Jimbei

**Jimbei** (ジンベエ, *Jinbē*), also known as "**First Son of the Sea**" **Jimbei** (海侠のジンベエ, *Kaikyō no Jinbē*; "Knight of the Sea" Jimbei), is both a fictional character and protagonist from the *Fairy One Piece Tail* series created by Mashima and Oda.

He is a whale shark fish-man and the helmsman of the Straw Hat Pirates, being the 10th member of the crew and the 9th to join. His dream is to fulfill Tiger's dying wish of coexistence and equality between humans and fish-men, and live to see it's completion.

He was the 2nd captain of the Sun Pirates and former friend of Arlong, having once fought together until differences in opinion regarding the human race forced them to split apart. Since then, he fights for the sake of all those in need regardless of their race.

"*It's not my body that hurts! Ace... what hurts is my heart... that can't enforce justice!*"

—Jimbei, to Ace D. Portgas on his refusal to fight against Whitebeard.

## Appearance & Biography

*Voice Actor*: Daniel Baugh (English), Katsuhisa Hōki (Japanese), Not Known (Arabic), Not Known (Basque), Not Known (Brazilian), Not Known (Catalan), Not Known (Chinese), Not Known (Dutch), Not Known (Finnish), Sylvain Lemarié (French), Not Known (German), Not Known (Greek), Not Known (Hebrew), Not Known (Hungarian), Not Known (Italian), Not Known (Korean), Not Known (Norwegian), Not Known (Polish), Not Known (Portuguese), Not Known (Romanian), Not Known (Russian), Not Known (Serbian), Not Known (Spanish), Not Known (Swedish), Not Known (Thai), Not Known (Brazilian Portuguese), Not Known (Castilian Spanish), Not Known (European Spanish), Not Known (European Portuguese), Not Known (Latin American Spanish), Not Known (Latin Spanish)

### Appearance

Jimbei is a large blue whale shark fish-man and the current tallest member of the Straw Hat Pirates. He has a stocky build similar to that of a sumo wrestler and a face that is commonly associated with various Japanese demons such as the oni. His yellow eyebrows and sideburns are distinctly shaped like those found on such demons, in addition to a bulb-like nose and an angular lower lip pointing upwards.

He has a lightning-shaped scar that can be seen from his left sideburn and reaching over his left eye which he obtained sometime between Otohime's assassination and meeting Ace. He also possesses two tusk-like conical lower fangs associated with Oni as well; the rest of his teeth from the upper and lower rows are pretty much the same, albeit much smaller. He also has a severe underbite, which makes room for his huge fangs.

He has long, two-toned black hair, with two long stripes, colored gold in the manga and white in the anime, coming from the roots over his forehead and trailing down the back, a topknot, and tuft of hair on his chin with a slight green hue. This topknot did not exist during his time as a member of the Sun Pirates, instead his shorter and flowing black hair trails off half way to a light color concentrated at the back of his head.

He kept his chin clean-shaven before joining the Sun Pirates, after which it gradually grew out over time. His hands and feet are also webbed, typical for a fish-man, and his limbs that are somewhat thin in comparison with his enormous girth. His gills (which are pale and pinkish in color) are in between his shoulders and neck. His Sun Pirates tattoo is on the middle of his chest and often seen wearing different traditional kimono of varying patterns.

#### The Young Past Days

In SBS Volume 63, Oda draws the Seven Warlords as children. Jimbei as a child is seen with light hair wearing a tattered gi practicing his Fish-Man Karate. He already had a black belt at this age.

#### Pre-Timeskip

Under his pale red coat, he appears to be wearing a Coral colored traditional Japanese clothing covered all over with black and white square-shaped patterns with the black and white layers alternating each other (beginning with the black outline from the edge) and ending with a dark square at the middle of each and every one of them. He also ties this attire up with a purple obi like a ribbon around his waist.

#### Post-Timeskip

* Hair Color: Black, Yellow (Eyebrows), Gray (Sideburns)
* Skin Color: Blue
* Eye Color: Black
* Age: 44 (debut), 46 (after timeskip)
* Birthday: April 2nd
* Height: 301 cm (9'10½")
* Weight: Not Known
* Bounty: 76,000,000 Berries (1st Bounty), 250,000,000 Berries (2nd Bounty), 438,000,000 Berries

### Gallery

Jimbei's most common outfit after the timeskip.

## Relationships

### Friends/Allies

* Sun Pirates
	+ Tiger Fisher
* Whitebeard Pirates
	+ Whitebeard
	+ Marco
	+ Ace D. Portgas
	+ Jozu
	+ Thatch
	+ Vista
* Fairy Tail
	+ Natsu Dragneel
* Straw Hat Pirates
	+ Luffy D. Monkey

### Enemies

* World Government
	+ Marines
* Don Quixote Pirates

## External links

* Jimbei *Heroes Wiki*
* Jimbei *Koei Wiki*
* Jimbei *Nintendo Wiki*
* Jimbei *One Piece Encyclopedia*