Zoro Roronoa

* Post-Timeskip
* Pre-Timeskip

**Zoro Roronoa**, also known as "**Pirate Hunter**" **Zoro**, is both a fictional character and protagonist from the *J-Star's* *Fairy One Piece Tail* series created by Hiro Mashima and Eiichiro Oda. He is a main combatant of the Straw Hats.

He is also one of the 3 swordsmen in a Pirate-Wizard unity, one of the Senior Officers of a fleet, and is publicly recognized as the right-hand man of his crew's captain Luffy. An ex-bounty hunter, he is the 1st crewmate to join since *R.D.*

Born in the East Blue, Zoro is the son of Tera & Arashi, grandson of Furiko & Pinzoro, and grandnephew of Ushimaru, making him a descendant of both the Shimotsuki Clan of the Land of Wano and the all-legendary samurai, Ryuma.

As a master of 3 Sword Style, a swordsmanship style which he created during his childhood training in his village, Zoro is one of the 6 most powerful combatants, who are publicly referred to as the "Monster 6" by the government.

His dream is to defeat "Hawk-Eye" Mihawk and become the world's greatest swordsman, in order to honor a promise, he made to the late Kuina. Traveling the seas in his search of Mihawk and making a living as a traveling bounty hunter.

When Kuina unexpectedly dies, he is given Kuina's sword, Wadō Ichimonji, as a keepsake. In her honor, he develops his trademark three-sword style and promises to someday fulfill his part of their childhood promise.

Eventually, he comes into conflict with a corrupt marine's spoiled son who charged him for protecting a girl from his wolf. To prevent any harm, Zoro allows himself to be incarcerated temporarily, while Helmeppo plots to have him killed.

Luffy respects him and offers Zoro a spot on his crew. Despite his initial refusal, Zoro agrees when Luffy keeps his word to retrieve his swords and was saved from execution by the Marines in exchange for becoming Luffy's 1st crewman.

Zoro is capable of utilizing all three types of Haki and is capable of using the advanced application for both Conqueror's and Armament Haki. He is known for his awful sense of direction and constantly gets lost when traveling.

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 defeats in their defense, his priorities change, and he convinces Mihawk to take him on as a student.

Since his youth, Zoro has trained to become a swordsman and was already strong enough to defeat opponents twice his size. The only opponent he couldn't defeat was his dojo master's daughter, Kuina, who he furiously challenged time and time again. During their final duel together, they confide in each other their respective dreams to become the best swordmasters in the world, a goal which they both promise to fulfill.

"*I am going to be the world's greatest swordsman! (...) Whether a hero or a villain, everyone's going to know my name!*"

—Zoro Roronoa.

## Appearance & Biography

*Voice Actor*: Christopher Sabat (English), Kazuya Nakai (Japanese), Not Known (Arabic), Not Known (Basque), Not Known (Brazilian), Not Known (Bulgarian), Not Known (Cantonese), Not Known (Catalan), Not Known (Chinese), Not Known (Croatian), Not Known (Czech), Not Known (Danish), Not Known (Dutch), Not Known (Finnish), Not Known (Filipino), Not Known (French), Not Known (Galician), Not Known (German), Not Known (Greek), Not Known (Hebrew), Not Known (Hindi), Not Known (Hong Kong), Not Known (Hungarian), Not Known (Indonesian), Not Known (Italian), Not Known (Korean), Not Known (Malay), Not Known (Mandarin), Not Known (Norwegian), Not Known (Persian), Not Known (Polish), Not Known (Portuguese), Not Known (Romanian), Not Known (Russian), Not Known (Serbian), Not Known (Spanish), Not Known (Swedish), Not Known (Tagalog), Not Known (Thai), Not Known (Turkish), Not Known (Ukrainian), Not Known (Valencian), Not Known (Vietnamese), Not Known (Brazilian Portuguese), Not Known (Canadian French), Not Known (European Spanish), Not Known (European Portuguese), Not Known (French Creole), Not Known (Latin American Spanish), Not Known (Latin Spanish), Not Known (Spain-Spanish), Not Known (Taiwanese Mandarin)
*Voice Actor (young)*: Brina Palencia (English), Megumi Urawa (Japanese), Not Known (Arabic), Not Known (Basque), Not Known (Brazilian), Not Known (Bulgarian), Not Known (Cantonese), Not Known (Catalan), Not Known (Chinese), Not Known (Croatian), Not Known (Czech), Not Known (Danish), Not Known (Dutch), Not Known (Finnish), Not Known (Filipino), Not Known (French), Not Known (Galician), Not Known (German), Not Known (Greek), Not Known (Hebrew), Not Known (Hindi), Not Known (Hong Kong), Not Known (Hungarian), Not Known (Indonesian), Not Known (Italian), Not Known (Korean), Not Known (Malay), Not Known (Mandarin), Not Known (Norwegian), Not Known (Persian), Not Known (Polish), Not Known (Portuguese), Not Known (Romanian), Not Known (Russian), Not Known (Serbian), Not Known (Spanish), Not Known (Swedish), Not Known (Tagalog), Not Known (Thai), Not Known (Turkish), Not Known (Ukrainian), Not Known (Valencian), Not Known (Vietnamese), Not Known (Brazilian Portuguese), Not Known (Canadian French), Not Known (European Spanish), Not Known (European Portuguese), Not Known (French Creole), Not Known (Latin American Spanish), Not Known (Latin Spanish), Not Known (Spain-Spanish), Not Known (Taiwanese Mandarin)

