), and a seat among the Seven Warlords of the Sea.[ch. 549, 700]

text: In the anime series, his voice actor is Shigeru Chiba.[1] In the 4Kids English adaptation, he is voiced by David Wills.[38] In the Funimation English adaptation, his voice is supplied by Mike McFarland.[3]

text: Buggy has ranked highly in the Weekly Shonen Jump One Piece Popularity Poll. In the 4th Japanese [Popularity Poll, Buggy is ranked the 21st-most popular character in One Piece.[39] His best ranking in a fan poll was 7th place in the first poll.[40] and his worst placement was place 30 in the third poll.[41] Various merchandise based on Buggy’s appearance has been created, including action figures and phone straps. Oda said that Buggy is his favorite antagonist, because of all of them he is the easiest to draw.[42]

text: Buggy has received much praise and criticism. Carl Kimlinger of Anime News Network said that Luffy’s fight with Buggy "sets the series' precedent for battles that are simultaneously tense and hilarious".[43] Jacob Hope Chapman of the same site said that seeing Buggy during the Jaya Arc was "entertaining".[44] Bryce Coulter of Mania Entertainment praised Chibi Buggy’s Adventure as one of the best arcs, and Buggy for his "slap-stick humour" and "Voltron-esque combining sequence".[45] He was "disappointed" that Buggy, Smoker, and the Strawhats did not have a conflict at sea.[46] On Luffy and Buggy’s alliance in Impel Down, Chris Beveridge said, "the two do make an amusing pairing as their flight through the first level goes on". He went on to say, "he never really cared for Buggy", but the Impel Down arc turned him into an "engaging character".[47] He said that he believes that Buggy is being set up as a regular character because he was "afraid he might lose him".[48] Pedro Cortes of Japanator said, "Buggy is always good for a laugh, so his bit was a welcomed respite from the oppressive marines beating down Luffy and the Whitebeard pirates."[49]

text: Caesar Clown[edit]

text: Caesar Clown (シーザー・クラウン, Shīzā Kuraun) is a navy scientist capable of transforming into gas due to Logia type Gas-Gas Fruit (ガスガスの実, Gasu Gasu no Mi). He is a former colleague of Dr. Vegapunk, and a leading expert on chemical weapons of mass destruction. He works for Donquixote Doflamingo creating artificial Devil Fruits called Smiles, and using kidnapped children in Punk Hazard for his experiments. He is also a member of the Donquixote Pirates. After his defeat at the hands of Monkey D. Luffy, he is taken to Dressrosa by the Straw Hat Pirates and Trafalgar Law to make a hostage swap with Doflamingo.

text: In the anime series, his voice actor is Ryūsei Nakao.

text: Cavendish[edit]

text: Cavendish (キャベンディッシュ, Kyabendisshu) also known as the "Pirate Prince" or "Cavendish of the White Horse", is a Super Rookie and the captain of the Beautiful Pirates, as well as the 1st division commander of the Straw Hat Grand Fleet. He joined as a gladiator at the Corrida Colosseum to compete for the Mera Mera no Mi. After the final battle against Donquixote Doflamingo, Cavendish pledged his loyalty to Monkey D. Luffy. He suffers from a split personality, changing into a bloodthirsty lunatic known as 'Hakuba' (ハクバ) when his dominant personality sleeps.

text: He is voiced by Akira Ishida.

text: Sir Crocodile[edit]

text: Sir Crocodile (サー･クロコダイル, Sā Kurokodairu), is a pirate with the ability of the Logia-type Sand-Sand Fruit (スナスナの実, Suna Suna no Mi), allowing him to manipulate sand,[ch. 170] absorb moisture with his right hand,[ch. 201] and, as long as he is not wet, turn his body into sand.[ch. 199] He wears a large golden alloy hook in place of a left hand,[ch. 160] which contains a potent poison and a dagger underneath.[ch. 204] Initially a member of The Seven Warlords of the Sea,[ch. 113] his title is revoked when it is discovered that he, under the code name of "Mr. 0" (ミスター・ゼロ, Misutā Zero),[ch. 127, 211] heads the criminal organization known as Baroque Works.[ch. 113]

text: In the original Japanese series, he is voiced by Ryūzaburō Ōtomo.[18] In the 4Kids adaptation, Crocodile is voiced by David Brimmer.[37] In the Funimation English adaptation, his voice is supplied by John Swasey.[30]

text: Django [edit]

text: Django (ジャンゴ, Jango) is a hypnotist with a habit of moonwalking. Introduced as first mate of the Black Cat Pirates, he eventually befriends the Navy officer Fullbody (フルボディ, Furubodi) and joins him in the service. Django's weapons of choice are chakrams which he uses for throwing, slashing and hypnotizing his enemies.

text: He is voiced by Kazuki Yao in the Japanese version. In the 4Kids English version, he is voiced by Oliver Wyman. In the Funimation English adaptation, his name is spelled "Jango" and his voice is supplied by Kenny Green.[3]

text: Dracule Mihawk[edit]

text: Dracule "Hawk-Eye"[o] Mihawk (ジュラキュール・ミホーク, Jurakyūru Mihōku) is one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea and the strongest swordsman in the world.[ch. 50, 52, 69] He is a pale-skinned man who travels in a small boat shaped like a coffin.[ch. 50, ?] His primary weapon is a Grosse Messer, with a black blade.[citation needed] He trains Zoro for two years, knowing he will only forfeit his pride and ask for guidance in the way of the sword if it means helping another.

