Issho (FOPT)

## Issho

Prevent the World Government covering up the incident on Dressrosa to ensure to not have more Warlord replacements (succeeded)
Set all the Celestial Dragons' slaves free from their heinous captors  (succeeded)
Capture wizards and pirates

## Personal Status

### Friend(s)

* Marines
	+ Sengoku
	+ Tsuru
	+ Bastille
	+ Maynard
	+ Smoker (his close friend who shared common goal)
	+ Tashigi
* Dr. Vegapunk
* Cobra Nefertari
* Citizens of Dressrosa
	+ Doldo Riku III

### Enemies

* World Government
	+ Celestial Dragons
	+ Seven Warlords of the Sea
		- Crocodile
		- Buggy Pirates
			* Buggy the Clown
		- Weevil Edward
		- Kuja Pirates
			* Hancock Boa
		- Mihawk Dracule
		- Heart Pirates
			* Law Trafalgar
		- Kuma Bartholomew
		- Don Quixote Pirates
			* Doflamingo Don Quixote
* Fairy Tail
	+ Team Natsu
		- Natsu Dragneel
		- Billy Heartfilia
		- Gray Fullbuster
		- Lucy Heartfilia
		- Erza Scarlet
	+ Mirajane Strauss
	+ Laxus Dreyar
	+ Cana Alberona
	+ Elfman Strauss
	+ Levy McGarden
	+ Gildarts Clive
	+ Makarov Dreyar
	+ Bisca Mulan
	+ Alzack Connel
	+ Macao Conbolt
* Straw Hat Pirates
	+ Luffy D. Monkey
	+ Zoro Roronoa
	+ Nami
	+ Usopp
	+ Sanji Vinsmoke
	+ Chopper Tony Tony
	+ Robin Nico
	+ Franky
	+ Brook
	+ Jimbei
* Bartolomeo
* Revolutionary Army
	+ Sabo
	+ Karasu
* Four Emperors
	+ Beast Pirates
		- Kaido
		- Jack
	+ Big Mom Pirates
		- Big Mom

## Items & Equipment

### Weapon(s)

Shikomizue (a Japanese swordstick) that doubles as a cane

### Favorite Food

* Udon
* Soba

## Powers, Magic and Abilities

### Power(s)

Superhuman Strength
Haki

## Devil Fruit

### Devil Fruit Power(s)

* Levitation
* Gravitational Blade Construction
* Gravity Generation
* Gravity infusion
* Meteor summoning
* Gravitational Upforce
* Gravity manipulation
* Density Manipulation
* Gravitational Energy Manipulation
* Gravity Immunity
* Gravity Independence
* Gravity Negation
* Gravitational Maneuverability
* Pressure Manipulation
* Weight Manipulation
* Gyro-Telekinesis

### Devil Fruit Techniques

* Gravity Blade
	+ Raging Tiger
* Trip to Hell
* Festival of Furious Flames

## Portrayals

### Voiced By (Foreign)

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**Issho**, also known as "**Fujitora**", is both a fictional character and deuteragonist from the *J-Star's* *Fairy One Piece Tail* series created by Hiro Mashima and Eiichiro Oda. He is both an admiral and a naval swordsman within the Marines.

He was conscripted through a World Military Draft during the 2-year timeskip, being appointed to his rank (next to Ryokugyu) to fill the two admiral vacancies caused by Aokiji's resignation and Akainu's promotion as the Fleet Admiral.

A proponent of "Humane Justice", it was Fujitora who have notably spearheaded a solid campaign for the abolishment of the "Seven Warlords of the Sea" system, which came to pass during the most recently World Summit, Reverie.

Fujitora was first mentioned by Sakazuki when the latter was discussing plans to deal with Luffy and Law Trafalgar on Dressrosa. His following mission and actions on Dressrosa made him the first admiral to physically appear post-timeskip and the secondary antagonist of the Dressrosa Arc.

