Kozuki Yosuke

**Kozuki Yosuke**, also known as **"Demon of the Dawn"**, and commonly known as **"Yo-Yo"**, is the upcoming shogun of the Wano Country, albeit managing to ‘escape’, in his words. Yosuke is the son of the current shogun Kozuki Kazuo, the student of October vi Malirouge (supreme commander of the Revolutionary Army), a member of the Birds Nest Corporation, and a former member of the Wano Country royal family.

In his early life, Yosuke was raised typically, when referring to a man of royalty. The young man learned manners, discipline, and was taught enough to be well equipped on what the next shogun needed to know in order to rule the Wano Country. Although, it was at the age of sixteen in which he had a realization. Would a country like this truly enjoy a man of his nature? Or were they simply accepting because he was of royal blood? It was this realization that motivated the son of Kazuo to leave the island, not only to see life outside of Wano, but to answer his question; how would others view him? And most importantly, what was his purpose, if not to be shogun?

## Appearance

Yosuke is a skinny yet muscular individual with a rather toned body. Standing at five foot, eight inches, he’s yet to hit his final projected growth spurt. Yosuke has spiked, bushy black hair that sits atop his head, making it hard for him to wear hats, bandannas, and items of that nature. The young man has relatively sharp, skinny eyebrows and deep black eyes that resemble the shadows. With a small nose and a broad chin, Yosuke’s daily attire consists of a headband wrapped around his neck, and a white and black short sleeved kimono hakama being held up by a black belt around the waist. The kozuki dons old fashioned sandals on his feet. The young man is scarless, only markings on his body being the kozuki clan crest on his back.

Over the time-skip, Yosuke hasn’t grown much, granted only six months have passed. The young man has retained his broad chin and sharp eyebrows, hair now drawing down his neck ever so slightly. Still absent of facial hair, Yosuke appears to have a few bandages on his face, evidence of injury. The prince of Wano now bears a long sleeve shirt beneath his kimono, reaching out into bandage-wrapped gloves that can help with a sword's grip in combat.

### Gallery

Kozuki Yosuke's appearance directly after the timeskip.Yosuke defeating the captain of the Riot Pirates.Kozuki Yosuke enraged during the time-skip.Yosuke enjoying lunch after causing trouble within Wano.
## Personality

Yosuke is a very confident young man, but at times naive. With the proper instructions, Yosuke will not disappoint, but when left alone or in a situation in which he has to lead, he may go astray unless the situation is serious. In that case, Yosuke has the ability to make hardened decisions, being well calculated for his age in both economics and combat. Silly, loud, and rampant are three words that can describe him outside the heat of battle.. Well, in addition to being a pervert. Though, he’s merely a teenager.

The young adult seems to fear absolutely nothing but *spiders*. Not even death can frighten the member of the Kozuki clan more than an eight legged arachnid. Though granted this is his only fear, it allows him to shine in other spots, a core strength of Yosuke being his decision making. As of now, the only goal and or dream in Yosuke's mind is to learn his purpose. Despite it being vague, Yosuke does wish to come back to the land of Wano with a true understanding of why he was put on this earth, other than to rule. He simply needs a perspective outside of the country where no information is let in.

The personality of Yosuke has always been one of a kind, and it hasn’t changed much over the time skip, but one thing is incredibly noticeable. Not only has the samurai become more independent, but he now has a different perception on the world, much less naive than he was prior to the passing of six months. He’s seen the reality outside the royalty of the Wano Country and the lifestyle it gave. Because of this, his mannerisms have become affected slightly. Regardless, it doesn’t stop him from being confident within his personal mindset.

## Relationships

### Residents of Wano

#### Kozuki Kazuo

Yosuke's relationship with his father was one that most wouldn’t expect: they always saw eye to eye, and to this day, they still do, despite Yosuke being disowned from royalty. In reality, his emancipation was merely due to the Shogun of Wano not wanting Yosuke's actions to impact them from within their borders. Kazuo respects his sons decision to leave the country, in hopes that he will return with an abundance of news and new relations. Although, there was one thing that Kazuo and Yosuke never saw eye to eye about, and that was death. As a father, Kasuo leaned more towards being a pacifist after having his child, despite having a blood-filled past, but in Yosuke's eyes, swords were made to kill, and only the most honored warriors enjoy the after life. It's the main reason why Kazuo suspected Yosuke would impact the way outsiders viewed Wano.

#### Kozuki Suzume

As the mother of Yosuke, Kozuki Suzume has always had a heart for her son. Though unlike his relationship with his father, Suzume and Yosuke’s relationship was rather distant, not necessarily as close. Regardless, as her only son, Yosuke still holds a place in Suzume's heart, even though she still can’t seem to understand why he would leave. The wife of the shogun often sends out letters via bird travel to her son in hopes that they'd reach him. Sadly, they never do.

#### Minamoto

A well renowned cook within the Flower Capital of Wano. Minamoto always had it out for Yosuke, granted he would eat his cooking and put it on his non existent ‘tab’. Knowing Yosuke would never pay, and Minamoto would never receive the money as the latter was of royal blood, he had no choice but to disregard it. Although thinking the boy was an annoying brat, he cared for him, albeit distant.

