Charlotte Katakuri

**Charlotte Katakuri** is the second son and third child of the Charlotte Family and the elder triplet brother of Daifuku and Oven. He is also one of the Three Sweet Commanders of the Big Mom Pirates and serves as Totto Land's **Minister of Flour** (粉大臣, *Kona Daijin*?), governing over Komugi Island.

Due to his actions and role, Katakuri is the secondary antagonist in the second half of the Whole Cake Island Arc. Eventually becoming allies of the Red Hair Pirates and the Straw Hat Pirates during *One Piece Film: Red*.

## Personality

Katakuri is a calm, serious, and diligent man who devotes himself to protecting his family and crew and achieving their objectives. He frequently uses his advanced Kenbunshoku Haki to quickly address any problems or threats that he foresees, and whenever possible he will work to change the future, he foresees and stop the problem before it happens. Katakuri makes sure to waste no time in accomplishing his tasks; when his brother Perospero was gloating to the captured Vinsmoke Family, Katakuri told him to hurry and shoot them immediately. Katakuri is quite brutal when attacking opponents to ensure they are quickly neutralized and will use his weapons to inflict gruesome wounds with impunity. Katakuri's haste to resolve problems can sometimes work against him, though, as his attempts to change the future may not achieve his intended result. Katakuri is almost always calm even in the most perilous of situations, as it is necessary for his mind to be clear in order to utilize Kenbunshoku Haki. If he is taken by surprise or foresees something terrible in the future, he is shown to lose color on his face and he may sometimes shout, but he does not panic.

When it comes to judging his opponent's power, Katakuri is neither boastful nor meek and so will bluntly point out when an opponent is clearly inferior to him (to the point of encouraging them to flee while they can) but will also notice if they pose a serious threat or are improving their abilities, and he will even commend enemies who demonstrate impressive strength or tactical maneuvers. He takes care to never underestimate his opponents' abilities, and rather than entertain the activation of a new ability he is quite pragmatic and will prevent his opponent from activating it. Even when his crewmates were confident that the Straw Hat Pirates would be killed by Big Mom before they could escape to their ship the Thousand Sunny, Katakuri took forces to lie in wait on the Sunny "just in case." Katakuri also takes note of opponents' potential, and will specifically target enemies whom he feels could pose a more serious threat in the future.

Katakuri takes his status as the strongest subordinate of Big Mom quite seriously and makes the effort to maintain the appearance of perfection that his siblings and crewmates consider him to have, particularly by never lying on his back in public. However, he has been shown to silence siblings who are heaping excessive amounts of praise onto him.

Although he works to eliminate enemies efficiently, Katakuri is ultimately an honorable fighter who prefers to fight fairly and heavily respects opponents who can match him. Thus, he absolutely despises receiving assistance in a fight, and will even yell at a sibling if they interfere in his battles. If he finds that he inflicted a wound on someone due to outside assistance, he will give his own body the same wound to compensate for it and even the playing field. When he was bested in combat for the first time by Luffy, Katakuri retained his respect for the pirate and was enthused, rather than angry, when Luffy confirmed his intention of coming back and defeating Big Mom in the future. Later, he even smiled after learning that Luffy had escaped from Totto Land.

To cope with the stresses of his position, Katakuri takes regular light meal breaks, known as merienda, where he feasts on his favorite food of doughnuts and drinks tea. Katakuri has loved doughnuts since he was a child, to the point of eating them so often that he caused his mouth to artificially expand. Eating doughnuts puts Katakuri in a state of bliss, and during his merienda he has been shown voicing his love for them out loud in very intimate language. Katakuri keeps his merienda extremely private as he lies on his back and relaxes during it, which is a stark contrast to his siblings' view of him as someone who never lies down. The merienda is a very important part of Katakuri's routine and so he will become quite annoyed if something keeps him from doing it at the allotted time. When his fight with Luffy made his merienda late, Katakuri became willing to forgo his usual diligence and attempted to quickly finish off his opponent by burying him in mochi, not taking the time to make sure Luffy had died.

