Jimbei

**Jimbei** (ジンベエ, *Jinbē*), known as the "**First Son of the Sea**" **Jimbei** (海侠のジンベエ, *Kaikyō no Jinbē*; literally meaning "Knight of the Sea" Jimbei), is both a fictional character and ally from the *One Piece* series. He is a whale shark merman, the second captain of the Sun Pirates after Fisher Tiger, and a former Warlord, who attained the position eleven years ago.

His name was first mentioned by Yosaku, when he was explaining about the Seven Warlords of the Sea. However, he is formally introduced much later, during the *Impel Down Arc*. He renounced his Warlord title at the Battle of Navyford, allying himself with the Whitebeard Pirates. During the war, he befriended Monkey D. Luffy, and later allied with him and his crew to prevent the New Merman Pirates' coup d'état against the Neptune Royal Family and the Ryugu Kingdom. He was even invited to join the Straw Hat Pirates, but declined due to having unfinished business of still being affiliated with Big Mam; however, he promised that once he was ready, he would return to Luffy again and request to join his crew. During the *Whole Cake Island Arc*, Jimbei would later leave Big Mam's services by rebelling against her and helping the Straw Hats escape her clutches. He is currently in an alliance with the Sanji Retrieval Team and Firetank Pirates seeking to bring down Big Mam.

Jimbei's first bounty was 76,000,000 berries. Eventually, his bounty raised to 250,000,000 berries. After he resigned from the Seven Warlords, his bounty has been raised to over 400,000,000.

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

—Jimbei.

## Appearance

*Voice Actor*: Daniel Baugh (English), Katsuhisa Hōki (Japanese), Not Known (Italian), Not Known (Spanish), Not Known (German), Not Known (Finnish), Not Known (Korean), Not Known (French), Not Known (Latin American Spanish)

### Biography

Captain of the Sun Pirates and once one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea.

A whale shark Merman Karate practioner, he has a kind soul and is called "Boss" by the people of MerMan Island.

He helps the Straw Hat crew on Merman Island, and afterwards is asked to join them, but he refuses citing his duty to Big Mam, but promising to join them in the future.

### Appearance

Jimbei is a large blue whale shark merman with a stocky build similar to 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 side burn 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 merman, 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.

#### The Young Past Days

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

He wore a Neptune Army uniform while he was serving as a soldier, and was often seen smoking a pipe back then. During Otohime's funeral, Jinbe wore a suit.

#### Pre-Timeskip

Under his pale red coat (which he swaps for a black one two years later), 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.

Jimbei is often seen wearing different traditional kimono of varying patterns: he wore a karakusa and later a floral design during his time as a member of the Sun Pirates; he wore square designs during his debut and a plain one after the Battle of Navyford. Four years ago, when fighting against Ace, he wore a black gi instead with fish designs on either side of the chest, and a red sash with a tanto tied to it.

#### Post-Timeskip

Two years after the war, while waiting for Luffy at the Sea Forest, his kimono has leaf-patterns. During Caribou's *cover story*, he is seen in another one patterned with flowers. For footwear, he appears to wear simple geta on his webbed feet. His Sun Pirates tattoo is on the middle of his chest. During the *Whole Cake Island Arc*, his kimono is yellow and has a Jolly Roger design arranged like stripes. Additionally, he is also wearing an orange colored coat.

* Hair Color: Black
* Skin Color: Not Known
* Eye Color: Black
* Age: 44 (debut), 46 (after timeskip)
* Birthday: April 2nd
* Height: 301 cm (9'10½")
* Weight: Not Known

### Gallery

Jimbei, after 2-year timeskip. The attire during the Fishman Island Arc.

## Personality

Jimbei is a merman of great pride and honor. He is known to the World Government as a pirate-hating pirate, possibly due to the actions of the pirates in Merman Island, kidnapping mermen and fishfolk to sell them as slaves. However, he has great respect for Whitebeard and his crew as he sees them as a completely different story. Because of what Whitebeard had done for his homeland, Merman Island, he understands the damage a war between the World Government and Whitebeard would cause. He knows that places like his home, which are protected by simply being part of Whitebeard's territory, would suffer the most should Whitebeard lose the war. Also, despite originally hating pirates, he did not spare a second thought of becoming one in order to aid his brethren Fisher Tiger.

