Kaido (FOPT)

## Kaido

Kaido, The King of the Beasts

Kill Big Mom for her trespassing in Wano (postponed to after conquering the world).
Obtain Ancient Weapons and One Piece
Destroy the World Government
Destroy Wano Country and create "New Onigashima" as paradise for pirates (all failed)

### Crime(s)

Piracy
Invasion
Kidnapping
Assault
Genocide
Abuse of power
Mass destruction
Mass murder
Torture
Mass starvation
Pollution
Slavery
Child abuse

## Chronological, Professional & Political Information

### Previous Affiliation(s)

* Rocks Pirates (disbanded)
* Four Emperors (stripped)

### Occupation

* Pirate
* Governor-General

### Previous Occupation

* Soldier (former)
* Apprentice (former)
* Emperor (stripped)

## Personal Status

### Relative(s)

* Unnamed father
* Unnamed mother †
* Yamato (daughter)

## Powers, Magic and Abilities

### Skill(s)

Superhuman Strength
Stamina
Durability
Haki

## Devil Fruit

### Devil Fruit Power(s)

* Azure Dragon Shapeshifting
* Pyrokinesis
* Flame cloud production

### Devil Fruit Techniques

* Blast Breath
* Demolition Gust
* Dragon Twister
	+ Dragon Twister Demolition Breath
* Flame Dragon Torch
* Rising Dragon: Flame Bagua

### Devil Fruit Weakness

* Inability to Swim
* Sea Prism Stone

## Portrayals

### Voiced By (English)

David Sobolov

**Kaido**, also known as the "**King of the Beasts**", is both a fictional character and antagonist from the *J-Star's* *Fairy One Piece Tail* series created by Hiro Mashima and Eiichiro Oda. He is the leading G-G of the Beast Pirates.

He is also the father of Yamato, and formerly one of the Four Emperors that ruled over the New World. When he was a child, he was once a young and promising soldier at the service of the Vodka Kingdom decades ago.

Unfortunately, Kaido was drafted against his will by the Marines but managed to escape and start a career in piracy. He was invited by Whitebeard to join a pirate crew as an apprentice, where he met and befriended Linlin.

During the God Valley Incident, Linlin provided Kaido with the rare Mythical Zoan fruit. He then went on to form his own crew and build it up into a powerful military force determined to challenge the World Government.

After being invited to the Land of Wano by Higurashi of the Kurozumi, Kaido joined forces with Wano's shogun, Orochi, and occupied Onigashima as his base. During which he became an enemy of the Kozukis.

After a failed attempt from Oden and the Akazaya Nine to overthrow him, he continued to accrue military might in Wano for 20 years before deciding to dispose of Orochi and proceed on with his plans for a project.

The project never came to fruition, however, as Onigashima was raided on that very same night and Big Mom, Kaido, and both of their pirate crews were ultimately defeated by an enemy alliance, led by Luffy and Natsu.

Following Kaido's defeat at Luffy's hands, the news released a new listing of the Emperors, with Kaido no longer included among them. After his defeat, Kaido is now referred to in Wano's folklore retelling as "Dragon King" Kaido.

"*I love the way of the samurai... Now, Roger and Whitebeard... they did it right!!! It may not be the way of the times anymore, but death is what completes a person!!*"

—Kaido.

## Appearance & Biography

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### Biography

Governor of the Beast Pirates. One of the Four Emperors reigning over the New World. Commonly known as the "Kaido, The King of the Beasts". He besieged Wano Country and now controls it. A pirate with a very hard body, known as the strongest creature on land, sea, and air. He wants to start the "world's greatest war" to break up the world, which he sees as boring. Drinks a lot, and when drunk spends time laughing, or crying.

### Appearance

Kaido is a middle-aged man who cuts an imposing figure due to his extreme height of 710 cm. and the bulk of his muscles, making him dwarf normal humans. Overly top-heavy in build, he has a well-muscled torso with wide-set shoulders, thick arms, and somewhat out-of-proportion legs; far less heavily built than his arms yet about the same length (with his feet much tinier than his hands).

Kaido's head, atop his bulky neck, is disproportionally small as well (smaller than his hands) and has a massive pair of gray-white, sharp-pointed horns coming out of its sides, curving slightly to the front, then upward. During his final fight with Luffy D. Monkey, Kaido's left horn is broken off. He has a longish face with a heavy, hairless brow ridge topping sharp, often bloodshot eyes (parent to small, yellow irises), plus, a hook nose and a large, full-lipped mouth.

Kaido is near-always seen frowning and is moderately wrinkled: particularly prominent being his crow's feet below his eyes, forehead lines, and laugh lines from always sneering. His black hair consists of an unruly, mostly swept-back mane down to his mid-back, which forms distinctly flat, rectangular locks of which some fall down near the front, over his ears, or jut upward. His facial hair is done in a wavy, waist-length Fu Manchu mustache that pairs with a spiked goatee across his chin.

Right of Kaido's defined abs is his only scar: a massive, recessed X-shape whose upper points reach to his pectoral, given to him by Oden Kozuki. Twenty years later, Zoro Roronoa managed to add another scar to Kaido's chest that runs from the top left point of the first scar to near his left shoulder.

A tattoo of dull-red segments resembling reptilian scales, individually bordered in orange, goes from Kaido's left pectoral down the front of his left arm, ending in correspondence to the wrist with a white (dark in the manga), traditionally shaped skull on the lower forearm.