"*In this world... There are many horrible things that you do not want to see.*"

—Fujitora.

## Appearance & Biography

*Voice Actor*: Charles Campbell (English), Ikuya Sawaki (Japanese), Not Known (Arabic), Not Known (Basque), Not Known (Brazilian), Not Known (Catalan), Not Known (Chinese), Not Known (Dutch), Not Known (Finnish), Not Known (French), Not Known (German), Not Known (Greek), Not Known (Hebrew), Not Known (Hungarian), Not Known (Italian), Not Known (Korean), Not Known (Norwegian), Not Known (Polish), Not Known (Portuguese), Not Known (Romanian), Not Known (Russian), Not Known (Serbian), Not Known (Spanish), Not Known (Swedish), Not Known (Thai), Not Known (Brazilian Portuguese), Not Known (Castilian Spanish), Not Known (European Spanish), Not Known (European Portuguese), Not Known (Latin American Spanish), Not Known (Latin Spanish)

### Appearance

Fujitora is a blind man with only the whites of his eyes showing, though he usually keeps both eyes closed. He has an X-shaped scar centered on the left side of his forehead that stretches over both eyes, which was actually self-inflicted due to his decision to blind himself. He has short dark hair, a mustache, and a beard. He seems to be very tall, a trait shared with other admirals.

Like other admirals, Fujitora sports the standard Marine coat with his personal clothes underneath, wearing the coat on his shoulders like a cape with his arms not in the sleeves. His sleeves' cuffs are purple. While previous admirals and other high-ranked Marines wear the conventional suit and tie underneath their Marine coats, Fujitora opts for a light-purple yukata held up with a dark purple belt, all underneath a purple cloak, matching the color in his alias.

Fujitora wields a shikomizue (a Japanese swordstick) that doubles as a cane for his blindness, and also wears geta sandals. He has white bandages wrapped around both of his forearms, with handguards on both hands.

* Hair Color: Black
* Skin Color: Not Known
* Eye Color: Blind
* Age: 54
* Birthday: June 10th
* Height: Not Known
* Weight: Not Known
* Bounty: N/A

## Personality

Fujitora is a virtuous man who cares greatly about doing the right thing and detests evil. His blindness is a result of him intentionally inflicting damage on his eyes out of sorrow for all the evil he had seen, with him stating in Dressrosa that not having sight is a blessing. His Justice motto as a Marine is "**Humane Justice**" (仁義ある正義, *Jingi aru Seigi*).

His primary goal is to protect people, telling a subordinate that it is more important to take into account the number of lives to protect rather than the number of enemies against them. He takes care to never put innocent civilians in harm's way during conflict and will try to avoid causing collateral damage with his attacks; when he does inflict such damage, he makes sure to compensate the owner of the involved property.

Fujitora will make the effort to keep civilians away from harm even when he himself is not involved in the proceedings, including doing things such as protecting them from the collateral damage of other fights and even proactively calling for extra medics to come to the Corrida Colosseum in the likely event that spectators were harmed by the combatants' attacks. As a result of his desire to protect civilians, Fujitora is proactive about hunting down and capturing pirates and other criminals.

He will not step outside his bounds to do so, as shown when he came to the Corrida Colosseum which was a safe zone for criminals, but he did plot with his subordinates to arrest the criminals competing there as soon as they exited the arena's confines. Fujitora is shown generous enough when he permitted Revolutionary Army and the Celestial Dragons' slaves to escape when Fujitora was never truly loyal towards the World Nobles.

"*If you don't want Justice to be dishonored, keep it close to you at all times! If we lose credibility just by admitting fault, we didn't have any in the first place!*"

—Fujitora's view on responsibility and Justice, while arguing with Akainu.
Fujitora's desire to eliminate evil also extends to rooting out corruption within the Marines and World Government. Crocodile's attempted takeover of Alabasta in particular drove him to question the government's choices and judgment, especially regarding the use of the Seven Warlords of the Sea as a check against pirates and criminals, when it often resulted in brutal and tyrannical pirates terrorizing people and shipping arms illegally under the blanket of government immunity.

