Kozuki Momonosuke

**Kozuki Momonosuke** is the current shogun of Wano Country, as well as the son of the daimyo of Kuri, Kozuki Oden and Toki, the grandson of the former shogun, Kozuki Sukiyaki and the older brother of Kozuki Hiyori.

Momonosuke was born 28 years ago while his parents were sailing with the Whitebeard Pirates. Though Momonosuke was rightfully the heir to the shogunate after Oden, the Kozuki Family was deposed by the Kurozumi Family during Oden's travels, and attempts were made on Momonosuke's life by Kurozumi Orochi's administration. Oden was executed when Momonosuke was 8, and Orochi and Kaidou began waging open warfare to eliminate the Kozuki bloodline. To keep Momonosuke safe, Toki sent him 20 years forward in time with several of his retainers.

Upon reappearing, Momonosuke and his men went out to sea to recruit allies for a planned battle against Orochi and Kaidou. To conceal his identity, Momonosuke pretended to be the son of his retainer Kin'emon. Throughout their voyage, return to Wano, and climactic battle with Kaidou's forces, Momonosuke steadily grew to accept and assume his role as the leader of the Kozuki Family and their allies. To be of better use during the conflict, Momonosuke had his retainer Shinobu use her Juku Juku ability to age his body 20 years, though he remains a child mentally. The Ninja-Pirate-Mink-Samurai Alliance emerged victorious from this war, and Momonosuke attained his rightful position of shogun to unanimous support from the Wano citizens; he would go on to be renowned as one of Wano's greatest leaders.

He was first mentioned when Kin'emon told Sanji that he came to Punk Hazard to rescue his "son". His given name was revealed when the samurai was asking if the captive children in the Biscuits Room had seen him, and his clan name was revealed when Kin'emon spoke of his true heritage. He is a major ally of the Straw Hat Pirates during the entirety of the Dressrosa and Wano Country Sagas.

## Devil Fruit

### English Name:

Fish-Fish Fruit, Model: Azure Dragon[9]Fish-Fish Fruit, Azure Dragon Model[10]

## History

### Past

Momonosuke was born 28 years ago, to then-daimyo of the Kuri region of Wano and patriarch of the Kozuki Family, Kozuki Oden, and his wife, Kozuki Toki, during Oden's second year with the Whitebeard Pirates onboard the Moby Dick. He spent the first two years of his life sailing with the Whitebeard Pirates.

Around 26 years ago, sometime after his younger brother Kozuki Hiyori's birth, Oden encountered Gol D. Roger and decided to assist him with his final journey. Momonosuke then boarded the Oro Jackson with his parents and sister. Sometime after the Roger Pirates' visit to Fish-Man Island, Toki became ill. When the crew reached Wano Country, Momonosuke left the crew with his mother and brother and stayed behind at Wano.

After Toki recovered from her illness, she and her children became beloved figures of the Kuri region. Around half a year before Oden finished with his voyage, Kin'emon and some of his fellow retainers went to the Flower Capital to confront the tyrannical Shogun Kurozumi Orochi. Meanwhile, a group of Beasts Pirates attacked Oden Castle. The pirates were driven away by Kawamatsu and Inuarashi, but Toki was injured while she was protecting Momonosuke. After Oden returned to Wano, the family welcomed him back. At Oden Castle, Oden was informed about Orochi's abuse of power, and Raizo was then ordered to take Momonosuke and Hiyori out of the room before Oden was told about the Beasts Pirates' attempted attack on his family.

After Oden failed to kill Orochi, Oden's family still loved him despite him acting like a fool and losing the respect of most of Wano's people for the next five years.

20 years ago, while Oden and the Scabbards fought the Beasts Pirates in the Udon region, Momonosuke, Hiyori, and Toki stayed in Oden Castle while they were guarded by Shimotsuki Yasuie and his men. On the day of Oden's execution, Momonosuke asked his mother why his life was in danger. After Toki answered his question, Momonosuke started crying.

After Oden was executed in the Flower Capital, Momonosuke was with his brother and mother inside Oden Castle when it was set ablaze by the Beasts Pirates. Kaidou threatened Momonosuke but chose to leave him in the burning castle instead of killing him outright. When the retainers returned, Toki sent Momonosuke and the retainers 20 years into the future. After arriving in the future, they went around Wano Country and discovered how much it had changed over the years. However, they discovered allies they could still count on and began forming a plan to take back Wano Country. Momonosuke and his retainers also decided to travel to Zou to enlist the aid of the Mink Tribe, but when they left Wano Country, they were spotted by the Beasts Pirates.

While sailing to Zou, they ended up shipwrecked, in which they got separated from Raizo and drifted ashore to Dressrosa. While in the country, Momonosuke witnessed Donquixote Doflamingo's brutality as he tortured a gladiator for putting on an unsatisfying show at the colosseum. The samurai were later pursued by Doflamingo's men. Momonosuke hid himself in a ship and the ship set sail before Kin'emon could reach him.

Momonosuke was taken to Punk Hazard where he was placed in the Biscuits Room with the rest of the children. Despite the other children's kindness to him by offering him food and candy, he refused to take "another's charity" and told no one his name.

Sometime after sneaking out of the Biscuits Room, he wandered into Vegapunk's former office. There, he saw the scientist's man-made Devil Fruit inside of a glass display case. Due to his hunger, he smashed open the case and ate the fruit. Soon after, a Ginko found him inside the room and talked to him upon entering. Momonosuke told her that he needed to escape and that he had something he needed to accomplish. He listened to her as she talked until they heard the guards coming. She ran away to hide after telling Momonosuke to do the same.

By the time the guards got there, Momonosuke underwent an unconscious transformation into a dragon. After escaping the guards, he saw his reflection and, upon realizing that he was the dragon, screamed in shock and continued to run away. Running past Caesar Clown's office, Momonosuke overheard the deranged scientist talking about the newest batch of children and how they were only good for about five years of experiments, after which they would die. He was going to warn the other children, but he thought to wait in the garbage dump where he ended up becoming trapped.