text: Takeshi Aono provided his voice in the anime until 2010,[10] after which he was replaced by Hirohiko Kakegawa.[50] In the 4Kids English adaptation, he is voiced by Wayne Grayson.[51] In the Funimation English adaptation, his voice is supplied by John Gremillion.[3]

text: Don Quixote Doflamingo[edit]

text: Don Quixote Doflamingo (ドンキホーテ・ドフラミンゴ, Donkihōte Dofuramingo) is the captain of the Don Quixote Pirates, the usurper king of the island Dressrosa, and one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea.[ch. 234, 682, 728] The String-String Fruit (イトイトの実, Ito Ito no Mi) grants him the ability to control others using movements with his fingers similar to that of a puppeteer. It also grants him the ability to control sharp thin strings from his fingertips that can cut people, create clones of himself, and attach to the clouds in the sky to allow him to fly.[ch. 231][citation needed] He believes that the "Great Pirate Era" is nearing its end and a new age is about to begin.[ch. 303] He is a broker going under the alias of "Joker". He owns a large auction house at the Sabaody Archipelago where humans and other species are sold as slaves.[ch. 504] Eventually, after the Straw Hat Pirates and Dressrosa's citizens reveal his treacherous deeds, Doflamingo is defeated by Luffy and his title is revoked.

text: He is voiced by Hideyuki Tanaka.[52] In the Funimation English adaptation, his voice is supplied by Robert McCollum.[53]

text: Don Quixote Rosinante[edit]

text: Don Quixote Rosinante (ドンキホーテ・ロシナンテ, Donkihōte Roshinante) is the younger brother of Don Quixote Doflamingo, a commander of the Don Quixote Pirates occupying the Hearts Seat under the code name "Corazon" (コラソン, Korason), and an undercover agent from the Navy with the rank of commander who reports directly to the then Admiral Sengoku. He ate the Calm-Calm Fruit which grants him the ability to create a wall cancelling all sounds. He also makes use of this ability to make his elder brother believe that he has lost the power of speech after an unknown accident. He is the second person to occupy the Hearts Seat, his predecessor being Vergo. Don Quixote Rocinante is clumsy and is most often seen lighting his feather cloak up while trying to light a cigarette.

text: In the Japanese anime television series, he is voiced by Koichi Yamadera.

text: Eneru [edit]

text: Eneru (エネル) is the "God" of Skypiea. Though "God" is traditionally the title only for the island's ruler, he takes it literally, forcing the population to worship and serve him.[ch. 254f., 274] The Logia-type Rumble-Rumble Fruit (ゴロゴロの実, Goro Goro no Mi) grants him the ability to manipulate, generate, and transform into electricity.[ch. 266] He can also use Color of Observation Haki, called Mantra (マントラ, Mantora) on Skypiea.[ch. 257, 597] Used in conjunction, these abilities extend his hearing over the entire country and allow him to immediately punish those who speak up against him.[ch. 278] Eneru's overly long earlobes reach down to his chest, similar to some depictions of Buddha, and like the god of thunder and storms, Raijin, he wears a ring of drums, showing a tomoe on the drumhead, on his back.[ch. 254]

text: In the original Japanese series, Eneru is voiced by Toshiyuki Morikawa.[54] In the Funimation English adaptation, his voice actor is J. Michael Tatum.[55]

text: Mr. 3[edit]

text: Galdino (ギャルディーノ, Gyarudīno), better known under his Baroque Works code name "Mr. 3" (ミスター・スリー, Misutā Surī), is a sculptor with the ability of the Paramecia-type Wax-Wax Fruit (ドルドルの実, Doru Doru no Mi), which allows him to produce and to manipulate candle wax.[ch. 120, 532]

text: He is voiced by Nobuyuki Hiyama in the Japanese version of the franchise.[citation needed] In the English versions of the series, he is voiced by Tom Souhrada in the 4Kids dub,[37] and by Duncan Brannan in the Funimation dub.[citation needed]

text: Gecko Moria [edit]

text: Gecko Moria (ゲッコー･モリア, Gekkō Moria, a play on kōmori (蝙蝠)) is the captain of the island-sized ship Thriller Bark and a former member of the Seven Warlords of the Sea.[ch. 448] The Shadow-Shadow Fruit (カゲカゲの実, Kage Kage no Mi) grants him the ability to control his shadow, allowing it to act completely independent from his body, and to control the shadows of others.[ch. 455, 463] After his entire crew is annihilated by Kaido, he creates a completely obedient, immortal army of zombies by implanting stolen shadows into corpses.[ch. 457, 481] After the battle in Marineford, his Warlord title was revoked. He was to be eliminated by Donquixote Doflamingo but managed to escape.

text: In the Japanese anime television series, his voice actor is Katsuhisa Hōki.[56] In the Funimation English adaptation, he is voiced by Chris Guerrero.[citation needed]

text: Gol D. Roger [edit]

text: Gol D. Roger (ゴール・D・ロジャー, Gōru Dī Rojā), after gaining worldwide infamy as captain of the Roger Pirates, becomes better known as Gold Roger (ゴールド・ロジャー, Gōrudo Rojā), the King of the Pirates (海賊王, Kaizoku-Ō).[ch. 1, 154, 506] Suffering from a terminal disease, he takes his crew on a complete voyage through the Grand Line before disbanding it and turning himself in to the World Government, which claims to have captured him.[ch. 506] At his execution, before Rouge gives birth to Roger's son Ace, and 22 years before the formation of the Straw Hat Pirates, Roger spawns the "Great Pirate Era" by announcing that his treasure, the "One Piece", is up for the taking.[ch. 1, 506, 550] It is said after Roger's death that only Whitebeard could match him in a fight, and that he had the ability to hear "the voice of all things", which allowed he and his crew to learn the secret history of the world.[ch. 233, 507] He was also the original owner of Luffy's Straw Hat which fell into the possession of Shanks after his captain's death. He eventually passed it on to Luffy.