He strongly believed that ending the system would result in better outcomes for eliminating piracy and evil, despite its perceived threat to the balance of the Three Great Powers. He is willing to accept blame for the shortcomings of the Marines and World Government, to the point of prostrating himself before King Doldo Riku III along with his troops to apologize for the harm Doflamingo had wreaked upon Dressrosa and having it broadcast to neighboring islands.

This resulted in a very tense and explosive conversation with his superior, Fleet Admiral Sakazuki over Transponder Snail. As their conversation progressed, Sakazuki grew incensed that Fujitora's actions had caused the Marine's reputation, and justice by extension, to be shamed, since the admiral had publicly admitted that the government had failed in its duty.

Fujitora then lost his composure and shouted angrily at Sakazuki, disgusted at the idea that justice was dependent on looking right rather than being right, one of the few times he has not been seen acting in a calm and dispassionate manner. As noted by himself, however, Fujitora is pragmatic and has had to align himself to some degree with parties he opposes for the sake of protecting innocent people.

This dynamic drove many of his actions during his time in Dressrosa; at first, despite his opposition to the Seven Warlords system and suspicion over Doflamingo's activities, Fujitora agreed to aid the Warlord in opposing the Straw Hat Pirates for the sake of protecting Dressrosa's populace.

However, he later changed his mind after Doflamingo trapped Dressrosa in his "Birdcage", as he believed that the Straw Hats stood the best chance of saving Dressrosa as well as showing the failure of the Seven Warlords system. In both instances, he made clear that he would pursue the downfall of Fairy Tail, Don Quixote, and Straw Hat Pirates after the necessity of working with them came to an end.

Additionally, Fujitora will uphold the letter of the law for the World Government even if he does not care for it, such as letting Caesar Clown go free due to being the subordinate of a Warlord. While he will obey his superiors' command in most instances, Fujitora has been known to exploit loopholes as he sees fit, such as when he went to Mariejois while being banned from going to Marine bases and invoking the loophole when notified of Sakazuki's disapproval.

Just as he does not hesitate to pinpoint and work against evil deeds in the Marines and World Government, Fujitora also has no issue with acknowledging good deeds done by pirates. He has rather bluntly stated that the World Government was to blame for Doflamingo's atrocities whereas Luffy, a pirate, was the hero of Dressrosa. When the Dressrosa citizens got in the way of his pursuit of Fairy Tail and the Straw Hats, Fujitora recognized the honesty and good intentions they have towards the civilians.

In fact, it was Natsu and Luffy's attitude and actions that first caused Fujitora to regret blinding himself, as he wondered what Luffy and Natsu might look like; he even thanked them for saving Dressrosa. A few days earlier, when they had exposed the Don Quixote Pirates' cheating at roulette against Fujitora, the admiral was greatly appreciative of his kind deed and declined to exchange introductions so that he might remain ignorant of who helped him should their positions result in conflict.

Additionally, as shown during the war on Dressrosa, Fujitora may choose to not relentlessly pursue people who are considered enemies of the Marines if they do not pose a threat to innocent people, especially if doing so would threaten innocents around them, or if there are more pressing matters at hand. Despite his desire to prevent collateral damage, Fujitora has been shown to use tremendous displays of force against opponents, particularly at the very beginning of his battles.

While confronting Law Trafalgar alongside Doflamingo, Fujitora immediately started the fight by summoning a large meteor to strike their location, saying it was only a "little test". When Doflamingo's thugs tried attacking him and Luffy after their swindling was exposed, Fujitora immediately chose to send them to "hell" and slam them deep into the ground with his gravity.

However, Fujitora's displays of force can at times be completely reckless, as best shown when he summoned another meteor during his fight with Sabo only to have it sliced apart by Doflamingo's "Birdcage" and destroy more of the surrounding area than he intended. Additionally, his attempt to summon a meteor against the Straw Hats on the Thousand Sunny whilst also piloting a battleship through the air led to the meteor being redirected and striking his ship.