### Biography

Zoro is the first member of the Straw Hat Pirates and Luffy's most trusted swordsman.

When he was young, he learned sword skills alongside his friend and rival, Kuina. Sadly, she died in a tragic accident. Now Zoro works hard to keep his promise to her by becoming the world's greatest swordsman. To that end, he is endlessly dedicated to his training. He prefers a challenge and will gladly risk his life fighting the strongest possible opponent.

Loyal with a heart of gold, Zoro is a pillar of support who would do anything for his trusted friends. While he supports Captain Luffy from the sidelines, if push comes to shove, he's not afraid to show some tough love.

### Appearance

Zoro is a muscular man of average height with lightly tanned skin. He always carries his three swords along with him, bundled up with a green haramaki over his right hip, allowing him to easily draw them with his left hand. Of the three swords he has on his person, he has always been seen carrying the Wado Ichimonji, while his other two swords have varied over time due to them being destroyed and subsequently replaced with progressively better ones.

Although his right hand is usually seen resting over them, he can also use this hand to pull his swords out before sitting down. He has three identical gold earrings on his left earlobe. Zoro normally keeps a black bandana tied around his left bicep and ties it around his head when he is fighting seriously against an opponent.

Zoro's body is covered with scars from his many battles, most notably the massive scar stretching from his left shoulder to his right hip that he acquired during his loss against the world's greatest swordsman, Mihawk Dracule, at Baratie.

His other visible scars are the scars he inflicted upon his ankles in a desperate attempt to free himself from Mr. 3's *Extra Special Candelabra* by trying to cut his feet off at Little Garden. After the timeskip, he gained another scar over his left eye, obtained through unknown means.

Zoro's other remarkable feature is his cropped green hair, which Sanji often teases him about by calling him "*moss-ball*", or "*moss-head*" due to its resemblance to one.

#### Pre-Timeskip

Similar to most of his male crewmates, Zoro has the same outfit throughout most of the series. Before the timeskip, he would consistently wear black trousers tucked inside black boots, a plain white shirt with three undone buttons at the collar and his green haramaki. However, only Zoro's shirt varies from time to time in the arcs.

##### Outfits

During the *Arlong Park Arc*, he disembarked Sanji's fishing ship neglecting to put on a shirt. After beating up most of Arlong's crew, he wore an opened, navy-blue shirt decorated with light blue whirlpools that he stole from one of the fish-men. Since Zoro received his scar from Mihawk during the *Baratie Arc* before the Arlong Park Arc, Zoro wore bandages that were visible underneath his shirt.

During the *Logue Town Arc*, Zoro acquired Sandai Kitetsu and Yubashiri to replace the two conventional katana which were broken by Mihawk in the Baratie Arc.

In the Movie 2, after the Trump Pirates stole the Going Merry with his clothes inside, he had to wear a black kimono from a wedding store. Then he changes his clothes for an open black jacket, a white scarf, and black pants like the ones he normally wears.

