World Government (One Piece)

The '' One Piece'' manga 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 abilities. The majority of the characters are human, but the cast also includes dwarfs, giants, mermen and mermaids, fishmen, sky people, and minks, and many others. Many of the characters possess abilities gained by eating "Devil Fruits". The series' storyline follows the adventures of a group of pirates as they search for the mythical "One Piece" treasure.

Monkey D. Luffy is the series' main protagonist, a young pirate who wishes to succeed Gol D. 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 combatant Roronoa Zoro (sometimes referred to as Roronoa Zolo in the English manga); the thief and navigator Nami; the cowardly marksman and inventor Usopp; the amorous 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 pirates and sailors such as: Eustass Kid ( Eustace the Monk and William Kidd), X. Drake ( Sir Francis Drake), Basil Hawkins ( Basil Ringrose and John Hawkins), Capone Bege (Al Capone and William Le Sauvage), Jewelry Bonney ( Anne Bonny), Urouge ( Aruj and Oruç Reis), Alvida ( Awilda), Bartolomeo ( Bartholomew Roberts), Bellamy ( Samuel Bellamy), Blackbeard ( Edward Teach), Cavendish ( Thomas Cavendish), Charlotte Linlin (Big Mom) ( Charlotte Badger), Gol D Roger (Olivier Levasseur), Lafitte ( Jean Lafitte), Roronoa Zoro ( François l'Olonnais), Silvers Rayleigh (Sir Walter Raleigh), Thatch ( Edward Thatch), Yorki ( Calico Jack), Zeff and Sanji ( "Red Legs" Greaves), Trafalgar D. Water Law ( Edward Low), Barbarossa ( Hayreddin Barbarossa), and Scratchmen Apoo (Chui A-poo). The cross dresser Emporio Ivankov is based on Dr. Frank N. Furter and Norio Imamura. Norio had asked Oda to draw more '' okama'' (homosexual) characters and became Ivankov's first voice actor.

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.

The Straw Hat Pirates

The protagonists of the ''One Piece'' series are all the members of the , 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. By the end of the Wano Arc, the Straw Hat Pirates are recognized as a Emperor crew after the defeat of both Kaido and Big Mom.

Monkey D.

is the main 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 , which gives him rubbery attributes. 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 Ace, Garp's other ward, and Sabo, a local runaway noble.

Ten years later, and still wearing Shanks' treasured straw hat, Luffy forms and commands his own pirate crew called The Straw Hat Pirates and sets sail for the Grand Line, quickly gaining infamy as . Eventually, after his strength proves insufficient to save Ace from execution, he spends two years on a secluded island, learning the use of the three colors of Haki as well as his rubber ability's fourth Gear from Silvers Rayleigh, before heading to the New World. Due to his infamy, he is one of the pirates who are known as " The Worst Generation". After the defeat of Kaido and Big Mom, he is subsequently named one of the newest members of the Four Emperors

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.

Luffy will be portrayed by Iñaki Godoy in the live-action adaptation of ''One Piece''.

Roronoa

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 friend and rival, he aims to defeat "Hawk Eye" Mihawk and become 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 .

Eventually, he comes into conflict with Helmeppo, the spoiled son of a navy officer. 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. He is known for his awful sense of direction and constantly gets lost when traveling.

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. The VIZ media also calls him "Zolo". In the Funimation English adaptation, his voice is supplied by Christopher Sabat.

Zoro will be portrayed by Mackenyu in the live-action adaptation of ''One Piece''.

Nami

Adopted and raised by navy seaman turned tangerine farmer Belle-Mère, 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 .

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.

Nami will be portrayed by Emily Rudd in the live-action adaptation of ''One Piece''.

Usopp

During his early childhood, is abandoned by his father, Yasopp, who leaves to join the Red-Haired Pirates. As his mother, Bachina, falls ill, Usopp starts telling tall tales, expressing his hope that his father will return and take them out to sea. He regularly goes to the mansion at the top of the hill where he lives, to visit Kaya. Even after his mother dies, Usopp does not blame his father for leaving. Despite his cowardly disposition, he strives to become a great pirate.

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 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 , a hero sniper wearing a golden mask and cape. Eventually, after helping the Straw Hats liberate Dressrosa from Donquixote Doflamingo's rule, he becomes infamous as .

In 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.

Usopp will be portrayed by Jacob Romero Gibson in the live-action adaptation of ''One Piece''.

Sanji

Born as a prince of Germa Kingdom, 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 Germa, a floating kingdom composed of several ships, 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 , a legendary area where the East, West, North, and South Blue seas meet, 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 . 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 he uses only his legs when fighting to protect the hands he needs for cooking. He has a weakness for women and makes it a principle never to harm one, even if it means his death.

Eventually, he becomes infamous as . While training for a period of two years in Emporio Ivankov's , he develops the , a variant of the technique , 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. But he starts to realize this had also awakened his dormant genetic enhancements that his mother suppressed years ago. He had gained an exoskeleton, a superhuman physical constitution, accelerated healing, increase in strength and speed which enhanced his fighting style immensely and his skin has become bulletproof. Sadly, this had dampened his emotions as well when he realized he had hurt a woman unknowingly who unintentionally got his way and became extremely afraid of him. But that was eventually revealed to not be the case, as it is confirmed by Sanji that Queen used his invisibility to make it look like he did the beating. Fearing he is losing his heart and humanity, he destroys the Raid Suit canister, freeing himself from Germa's influence for good and stopping him from losing more of himself.

Sanji's standard appearance is wearing a well-fitting black suit with a skinny black tie. His hair always covers one of his eyes and he is usually smoking a cigarette.

In the 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.

Sanji will be portrayed by Taz Skylar in the live-action adaptation of ''One Piece''.

Tony Tony

is a doctor and a blue-nosed reindeer. The power of the Zoan-type provides him with the ability to transform into a full-sized reindeer or a reindeer-human hybrid. A self-developed drug he calls enables him to perform even more transformations for three minutes. With help from Caesar Clown, Chopper can last in his transformations for about 30 minutes.

Rejected by his herd because of his blue nose and eating the Devil Fruit, Chopper is rescued by Drum Island's quack doctor Doctor Hiriluk. While developing a potion to create cherry blossoms when in contact with snow, Chopper is heartbroken when Hiriluk falls ill with a deadly disease. After Hiriluk's death, Doctor Kureha takes him in as his mentor. After the Straw Hats arrive at Drum Island and take Chopper with them, Kureha uses Hiriluk's potion to turn the snowy sky into cherry blossoms, fulfilling Hiriluk's life mission. When complimented, Chopper acts flustered and sometimes yells at the person 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 that he is a ''Tonakai'' (Japanese for "Reindeer").

Chopper's voice actress is Ikue Ōtani. Kazue Ikura voiced Tony Tony Chopper for episodes 254–263. Brina Palencia voices Chopper in the English Funimation dub.

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."Fans Chat with Oda Sensei!" '' Shonen Jump'' (VIZ) #84. Volume 7, Issue 12. December 2009. 33.

Nico

Being raised in , home of the world's oldest and largest library, becomes an archaeologist at the age of eight. At some point she gains the power of the Paramecia-type , 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 , which are scattered around the world. She comes to share their goal of finding the elusive , 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 , 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. She eventually joins Sir Crocodile's Baroque Works group, using the codename and becomes 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. After they discover her real reason for leaving, the Straw Hat Pirates declare open war against the Government to get her back. She realizes that she has finally found people who will never sell her out and becomes 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 adaptation of the manga, 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 abandoned him at age nine, , he changed his name to , 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 , 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" first enters the Grand Line as a member of the music-themed Rumbar Pirates. Leaving their pet the infant whale at Reverse Mountain, they promise to return after sailing around the world. After losing their captain , Brook took over the crew as the new captain. Time later, they are annihilated, but the power of the Paramecia-type 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 (a Japanese cane sword) 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

is a yakuza-esque whale shark-type fish-man. A master of , 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 and amnesty to the Sun Pirates, 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 enlists the help of the Straw Hat Pirates to prevent the New Fish-Man Pirates' coup d'état against Fish-Man Island's royal family. Jimbei then turns down an invitation from Luffy to join his crew, 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.

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

The following are the known pirate crews:

Arlong Pirates

The are a pirate crew consisting mostly of fishmen led by the sawshark-type fishman Arlong and several officers.

Hatchan and Nami used to be members until the latter left the crew following its defeat by the Straw Hat Pirates.

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 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

, often called , 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 , a kissing gourami mermaid, and , 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.

Kuroobi

is a manta ray-type fishman who uses "Fishman Karate".

Choo

is a Japanese whiting-type fishman who spits water as if they were firing bullets

Bellamy Pirates

The is a pirate crew originating from the North Blue, and allies with the Donquixote Pirates. The captain of the crew is Bellamy "the Hyena". Other members of the crew are: "Big Knife" , a blue-haired bespectacled man who is Bellamy's first mate; Lily, a woman who often acompained Sarquiss; Eddy, the navigator; Muret, the doctor; Hewitt, the cook; Rivers, the sniper; Ross, the swordsman; and Mani, the combatant.

Bellamy

, is the captain of the Bellamy Pirates, a blonde-haired man with the power of the Paramecia-type , 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.

Bliking Pirates

The are a group of pirates that originate from Drum Island. They consist of:

Wapol

is the former King of Drum Island. He ate the Paramecia-type which allows him to eat virtually anything and take on its properties. His crew consists mostly of his former army.

Chess

is an underling of Wapol who is a skilled archer.