However, even when he encounters a bad situation, Fujitora has been shown keeping his calm, at worst only getting flustered. In the aforementioned battleship attack, Fujitora was shown sitting calmly and eating noodles even when the crew's counterattack put the rest of his subordinates in a panic, and he remained calm throughout Doflamingo's Birdcage game despite the mass hysteria inflicted, even putting his trust in others to resolve the great problem without hesitation.

Fujitora loves to gamble and play casino games, having been shown playing roulette in his first appearance and making big wagers including going all-in in the last round he played. In fact, his obsession with gambling is at such a point that he has been shown to treat life the same way as a game of chance, having made allusions to betting and rolling dice when speaking of the conflict in Dressrosa and showing a great reverence for the forces of fate.

Most notably, he treated his trust in the Straw Hat Pirates to take down Doflamingo as simply another one of his bets, though with the stakes now being life or death rather than monetary. Later, when faced with the choice of whether or not to follow his orders to go after the Straw Hats and Law, a choice with merits on each side, Fujitora decided to make this decision by rolling a die and assigning an outcome based on where it landed.

When the die's outcome had him leave Luffy alone for two consecutive days despite the low odds, Fujitora stated that something was certainly on the pirate's side. Fujitora generally acts humble in conversation, as shown when he downplayed Doflamingo's words of praise for his abilities when the two of them first met. Additionally, despite his great status, his casual mannerisms are no different than a normal older blind man, and many of the people who saw him at Dressrosa did not know who he was.

However, during combat he is shown to take pride in his status as a Marine Admiral and his reputation as a "monster", hating it when people take pity on him due to his blindness. When Luffy informed him of the attacks he would perform ahead of time during their battle and explained that it was out of respect for the admiral's character, Fujitora briefly lost composure and started laughing, though also expressed disappointment at the pirate's illogical behavior.

Fujitora is also prideful when it comes to upholding his morals, as he refused to apologize to Sakazuki for his actions following the Dressrosa conflict even though Sengoku said such an apology would likely be enough to get his punishment lifted. Although aware of the great evil in the world, Fujitora has shown himself to be quite trusting and thus will typically accept anyone's answer to events he is unsure of due to his blindness.

This was best shown when he was willing to believe Doflamingo's thugs when they told him where the roulette ball landed, allowing them to nearly swindle him out of all his money. However, if tipped off that he is being tricked, he will not respond kindly to those who trick him. Fujitora's willingness to give people the benefit of the doubt even extends to his interactions with pirates, as he gave Law the opportunity to inform him that the Straw Hats were his subordinates, despite those around him clearly knowing that that was not the case.

Additionally, although he brought up the suspicions, he had regarding Doflamingo committing illegal activities in secret, Fujitora had no intention of pressing the Warlord over it before investigating further.

## Relationships

### Friends/Allies

* Marines
	+ Sengoku
	+ Tsuru
	+ Bastille
	+ Maynard
	+ Smoker (his close friend who shared common goal)
	+ Tashigi
* Dr. Vegapunk
* Cobra Nefertari
* Citizens of Dressrosa
	+ Doldo Riku III