text: He is initially voiced by Chikao Ōtsuka.[1] In the 4Kids adaptation, Roger is voiced by Frederick B. Owens.[2] In the Funimation English adaptation, his voice is supplied by Sean Hennigan.[3]

text: Hatchan[edit]

text: Hatchan (はっちゃん), often called Hachi (ハチ), is an octopus fishman first introduced as the first mate of the Arlong Pirates.[ch. 73] Being half octopus, he can spit large quantities of black ink and use suction pads to stick to walls.[ch. 83f.] He fights using six swords, holding one in each arm-tentacle.[ch. 84] After his crew is defeated by the Straw Hat Pirates, he escapes from captivity and opens a floating takoyaki restaurant.[ch. 182–228: chapter cover pages] He becomes close friends with Camie (ケイミー, Keimī), a kissing gourami mermaid, and Pappag (パッパグ, Pappagu), her pet starfish and master.[ch. 490f.] Hachi later attempts to make things right with the Straw Hat Pirates by bringing them in contact with Silvers Rayleigh.[ch. 496, 506]

text: His voice actor is Toshiyuki Morikawa.[31] In the 4Kids and Funimation English adaptations, his voice is supplied by Sean Schemmel and George Manley, respectively.[32][33]

text: Helmeppo[edit]

text: The son of a corrupt Navy captain, Helmeppo (ヘルメッポ, Herumeppo) is introduced as a coward, hiding behind his father's wealth and power. Losing his luxurious life, after his father's arrest, he reluctantly joins the Navy, where he and Coby become protégés of Garp.

text: He is voiced by Kōichi Nagano in the Japanese version. In the English versions of the series, he is voiced by Sean Schemmel in the 4Kids dub,[2] and by Troy Baker and Mike McFarland in the Funimation dub.[3]

text: Jimbei[edit]

text: Jimbei (ジンベエ, Jinbee) is a yakuza-esque whale shark fishman.[ch. 528] A master of Fishman Karate (魚人空手, Gyojin Karate), he is capable of manipulating water as if it were a tangible cloth[ch. 546] - an ability more usually associated with merfolk. Jimbei can communicate with fish and enlist the help of whale sharks.[ch. 547–549] After growing up in a rough part of Fishman Island, Jimbei first joins the island's royal army and later the Sun Pirates; he becomes captain following the death of Fisher Tiger.[ch. 624] In exchange for the World Government granting him Warlord-status, Jimbei eventually disbands the crew.[ch. 69] He resigns the position again to side against the Government during its war with the Whitebeard Pirates, the protectors of Fishman Island.[ch. 557] Two years later, he turns down an invitation to join the Straw Hat Pirates, stating that he needs to take care of unfinished business before joining them.[ch. 649]

text: In the Japanese anime television series, Jimbei is initially voiced by Daisuke Gōri, later by Katsuhisa Hōki.[57][58] In the Funimation English adaptation, his voice is supplied by Daniel Baugh.

text: Coby [edit]

text: Coby (コビー, Kobī) is the first friend Luffy makes on his journey, finding him forced to work as a chore boy on Alvida's ship. Inspired by Luffy, and with his help, Coby escapes and joins the Navy, where he and Helmeppo pique the interest of Vice Admiral Garp, who takes them under his wing.[ch. 2–7, 112] Eventually, Coby masters the Six Powers skill Shave and begins using Color of Observation Haki. After two years, he became a captain in the Navy.[ch. 432, 594]

text: In the original Japanese series, his voice is supplied by Mika Doi.[1] In the 4Kids English adaptation, he is voiced by Kayzie Rogers.[2] In the Funimation English adaptation, his name is spelled Coby, and his voice is supplied by Leah Clark[3] and Micah Solusod as a teenager.

text: Kizaru[edit]

text: Borsalino (ボルサリーノ, Borusarīno), better known as Admiral Kizaru (黄猿, lit. "Yellow Monkey"), is an easygoing navy officer with the power of the Logia-type Glint-Glint Fruit (ピカピカの実, Pika Pika no Mi), which allows him to turn himself into light, and fire destructive beams.[ch. 507, 511] The character's appearance is modeled after Kunie Tanaka.[ch. 558]

text: His voice actor in the Japanese anime television series is Unshō Ishizuka.[34] In its Funimation English adaptation, his voice is supplied by Ray Hurd.[citation needed]

text: Monkey D. Dragon [edit]

text: Monkey D. Dragon (モンキー・D・ドラゴン, Monkī Dī Doragon), commonly known simply as "Dragon the Revolutionary", is the father of the Straw Hat Pirates Captain Monkey D. Luffy and the son of the Marines hero Monkey D. Garp. He is the infamous leader and founder of the Revolutionary Army who has been attempting to overthrow the World Government. Not much is known about his activities, background, history, or power. He is the World Government's greatest enemy, and is the most dangerous and most wanted man in the world.

text: He is voiced by Hidekatsu Shibata. In the Funimation English version of the series, he is voiced by Bryan Massey.

text: Monkey D. Garp [edit]

text: Monkey D. Garp (モンキー・D・ガープ, Monkī Dī Gāpu), nicknamed Garp the "Fist" (ゲンコツのガープ, Genkotsu no Gāpu) and "Hero of the Navy" (海軍の英雄, Kaigun no Eiyū), is a vice admiral, Monkey D. Dragon's father and Luffy's grandfather.[ch. 432] He is famous for cornering Gol D. Roger[ch. 431] and considered a hero of the Navy.[ch. 432] After Roger's execution, he took care of Roger's son, Ace, raising him like his own grandson.[ch. 551] He has superhuman strength, enough to lift and throw cannonballs like baseball pitches.[ch. 438] Garp takes both Coby and Helmeppo under his wing. At the end of the war with Whitebeard, Garp retires from the front line and decides to train the next generation of navy personnel.