Clothing-wise, Kaido dons a blue-purple, feathered, sleeveless overcoat draped on his shoulders, and below a lavender, tight-fitting, open shirt with long sleeves. He has a black bracelet with golden (dark in the manga) spikes above each wrist. Upholding said shirt is a thick, off-white belt of laid rope festooned with a pair of white, hanging shide in the front.

More outwardly from below the rope hang two additional pieces of fabric: rectangular, hemmed flaps (which may be the bottom of said shirt) that each have, from two hemmed holes at their bottom, a short, thick, golden torus chain attached to themselves. Two yellow straw cords are below the shimenawa, serving as waistbands to secure a short, hanging row of thin, red ribbons. Finally, the rest of his lower wear consists of simple, baggy pants of gray-green color, tucked below the knees into simple, black boots.

After his battle against the Big Mom, Kaido is seen wearing a white version of his usual shirt, which exposed the middle of his body.

#### The Young Past Days

20 years before the current storyline, Kaido's Fu Manchu was only chest-length, he lacked his current beard, had much fewer wrinkles, and until his battle with Oden did not have any visible scars on him. While he was already very large and muscular back then, he was better proportioned compared to his current top-heavy build. When he was facing Gecko Moria, Kaidou wore a green-blue, open vest and black pants with a thick metal belt. During Oden's execution, he wore the pairing of a dark-blue, sleeveless leather jacket and dark-blue, tight leather pants, with a belt featuring his crew's Jolly Roger on its big, round, gold-framed buckle, in red color on a dark background, alongside black shoes. Additionally, he already wore his purple coat and spiked bracelets. At the time he was seen, due to the injury he suffered from fighting Oden, Kaidou's chest and abdomen were heavily bandaged up.

#### Post-Timeskip

* Hair Color: Not Known
* Skin Color: Not Known
* Eye Color: Black
* Age: Not Known
* Birthday: May 1st
* Height: Not Known
* Weight: Not Known
* Bounty: 4,611,100,000 berries

## Personality

Kaido is a merciless, aggressive, and confident warrior who never misses an opportunity to gain an advantage in war. He suffers from bouts of apathy and boredom, harboring a general sense of unconcern for most things including the very nature of the world and the lives of himself and his subordinates. He keeps a grumpy disposition with little pleasure and excitement in his life and is constantly frowning most of the time.

As such, he craves excitement and chaos, wanting to start the largest war in the world because he felt it was too mundane. This was true even during his childhood as a soldier under the service of the Vodka Kingdom, with a young Kaido barely showing interest in anything outside of constant warring. Still, Kaido remains curious about Joy Boy and whether anyone else is capable of taking up their mantle. He also thinks that Joy Boy could be the one person capable of ever taking him down.

Kaido has apparently always had issues with the world he lived in, particularly the people governing it, of which authority he did not respect due to his beliefs that the true worth of someone could only be gauged in the battlefield. In the past, Kaido once believed that only he could change the world, supposedly in an attempt to mimic Joy Boy and his legend; however, Kaido has admitted that his methods and overall goal ended up being far different.

"*It may not be the way of the times anymore... but death is what truly completes a person!*"

—Kaido, to the Akazaya Nine on view on death.
Kaido's recklessness, coupled with his apparent inability to die from any execution method, has caused him to make attempted suicide as his hobby. Kaido overall has a very positive view on death, thinking that it is the moment a person achieves true glory. As such, he admires those who die fighting until the very end, such as Roger, Whitebeard, and Oden and acknowledges the impact they end up causing in those moments.

Kaido becomes excited when battling enemies who can actually stand toe to toe with him in a fight, though he likewise feels immense disappointment when they fail to defeat him. Kaido is a heavy drunkard who loves to drink sake, which causes his mood to change erratically when he becomes inebriated.

For example, he quickly went from being melancholic over his inability to increase the number of his Gifters and fulfill his dream of having a crew consisting of only Devil Fruit users to becoming angry and violent, brutally beating his subordinates and cursing Luffy and Law. While drunk, Kaido may become more destructive by accident since he ends up caring little for his surroundings, to the detriment of his own crew and their operations.

In fact, Kaido is such a habitual drinker that he even dislikes being sober at any given time. His drunken mood swings have been exploited in battle as well through a special fighting style known as **Shuron Hakke**, which, by Kaido's own admission, is only used on opponents that give him a challenge. Kaido is greatly annoyed at the number of people capable of Conqueror's Haki, stating that the world does not need so many people who could use it.

Like several other characters, Kaido has a unique laughing style: "**Worororo**" (ウォロロロ, *Worororo*). A second one of his has been observed as he was drunk: "**Fuhihihi**" (フヒヒヒ, *Fuhihihi*).

### Warmongering

"*We're going to take all of those pampered noble-born rulers and drag them off their ivory thrones down to the battlefield with us! That's what I call **equality and freedom**! A world where **war** decides a man's true worth!*"

—Kaido, rallying his forces through his war speech.
As far back as his childhood in Vodka, Kaido was already very familiar with war and seemingly desired for nothing more than endless combat. This upbringing seemingly influenced his values to revolve around war prowess and, as such, he views the battlefield as a sacred place, and any disturbances to a fight as unjust for taking away a battle's freedom. This is a major factor in his ambition to start a giant war: bringing his form of equality and freedom to the world governed by the World Nobles.