### Enemies

* World Government
	+ Celestial Dragons
	+ Seven Warlords of the Sea
		- Crocodile
		- Buggy Pirates
			* Buggy the Clown
		- Weevil Edward
		- Kuja Pirates
			* Hancock Boa
		- Mihawk Dracule
		- Heart Pirates
			* Law Trafalgar
		- Kuma Bartholomew
		- Don Quixote Pirates
			* Doflamingo Don Quixote
* Fairy Tail
	+ Team Natsu
		- Natsu Dragneel
		- Billy Heartfilia
		- Gray Fullbuster
		- Lucy Heartfilia
		- Erza Scarlet
	+ Mirajane Strauss
	+ Laxus Dreyar
	+ Cana Alberona
	+ Elfman Strauss
	+ Levy McGarden
	+ Gildarts Clive
	+ Makarov Dreyar
	+ Bisca Mulan
	+ Alzack Connel
	+ Macao Conbolt
* Straw Hat Pirates
	+ Luffy D. Monkey
	+ Zoro Roronoa
	+ Nami
	+ Usopp
	+ Sanji Vinsmoke
	+ Chopper Tony Tony
	+ Robin Nico
	+ Franky
	+ Brook
	+ Jimbei
* Bartolomeo
* Karasu
* Revolutionary Army
	+ Sabo
* Four Emperors
	+ Beast Pirates
		- Kaido
		- Jack
* Big Mom

## Powers and Abilities

As an admiral, Fujitora has command over the thousands of Marines ranked beneath him, his status being just below the fleet admiral's. Among other things, he holds the authority to call out battleships however he sees fit and to initiate a Buster Call on any island he deems a threat, as well as pass on to lower-ranking government agents the same privilege.

Combat-wise, Fujitora (along with his fellow admirals) is thought to constitute the government's "Greatest Military Force", making him one of the world's most powerful people. As noted by Doflamingo and himself, Fujitora and Ryokugyu are known as "powerful monsters" in the Marines.

Fleet admiral Sakazuki had confidence in Fujitora's ability to deal with Luffy and Law, members of the Worst Generation and the latter (at the time) a Warlord of the Sea. From just a brief display of his powers, Fujitora earned the prompt admiration of Luffy, who could easily ascertain his strength. Yet another such display sufficed to intimidate Law and even the normally unshakable Doflamingo.

Greatly attesting to his power, Fujitora was able to fight Sabo—the Revolutionary's chief of staff and "No. 2" in strength, who had not long beforehand acquired a powerful Logia ability—to more or less a standstill, emerging from such fight without a scratch. By Sabo's own reckoning, Fujitora had not gone all out but merely stalled for time, due to not seeing his then-foe as a true enemy.

Additionally, with the presumed assistance of other powerful Marines (particularly Sengoku and Tsuru), Fujitora was able to soundly defeat Jack, a top commander of one of the Four Emperors with a bounty of ฿1,000,000,000, in a naval battle.

Despite being blind, due to his other acute senses and Observation Haki, Fujitora can handle himself perfectly well in combat, even against very powerful enemies, with Law noting that his blindness seems to not hinder him much at all. He has excellent hearing, having heard Nami's lightning from kilometers away when neither Doflamingo nor Law next to him did. He also stated that he is able to sense the movement of clouds.

### Physical Abilities

Fujitora's physical strength and fortitude are immense, befitting an admiral. He was able to defend against and repel powerful attacks from the likes of Erza, Zoro, Sabo, Natsu, and Luffy as well as clash with them (including the latter when using Gear 2 and Gear 3) with little to no visible effort. He could also withstand a kick from Doflamingo without issue using his sword.

Incredibly resilient, Fujitora could guard against a Haki-imbued Gear 3 punch from Luffy without using his own Haki while remaining unhurt by the blow. Fujitora has extraordinary reflexes and, coupled with his skill in Armament Haki, can casually and precisely counter very swift and unexpected physical threats.

For example, he perfectly timed his defense against an extremely fast-falling meteorite that he had summoned on his very location, deflecting a piece of it with casual ease, and calmly warded off an unexpected "flying slash" from Zoro. When Doflamingo surprise-attacked him with a kick, the admiral showed no concern whilst easily blocking it. The admiral's own movement speed is likewise impressive, as he could lunge forward to strike Luffy in their fight, being too quick for the pirate to react.

### Swordsmanship

Fujitora possesses tremendous swordsmanship skills, which he combines with his Devil Fruit ability, channeling his gravity powers through his sword. Usually, Fujitora wields his weapon in a reverse-grip style, the blade pointing in the direction opposite to his thumb.