text: He is voiced by Hiroshi Naka in the Japanese version of the anime.[18] In the English version of the series, he is voiced by Brian Mathis in the Funimation dub.[19]

text: Nefeltari Vivi [edit]

text: Nefeltari Vivi (ネフェルタリ・ビビ, Neferutari Bibi), first introduced as Baroque Works agent Ms. Wednesday (ミス・ウェンズデー, Misu Wenzudē), is the princess of the Alabasta Kingdom. She is usually accompanied by her closest friend, Karoo (カルー, Karū), an ostrich-sized, duck-like flightless bird.[ch. 109f.]

text: Vivi was ranked as #82 in a survey conducted by Newtype for favorite anime heroine in 2002.[59]

text: Her voice actress is Misa Watanabe.[18] In the 4Kids English adaptation, she is voiced by Karen Neil.[13] In the Funimation English adaptation, her name is spelled Vivi Nefertari, and her voice is supplied by Caitlin Glass.[30]

text: Portgas D. Ace[edit]

text: Portgaz D. Ace (ポートガス・D・エース, Pōtogasu Dī Ēsu), also called "Fire Fist" Ace (火拳のエース, Hiken no Ēsu), is the second division commander of the Whitebeard Pirates and Luffy's older brother.[ch. 157, 159] Though it is implied at first that he is the son of Monkey D. Dragon, he is actually the son of Gol D. Roger and Portgaz D. Rouge (ポートガス・D・ルージュ, Pōtogasu Dī Rūju).[ch. 525, 550] Having eaten the Logia-type Flame-Flame Fruit (メラメラの実, Mera Mera no Mi), Ace is capable of manipulating, creating, and transforming into fire.[ch. 159] Ace is also capable of using the Color of the Supreme King.[ch. 587] Eventually, after being saved from execution, he shields Luffy from Akainu's magma attack at the cost of his own life.[ch. 574] He is buried on an unnamed island in the New World alongside his captain, Whitebeard.[ch. 590]

text: He is voiced by Toshio Furukawa.[12] In the 4Kids English adaptation, his names are changed to Portgaz D. Trace and Trace "Heat Fist", and he is voiced by Jesse Hooker.[60] In the Funimation English adaptation, his name is spelled Portgas D. Ace, and his voice is supplied by Travis Willingham,[53] with Chris Burnett voicing him as a child.[61]

text: Sabo[edit]

text: Sabo (サボ) is the chief of staff of the Revolutionary Army and sworn brother to Luffy and Ace.[ch. 585, 744] Introduced as a noble from the Goa Kingdom years before the series' present, Sabo leaves his home and family to live in the Gray Terminal. After he and Ace befriend Luffy, the three of them exchange cups of sake and become "brothers". Sabo's ship is destroyed by a Celestial Dragon. Though he is thought to have been killed in the attack, Sabo survives and is rescued by Monkey D. Dragon, though he suffers from amnesia. At some point he joins the Revolutionary Army and becomes its chief of staff. After reading of Ace's death in the newspaper, Sabo's memory returns and, like Luffy, is devastated by his death. Sabo becomes determined to obtain Ace's Devil Fruit, the Flame-Flame Fruit, in order to inherit Ace's will. He later finds it as the prize of a tournament on Dressrosa, where he takes Luffy's place by using Luffy's alias "Lucy".[ch. 744] After winning the tournament, Sabo eats the fruit and battles Admiral Fujitora and Jesus Burgess in an effort to protect Luffy.

text: He is voiced by Tōru Furuya. In the Funimation English adaptation, his voice is provided by Vic Mignogna.

text: Sengoku[edit]

text: "Sengoku the Buddha" (仏のセンゴク, Hotoke no Sengoku, Sengoku also being the name of a period in Japanese history) is a naval officer and contemporary of Roger who eventually rises to the rank of fleet admiral.[ch. 234, 434] The ability of the Mystical Zoan-type Human-Human Fruit, Model Buddha (ヒトヒトの実 モデル：大仏, Hito Hito no Mi, Moderu: Daibutsu) allows Sengoku to transform into a daibutsu.[ch. 585] Following the Paramount War, he retires from the service and, against his recommendation to promote Aokiji, is succeeded by Akainu.[ch. 650] Although retired from active duty, Sengoku continues to serve in the Marines as an inspector general. Two years after the war, he is shown to have mellowed considerably due to his lack of responsibilities. It is also revealed that in the past, he took care of the young Donquixote Rosinante after his brother Donquixote Doflamingo murdered their father, Donquixote Homing. He came to care for Rosinante like a son and was devastated by his death while he was working undercover as a member of the Donquixote Pirates. After Doflamingo's defeat by Luffy, Sengoku learns the truth about the circumstances of Rosinante's death from Trafalgar Law who Rosinante had given his life to protect. Although Law is a pirate, Sengoku allows him to escape because of his connection to Rosinante.

text: In the Japanese anime television series, he is initially voiced by Takkō Ishimori, later by Tōru Ōkawa.[35] In the Funimation English adaptation, his voice is first supplied by Ed Blaylock from Episode 151 to Episode 511, One Piece Film: Strong World, and One Piece: Film Z, but a new actor will get cast following the former's passing.[53]

text: Shanks[edit]

text: "Red-Haired" Shanks (赤髪のシャンクス, Akagami no Shankusu) is a swordsman and pirate, capable of using the Supreme King color of Haki.[ch. 434] After serving aboard Roger's ship as an apprentice, alongside Buggy, he founds his own crews, the Red-Haired Pirates.[ch. 19, 434, 506] After losing an arm while saving seven-year-old Luffy's life, and lending him his precious straw hat, (which was originally owned by his late captain, Gol D. Roger), Shanks goes on to earn himself a place among the Four Emperors.[ch. 1, 432]Shanks is considered the strongest man alive in One Piece world now as even the marines fear him. He will be a crucial figure in the ending of One Piece. The character has been very popular among fans from the beginning.