Kuromarimo

is an underling of Wapol whose fighting style revolves around throwing parts of his Afro hair-cut.

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, the former captain and previously first mate, and the Meowban Brothers: and .

Kuro

, nicknamed , 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 anime, Kuro resumed pirate life following his defeat and saw that the bounty for Luffy has gone up following Arlong's defeat.

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.

Caribou Pirates

The is a pirate group that encountered the Straw Hat Pirates after they got back together.

"Wet-Haired" is a rookie pirate and co-captain of the Caribou Pirates. He consumed the Swamp-Swamp Fruit which enables him to generate, control, and become a "swamp".

"Blood Splatterer" is the egg-shaped brother of Caribou and co-captain of the Caribou Pirates.

Dracule Mihawk

, also called , 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 called yoru. 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.

Donquixote Pirates

The , or , are a pirate crew led by Donquixote Doflamingo. It is divided into three groups, each led by one of the top three officers: Trebol's Army, Diamante's Army and Pica's Army. Other members of the crew were Bellamy, the former officer Monet, and the former top officer . Caesar Clown and Disco are also subordinates of the crew.

Donquixote Doflamingo

is the captain of the Donquixote Pirates, the usurper king of the island Dressrosa, and formerly one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea. The 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 is a former Celestial Dragon after his father, Donquixote Homing, decided to abandon that life to become a normal human. However, they were chased by the people, tortured, and eventually, Doflamingo killed his dad. He brought the head of his father back to Mariejois in hopes of receiving his Celestial title back again. He was denied and later became a pirate.

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.

Donquixote Rosinante

is the younger brother of Donquixote Doflamingo, a commander of the Donquixote Pirates occupying the Hearts Seat under the code name , and an undercover agent from the Navy with the rank of commander who reports directly to the then Admiral Sengoku. He ate the 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. Donquixote Rosinante is clumsy and is most often seen lighting his feather cloak up while trying to light a cigarette. He was killed years ago by Doflamingo.

In the Japanese anime television series, he is voiced by Koichi Yamadera. In the Funimation English adaptation, his voice is supplied by Ray Chase.

Trébol's Army

Trébol's Army consists of:

* - The leader of his army with the powers of the Stick-Stick Fruit (ベタベタの実, Beta Beta no Mi) which allows him to generate an adhesive and highly sticky liquid.
* - A girl with the powers of the Hobby-Hobby Fruit (ホビホビの実, Hobi Hobi no Mi) which allows her to turn people into toys.
* - A woman with the powers of the Art-Art Fruit (アトアトの実, Ato Ato no Mi) which allows her to transform things into modern art.
* - A woman who with the powers of the Glare-Glare Fruit (ギロギロの実, Giro Giro no Mi) which allows her to see through everything and read other's minds. "Violet" is actually a codename used to infiltrate the Donquixote Pirates, her true identity is the Princess Viola of Dresserosa.

Diamante's Army

Diamante's Army consists of:

* - The leader of his army who has the powers of the Ripple-Ripple Fruit (ヒラヒラの実, Hira Hira no Mi) which allows him to flatten, reform, and fold anything while still retaining its original characteristics.
* - An old skilled martial artist obsessed with the letter G.
* - A strong man with the powers of the Ton-Ton Fruit (トントンの実, Ton Ton no Mi) which allows him to change his weight at will.
* - A "hard boiled" man with the power of the Swim-Swim Fruit (スイスイの実, Sui Sui no Mi) which allows him to swim through the ground or walls.
* - A boy who is a hybrid of a human and a Siamese fighting fish-type fishman. He primarily fights with kicks.

Pica's Army

Pica's Army consists of:

* - A large, musclar man with a comically high voice with the powers of the Stone-Stone Fruit (イシイシの実, Ishi Ishi no Mi), which allows him to absorb, manipulate, and merge with stone.
* - A girl with the powers of the Arms-Arms Fruit (ブキブキの実, Buki Buki no Mi) which allows her change any part of her body into any kind of weapon. She later defected to the Happosui Army and married Sai.
* - A man with the powers of the Spin-Spin Fruit (グルグルの実, Guru Guru no Mi) which allows him to rotate any part of his body like a propeller.
* - A man with the powers of the Pop-Pop Fruit (パムパムの実, Pamu Pamu no Mi) which allows him to make his own body or any inorganic object he touches rupture and explode.

Edward Weevil

, also called , 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, , 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.

Flying Pirates

The Flying Pirates are a group of fishman pirates that was originally founded by Vander Decken. They eventually make a pact with the New Fishman Pirates to plot the complete destruction of Fishman Island by initiating a coup d'etat.

Vander Decken IX

is a Japanese bullhead shark-type fishman with the power of the Paramecia-type that enables him to lock on any target at will so long as he touches the target first. Even though he still can survive underwater, he would need assistance to get out of the ocean.

Foxy Pirates

The 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, its unnamed helmsman, and its 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; Hamburg, a gorilla-like human who occasionally serves as Foxy's mount and leader of the Groggy Monsters; Pickles is a large and husky man who is larger than Hamburg and a member of the Groggy Monsters; 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 and a member of the Groggy Monsters; Itomimizu, The announcer and commentator; Chuchun, Itomimizu's pet bird; Capote, a billfish-type fish-man; Monda, a star shark; and an unnamed referee who during Davy Back Fight games ignores his team's cheating.

The Foxy Pirates have some anime-only members: Mashikaku, a large and rectangular man; Chiqicheetah, a crew member who unnamed Devil Fruit enables him to turn into a cheetah and a cheetah-human hybrid; Jube, a squid-type fish-man; Girarin, an unspecified fish-man; and Rokuroshi, An elderly referee.

Foxy

, nicknamed , 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 , 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. The crew consisted of the largest pirate fleet in the East Blue, until their ships were sunk by Dracule Mihawk.

Don Krieg

, nicknamed , 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.

Gin

is Krieg's combat commander. He arrived at the Baratie restaurant hungry, being saved by Sanji, who offered him a plate of food, after which Gin was grateful to the cook. Because of this, he ended up rebelling against his captain, especially once he ended up being defeated by Luffy, because he lost all the respect he had for him, thinking that he was someone indestructible.

Pearl

is a man protected by various shields. Although it is difficult to hurt him, he gets very nervous if someone does the slightest injury to him, worrying everyone including his captain, as he begins to lose control.

Kuja

The are a tribe of women living on , 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 .

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 . Leading the Kuja Pirates, she quickly gains infamy as the 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 allows her to turn anyone charmed by her into stone and back again. She is also often accompanied by her pet snake , who also supports her in battles. After the most recent Levely, the Seven Warlords were disbanded, making her an enemy of the World Government again. A few weeks after her home was invaded by the Marines and the Blackbeard Pirates, she has decided to leave her home to protect her people and reunite with Luffy.

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

Boa Sandersonia

is the middle sister whose enables her to transform into an anaconda or anaconda-human hybrid.

Boa Marigold

is the middle sister whose enables her to turn into a king cobra or king cobra-human hybrid.

Other Kuja members

Other members of the tribe are the former empress of the Kuja:

* - She is more commonly referred to as "Elder Nyon"
* - A warrior who befriends Luffy
* - Margaret's friend
* - Margaret's friend.

Monkey Mountain Allied Force

The is a group formed between three pirate captains. Originally stationed in Jaya, they helped the Straw Hat Pirates in getting to Skypiea.

They are led by is the leader of the Monkey Mountain Allied Forces who is a descendant of , 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: , the captain of the Masira Pirates who are responsible for refloating the treasures of the sunken ships; and , Masira's sworn brother and the captain of the Shoujou Pirates who are responsible for sinking ships.

New Fishman Pirates

The are a pirate group of fishmen-supremacists.The pirates eventually make a pact with the captain of the Flying Pirates 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.

, the great white shark-type fishman and leader of the New Fishman Pirates. Hordy is responsible for assassinating Otohime, the queen of Fishman Island.

The officers of the crew are , who is a hammerhead shark-type fishman, , who is a Japanese wobbegong-type fishman, , who is a cookiecutter shark-type fishman, , who is a giant squid-type fishman, and , who is a poisonous blue-ringed octopus-type merman.

Roger Pirates

The were the pirate crew of the late King of the Pirates, Gol D. Roger, and were the only known crew to ever reach Raftel. Silvers Rayleigh was the crew's first mate. One of the members, , was a man who was regarded by Roger as one of his best men along with Rayleigh. Shanks and Buggy - They started out as pirate apprentices on the crew. Because the legendary Samurai Kozuki Oden of Wano Country can read the Poneglyphs, he, alongside his wife Toki, children Momonosuke and Hiyori, as well as his retainers, Dogstorm and Cat Viper, accompanied Roger and his crew for 1 year with the goal of learning the secrets of the world (such as the void century, ancient weapons, and the D. family), as well as reaching the last island, Raftel.

Gol D. Roger

, after gaining worldwide infamy as captain of the Roger Pirates, becomes better known as , the . 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.

Roger is originally voiced by Chikao Ōtsuka, and later by Masane Tsukayama. A younger Roger is voiced by Takeshi Kusao. In the 4Kids adaptation, Roger is voiced by Frederick B. Owens. Eric Stuart initially voiced Roger before being replaced with Owens. In the Funimation English adaptation, his voice is supplied by Sean Hennigan.

Silvers Rayleigh

The 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 , led by , 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. There were also people who later became notorious such as the Emperors Edward Newgate, Charlotte Linlin, and Kaido, and the captain of the Golden Lion Pirates and Roger's rival . They were defeated on the island of by the combined efforts of Monkey D. Garp and Gol D. Roger.

