List of One Piece characters
The One Piece manga and anime series features an extensive cast of characters created by Eiichiro Oda. The series takes place in a fictional universe where vast numbers of pirates, soldiers, revolutionaries, and other adventurers fight each other, using various superhuman and supernatural abilities. The majority of the characters are human, but the cast also includes giants, mermen and mermaids, fish-men, sky people, and minks, among others. Many of the characters possess supernatural abilities gained by eating so-called "Devil Fruits". The series' storyline follows the adventures of a group of pirates as they search for the "One Piece" treasure.
Monkey D. [|Luffy] is the series' main protagonist, a young pirate who wishes to succeed Gold [|Roger], the deceased King of the Pirates, by finding his treasure, the "One Piece". Throughout the series, Luffy gathers himself a diverse [|crew], named the Straw Hat Pirates, including: the three-sword-wielding Roronoa Zoro; the thief and navigator [|Nami]; the cowardly marksman and inventor Usopp; the cook and martial artist [|Sanji]; the anthropomorphic reindeer and doctor Tony Tony Chopper; the archaeologist Nico Robin; the cyborg shipwright [|Franky]; the living skeleton musician [|Brook]; and the fish-man helmsman [|Jimbei]. Together they sail the seas in pursuit of their dreams, encountering other pirates, bounty hunters, criminal organizations, revolutionaries, secret agents and soldiers of the corrupt [|World Government], and various other friends and foes.
Creation and conception
Several characters have been stated to be based on actual people such as: Eustass Kid, X. Drake, Basil Hawkins, Capone Bege, Jewelry Bonney, Urouge, and Scratchmen Apoo. The cross dresser Emporio Ivankov is based on Dr. Frank N. Furter and Norio Imamura. Norio had asked Oda to draw more okama characters and became Ivankov's first voice actor.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, 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.
Straw Hat Pirates
The protagonists of the One Piece series are all the members of the Straw Hat Pirates, a crew of ten 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.Monkey D.
Monkey D. Luffy 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, 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. 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]. 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. Eventually, after his strength proves insufficient to save Ace from execution, he spends two years on a secluded island, before entering in the New World, learning the use of the three colors of Haki as well as the fourth Gear from Silvers [|Rayleigh], before heading to the New World.Luffy is voiced by Mayumi Tanaka in the anime series. In the 4Kids Entertainment English adaptation, he is voiced by Erica Schroeder. In the Funimation Entertainment English adaptation, his voice is supplied by Colleen Clinkenbeard.
Roronoa [|Zoro]
Roronoa Zoro is a swordsman who uses up to three swords simultaneously, holding one in each hand and a third in his mouth. To fulfill a promise to [|Kuina], his deceased childhood rival, he aims to replace [|"Hawk Eye" Mihawk] as the world's greatest swordsman. Traveling the seas in search of Mihawk and making a living as a bounty hunter, he becomes infamously known as "Pirate Hunter" 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. 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.In the anime television series, his voice actor is Kazuya Nakai. In the 4Kids English adaptation, his name is spelled Roronoa Zolo, and he is voiced by Marc Diraison. In the Funimation English adaptation, his voice is supplied by Christopher Sabat.
Nami
Adopted and raised by [|navy] seaman turned tangerine farmer [|Belle-Mère], Nami 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. 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.In the anime television series, Nami is voiced by Akemi Okamura, In the 4Kids English adaptation, she is voiced by Kerry Williams. In the Funimation English adaptation, her voice is provided by Luci Christian.
Usopp
During his early childhood, Usopp is abandoned by his father, Yasopp, who leaves to join the Red-Haired Pirates. Then, as [|Bachina], 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. Usopp is recognizable for his long nose, a reference to the fact that he tends to lie a lot. He is a gifted inventor, painter, and sculptor. In combat, he relies primarily on slingshots to fire various kinds of ammunition with great precision in coordination with a set of lies and different other weapons giving him a unique fighting style named "The Usopp Arsenal".. To help the Straw Hats rescue Nico Robin, he achieves notoriety under his alter-ego "Sniper King, the King of Snipers", a hero sniper wearing a golden mask and cape. Eventually, after helping the Straw Hats liberate [|Dressrosa] from Don Quixote Doflamingo's rule, he becomes infamous as "God" UsoppIn the anime series, his voice actor is Kappei Yamaguchi. Jason Griffith and Sonny Strait provide his voice in the 4Kids and Funimation English adaptations, respectively.
Sanji
Born as a prince of [|Germa Kingdom], Vinsmoke Sanji is routinely ridiculed by his genetically enhanced siblings and is locked away by his father Judge for being a disgrace. With help from his sister Reiju, he escapes and flees the kingdom after it enters the East Blue and his father permits it.While serving as an apprentice cook on a passenger ship, nine-year-old Sanji stands up to a boarding party of pirates led by the infamous [|"Red Foot" Zeff]. 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, 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. Zeff in turn makes him a first-rate cook and teaches him his kick-based fighting style. 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. He also develops an unusual weakness for women, and makes it a principle never to harm one, even if it means his death. Eventually, he becomes infamous under the name of "Black Leg" Sanji, and, while training for a period of two years in Emporio Ivankov's Kamabakka Queendom, develops the Sky Walk, a variant of the Six Powers technique Moonwalk, which allows him to essentially run through air. Sanji receives his own Raid Suit from his family that grants him the ability to turn invisible.
Sanji's standard appearance is to be wearing a well fitting black suit, with a skinny black tie. His hair always covers one of his eyes and he is generally smoking a cigarette.
In the Japanese anime television series, he is voiced by Hiroaki Hirata. In the 4Kids English adaptation, he is voiced by David Moo. In the Funimation English adaptation, his voice is supplied by Eric Vale.
Tony Tony
Tony Tony Chopper is a doctor and a blue-nosed reindeer. The power of the Zoan-type Human-Human Fruit provides him with the ability to transform into a full-sized reindeer or a reindeer-human hybrid. A self-developed drug he calls Rumble Ball enables him to perform even more transformations. He was rejected by his herd because of his blue nose and shunned away when he ate the Devil Fruit that gave him his abilities. He then tried to fit in with humans, but they thought he was a monster and shot him. He was saved by Doctor Hiriluk, a quack doctor, who took him in and they worked together to create a potion that creates sakura when in contact with snow, but heartbreak again when Hiriluk falls ill with a deadly disease. When Hiriluk died Doctor Kureha took him in and taught him all about medicine. Then when the Straw Hats came to Drum island, and took Chopper with them, Kureha showed off Hiriluk's potion, resulting in Chopper breaking into tears. When complimented, Chopper acts really sad and sometimes yells at the animal who complimented him to stop trying to make him happy. A running gag within the series is when other characters mistake him as a Tanuki, and he angrily corrects them, pointing out his is a Tonakai.His voice actress is Ikue Ōtani. Kazue Ikura voiced Tony Tony Chopper for episodes 254–263.
In the 4Kids English adaptation, his voice is supplied by Lisa Ortiz. In the Funimation dub, Tony Tony Chopper is voiced by Brina Palencia.
When creating Chopper, Oda wanted a mascot who is both cute and very weak. 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. With Chopper's back story, Oda wanted to illustrate that one need not be blood-related to be considered family.
Nico
Being raised in Ohara, home of the world's oldest and largest library, Nico Robin becomes an archaeologist at the age of eight. At some point she gains the power of the Paramecia-type Flower-Flower Fruit, which allows her to have temporary copies of parts of her body, including her eyes and ears, which spring up on surfaces near her. Behind her teachers' backs, she acquires from them the outlawed knowledge of how to translate the ancient stones called Ponegliffs, which are scattered around the world. She comes to share their goal of finding the illusive Real Ponegliff, which is said to tell the world's lost history. 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. Called "Devil Child", traumatized, and with a bounty on her head, Robin lives a life on the run, unable to trust anyone. 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". and becoming their vice-president. After Baroque Works falls apart, with nowhere else to go, she tags along with the Straw Hat Pirates 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. Two years later, Robin further hones her Devil Fruit powers to the point she can create a full-bodied duplicate of herself.In the anime television series, Robin's voice actress is Yuriko Yamaguchi. In the 4Kids English adaptation, her Baroque Works codename was changed to Miss Sunday and she is voiced by Veronica Taylor. In the Funimation English adaptation, her voice is supplied by Stephanie Young.
Franky
The son of pirate parents who abandon him at age nine, Cutty Flam, nicknamed Franky, is taken in as an apprentice by shipwright [|Tom], who built Pirate King Gol D Roger's ship Oro Jackson and also secretly holds the plans for a devastating ancient weapon. Franky's recklessness eventually provides an opportunity for World Government agents seeking these plans. 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 strength. After gaining notoriety as "Cyborg" Franky, 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.In the anime television series, his voice actor is Kazuki Yao. Patrick Seitz provides his voice in the Funimation English adaptation.
Brook
Already a pirate before the time of Roger, "Humming" Brook 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. Instead, they are annihilated, with one exception. The power of the Paramecia-type Revive-Revive Fruit allows "Dead Bones" Brook to rise again and live a second life as a skeleton. 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. He is an excellent musician, who says that he can play any instrument, although he is usually seen playing the violin. Brook can even influence people with his music to the point of making them fall asleep. While separated from the other Straw Hats, and incognito as "Soul King" Brook, he gains world fame, filling concert halls with fans. He is also a skilled fencer who uses a shikomizue in battle. His reduced weight allows him to jump extraordinarily high and to run across water. Eventually, Brook learns how to use his Devil Fruit ability to leave his skeleton body and explore his surroundings as a disembodied soul.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.