With the goal of waging an all-out "final war" against the World Government, Kaido ultimately seeks to form the strongest pirate crew consisting only of Devil Fruit users; so, he actively seeks out formidable manpower in the New World to recruit into his growing army, including Super Rookies like Hawkins Basil, Apoo Scratchmen, and Drake. Rather than kill those who resist him, he attempts to break their spirit through torture and forced labor until they either die or submit to his cause.

Kaido also has an interest in finding the Ancient Weapons and the One Piece for his cause; having taken a Road Poneglyph under his ownership and ruthlessly hunting down Momonosuke Kozuki as well as his three retainers, Kin'emon, Raizo, and Kanjuro, in the chance that Oden Kozuki may have imparted some knowledge to them. Kaido is pragmatic enough to avoid conflict that could potentially devastate his forces and territories.

When Big Mom attempted to invade Land of Wano, Kaido feared it would become an all-out war and furiously ordered his crew to stop her, especially after being aware that Big Mom's powerful children were accompanying their mother. This was true even in the past, when Oden returned to the Land of Wano from his journey. Kaido agreed with Orochi to trick Oden into submission by making a fake deal with him, giving himself time to reinforce his army.

Kaido even admitted to being unsure of fighting Oden during the time of their first meeting, acknowledging the daimyo's infamous bold nature.

### Savagery

"*Friendship is a sham! It's all for show! Deep down, they fear you! You must rule with strength! You are the child of ogres! You are not meant to be friends with humans!*"

—Kaido, to his offspring, Yamato.
Akin to the reputation of an oni, Kaido is savage, brutal and believes that might makes right, using his near unrivaled power to govern others through fear and intimidation while making examples of them should they ever decide to not obey or rebel against his rule.

Kaido, interestingly, does not seem to view himself as a human at all, fiercely thinking that his lineage should not hold a friendly relationship with other humans, but rather distrust and oppose them, under the reasoning that the latter are unable to view the former as anything else than monsters. Kaido is extremely cruel, even towards children. After murdering Oden Kozuki, he viciously insulted Oden right in front of his son Momonosuke, adding mockery to Momonosuke's sorrow and hopelessness.

Adding to this, he brutally attacked Tama and practically left her for dead. Kaido also bluntly informed Queen about Komurasaki's "death" while casually laughing at Queen's despair over the death of his idol and later found amusement upon seeing Orochi's spiteful execution of Yasuie as well as his ally's cruelty in feeding his own citizens faulty SMILE fruits. As an abusive father, Kaido has no qualms beating up his son Yamato since childhood, showing that even his own child is not spared from his violence and brutality.

Kaido is known to be hard to reason with and not usually open for negotiations or excuses, making it unwise to provoke or underestimate him; this is enforced dramatically when Doflamingo Don Quixote, a former Warlord of the Sea and former World Noble known for his fearless attitude, became disturbed at the prospect of angering Kaido when he became potentially unable to fulfill his end of their business deal.

One of his crewmates later stated that Kaido would be very angry once he heard the news of the Factory's destruction, leading to a squad of them attempting to loudly deliver the information from a distance in order to avoid any potential retaliation. Despite this, Kaido is not completely impossible to reason with, demonstrated by his capacity to form an alliance with another Emperor he had attempted to kill days prior.

### Arrogance and Respect for Power

Kaido venerates strength and military might above all else, with those ideas being the foundation behind his constant amassing of strong subordinates and numerous weapons. He follows the philosophy of "survival of the fittest" and that most problems can be resolved through brute force, agreeing with Higurashi Kurozumi about that being the way human history has always functioned.

Those set of beliefs also appear to be the reason that Kaido despises the World Nobles and their massive power and influence, which are primarily based on birthright alone instead of any actual combat merit. He was quick to threaten to kill Big Mom when she announced her intention to come to his territory, showing no reservations against someone possessing power equivalent to his own.

Kaido is highly confident in his power and considers himself to be far above the likes of Super Rookies, to the point of even refusing to take the Straw Hat Pirates and Heart Pirates seriously despite them crippling his SMILE trade; this is reinforced by his belief that defeating a Warlord of the Sea is nothing to be impressed with and subsequent dismissal of Doflamingo Don Quixote as being weak.

Kaido seemingly enjoys taking direct attacks from enemies he perceives as strong in order to test their strength, doing so with much amusement. Despite his immense arrogance, Kaido does acknowledge other individuals of exceptional strength, such as Ashura Doji and Kid Eustass, wishing to have both become subordinates of his despite their constantly defiant attitude.

This extends to Luffy, one of the people responsible for the halting of his SMILE trade that was vital to Kaido's ultimate goals, yet the Emperor chose to have the Straw Hat captain imprisoned so he could be recruited as a soldier of formidable power instead of killing him. Due to his respect for power, Kaido is willing to offer strong subordinates a chance to be promoted to an All-Star in his crew as long as they prove it in an authorized challenge against a current one.

Since Kaido sees and acknowledges an enemy's power, he does not blame his subordinates for losing battles against opponents that he deems appropriately powerful. Kaido forgave Jack for losing to Cat Viper and Dogstorm in their Sulong forms, because he understands that Jack is not weak, but rather that his enemies were merely too strong to handle.

### Honor and Treachery

"*I'm sorry about that **idiot** earlier... I didn't want to win that way.*"

—Kaido, apologizing to Luffy.
While Kaido is vicious and ruthless to his enemies, he also utterly despises interferences in his struggles and will absolutely not forgive anyone who does so, showcasing a form of strong personal honor and pride to how he fights. When he met Big Mom again for the first time in decades, he told his men to take her Sea-Prism Stone cuffs off before trying to kill her, strictly preferring to fight his enemies fair and square despite having an easier chance to kill his fellow Emperor in a weakened state.

