Kizaru
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| Kizaru | |
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| Japanese Name: | 黄ザル大将. |
| Romanized Name: | Kizaru Taishō |
| English Name: | n/a |
| First Appearance: | Chapter 504 |
| Affiliations: | Marines |
| Occupations: | Marine Admiral |
| Epithet: | Borsalino (real name) |
| Japanese VA: | n/a |
| Devil Fruit | |
| Japanese Name: | Pika Pika no Mi |
| English Name: | n/a |
| Meaning: | Glimmer |
| Type: | Logia |
Admiral Kizaru (黄ザル大将, Kizaru Taishō) is one of the three Admirals in the Marines. His name means Yellow Monkey in Japanese while his original name was Borsalino (ボルサリーノ, Borusarīno). He was first mentioned by Robin during the initial encounter with Aokiji.[1]
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[edit] Appearance
Kizaru is a middle aged man with a moderate amount of wrinkles on his face. He has appeared in a striped suit with the standard Marines' coat over it. He wears shades and a portable Den Den Mushi on his wrist. He is very tall, about the same height as Aokiji. The way Kizaru's character design is drawn resembles the famous Japanese actor, Kunie Tanaka.
[edit] Personality
Like Aokiji, Kizaru seems to be very laid-back and easygoing, even in surprising and unexpected ones, but he's apparently never shocked. Even when a pirate fired a gunshot at him, he seemed to focused only on calling his subordinate, and didn't even mind. He even asked the offenders where his subordinate is. After uprooting a mangrove tree, he laughed to himself that the force he used was a tad excessive. He's also very cheery, even in tense situations, such as when Basil Hawkins redirected his attack. Unfortunately, he can be quite absent-minded and irresponsible, judged by the fact he used a lot of power in a kick directed at escaping pirates, uprooting an entire mangrove tree, and trying to call Sentoumaru with a black Den Den Mushi, which is only for intercepting communications.[2] He also seems to prefer his original name, Borsalino, rather than his alias, as shown when Sentoumaru called him and he said, "This is Borsalino".
[edit] Relationships
Kizaru and Sentoumaru seem to have a high level of respect between them as Sentoumaru calls Kizaru "Uncle" (Kizaru no ojiki, a Japanese word commonly used to refer to a yakuza family "father" boss).
[edit] Abilities and Powers
As an Admiral, Kizaru is able to command vast number of Marine troops that are under his rank. Most of all, he has the ability to order a Buster Call attack on any island.
[edit] Devil Fruit
Kizaru possessed the power of the Pika Pika no Mi, meaning glimmer or light, a Logia-type Devil Fruit. As a Logia-user, he is able to let objects pass through him and reconstruct his body from energy particles. All of his attacks are based on the element of light, such as firing energy blasts from his finger tips or feet. His power is very destructive, causing huge explosions and destroying buildings.
[edit] History
[edit] Sabaody Archipelago Arc
After the Tenryuubito incident at the Sabaody Archipelago, Kizaru spoke with Sengoku about handling the situation, and volunteered to deal with the rookies himself. The Marines outside the Human Auctioning House commented that Kizaru was bringing some type of "troops", which seemed to shock them, but they did not elaborate on what exactly that meant. This most likely was referring to the Pacifistas who engaged several of the Supernovas shortly after Kizaru's arrival. [3] Later, the Admiral has arrived on Sabaody Archipelago, riding on top of a fired cannon ball, as it lands.[4]
When he did so, he tried to call someone on his Den Den Mushi, but seemingly got no reply. One of on-looking pirates wanted to try his luck and shot at Kizaru, but though the shot passed directly through the Admiral, it didn't affect him in the slightest.[5] Kizaru then tried to ask the group of pirates a question, looking for someone named Sentoumaru, whom he called his "subordinate". When the pirates ran away from him in fear, he kicked something with his foot, uprooting an entire Yarukiman Grove. [6] Sabaody soldiers commented on his carelessness upon this, and even Kizaru noted that he overdid it.
He later confronts Basil Hawkins, saying he wants to ask him a question. [7] After the pirate looking over his odds, Kizaru attacks him, but does not harm Hawkins after he redirects the attack elsewhere, drawing a shocked impression from the admiral. Before long, Urouge and X. Drake unintentionally join Hawkins side, while Kizaru is joined by one of several Pacifista running amok on the island.[8]
He used his powers to kick Urouge through several buildings, and blinded Basil Hawkins, then almost killed him. Scratchman Apoo joined the fight, and seemingly cut off Kizaru's arm and made it explode with some sort of devil fruit. Kizaru then reconstructed his body, and took down the 3 remaining Supernovas (Apoo, Hawkins and Drake) with seemingly no effort. Afterwards he got a call from Sentoumaru, asking him which of the three culprits is he going after first.[9] He then appeared where the Strawhats were, immobilizing Zoro and getting ready to kill him with his Pika Pika no Mi powers until his attack is redirected by Silvers Rayleigh.[10] He moves to try and follow the escaping Zoro, Ussop and Brook, using Yata no Kagami, but it stopped by Rayleigh cutting the beam of light with a sword. Kizaru forms a sword of light with his technique Ama no Murakumo, and fights Rayleigh, leaving his subordinates to deal with the Straw Hats.[11]
[edit] Major Battles
- Kizaru and a Pacifista vs. Basil Hawkins, Urouge, X. Drake, Scratchmen Apoo
- Kizaru, Sentoumaru, and PX-1 vs. Straw Hat Pirates and Silvers Rayleigh
[edit] Trivia
- The model of Kizaru's face is the Japanese actor, Kunie Tanaka. Along with that, Kizaru's clothes and real name, Borsalino, are apparently based on a movie character that Kunie Tanaka played in his youth. The character, Borsalino, from the old Japanese film "Truck yarou", wore a suit and shades similar to Kizaru's design.
- According to Hawkins:
- In a battle against Kizaru the chances of defeat were 100%
- In flight (retreating) the chances of success were 12%
- On the defensive side circumvention chances were 76%
- Survival; probability of death was 0%
- Hawkins came to the conclusion that facing an admiral with just ten men was unwise. [12]
- Kizaru's first named technique, Yata no Kagami, is taken from one of the three legendary treasures of Japanese mythology.
- Kizaru's second named technique, Ama no Murakumo, is also taken from one of the three legendary treasures of Japanese mythology.
[edit] References
- ↑ One Piece Manga - Chapter 319, Kizaru is mentioned along with the other Marine Admirals by Robin.
- ↑ One Piece manga - Chapter 510, Kizaru's absent mindedness.
- ↑ One Piece manga - Chapter 504, Kizaru accepts the mission.
- ↑ One Piece manga - Chapter 506, Kizaru arrives on Sabaody Archipelago.
- ↑ One Piece manga - Chapter 507, Kizaru is shot through the head without any effect.
- ↑ One Piece manga - Chapter 507, Kizaru uproots a Yarukiman Grove with a single kick.
- ↑ One Piece manga - Chapter 507, Kizaru meets Basil Hawkins.
- ↑ One Piece Manga - Chapter 508, Kizaru vs. Hawkins, Urouge & Drake
- ↑ One Piece Manga - Chapter 510, Kizaru defeats Apoo, Hawkins and Drake.
- ↑ One Piece Manga - Chapter 511, Kizaru is getting ready to finish off Zoro until Silvers Rayleigh redirects his attack.
- ↑ One Piece Manga - Chapter 512
- ↑ One Piece manga - Chapter 508, Basil Hawkin's calculations against Kizaru.
[edit] External Links
- Kunie Tanaka - Wikipedia article on the actor Kizaru is based on