He is voiced by Chō. Ian Sinclair provides his voice in the Funimation English adaptation.
Jimbei
Jimbei is a yakuza-esque whale shark-type fish-man. A master of Fish-Man Karate, he is capable of manipulating water as if it were a tangible cloth. Jimbei can communicate with fish, an ability more usually associated with merfolk, and enlist the help of whale sharks. After growing up in a rough part of [|Fish-Man Island], Jimbei first joins the island's royal army and later the [|Sun Pirates]; he becomes captain following the death of [|Fisher Tiger]. In exchange for the World Government granting him Warlord-status, Jimbei eventually disbands the crew. He resigns the position to side against the Government during its war with the Whitebeard Pirates, the protectors of Fish-Man Island. Two years later, he turns down an invitation to join the Straw Hat Pirates, having already aligned with the [|Big Mom Pirates] after the death of Whitebeard. After cutting ties with [|Big Mom], he joins the Straw Hat Pirates as the crew's helmsman. Although Jimbei is briefly separated from the crew following the events of Whole Cake Island, volunteering to stay behind and stall the Big Mom Pirates, he reunites with them in the Wano Country.In the Japanese anime television series, Jimbei is initially voiced by Daisuke Gōri, later by Katsuhisa Hōki. In the Funimation English adaptation, his voice is supplied by Daniel Baugh.
Other pirates
[|Animal Kingdom Pirates]
The Animal Kingdom Pirates are the crew led by [|Kaido], one of the [|Four Emperors]. He also is a former member of the [|Rocks Pirates]. Kaido has the ability to transform into a dragon. He is allied with [|Kurozumi Orochi] to rule the Wano Country together.The three men who act as Kaido's right hand are referred to as the Disasters. The group consists of King, who can transform into a pteranodon, Queen, who can transform into a brachiosaurus, and Jack, who can transform into a mammoth. They are part of the Lead Performers, the crew's executives.
Most members possess powers of the SMILE fruits created by Caesar Clown, being able to obtain the abilities of a specific animal, but having only partially a part of the animal, such as the legs, ears, or the head, protruding from any limb of the body, like the head of an animal in the stomach or in the hand, or wings in the head or the butt. Among the crew are the three groups of the Gifters, who ate a SMILE receiving their powers, the Pleasures, who ate a faulty SMILE without receiving any power and with the effect of not stopping smiling, and the Waiters, who await the moment in the future of receiving a SMILE.
The crew's second-grade officers after the Lead Performers are the Headliners, mostly elite Gifters, who are responsible for leading the Waiters, Pleasures, and lower Gifters. The strongest six of the Headliners are the members of the Tobi Roppo, which includes X. Drake. Other Headliners include Basil Hawkins, Holdem, who has a lion SMILE, having on his waist the head and legs of a lion, named Kamijiro, Speed, who has a horse SMILE, having under his waist the body of a horse, looking like a centaur, and Babanuki, the warden of the Prisoner Mine, who has an elephant SMILE, with the head of an elephant in his belly.
Other members of the crew include Scotch, a cyborg who protects one of the islands of Kaido, and Scratchmen Apoo.
Arlong Pirates
The Arlong Pirates are a pirate crew consisting mostly of fishmen led by the sawshark-type [|fishman] Arlong and several officers: a manta ray-type fishman who uses "Fishman Karate", a Japanese whiting-type fishman who spits water as if firing bullets, as well as Hatchan and Nami, who leave the crew following its defeat by the Straw Hat Pirates.Arlong
"Saw-Tooth" Arlong is a sawshark-type fishman and fishman-supremacist. 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. Arlong's powerful jaws have rapidly re-growing teeth capable of rending stone. His favorite weapon is the sword-like Shark Saw with its six tooth-shaped blades.In the original Japanese series, his voice actor is Jūrōta Kosugi. In the 4Kids English adaptation, he is voiced by David Wills. In the Funimation English adaptation, his voice is supplied by Chris Rager.
Hatchan
Hatchan, often called Hachi, is an octopus-type fishman first introduced as the first mate of the Arlong Pirates. Being half octopus, he can spit large quantities of black ink and use suction pads to stick to walls. He fights using six swords, holding one in each arm-tentacle. After his crew is defeated by the Straw Hat Pirates, he escapes from captivity and opens a floating takoyaki restaurant. He becomes close friends with Camie, a kissing gourami mermaid, and Pappag, her pet starfish and master. Hachi later attempts to make things right with the Straw Hat Pirates by bringing them in contact with Silvers Rayleigh.His voice actor is Toshiyuki Morikawa. In the 4Kids and Funimation English adaptations, his voice is supplied by Sean Schemmel and George Manley, respectively.
[|Bellamy] Pirates
The Bellamy Pirates is a pirate crew originating from the North Blue, and allies with the [|Donquixote Pirates]. The captain of the crew is [|Bellamy "the Hyena"]. The crew's first mate is "Big Knife" Sarquiss, a blue-haired bespectacled man. Other crew members include: Lily, Ross, the navigator Eddy, the chef Hewitt, the sniper Rivers, Mani, and the doctor Muret.Bellamy
Bellamy "the Hyena", is the captain of the Bellamy Pirates, a blonde-haired man with the power of the Paramecia-type Boing-Boing Fruit, which allows him to turn his legs into springs to bounce off surfaces and gain momentum for his attacks. After his defeat at the hands of Luffy, [|Doflamingo] dismisses Bellamy, who later becomes a fighter in Dressrosa.In the anime television series, Bellamy's voice actor is Wataru Takagi. In the 4Kids English adaptation, he is voiced by Andrew Rannells. In the Funimation English adaptation, his voice is supplied by Justin Cook.
[|Blackbeard] Pirates
The Blackbeard Pirates are a group of very powerful pirates led by Blackbeard. Initially, his crew consists of the marksman Van Augur; Jesus Burgess, the crew's helmsman who possesses immense physical strength; the exiled police officer Lafitte; and the sickly physician Doc Q, with his equally sickly horse Stronger.Later, Blackbeard recruits a number of prisoners from Impel Down: the biggest giant San Juan Wolf whose size comes from the ability of an as-yet-unnamed Devil Fruit, the towering Vasco Shot, the tall female Catarina Devon, and former North Blue king Avalo Pizarro, as well as the prison's deposed chief jailer Shiryu.
After becoming one of the Four [|Emperors], Blackbeard has a subordinate known as Peachbeard, and allies with Aokiji.
Marshall D. Teach
Marshall D. Teach, better known as Blackbeard, is the captain of the Blackbeard Pirates. As a member of the Whitebeard Pirates, he killed his crew mate Thatch to get hold of the Devil Fruit he has sought for several decades, the Dark-Dark Fruit. It grants him the ability to create and control black holes, 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. 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.The character is based on and named after the historical pirate Edward "Blackbeard" Teach. In the Japanese anime television series, his voice actor is Akio Ōtsuka. In its Funimation English adaptation, his voice was supplied by Cole Brown until his death in November 2016. In he was voiced by Chris Rager.
Big Mom Pirates
The Big Mom Pirates are the crew led by the member of the Four Emperors, Charlotte Linlin.The highest-ranking members are known as the Sweet Commanders. The group consists of Linlin's 2nd son, Katakuri, who has the power to generate mochi, Linlin's 14th daughter, Smoothie, who has the ability to squeeze any object, including living things, and Linlin's 10th son, Cracker, who has the ability to generate biscuits. A former member of the group is Linlin's 25th child, Snack.
Officer positions are filled by the majority of Linlin's sons and daughters. Among those are Linlin's 1st son, Perospero, who has the ability to generate candy, Linlin's 4th son, Linlin's 3rd son, Daifuku, who can summon a genie from his body by rubbing himself, Oven, who has the power to generate heat, Linlin's 5th son, Opera, who has the ability to generate cream, Linlin's 8th daughter, Brulee, who has the power of mirrors and can create reflections of people or trap them inside mirrors, Linlin's 19th son, Montd'Or, who can control the books and catch the people inside them, Linlin's 35th daughter, Pudding, who is a descendant of the Three-Eyed People, and Linlin's 36th daughter, Flampe, who is a great admirer of Katakuri.
The crew Combatants include [|Pekoms], a lion [|mink], Tamago, an egg-shaped man who can change his appearance to chick, rooster, and return to egg form, and Bobbin. Sun Pirates and [|Firetank Pirates] are former subordinates of the crew.
Charlotte Linlin
Charlotte Linlin, better know as Big Mom, is the captain of the Big Mom Pirates, and the queen of [|Totto Land], where she rules with her 46 sons and 39 daughters. She is also the only female member of the Four Emperors, and a former member of the Rocks Pirates.In her childhood, she was abandoned by her parents for being too big, and was raised by Mother Carmel, a nun who inspired her to create a kingdom and a family in which all the races of the world live together.