When a member of the Beasts Pirates seemingly captured Momonosuke (in truth Higurashi in disguise) as a hostage to distract Oden, Kaido only took the opportunity to strike Oden down because he did not know of the situation until afterwards. Intolerant of foul play in the regards to his own battles, Kaido killed Higurashi for interfering regardless of her being one of Orochi's closest supporters, and upon witnessing the Hour of Legends, Kaido was solemnly impressed by Oden's strength and willpower.

As a last sign of respect, he informed Oden about Higurashi's demise while apologizing for her meddling in their battle and opted to kill Oden himself with a gunshot. Twenty years later, when CP0 member Guernica interfered and allowed him to win the fight between him and Luffy, he was horrified by what had happened and struck at the agent. When Luffy revealed himself to have survived said interference, Kaido was thankful for it and apologized for what had happened previously, something which Luffy accepted.

Outside of battle and fighting, Kaido can be rather treacherous and opportunistic. He seemingly believes that betrayal is part of a pirate's nature and admitted that he overlooked the threat of the Akazaya Nine because he never expected noble samurai to ally with pirates. Kaido is not above making false promises, having lied to Oden twice to keep the daimyo and his country in check. The first time, it was to buy time as Oden demoralized himself to Wano's citizens for years, allowing Kaido to build more strength for his army.

The second time was to have Oden and the Scabbards killed so the country would lose their hope of revolution, despite a prior agreement to spare them if they survived a certain punishment. Kaido also has no qualms killing allies should they outlive their usefulness, having beheaded Orochi once the latter questioned his plot to reform Wano into a pirate paradise despite their alliance of over two decades.

## Relationships

### Neutral

* Seven Warlords of the Sea
	+ Doflamingo Don Quixote
* Big Mom
* Orochi Kurozumi

### Enemies

* Kozuki Family
* Worst Generation
	+ Straw Hat Pirates
		- Luffy D. Monkey
		- Jimbei
	+ Fairy Tail
		- Natsu Dragneel
* Whitebeard Pirates
	+ Newgate Edward
	+ Marco

## Abilities and Powers

"*People often say "If it's one-on-one, Kaido will win." On land, sea, and air... among all living things, he is a pirate who is known as the "strongest creature"!!!*"

—Ending narration of Kaido's introduction.
As formerly one of the Four Emperors, Kaido is one of the four most powerful pirates in the world, famed as the world's **"Strongest Creature"**. Notably, he has a bounty of ฿4,611,100,000, which is the highest known bounty of any pirate currently alive and third highest in history, surpassed only by the bounties of the late Whitebeard and Roger D. Gol.

As the Beasts Pirates' Governor-General, Kaido has authority over a massive, 20,000-strong pirate organization, and due to his alliance with Shogun Kurozumi Orochi, he and his crew enjoy authority over and cooperation with thousands of Land of Wano's samurai forces serving Orochi. Even during his time as a kid and during his teenage years as a pirate apprentice with the Rocks Pirates, Kaido was already formidable and, after his captain's fall and the crew's disintegration, only grew stronger throughout his life.

Kaido attempted to take Whitebeard's life, something very few would dare, and subsequently had an encounter with Shanks, and a clash against Big Mom two years later. The Five Elders mentioned Kaido as one of the few people capable of stopping Blackbeard. His strength was also recognized by his fellow Emperor Big Mom, who could not fathom the idea of Luffy D. Monkey defeating him.

According to Law Trafalgar, Kaido could easily kill Doflamingo Don Quixote, a world-famous, extremely powerful pirate in his own right; Doflamingo himself, despite his normally always-retained fearlessness, was visibly distressed at the prospect of angering Kaido.

Additionally, Law speculated that his crew, the Heart Pirates, and the Straw Hats allied together would only have a roughly 30% chance of bringing down Kaido, though the statement is questionable seeing as at that time, Law was not serious about fighting him.

Kaido defeated two other members of the Worst Generation, Kid and Killer, along with the rest of their crew, with seemingly no issue and refused to take Law and Luffy and Natsu's alliance seriously regardless of their victory over Doflamingo, viewing defeating a Warlord as nothing special. Kaido's confidence was later proven to be warranted when he defeated Luffy with a single blow during their first fight.

Before the fight on the rooftop of the Skull Dome even began, Kaido was convinced that only Gol D. Roger, Whitebeard, Oden Kozuki, Shanks, and his late captain were capable of fighting him seriously.

Overall, Kaido has been said to have only lost eight battles in his lifetime and has only been injured twice. As stated during his introduction, people consider it a certainty for Kaido to win any one-on-one battle he takes part in, and even most groups and armies have little ability to take him down. When the daimyos of Land of Wano and the Kozuki loyalists rebelled, Kaido crushed them, and when hundreds of samurai went to Onigashima to attack Kaido 10 years ago, they were all killed.

He faced the Nine Red Scabbards (except for Kanjuro) and Izo (a former commander of the Whitebeard Pirates) by himself, and although he was having issues dealing with them in his dragon form, he easily overpowered all while in his human form (including Dogstorm and Cat Viper in Sulong form, whose strength at that time surpassed one of his All-Stars, Jack).