During the *Drum Island Arc*, Zoro was bundled up for the winter island, but later stripped down after a foolish choice to swim in the frigid water on the island. He remained shirtless and barefoot in the beginning of the arc after getting lost from the Going Merry and left unable to redress himself, until he stole a parka from a man in Wapol's army, which was a hooded, forest green parka with a light green sash and white fur on the cuffs, hood, and hem, as well as a pair of boots.

In the Movie 3, he wears an open blue jacket with short sleeves, with a white line on the sleeves, short black pants, and still wearing his green haramaki. Also momentarily, he wears an extravagant penguin costume designed by Usopp.

During the *Alabasta Arc*, he wore an orange keffiyeh with a gold chain on his head, a long-sleeved white coat with black lines all over it, and the bottom of his black trousers were torn above his ankles.

During the *Skypiea Arc*, he wore his usual outfit in the beginning of the arc until he took it off after fighting a sky shark to save Chopper from being eaten. Afterwards, he wore a long, deep blue tank top and goggles strapped either on his head or around his neck, which were later broken and discarded.

In the Movie 6, he wears black pants, and a brown shirt, which he later exchanges for an open white jacket.

During the *Water 7 Arc*, he wore his usual outfit until near the end, where he wore an unzipped, bright yellow jacket with a closed pocket flap on each side. He continued wearing this outfit throughout the *Enies Lobby Arc*.

During the *Post-Enies Lobby Arc*, he wore a black shirt with the Galley-La Company emblem on it in white.

At the end of the *Thriller Bark Arc*, he wore an opened, gray shirt. He also replaced Yubashiri, which was rusted away by Shu in the *Enies Lobby Arc*, with Shusui, which was entrusted to him by the zombie of Ryuma brought to life by Brook's shadow.

In Movie 10, prior to meeting Shiki, Zoro wore a burgundy button-up shirt with one pink and one indigo stripe going over the left shoulder and down to the bottom of the shirt, plus black pants with a vertical yellow stripe going down each outer side and black sandals with blue straps after being separated from the rest of the Straw Hats, he wears a brown t-shirt with a deep v-neck and a beige design around the collar, a red headband, and black cowboy boots, along with his regular haramaki and black pants. During the raid on Shiki's palace, he wears a black three-piece suit (which he later ditches the jacket of) with a white dress shirt, a black necktie, and black shoes.

During the *Sabaody Archipelago Arc*, he wore an opened white shirt with red stripes.

During his time at Kuraigana Island, shortly after being sent there by Kuma Bartholomew, he wore an opened, dark blue shirt. Since Zoro was critically injured when he arrived at the island, Perona patched him up, so bandages were all over his body.

#### Post-Timeskip

During and the two-year timeskip, Zoro gains a new scar running down over his left eye, which is now implied to be injured, as it is always closed. His frame gets larger, showing considerably more muscle mass, and his hair has gotten shaggier, while slicked back. Zoro now wears a long, open dark-green coat closed on his waist that's held by a muted red sash, into which his three swords are tucked. His black bandanna is tied around his left forearm. His coat exposes his bare chest, revealing his green haramaki underneath the coat. He has also grown noticeably taller, as he is similar in height to Robin.

##### Outfits

In Movie 12, prior to meeting Z, Zoro wore yellow tinted sunglasses, a dark gray jacket with a thin light gray plaid pattern, a haramaki in a much duller green, navy-blue pants, and black shoes. After meeting Kuzan on Secon Island, he wears a gray blazer with matching shorts, a light gray and white shirt with vertical stripes over a white undershirt and white shoes. During the final battle against the Neo Marines on Piriodo, he wears a long coat with yellow accents and a similar outfit to his normal one, except with a burgundy coat instead of a green one and an olive green sash instead of a magenta one.

During the *Punk Hazard Arc*, he wore a white furry coat for protection against the cold weather on the COOL side of Punk Hazard, which he took from Brownbeard's Centaur Patrol Unit.

In the 17th anime intro, Wake up!, Zoro wears olive green robes with a thin yellow line lining the dge, a green sash, a lime green boa scarf, and a short green cape with fish and a lily pad pattern on it.