text: In the original Japanese series, his voice actor is Shūichi Ikeda.[1] In the 4Kids English adaptation, he is voiced by Tom Souhrada.[38] In the Funimation English adaptation, his voice actor is Brandon Potter.[3]

text: Silvers Rayleigh [edit]

text: The "Dark King" (冥王, Mei-Ō) Silvers Rayleigh (シルバーズ・レイリー, Shirubāzu Reirī) is a swordsman who, after serving as first mate of the Roger Pirates, comes to live on the Sabaody Archipelago as a ship coater and gambler.[ch. 500] He is a skilled user of Haki, including the rare Color of the Supreme King and, following the war between the Whitebeard Pirates and the World Government, instructs Luffy in its use.[ch. 503][citation needed]

text: In the anime adaptation, he is voiced by Keiichi Sonobe in Japanese,[62] and by Bruce Carey in the Funimation English dub.[3]

text: Smoker[edit]

text: "White Chase" Smoker (白猟のスモーカー, Hakuryō no Sumōkā) is a naval officer and cigar enthusiast, keeping plenty of cigars strapped to the left side of his jacket while smoking two lit ones.[ch. 98] The power of the Logia-type Smoke-Smoke Fruit (モクモクの実, Moku Moku no Mi) allows him to manipulate, create, control, and transform into smoke.[ch. 100] His weapon is a jutte tipped with sea-prism stone. Two years after the Paramount War, he is promoted to the rank of vice admiral.[ch. 169]

text: In the Japanese anime series, he is voiced originally by Ginzō Matsuo, later by Mahito Ōba.[12][63] In the 4Kids English adaptation, referred to as Chaser the "Smoke Hunter", he is voiced by Rusell Velazquez.[64] In the Funimation English adaptation, where he is called Smoker the "White Hunter", his voice is supplied by Greg Dulcie.[33]

text: Tashigi[edit]

text: Tashigi (たしぎ, named after the common snipe) is a naval officer serving as Smoker's second in command.[ch. 137, 179] While adept at sword fighting, she is unusually clumsy.[ch. 96] She is very well-versed in the famous katana, knowing their names and origins. Her stated goal is to remove all meitō-named swords with prestigious histories, from the hands of those who would use them for their own ends.[ch. 97] By coincidence, she bears a striking resemblance to Kuina, Zoro's deceased childhood friend, something he is uncomfortable with.[42][ch. 100]

text: Her voice actress is Junko Noda.[63] In the 4Kids and Funimation English adaptations, she is voiced by Priscilla Everett and Monica Rial, respectively.[33]

text: Trafalgar Law[edit]

text: The "Surgeon of Death" (死の外科医, Shi no Gekai), Trafalgar D. Water Law (トラファルガー・D・ワーテル・ロー, Torafarugā Dī Wāteru Rō, named after Edward Low and a play on Waterloo), Originates from the south blue.[ch. 498, 508, 578, 763] Having eaten the Op-Op Fruit (オペオペの実, Ope Ope no Mi), Law can, within a spherical area around himself, cut and teleport objects as well as perform body swaps.[ch. 661] Originally a member of the Donquixote Family, Law makes a name for himself and, following the Paramount War, joins the Seven Warlords of the Sea.[ch. 659, 673] Though he enters into an alliance with Luffy and the Straw Hats to take down Kaido, one of the Four Emperors, Law is actually hunting down Donquixote Doflamingo.

text: In the anime series, his voice actor is Hiroshi Kamiya.[62] In the Funimation English adaptation, his voice actor is Matthew Mercer.

text: Vinsmoke Ichiji[edit]

text: Vinsmoke Ichiji (ヴィンスモーク・イチジ, Vinsumōku Ichiji) also known as Sparking Red (スパーキングレッド, Supākingu Reddo) is Sanji's elder brother.

text: He is voiced by Noriaki Sugiyama.

text: Vinsmoke Judge[edit]

text: Vinsmoke Judge (ヴィンスモーク・ジャッジ, Vinsumōku Jajji) also known as Garuda (ガルーダ, Garūda) is the king of Germa.

text: He is voiced by Hideyuki Hori.

text: Vinsmoke Niji[edit]

text: Vinsmoke Niji (ヴィンスモーク・ニジ, Vinsumōku Niji) also known as Electric Blue (デンゲキブルー, Dengeki Burū) is Sanji's elder brother.

text: He is voiced by Atsushi Miyauchi.

text: Vinsmoke Reiju[edit]

text: Vinsmoke Reiju (ヴィンスモーク・レイジュ, Vinsumōku Reiju) also known as Poison Pink (ポイズンピンク, Poizun Pinku) is Sanji's elder sister.

text: She is voiced by Michiko Neya.

text: Vinsmoke Sora[edit]

text: Vinsmoke Sora (ヴィンスモーク・ソラ, Vinsumōku Sora) is Sanji's mother.

text: She is voiced by Yuriko Yamamoto.

text: Vinsmoke Yonji[edit]

text: Vinsmoke Yonji (ヴィンスモーク・ヨンジ, Vinsumōku Yonji) also known as Winch Green (ウインチグリーン, Uinchi Gurīn) is Sanji's younger brother.

text: He is voiced by Kenjiro Tsuda.