Despite his pride, Jimbei appears to put his priorities and principles over his honor, and is not above retreating from an otherwise unfinished battle (despite being shamed or openly mocked by an opponent) if it was for the sake of the greater good. He also does not seem to hesitate from encouraging others to do likewise for a similar cause, as seen when he pleaded and managed to convince Luffy to prioritize Ace's safety first over avenging his brother's loss against Blackbeard. Jimbei has also displayed great humility regarding his personal strength and status, a trait most unique among the Seven Warlords of the Sea. This was made apparent by his willingness to even lose his status for his refusal to fight against the Whitebeard Pirates.

Also, unlike his former crew mate Arlong, the fact that he is willing to aid a human (Whitebeard) as well as team up with others separates him from the other mermen. Where as Arlong would never dream of such a thing (even Nami's recruitment into his crew was near slavery), Jimbei proves to be able to treat some humans as equals and also acknowledge when he owes one a debt. While he is a merman with great emotional control, he is empathetic and understanding of the pains of others, such as being brought to tears when Luffy broke down from losing his brother in front of him after he had awoken from the battle at Navyford. Jimbei is also capable of crying aloud when someone dear to him is lost, such as Ace and Tiger.

His personality in the past dramatically contrasts with the apparently tame temper in the present. In a flashback showing a battle between the Sun Pirates and Marines, Jimbei was shown to exhibit excessive brutality to enemies that even made Arlong ask him to stop. He seems to be a no-nonsense person and appears to be quite passive at times. Though he did not agree with Arlong's thinking that humans always looked down on mermen, he noticed that they always seemed to be afraid of them. After asking a former human slave named Koala why that is, she said it was because they did not know much about them. Jimbei stated that the unknown was scary and remembered Otohime talking about how mermen do not know anything about humans.

Jimbei also adamantly believes that true strength should come from hard work and experience, as shown when he reprimanded Gecko Moria for implanting the shadows of others into himself in order to increase his strength, stating that all he really did was get bigger, and when he referred to the power that Hordy Jones received from strength-enhancing pills as "fake power". He can, however, see potential within those who use such cheap methods, as when he told Moriah to grow stronger after defeating him.

Originally, Jimbei was doubtful of Otohime's ideals, thinking that they did not mean anything. He even openly stated that he did not care about her petition. However, after listening to Fisher Tiger's speech about peace, Jimbei grew supportive of Otohime and even admitted about the trouble the Sun Pirates caused her and joined the Seven Warlords of the Sea to support her cause.

Jimbei shares the same perspective as Vivi on responsibilities. When Luffy asked Jimbei to join the Straw Hats, Jimbei refused saying that there are still things that he has to do. Jimbei's decision also resembles to Vivi's when he also asked Luffy to let him join his crew, if they meet again in the future. According to Neptune, Jimbei tends to take on too much responsibility and should learn not to.

Jimbei states that he does not really care who the boss is of his crew despite his leadership skills so long as they can protect the crew, as shown when he allowed the Sun Pirates to work under Big Mam for their protection.

While having a conversation with Ace in Impel Down, Jimbei says he does not lose hope even when a situation says otherwise believing a miracle will happen. This eventually became true when Luffy reached his cell to rescue Ace (although he arrived shortly after Ace was escorted to Navyford). Jimbei states he will not protect a stranger if they do not earn his respect.

As stated by his friend Hack, Jimbei's dream is for there to be friendship between humans and mermen.

Jimbei is also completely selfless, having lived his entire life helping his fellow mermen, mermaid and fishfolk in any way he can. This earned him immense respect from other mermen such as the members of the Sun Pirates. Part of the reason why Jimbei refused to spin Big Mom's roulette was due to the fact that the lives of his own crewmates would also be sacrificed in addition to his own.