Straw Hat Grand Fleet

The is a fleet made up of seven pirate crews, who after having helped Luffy in Dressrosa, swore allegiance to him. A total of 5,639 pirates make up the entire grand fleet.

Beautiful Pirates

The are the first crew of the Straw Hat Grand Fleet. The crew consists of a total of 74 members, including: , the captain of the crew, who in the past was a prince who became a pirate, becoming a super rookie, and has a double personality, becoming his dangerous alter-ego, Hakuba; is a former mercenary who joined Cavendish after the events in Dressrosa; and , Cavendish's horse.

Barto Club

The are the second crew of the Straw Hat Grand Fleet. The crew consists of a total of 56 members, including: , a former super rookie and captain of the crew, who has the power to create invisible barriers around him, and is a big fan of Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates; and , crew's staff officer. All the members of the crew are big fans of Luffy.

Happosui Army

The are the third crew of the Straw Hat Grand Fleet. The crew consists of a total of 1000 members, including: , the leader of the Happosui Army, who married Baby 5 when she defected from the Donquixote Pirates and sided with the Happosui Army; , Sai's younger brother and vice-leader of the organization; and , the grandfather of Sai and former leader of the Happosui Army, who in the past was a rival to Garp.

Ideo Pirates

The are the fourth crew of the Straw Hat Grand Fleet. Initially. they were named , being renamed after obtaining their own ship. The four members of the crew are: , a martial artist, leader of the Ideo Pirates and member of the longarm tribe; , a martial artist and member of the longleg tribe; and and are two former bounty hunters.

Tontatta Pirates

The , formerly known as , 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. The crew consists of a total of 200 members, including: , the leader of the Tontanna Pirates whose Devil Fruit gives him the ability to stitch things together and un-stitch them like nothing happened; , an Avian Squad leader whose Devil Fruit gives her the ability to transform into a hornet or a hornet-dwarf hybrid while also granting her flight; and , an Avian Squad leader whose Devil Fruit gives him the ability to transform into a rhinoceros beetle or a rhinoceros beetle-dwarf hybrid while also granting him flight.

New Giant Pirates

The are the sixth crew of the Straw Hat Grand Fleet. The organization is made up of five giants from Elbaf; , the crew's captain; , the crew's shipwright who was imprisoned in Sabaody until he escaped with Rayleigh; , the crew's navigator; , the crew's cook; and , the crew's doctor who in her childhood was a friend of Charlotte Linlin.

Yontamaria Fleet

The are the seventh crew of the Straw Hat Grand Fleet. The crew consists of a total of 4,300 members, including: , a former adventurer who worked for the Standing Kingdom; and , a young girl who is a trusted member for Orlumbus.

Rolling Pirates

A pirate crew that the Straw Hat Pirates met in Thriller Bark, being part of the victims whose shadows were stolen by Gecko Moria.

They are captained by , one of 39 daughters of Big Mom, and twin sister of Chiffon. Lola ran away from Totto Land when her mother wanted her to marry Prince Loki of Elbaf, deciding to sail in the sea to find someone she truly loved. During her trip, she asked all the men she met if they wanted to marry her, eventually marrying Gotti.

Sun Pirates

The are a band of pirates consisting of fishmen and mermen that was originally led by is a sea bream-type fishman who was the crew's founder, and later by Jimbei after Tiger's death. 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.

Other members of the crew are: , a goatsbeard brotula-type merman who is the crew's doctor and first mate during Jimbei's leadership; , Aladdin's wife and Big Mom's 21st daughter that is a hybrid of a human and a hammerhead shark-type merman; and , a giant tiger blowfish-type fishman who is a former member of the Flying Pirates.

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.

Thriller Bark Pirates

The crew of the island-sized ship , captained by Gecko Moriah, consists mostly of zombies, numbering in the hundreds, created from corpses. Some of these zombies have been sorted between the General Zombies and the Wild Zombies

Gecko Moria

is the captain of the island-sized ship ''Thriller Bark'' and a former member of the Seven Warlords of the Sea. The 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

, also known as , 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 . 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 Felecia Angelle.

Hogback

is the medical genius of Moriah who was given unlife in the form of shadows stolen using Moriah's Devil Fruit ability. He was the one who patched up the corpses.

Absalom

"Graveyard" is a patchwork man augmented by Hogback with the snout of a lion, the skin of an elephant, and the muscles of a bear and a gorilla. He can turn himself and anything he touches invisible. Absalom was later killed by Shiryu of the Blackbeard Pirates who stole his Devil Fruit power.

Thriller Bark Zombies

Among the zombies created and/or reanimated by Hogback and Moriah are:

* - A former famous stage actress who has a strong hatred for plates and whom Dr. Hogback was in love with.
* - A samurai from the #Wano Country, Wano Country. He had the shadow of Brook
* — is a warthog-like zombie in love with Absalom. She had the shadow of #Charlotte Lola, Chalotte Lola.
* - A large monkey/spider Wild Zombie who is the commander of the Spider Mice.
* - A stuffed bear and servant of Perona who is the commander-in-chief of the Wild Zombies
* - A Wild Zombie that resembles a penguin with the snout of a bulldog who guards Hogback. He had the shadow of Sanji.
* - A General Zombie swordsman who once hosted #Roronoa Zoro, Zoro's shadow.
* - An ancient giant formerly feared by all who was reanimated by Moria. He had the shadow of #Monkey D. Luffy, Luffy.

Worst Generation

Originally known as the , it is 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, Trafalgar Law; Capone Bege; X. Drake; Jewelry Bonney; Basil Hawkins; Eustass Kid and his crewmate #Killer, Killer; Scratchmen Apoo; and . Regarded as "problem children", these pirates, along with #Blackbeard, Marshall D. Teach, eventually became known as the by the World Government as they gained more notoriety for their crimes and, sometimes, their willingness to challenge the status quo.

Basil Hawkins

, nicknamed , is the captain of the Hawkins Pirates. He ate the , a Paramecia-type Devil Fruit that allows him to create and manipulate straw. He can cover himself in straw and make scarecrow-like straw avatars to aid his offense. He also has a habit of reading tarot cards to find out what is going to happen, and the percentage probability that what he predicts will happen.

After the two year timeskip, he tried to form an alliance with Scratchmen Apoo and Eustass Kid, but after Kaido appeared in front of them, to avoid a fight he ended up joining the #Animal Kingdom Pirates, Animal Kingdom Pirates as Kaido's subordinate, betraying Kid along with Apoo, and becoming one of the crew's Headliners.

Capone Bege

is a Crime boss, mafia don-turned-pirate. He has the power of the , a Paramecia-type Devil Fruit that 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 , among which are the advisor and the combatant . Bege is married to Big Mom's 22nd daughter , and they are both the parents of .

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

is the captain of the Kid Pirates. Among his crew is his childhood friend #Killer, Killer. Kid ate the , a Paramecia-type Devil Fruit that allows him to attract and control 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, 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.

=Killer

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, nicknamed , is the combatant of the Kid Pirates, and Eustass Kid's childhood friend. He usually fights using two blades, and stands out for wearing a mask on his face.

After he and Kid were captured by Kaido, Killer was forced to eat a SMILE fruit that was defective, causing him to not stop smiling, and in #Wano Country, Wano he ended up working for Kaido's ally, the shogun #Koruzumi Orochi, Kurozumi Orochi, as a street assassin known as . To get revenge on Kaido, he and the Kid Pirates ended up joining Luffy and #Law, Law's alliance.

Jewelry Bonney

is one of twelve pirates collectively known as the #Worst Generation, Worst Generation and the only female of the group. She is nicknamed because of her gigantic appetite which, however, does not affect her sinuous figure. She has eaten a Devil Fruit that allows her to change her own age (which she uses to disguise herself) as well as others, making her opponents either too young or too old to fight her.

After the Paramount War, she and her crew were defeated and captured by the #Blackbeard Pirates, Blackbeard Pirates, and she was subsequently arrested by the Navy fleet led by #Sakazuki, Sakazuki. Somehow, she managed to escape, showing herself wandering the streets incognito after the two year timeskip. During the World Meeting, she infiltrated Marijoa to rescue #Bartholomew Kuma, Bartholomew Kuma, who is later revealed to be her father.

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.

Scratchmen Apoo

, also known as , is the captain of the , and a member of the longarm tribe. He has the power of the , a Paramecia-type Devil Fruit that gives him the ability to transform the parts of his body into different instruments and generate music and great vibrations with them, however, sound does not affect people if they do not hear it.

After the two year timeskip, he tried to form an alliance with Basil Hawkins and Eustass Kid. However, he was affiliated with Kaido to ambush them, Apoo being actually a subordinate of the #Animal Kingdom Pirates, Animal Kingdom Pirates, ending up with Hawkins joining Kaido and Apoo, and Kid being captured.

Trafalgar Law

The , , originates from the North Blue. Having eaten the Paramecia-type , Law can, after generating a blue spherical area around himself, cut and teleport objects as well as perform body swaps within said blue area. He is the captain of the Heart Pirates. Originally from the White Town, Flevance, he escaped with White Lead Disease and became a member of the Donquixote Pirates. There he met Corazon, the brother of Doflamingo, and together they went on an adventure to find a cure for Law. Ultimately they found the Devil Fruit, but before they escaped, Corazon was killed by Doflamingo, leaving Law to seek out revenge. Law makes a name for himself and following the Paramount War, Law 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 Donquixote Doflamingo.

