Shanks

**Shanks** (シャンクス, *Shankusu*), also commonly known as "**Red-Haired**" **Shanks** (赤髪のシャンクス, *Akagami no Shankusu*), is both a fictional character and tritagonist from the *J-Stars'* *Fairy One Piece Tail* series created by Hiro Mashima and Eiichiro Oda.

He is the captain of the Red Hair Pirates and a member of the Four Emperors that rule over the New World. He is also a former member of the legendary Roger Pirates, where he started as a pirate as an apprentice and a cabin boy along with Buggy, Rex, and Teach.

When he came of age, Shanks saved his friend's son from a large sea monster and lost his left arm in the process. Notably, he also inspired Luffy to go on his journey as a pirate, and his crewmate found the Gum-Gum Fruit that was accidentally eaten by Luffy.

"*Listen up... You can pour drinks on me, you can throw food at me, you can even spit on me. I'll just laugh that stuff off. But, good reason or not, I do not, and will not, tolerate anyone who hurts a friend of mine!!!!*"

—Shanks, to Higuma.

## Appearance & Biography

*Voice Actor*: Brandon Potter (English), Shūichi Ikeda (Japanese), Not Known (Arabic), Not Known (Basque), Not Known (Brazilian), Not Known (Catalan), Not Known (Chinese), Not Known (Dutch), Not Known (Finnish), Not Known (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)

### Biography

Captain of the Red Hair Pirates and one of the Four Emperors who reign over the New World. He met Luffy as a young boy, who had always been drawn to pirates, and saw Luffy's predisposition before anyone else. He lost his arm saving Luffy, who fell into the sea. Usopp's father is part of his crew.

### Appearance

Shanks is a relatively tall man (just under two meters), well-built, tan-complexioned, and in the prime of his mid-adulthood. Among the Four Emperors past and present he stands out as the smallest, most normal-sized by far, the others being various degrees of inhumanly proportioned.

True to his epithet, Shanks has distinctly red hair: usually depicted across media as deep-crimsonish. Worthy of note is that, uniquely among all characters yet seen, even ones with comparable hair tone, Shanks' hair is the sole one filled with grayscale in the black-and-white manga (instead of inked black or left white).

#### Post-Timeskip

* Hair Color: Deep-Crimson Red
* Skin Color: Not Known
* Eye Color: Black
* Age: 27 (debut), 29 (after timeskip)
* Birthday: March 9th
* Height: 199 cm (6'6½")
* Weight: Not Known
* Bounty: 4,048,900,000 berries

## Relationships

### Friends/Allies

* Roger Pirates
	+ Roger D. Gol
	+ Rayleigh Silvers
	+ Crocus
	+ Gaban
	+ Seagull
* Oden Kozuki
* Dogstorm

Nekomamushi

* Red Hair Pirates
* New Roger Pirates
	+ Rex D. Monkey (best friend)
* Fairy Tail
	+ Makarov Dreyar
	+ Natsu Dragneel
	+ Gray Fullbuster
	+ Erza Scarlet
* Luffy D. Monkey
* Makino
* Mihawk Dracule (former rival)
* Whitebeard Pirates
	+ Whitebeard (despite being rivals)
	+ Ace D. Portgas

### Enemies

* Buggy (his former friend)
* World Government
	+ Marines
		- Sengoku
		- Garp D. Monkey
		- Akainu
		- Kizaru
* Beasts Pirates
	+ Kaido
* Blackbeard Pirates
	+ Blackbeard
* Big Mom Pirates
	+ Big Mom
* Kid Pirates
	+ Kid Eustass
* Alvarez Empire
	+ Neinhart
	+ Larcade Dragneel

## Powers and Abilities

### Magic and Abilities

#### Techniques

The named techniques that are used by Makarov that involve his Magic are as follows:

#### Conqueror's Haki

Shanks possesses the ability to use Conqueror's Haki.

#### Armament Haki

Shanks possesses the ability to use Armament Haki.

#### Observation Haki

Shanks possesses the ability to use Observation Haki.

## External links

* Shanks *Fairy Tail Wiki*
* Shanks *Heroes Wiki*