text: Whitebeard[edit]

text: Edward Newgate (エドワード・ニューゲート, Edowādo Nyūgēto), better known as Whitebeard (白ひげ, Shirohige, named after the historical pirate Edward "Blackbeard" Teach), is the captain of the Whitebeard Pirates and one of the Four Emperors.[ch. 432, 474] He is a very large human who fights with a bisento as his weapon and uses the ability of the Paramecia-type Tremor-Tremor Fruit (グラグラの実, Gura Gura no Mi) to create shock waves powerful enough to cause earthquakes and tsunamis.[ch. 434, 552] He is regarded as the world's strongest man and the only one to have matched Gold Roger in combat.[ch. 233f.] He considers all of his crewmen as his sons and protects them with all his might.[ch. 434] Eventually, after being badly wounded while fighting to save Ace from execution, he is killed by the Blackbeard Pirates.[ch. 576]

text: In the original Japanese series, he is voiced by Kinryu Arimoto.[52] In the Funimation English adaptation, his voice is supplied by R Bruce Elliott.[53]

text: Reception[edit]

text: Allen Divers of Anime News Network comments that the male character designs of One Piece are "often quite varied and unique", while the female ones become "a bit repetitive". He also notes that, as the characters are "defined by what they seek", there is little room "for actual development".[65] Todd Douglass, Jr. of DVD Talk simply states that the series' characters have a lot of "charm".[66] His colleague Carl Kimlinger describes the visual style of One Piece as "unconventional" with "grotesquely exaggerated expressions, simple eyes, big mouths and bigger teeth", "supremely ugly supporting characters and skinny, gangly-limbed main cast" and comments that "it's all amazingly distinctive, utterly appropriate, and surprisingly cool—in a goofy kind of way". He also notes that "Funimation's English dub is light-years better than the 4Kids debacle", "unusually accurate, professional, and largely enjoyable, which is far, far more than can be said of the previous dub". He laments that Funimation's version of "Crocodile loses his sepulchral charisma" and that "the original's fine dance on the edge of mawkish sentimentality is disrupted often enough by less-than-stellar acting". He also states that "Colleen Clinkenbeard's Luffy is more a generic spunky kid than a personality in his own right, really coming to life only during the action scenes during which she does a fine job of being darned cool."[67]

text: Dustin Somner of Blu-ray.com comments that the Japanese and Funimation voice-acting is "fairly good, but not exceptional" and sometimes "overly zany".[68] Todd Douglass Jr. of DVD Talk notes "the daunting cast of characters, both good and bad" as "one of the appealing factors" of the anime, but also comments that "Some of the voices [of the 4Kids dub] were pretty irritating ... with a lot of high-pitches and over exaggerated speech."[69] Brigitte Schönhense of Splashcomics comments that the "brilliant" (German: "genial") flashbacks into the characters' pasts make them so "likeable and lovable" (German: "sympathisch und liebenswert") and that they are the manga's real strength.[70][71] Mania Entertainment writer Jarred Pine comments that Oda's characters are "whacky" and that his "bizarre" character designs create "wonderful characterizations and personalities". He notes the "well illustrated" facial expressions and says that "it's the whacky characterizations and designs that makes One Piece its own".[72] His colleague Bryce Coulter comments that "One Piece's bizarre character designs will keep your attention as they can be very random and often memorable. Not the prettiest, but it will definitely capture your attention."[9]

text: Notes[edit]

text:
Jump up ^ Fishmen are humanoids in One Piece whose upper body resembles that of sea creatures. They are contrasted with mermen who have the upper half of a human and the bottom half of a fish..[vol. 23:SBS]
Jump up ^ クロオビ, Kuroobi
Jump up ^ チュウ, Chū
Jump up ^ Miss Doublefinger is named after the New Year's Day. Oda has noted that this is 1/1 or two fingers, or "double finger".[ch. 161f.]
Jump up ^ 神官, Shinkan
Jump up ^ サトリ
Jump up ^ ゲダツ
Jump up ^ シュラ
Jump up ^ オーム, Ōmu
Jump up ^ 神兵, Shinpei
Jump up ^ ヤマ
Jump up ^ マントラ, Mantora
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document_title: First Anglo-Burmese War

question_text: when did the first anglo burmese war begin

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text: First Anglo-Burmese War

text: Causes[edit]

text: By 1822, Burmese expansion into Manipur and Assam had created a long border between British India and the Burmese Empire. The British, based in Calcutta, supported rebels from Manipur, Assam and Arakan fleeing into British territory. Calcutta unilaterally declared Cachar and Jaintia British protectorates, and sent in troops.[6] Cross border raids into these newly acquired territories from British territories and spheres of influence vexed the Burmese. Convinced that war was inevitable, Burmese commander-in-chief, Maha Bandula, became a main proponent of offensive policy against the British. Bandula was part of the war party at Bagyidaw's court, which also included Queen Me Nu and her brother, the Lord of Salin.[4] Bandula believed that a decisive victory could allow Ava to consolidate its gains in its new western empire in Arakan, Manipur, Assam, Cachar and Jaintia, as well as take over eastern Bengal.[6]

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text: In September 1823, the casus belli was Burma occupying Shalpuri Island near Chittagong, which was claimed by the East India Company.[7]

text: In January 1824, Burma sent one of their top generals, Thado Thiri Maha Uzana, into Cachar and Jaintia to disperse the rebels. The British sent in their own force to meet the Burmese in Cachar, resulting in the first clashes between the two. The war formally broke out on 5 March 1824, following border clashes in Arakan.