Big Mom possesses the power of the Soul-Soul Fruit, which in the past belonged to Carmel, with which she can give life to objects or make animals act like humans by giving them a fragment of a person's soul. The three objects close to her that have a fragment of her own soul are her tricorn Napoleon, the sun Prometheus, and the cloud Zeus.
Black Cat Pirates
The Black Cat Pirates are a cat-themed crew of pirates led by their captain, [|Kuro], who considers them as nothing but pawns to carry out his plans and, if he so pleases, to die for him.. Other members of the crew include [|Django], and the Meowban Brothers, Siam and Butchie.Kuro
Kuro, nicknamed Kuro the "Thousand Plans", is the captain of the Black Cat Pirates, who is known for his elaborate plans. Wishing to leave his identity behind, and to escape the pirate lifestyle of always being on the run, he becomes butler to [|Kaya], a friend of Usopp. He considers his crew as nothing but pawns to carry out his plans and, if he so pleases, to die for him. 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. Carl Kimlinger of Anime News Network praised Kuro as being "both unspeakably cool and utterly vile".In the Japanese anime television series, Kuro is voiced by Kōichi Hashimoto. In the 4Kids English adaptation, he is voiced by Gary Mack, while his voice actor in the Funimation English adaptation is Kent Williams.
Buggy's Band of Pirates
Buggy's Band of Pirates 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 first mate and beast tamer Mohji, who is usually accompanied by his pet lion Richie. Third in line is the chief of staff and acrobat Cabaji. Following Buggy's escape from Impel Down, the Buggy Pirates are joined by some of his fellow escapees, and from early on, the group is accompanied by [|Alvida], a pirate who is out to make Luffy "her man".Buggy
Buggy 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. Having consumed the Paramecia-type Chop-Chop Fruit, 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. Following the Roger Pirates' dissolution, Buggy becomes captain of the Buggy Pirates and achieves limited notoriety as "Buggy the Clown". Eventually his involvement in the first mass breakout of Impel Down, and the Paramount War, earns him a sizable following of escapees and worldwide infamy as "The Genius Jester", and a seat among the Seven Warlords of the Sea.In the anime series, his voice actor is Shigeru Chiba. In the 4Kids English adaptation, he is voiced by David Wills. In the Funimation English adaptation, his voice is supplied by Mike McFarland.
Oda said that Buggy is his favorite antagonist, because of all of them he is the easiest to draw. 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". Jacob Hope Chapman of the same site said that seeing Buggy during the Jaya Arc was "entertaining". 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". He was "disappointed" that Buggy, [|Smoker], and the Strawhats did not have a conflict at sea. 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". He said that he believes that Buggy is being set up as a regular character because he was "afraid he might lose him". 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."
Galdino
Galdino, better known under his Baroque Works code name "Mr. 3", is a sculptor with the ability of the Paramecia-type Wax-Wax Fruit, which allows him to generate and control candle wax.He is voiced by Nobuyuki Hiyama in the Japanese version of the franchise. In the English versions of the series, he is voiced by Tom Souhrada in the 4Kids dub, and by Duncan Brannan in the Funimation dub.
Caribou
Caribou is the former captain of the Caribou Pirates, a crew that captained alongside his younger brother Coribou. He has the power of the logia-type Swamp-Swamp Fruit, that allows it to transform into a mud swamp.After following the Straw Hat Pirates along the seabed on their journey to Fishman Island, intending to defeat them, he ended up captured by them and locked in a barrel. Although he managed to escape, he was defeated again, and after the events on the island he was captured by Jimbei, who brought him to the surface. After a journey in the New World, he ended up captured by X. Drake and made a prisoner of the Animal Kingdom Pirates.
Dracule
Dracule Mihawk, also called "Hawk-Eye" Mihawk, was one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, and is recognized as the strongest swordsman in the world. He is a pale-skinned man who travels in a small boat shaped like a coffin. His primary weapon is a Grosse Messer, with a black blade. Zoro wants to beat him someday, however, 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.Takeshi Aono provided his voice in the anime until 2010, after which he was replaced by Hirohiko Kakegawa. In the 4Kids English adaptation, he is voiced by Wayne Grayson. In the Funimation English adaptation, his voice is supplied by John Gremillion.
[|Don Quixote Pirates]
The Don Quixote Pirates, or Don Quixote Family, are a pirate crew led by [|Don Quixote Doflamingo]. It is divided into three groups, each led by one of the top three officers.Trébol's Army is led by Trébol, a man who can generate an adhesive and highly sticky liquid; Sugar, a girl who can turn people into toys; Jora, 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].
Diamante's Army is led by Diamante, whose ability allows him to flatten, reform, and fold anything while still retaining its original characteristics. It is made up of Lao G, an old skilled martial artist; Machvise, a strong man who can change his weight; Senor Pink, a man who can swim on the ground or through walls; and Dellinger, a boy who possesses both human and Fighter Fish-
Other crew members are Bellamy, [|Monet] and the former top officer Vergo. Caesar Clown and [|Disco] are also subordinates of the crew.
Don Quixote Doflamingo
Don Quixote Doflamingo is the captain of the Don Quixote Pirates, the usurper king of the island Dressrosa, and formerly one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea. The String-String Fruit 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. He believes that the "Great Pirate Era" is nearing its end and a new age is about to begin. 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. Eventually, after the Straw Hat Pirates and Dressrosa's citizens reveal his treacherous deeds, Doflamingo is defeated by Luffy and his title is revoked.He is voiced by Hideyuki Tanaka. In the Funimation English adaptation, his voice is supplied by Robert McCollum.
Don Quixote Rocinante
Don Quixote Rocinante is the younger brother of Don Quixote Doflamingo, a commander of the Don Quixote Pirates occupying the Hearts Seat under the code name "Corazon", 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.In the Japanese anime television series, he is voiced by Koichi Yamadera.
[|Edward Weevil]
Edward Weevil, also called "Whitebeard Jr.", is the self-proclaimed son of Edward Newgate, and was one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea. He is not very bright, and as a result, he is constantly manipulated by his mother, Buckin, a former pirate and the self-proclaimed lover of Edward Newgate. Influenced by his mother, Weevil believe that he is the rightful heir of Whitebeard's fortune, not the members of his father's crew, and in order to claim Whitebeard's treasure that Buckin promised him, he fought and destroyed fifteen pirate crews that served under Whitebeard.Four Emperors
The most powerful pirates in the New World are referred to as the Four Emperors. Initially the group consists of Shanks, Whitebeard, Kaido, and Big Mom, 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. Two years later, Blackbeard is considered to have assumed Whitebeard's position.[|Foxy] Pirates
The Foxy Pirates is a crew specializing in a pirate game known as the "Davy Back Fight" wherein pirate crews can win crewmen from their opponents and their Jolly Roger. One example is when he won the Fanged Toad Pirates' captain Kibagaeru, it's unnamed helmsman, and it's unnamed navigator as well as their Jolly Roger leaving the rest of the Fanged Toad Pirates in dissaray. The crew is led by Foxy, and other members of his numerous crew include Porche, the crew's idol, and Hamburg, a gorilla-like human who occasionally serves as Foxy's mount.There are two Foxy Pirates who make up Hamburg's teammates in the Groggy Monsters. Pickles is a large and husky man who is larger than Hamburg. Big Pan is a Wotan, a result of a union between a giant and a fish-man with his fish-type being a pond loach. The rest of the crew consists of the announcer and commentator Itomimizu, his bird Chuchun, the billfish-type fish-man Capote, the star shark Monda, the carpenter Gina, the shipwright Donovan and Sonieh, wrestlers George Mach and Mountain Ricky. The Foxy Pirates have anime-only members like Mashikaku who is large and rectangular, Chiqicheetah who can turn into a cheetah and a cheetah-human hybrid, the squid-type fish-man Jube, the unspecified fish-man Girarin, and the elderly referee Rokuroshi.
Foxy
Foxy, nicknamed "Silver Fox", is the cheater and trickster captain of the Foxy Pirates. Though he acts supremely confident most of the time, he is extremely sensitive to insults or criticism. Having eaten the Slow-Slow Fruit, Foxy can emit a beam with microscopic particles from his hands which can temporarily slow down any object, reducing its velocity, while preserving its kinetic energy.Although in the manga he only appears as the main antagonist of a story arc, in the anime he is a recurring opponent of Luffy's crew.
In the Japanese series, he is voiced by Bin Shimada, while his voice actor in the Funimation English adaptation is Jonathan Brooks.
[|Krieg Pirates]
The Krieg Pirates are a pirate crew led by Don Krieg. He does not care for his crew and bullies them to fear and obey him. He punishes those who fail him and those who show weakness. Other crew members include Gin, Krieg's combat commander, and Pearl, a man protected by various shields.Don
Don Krieg, nicknamed "Foul Play" Krieg, is the captain of the Krieg Pirates, a man well known for his underhanded tactics. Krieg does not care for his crew and bullies them into fearing and obeying him. He punishes those who fail him and those who show weakness. Krieg wears a gilded suit of steel armor filled with hidden weapons such as guns, bombs, etc. Krieg also uses a weapon called the "Mighty Battle Spear", that is not only a spear, but can release explosions and remain intact.In the anime television series, his voice actor is Fumihiko Tachiki. In the 4Kids English adaptation, he is voiced by Marc Thompson. In the Funimation English adaptation, his voice is supplied by Andy Mullins.