## Relationships

### Friends/Allies

* Sun Pirates
	+ Fisher Tiger
	+ Aladine
	+ Charlotte Praline
	+ Hatchan
* Revolutionary Army
	+ Emporio Ivankov
	+ Inazuma
	+ Koala
	+ Hack
* Whitebeard Pirates and Allies
	+ Whitebeard
	+ Marco
	+ Portgaz D. Ace
	+ Jozu
	+ Vista
* Straw Hat Pirates
	+ Roronoa Zolo
	+ Nami
	+ Usopp
	+ Vinsmoke Sanji
	+ Tony Tony Chopper
	+ Nico Robin
	+ Franky
* Bentham/Mr. 2 Bon Clay
* Buggy Pirates
	+ Buggy
* Kuja Pirates
	+ Boa Hancock
* Heart Pirates
	+ Trafalgar D. Water Law
* Silvers Rayleigh
* Shirahoshi
* Charlotte Chiffon
* Pappug
* Pedro
* Carrot

### Neutral

* Seven Warlords of the Sea
	+ Dracule Mihawk
	+ Bartholomew Kuma
* Baroque Works
	+ Crocodile
	+ Daz Bones
	+ Galdino
* Firetank Pirates
	+ Capone Bege
* Vinsmoke Family

### Enemies

* Arlong Pirates
	+ Arlong
* World Government
* Celestial Dragons
* Five Elder Stars (for finally turning against them)
* Navy
	+ Sengoku (former retired)
	+ Aokijii (former due to his resignation)
	+ Akainu
* Blackbeard Pirates
	+ Marshall D. Teech
	+ G. Zass Burgess
* Gecko Moria
* New Merman Pirates
	+ Hordy Jones
* Caribou
* Big Mam Pirates/Charlotte Family
	+ Big Mam
	+ Charlotte Katakuri
	+ Charlotte Brûlée

## Abilities and Powers

It is stated that Jimbei was able to battle Portgaz D. Ace on equal terms, despite Ace possessing Logia powers. They both nearly killed each other in a five-day long fight just before Ace was taken in by Whitebeard, and in Impel Down, he and Ace shared a cell on Level 6. He was able to easily punch Gecko Moria (a fellow Warlord) a few meters away, almost knocking him out.

Though strong, he admitted that he is of no use in land battles, implying he is much stronger at sea. Jimbei stands up to this claim when he lifted one of Impel Down's massive entrance doors with little effort and used it as a raft to provide passage over the sea for Crocodile, Mr. 1, and Buggy (all Devil Fruit users), with himself acting as the raft's propeller underneath. He is an excellent swimmer as not only did he manage to pursue the fleeing battleships, but even outmaneuvered the incoming cannonballs fired at them by the Marines with relative ease, all the while bypassing the Sea Kings that infested the surrounding waters of the Calm Belt.

From his demonstration of underwater activity, it is obvious that he does not have the powers of a Devil Fruit, even at one point cursing the weakness of Devil Fruit users as he saved them from drowning. His power over sea water may very well make Jimbei a natural enemy of all Devil Fruit users, as seen in his fight against Gecko Moria in Navyford, where the merman rendered Moria's ability to summon his zombies useless by splashing them with sea water, thus purifying them with the salt from the seawater.

Jimbei also has strong sense of danger, as he refused to spin Big Mam's roulette after sensing murderous malice from the roulette which is later confirmed by Pedro and Brûlée that the roulette had been rigged to ensure death to anyone who spin it.

In conjunction with his skills, Jimbei has immense willpower being able to completely suppress any emotions of fear, which renders him immune to Big Mam's ability to take away a person's lifespan. This was shown again as he stayed conscious from Big Mam's burst of Conqueror's Haki.

His power and influence are so great that departing from even an Emperor's organization would severely diminish their crew's strength.