text: The British reason for the war was, in addition to expanding British Bengal's sphere of influence, the desire for new markets for British manufacturing.[8][9] The British were also anxious to deny the French the use of Burmese harbours and concerned about French influence at the Court of Ava, as the kingdom was still known to them.[10] British Ambassador Michael Symes's mission was equipped to gain as much knowledge as possible of the country for future British plans whereas previous envoys were concerned principally with trade concessions. Anglo–French rivalry had already played a role during Alaungpaya's endeavours of unifying the kingdom.[10] The Burmese in these wars were advancing into smaller states not ruled by the British or the subject of expansionary goals by the British before the war began, and the British were not so much preoccupied by the refugee problem initially as by the threat posed by the French until further incidents forced their hand.[10]

text: War[edit]

text: Western theatre[edit]

text: The commander in chief of the Burmese army, Maha Bandula, was supported by twelve of the country's best divisions, including one under his personal command, all totaling 10,000 men and 500 horses. His general staff included some of the country's most decorated soldiers, men like the Lord of Salay and the governors of Danyawaddy, Wuntho and Taungoo. Bandula's plan was to attack the British on two fronts: Chittagong from Arakan in the southeast, and Sylhet from Cachar and Jaintia in the north.[6] Bandula personally commanded the Arakan theatre while Uzana commanded Cachar and Jaintia theater.[4]

text: Early in the war, battle hardened Burmese forces were able to push back the British forces because the Burmese, who had been fighting in the jungles of Manipur and Assam for nearly a decade, were more familiar with the terrain which represented "a formidable obstacle to the march of a European force".[1] Uzana had already defeated the British units in Cachar and Jaintia in January 1824. In May, Burmese forces led by U Sa, Lord Myawaddy (about 4,000)[11] fought their way into Bengal, and defeated British troops at the Battle of Ramu, 10 miles east of Cox's Bazar on 17 May 1824.[12] Sa's column then joined Bandula's column on the march to defeat British forces at Gadawpalin, and went on to capture Cox's Bazar.[13] The Burmese success caused extreme panic in Chittagong and in Calcutta.[14] Across the eastern Bengal, the European inhabitants formed themselves into militia forces. And a large portion of the crews of the East India Company's ships were landed to assist in the defence of Calcutta.[15]

text: But Bandula, not wanting to overstretch, stopped U Sa from proceeding to Chittagong. Had Bandula marched on to Chittagong, which unbeknown to him was lightly held, he could have taken it and the way to Calcutta would have been open. Had they been able to threaten Calcutta, the Burmese could have obtained more favourable terms in the peace negotiations later on.[2]

text: Inside Burma[edit]

text: Battle of Yangon (May–December 1824)[edit]

text: Instead of fighting in hard terrain, the British took the fight to the Burmese mainland. On 11 May 1824, a British naval force of over 10,000 men (5,000 British soldiers and over 5,000 Indian sepoys) entered the harbour of Yangon, taking the Burmese by surprise.[16][17] The Burmese, pursuing a scorched earth policy, left an empty city behind and chose to fortify positions along an east-west 10-mile arc outside the city. The British forces led by General Archibald Campbell took position inside the Shwedagon Pagoda compound, which was fortified. The British launched attacks on Burmese lines, and by July 1824, had successfully pushed the Burmese towards Kamayut, five miles from Shwedagon. Burmese efforts to retake Shwedagon in September failed.[18]

text: King Bagyidaw ordered a near complete withdrawal from the western front—Bandula from Arakan and Bengal, and Uzana from Assam, Cachar and Jaintia—and meet the enemy in Yangon. In August, in the midst of monsoon season, Bandula and his army crossed the Arakan Yoma.[19] Moving tens of thousands of men over the 3,000-foot-high Arakan hills, or 10,000-foot-high Assamese ranges, heavily forested with only narrow footpaths and open to attack by tigers and leopards, would be difficult even in mild weather conditions. To do this at the height of the drenching monsoon season was a particularly difficult task. Yet Bandula (from Arakan) and Uzana (from Assam) in a testament to their generalship and logistical skills, managed to do just that. The King granted both Bandula and Uzana the title Agga Maha Thenapati, the highest possible military rank. Bandula was also made the governor of Sittaung.[18]

text: By November, Bandula commanded a force of 30,000 massed outside Yangon. Bandula believed that he could take on a well-armed British force of 10,000 head-on. Although the Burmese were numerically superior, only 15,000 of the 30,000 had muskets. The Burmese cannons fired only balls whereas the British cannons fired exploding shells.[16] Unbeknown to him, the British had just received the first shipment of the newest weapon in war that the Burmese had never seen—Congreve rockets.[19][20] More ominous for the Burmese, the speedy march through the hilly regions of Rakhine Yoma and Assamese ranges had left their troops exhausted.

text: On 30 November, in what turned out be the biggest mistake of his career, Bandula ordered a frontal attack on British positions. The British, with far superior weaponry, withstood several Burmese charges at the Shwedagon fort, cutting down men by the thousands. By 7 December, the British troops, supported by rocket fire, had begun to gain the upper hand. On 15 December, the Burmese were driven out of their last remaining stronghold at Kokine.[20] In the end, only 7,000 of the 30,000 Burmese soldiers returned.[16]

text: Battle of Danubyu (March–April 1825)[edit]

text: Bandula fell back to his rear base at Danubyu, a small town not far from Yangon, in the Irrawaddy delta. Having lost experienced men in Yangon, the Burmese forces now numbered about 10,000, of mixed quality, including some of the king's best soldiers but also many untrained and barely armed conscripts. The stockade itself stretched a mile along the riverbank, and was made up of solid teak beams no less than 15 feet high.[20]

text: In March 1825, a four thousand strong British force supported by a flotilla of gun boats attacked Danubyu. The first British attack failed, and Bandula attempted a counter charge, with foot soldiers, cavalry and 17 fighting elephants. But the elephants were stopped by rocket fire and the cavalry found it impossible to move against the sustained British artillery fire.[20]