Kuja
The Kuja are a tribe of women living on [|Amazon Lily], a China-inspired island, where men are forbidden. 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, allowing the middle sister, Boa Sandersonia, to transform into an anaconda or anaconda-human hybrid, and the youngest sister, Boa Marigold, to turn into a king cobra or king cobra-human hybrid.Other members of the tribe are the former empress of the Kuja, Gloriosa, more commonly referred to as "Elder Nyon", Marguerite, a warrior who befriends Luffy, and Marguerite's friends Sweetpea and Aphelandra.
Boa Hancock
Boa Hancock is a member of the all-female [|Kuja Tribe] from the island of Amazon Lily. Sold to the [|Celestial Dragons] during childhood, she and her sisters are force-fed devil fruits and branded as slaves. Eventually freed by Fisher Tiger, the three return to their people. Hancock becomes ruler and is referred to by her subjects as "Snake Princess". Leading the Kuja Pirates, she quickly gains infamy as the "Pirate Empress" and is offered membership in the Seven Warlords of the Sea. 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. Hancock is capable of utilizing Haki, including the Color of the Supreme King. The ability of the Paramecia-type Love-Love Fruit allows her to turn anyone charmed by her into stone and back again. She is also often accompanied by her pet snake Salome, who also supports her in battles.In the Japanese anime television series, her voice actress is Kotono Mitsuishi. In the Funimation English adaptation, her voice is supplied by Lydia Mackay.
Monkey Mountain Allied Force
The Monkey Mountain Allied Force is a group formed between three pirate captains. The leader of the alliance is Mont Blanc Cricket, a man who is descent of Mont Blanc Noland, who was known as "Liar Noland" because of lying about the existence of a City of Gold. Cricket, believing that Noland was telling the truth, spent years searching for that city.The other two representatives of the alliance are Masira, captain of the Masira Pirates, who are responsible for refloating the treasures of the sunken ships, and his sworn brother Shoujou, captain of the Shoujou Pirates, who are responsible for sinking ships.
Originally stationed in Jaya, they helped the Straw Hat Pirates in getting to [|Skypiea].
[|New Fishman Pirates]
The New Fishman Pirates are a pirate group of fishmen-supremacists led by the great white shark-fishman Hordy Jones. Hordy is responsible for assassinating Otohime, the queen of Fishman Island. The crew's five officers are the hammerhead shark-fishman Dosun, the Japanese wobbegong-fishman Zeo, the cookiecutter shark-fishman Daruma, the giant squid-fishman Ikaros Munch, and the poisonous blue-ringed octopus merman Hyouzou.The pirates eventually make a pact with the captain of the [|Flying Pirates], Vander Decken IX 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.
Red-Haired Pirates
The Red-Haired Pirates are led by "Red-Haired" Shanks. Other members include: Ben Beckman, the first mate; Lucky Roux, a large man often seen eating; and Yasopp, a skilled sniper and father of Usopp.Shanks
"Red-Haired" Shanks is a swordsman and pirate, capable of using the Supreme King color of Haki. After serving aboard Roger's ship as an apprentice, alongside Buggy, he founds his own crews, the Red-Haired Pirates. 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.In the original Japanese series, his voice actor is Shūichi Ikeda. In the 4Kids English adaptation, he is voiced by Tom Souhrada. In the Funimation English adaptation, his voice actor is Brandon Potter.
Roger Pirates
The Roger Pirates were the pirate crew of the late King of the Pirates, Gol D. Roger, and were the only known crew to ever reach Laugh Tale. Other members in the crew were Silvers Rayleigh, the crew's first mate, Shanks and Buggy, who started out as pirate apprentices on the crew, Scopper Gaban, who was regarded by Roger as one of his best men, and [|Kozuki Oden] alongside his retainers [|Dogstorm] and [|Cat Viper].Gol D. Roger
Gol D. Roger, after gaining worldwide infamy as captain of the Roger Pirates, becomes better known as Gold Roger, the King of the Pirates. 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. 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. Though they will have to find it first. 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 him and his crew to learn the secret history of the world. He was also the original owner of Luffy's Straw Hat which fell into the possession of Shanks after his captain's death, with Shanks eventually passing it on to Luffy. Gol D. Roger has the highest known bounty in the series, with 5,564,800,000 Berry.He is initially voiced by Chikao Ōtsuka, later by Masane Tsukayama. In the 4Kids adaptation, Roger is voiced by Frederick B. Owens. In the Funimation English adaptation, his voice is supplied by Sean Hennigan.
Silvers Rayleigh
The "Dark King" Silvers Rayleigh 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. 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.In the anime adaptation, he is voiced by Keiichi Sonobe in Japanese, and by Bruce Carey in the Funimation English dub.
Rocks Pirates
The Rocks Pirates were a powerful crew that dominated the seas forty years before the current events of the series; their strength was such that at the time anyone knew their deeds, so crazy and reckless that they considered them a real terrorist organization. They were defeated on the island of God Valley by the combined efforts of Monkey D. Garp and Gol D. Roger. The captain was Rocks D. Xebec and among its members there were also people who later became notorious such as the Emperors Edward Newgate, Charlotte Linlin, and Kaido, and the captain of the and Roger's rival Shiki.Straw Hat Grand Fleet
The Straw Hat Grand Fleet is a fleet made up of seven pirate crews, who after having helped Luffy in Dressrosa, swore allegiance to him.Beautiful Pirates
The Beautiful Pirates are the first crew of the Straw Hat Grand Fleet. They are led by [|Cavendish], who in the past was a prince who became a pirate, becoming a super rookie. Cavendish has a double personality, becoming his dangerous alter-ego, Hakuba.The crew consists of a total of 74 members, including Suleiman, a former mercenary who joined Cavendish after the events in Dressrosa, and Farul, Cavendish's horse.
Barto Club
The Barto Club are the second crew of the Straw Hat Grand Fleet. They are led by [|Bartolomeo], a former super rookie who is a big fan of Luffy and his crew. Bartolomeo has the power to create invisible barriers around him.The crew consists of a total of 56 members, including Gambia, the crew's staff officer. All the members are big fans of Luffy.
Happosui Army
The Happosui Army are the third crew of the Straw Hat Grand Fleet. They are led by Sai. Before him, the leader of the organization was his grandfather, Chin Jao, who in the past was a rival to Garp.The crew consists of a total of 1000 members, including Boo, Sai's younger brother and vice-leader of the organization, and Baby 5, a former member of the Don Quixote Pirates, and Sai's wife.
Ideo Pirates
The Ideo Pirates are the fourth crew of the Straw Hat Grand Fleet. They are led by Ideo, a martial artist, member of the longarm tribe. The othrer three members of the crew are Blue Gilly, a martial artist, member of the longleg tribe, and Abdullah and Jeet, two former bounty hunters. Initially they were named "XXX Gym Martial Arts Alliance", being renamed after obtain their own ship.Tontatta Pirates
The Tontatta Pirates, formerly known as Tonta Corps, are the fifth crew of the Straw Hat Grand Fleet, and the armed forces of the Tontatta Tribe. The organization is made up entirely of dwarfs, and they are led by Leo, who has the ability to stitch things together and un-stitch them like nothing happened.The crew consists of a total of 200 members, including the Aviation Squad leaders Bian, who has the ability to transform into a bee, and Cub, who has the ability to transform into a rhinoceros beetle.
New Giant Pirates
The New Giant Pirates are the sixth crew of the Straw Hat Grand Fleet. The organization is made up of five giants from Elbaf, and they are led by Hajrudin. The other four members are Stansen, the crew's shipwright, who was imprisoned in Sabaody until he escaped with Rayleigh, Rodo, the crew's navigator, Goldberg, the crew's cook, and Gerd, the crew's doctor, who in her childhood was a friend of Charlotte Linlin.Yontamaria Fleet
The Yontamaria Fleet are the seventh crew of the Straw Hat Grand Fleet. They are led by Orlumbus, a former adventurer who worked for the Standing Kingdom. The crew consists of a total of 4,300 members, including Columbus, a young girl who is a trusted member for Orlumbus.Sun Pirates
The Sun Pirates are a band of pirates consisting of fishmen and mermen, led by Fisher Tiger, 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.The members of the Arlong Pirates and [|Macro Pirates] were also part of the crew, until the group eventually disbands when Jimbei joins the Seven Warlords of the Sea. Other members include Aladdin, the crew's doctor and first mate during Jimbei's leadership, Charlotte Praline, Aladdin's wife and Big Mom's 21st daughter, and Wadatsumi, a former member of the Flying Pirates.
[|Thriller Bark Pirates]
The crew of the island-sized ship ''Thriller Barque, 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] – given unlife in the form of shadows stolen using Moriah's Devil Fruit ability. Placed in charge of the zombies are Moriah's other subordinates, "Graveyard" Absalom, a man augmented by Hogback with various animal parts and capable of turning himself and anything he touches invisible, and "Ghost Princess" [|Perona].Among the zombies created by Hogback and Moriah are Victoria Cindry, a former famous stage actress whom Dr. Hogback was in love with; [|Ryuma], a samurai from the Wano Country; Lola, a warthog-like zombie in love with Absalom; and Oars, a giant formerly feared by all.