### Physical Abilities

Even for a merman, Jimbei possesses tremendous strength. He is the most powerful merman seen thus far, shown when he threw away a giant merman with just one kick. He also appears to be extremely swift, even on dry land, despite his large size. He could intercept an enraged Luffy (in Gear Second mode) and prevent him from further assaulting Blackbeard, and later Akainu, when the latter was about to deal a second life-crippling blow upon the already-injured Ace (who was being held by Luffy) in the latter's last moments. In the anime, when struck by Arlong in the face, he wasn't fazed and easily defeated Arlong not long after fighting. While rescuing Brook from Big Mam, Jimbei was able to swiftly grab Nami and Brook and escape from Prometheus's explosion in an instant.

Jimbei has a massive tolerance for pain: not only was he one of the few people to be able to take a "baptizing" in boiling water in Impel Down without flinching (which is considered an impressive feat), he could also block a direct magma punch from Akainu with his bare hand, unperturbed despite being badly burned, and took a direct hit from Akainu's magma enhanced punch, which brutally pierced his body completely, and his only reaction was to apologize to Luffy for allowing him further pain and was able to survive long enough for Law to operate on him. Oddly enough, he exclaimed in pain when bitten by Luffy, though this is most likely due to the fact that he was prepared for Akainu's attack, but was caught off guard from Luffy's bite, and that it was more out of irritation than actual damage.

Jimbei even withstood a sword attack from Big Mam on the Thousand Sunny that sent him crashing into the ocean and emerge almost unscathed.

## Master Tactican

Jimbei is a great strategist. He is an expert in discerning military strategies after witnessing any subtle change with in enemy formations, as seen when he quickly had guessed out that Warden Magellan dispatched the order to the battleships outside Impel Down to flee during the mass breakout, and during the battle in Navyford where he surmises that the Navy were plotting something after Ivankov informs him that the enemy is retreating further into the plaza. Jimbei divulges a cunning way to smuggle Luffy and his crew into Gyoncorde Plaza inside Megalo's stomach while effectively deceiving Hordy into believing he and Princess Shirahoshi were captured. This allow the Straw Hats to steal the World Noble's letter and keys to unlock the chains that bounded the Neptune Family, releasing them from captivity by the New Merman Pirates. Another example is when he persuaded Luffy and the Sanji Retrieval Team into allying with Capone Bege in order to ruin Big Mam's Tea Party after noting they didn't have a plan to act on.

When Bege's assassination plan started to go wrong after Katakuri restrained Luffy, Jinbe released Luffy while claiming to be the one who told Luffy about Carmel's portrait, distracting the Big Mam Pirates long enough for Brook to destroy Carmel's portrait.

Because of his time with the Big Mam Pirates, Jimbei is very knowledgable of their abilities and offered his allies useful information on how to counter them.

### Merman Karate

*Main article:* *Merman Karate*
The **Merman Karate** (魚人空手, *Gyojin Karate*; literally meaning "Fishman Karate") is what Jimbei is an exceptionally powerful master in, which he can use to knock away many opponents at once and defeat extremely strong enemies. He was a child prodigy, being skilled enough that he became a black belt while he was still a child. By adulthood, Jimbei's skill in Merman Karate has become so immense that his strikes do not even need to make physical contact with an enemy as the water particles in the air will blow them away after a few seconds of time from the attack's initiation. Another example of his strength and Merman Karate level is that he defeated Minorhinoceros, one of the four Jailer Beasts who are Awakened Zoan Devil Fruit users, with a single uppercut. He also knocked out Charlotte Opera, an enormous man larger than himself in one punch.

He also displays the ability to skillfully manipulate water as if it were a tangible cloth through Merman Karate, even using it to attack from a distance. He can cause devastating damage with this kind of technique, to both people and ships. Jimbei later reveals that Merman Karate allows him to control all the water within his vicinity including the water in a person's body. Jimbei demonstrated this ability by splashing seawater on Moria's zombies even though he was standing on a battlefield covered in solid ice. And with this ability, he is able to harm Luffy despite him being rubber. He is also able to secrete water from his body like Hordy did after overdosing on Energy Steroids.