text: On 1 April, the British launched a major attack, pounding down on the town with their heavy guns and raining their rockets on every part of the Burmese line. Bandula was killed by a mortar shell. Bandula had walked around the fort to boost the morale of his men, in his full insignia under a glittering golden umbrella, discarding the warnings of his generals that he would prove an easy target for the enemy's guns. After Bandula's death, the Burmese evacuated Danubyu.[20]

text: Arakan campaign (February–April 1825)[edit]

text: U Sa was left to command the remaining Burmese troops in Arakan after Bandula and the main battalions were ordered to withdraw from Arakan by Bagyidaw to meet the British invasion in Yangon in August 1824. Sa held on to Arakan throughout 1824 while the main focal point of the war played out in Yangon. After Gen. Archibald Campbell finally defeated Gen. Bandula in the Battle of Yangon in December 1824, the British turned their sights to Arakan. On 1 February 1825, an invasion force of 11,000 soldiers supported by a flotilla of gun boats and armed cruisers along the coast and a squadron of cavalry under the command of Gen. Morrison attacked Burmese positions in Arakan. Despite their superior numbers and firearms, the British had to fight depleted Burmese forces for nearly two months before they reached the main Burmese garrison at Mrauk-U, Arakan's capital. On 29 March 1825, the British launched their attack on Mrauk-U. (At the same time, Campbell also launched an attack on Bandula's positions in the Battle of Danubyu.) After a few days of fighting, the Burmese at Mrauk-U were defeated on April 1, coincidentally the same day Maha Bandula fell at Danubyu. Sa and the remaining Burmese forces evacuated and left Arakan. The British proceeded to occupy the rest of Arakan.[11]

text: Armistice[edit]

text: On 17 September 1825, an armistice was concluded for one month. In the course of the summer, General Joseph Wanton Morrison had conquered the province of Arakan; in the north, the Burmese were expelled from Assam; and the British had made some progress in Cachar, though their advance was finally impeded by the thick forests and jungle.

text: Peace negotiations that began in September broke down by early October after the Burmese would not agree to British terms. The British had demanded no less than the complete dismemberment of the Burmese western territories in Arakan, Assam, Manipur and the Tenasserim coast as well as two million pounds sterling of indemnity. The Burmese would not agree to give up Arakan and the large sum of indemnity.[21]

text: Battle of Prome (November–December 1825)[edit]

text: In November 1825, the Burmese decided to throw everything they had into last-ditch effort. Starting in mid-November, the Burmese forces, consisting mainly of Shan regiments led by their sawbwas, threatened Prome in a daring circular movement that almost surrounded the town and cut off communications lines to Yangon. In the end, the superior firepower of the British guns and missiles won out.[21] On 1 December, Gen. Campbell, with 2500 European and 1500 Indian sepoys, supported by a flotilla of gun boats, attacked the main Burmese position outside Prome. On 2 December, Maha Ne Myo was killed by a shell launched from the flotilla. After Maha Ne Myo's death, the British dislodged the Burmese by 5 December.[22]

text: The defeat in Prome effectively left the Burmese army in disarray. The Burmese army was in constant retreat from then on. On 26 December, they sent a flag of truce to the British camp. Negotiations having commenced, the Burmese were forced to accept the British terms to end the war, signing the Treaty of Yandabo in February 1826..

text: Treaty of Yandabo[edit]

text: The British demanded and the Burmese agreed to:[1][2]

text: The first installment of indemnity was to be paid immediately, the second installment within the first 100 days from signing of the treaty, and the rest within two years. Until the second installment was paid, the British would not leave Yangon.[2]

text: The Treaty of Yandabo was signed by General Campbell from the British side and Governor of Legaing Maha Min Hla Kyaw Htin from the Burmese side on 24 February 1826.[23] The Burmese paid 250,000 pounds sterling in gold and silver bullion as the first installment of the indemnity, and also released British prisoners of war. The war was thus brought to an end, and the British army moved south. The British army remained in the territories surrendered to it under the treaty and in the territories such as the Rangoon area which were occupied for several years in guarantee of the financial terms of the treaty.

text: Aftermath[edit]

text: The treaty imposed a severe financial burden to the Burmese Kingdom, and effectively left it crippled. The British terms in the negotiations were strongly influenced by the heavy cost in lives and money which the war had entailed. Some 40,000 British and Indians troops had been involved of whom 15,000 had been killed. The cost to the British India's finances had been almost ruinous, amounting to approximately 13 million pounds sterling. The cost of war contributed to a severe economic crisis in India, which by 1833 had bankrupted the Bengal agency houses and cost the British East India Company its remaining privileges, including the monopoly of trade to China.[5]

text: For the Burmese, the treaty was a total humiliation and a long-lasting financial burden. A whole generation of men had been wiped out in battle. The world the Burmese knew, of conquest and martial pride, built on the back of impressive military success of the previous 75 years, had come crashing down.[24] The Court of Ava could not come to terms with the loss of the territories, and made unsuccessful attempts to get them back. An uninvited British resident in Ava was a daily reminder of the humiliating defeat.[5]

text: In addition, the burden of indemnity left the Burmese royal treasury bankrupt for years. The indemnity of one million pounds sterling was considered a large sum in Europe at that time. It appeared more daunting when converted to the Burmese kyat equivalent of 10 million. The cost of living of the average villager in Upper Burma in 1826 was one kyat per month.[2]

text: The British would wage two more less expensive wars against the weaker Burmese in 1852 and 1885, and annex Burma by 1885.

text: In fiction[edit]

text:
On the Irrawaddy by G. A. Henty is a fictional account of the First Anglo-Burmese War.[25]
The first few chapters of the novel The Sabre's Edge by Allan Mallinson are set during the First Anglo-Burmese War.

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