In the anime series, his voice actor is Hiroshi Kamiya. In the Funimation English adaptation, his voice actor is Matthew Mercer.

=Heart Pirates

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The , consisting of twenty-one members, is the pirate crew that is led by Trafalgar Law.

* - The polar bear-type #Mink Tribe, mink and crew navigator.
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* - A former slave.

X. Drake

is the captain of the Drake Pirates. He has the power of the , a Zoan-type Devil Fruit that gives him the ability to transform into an ''Allosaurus'' or an Allosaurus-human hybrid. 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, Drake managed to join the #Animal Kingdom Pirates, Animal Kingdom Pirates as Kaido's subordinate, becoming one of their Headliners as part of the Tobi Roppo. Drake is ousted once his treachery is uncovered, and he joins Luffy's alliance to take down Kaido.

Four Emperors

The most powerful pirates in the New World are referred to as the . Initially the group consists of Shanks, Whitebeard, Kaido, and Big Mom, forming a precarious Balance of power in international relations, balance of power with #Warlords, The Seven Warlords of the Sea and the #Navy, Navy Headquarters that Cold war (general term), keeps the world at peace until #Blackbeard, 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. Following the events of the Onigashima war, where Big Mom and Kaido were defeated, #Monkey D. Luffy, Monkey D. Luffy and Buggy were considered the new members to replace them.

Animal Kingdom Pirates

The are the crew led by Kaido, one of the Four Emperors. 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, wings in the head or the butt, and the legs being replaced with the actual animal where the user's torso is sticking out of their back.

Among the crew are the three groups: The Gifters, who ate a SMILE receiving their powers; The Pleasures who ate a dud 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.

Kaido

, also known as , is the Supreme Commander of the Animal Kingdom Pirates. He is a former member of the Four Emperors, and also a former member of the #Rocks Pirates, Rocks Pirates. Kaido consumed the Fish-Fish Fruit: Azure Dragon Model which enables him to transform into an Azure Dragon or a Azure Dragon-human hybrid. He has been on the verge of being executed several times in the past and has a fondness for attempting suicide, but he always ends up unscathed, being known in the world as . In the past, he faced Kozuki Oden, who was the only person capable of deeply injuring him, leaving Kaido with a massive and permanent scar on his chest after nearly killing him. He was allied for years with #Koruzumi Orochi, Kurozumi Orochi to rule the #Wano Country, Wano Country together, until Kaido betrayed him and announced his son #Yamato, Yamato would be the country's new shogun, which she vehemently opposed. Kaido had the highest active bounty of any current pirate, a bounty of ฿ 4,611,100,000, but after the death of him and Big Mom, Emperor Shanks is now the pirate with the highest active bounty.

Lead Performers

The three men who act as Kaido's right hand are the Lead Performers (or All-Stars), the crew's executives, also known as the Disasters/Calamities. The group consists of:

* - A Lunarian who can transform into a ''Pteranodon'' or a Pteranodon-human hybrid using the powers of the Dragon-Dragon Fruit, Model: Pteranodon (Ryu Ryu no Mi, Model: Pteranodon,リュウリュウの実 モデル プテラノドン). King has the epithet of "The Conflagration/Wildfire".
* - A cyborg scientist who can transform into a ''Brachiosaurus'' or a Brachiosaurus-human hybrid using the powers of the Dragon-Dragon Fruit, Model: Brachiosaurus (Ryu Ryu no Mi, Model: Brachiosaurus, リュウリュウの実 モデル ブラキオサウルス"). Queen has the epithet of "The Plague". Queen is also a former colleague of Caesar Clown, Vinsmoke Judge of the Germa Kingdom, and Dr. Vegapunk as a part of MADS, a group of scientists.
* - A giant grouper-type fishman who can transform into a mammoth or a mammoth-human hybrid using the powers of the Elephant-Elephant Fruit, Model: Mammoth (Zou Zou no Mi, Model: Mammoth, ゾウゾウの実 モデル "マンモス"). Jack has the epithet of "The Drought".

Headliners

The strongest six of the Headliners, serving directly under the Lead Performers, are the members of the Tobi Roppo. Like the Lead Performers, the members can transform into ancient creatures through their Ancient Zoan Devil Fruits. The group consists of:

* - A Headliner whose Devil Fruit enables him to transform into a ''Spinosaurus'' or a Spinosaurus-human hybrid
* - A Headliner and Page One's sister whose Devil Fruit enables her to transform into a ''Pachycephalosaurus'' or a Pachycephalosaurus-human hybrid
* - A Headliner whose Devil Fruit enables him to transform into a ''Triceratops'' or a Triceratops-human hybrid. He was in charge of the Armored Division (which consist of SMILE users based on hard-skinned or hard-shelled animals) before they were tamed by Tama.
* - A Headliner whose Devil Fruit enables her to transform into a ''Rosamygale, Rosamygale grauvogeli'' or a Rosamygale grauvogeli-human hybrid with a form of the latter having a drider-like appearance due to unidentified drugs.
* - A Headliner whose Devil Fruit enables him to transform into a Smilodon, saber-toothed tiger or a saber-toothed tiger-human hybrid.
* X. Drake was formerly a member of this group.

Other Headliners include:

* Basil Hawkins
* - A Headliner who can turn his hands into sheep horns thanks to the Sheep SMILE.
* - A Headliner who has a variation of a Lion SMILE that gives his waist the head and legs of a lion named
* - A Headliner whose Horse SMILE variation gives the area under her waist the body of a horse enabling her to have the appearance of a centaur.
* - A Headliner who has a Hippopotamus SMILE that infused his legs to a hippopotamus' body
* - A Headliner whose unnamed SMILE gave her black horns
* - The warden of the Prisoner Mine who has an Elephant SMILE that gave him the head of an elephant in his belly.

Numbers

The Numbers are a group of artificially-produced ancient giants with animalistic traits with most of them wearing tiger-striped loincloths that were produced on Punk Hazard as a failed experiment and were brought into the services of the Beast Pirates. In addition, they are also known to be messy drinkers where that habit annoys Queen. They consist of:

* - A Number who has a devil-like appearance.
* - A Number who has a centaur-like appearance.
* - A Number who has slender outward horns.
* - A Number who has tusks.
* - A Number who has a long neck.
* - A Number who is bald, has black horns, body hair, and different tattoos on him.
* - A Number who resembles the traditional Oni while sporting a green beard and green hair.
* - A Number who resembles a larger horned human.
* - A Number who resembles a larger horned female human with snake-like fangs and waist-length hair.
* - A Number who has an elongated dragon-like head and a hunchbacked appearance.

Marys

The Marys are the surveillance crew of the Animal Kingdom Pirates that consist of humans and cyborg animals who wear paper masks and transmit their information to Kaido. The lead member of the Mary is:

* - A Mary who has a Flying Squirrel SMILE gives her a large flying squirrel tail protruding from her back as well as having gliding abilities.

Animal Kingdom Pirates' ninjas and samurai

There are also some ninjas and samurai that serve the Animal Kingdom Pirates.

Other Animal Kingdom Pirates members

Other members of the crew include:

* - A cyborg who protects one of the islands of Kaido.
* Scratchmen Apoo.

Blackbeard Pirates

The are a group of very powerful pirates led by #Blackbeard, Blackbeard. While originally having five members, the Blackbeard Pirates' membership was later expanded with a number of prisoners from Impel Down and they even ally with #Aokiji, Aokiji.

Marshall D. Teach

, better known as , is the captain of the #Blackbeard Pirates, Blackbeard Pirates. As a member of the Whitebeard Pirates, he killed his crewmate Thatch to get hold of the Devil Fruit he has sought for several decades, the . 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 #Portgas D. Ace, Ace who eventually confronts him. After defeating Ace and turning him in to the World Government, he is appointed #Crocodile, 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 Blackbeard, 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, being replaced by Chris Rager.

Ten Titanic Captains

Blackbeard's seconds in command:

* is the crew's helmsman who possesses immense physical strength. Burgess is the captain of the crew's 1st ship. Burgess has the epithet of "Champion". He was later revealed to have consumed a Devil Fruit that gives him super-strength.
* is Impel Down's deposed chief jailer who later gained #Absalom, Absalom's invisibility. Shiryu is the captain of the crew's 2nd ship. Shiryu has the epithet of "Of the Rain".
* is the crew's marksman. Augur is the captain of the crew's 3rd ship. Augur has the epithet of "The Supersonic". He was later revealed to have consumed a Devil Fruit that enables him to teleport himself and other people.
* is a man who was the tyrannical former king of a kingdom in the North Blue. Pizarro is the captain of the crew's 4th ship. Pizarro has the epithet of "Corrupt King".
* is an exiled police officer from the West Blue, who serves as the crew's navigator and chief of staff. Laffitte is the captain of the crew's 5th ship. Laffitte has the epithet of "Demon Sheriff". He is later implied to have consumed a Devil Fruit that enables him to sprout bird-like wings.
* is a woman who can turn into a Kitsune, Kyubi no Kitsune or a Kyubi no Kitsune-human hybrid with the powers of the Dog-Dog Fruit, Model: Nine Tailed Fox (イヌイヌの実 モデル九尾の狐, Inu Inu no Mi, Model: Kyubi no Kitsune), which grants her the ability to transform into other people. Devon is the captain of the crew's 6th ship. Devon has the epithet of "Crescent Moon Hunter".
* is the biggest giant whose 519 ft. size comes from the ability of an as-yet-unnamed Devil Fruit. Wolf is the captain of the crew's 7th ship. Wolf has the epithet of "Colossal Battleship".
* is an 18 ft. legendary criminal with a love of alcoholic beverages. Shot is the captain of the crew's 8th ship. Shot has the epithet of "Heavy Drinker".
*, is the crew's sickly physician. Doc Q is the captain of the crew's 9th ship. Doc Q has the epithet of "Death God" or "Grim Reaper". Doc Q is later revealed to have consumed a Devil Fruit that enables him to inflict diseases on anyone.
** is Doc Q's equally sickly horse who serves as Doc Q's mode of transportation due to Doc Q being too sickly to get around. He is later revealed to have consumed a Devil Fruit called the Horse-Horse Fruit: Model Pegasus that enables him to become a Pegasus.