Despite his blindness, the admiral has shown to be extremely skilled with his blade, able to deflect or block incoming attacks, even extremely strong ones or surprise attacks, with little issue using simple parrying maneuvers, demonstrating lightning-fast dexterity all the while. Fujitora's swordsmanship, combined with his Devil Fruit powers, allowed him to repeatedly and evenly clash with Sabo wielding his flame-shrouded staff and exhibit no trouble in doing so.

### Devil Fruit

*Main article:* *Press-Press Fruit*
The **Press-Press Fruit**, the Paramecia-class Devil Fruit, which was eaten by Fujitota, allows him to manipulate gravitational forces. The ability's range of effect can potentially span wide areas, even entire islands, and is primarily channeled through the admiral's sword.

Fujitora can drastically increase the gravity around others, keeping them on the ground and making it difficult for them to move, including extremely strong adversaries. He can increase the gravity acting on opponents to press them down under immense pressure, even going as far as to create large craters deep into the ground. Fujitora can also control the direction of his gravity, allowing him to generate "horizontal" gravity to attack with a tremendous outward force.

Moreover, the admiral is able to employ his power defensively by making fields of seemingly reverse gravity to repel attacks. He can also use the gravity to pull objects directly toward himself, with the field of gravity being capable of reaching (possibly) into outer space, which Fujitora has used multiple times to summon meteorites to strike his opponents.

By negating gravity entirely, Fujitora can enact the controlled levitation of nonliving objects around him. He has been shown levitating a battleship to move himself and his men more quickly over the sea, as well as floating a small rock to use as a personal mobile platform to stand and ride around on, achieving effective flight.

##### Techniques

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

* Gravity Blade: Fujitora's signature technique. Fujitora can manipulate gravitational forces by channeling his Devil Fruit's ability through his sword, sending gravitational forces by swinging or just simply moving his weapon. The direction of the gravitational forces can be upwards, downwards, or even sidewards, usually just one at a time. The technique was first used against thugs of the Don Quixote Pirates by generating a deeply ground-cratering downforce of gravity. However, this technique was not named until his fight against Sabo.
	+ Raging Tiger: Fujitora generates immense levels of gravitational forces around him that push out horizontally, which knock away anything in its path, including his enemies, buildings, trees, and whatever else that is unfortunate enough to be in the attack radius. The force is so strong that it easily destroys the ground and buildings, reducing them to rubble. While using this technique, the gravitational force generates black lightning as a visual effect around Fujitora. It was first used against Sabo. The name of this technique is a reference to Issho's epithet, Fujitora, which means "wisteria tiger".

* Trip to Hell: Fujitora slices through a large group of enemies over a wide area, then as he sheathes his sword it causes a powerful downward force of gravity sending them down into a massive crater. Fujitora has used a form of this attack in the manga to force opponents into a crater, but he does not slice through them to do so unlike in the anime and Wizard-Pirate Warriors 3.

* Festival of Furious Flames: Fujitora stands on a piece of rock and levitates it into the air and flies across the battlefield, raining a storm of meteorites in his wake.

### Haki

*Main article:* *Haki*
As a marine admiral, Fujitora is a highly skilled Haki user.

#### Armament Haki

Fujitora is a highly skilled user of Armament Haki

#### Observation Haki

Fujitora possesses masterful skill in Observation Haki, which he uses to compensate for his blindness in battle, and his incredible skill gives him a strong sense of danger. He can accurately predict fast (and surprise) attacks from enemies, like an unexpected kick from Doflamingo, and generally handle combat against extremely strong, fast, and agile enemies without apparent difficulty.

Most notably, Fujitora is capable of perceiving living beings around him as images in his "mind's eye" (represented as colored, person-shaped auras on a dark background), in a way unimpaired by his blindness. Additionally, Fujitora has demonstrated the ability to read and hear the true thoughts and emotions of other people, which made him aware, for example, that the Dressrosa citizenry bore no ill will towards Luffy while "chasing" him out of their country.