During the *Dressrosa Arc*, he wore a black suit and a white dress shirt with the top button undone. He also wore black sunglasses and a fake white mustache as a disguise. His sunglasses were destroyed in his clash with Admiral Fujitora. Additionally, he discarded the moustache upon his identity being exposed. After the battle against the Don Quixote Pirates, Zoro took off his suit jacket and unbuttoned his shirt, leaving his chest and scar exposed.

During the *Zou Arc*, Zoro wore a dark-blue T-shirt with his green coat and haramaki over a pair of long, black trousers and boots.

In Movie 13, before entering Gran Tesoro, Zoro was wearing a green cap and white swim trunks with a camo pattern. After boarding the island, he changes into a white blazer, waistcoat, and necktie, a black zip-up shirt with sky blue accents, black pants, black shoes, and green-tinted sunglasses. After the "heist" is done, he changes into a black short-sleeved leather jacket with sky blue accents, black leather pants, black gloves, and black shoes.

In Movie 14, upon arriving to Delta Island, he was wearing a green noragi with a lime green pattern, matching shorts, and brown sandals. During the treasure hunt he wore a black short-sleeved jumpsuit with two orange lines rounding the right thigh and the word "KATANA" on his back in yellow text with an orange wing on each side and black boots. In the post-credits scene, Zoro wore an outfit almost identical to his main pre-timeskip look, just with a white t-shirt instead of a henley.

During the *Land of Wano Arc*, Zoro wore a white yukata with black details and a green cloud pattern on its bottom. He wore a dark green jittoku haori with a mon of a black sun over a khaki gear, and zōri with a black strap. Zoro also styled his hair in the chonmage style. After agreeing to allow Shusui to return to Ryuma's grave and remain in Wano, Zoro was given the legendary blade Enma in exchange, which was entrusted to him by Hiyori Kozuki, the daughter of the sword's original owner, the legendary Samurai, Oden Kozuki. During the Raid on Onigashima, Zoro donned a black version of his normal coat and a new bright red sash. He also briefly wore a Beast Pirates uniform created by Kin'emon, before he and Luffy were discovered by the enemy pirates.

In Movie 15, his initial outfit consisted of a white t-shirt with a white, blue, and black diamond shape within a black ring with small white circles within it, a gold necklace with three rectangular pieces, black pants ripped at the knee with a zipper circling the left thigh and a silver ring hanging from the side of each him, and black high-top sneakers. His second outfit, forced onto him by Uta consists of a black leather jacket with a circular pink patch with gray edges on the left arm that has a gray sunflower within it, plus another pink patch on the back with a winged cross with the bottom turned into an arrow shape a white dress shirt, a white cravat, black leather pants, and black boots with silver rings hanging from the top.

During the *Egghead Arc*, after reaching the control tower, Zoro changed into a dark full body jumpsuit with the SSG logo on the side of the left thigh, with a dark coat, gloves, and a belt across the upper body to hold his three swords on his back, along with a pair of DOM Shoes.

* Hair Color: Green
* Skin Color: Lightly tan
* Eye Color: Black
* Age: 19 (debut), 21 (after timeskip)
* Birthday: November 11th, X765
* Height: 178 cm (5'10") (debut); 181 cm (5'11") (after timeskip)
* Weight: 77 kg (170 lbs.) (debut); 84 kg (187 lbs.) (after timeskip)

## Relationships

### Combat Skills

#### Fighting Style

##### Techniques

The named techniques that are used by Wakaba that involve the Magic are as follows:

### Haki

*Main article:* *Haki*
Before the timeskip, Wakaba never was not able to use Haki.

#### Armament Haki

After timeskip, Wakaba possesses the ability to use Armament Haki.

#### Observation Haki

After timeskip, Wakaba possesses the ability to use Observation Haki.

## Translation and Dub Issues

In the English version of the anime, Smoker's cigars are removed, and smoke comes out of his mouth due to the power of the Devil Fruit, although his mouth is almost always opened a little where the cigars should be. Because of this, he is also renamed 'Chaser'.

## External links

* Zoro Roronoa *Wikipedia*
* Zoro Roronoa *‎‎‎Heroes Wiki*
* Zoro Roronoa *‎‎‎Koei Tecmo Wiki*
* Zoro Roronoa *Nintendo Wiki*
* Zoro Roronoa *One Piece Wiki*
* Shelly *Pokémon Masters EX Wiki*