Due to his tremendous mastery of Fishman Karate supplemented with his physical prowess, Jimbei can perform sturdy defensive blocks to stop attacks as powerful as the thrusts from a shadow-strengthened Gecko Moria, a member of the Seven Warlords of the Sea. He could even counter Wadatsumi's punch, who is a giant merman and had also taken an energy steroid, with a single kick and even broke one of his fingers. It should be noted that a few moments before, Wadatsumi had brutally defeated Surume, a massive Kraken well-known for its monstrous strength. Using his own Water Shot, which is a basic Fishman Karate technique, Jimbei could deflect an energy steroid powered Hordy Jones's water shot, which was powerful enough to destroy multiple large coral and pierce through thick stone over an immense distance with relative ease, proving Jimbei's supreme mastery of Fishman Karate compared to Hordy, a merman with monstrous strength. Jimbei is also capable of using Merman Karate’s hidden technique Buraikan. With this attack, Jimbei blasts the opponent’s body with water. After Jimbei used this powerful attack, he sent Wadatsumi flying into the air.

He also used Buraikan to send the Emperor Big Mom off the Thousand Sunny with tremendous force. This was an impressive feat as Jimbei was the first person seen to knock her down.

#### Techniques

The named techniques that are used by Jimbei that involve the Fighting Style are as follows:

* **Arabesque Brick Fist** (唐草瓦正拳, *Karakusa-gawara Seiken*; literally meaning "Arabesque Tile True Punch"): Jimbei first punches at a quite fair distance between from himself and the total, intended number of his targets, then transmitting the strong force of the blow through the water vapor in the air in order to release a powerful shock wave that sends them flying. This move is similar to Bartholomew Kuma's Pad Cannon with the only difference being that the shock waves are not concentrated upon being released; but in exchange has a much wider area of effect. This move has a delayed effect, as the shock wave takes a while to reach the opponent(s). This move was first shown against some Impel Down jailers.

* **5,000 Brick Fist** (五千枚瓦正拳, *Gosenmai-gawara Seiken*; literally meaning "Five Thousand Tile True Punch"}}: A more much-stronger version of the *Shark Brick Fist.* It is a very powerful punch, able to knock out a Jailer Beast in one strike. It was first used against Minorhinoceros in Level 4 of Impel Down. Considering the name, it is possible this attack is fifty times more stronger than Kuroobi's *Hundred Brick Fist* and five times stronger than his *Shark Brick Fist*, and as such, break through five thousand tiles. In the anime, Jimbei used a variation of the technique that launched a shock wave, only this one did not have a delayed effect.

* **Spear Wave** (槍波, *Yarinami*; literally meaning "Spear Wave"): A technique used on a body of water's surface. Jinbe heaves a spear-shaped burst of water with enough force to punch a hole in solid structures. In the anime, Jinbe performed this technique after emerging from the eye of a whirlpool, and then musters up the whirlpool with his webbed hands and throws it into the target(s) in the form a piercing cyclone of water. This was first used against the Marines on board a battleship, dealing a fair amount of damage to the ship itself.
	+ **Murasame** (群雨, *Murasame*; literally meaning "Rain Shower"): Instead of a single large attack, Jimbei sends multiple, smaller, water projectiles. It was first used against Prometheus during the escape from Whole Cake Island.

* **Sharkskin Palm Thrust** (鮫肌掌底, *Samehada Shōtei*; literally meaning "Sharkskin Palm Block"}}: A simple palm block with enough force behind it to slap away a sword swing from the shadow-powered Gecko Moria.