Gecko Moria
Gecko Moria is the captain of the island-sized ship Thriller Bark and a former member of the Seven Warlords of the Sea. The Shadow-Shadow Fruit grants him the ability to control his shadow, allowing it to act completely independent from his body, and to control the shadows of others. After his entire crew is annihilated by Kaido, he creates a completely obedient, immortal army of zombies by implanting stolen shadows into corpses. After the Paramount War, his [|Warlord] title is revoked.In the Japanese anime television series, his voice actor is Katsuhisa Hōki. In the Funimation English adaptation, he is voiced by Chris Guerrero.
Perona
Perona, also known as "Ghost Princess", is a member of the Thriller Bark Pirates, a woman dressed in a gothic lolita-style who is capable of create ghosts with various abilities thanks to the power of the Paramecia-type Hollow-Hollow Fruit. After Gecko Moria's defeat, Perona takes shelter in Dracule Mihawk's castle, where she begrudgingly helps and cooperates with Roronoa Zoro in his training during the timeskip.In the original Japanese anime series, Perona is voiced by Kumiko Nishihara. In the Funimation English adaptation, her voice actress is Felicia Angelle.
Wapol Pirates
The Wapol Pirates are led by Wapol, the former King of Drum Island. He ate the Paramecia-type Munch-Munch Fruit 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.Whitebeard Pirates
The Whitebeard Pirates are a group led by Whitebeard and sixteen division commanders, each in charge of one hundred men. Members of the Whitebeard Pirates include the first division commander "Phoenix" Marco, who can transform into a phoenix or phoenix-human hybrid and is a skilled user of Haki; the second division commander [|"Fire Fist" Ace]; the third division commander "Diamond" Jozu, who can turn parts of his body into diamond;; the sixteenth division commander Izo, who was one of Kozuki Oden's retainers in Wano; and Marshall D. Teach, who leaves and starts [|his own crew] after murdering the fourth division commander Thatch.Edward Newgate
Edward Newgate, better known as Whitebeard, is the captain of the Whitebeard Pirates and one of the Four Emperors. He is a very large and burly old man who fights with a naginata as his weapon and uses the ability of the Paramecia-type Tremor-Tremor Fruit to create shock waves powerful enough to cause earthquakes and tsunamis. He is regarded as the world's strongest man and the only one to have matched Gol D. Roger in combat. He considers all of his crewmen as his sons and protects them with all his might. Eventually, after being badly wounded while fighting to save Ace from execution, he is killed by the Blackbeard Pirates as Blackbeard uses an unknown method to take his Devil Fruit power.In the original Japanese series, he is voiced by Kinryu Arimoto. In the Funimation English adaptation, his voice is supplied by R Bruce Elliott.
Portgas D. Ace
Portgas D. Ace, also called "Fire Fist" Ace, is the second division commander of the Whitebeard Pirates and Luffy's older brother. 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 Portgas D. Rouge. Having eaten the Logia-type Flare-Flare Fruit or Flame-Flame Fruit, Ace is capable of manipulating, creating, and transforming into fire. Ace is also capable of using the Color of the Supreme King. Eventually, after being saved from execution, he shields Luffy from Akainu's magma attack at the cost of his own life. He is buried on an unnamed island in the New World alongside his captain, Whitebeard.He is voiced by Toshio Furukawa, while he is voiced by Daisuke Sakaguchi as a child. In the 4Kids English adaptation, his names are changed to Portgaz D. Trace and "Heat Fist" Trace, and he is voiced by Jesse Hooker. In the Funimation English adaptation, his name is spelled Portgas D. Ace, and his voice is supplied by Travis Willingham.
[|Worst Generation]
Originally known as the "Eleven Supernovas", it's a group of rookie pirates whose bounties exceed over 100,000,000 berries, having reached the Sabaody Archipelago simultaneously. The group's members are: Monkey D. Luffy and his crewmate Roronoa Zoro; Trafalgar [|Law]; Capone Bege; X. Drake; Jewelry Bonney; Basil Hawkins; Eustass Kid and his crewmate [|Killer]; Scratchmen Apoo; and Urouge. Regarded as "problem children", these pirates, along with Marshall D. Teach, eventually became known as the "Worst Generation" by the World Government as they gained more notoriety for their crimes and, sometimes, their willingness to challenge the status quo.Capone Bege
Capone "Gang" Bege is a mafia don-turned-pirate. He has te power of the Castle-Castle Fruit, which allows him to create and maintain a dimensional fortress inside his body, being able to put people inside after being reduced when approaching the entrances of his body, or becoming himself into a great castle that serves as a fortress. He is the captain of the Firetank Pirates, among which are the advisor Vito and the combatant Gotti. Bege is married to Big Mom's 22nd daughter Charlotte Chiffon, and they are both the parents of Capone Pez.During the two year time skip, Bege became one of the Big Mom Pirates' combatants, until the moment when he formed an alliance with Luffy and Caesar Clown to finish off Big Mom.
Eustass Kid
Eustass Kid is the captain of the Kid Pirates. Among his crew is his childhood friend and crew's combatant Killer, who fights using long blades. Kid has the ability to attract metal objects with magnetism. During the time skip, he lost his arm after an encounter with Shanks, depending on a metal pieces arm created by his ability. After trying to form an alliance with Scratchmen Apoo and Basil Hawkins, he ended up being betrayed by them and captured by Kaido, having to later ally himself with Luffy and Law in their plan to defeat him.In the anime series, his voice actor is Daisuke Namikawa. In the Funimation English adaptation, his voice actor is Justin Cook.
Jewelry Bonney
Jewelry Bonney is one of twelve pirates collectively known as the Worst Generation, and the only female of the group. She is nicknamed "Glutton" because of her gigantic appetite which, however, doesn't prevent her from having a sinuous physiognomy. She has eaten a Devil Fruit that allows her to change her own age as well as others, making her opponents either too young or too old to fight her.In the Japanese anime series, Bonney is originally voiced by Reiko Kiuchi, who is later replaced by Reiko Takagi. In the Funimation English adaptation, she is voiced by Laura Wetsel.
Trafalgar D. Water Law
The "Surgeon of Death", Trafalgar D. Water Law, Originates from the North Blue. Having eaten the Op-Op Fruit, Law can, within a spherical area around himself, cut and teleport objects as well as perform body swaps. He is the captain of the Heart Pirates, consisting of twenty-one members, including the polar bear mink and crew's navigator [|Bepo], Shachi, Penguin, and the former slave Jean Bart. Originally a member of the Don Quixote Pirates, Law makes a name for himself and, following the Paramount War, joins the Seven Warlords of the Sea. 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 Don Quixote Doflamingo.In the anime series, his voice actor is Hiroshi Kamiya. In the Funimation English adaptation, his voice actor is Matthew Mercer.
X. Drake
X. Drake in the captain of the Drake Pirates. He has the ability to transform into an allosaurus. He is a former Navy rear admiral who became a pirate, but secretly continued to work for the Navy as captain of the "SWORD" division. Under this identity, he managed to join the Animal Kingdom Pirates as Kaido's subordinate, becoming one of their Headliners as part of the Tobi Roppo.Other groups and organizations
[|Alabasta Kingdom]
The Alabasta Kingdom is a desert climate island in the Grand Line ruled by Nefeltari Vivi's father, Nefeltari [|Cobra]. The nation's army, the Alabasta Royal Guard, is commanded by Igaram, a man who fights with a saxophone that shoots bullets when played, and guns hidden in his hair that fire when he pulls his neck tie. Next in line after Igaram are Chaka, with the ability to transform into a jackal, and Pell, with the ability to transform into a falcon, dubbed the strongest warriors of Alabasta. Other inhabitants include Vivi's childhood friend and later rebel leader, Koza, his father Toh-Toh, and Eyelashes, a camel that accompanies the protagonists during their journey through the kingdom. The Straw Hats are welcomed here thanks to their help saving the kingdom.Nefeltari Vivi
Nefeltari Vivi, first introduced as Baroque Works agent Ms. Wednesday, is the princess of the Alabasta Kingdom. She is usually accompanied by her closest friend, Karoo, an ostrich-sized duck-like flightless bird. She and Karoo sailed for a time with the Straw Hat Pirates when they entered the Grand Line, with the goal of bringing her to Alabasta, being aided by them in her fight against Baroque Works.Vivi was ranked as #82 in a survey conducted by Newtype for favorite anime heroine in 2002.
Her voice actress is Misa Watanabe. In the 4Kids English adaptation, she is voiced by Karen Neil. In the Funimation English adaptation, her name is spelled Vivi Nefertari, and her voice is supplied by Caitlin Glass.
Baroque Works
Baroque Works 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.Agents Mr. 1 through Mr. 5, and their partners, are called Officer Agents and entrusted with only the most important of missions. Daz Bones, whose body possesses the qualities of bladed steel, and Zala, a.k.a. Pola when she works as a bartender, and whose body can grow spikes, work together as Mr. 1 and Ms. Doublefinger Mr. 2 Bon Clay, being a drag queen, serves as his own partner. Mr. 3 works with Ms. Golden Week, an artist who can manipulate emotions using paint. Mr. 4, who fights using a four-ton baseball bat and a bazooka that can transform into a daschund or a daschund-bazooka hybrid, works with Ms. Merry Christmas, who can transform into a mole or mole-human hybrid. Mr. 5 can cause explosions with any part of his body, including his mucus and breath, and his partner, Ms. Valentine, can change her weight at will.