It is unknown who is the captain of the fleet's 10th ship.

Big Mom Pirates

The are the crew led by the member of the Four Emperors, Charlotte Linlin.

The Sun Pirates and the #Firetank Pirates, Firetank Pirates are former subordinates of the crew.

Charlotte Linlin

, better known as , 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, Rocks Pirates. She currently has the second-highest bounty of any pirate after Kaido, with a bounty of ฿ 4,388,000,000.

In her childhood, she was abandoned by her parents for being too big and was raised by , 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 , the sun , and the cloud .

Sweet Commanders

The highest-ranking members are known as the Sweet Commanders. The group consists of:

* is Lilin's 2nd son who has the power to generate mochi
* is Lilin's 14th daughter who has the ability to squeeze any object including living things.
* is Linlin's 10th son who has the ability to generate biscuits.

A former member of the group is Linlin's 25th child .

Big Mom Pirates' officers

Officer positions are filled by the majority of Linlin's sons and daughters. Among those are:

* is Linlin's 1st son who has the ability to generate candy.
* is Linlin's 3rd son who can summon a Jinn, genie from his body by rubbing himself.
* is Linlin's 4th son who has the power to generate heat.
* is Linlin's 5th son who has the ability to generate cream.
* is Linlin's 8th daughter who has the power of mirrors and can create reflections of people or trap them inside mirrors while gaining access to the Mirro-World.
* is Linlin's 19th son who can control the books and catch the people inside them.
* is Linlin's 35th daughter who is a descendant of the Three-Eyed People.
* is Linlin's 36th daughter who is a great admirer of Katakuri.

Big Mom Pirates' Combatants

The crew Combatants include:

* is a lion-type #Mink Tribe, mink who can turn into a turtle giving him the appearance of a Tarasque.
* is an egg-shaped man who can change his appearance to chick, rooster, and egg form again.
* is a short and broad man.

Buggy's Band of Pirates

is a circus-themed group of pirates led by #Buggy, Buggy the Clown, one of the Seven Warlords after the 2-year timeskip. Following Buggy's escape from Impel Down, the Buggy Pirates are joined by some of his fellow escapees.

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 , 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, Buggy Pirates and achieves limited notoriety as . 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 , 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

, better known under his Baroque Works code name , is a sculptor with the ability of the Paramecia-type , which allows him to generate and control candle wax. Following the dissolution of the organization, he was captured and taken to Impel Down, where he joined Buggy to escape, then participated in the Marineford War, and subsequently joined Buggy's crew.

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.

Mohji

is Buggy's first mate and Animal training, beast tamer.

Richie

is Mohji's pet lion.

Cabaji

is the chief of staff and Acrobatics, acrobat who serve as Buggy's third-in-command.

Alvida

is the captain of the Alvida Pirates until she was defeated by Luffy. When she later resurfaced and sided with Buggy, Alvida gained the powers of the Slip-Slip Fruit which makes her slippery as she also claimed that all her body fat slipped off her.

Red-Haired Pirates

The are led by #Shanks, "Red-Haired" Shanks. Other members in the crew include: , the first mate; , a large man often seen eating and one of the officers; and , a skilled sniper and one of the officers, who is the father of Usopp.

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 founded his own crew, 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 #Emperors, Four Emperors. Shanks currently has a bounty of ฿ 4,048,900,000.

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. In the Netflix adaptation he will be portrayed by Peter Gadiot.

Whitebeard Pirates

The are a group led by Whitebeard and sixteen division commanders, each in charge of one hundred men.

Former member #Blackbeard, Marshall D. Teach leaves and starts #Blackbeard Pirates, his own crew after murdering the fourth division commander .

Edward Newgate

, better known as , is the captain of the Whitebeard Pirates and one of the #Emperors, 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 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 #Roger, 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, Blackbeard Pirates just before he proclaimed that the One Piece is real and that it indeed exists. After Whitebeard's death, Blackbeard uses an unknown method to steal his Devil Fruit power. At the time of his death, Whitebeard held a bounty of ฿ 5,046,000,000, the second-highest bounty ever for a pirate after Roger.

In the original Japanese series, he was originally voiced by Kinryu Arimoto, until his death on February 1, 2019, and was replaced by Ryūzaburō Ōtomo. In the Funimation English adaptation, his voice is supplied by Robert Bruce Elliott, R Bruce Elliott.

Portgas D. Ace

, also called , is the second division commander of the Whitebeard Pirates and Luffy's older brother. He is the son of #Roger, Gol D. Roger and . Having eaten the Logia-type , 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, 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.

Marco

is the 1st division commander who can transform into a phoenix (mythology), phoenix or phoenix-human hybrid. He is a skilled user of Haki;

Jozu

is the 3rd division commander who can turn parts of his body into diamond.

Vista

is the 5th division commander.

Izo

is the 16th division commander who was one of Kozuki Oden's retainers in Wano.

World Government

The 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 . 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 , also known as the , 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 (referring to them as "commoners") to the point of wearing masks so as not to breathe the same air as them.

Employees

Cipher Pol

is a series of World Government organizations. They act as Secret police, secret agencies who do investigations, assassinations and espionage for the World Government.

, abbreviated as , 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 .Some members of CP9 worked undercover on #Water 7, Water 7 for several years, Rob Lucci and Kaku working as shipwrights at the Galley-La Company, Kalifa as Iceberg's secretary, and Blueno as a bartender.

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 , abbreviated as , the World Government's elite enforcement unit. Not much has been revealed about them so far. However, they have been shown to be very feared and influential.

Members of the Cipher Pol include:
*, the second-in-command who is known for ruthlessly and mercilessly enforcing the World Government's "justice". He can transform into a leopard or leopard-human hybrid.
** is Rob Lucci's pet pigeon.
*, the former leader of Cipher Pol 9 and self-centered son of the group's previous leader who is obsessed over moving up in the World Government. Currently he is a member of the CP-0. Though extremely weak compared to his subordinates, Spandam carries the sword which is capable of transforming into an elephant or an elephant-sword hybrid.
* is a skilled swordsman who can turn into a giraffe or a giraffe-human hybrid.
* is the deceptive martial artist who can turn into a wolf of a wolf-human hybrid that resembles a werewolf.
* is an operative who travels great distances with manifested "air doors".
* is an operative whose "strength-cleaning" bubbles that turn a person into a slippery mannequin.
* is a man who resembles a kabuki actor and uses an ability called "Life Return" to control every cell in his body
*, an owl-shaped man with a zipper across his mouth which has to be open in order for him to speak. .
* is a man with weasel whiskers who had not fully mastered all the Rokushiki skills and was killed by Lucci for his failure.
* is an operative from the CP6.
* is an operative from the CP7.

Impel Down

is one of three main locations of the World Government and the world's greatest prison.

Prison's staff include:
* is the Vice Chief Prison warden, Warden, being the Chief Warden before the two year timeskip. He has the ability of the Paramecia-type 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.
* is the exceedingly ambitious Chief Warden, being the Vice Chief Warden before the two year timeskip. 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.
* - A very sadistic woman who uses a thin torturing whip in battle. Saidie is in command of the Jailer Beasts on the lowest level of Impel Down
* - A chief guard who wields a trident, which also functions as a flute to direct his subordinates the Blugori, which are masked creatures resembling blue gorillas.
*The Jailer Beasts are Impel Down staff members who have tapped into the Awakened power of their unnamed Zoan Devil Fruits which makes them larger with some of them having runny noses as well as being able to recover from attacks quicker. Most of them are in their animal-human forms. They consist of:
**Minotaurus - A Jailer Beast who ate a Devil Fruit that enables him to turn into a Holstein cattle.
**Minorhinoceros - A Jailer Beast who ate a Devil Fruit that enables him to turn into a blue rhinoceros.
**Minokoala - A Jailer Beast who ate a Devil Fruit that enables him to turn into a koala
**Minozebra - A Jailer Beast who ate a Devil Fruit that enables him to turn into a zebra.
**Minochihuahua - A Jailer Beast who ate a Devil Fruit that enables him to turn into a Chihuahua (dog), chihuahua.

Navy

The , sometimes translated as the "Marines" in FUNimation's English dub,The normal Japanese word for "Marines, marine", , is not used in the original. 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, Akainu. The greatest forces are the three admirals, who are currently #Kizaru, Kizaru, #Issho, Fujitora, and #Aramaki, Ryokugyu. The corrupted Captain Ax-Hand Morgan (father of Helmeppo) 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

is a #Navy, naval officer and contemporary of Roger who eventually rises to the rank of fleet admiral. The ability of the Mystical Zoan-type allows Sengoku to transform into a daibutsu or a daibutsu-human hybrid. Following the Paramount War, he retires from the service and, against his recommendation to promote #Aokiji, Aokiji, is succeeded by #Akainu, 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.