* **Shark Brick Fist** (鮫瓦正拳, *Samegawara Seiken*; literally meaning "Shark Tile True Punch"): A powerful straight punch similar to Jimbei's usual brick fist that transmits the force of the impact through the water in a person's body, enabling the strike to bypass a person's defenses; even those of devil fruit users. Just one blow was enough to overpower Gecko Moria even after Moriah had absorbed several shadows into himself to increase his strength. It is unknown as to how strong this technique is, compared to either his *Arabesque Brick Fist* or his *5,000 Brick Fist*. In the anime, a shock wave passes through Moriah's back, similar to the Sai Dai Rin: Rokuogan technique. Later, when used against Luffy, Jimbei launches a shock wave at a fair distance by manipulating the water vapor around the air to injure even the rubber-bodied captain.

* **Water Shot** (撃水, *Uchimizu*; literally meaning "Water Shot"): Jimbei hurls a simple droplet of water at his opponent, which can become a deadly bullet with the kinetic force created by his immense merman strength. He first used it to nullify Hordy Jones' Water Shot.

* **7000 Brick Roundhouse Kick** (七千枚瓦回し蹴り, *Nanasenmai-gawara Mawashigeri*; literally meaning "Seven Thousand Tile Roundhouse Kick"}}: Jimbei performs a roundhouse kick, which is strong enough to block the gigantic Wadatsumi's punch and break one of his fingers.

* **Merman Karate Secret Technique: Vagabond Drill** (魚人空手「奥義」武頼貫, *Gyojin Karate Ōgi: Buraikan*; literally meaning "Fishman Karate Secret Technique: Mighty Reliant Piercing"): Jimbei hurls a pack of water in his hands and shoots a powerful water shock wave that pierces through his opponent's body. It is so powerful that it even pierced through Wadatsumi's giant form, and even have managed to knock back the enormous Emperor Big Mam. *Buraikan* (無頼漢) means outlaw.

### Haki

*Main article:* *Haki*
Jinbe is extremely skilled in using Armament Haki, as shown when he defended himself against some Big Mam Pirates. He could also fortify his arms and was able to briefly defend against Big Mam's Cognac. In the past, he could fight equally against Ace, an extremely powerful Logia user.

#### Techniques

* **Kairagi Glaze** (梅花皮, *Kairagi*; literally meaning "Plum Blossom Peel"): Jimbei hardens his arms and crosses them in a defensive stance. This was first seen used against Big Mam's Cognac technique, which it briefly managed to hold back but eventually broke.

## Interactions with Marine Life

Among mermen, Jimbei has shown the unique ability to communicate with aquatic animal like, such as fish, even over long distances. The ability to speak with fish is usually unique to most Mermaids, fishfolks, so Jimbei's ability to do so is considered noteworthy by Crocodile.

He had summoned a very large school of whale sharks to the Calm Belt (which was usually very too dangerous, with the Neptunians infesting it) to assist him in a mass-breakout of Impel Down. He can give the whale sharks precise orders, so they understand and obey him.

Due to the Calm Belt being dangerously inhabited by Neptunians, Jimbei would summon his whale-shark comrades to help him to pass through it, as he did when leaving Amazon Lily. This indicates that the whale sharks are capable of outmaneuvering the Neptunians, something that the former Warlord admits is troublesome for himself.

## Diplomacy

Jimbei is shown to be very proficient on diplomacy, mainly it's because he kept Queen Otohime's legacy about living together with humans with no discrimination. King Neptune often apologized to him many times due to the errands that only Jimbei can handle especially on the relationships with non-merman people like Big Mam and he also served as a Warlord to increase the status of the mermen and to form better relationship with the humans before his resignation right before the Navyford War.

He was even able to quickly convince Monkey D. Luffy, Capone Bege, and Caesar Clown to put aside their hostility with each other and form an alliance due to their mutual hatred towards Big Mam.

## Master Helmsman

"*I can't believe that Jimbei, who knows the torrents like the back of his hand, is our enemy...*"

—A member of the Big Mam Pirates
As a merman who is very familiar with the sea, Jimbei is a masterful helmsman, as shown when he steered a stolen Marine battleship from Impel Down. He managed to skillfully steer the Thousand Sunny on his first try and even rode the ship within the 'Green Room' of the gigantic wave homie Big Mom created, using his Tacking skills. Nami described Jimbei's skills as a helmsman as if he were controlling the ship like his own body.