Kaido also took on the Gecko Pirates 23 years ago and slaughtered all of them except for their captain, Moria. Similar to the other Emperors, Kaido has many underlings and other pirate crews allied with him and can claim self-governing islands as his territories. With Caesar Clown and Doflamingo as his associates, Kaido created an army of over 500 Artificial Zoan-type Devil Fruit users, known as the Gifters.

### Physical Abilities

Even without his Zoan Devil Fruit powers, Kaido is legendary for his supreme physical power as the strongest creature in the world. With a one-handed swing of his kanabo, he can send normal-sized people flying into the distance with one blow, and he broke past the tremendous defensive power of Luffy's **Gear 4th** with great ease. He once sunk nine enormous prison ships singlehandedly.

Sengoku once said that even as a mere apprentice in the Rocks Pirates, Kaido was able to earn the respect of his vicious companions through his strength alone. Most remarkably, Kaido's body is nigh-indestructible far more that his former crewmate and fellow Emperor Big Mom, and even attacks strengthened by ordinary Armament Haki cannot damage his incredibly tough defense.

He took multiple powerful hits from Luffy's **Gear 3rd** while in his dragon form and transformed back into his human form after being pummeled into the ground and proceeded to receive a barrage of Gear 4th hits that were even more powerful yet only became sober and felt nothing more than annoyance, received no injuries, and was able to quickly get back up and counterattack without issue.

This all changed once Luffy learned how to emit his Armament Haki and attack his enemy's insides during his training while in Udon, making Kaido bleed with his newest Gear 3 technique, which used advanced-grade Armament Haki, yet the damage inflicted was still "too shallow" according to Luffy. While the Akazaya Nine were able to accomplish the rare feat of drawing blood from him with their swords and attacks, these wounds were shown to have very little, if any, effect on him.

He could withstand having his own immensely destructive Blast Breath redirected at him by Raizo's Scroll-Scroll Fruit, as well as assaults from Cat Viper and Dogstorm's Sulong-enhanced attacks, Kawamatsu's River of Sea, Izo's Dangirigan, and Kikunojo's Zansetsu-gama, ultimately requiring Kin'emon, Denjiro, Dogstorm, and Ashura Doji to focus and coordinate their Togen Totsuka attacks together at his scar to finally inflict significant damage.

However, Kaido himself stated that the injuries were still shallow in comparison to when Oden inflicted him with a massive scar. This durability has given Kaido the reputation of being unable to die. He was caught and tortured 18 times, and organizations as powerful as the Marines, and other Emperors have attempted to execute him 40 times, only to fail as Kaido survived every single attempt because every execution weapon broke when used on him.

Most notably, Kaido jumped 10,000 meters from a Sky Island onto the ground, creating a massive crater and shockwave strong enough to sink a large ship nearby, and emerged with only a small headache; it has even become a hobby for him to attempt suicide, only for it to fail. In fact, it is implied that during his early days, Kaido allowed himself to be captured the majority of the time, due to being hungry, and used his captivity as a restaurant.

Kaido also clashed with Big Mom continuously for one to three days and emerged without any injuries or signs of fatigue, showing incredible stamina. The first known time he ever suffered a significant injury was in a battle against Oden Kozuki, a legendary samurai who was dual-wielding two of the twenty-one Great Grade Blades, Enma and Ame-no-Habakiri, gaining a scar on his body.

When he was simultaneously attacked by Luffy, Natsu, Law, Gray, Kid, Zoro, Erza, and Killer, Kaido also sustained damage.

Even in his hybrid form, despite taking more lasting damage from the members of the Worst Generation, Kaido continued fighting regularly, becoming more irritated than alarmed by their growing ability to damage him, showing that his endurance and pain tolerance are similarly anomalous like his durability. Kaido was, however, visibly surprised at Law's ability to continually bypass his defenses, as well as Luffy's and Zoro's growing skill with Conqueror's Haki and how both were able to seriously injure him.

Despite the young pirate's increased strength and skill with Conqueror's Haki infusion, however, Kaido was still capable of defeating Luffy singlehandedly, though Kaido admitted that the fight caused him to get more excited than he had been in a while. Afterwards, Kaido clashed with his son, Yamato, a powerful warrior in his own right, and consistently overpowered him.

Even after enduring countless powerful attacks that were greatly enhanced with advanced applications of Armament and/or Conqueror's Haki, and being weakened in the process, Kaido was still able to emerge victorious over Luffy in their third fight after landing a lethal blow, though not without unwanted assistance in the form of Guernica. Even the stone-melting flames created by his Kaen Daiko technique seemed to cause no damage or discomfort to his body in the slightest, showing a tremendous near-immunity to fire.

Despite his enormous size, Kaido is extremely fast in combat and can instantly move from one spot to another. He completely blitzed Luffy in an instant while attacking him and appearing behind him afterwards. Another testament to his speed, he was fast enough to nearly once again blitz Luffy despite the latter perceiving the future using Observation Haki, only barely avoiding a head-on attack.

### Combat Skills

#### Fighting Style

##### Shuron Hakke

The **Shuron Hakke**, is a state Kaido enters by consuming alcohol. In this state, his movements become more unpredictable, he switches rapidly between his Zoan forms, and his Haki becomes stronger. The Shuron Hakke state has various modes based on his drunken mood swings.

###### Techniques

The named techniques that are used by Kaido that involve the fighting style are as follows:

* **Lightning Hammered**: A laughing drunk mode. When using this mode against Luffy, Kaido attacked him with a version of his **Ragnaraku** technique. In the Viz translation, this is called.

