He and Sanji have a great rivalry, often resorting to fighting (both verbally and physically) over issues from minor to extreme. While the crew is out at sea, Zoro can be found (usually) sleeping or training towards his goal of becoming the world's best swordsman. A running gag is that he has a terrible sense of direction (being capable of getting lost even while walking in a straight line) which he is very insecure about since he never admits it when he gets lost, instead always blaming someone else. Zoro is confident but often acts in a very comical manner. Concerning his ethnic appearance, Oda revealed that he imagines Zoro to be of Japanese descent, albeit in a real-world context. After the two year time-skip, Zoro has a scar across his left eye (obtained during his training under Dracule Mihawk) and replaces his shirt with a long dark green samurai's coat which he can even open the torso part while fighting (against the New Fishman Pirates) or when he experiences heat (burning side of Punk Hazard). He has three golden earrings in his left ear which denotes his three swords style. Under his shirt, his torso is heavily scarred from many of the battles he has fought, especially since he joined the Straw Hats (like the one acquired during the battle against Dracule Mihawk, one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea). Zoro also has a black bandanna tied around his left bicep that he only wears on his head while in a serious battle. Zoro commonly wears a plain white shirt (though he can be seen wearing other types of shirts), black pants, and a light-green, haramaki sash that holds his three swords. In several Western localizations, his name was changed to Zolo, in part to avoid confusion and trademark issues with Zorro, another fictional swordsman. Zoro's surname was based on the Japanese pronunciation of French pirate François l'Olonnais. He receives a bounty of 320,000,000 after defeating Pica and assisting Luffy in the end of Don Quixote Doflamingos tyrannyĬreation and conception Name Zoro encounters Mihawk again and trains under him before reuniting two years later.
Later, the crew is separated by Bartholomew Kuma. Zoro appears in a special episode of One Piece X Toriko, fighting Zebra and Vegeta, Zoro appears lost, searching his crew, until Zebra appears to Zoro, and Vegeta appears searching Goku to "settle the score", the three were furious and fought among (without ending).Īfter fighting Daz Bonez in Alabasta, Zoro's bounty is initially set at 60,000,000 but is later raised to 120,000,000 after fighting the World Government at Enies Lobby. However, he is defeated at Mihawk's hands. When he discovers that the best swordsman in the world is Dracule Mihawk, Zoro thinks only to beat him one day. However, after Zoro is saved from being executed by Captain Morgan, he joins Luffy. When Luffy offers Zoro to join his crew, he initially refuses.
įor years, he hunts pirates only to get money for food in the company of his friends Johnny and Yosaku. Before the beginning of the series' narrative, Zoro loses his childhood friend Kuina and vows to get strong. He first appears as a captured criminal awaiting his execution at the hands of the Marines. Roronoa Zoro first appears in the manga chapter "Enter Pirate Hunter Zoro" ( "海賊狩りのゾロ"登場, Kaizoku-gari no Zoro Tōjō), first published in Japan's Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine on August 18, 1997. He also has a habit of frequently going in wrong locations which is a running gag throughout the whole series. Throughout the series, his primary sword is Wado Ichimonji, one of the World's 21 great swords that he inherited from a childhood friend Kuina, and is frequently the sword that he wields in his mouth. Zoro is uniquely known as an expert of Santōryū (Three Sword Style), where he wields a third sword with his mouth in combat. As a native to the East Blue, he came from the town known as Shimotsuki, where he trained in a dojo and learned the one and two-sword styles (ittōryū and nitōryū), also he is proficient in both Armament haki and Observation haki, as well as being one of the few known characters who possess Conquerors haki. He is the crew's combatant, and one of the two swordsmen of the Straw Hat Pirates, the other being Brook.
Luffy after he is saved from being executed at the Marine Base. In the story, Pirate Hunter Zoro is the first to join Monkey D. Roronoa Zoro ( ロロノア・ゾロ, spelled as "Roronoa Zoro" in some English adaptations), nicknamed "Pirate Hunter" Zoro ( 海賊狩りのゾロ, Kaizoku-Gari no Zoro), is a fictional character in the One Piece franchise created by Eiichiro Oda. Straw Hat Pirates (combatant / swordsman) One Piece chapter 3: "Introducing Pirate Hunter Zoro" ( Weekly Shōnen Jump No.
In this Japanese name, the surname is Roronoa.