Another reason that Katakuri shrouds his merienda in utmost secrecy is that he is extremely sensitive about his pelican eel-like mouth, which he was bullied for as a child. Initially, he had no issue with just attacking his bullies in response, but after the bullies took revenge by attacking his younger sister Brûlée, Katakuri took to wearing a mouth covering at all times in public. When his cooks accidentally saw his mouth in the Mirro-World, Katakuri completely lost his mind and used brutal force against them with murderous intent; he was so angry that he even misheard one of their pleas as a comment about his mouth. However, Katakuri went on to take off his mouth covering during his fight with Luffy after acknowledging the latter as an equal, believing that Luffy was no more deserving of his sister Flampe's scorn than he was.

Katakuri has a habit of telling people around him what he foresees them saying or doing next. This habit ended up backfiring on him during his fight with Luffy, as his vocal premonition of Luffy's Gear 4 deactivating gave Luffy the chance to fly away from him before it did.

## Relationships

### Family

#### Charlotte Linlin

Katakuri is shown to be fiercely loyal to his mother as he would not hesitate to eliminate anyone who would threaten her. He supported Linlin's ambitions as shown when he attempted to kill Sanji to begin her plan to assassinate the Vinsmoke Family. When the wedding ceremony was about to get hectic, Katakuri immediately leaped in front of his mother to protect her from harm. He is aware of Linlin's attachment to Carmel's portrait and did everything he could to prevent its destruction. Despite his loyalty and devotion to her, Linlin sees Katakuri as a lowly child of hers and will not tolerate him interfering with her business. Katakuri merely accepts being patronized by his mother but will also explain himself to her as shown when he provided his reason for attacking Luffy.

When Bege attempted to attack his mother with Big Father's cannons, Katakuri clogged up the cannon barrels with mochi, effectively protecting Big Mom while she was vulnerable.

Despite his loyalty towards his mother, when Katakuri questioned Luffy about him becoming strong enough to defeat her, Katakuri wished Luffy the best of luck in his quest.

#### Siblings

Due to his caring nature, Katakuri is very close with a majority to almost all of his siblings as he provided them with earplugs after they were incapacitated by Big Mom's screams. Katakuri is always prompted to save his siblings if they are in danger. He saved his half-sister Galette from falling after the Chateau collapsed as she called desperately for him. He also showed concern for his older half-brother Perospero after he was caught in an explosion. He also prevented Luffy from attacking Mascarpone and Joscarpone, calling them his precious siblings. He also seemed relieved to learn that Perospero survived the explosion caused by Pedro. Katakuri's strength was held with such immense respect and admiration among his siblings that they never fathomed the possibility that he could lose in battle, and they were in utter disbelief and complete rage when Brûlée revealed that Luffy defeated him. Oven was enraged that his brother's unbeatable record was broken and tried to kill Luffy, only to fail several times.

During their childhood, after Katakuri beat up some bullies who ridiculed his mouth, they took their revenge on Brûlée, scarring her face. Brûlée did not hold any grudge against Katakuri, saying that he was fine the way he is. After unleashing his own revenge, Katakuri started hiding his face to protect his family. After the Sanji Retrieval Team crashed the tea party, he saved Brûlée from her captors though he did hold her in a threatening way after pointing out how her captors used her powers but listened to her pleas of being a hostage. He acted similarly when Luffy attacked Brûlée, protecting her without hesitation. He even warned Luffy to not dare lay a hand on his sister, showing a strong determination to protect her. Brûlée holds Katakuri's strength in high regard, as she proudly bragged about it to Luffy while the Straw Hat captain was struggling in his fight against the Sweet Commander. After Katakuri was defeated, Brûlée was deeply upset and furious with Luffy and she later tended to her half-brother's wounds. During their talk, it was shown that they have an understanding of each other as Brúlée speculated that Katakuri had fallen willingly on his back, which led to Katakuri confessing that his perfect image was nothing but a lie. When Katakuri asked about Luffy, Brúlée guessed that he would be pleased to know that Luffy escaped Totto Land. Katakuri smirked, confirming her assumption.

Flampe once deeply admired Katakuri and she stated that all of his little half-sisters have selected him as their favorite brother and that he is also beloved by his fellow brothers. She meddled in his fight with Luffy, wanting to preserve her brother's perfect status and become his favorite little sister. However, when Katakuri caught Flampe's interruption, he went to her and angrily berated her for her meddling actions after stabbing himself with his trident and revealing his entire face to her. Flampe's opinion of him immediately turned negative and she even threatened to expose his secret, after which Katakuri willingly knocked her out with Haoshoku Haki so he could have a fair fight with Luffy. Some of Katakuri's siblings, such as Perospero, Oven, Daifuku, and Brûlée, are already aware of his eel-like mouth, but they never scorned him for it.

