List of One Piece characters

The One Piece manga and anime series features an extensive cast of characters created by Eiichiro Oda. The series takes place in a fictional universe where vast numbers of pirates, soldiers, revolutionaries, and other adventurers fight each other, using various superhuman and supernatural abilities. The series' storyline follows the adventures of a group of pirates as they search for the "One Piece" treasure.

Monkey D. Luffy is the series' main protagonist a young pirate who wishes to succeed Gol D. Roger, the deceased King of the Pirates, by finding his treasure, the "One Piece" and Date D Hayate the series deuteragonist who wander around the seas and was forced by Luffy to Join his crew. Throughout the series, Luffy and Hayate gathers a diverse crew, named the Straw Hat Pirates, including: the Mechanic and Choreboy Chosuke the three-sword-wielding Roronoa Zoro, Martial Artist Chen Saizo the thief and navigator Nami, the Dimwitted Helmsman and Martial Artist Victor Magnes the cowardly marksman and inventor Usopp, the cook and martial artist Vinsmoke Sanji, the clever scientist and quartermaster Ayasato Yuri the anthropomorphic reindeer and doctor Tony Tony Chopper, the Genius Inventor Deimon Mimi the Tactician Ron Tobi the archaeologist Nico Robin, the nurse Nene the choreboy Roukuren the cyborg shipwright Franky, and the living skeleton musician Brook. 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.

The majority of the characters are human, but the cast also includes, among others, giants, mermen / mermaids, and humanoid fishmen[a] Many of the characters possess supernatural abilities gained by eating so-called "Devil Fruits".

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

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