Sir
Sir Crocodile, is a pirate with the ability of the Logia-type Sand-Sand Fruit, allowing him to generate and control sand, absorb moisture with his right hand, and, as long as he is not wet, turn his body into sand. He wears a large golden alloy hook in place of a left hand, which contains a potent poison and a dagger underneath. Initially a member of The Seven Warlords of the Sea, his title is revoked when it is discovered that he, under the code name of "Mr. 0", heads the criminal organization known as Baroque Works.In the original Japanese series, he is voiced by Ryūzaburō Ōtomo. In the 4Kids adaptation, Crocodile is voiced by David Brimmer. In the Funimation English adaptation, his voice is supplied by John Swasey.
Bentham
Bentham, better known under his codename "Mr. 2 Bon Clay", is a drag queen and a skilled martial artist with the power of the Paramecia-type Clone-Clone Fruit, which allows him to transform into an exact copy of anyone whose face he once touched with his right hand. He has a flamboyant attitude which includes singing and performing ballet moves. He is the only Baroque Works Officer Agent without a female partner, 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.In the original Japanese series, he is voiced by Kazuki Yao. In the 4Kids English adaptation, he is voiced by Kevin Kolack. In the Funimation English adaptation, his voice is supplied by Barry Yandell.
Dressrosa
Dressrosa is a kingdom within the New World. Initially it is ruled by the Riku Family, led by [|Riku Dold III]. He has two daughters: Viola and Scarlett; the latter marries Kyros, the best fighter of Dressrosa, and has a daughter, [|Rebecca]. Years later Donquixote Doflamingo stages a mutiny and dethrones King Dold.Other inhabitants include Tank Lepanto, the former commander of Dressrosa's Self-Defense Army; and Gatz, the announcer at the Corrida Colosseum.
Viola
Viola is the former second princess of Dressrosa. When the Don Quixote Pirates took over Dressrosa, Viola joined them in order to prevent Don Quixote Doflamingo from killing her father, working under the name of "Violet" as an assassin and officer of the Trebol Army until betraying the crew. After Doflamingo's defeat, Viola becomes the crown princess of Dressrosa after her niece Rebecca abdicated her position. The Glare-Glare Fruit she ate gives her the ability to see through everything, even other people's minds, allowing her to read thoughts.In the anime series, her voice actress is Mie Sonozaki, while in the Funimation English adaptation, she is voiced by Cristina Vee.
A reader asked Oda why Viola and Doflamingo called each other "Violet" and "Doffy" in chapter 788. Oda replied that there is a deep secret behind this, but because it is a pretty adult part of the story, he could not tell the reader more; Implying a sexual and passionate relationship.
East Blue people
East Blue is the birthplace of Luffy, Zoro, Nami, and Usopp, and the longtime home of Sanji.In addition to the protagonists' homes, at East Blue are also Shells Town, the place where Zoro was captured by Helmeppo after trying to save Rika, a little girl of the town; Orange Town, a town run by Boodle, the mayor, where he lives with Chouchou, the dog of an old friend of his; and the Island of Rare Animals, where Gaimon, a man whose body is trapped in a chest, lives with several animals that are hybrids of two different species.
Dawn Island
Dawn Island is Luffy's home. In it is the Goa Kingdom, which is ruled by Sabo's adoptive brother Stelly and his wife Sally Isntoinette. Luffy was born in Windmill Village, a small village in the kingdom, where Woop Slap, the mayor, and Makino, a bartender and friend of Luffy, also live.In the kingdom there is also Mt. Corvo, where the Dadan Family lives, a group of bandits led by Curly Dadan, who was in charge of raising Luffy, Ace and Sabo. Other members of the group are Dogura and Magura.
Shimotsuki Village
Shimotsuki Village is Zoro's home, where he and his friend and rival Kuina vowed to become the best swordsmen in the world. After Kuina's death, Zoro asked Koshiro, Kuina's father and master of the village dojo, to train him as a swordsman in order to fulfill his promise to Kuina.Syrup Village
Syrup Village is where Usopp lived with his mother, Bachina. After his mother died, he formed the Usopp Pirates along with three other kids from the village, Carrot, Pepper, and Onion. In the village also lives Kaya, a girl to whom Usopp always told stories to cheer her up, and who lives in a mansion with her butler, Merry, who built the Going Merry, the Straw Hat Pirates' first ship.Baratie
The Baratie is an ocean-going restaurant where Sanji worked. It's run by Zeff, the restaurant's owner and chef, and a former pirate known as "Red Foot", who saved Sanji's life when he was a child. Other employees in the restaurant are Patty, who works as patissier, and Carne, who works as charcutier.Coco Village
Coco Village is Nami's home. There she was raised by Belle-Mère, a former member of the Navy, who adopted her and her sister Nojiko after they lost their respective parents. Other inhabitants include Genzo, the sheriff, who was also a father figure to Nami, and Nako, the village doctor.Johnny and Yosaku, two former bounty hunters and old friends of Zoro, also live in the village, who after not succeeding in capturing pirates, became fishermen of the village.
For years, the Arlong Pirates also lived near the village, dominating it with their tyranny until they were defeated by Luffy's crew.
Easter Egg characters
In the series, some characters usually appear as Easter Egg making different cameos in the scenes as recurring jokes. Notable among them is Panda Man, a panda-headed man who is often found among crowds of characters, similar to the "Where's Wally?" books. Other Easter Egg characters include Pandawoman, a female version of Pandaman, normally seen in crowds on Amazon Lily, Sam, a man who often appears drunk in cities, and Tomato Gang, a tomato-headed man who pursues Pandaman.Fishman Island
Lying on the ocean floor halfway through the Grand Line, Fishman Island is inhabited primarily by fishmen and merefolk. The average fishman has ten times the strength of a human, can breathe underwater, and swim very fast.On the island is the Ryugu Kingdom, a country that is ruled by Neptune, and formerly also by his late wife, Otohime. The sons of the royal family are the three princes Fukaboshi, the eldest son, Ryuboshi, the middle son, and Manboshi, the youngest son, who together are known as the Neptune Brothers. The family's youngest child is Neptune's daughter, Shirahoshi, who became good friends with Luffy when she met him.
Other inhabitants include Camie, a mermaid who is friends with the Straw Hat Pirates and Hatchan, Pappagu, a talking starfish who is Camie's pet and a famous fashion designer, and Sharley, a fortune teller capable of seeing the future, and Arlong's younger sister. Also members of the Sun Pirates, the Arlong Pirates and the New Fishman Pirates come from the island.
Germa Kingdom
The Germa Kingdom is Sanji's fatherland. It is ruled by Sanji's father, Vinsmoke Judge.Judge's other children who rule alongside him are Sanji's older sister, Reiju, Sanji's two older brothers Ichiji and Niji, and Sanji's younger brother, Yonji.
The Vinsmoke family are also the leaders of the Germa 66, the military branch of the kingdom and an Underworld mercenary force.
God's Army
God's Army is the personal army of Eneru, consisting of himself, and and the fifty led by Enforcer Commander In combat, the Priests and Enforcers rely heavily on various types of dials. The Priests and Eneru are also skilled users of the Color of Observation Haki, which they refer to asEneru
Eneru 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. The Logia-type Rumble-Rumble Fruit grants him the ability to manipulate, generate, and transform into electricity. He can also use Observation Haki, called Mantra on Skypiea. Used in conjunction, these abilities extend his hearing over the entire country and allow him to immediately punish those who speak up against him. 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.In the original Japanese series, Eneru is voiced by Toshiyuki Morikawa. In the Funimation English adaptation, his voice actor is J. Michael Tatum.
Mink Tribe
The is a tribe of various animals living on a gigantic elephant named "Zunesha" as the island is known as "Zou". The Mink Tribe's city is known as the Mokomo Dukedom. The Mokomo Dukedom is led by the canine mink Dogstorm, who leads the tribe from dawn to dusk, and the feline mink Cat Viper, who leads the tribe from dusk to dawn. The Mink Tribe is loyal to the Kozuki Family from 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.Dogstorm's military forces are Dogstorm's Musketeers. They are led by Shishilian, a lion mink. Other members include Wanda, a canine mink and a ruler's aide, and Carrot, a rabbit mink and other of ruler's aide, who accompained the Straw Hat Pirates on their journey to Totto Land.
Cat Viper's military forces are the Guardians, whose leader was Pedro, a jaguar mink and a former pirate captain and explorer, who accompanied the pirates on their journey to Totto Land, and ended up sacrificing himself to save them.
Other members of the tribe include the Heart Pirates' navigator Bepo, the Big Mom Pirates' combatant Pekoms, and the [|Revolutionary Army] commander [|Lindbergh].