* **Drowning His Sorrows**: A depressed drunk mode. When using this mode against Luffy and Natsu, Kaido attacked him with **Tatsumaki Kaifu**. In the Viz translation, this is called.

* **Tears in His Beer**: A crying drunk mode. When using this mode against Luffy and Natsu, Kaido attacked him with **Thunder Bagua**. In the Viz translation, this is called.

* **Drunken Rage**: An angry drunk mode. When using this mode against Luffy and Natsu, Kaido attacked him with **Blast Breath** and **Gundari Ryuseigun**.

* **Drunken Beggar**: A begging drunk mode. When using this mode against Luffy and Natsu, Kaido began speaking flirtatiously and begged Luffy to quit punching him.

* **Drunken Thief**: When using this mode against Luffy and Natsu, Kaido used his serpentine body in full Beast Form to copy Luffy's trajectory changing punches.

* **Blood Thirsty Drunk**: When using this mode against Luffy and Natsu, Kaido takes full advantage of his Human-Beast Form's size and strength to deal heavier blows with more murderous intent.

### Devil Fruit

*Main article:* *Fish-Fish Fruit, Model: Azure Dragon*
The **Fish-Fish Fruit, Model: Azure Dragon**, a Mythical Zoan-class Devil Fruit, which was eaten by Kaido, allows him to transform into a full serpentine Azure Dragon and a human-dragon hybrid at will. His full Beast Form is massive, roughly half the size of a small town, and is covered with extremely durable, blue scales, dramatically increasing the tremendous natural durability of Kaido's body.

His Human-Beast form grants him a massive increase to his speed, agility, and mobility, while further increasing his vast resilience and physical strength to even greater levels. As a serpentine dragon, Kaido is capable of creating special clouds called "Flame Clouds" and using them as footholds, allowing him to move through the air. These clouds can also be used to lift other objects; they are even capable of lifting an entire island out of the sea.

He can also release devastating blasts of fire from his mouth, which can instantly deal significant damage to or fully obliterate large structures, such as an entire mountain and the ruined castle that stood upon it. By breathing flames in the shape of a dragon around his body, Kaido can coat himself in a layer of heat so intense that it can instantly melt substances that come in contact with it, which discourages physical attacks.

Aside from his fire breath, Kaido can also release other elemental attacks from his mouth; he can release bolts of lightning by roaring, or invisible, sharp wind blades by blowing. By twisting his massive body, Kaido can create tornados which can blow his enemies off the battlefield and into the air. Kaido has mastered his Devil Fruit powers to the level that he can access some of his draconic abilities without needing to transform, such as generating Flame Clouds to levitate Onigashima.

He was even able to do so while battling against five members of the Worst Generation alongside Big Mom.

#### Techniques

The named techniques that are used by Kaido that involve the Devil Fruit are as follows:

* **Blast Breath**: Kaido releases a massive heat blast from his mouth towards a target. It travels very quickly and is extremely powerful, being capable of instantly decimating large structures like the ruins of Oden Castle, and surrounding terrain like mountain scrapes are left thoroughly shattered, flattened, and scorched. "Bolo" is a term used in Central America and Mexico meaning "drunk".

* **Demolition Gust**:

* **Dragon Twister**:
	+ **Dragon Twister Demolition Breath**:

* **Flame Dragon Torch**:

* **Rising Dragon: Flame Bagua**:

### Haki

*Main article:* *Haki*
Kaido is one of the few people in the world capable of using all three forms of Haki, and so far, only him and Monkey D. Luffy have showcased the advanced application of each one. Law stated that he could not directly move Kaido around inside his **ROOM** due to Kaido's Haki being too strong.

#### Conqueror's Haki

Kaido possesses immense mastery in the usage of Conqueror's Haki, as first shown when he clashed against a fellow Emperor and Conqueror's Haki user, Big Mom; producing a lightning effect and burst that shook Onigashima and split the heavens, creating the shockwaves that appear when two users clash. Additionally, Kaido can release extremely potent bursts of Conqueror's Haki that can damage the landscape around him and blow away opponents.

Most notably, he is among the handful of users capable of "infusing" Conqueror's Haki into things, particularly, his Hassaikai, signified by the thin streams of black lightning radiating from it. When used in conjunction with his natural strength and Armament Haki, Kaido can knock out powerful pirates, such as Luffy, Zoro, and Law in one or two strikes.

#### Armament Haki

Kaido is an immensely skilled user of Armament Haki, which he is capable of imbuing into his kanabo. During the raid on Onigashima, similarly to Katakuri, his Armament Haki was strong enough to damage Luffy, who hardened both of his arms. He is capable of utilizing the advanced application of this type of Haki, projecting his Armament Haki out from his kanabo, allowing him to strike opponents many meters in front of him with devastating power without the need to make direct contact, and the attack power can be increased further if the kanabo is imbued with Conqueror's Haki.

In the anime when Kaido uses advanced Armament Haki, it is shown as a purple-colored flowing aura.

#### Observation Haki

Kaido is an extremely skilled user of Observation Haki, as he was able to sense the "voices" of the Supernovas in the wake of his and Big Mom's combined attack, which enabled him to tell they were still alive. He can also use the advanced form that allows him to briefly see into the future, which helps him dodge powerful blows, as shown when he avoided Luffy's Red Hawk and Snakeman attacks.