Sakazuki

, better known as Admiral , is a ruthless #Navy, naval officer with the ability of the Logia-type , which allows him to control, create, or transform into magma. Akainu is a firm believer in "Absolute Justice," going as far as eliminating an entire population should an enemy be hidden there. This was first shown when The Navy eradicated Nico Robin's island of Ohara. Akainu destroyed a refugee evacuation ship simply due to the possibility of even one scholar sneaking on board; his logic was that if even one of the scholars of Ohara had escaped with it, the mission would've been a failure, much to the dismay of #Aokiji, Aokiji, who called him a fool for overdoing things. 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.

Kuzan

, better known as Admiral , was a seemingly lazy but morally upright #Navy, naval officer with the ability of the Logia-type , 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, 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, Blackbeard Pirates for unknown reasons. 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.

Borsalino

, better known as Admiral , is an easygoing #Navy, navy officer with the power of the Logia-type , which allows him to generate, control, or become light as well as 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.

Issho

, better known as Admiral , is one of the Navy admirals who joined during the timeskip. He has the ability to control gravity, being able to make the environment heavier or lighter. He is blind, so he uses One Piece#Haki, Color of Observation Haki to feel what is around him.

He wanted to end the Seven Warlords of the Sea system, which is why in #Dressrosa, Dressrosa he had a conflict against Donquixote Doflamingo and #Trafalgar Law, Trafalgar Law, where he later had to team up with the latter and the Straw Hat Pirates to stop Doflamingo's corruption. Despite the fact that the next day he had orders to arrest Luffy, his vision of justice forced him to help him escape. Fujitora's character appearance is modeled after Shintaro Katsu.

In the anime, he is voiced by Ikuya Sawaki. In the Funimation English adaptation, his voice is supplied by Charles C. Campbell (voice actor), Charles C. Campbell.

Aramaki

, better known as Admiral , is the second of the two admirals appointed to their rank during the two-year timeskip, next to Fujitora. He wields the "Forest-Forest Fruit", a Devil Fruit power that allows him to generate, control, or become plant life like a forest, trees, and flowers, as well as manipulation of all plant life , whether on a small or massive scale, with vegetation growing wherever he treads. Inter alia, Ryokugyu can summon roots to impale people and objects and then drain them of their moisture and nutrients, which has allowed him to go three years without eating anything the conventional way. While easygoing much like former Admiral Aokiji, Ryokugyu appears to be a supporter of Akainu's brand of Absolute Justice, but however, he is more prone to destroying those who do not side with his brand of "justice", especially when it comes to the World Government authority, unlike #Sakazuki, Sakazuki . So, thus he is venturing to #Wano Country, Wano in order to try and bring down Luffy to get his superior's approval.

Ryokugyu's appearance seems modeled after Japanese actor Yoshio Harada. The admiral was originally voiced by Keiji Fujiwara in the Japanese version of the anime.

Monkey D. Garp

, nicknamed and , is a Vice Admiral, #Dragon, Monkey D. Dragon's father and #Luffy, 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, 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. In the upcoming Netflix live-action series, Garp will be portrayed by Vincent Regan.

Smoker

is a #Navy, naval officer and cigar enthusiast, keeping plenty of cigars strapped to the left side of his jacket while smoking two lit ones. Smoker possesses power of the Logia-type allows him to manipulate, create, and transform into smoke. His weapon is a jutte tipped with sea-prism stone. Upon seeing Luffy smile before miraculously surviving his execution in Loguetown, Smoker came to believe that he is a potential threat, since his attitude during his near demise, mirrored that of #Gol D. Roger, Gold Roger when he was executed, Smoker became more confused when #Monkey D. Dragon, Dragon stopped him from killing Luffy. Befuddled by these events, Smoker followed Luffy to the Grand Line and became obsessed with capturing him, to a near stalker like level, which only intensifies upon discovering Luffy is Dragon's son during the Paramount War. 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

is a #Navy, naval officer serving as #Smoker, 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

is the first friend Luffy makes on his journey, finding him forced to work as a chore boy on #Alvida, 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.

In 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.

Morgan

"Axe-Hand" is a corrupt Navy captain who has an axe for a right hand. He abused his power and held Zoro prisoner until Luffy freed him. Both of them managed to defeat Morgan. The Navy stripped him of his rank and arrested him for the abuse of power he committed.

He is voiced by Banjō Ginga. In the English adaptions of the series, he is voiced by David Brimmer in the 4Kids dub and by Brett Weaver in the FUNimation dub.

Helmeppo

is the son of the corrupt Navy captain Morgan. He was 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, Koby become protégés of Garp.

He is voiced by Koichi Nagano in the Japanese version. In the English adaptions 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.

Hina

is an officer in the Navy and a long-time friend of #Smoker, Smoker's since they were rookies in the Navy. She was introduced as a Navy captain on her debut, being promoted to rear admiral after the timeskip. She is also the superior of Django and #Fullbody, Fullbody, who admire her with passion. Hina has the power of the Bind-Bind Fruit that allows her to form restraints on people by swiping her limbs through them, or form a cage when she extend her arms.

She is voiced by Tomoko Naka in the Japanese version. In the 4Kids English version, she is voiced by Kathleen Delaney. In the Funimation English adaptation, her voice is supplied by Jennifer Seman, and by Rachel Messer in ''One Piece: Stampede''.

Django

is a Hypnosis, hypnotist with a habit of Moonwalk (dance), moonwalking. Introduced as first mate of the Black Cat Pirates, he eventually befriends the Navy officer #Fullbody, Fullbody sometime after Kuro's defeat and joins him in the service as a seaman recruit under the command of #Hina, Hina, whom they both admire. 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 (actor), Oliver Wyman. In the Funimation English adaptation, his name is spelled "Jango" and his voice is supplied by Kenny Green.

Fullbody

was introduced as a smug Navy lieutenant on his visit to the #Baratie, Baratie, where he was ridiculed by Sanji. After helping the pirate Django, he was demoted to a seaman recruit, with Django joining him as subordinates of #Hina, Hina, whom they both admire.

He is voiced by Hideo Ishikawa in the Japanese version. In the 4Kids English version, he is voiced by Tom Wayland. In the Funimation English adaptation, his voice is supplied by John Burgmeier.

Seven Warlords of the Sea

The , the full title being The , is a group of 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". In exchange 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, Sir Crocodile, Donquixote Doflamingo, #Bartholomew Kuma, Bartholomew Kuma, Gecko Moria, #Boa Hancock, Boa Hancock, and Jimbei.

Following the exposure of Baroque Works, Crocodile is replaced by #Blackbeard, Blackbeard, who soon leaves the group, 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 during the timeskip by #Trafalgar Law, Trafalgar Law, #Buggy, Buggy the Clown, and #Edward Weevil, Edward Weevil. After Law and Doflamingo's actions in Dressrosa are exposed, they both are removed by the World Government.

Later during the Reverie, under the direction of #Cobra, Cobra and #Dressrosa, Riku Dold III, the member nations vote to abolish the Warlords and the remaining members are stripped of their positions and are being hunted down by the Navy with the intent to capture them with the exception of Kuma.

Characters by place

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 , a little girl of the town; Orange Town, a town run by , the mayor, where he lives with , the dog of an old friend of his; and the Island of Rare Animals, where , a man whose body is trapped in a chest, lives with several animals that are Hybrid (biology), hybrids of two different species like Cocox (a fox/rooster hybrid), Usagihebi (a rabbit/snake hybrid), Lionbuta (a pig/lion hybrid), and Kirinkodanuki (a giraffe/raccoon dog hybrid).

Dawn Island

Dawn Island is Luffy's home. In it is the Goa Kingdom, which is ruled by Sabo's adoptive brother and his wife . Luffy was born in Windmill Village, a small village in the kingdom, where , the mayor, and , 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 , who was in charge of raising Luffy, Ace and Sabo. Other members of the group are and .

Shimotsuki Village

Shimotsuki Village is Zoro's hometown, where he and his friend and rival vowed to become the best swordsmen in the world. After Kuina's death, Zoro asked , 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 . After his mother died, he formed the Usopp Pirates along with three other kids from the village, , , and . In the village also lives , a girl to whom Usopp always told stories to cheer her up, and who lives in a mansion with her butler, , who built the Going Merry, the Straw Hat Pirates' first ship.

Baratie

The Baratie is an ocean-going restaurant where Sanji worked. It is run by , 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 , who works as patissier, and , who works as charcutier.

Coco Village

Coco Village is Nami's home. There she was raised by , a former member of the Navy, who adopted her and her sister after they lost their respective parents. Other inhabitants include , the sheriff, who was also a father figure to Nami, and , the village doctor. and , 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.

Little Garden

is an island where dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals still exist.

and , former co-captains of the Giant Warrior Pirates, are two giants living on Drum Island where they've been dueling each other for many years.

Drum Island

is an Climate of the Arctic, arctic climate island that Straw Hat Pirates stopped to find a doctor after Nami fell ill from a disease she contracted from Little Garden, and the birthplace of Tony Tony Chopper. #Wapol, Wapol used to be the ruler of Drum Island before he was overthrown.

was the former minion of Wapol during his rule and was chronologically the first Zoan Devil Fruit user introduced where he can turn into a bison or a bison-human hybrid. When Wapol was defeated by Monkey D. Luffy, the people of Drum Island made him the new King of Drum Island.

was a doctor on Drum Island and former who took in Tony Tony Chopper and taught him how to be a doctor until he was killed by Wapol.

is a doctor in her 100s who took in Tony Tony Chopper following Hirluk's death.