Navy
The Navy, sometimes translated as the "Marines" in FUNimation's English dub, 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 Captain Ax-Hand Morgan was the first high ranking officer of the Navy depicted in the series, until stripped of his status when he was defeated by Luffy.Sengoku
"Sengoku the Buddha" is a [|naval officer] and contemporary of Roger who eventually rises to the rank of fleet admiral. The ability of the Mystical Zoan-type Human-Human Fruit, Model Buddha allows Sengoku to transform into a daibutsu. Following the Paramount War, he retires from the service and, against his recommendation to promote Aokiji, is succeeded by Akainu. Although retired from active duty, Sengoku continues to serve in the navy as an inspector general. Two years after the war, he is shown to have mellowed rather 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.In the Japanese anime television series, he is initially voiced by Takkō Ishimori, later by Tōru Ōkawa. In the Funimation English adaptation, he is initially voiced by Ed Blaylock, later by Philip Weber.
Akainu
Sakazuki, better known as Admiral Akainu, is a ruthless naval officer with the ability of the Logia-type Mag-Mag Fruit, which allows him to control, create, or transform into magma. After Sengoku retires, Akainu wins the position of fleet admiral in a duel against Aokiji. His appearance is modeled after Bunta Sugawara.He is voiced at first by Michio Nakao, later by Fumihiko Tachiki. In the Funimation English adaptation, his voice is supplied by Andrew Love.
Aokiji
Kuzan, better known as Admiral Aokiji, was a seemingly lazy but morally upright naval officer with the ability of the Logia-type Chilly-Chilly Fruit, which allows him to generate, control, or become ice. On his retirement, Sengoku advocates for Aokiji to succeed him as fleet admiral. Aokiji duels with Akainu for the position, but loses. Not wanting to serve under Akainu, he leaves the Navy thanks to his disillusionment with the World Government's Absolute Justice. It appears he formed an alliance with the Blackbeard Pirates but it's not confirmed. Aokiji's appearance is modeled after Yūsaku Matsuda.He is voiced by Takehito Koyasu. In the Funimation English adaptation, his voice is initially supplied by Bob Carter, later by Jason Douglas.
Kizaru
Borsalino, better known as Admiral Kizaru, is an easygoing [|navy officer] with the power of the Logia-type Glint-Glint Fruit, which allows him to turn himself into light, and fire destructive beams. The character's appearance is modeled after Kunie Tanaka.He is initially voiced by Unshō Ishizuka, later by Ryōtarō Okiayu. In the Funimation English adaptation, his voice is supplied by Ray Hurd.
Monkey D. Garp
Monkey D. Garp, nicknamed Garp the "Fist" and "Hero of the Navy", is a vice admiral, Monkey D. Dragon's father and Luffy's grandfather. He is famous for cornering Gol D. Roger and considered a hero of the Navy. After Roger's execution, he took care of Roger's son, Ace, raising him like his own grandson. He has superhuman strength, enough to lift and throw cannonballs like baseball pitches. Garp takes both [|Koby] 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.He is voiced by Hiroshi Naka in the Japanese version of the anime. In the English version of the series, he is voiced by Brian Mathis in the Funimation dub.
Smoker
"White Chase" Smoker is a naval officer and cigar enthusiast, keeping plenty of cigars strapped to the left side of his jacket while smoking two lit ones. The power of the Logia-type Smoke-Smoke Fruit allows him to manipulate, create, and transform into smoke. 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.In the Japanese anime series, he is voiced originally by Ginzō Matsuo, later by Mahito Ōba. In the 4Kids English adaptation, referred to as Chaser the "Smoke Hunter", he is voiced by Rusell Velazquez. In the Funimation English adaptation, where he is called Smoker the "White Hunter", his voice is supplied by Greg Dulcie.
Tashigi
Tashigi is a naval officer serving as Smoker's second in command. While adept at sword fighting, she is unusually clumsy. 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. By coincidence, she bears a striking resemblance to Kuina, Zoro's deceased childhood friend, something he is uncomfortable with.Her voice actress is Junko Noda. In the 4Kids and Funimation English adaptations, she is voiced by Priscilla Everett and Monica Rial, respectively.
Koby
Koby 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, Koby escapes and joins the Navy, where he and Helmeppo pique the interest of Vice Admiral Garp, who takes them under his wing. Eventually, Koby masters the Six Powers skill Shave and begins using Color of Observation Haki. After two years, he became a captain in the Navy and at some point prior to prior to hunting down Boa Hancock after the Seven Warlords of the Seas is disbanded, he is promoted to Rear AdmiralIn the original Japanese series, his voice is supplied by Mika Doi. In the 4Kids English adaptation, he is voiced by Kayzie Rogers. In the Funimation English adaptation, his name is spelled Koby, and his voice is supplied by Leah Clark and Micah Solusod as a teenager.
Helmeppo
The son of a corrupt Navy captain, Helmeppo 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 Koby become protégés of Garp.He is voiced by Koichi Nagano in the Japanese version. In the English versions of the series, he is voiced by Sean Schemmel in the 4Kids dub. In the Funimation dub, he is voiced by Troy Baker in EPs 2-3 and EP280, before the role was recast to Mike McFarland.
Django
Django is a hypnotist with a habit of moonwalking. Introduced as first mate of the Black Cat Pirates, he eventually befriends the Navy officer Fullbody and joins him in the service. Django's weapons of choice are chakrams which he uses for throwing, slashing and hypnotizing his enemies.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.
Punk Hazard people
Punk Hazard 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 to replace their wrecked legs. Next in line after Caesar is Monet, a harpy-like girl with the ability to generate, control, or transform into snow thanks to her Devil Fruit. Brownbeard, the leader of the army of centaurs, is pirate who has alligator legs added by Law.The island is also inhabited by children, kidnapped by Caesar, who are used for his gigantification experiments.
Caesar Clown
Caesar Clown is a psychopathic former navy scientist capable of transforming into gas due to the Logia type Gas-Gas Fruit. He is a former colleague of Dr. Vegapunk and a leading expert on chemical weapons of mass destruction. He works for Don Quixote Doflamingo creating artificial Devil Fruits called SMILEs, and using kidnapped children in Punk Hazard for his experiments. He is also a direct subordinate of the Don Quixote 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.In the anime series, his voice actor is Ryūsei Nakao, and voiced by Jerry Jewell in the Funimation dub.
Revolutionary Army
The Revolutionary Army 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, who is known to the public only as Dragon. Also unknown to the public are his family ties until the Battle of Marineford; he is the son of Garp and father of Luffy. Next in command after Dragon is Sabo, Luffy's sworn brother.The organization commanders are the commander of the East Army Belo Betty, a woman with the power to cheer people up by waving a flag, the commander of the North Army Karasu, a man capable of turning his body into a flock of crows and communicating through it, the commander of the West Army Morley, a giant capable of shaping the environment like the floor and the walls like molding clay, and the commander of the South Army Lindbergh, a scientist cat mink. Each one leads the division of each sea.
Dragon's comrade Emporio Ivankov, nicknamed "Miracle Person", is the commander of the G Army which covers the Grand Line, and the queen of the drag queen kingdom Kamabakka. He 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; Inazuma,, who can turn his hands into giant scissors capable of cutting and deforming almost anything as if it were paper.
Other revolutionaries are Koala, the army's Assistant Fishman Karate Instructor, who in the past was a slave saved by Fisher Tiger, Hack, a Fishman Karate Instructor Japanese soldierfish fishman, and Bartholomew Kuma.
Before the events in Dressrosa, they were based on Baltigo, but after Blackbeard attacked the island because of the presence of one of his commanders, they moved to Kamabakka Kingdom.
Monkey D. Dragon
Monkey D. Dragon, commonly known simply as "Dragon the Revolutionary", is the father of the Straw Hat Pirates Captain Monkey D. Luffy and the son of the naval 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.He is voiced by Hidekatsu Shibata. In the 4Kids English adaptation, he was voiced by Dan Green, and in the Funimation English version of the series, he is voiced by Bryan Massey.
Sabo
Sabo is the chief of staff of the Revolutionary Army and sworn brother to Luffy and Ace. 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". After winning the tournament, Sabo eats the fruit and battles Admiral Fujitora and Jesus Burgess in an effort to protect Luffy.He is voiced by Tōru Furuya while he is voiced as a child by Junko Takeuchi. In the Funimation English adaptation of ' and ', his voice is supplied by Vic Mignogna. In , his English voice is supplied by Johnny Yong Bosch.
Bartholomew Kuma
The "Tyrant", Bartholomew Kuma, 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. The power of the Paramecia-type Paw-Paw Fruit allows his palms to repel anything, from physical objects such as people or air to abstracts such as pain and fatigue. He can use this ability to safely transport himself or others over long distances. Kuma is the model for the Pacifista, 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. 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. At some point during his gradual conversion into the human weapon "PX-0", Kuma's personality is erased, leaving him a programmable fighting machine under the Government's control until becoming a slave-to-rent for the World Nobles as punishment for aiding Luffy.In the original Japanese series, he is voiced by Hideyuki Hori. Joel McDonald provides his voice in the Funimation English adaptation.
Sabaody Archipelago
Sabaody Archipelago is the final destination in Paradise, close to the Red Line. There lives the former first mate of the Roger Pirates, Silvers Rayleigh, along with his wife Shakuyaku, most commonly known by her nickname "Shakky", a former pirate who works as a bartender.On the island is the Auction House, where Disco, a subordinate of the Don Quixote Pirates, ran it by auctioning slaves, until his business was ruined after the incident caused by Luffy. Because of this, on the island there are usually kidnappers for the slave trade, among them the Macro Pirates, formed by Macro, Gyaro and Tansui, former members of the Sun Pirates. Other kidnapping gang were the Flying Fish Riders, later renamed as the Rosy Life Riders, whose leader, Duval, looked exactly like the photo on Sanji's first bounty poster, until the latter ended up attacking his face, making him a handsome man, after which he decided to swear allegiance to the Straw Hat Pirates.