### Weapons

When Kaido killed Oden, he used a pistol to shoot Oden in the head.

Kaido borrowed King's sword to behead Orochi.

#### Hassaikai

*Main article:* *Fish-Fish Fruit, Model: Azure Dragon*
Kaido wields a giant, black, metal kanabō covered in spikes named Hassaikai as his signature weapon of choice, which he already possessed during his apprentice days in the Rocks Pirates. Using it in conjunction with his massive immense physical strength and ability to imbue the club with Armament and Conqueror's Haki, he can use it to perform incredibly powerful strikes by swinging it, allowing him to produce large shockwaves, smash severely foes, knock mighty adversaries unconscious with a single hit, and send people flying off into over vast distances, and was able to knock Luffy unconscious with a single blow, breaking past the tremendous defensive power of Luffy's Armament Haki-enhanced Gear Fourth form.

##### Techniques

The named techniques that are used by Kaido that involve the Weapon are as follows:

* **Thunder Bagua**: Kaido charges toward his opponent at blinding speed, swinging his Hassaikai horizontally, either one-handed or two-handed to strike them with devastating force. The attack is so fast that, even after seeing the future, Luffy was only half-successful in dodging it. Additionally, Kaido can imbue his kanabo with both Conqueror's and Armament Haki for the attack, which causes a visible trail of dark lightning to exude from the weapon. When first used against Luffy in his Boundman state, it knocked the 1.5-billion-bounty pirate unconscious in one hit. An imitation of the technique is used by Kaido's daughter, Yamato, to devastating effect, albeit purportedly weaker than Kaido's; when Yamato in her Human-Beast Form did have a clash with Kaido in his Human-Beast Form—using their respective versions of *Thunder Bagua*—their attacks seemed evenly matched, but Yamato ultimately ended up taking more damage despite protecting herself. The "**Bāguà**" (八卦, *Hakke*; "Eight Trigrams" in English) are eight tripartite, Taoist-cosmological symbols used to represent the fundamentals of reality, via eight interrelated concepts.
	+ **Thunder Bellow Bagua**: A seemingly stronger version of *Thunder Bagua*. The technique was first seen in use against Luffy in retaliation to his *Gomu Gomu no Over Kong Gun*. The technique's name plays on "**Hōrai**" (蓬莱), the Japanese name of the immortal island of Penglai, a legendary land in Chinese mythology.
	+ **Destroyer of Death Thunder Bagua**: An attack used by Kaido in his Human-Beast Form, where after he strikes his opponent with *Thunder Bagua*, Kaido comes in for a second swing that is added with more power by entering the bulkier variation of his Human-Beast Form to double the damage. This technique was first used against Luffy in his Gear 5 form. *Daiitoku* is the Japanese name of **Yamāntaka** (大威徳明王, *Daiitoku Myōō*; "Destroyer of Death"), one of the Five Wisdom Kings in Vajrayāna Buddhism.
* **Conquest of the Sea**: A combined attack between Kaido and Big Mom, standing side-by-side; him in his Human-Beast Form wielding Hassaikai, while Big Mom wielding Napoleon in its Congnac form swings their weapons simultaneously. The Emperors' combined power creates a powerful, explosive wave of force that travels at such a great distance that it was impossible for Law to avoid using "Shambles", which absolutely devastates everything in its path, the resulting explosion dwarfed Onigashima; leaving Zoro severely injured by attempting to block the attack for a moment for the others to avoid. This move is very similar to Dorry and Brogy's combined *Hakoku* technique, featuring even the same poses.
* **Conquerer of Three Worlds Ragnaraku**: An attack performed by Kaido in his Human-Beast Form. Wielding Hassaikai two-handed, he jumps into the air and quickly spins his weapon above his head as he imbues it with Conqueror's Haki, making it exude black lightning. He then, while descending, swings his club down with great force, smashing his foe into the ground. The move's first demonstration came against Luffy, who took the blow straight on and was knocked out by it for a brief period. The second time that Kaido struck Luffy with *Ragnaraku*, the latter was able to retain consciousness. The first part of the attack's name comes from **Trailokyavijaya** (降三世明王, *Gōzanze Myōō*; "Conqueror of Three Worlds"), one of the Five Wisdom Kings in Vajrayāna Buddhism. The name's second part refers to the Buddhist "hell", called **Naraku** (奈落) in Japanese; *Ragu*(引; ラグ) is prepended to make the reading play on *Ragunaroku* (ラグナロク), the Japanese rendering of Ragnarök (the apocalypse in Norse mythology).
	+ **Lightning Hammered Ragnaraku**: A variant of *Conquerer of Three Worlds Ragnaraku* used by Kaido while in his *Shuron Hakke's* *Warai Jogo* mode, where he additionally appears to imbue his kanabo with lightning for extra power. First seen used against Luffy, this attack seems to be more powerful than its normal counterpart, inflicting great pain to the Straw Hat with a direct hit as well as causing the roof of the Skull Dome to crack further.