Jinbe has a great knowledge of sea currents that greatly aids his helmsman skills, as he was able to constantly keep out of range of one of the Big Mom Pirates's fleets when it was pursuing the Sunny.

### Weapons

He was seen with a silver trident when he was a soldier in the Neptune Army. However, he was never shown using it. Other than that, it was shown that he had a tanto under his belt when he was fighting Ace, but he did not use it.

## Synopsis

### Skypiea Saga

Jimbei ignores the invitation to Marie Jois for talks about Crocodile who was defeated by Monkey D. Luffy and arrested by Tashigi for the production of Boogie Powder and trying to conquer Alabasta.

## Battles

### Canon

* Sun Pirates vs. Navy (numerous times at sea)
* Sun Pirates vs. Navy (Foolshout Island)
* Jimbei vs. Arlong
* Jimbei vs. Portgaz D. Ace
* Jimbei, Monkey D. Luffy, and Crocodile vs. Minorhinoceros, Minokoala, and Minozebra (Impel Down Level 4)
* Jimbei and Monkey D. Luffy vs. Jailer Beasts (Impel Down Level 1)
* Jimbei, Emporio Ivankov, Luffy vs. Navy
* Jimbei vs. Gecko Moria
* Jimbei vs. Akainu
* Jimbei vs. Luffy (Amazon Lily)
* Jimbei vs. Luffy (Sea Forest)
* Jimbei and Straw Hat Pirates vs. New Merman Pirates
* Jimbei and Vinsmoke Sanji vs. Wadatsumi
* Jimbei vs. various soldiers of the Big Mam Pirates
* Jimbei, Capone Bege, and Pedro vs. Charlotte Katakuri
* Sanji Retrieval Team vs. Big Mam Pirates
	+ Jimbei and Luffy vs. Prometheus
* Jimbei, Nami, Chopper, and Brook vs. Big Mam, Zeus, Prometheus, and Napoleon

### Non-Canon

* Jimbei, Arlong, and other Merman District citizens vs. Fisher Tiger
* Jimbei vs. Strawberry
* Jimbei vs. Dracule Mihawk

## Translation and Dub Issues

His name comes from jinbei-zame (甚平鮫), which means "whale shark" in Japanese. It could also mean the type of clothing worn by Japanese during the summer, Jimbei.

Jimbei's Japanese name is sometimes spelled as Jinbe because when pronouncing it, the **n** of the name often sounds like a **m** to some. However, the official Japanese website for *One Piece: Burning Blood* has the name "Jimbei" on his bounty.

His epithet, *Kaikyō*, would normally translate into "Strait" or "Channel". However since the kanji for it is written as (海侠) and not (海峡), the *kyō* part (侠) of it comes from (任侠), a honorific used when addressing a high ranking yakuza member, thus making his epithet a Japanese pun. Because this honorific is used for addressing high ranking yakuza members, it does not have a literal English translation. The closest translations used of the epithet that can be interpreted into English are made up based on the pun's meaning. These include "Yakuza of the Sea" and "Knight of the Sea" among others. These however are not literal translations, but titles made to convey the idea behind the original Japanese term used. In the Viz Manga and FUNimation subs, his epithet is translated as "First Son of the Sea".

## Notes & Trivia

* After his initial silhouette in Chapter 523, at the JUMP Festa 2009 Oda decided to a show a preview of Jimbei and drew a rough sketch of what he looked like.
* Among the Shichibukai, Jimbei has a whale shark animal theme. He was also the only merman Warlord (being so far the only Warlord who is not a human).
* His blood type is F, the same as Luffy, Vivi, and Reiju.
* In the 5th fan poll, Jimbei ranked 35th, making him the most popular Fishman in the series.
* Jimbei holds the longest time from his mention to his full reveal (mentioned in Chapter 69, December 1998, appeared Chapter 528, January 2009), for over 10 years and 458 chapters.
* Jimbei is the first and only known merman able to use Armament Haki.