Being the final destination of the first half of the Grand Line, rookie pirates who arrive on the place with a bounty greater than 100,000,000 are known as "Super Rookies." This includes members of the "Eleven Supernovas" of the Worst Generation, the [|Caribou Brothers], Cavendish, and Bartolomeo.
Skypiea
Skypiea is a land located in the sky above the Grand Line, consisting of Angel Island, 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, who for a long time, was dominated by [|Enel] until the return of the previous ruler, Gan Fall, receiving the title of "God" from the island. Gan Fall is always accompanied by Pierre, a large bird with the power to transform into a horse, always taking the form of a horse with wings. Other inhabitantes of the island includes Pagaya, his daughter Conis, and their pet, the "cloud fox" Suu.
Also living in Skypiea are the Shandorians, the original inhabitants of Jaya, led by Wyper, an extremely violent man who is initially distrustful of outsiders, and descendant of the warrior and hero Kalgara. Other Shandorians include Aisa, a little girl with a highly developed Mantra, and Raki, a warrior woman, especially close with Aisa. On the island also lives Nola, a giant snake over 400 years old.
With the exception of Gan Fall, most of the inhabitants of Skypiea are shown to have bird-like wings on their back.
Wano Country
The Wano Country 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 Navy goes near them. It was first mentioned by Hogback, as Ryuma was from there.In Punk Hazard, the Straw Hat Pirates met two residents of Wano, Kin'emon of Foxfire and his "son" Momonosuke, who temporarily accompanied them on their journey. Later, they discover that Momonosuke is actually the son of Kozuki Oden, and part of the royal family of Wano, and Kin'emon actually is family's retainer. Kozuki Oden, in addition to being the son of the country's former shogun, Kozuki Sukiyaki, he was also a skilled swordsman, and for several years became a pirate, joining the Whitebeard Pirates, and later the Roger Pirates. Other members of the Kozuki Family are Kozuki Toki, Oden's wife, who had the ability to send people into the future, and Kozuki Hiyori, Oden's daughter and Momonosuke's young sister, who is currently 20 years older than his brother because he was displaced in time.
Other samurais who are Kozuki Family's retainers are Kanjuro, who has the ability to give life to the drawings, Raizo, a ninja, Kikunojo, who although he really is a man he feels like a woman inside, Ashura Doji, who after Oden's death became a bandit, Kawamatsu, a fish-man who pretends to be a kappa, and Denjiro, who for years became a Yakuza boss to hid his identity. All them, along with Kin'emon, Dogstorm and Cat Viper, form the group known as the "Akazaya Nine".
Wano Country is currently under the control of the current shogun Kurozumi Orochi, who has the ability to become a Yamata no Orochi, and the Animal Kingdom Pirates, Kaido's pirate crew.
Water 7
Water 7 is a city with water-ways and canals that are used for transportation almost like roads, often surrounded by sidewalks on the canals. The city's mayor is Iceberg, who is also the president of the Galley-La Company, the company with the best carpenters in the world, including Paulie, who is also the company's vice president, Peeply Lulu, and Tileston.In the city there is also the Franky Family, which was led by Franky before joining the Straw Hat Pirates. The group include Franky's right hand man, Zambai, and the twin sisters Mozu and Kiwi.
Iceburg and Franky worked in their youth at Tom's Workers, a carpenter company led by Tom, a fish man who built the Roger Pirates' ship, and the Sea Train connecting Water 7 to other islands. The company also included Yokozuna, a giant frog, and Kokoro, an elderly mermaid who currently works at the train station with her granddaughter Chimney, and their pet rabbit Gonbe.
Several CP9 members also lived undercover in the city.
World Government
The World Government is a global organization, affiliated with over 170 countries from around the world. It is administered by a council of five older men known as the Five Elders. Eight centuries after its foundation by a group of twenty kings, their descendants, the Celestial Dragons, live luxurious lives and abuse their power.Celestial Dragons
The World Nobles, also known as the Celestial Dragons, are the descendants of the founders of the World Government. However, due to their connection to the Government, they constantly abuse their power and despise the people below them to the point of wearing masks so as not to breathe the same air as them.Cipher Pol
Cipher Pol is a series of World Government organizations. They act as secret agencies who do investigations, assassinations and espionage for the World Government.Cipher Pol Number 9, abbreviated as CP9, is the secret, ninth unit of the World Government's intelligence agency Cipher Pol based at Enies Lobby. Specializing in assassination, they utilize a weapon-themed martial art called the. The group is commanded by Spandam, the self-centered son of the group's previous leader Spandine who is obsessed over moving up in the World Government. Though extremely weak compared to his subordinates, Spandam carries the sword Funkfreed which is capable of transforming into an elephant or an elephant-sword hybrid. Next in command is Rob Lucci, a man known for ruthlessly and mercilessly enforcing the World Government's "justice". He can transform into a leopard or leopard-human hybrid and is always accompanied by his pigeon, Hattori. 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, abbreviated as CP-0, the World Government's elite enforcement unit.
Other Devil-Fruit using members of CP9 include the skilled swordsman Kaku who can turn into a giraffe or a giraffe-human hybrid, the deceptive martial artist Jabra who can turn into a wolf of a wolf-human hybrid that resembles a werewolf, Blueno who travels great distances with manifested "air doors", and Califa whose "strength-cleaning" bubbles that turn a person into a slippery mannequin. Its other two members are Kumadori, a man who resembles a kabuki actor and uses an ability called "Life Return" to control every cell in his body, and Fukurō, an owl-shaped man with a zipper across his mouth which has to be open in order for him to speak.. CP9 also had a new member in, a man with weasel whiskers who had not fully mastered all the Rokushiki skills and was killed by Lucci for his failure.
Cipher Pol Aigis 0, abbreviated as CP-0 is the elite and most powerful secret unit of the World Government. Not much has been revealed about them so far, however they have been shown to be very feared and influential. The former members of the CP9 Rob Lucci, Spandam and Kaku are currently members of the CP0.
Other members from the Cipher Pol include Jerry, from the CP6, and Wanze, from the CP7.
Impel Down
Impel Down is one of three main locations of the World Government and the world's greatest prison. Chief Warden of Impel Down is, a man with the ability of the Paramecia-type Venom-Venom Fruit that 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. Second in charge of Impel Down is the exceedingly ambitious Vice Chief Warden. He often shows off how tough he is to the prisoners, which earns him admiration among the guards. However, he cares more about his own position than the security of the prison. His weapon of choice is a double bladed naginata. Below Hannyabal stand the Chief Guards and. Sadie is a very sadistic woman who uses a thin, torturing whip in battle. Saldeath wields a trident, which also functions as a flute to direct his subordinates, the Blugori, blue, legless creatures resembling gorillas.Saidie is in commande of the Jailer Beasts on the lowest level of Impel Down who have tapped into the Awakened power of their unnamed Zoan Devil Fruits which makes them larger with some of them having runny noses. They consist of the Holstein cattle-like Minotaurus, the rhinoceros-like Minorhinoceros, the koala-like Minokoala, the zebra-like Minozebra, and the chihuahua-like Minochihuahua.
Seven Warlords of the Sea
The Seven Warlords of the Sea, the full title being The Royal Seven Warlords of the Sea, 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". For their allegiance, the World Government pardons these pirates for their crimes and removes bounties from their heads. The Seven Warlords are loosely based on the European privateers, government endorsed pirates considered heroes in their homeland and pillagers in others. Initially, the group's members are: Dracule Mihawk, Crocodile, Gecko Moria, Jimbei, Boa Hancock, Don Quixote Doflamingo, and Bartholomew Kuma. 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 Moria, who is discarded by the World Government and narrowly escapes an assassination attempt. The three open spots are eventually filled by Trafalgar Law, Buggy the Clown, and Edward Weevil. After Doflamingo's actions in Dressrosa are exposed, Law and Doflamingo are removed by the World Government. Later during the Reverie, under the direction of Cobra and Riku Dold III, the member nations vote to abolish the Warlords, and the remaining members are stripped of their positions and, with the exception of Kuma, are being hunted down by the Navy with the intent to capture them.Reception
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". Todd Douglass, Jr. of DVD Talk simply states that the series' characters have a lot of "charm". 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."Dustin Somner of Blu-ray.com comments that the Japanese and Funimation voice-acting is "fairly good, but not exceptional" and sometimes "overly zany". 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 were pretty irritating... with a lot of high-pitches and over exaggerated speech." Brigitte Schönhense of Splashcomics comments that the "brilliant" flashbacks into the characters' pasts make them so "likeable and lovable" and that they are the manga's real strength. 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". 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."
Citations
''One Piece'' manga
Entire series
- Oda, Eiichiro. One Piece. 93 vols. San Francisco: Viz Media, 2003–2020.
- Oda, Eiichiro. ワンピース . 96 vols. Tokyo: Shueisha, 1997–2020.
Individual volumes