Alabasta Kingdom

The is a desert climate island in the Grand Line ruled by #Vivi, Nefeltari Vivi's father, .

The nation's army, the Alabasta Royal Guard, is commanded by , a man who fights with a saxophone that shoots bullets when played, and guns were hidden in his hair that fire when he pulls his necktie.

Next in line after Igaram are , with the ability to transform into a jackal or a jackal-human hybrid. He is assisted by , with the ability to transform into a falcon or a falcon-human hybrid. They are dubbed the strongest warriors of Alabasta.

Other inhabitants include Vivi's childhood friend and later rebel leader, , his father , and , a camel that accompanies the protagonists during their journey through the kingdom. The Straw Hats have been welcomed here thanks to their help saving the kingdom.

Nefeltari Vivi

, first introduced as Baroque Works agent , is the princess of the #Alabasta Kingdom, Alabasta Kingdom. She is usually accompanied by her closest friend, , 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. Due to her time accompanying the Straw Hat Pirates, she is considered just another member of the crew by the members who traveled with her.

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.

Skypiea

is a land located in the sky above the Grand Line, consisting of , 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, Enel until the return of the previous ruler, , receiving the title of "God" from the island. Gan Fall is always accompanied by , a large bird with the power to transform into a horse and always taking the form of a Pegasus, horse with wings. Other inhabitants of the island includes , his daughter , and their pet "cloud fox" .

Also living in Skypiea are the Shandorians, the original inhabitants of Jaya, led by , an extremely violent man who is initially distrustful of outsiders, and descendant of the warrior and hero . Other Shandorians include , a little girl with a highly developed Mantra (Observation Haki), and , a warrior woman, especially close with Aisa. On the island also lives , 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. Though for some reason, they haven't been using them to fly for some unknown reason.

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 , who is also the president of the Galley-La Company, the company with the best carpenters in the world, including , who is also the company's vice president, , and .

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 , and the twin sisters and .

Iceburg and Franky worked in their youth at Tom's Workers, a carpenter company led by , a longhorn cowfish-type fishman who built the Roger Pirates' ship, and the Sea Train connecting Water 7 to other islands. The company also included , a giant frog, and , an elderly Salangidae, icefish-type mermaid who currently works at the train station with her 1/4 mermaid granddaughter and their pet rabbit .

Several #CP9, CP9 members also lived undercover in the city.

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 , most commonly known by her nickname "Shakky", a former pirate who works as a bartender.

On the island is the Auction House, where , a subordinate of the Donquixote 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 , formed by , and , former members of the Sun Pirates.

Other kidnapping gang were the , later renamed as the , whose leader , 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, Worst Generation, the #Caribou Pirates, Caribou Brothers, Cavendish, and Bartolomeo.

Fishman Island

Lying on the ocean floor halfway through the Grand Line, Fishman Island is inhabited primarily by and . The average fishman has ten times the strength of a human, can breathe underwater, and swim very fast.

On the island is the , a country that is ruled by the coelacanth-type merman , and formerly also by his late wife, the goldfish-type mermaid .

The sons of the royal family are the three princes the shark-type merman who is the eldest son, oarfish-type merman who is the middle son, and opah-type merman who is the youngest son. Together, they are known as the Neptune Brothers. The family's youngest child is Neptune's daughter, the Sillaginidae, smelt-witing-type mermaid , who became good friends with Luffy when she met him.

Other inhabitants include , a kissing gourami-type mermaid who is friends with the Straw Hat Pirates and Hatchan, , a talking starfish who is Camie's pet and a famous fashion designer, and , a shortfin mako shark-type mermaid and 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.

Punk Hazard people

is an island which is half hot and half cold, because #Akainu, Akainu and #Aokiji, 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, Trafalgar Law gave them animal parts to replace their wrecked legs.

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

Caesar Clown

is a psychopathic former navy scientist capable of transforming into gas due to the Logia-type . He is a former colleague of Dr. Vegapunk and a leading expert on chemical weapons of mass destruction. He works for Donquixote Doflamingo creating artificial Devil Fruits called SMILEs, and using kidnapped children in #Punk Hazard, Punk Hazard for his experiments. He is also a direct subordinate of the Donquixote Pirates. After his defeat at the hands of Monkey D. Luffy, he is taken to Dressrosa by the Straw Hat Pirates and #Trafalgar Law, Trafalgar Law as a prisoner 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.

Monet

Next in line after Caesar is , a harpy-like girl, officer of the Donquixote Pirates, with the ability to generate, control, or transform into snow thanks to her Devil Fruit. Her bird parts were the replacements for her original parts. She was killed when Caesar Clown accidentally stabbed her removed heart instead of Smoker's removed heart.

Brownbeard Pirates

The was a pirate group who had their lower body parts replaced by animal parts by Trafalgar Law after they were badly defeated by Basil Hawkins.

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is the captain of the Brownbeard Pirates who has alligator legs added by Law making him an alligator-type centaur. He and his remaining crew members helped to form the Centaur Patrol Unit which worked for Caesar Clown. After Caesar Clown was defeated, Brownbeard and his crew surrendered to Smoker.

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Other members of Brownbeard's crew include Smooge, who resembles a normal centaur; Chappe, who resembles a cattle-type centaur; Run, who resembles a drider; Hyoutauros, who resembles a jaguar-type centaur; Kirintauros, who resembles a giraffe-type centaur; an unidentified doe-type centaur, an unidentified rhinoceros-type centaur, an unidentified zebra-type centaur, and an unidentified tapir-type centaur.

Dressrosa

is a kingdom within the New World. Initially it is ruled by the , led by . He has two daughters: Viola and ; the latter marries , the best fighter of Dressrosa, and has a daughter, . Years later Donquixote Doflamingo stages a mutiny and dethrones King Dold, until he was defeated by Luffy, helping the Riku Family to rule again.

Other inhabitants include , the former commander of Dressrosa's Self-Defense Army; and , the announcer at the Corrida Colosseum.

Viola

is the former second princess of #Dressrosa, Dressrosa. When the Donquixote Pirates took over Dressrosa, Viola joined them in order to prevent Donquixote Doflamingo from killing her father, working under the name of 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, Rebecca abdicated her position. The 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.

Tontatta Tribe

The are a group of dwarves living on Tontatta Kingdom, a little kingdom hidden in Green Bit, an island next to Dressrosa. They are ruled by , their "Tonta-Chief". , Gancho's daughter and the tribe's princess, has the power of the Heal-Heal Fruit, that gives her the ability to instantly heal any living being's injury with her tears, which is why the Donquixote Pirates kidnapped her, until she was released by her tribe members. The #Tonta Corps, Tonta Corps are the armed forces of the tribe.

Germa Kingdom

The is Sanji's fatherland. It is ruled by Sanji's father . Judge's other children who rule alongside him are Sanji's older sister , Sanji's two older brothers and , and Sanji's younger brother . Sanji's mother died when he was a child.

The Vinsmoke family are also the leaders of the , the military branch of the kingdom and an Underworld mercenary force.

Wano Country

The 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, Hogback, as #Ryuma, Ryuma was from there.

In #Punk Hazard, Punk Hazard, the Straw Hat Pirates met two residents of Wano, #Kin'emon, Kin'emon and his "son" #Momonosuke, 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 is actually his father's retainer.

Kozuki Oden

, in addition to having been the daimyo of Kuri and son of the country's former shogun #Kozuki Sukiyaki, Kozuki Sukiyaki, was also a legendary, immensely powerful, and skilled Swordsman and Samurai who developed his own variation of Nitoryu. Oden was specialized in the style of two swords, just like the legendary Samurai Miyamoto Musashi, and his legendary dual wielding swordsmanship allowed him to give the Mythical Zoan enhanced nigh-indestructible Kaido, a massive and deep permanent scar.

Additionally, he was the leader of a group of legendary and powerful samurai known as the Nine Red Scabbards, with all of them serving as his retainers and most trusted allies. As daimyo of Kuri, Oden had a large amount of power and influence over the region before his death. Oden became a famous pirate for several years by joining the Whitebeard Pirates, and later on the Roger Pirates. Oden was regarded as being a tremendously powerful pirate with a great level of influence in both crews.

In life, Oden is one of the strongest characters in the One Piece world. He's one of the very small number of people who could use all three types of Haki (Color of the Supreme King, Color of Arms Haki, Color of Observation Haki), has the ability to hear the "Voice of All Things" (Like Roger), and wields two legendary swords: Ame no Habakiri, the sword said to be able to cut "heaven" itself, and Enma, the sword said to be able to cut to the "bottom of hell". With those in hand, he's able to clash with the likes of Whitebeard and Kaido. Due to his fearsome strength and affiliation with the Whitebeard Pirates and the Roger Pirates, Oden received a bounty (the amount of which is unknown).

He is voiced by Hiroya Ishimaru in the Japanese version of the anime.

Kozuki family

Other members of the Kozuki Family are Oden's wife who had the ability to send people into the future, , Oden's son and Hiyori's big brother who ended up being aged up 20 years by Shinobu during the war in Onigashima and became the Shogun after Kaido's defeat, and , Oden's daughter and Momonosuke's younger sister, who has been hiding her identity by becoming known as Komurasaki, working as an oiran of the tayu (太夫 tayū?) rank, the highest of all. After the war in Onigashima, it was revealed that , Oden's father and the previous Shogun who was believed to be dead for decades, was under the identity of the legendary Blacksmith, Tenguyama Hitetsu, all along.