#### Hiroshi

Hiroshi was one of the few who saw eye to eye with Yosuke, a man who spent his days outside of the noodle shop. Much older at roughly sixty years of age, he was the man who helped tweak Yosuke’s swordsmanship skills due to being a well renowned Wano samurai in his youth. Their relationship was similar to Yosuke’s relationship with his father, and was viewed more as a distant uncle. Understanding why Yosuke left, Hiroshi only wishes Yosuke had taken him along for the ride, even though he knew he'd be more of a liability, if anything due to his old age.

#### Citizens of Wano

The Citizens of Wano have mixed opinions on the upcoming shogun. Some see him as fit for a king, whereas others despise him for leaving, and never saw him properly controlling their country. Regardless, they wish him well on his journeys and hope to see him again soon.

## Abilities and Powers

As the upcoming shogun of Wano, Yosuke has a large amount of influence and power if he were to return home. Even now, he still has more than enough influence, granted he bears the royal blood of the Kozuki Family. In addition to having influence within the Wano Country, the blood of the Kozuki allows Yosuke access to not only the Voice of All things, but the ability to read and write poneglyphs as well, a language he was taught as a child.

Yosuke has immense superhuman strength and speed, physical prowess that rivals most, if not all lower powered fighters within the Grand Line. This is typically in combination with his swordsmanship skills, a wielder of 'Kozuki Nitoryu’, a fighting style exclusive to his bloodline. Due to being taught and brought up in swordsmanship at such a young age, he is able to perform much better than the average, a true Wano samurai.

Yosuke was taught on how to smith weapons as a child.

### Weapons

Yosuke wields two unnamed Juyo tier swords wrapped around the waist-band of his kimono.

## History

“RUN! IT'S THE DEMON OF THE DAWN!!!”

Squeals of the citizens of Wano could be heard nearby, as footsteps akin to a giant could be heard moving in, along with a distinct voice, singing a melody.

“Yohohohoooo yohohohoooo.. Yohohoooo Yohohoho..

Today’s the day, I’ve turned eighteen,

Take a drink, sail out to sea,

One for you, and eight for me

It’s time to sail, let's go out and see..”

The voice was quickly interrupted by a crowd.

“That’s not how the song goes!”

Ignoring the bystanders and smiling, the silhouette revealed itself, it was no other than our protagonist, Kozuki Yosuke!

“Today’s the day I set to sea!” The samurai said aloud, finishing his number.

“He’s finally leaving?”

“Don’t come back!”

“You disgrace of a child!”

“Find god!”

Only smiling, Yosuke passed through the citizens as he jogged towards the shore. Currently, he donned his typical outfit, a rather loose black and white kimono with his swords strapped around his waistband, traditional sandals on his feet.

“THE LAND OF WANO! I’LL MISS YOU!”

In unison, the crowd screamed.

“WE WON’T!” As Yosuke leaped on to his boat.

“Compass? Check.”

“Treasure map? Check.”

Already letting the sailboat loose previously, the wind picked up, ripping the vessel from the shore.

“I will return once I’ve found my purpose. Good-bye Wano, today is the day I sail the seas!”

As he disappeared into the distance, the citizens cowered.

“I’ll miss that brat.”

“I miss him already..”

“Come back soon!”

Shortly after, a screech was heard as Yosuke fell down the waterfall. Luckily, the drop was not too far as he had taken the Tokage port.

“Nevermind”, the citizens said in unison.

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TO BE CONTINUED!

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## Major Battles

* Yosuke vs. Riot Pirates
* Yosuke vs. Group of Slashers
* Yosuke vs. October vi Malirouge

## Trivia

* Yosuke’s nickname ‘Yo-Yo’ was originally given to him by his mother.
* The nickname ‘Yo-Yo’ revolves around his repetitive quote, in which ‘a yo-yo always bounces back’. Despite this, it’s rare to see the character playing with one.
* “Demon of the Dawn” is a reference to the Kozuki crest being the crescent moon, and to the moon being ‘unaware of the dawn’. In this case, he is the demon of the dawn due to being ‘disliked’ by the citizens for his carelessness, as opposed to his father.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 “Demon of the Dawn” is a reference to the Kozuki crest being the crescent moon, and to the moon being ‘unaware of the dawn’. In this case, he is the demon of the dawn due to being ‘disliked’ by the citizens for his carelessness, as opposed to his father.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Yosuke's appearance is based off of Gama Kurogane from the manga Gamaran. With a traditional Japanese attire -- fit for a man from Wano -- the kimono hakama is to be expected.
3. ↑ 'Kozuki Nitoryu' is the Oden Nitoryu of the World Voyage universe, simply renamed granted Oden never lived here.
4. ↑ Similar to Kozuki Sukiyaki, Yosuke plans on making a possible supreme blade in the far future, hopefully one that can live up to his name, as well as making a black blade out of one of his swords.