When discussing who should succeed Big Mom in case she was killed, Daifuku believed that Katakuri should be her successor.

### Subordinates

Outside of his family members, Katakuri also seems to care for the safety of his subordinates, as he ordered the Chess Soldiers to return to the Mirro-World since he foresaw that they would have suffered a swift and complete beating from Luffy had they remained. As the strongest of the Three Sweet Commanders who exemplifies the image of a dignified and level-headed warrior, he commands great respect and admiration from his subordinates. He acts forgiving to their discrepancies to his perfectionist attitude, as he accommodated to his black tea cooling down due to his battle with Luffy.

While seemingly a strong leader who respects his subordinates in turn, Katakuri goes to great lengths to keep this image, and he keeps his true face out of their sight, eating in solitude. Believing he was eating in a dignified manner to recuperate his nutrition, the patisseries who delivered Katakuri his Merienda became utterly shocked when they inadvertently witnessed his gluttonous and slothful eating manners, shattering their vision of his perfect warrior image. Once exposed, Katakuri brutally executed the chefs and even misinterpreted one of their pleas as a comment to his mouth, which resulted in him acting even more violent towards them. However, despite this previous demeanor, Katakuri did not mind showing his full face to Flampe and his fan club and he was content at just knocking them out, knowing full well that they were going to expose his secret.

Upon hearing of Katakuri's defeat at the hands of Luffy, the crew stationed outside of the Mirro-World were furious and tried to kill Luffy in revenge, incorrectly accusing him of using underhanded methods to win.

### Enemies

#### Capone Bege

Initially, Katakuri seemed very respectful towards Bege as he prevented two of the latter's crewmates from being killed by Jigra before the ceremony. However, their encounter quickly becomes standoffish when Bege questioned the reasoning behind Katakuri's actions. As Katakuri explained his reason for killing Jigra, he also reminded Bege of his rank as a Rook. When the Straw Hats caused trouble for the wedding, Bege pinned Luffy down before noticing that Katakuri had foreseen a terrible future. When the Sweet Commander ordered him to kill Luffy, Bege refused and instead ordered his allies to put in their earplugs to avoid Big Mom's screams. Katakuri realized Bege's betrayal when he attempted to shoot him, but he was unharmed. He tried but failed to prevent Luffy from showing Carmel's broken picture to Big Mom. After Bege's assassination attempt on Big Mom failed, Katakuri created earplugs for his siblings, enabling them to regain their composure, which forced Bege to transform into a giant fortress to save himself and his allies. As Caesar Clown was helping Bege and his allies escape, Katakuri tried to stop them. After Bege and his allies successfully escaped the castle, Katakuri immediately formed a team to pursue them.

#### Sanji Retrieval Team

Katakuri made an enemy out of the Straw Hats when he attempted to kill Sanji himself after he foresaw Pudding's failure in her task and Sanji dodging the priest's shot. However, his own attempt on Sanji's life failed, earning him a glare from the Straw Hat Cook and the only thing he could do next was to prepare for the chaos caused by the duplicates of Luffy. After Bege's assassination attempt on Big Mom failed, Katakuri assisted his siblings in cornering the Straw Hats and their allies. As Caesar was helping the Straw Hats escape the venue, Katakuri wasted no time in hindering their escape. After the Straw Hats and their allies successfully escaped the castle, Katakuri immediately assembled groups and planned to pursue them. Along with his brother Perospero, he was confronted by Brook and Chopper when they returned to the Thousand Sunny. As Chopper and Brook fought to retake the Sunny, Katakuri simply complimented Brook for his strength. When the rest of the crew returned, Katakuri was not surprised. After Pedro severely injured Perospero in a suicide explosion, Katakuri tried to prevent the Straw Hats' escape until Luffy pulled him into the Mirro-World.

##### Monkey D. Luffy

During the Tea Party, Katakuri was a huge hindrance to Monkey D. Luffy's efforts to facilitate Bege's assassination plan as he tried to stop Luffy from exploiting Big Mom's weakness.

After Luffy and his group escaped the chateau, Katakuri led a pursuit team after them, swearing to personally eliminate Luffy before he can become a threat to his mother and later insisted on staying on the Straw Hat's ship to ambush them just in case they escaped his mother.