Oden's retainers

Oden's retainers are , the leader of the Nine Red Scabbards, , who for years became a Yakuza boss to hid his identity, , who became later on a member of the Whitebeard Pirates, , Izo's sister, , who has the ability to give life to the drawings and in truth is a spy for Kurozumi Orochi, , a ninja, , who was once called Kuri's monster and after Oden's death went back to being a bandit, , a Takifugu rubripes, Japanese pufferfish-type fishman who pretends to be a Kappa (folklore), kappa, and Dogstorm and Cat Viper. They together form the group known as the , a group of powerful samurai who serve Oden and the Kozuki family.

Other residents in Wano

Wano Country was under the control of , who has the ability to become a Yamata no Orochi or a Yamata no Orochi-human hybrid, and the Animal Kingdom Pirates, Kaido's pirate crew. Orochi was later betrayed by Kaido to further his goals. After the defeat of Kaido, Orochi, and Big Mom, the tyranny in Wano has finally ended and Momonosuke, Oden's son, became the rightful Shogun of Wano.

Kaido's son , allies with Luffy against Kaido. Yamato was inspired by Oden’s death and proclaimed he would adopt his will of freeing Wano from Kaido’s tyranny. Yamato is imprisoned by Kaido for this rebellion, is able to read Oden’s logbook with the help of three Wano samurai and befriends Ace. Yamato idolizes Oden and aims to follow Oden's dream of leaving the country. Yamato is later revealed to have the powers of the Dog-Dog Fruit: Model Okuchi no Makami which enables him to become an Okuchi no Makami (a fictional Japanese wolf deity) or an Okuchi no Makami-human hybrid which can produce cold and ice attacks.

Other characters, groups and organizations

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, Alabasta Kingdom. Using code names, Mr. 0 (Sir Crocodile) and Ms. All-Sunday ( Nico Robin) 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.

* is an Officer Agent whose body possesses the qualities of bladed steel. , a.k.a. when she works as a bartender, is Daz Bones' partner whose body can grow spikes. They work together as Mr. 1 and Miss Doublefinger is named after the Japanese New Year, New Year's Day. Oda has noted that this is 1/1 or two fingers, or "double finger".
* #Mr. 2 Bon Clay, Mr. 2 Bon Clay, being a drag queen, serves as his own partner.
* #Mr. 3, Mr. 3 works with , 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 dachshund or a dachshund-bazooka hybrid. He works with , who can transform into a Mole (animal), mole or a mole-human hybrid.
* Mr. 5 can cause explosions with any part of his body, including his mucus and breath, and his partner, , can change her weight at will.

Sir Crocodile

, is a pirate with the ability of the Logia-type , 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 #Seven Warlords of the Sea, The Seven Warlords of the Sea, his title is revoked by Tashigi when it is discovered that he, under the code name of , 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

, better known under his codename , is a and a skilled martial artist with the power of the Paramecia-type , 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.

Easter Egg characters

In the series, some characters usually appear as Easter Egg (media), Easter egg making different cameos in the scenes as recurring jokes. Notable among them is , a panda-headed man who is often found among crowds of characters, similar to the "''Where's Wally?''" books. Other Easter Egg characters include , a female version of Pandaman, normally seen in crowds on #Kuja, Amazon Lily, , a man who often appears drunk in cities, and , a tomato-headed man who pursues Pandaman.

Revolutionary Army

The 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, Monkey D. Dragon, who is known to the public only as Dragon. Also unknown to the public are his family ties; 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 , a woman with the power to cheer people up by waving a flag, the commander of the North Army , a man capable of turning his body into a flock of crows and communicating through it after consuming an unidentified and uncategorized Devil Fruit, the commander of the West Army , a giant capable of shaping the environment like the floor and the walls like molding clay after eating the Push-Push Fruit, and the commander of the South Army , a scientist cat-type #Mink Tribe, mink. Each one leads the division of each sea.

Dragon's comrade , nicknamed , is the commander of the G Army which covers the Grand Line, and the queen of the kingdom . 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. Ivankov's right hand is , who can turn his hands into giant scissors capable of cutting and deforming almost anything as if it were paper.

Other revolutionaries are , the army's Assistant Fishman Karate Instructor, who in the past was a slave saved by Fisher Tiger, , a Fishman Karate Instructor and Japanese soldierfish-type fishman, and #Kuma, Bartholomew Kuma.

Before the events in Dressrosa, they were based on Baltigo, but after #Blackbeard, Blackbeard attacked the island because of the presence of one of his commanders, they moved to Kamabakka Kingdom.

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. Dragon's family ties were revealed to the world, following the end of the Battle of Marineford.

He is voiced by Hidekatsu Shibata. In the 4Kids English adaptation, he was voiced by Dan Green (voice actor), Dan Green, and in the Funimation English version of the series, he is voiced by Bryan Massey.

Sabo

is the chief of staff of the #Revolutionary Army, 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" (similar to the initiation ritual in yakuza organizations). Sabo's ship is destroyed by a Celestial Dragon. Though he is thought to have been killed in the attack, Sabo survived and was 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 where he gains its abilities 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 ''One Piece Film: Gold'' and ''List of One Piece television specials#Episode of Sabo: The Three Brothers' Bond – The Miraculous Reunion and the Inherited Will, Episode of Sabo'', his voice is supplied by Vic Mignogna. In ''One Piece: Stampede'', his English voice is supplied by Johnny Yong Bosch.

Bartholomew Kuma

The , 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, Revolutionary Army. The power of the Paramecia-type 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 , a class of experimental cyborgs created by Dr. Vegapunk for 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 (actor), Joel McDonald provides his voice in the Funimation English adaptation.

God's Army

is the personal army of #Eneru, Eneru, consisting of himself, and and the fifty led by Enforcer Commander In combat, the Priests and Enforcers rely heavily on various types of Dial (One Piece), dials. The Priests and Eneru are also skilled users of the Color of Observation Haki, which they refer to as

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 grants him the ability to manipulate, generate, and transform into electricity which can't harm Luffy. He can also use Observation Haki, called 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 Gautama Buddha, 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. After his defeat at the hands of Luffy, Eneru pilots his ship the Ark Maxim into outer space where he lands on the Moon and befriends the local Space Pirates.

In the original Japanese series, Eneru is voiced by Toshiyuki Morikawa. In the 4Kids Adaptation, his voice actor is Wayne Grayson. In the Funimation English adaptation, his voice actor is J. Michael Tatum.

Mink Tribe

The is a tribe of various anthropomorphic 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 #Dogstorm and Cat Viper, Dogstorm and Cat Viper. The Mink Tribe is loyal to the Kozuki Family from #Wano Country, 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 . They are led by , a lion-type mink. Other members include , a canine-type mink and a ruler's aide, and #Carrot, Carrot.

Cat Viper's military forces are the , whose leader was , a jaguar-type mink and a former pirate captain and explorer, who accompanied the Straw Hat 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, Bepo, the Big Mom Pirates' combatant #Pekoms, Pekoms, and the Revolutionary Army commander #Lindbergh, Lindbergh.

Dogstorm and Cat Viper

is a canine-type mink, who leads the Mink Tribe from dawn to dusk, and is a feline-type mink, who leads the Mink Tribe from dusk to dawn.

As children they came to Wano Country, where they became retrainers of Kozuki Oden, whom years later they accompanied on his journey at sea as crew members of the Whitebeard Pirates, and later as members of the Roger Pirates. When Oden died, they both blamed each other for failing to protect him, later returning to Zou, where at some point they became rulers, and harboring a grudge for years by avoiding seeing each other.

Due to an invasion of Zou by the #Animal Kingdom Pirates, Animal Kingdom Pirates led by Jack, Dogstorm lost half a leg, while Cat Viper lost half an arm. When the Straw Hat Pirates and the Heart Pirates arrived in Zou, they formed an alliance with them and the Kozuki Clan to travel to Wano and end Kaido's tyranny.

Carrot

is a rabbit-type mink member of Dogstorm's Musketeers and a ruler's aide. Eager to travel around the world and see the seas, she infiltrates the Thousand Sunny as the Straw Hat Pirates set out on their journey to #Totto Land, Totto Land to rescue Sanji, and remains on with the crew during their trip to #Wano Country, Wano Country. Carrot is an extremely skilled fighter, possessing extraordinary agility and speed and, as a rabbit, is capable of taking very high jumps. In combat, she uses clawed gauntlets that Pedro, who was her trainer, gave her when she was younger.

Under the full moon, Carrot transformed into a ferocious berserker with incredible speed, strength, the power to fly and lightning powers.

In the original Japanese series, Carrot is voiced by Kanae Itō. In the Funimation English adaptation, she is voiced by Tia Ballard.

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 [of the 4Kids dub] were pretty irritating ... with a lot of high-pitches and over exaggerated speech." Brigitte Schönhense of Splashcomics comments that the "brilliant" (german: genial) flashbacks into the characters' pasts make them so "likeable and lovable" (German: "sympathisch und liebenswert") and that they are the manga's real strength. 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."

Notes

References

Citations

''One Piece'' manga

Entire series

* Eiichiro Oda, Oda, Eiichiro. ''One Piece''. 93 vols. San Francisco: Viz Media, 2003–2020.
* Oda, Eiichiro. ''ワンピース [One Piece]'' (in Japanese). 96 vols. Tokyo: Shueisha, 1997–2020.

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