### Weapons

Fujitora's main weapon of choice is an unnamed Meito, a shikomizue that is a katana contained in a cane and acting as his walking stick.

## History

### Past

Issho was born somewhere in the Grand Line 54 years ago. At some point in his life, he blinded himself after seeing too many evil atrocities. Sometime within the past two years, Issho joined the Marines during the "World Military Draft". He was immediately promoted to fill one of the two vacant admiral positions shortly after joining, alongside fellow newcomer Aramaki, and was assigned the alias "Fujitora".

Fujitora promptly decided to use his new position to campaign for the abolishment of the Seven Warlords of the Sea system, at one point talking with Smoker and learning how if it were not for Team Natsu and the Straw Hat Pirates, the Alabasta Kingdom would have been taken over by the Warlord Crocodile.

## Synopsis

### Plot in the Series

#### After the Timeskip

##### Whole Cake Island Saga

###### Reverie Arc

After completing the journey to Impel Down, Fujitora went on a long journey and saw Vegapunk's new invention, which the admiral believed could render the Seven Warlords of the Sea system obsolete.

As royals gathered for the Levely, Fujitora went to Mariejois. When confronted about this by T Bone, Fujitora argued that this was not a Marine base. Later, Ryokugyu came to meet Fujitora with orders from Sakazuki to remove him but had no real intention of doing so. Fujitora talked with Ryokugyu while eating, mentioning Vegapunk's new invention. Just prior to the Levely, Fujitora sent a letter to King Cobra Nefertari of the Alabasta Kingdom and had a meeting with him and Doldo Riku III.

##### Land of Wano Saga

###### Land of Wano Arc

On the fourth day of the Levely, Fujitora battled against Karasu. Despite their best attempts, the Revolutionaries managed to escape, taking Kuma Bartholomew with them. He would then let several slaves escape, which angered Ryokugyu so much that they started fighting each other.

After the Seven Warlords of the Sea system was abolished, a wounded Fujitora talked with Sakazuki in the midst of a battle and voiced his hope that the power balance of the world would tilt to the Marines' favor. However, Sakazuki said the timing was bad due to the formation of a alliance between the Big Mom and Beasts Pirates.

#### Fairy One Piece Tail: Stampede

Fujitora was part of a Buster Call fleet sent by Marine Headquarters on Delta Island, where the Pirates Festival was being hosted. Upon arriving, Fujitora went to the shore of the island, where he clashed with Zoro. He fought Zoro for some time until the pirate Bullet Douglas came to confront the Buster Call fleet. When this happened, Fujitora departed from the island and summoned a meteorite to leave Zoro and the pirates with.

#### Fairy One Piece Tail Film: Red

Uta organized a concert on Elegia in order to realize her dream of performing for the whole world. Fujitora was present during the concert.

## Battles

### Canon

* Issho vs. Doflamingo's thugs
* Issho and Doflamingo Don Quixote vs. Trafalgar D. Water Law
* Issho vs. Zoro and Erza
* Issho vs. Sabo
* Issho vs. Luffy D. Monkey and Natsu Dragneel (Dressrosa Eastern Port)
* Doflamingo's Marine escort vs. Jack (not shown)
* Issho vs. Karasu
* Issho vs. Ryokugyu (unseen)

### Non-Canon

* Issho vs. Luffy (Birdcage)
* Issho vs. Zoro

## Anime and Manga Differences

In the anime, before he went to the restaurant, he had a brief conversation with Zoro. Zoro seemed intimidated by him and was about to unsheathe his sword, but then calmed down after Fujitora walked past him.