## Battles

### Canon

* Rocks Pirates vs. Roger Pirates and Marines (unseen; lost)
* Kaido vs. Moria's first crew (unseen; won)
* Beasts Pirates and Higurashi Kurozumi vs. Oden, the Akazaya Nine, and Shinobu (won)
	+ Kaido vs. Oden Kozuki (won)
* Kaido vs. Ashura Doji and Denjiro (unseen; won)
* Kaido and King vs. Red Hair Pirates (unseen)
* Kaido vs. Kid Eustass and Killer (unseen; won)
* Kaido vs. Speed
* Kaido vs. Luffy, Natsu, Gray, and Erza (won)
* Kaido vs. Big Mom
* Beast Pirates and their allies vs. Wizard-Ninja-Pirate-Mink-Samurai Alliance and Kid Pirates
	+ Kaido vs. The Akazaya Nine (minus Kanjuro) and Izo (won)
	+ Kaido, Linlin, Zeus, Prometheus and Napoleon vs. Luffy, Natsu, Zoro Roronoa, Erza, Kid, Gray, Killer and Law Water D. Trafalgar
	+ Kaido vs. Kin'emon (won)
	+ Kaido vs. Yamato
	+ Kaido vs. Luffy, Natsu, Yamato and Momonosuke
	+ Kaido vs. Luffy (lost)

## Anime and Manga Differences

During his clash with Big Mom at Onigashima in the manga, he was shown wearing his shirt. In the anime, he is not.

## External links

* Kaido *Koei Wiki*
* Kaido *One Piece Encyclopedia*
* Kido *Villains Wiki*

## Notes & Trivia

* As with Big Mom's, Kaido's first-shown silhouettes prior to his debut greatly differed from his actual looks revealed much later:
	+ His first silhouetted self was seen when the Four Emperors were first explained by Garp in Water 7, depicting Kaido as having a much wider face, a pointier, beak-like nose, and a huge, evil-looking grin.
* \*When Jinbe briefly talked about the Four Emperors at the end of the Fish-Man Island Arc, the anime showed a similar silhouette of Kaido as the earlier one, with his hair much puffier and wavier than it would turn out to be.
* His current look was first seen on the cover of Chapter 963, 102 chapters before his manga debut in Chapter 795.
* The person who provided what turned out to be Kaido's voice in Episode 630 is uncredited.
* The anime episode of Kaido's debut first aired on May 1, which is also Kaido's given birthday.
* Kaido's bounty is the highest currently revealed active bounty, the second highest among the Four Emperors past and present (below Whitebeard's), and the third highest known overall.
	+ His bounty (like the other Emperors') also represents a goroawase-type numerical pun: in ฿4,61**1,10**0,000, the digits 110 as the whole number "one-hundred-ten" would be read as "**hyakujū**" (百十), making it homophonous with the "**Beasts**" (百獣, *Hyakujū*) part of Kaido's epithet.
* Kaido seems to be inspired by oni, ogre-like yōkai who are among the greatest icons of Japanese mythology:
	+ Oni are usually depicted as having a giant, hulking frame, one or multiple horns on their heads, wild hair, and a fierce visage, traits shared by Kaido.
	+ Like Kaido, oni are said to possess immense body strength. In addition, they are often depicted carrying kanabo as their signature weapon, like Kaido does.
	+ Kaido's residence on Onigashima (literally "island of oni") is based on the Japanese folktale hero Momotarō's tale, wherein Momotarō, upon maturing into adolescence, went to defeat a band of oni dwelling on an island of said name.
* A resemblance of Kaido's character can be also observed to a particular oni of Japanese myth, Shuten-dōji, whose story is one of Japan's most popular oni tales (and whom Ashura Doji is also based on):
	+ Shuten-dōji was a giant, powerful oni and leader of a bandit gang who lived at Mt. Ōe in his fortress. He was born human, but as a child was referred to as a "**monster child**" (怪童, *kaidō*) for his supernatural strength and wit (which Kaido's name may derive from, with the word "kaidō" is also translatable as "an unusually large or strong youth").
	+ Since his youth, Shuten-dōji had a matchless thirst for sake (hence his name that means "sake-drinking boy") and after becoming an oni would often go on drunken rages, similar to Kaido's own drunk persona. In fact, Kaido's sake gourd has the kanji for "**heaven**" (天) on it, which is also contained in a variant of the name "**Shuten-dōji**" (酒天童子).
* Kaido's name may further derive from Kintarō, also called Sakata no Kintoki, another folk hero of Japanese myth. Not only is Kintarō connected to the figure of Shuten-dōji (capturing him at one point), one of his other (Edo-period) names is "**Sakata Kaidōmaru**" (坂田怪童丸).
* Kaido's rank as head of the Beasts Pirates is called "**Governor-General**" (総督, *Sōtoku*), which is also translatable as simply "governor" or "viceroy". In a Japanese context, such term can refer to certain military commanders that were active in Japan from the Bakumatsu to the early Meiji era. Additionally, from 1910 to 1945, Japanese-administered Korea had a governor-general, as did Japanese-administered Taiwan between 1895 and 1945.
* Kaido's belt, a twist of white rope with zigzag paper streamers, is based on the **ropes** (綱, *tsuna*) traditionally worn by yokozuna (the highest-ranked sumo wrestlers, hence their name) during their entrance ceremonies so as to denote their rank. Said belts are a variation of the much larger shimenawa used to mark off sacred Shinto spaces like shrines; similar to the shimenawa, the yokozuna belts hold religious meaning as objects of purification.
* Kaido's Wano-bound reputation as a "**Wise King**" (明王, *Myōō*) is based on the Wisdom Kings (their Japanese name), who are Vajrayana Buddhist deities.
* Kaido is currently the only one of the Four Emperors whose flag ship has not been seen or named.
* In the 6th and 7th fan popularity polls, Kaido was ranked 97th and 65th, respectively.
* Kaido's favorite food is alcoholic beverages.