After Luffy dragged him into the Mirro-World to keep him from preventing his friends' escape, the two fought each other in a fearsome clash. Initially, Katakuri was patronizing and informative towards Luffy's many efforts to defeat him. Despite believing that Luffy had no chance of defeating him, he developed some respect for Luffy as he remarked on Luffy's skill in his dodging that resorted to Katakuri using his awakened powers. Though he claimed that he was not underestimating Luffy, he failed to properly finish off Luffy before indulging himself with sweets. However, after Luffy interrupted his snack time and exposed his face as well as his sloppy eating manners, Katakuri regretted not making sure Luffy was dead. Enraged, Katakuri resumed his attempt to kill Luffy for good. However, in his anger, Luffy was able to hit him and Katakuri challenged Luffy's claim of finding out his weakness. When Luffy briefly gained the upper hand, Katakuri's respect for him seems to have grown as he commended Luffy for being able to injure him and commented that he understood how he was able to overcome his younger brother Cracker. However, after he disrupted Luffy's attacks, he promised to not allow him to gain the advantage again. When Luffy retreated from the battle due to the time limit of his Gear 4, Katakuri pursued him, not willing to let him get away, but Luffy managed to escape the Mirro-World before Katakuri could catch him. While he was resting, Luffy declared his intention to surpass Katakuri and later returned to confront him again as the latter was impressed by his bravery. He also seems to be worried about Luffy's potential as he was shaken by the thought of the latter achieving his level of Haki and tried his best to finish the fight quickly.

As they fought, Katakuri's opinion of Luffy would eventually grow with respect into that of a rivalry. Even though he wanted to end Luffy before he could become a threat, Katakuri wanted to defeat him honorably as shown when he disapproved of Flampe's meddling and even injured himself to make the fight fairer. He even apologized to his enemy for his sister's actions as they use Haoshoku Haki to knock out Flampe and her subordinates as punishment. As they resumed their battle, Katakuri told Luffy that he no longer saw him as below his level. At the end of their clash, Katakuri failed in his promise to kill Luffy as the latter defeated him. Afterward, Katakuri briefly stood up to talk with Luffy who told him that he'd return to beat Big Mom and become Pirate King and Katakuri, believing Luffy, wished him good luck in his dream before losing consciousness. As he laid beaten, Luffy showed some respect to his downed adversary by covering his mouth with his extra hat before leaving. After Brûlée informed him that Luffy escaped Totto Land, Katakuri smiled at the news.

#### Vinsmoke Family

Since Katakuri took part in Big Mom's plan to assassinate the Vinsmoke Family, he is an enemy of the family. His failed attempt to kill Sanji alerted the family of Big Mom's treachery though they were restrained before they could do anything. As the Straw Hats were causing chaos at the wedding, Katakuri told his elder brother to kill the Vinsmokes immediately, which ended up in failure. When the Vinsmokes fought against the Big Mom Pirates to help the Straw Hats and Fire Tank Pirates escape from the wedding venue, Katakuri easily defeated Ichiji in combat. However, he was prevented from killing him due to the destruction of the Whole Cake Chateau. After the Vinsmoke Family and their allies escaped from Big Mom's castle, Katakuri formed three pursuit teams to chase them.

## History

### Past

Katakuri was born as the second son of Charlotte Linlin and the third child of the Charlotte Family. Along with Daifuku and Oven, they make up a set of triplets, with Katakuri being the oldest of the three. At the age of two, Katakuri tasted doughnuts for the first time, and it became his favorite food.

At the age of three, Katakuri's fast eating habits caused the size of his mouth to expand greatly and tore his cheeks apart, leaving deep scars on the sides of his mouth. As a result, he was shunned and ostracized by others due to his appearance, but he was strong enough to fend off his bullies, making them run away in fear. Some of his siblings such as Perospero, Oven, Daifuku, and Brûlée do not scorn him, though Perospero once told Katakuri that he would be able to make friends if he hid his eel-like mouth. When Katakuri was five, he obtained and ate the Mochi Mochi no Mi Devil Fruit.

When he was ten years old, some bullies that Katakuri beat up took revenge by cutting Brûlée's face. Angered, Katakuri retaliated and attacked the bullies. Having blamed his naivete for the attack on Brûlée, Katakuri decided to become a ruthless and cold man to make everyone fear him so he could protect his siblings and family, which included hiding his mouth with a scarf since then.