* In the anime, Fujitora wins 15 times in the game of roulette before he eventually "loses" to Doflamingo's thugs, with others betting on his calls to also make money. In the manga, it only shows him "losing" to the thugs.
* In the anime, Fujitora slashed Doflamingo's thugs with his sword before creating the hole. He slashed all of them, though it appeared to have no effect, but after he sheathed his sword, the gravity started to take effect. In the manga, Fujitora did not slash them with his sword, but merely sheathed his sword to make the hole.
* In the anime, while outside of the Corrida Colosseum, Fujitora uses his Devil Fruit ability to retrieve a lost balloon for a young girl.
* When confronting Natsu, Luffy, Erza, and Zoro during Doflamingo's Birdcage game, the manga only showed him clashing swords with Zoro. In the anime, Luffy tries to attack Fujitora first.

## External links

* Issho/Fujitora *Heroes Wiki*
* Issho/Fujitora *Koei Wiki*
* Issho/Fujitora *One Piece Encyclopedia*

## Notes & Trivia

* In the 6th fan poll, Issho was ranked 53rd, making him the most popular current admiral of the Marines after his predecessor Kuzan. In the 7th fan poll, Issho was ranked 52nd.
* On the frontal flag of what appears to be Issho's personal battleship is lettering reading "*Isshō*" (一生), which is Japanese for "whole life/lifetime" or "age/era." This matches the exact pronunciation of Fujitora's real name, which is always written in katakana.
* In the anime, a common animation error is for the scars over one or both of Fujitora's eyelids to be drawn too long or too short from time to time.
* In the video game *Wizard-Pirate Warriors 3*, Issho is one of the few characters that Hancock Boa cannot turn into stone with her Devil Fruit abilities (both when controlled by the player or encountered as an enemy), which is a reference to his blindness and not knowing what she looks like. However, this immunity has yet to be confirmed or denied in the manga, as the two of them have not met or interacted in the series thus far.
* Issho is the only known admiral, former or current, to have eaten a Paramecia-type Devil Fruit.
* Issho's favorite foods are udon and soba.

### SBS-Based Trivia

* Issho's birthday, August 10, comes from his epithet since 8-10 can be derived from Fuji-tora.
* Issho's appearance is based on the late actor Shintaro Katsu, more specifically his role as Zatoichi, the blind swordsman. The similarities are as follows:
	+ They carry a shikomizue (cane-sword) for both walking and battle.
	+ Both have a love for gambling (although Zatoichi is able to recognize whether or not he is being taken advantage of). Interestingly, they were also targets of gambling cheats right in their maiden appearances, Fujitora in the restaurant and Zatoichi in *The Tale of Zatoichi*. While Fujitora was successfully duped, Zatoichi saw through the deception. (Actually, in *The Tale of Zatoichi*, *Ichi* was actually the one duping the other Yakuza. He set them up to make it look like they could take advantage of his blindness, then swindled them out of a big pot when they took the bait. It is a tactic he uses throughout the series of films.)
	+ They wield their swords in identical styles, and both utilize iaijutsu (quick draw techniques).
	+ Both seem to put the best interests of the people first. In fact, they help out citizens when they are in crisis.
	+ Both are quite humble.
	+ They are able to strike fear in their opponents during combat and have successfully dealt justice to leaders of antagonist groups.
	+ Both are also interested in going on trips. In the movies, Zatoichi is depicted as a wanderer and Fujitora has decided that he would be going on a trip after Sakazuki barred him from entering any Marine base.
	+ Many of his named techniques originate from his movies. Jigoku Tabi originates from *Zatoichi and the Chess Expert',*, and Abare Himatsuri is derived from *Zatoichi at the Fire Festival*.
* Issho and Aramaki's animal aliases (Tiger and Bull, respectively) are the representation of the northeastern quarter where the ogre that Momotarō must kill lives.
* A fan asked Oda why Issho was not just named "**Purple Tiger**" (紫虎, *Murasakitora*), with a simple color like the other admirals, and Oda answered that he did not like the feel or pronunciation of *Murasaki*tora or *Shi*tora (both meaning purple), and decided on Fujitora because it sounded cooler.