The Straw Hats, also known as the or the , are a fictional pirate crew and the main protagonists of the Japanese manga series One Piece, written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda, and its related media. Captain Monkey D. Luffy leads the pirate crew, recruiting three-sword-style swordsman and former bounty hunter Roronoa Zoro, navigator and thief Nami, sniper and inventor Usopp, cook and Modified Human Sanji, doctor and anthropomorphic reindeer Tony Tony Chopper, archaeologist and historian Nico Robin, shipwright and cyborg Franky, musician and living skeleton Brook, and helmsman and martial artist Fish-Man Jimbei. Additionally, the diplomat and princess of Alabasta Nefertari Vivi traveled with the crew for a time, being considered as an honorary crewmember for the first six members of the crew. Travelling with the crew is also the cloud Zeus, serving as Nami's companion, while the Super Spot-Billed Duck Karoo also traveled temporarily with them as Nefertari Vivi's companion. The Straw Hats initially sail the seas aboard the caravel Going Merry before Franky builds a brigantine-rigged sloop-of-war called the Thousand Sunny that is the crew's current ship.
The Straw Hats are the protagonists of One Piece, and the crew explores the East Blue and Grand Line in pursuit of their dreams including their search for the mythical treasure called the One Piece. During their adventures, the Straw Hats encounter several friends and foes, including other pirates, bounty hunters, revolutionaries, members of organized crime, as well as all three types of great powers in One Piece: the World Government's Marines and allied privateer Seven Warlords of the Sea, and the strongest pirates known as the Four Emperors of the Sea.
A boy in the East Blue named Monkey D. Luffy seeks the One Piece and recruits new crew members while gaining a ship and entering the Grand Line. Leading pirates are in a race to find Laugh Tale, the hidden final island at the end of the Grand Line where the One Piece is said to be. The Straw Hats travel with Princess Nefertari Vivi of the Kingdom of Alabasta to save the island from a coup d'état by the Warlord Sir Crocodile, who seeks control over one of the Three Ancient Weapons said to be able to destroy the world. The Straw Hats become infamous worldwide after they escape from a World Government armada known as the Buster Call in the Enies Lobby Incident. Luffy and Zoro are labelled by the press as part of the Worst Generation of pirates as they reach the end of Paradise, the first half of the Grand Line.
Two years after the Straw Hats' journey began, they travel underwater together to Fish-Man Island to reach the New World, the second half of the Grand Line. After the Straw Hats save the country of Dressrosa from massacre by Warlord Donquixote Doflamingo, 5,640 pirates from crews captained by Cavendish, Bartolomeo, Sai, Ideo, Leo, Hajrudin, and Orlumbus swear allegiance to Luffy. The seven crews of the Straw Hat Grand Fleet are the Beautiful Pirates, Barto Club, Happosui Army, Ideo Pirates, Tontatta Pirates, New Giant Warrior Pirates, and the Yontamaria Fleet. The fleet pledges to defend each other when needed, and separates. The Straw Hats then form the Ninja-Pirate-Mink-Samurai Alliance to defeat Emperors Big Mom and Kaido in the Wano Country. Afterwards they are recognized worldwide as a great power led by Emperor of the Sea Luffy and his nine Senior Officers. The territories of Fish-Man Island and Wano swear allegiance to Luffy in exchange for protection. The new Emperor crew then sails from Wano to Egghead, where they escape another, larger Buster Call. The Straw Hats reunite with Hajrudin and the New Giant Warrior Pirates after landing on Elbaph, island of giants, where they are faced with renewed war from the World Government.
Creation and conception
Eiichiro Oda first created the Straw Hats in his prototype one-shot, "Romance Dawn", then refined the artistic style and story elements before publishing the final product a year later as the first chapter of One Piece. In the second version of "Romance Dawn", Luffy resembled his design at the beginning of the series.
While the Straw Hats are sometimes called the Straw Hat Pirates by non-Straw Hat characters in One Piece, Eiichiro Oda prefers the term , explaining that "I've decided to always call them the 'Straw Hats.' I've never called them anything else."
Crew overview and portrayals +Straw HatsNameRoleAbilities and Fighting StylesDevil FruitAliasBounty in Anime voice actor(s)Live actor(s)JPUSMonkey D. LuffyCaptainRubber-based combat, Advanced Haki, Gears transformations (Second to Fifth), extreme agility and strength.Mythical Zoan-type Human-Human Fruit, Model: Nika(a.k.a. Paramecia-type Gum-Gum Fruit)"Straw Hat" Luffy3,000,000,000Mayumi TanakaErica Schroeder (4Kids)Colleen Clinkenbeard (Funimation)Iñaki GodoyRoronoa ZoroCombatantThree-Sword Style, Asura form, Advanced Armament and Conqueror's Haki, extreme endurance"Pirate Hunter" Zoro "King of Hell"1,111,000,000 Kazuya NakaiMarc Diraison (4Kids)Christopher Sabat (Funimation)MackenyuNamiNavigatorClima-Tact for weather-based attacks, Zeus-enhanced lightning strikes, tactical deception"Cat Burglar" Nami366,000,000 Akemi OkamuraKerry Williams (4Kids)Luci Christian (Funimation)Emily RuddUsoppSniperMaster marksman, Pop Green plant weapons, Observation Haki"God" Usopp "Sogeking"500,000,000 Kappei YamaguchiJason Griffith (4Kids)Sonny Strait (Funimation)Jacob Romero GibsonSanjiCookBlack Leg kicking style, Diable Jambe & Ifrit Jambe (fire-powered kicks), Sky Walk (mid-air mobility), enhanced durability, Observation and Armament Haki."Black Leg" Sanji1,032,000,000 Hiroaki HirataDavid Moo (4Kids)Eric Vale (Funimation)Taz SkylarTony Tony ChopperDoctorZoan transformations, Rumble Ball-enhanced forms, medical expertiseZoan-type Human-Human Fruit"Cotton Candy Lover" Chopper1,000 Ikue ŌtaniKazue Ikura (254–263)Brina Palencia (Funimation)Mikaela HooverNico RobinArchaeologistMulti-limb projection, joint locks and pressure point attacksParamecia-type Flower-Flower Fruit"Devil Child"930,000,000 Yuriko YamaguchiVeronica Taylor (4Kids)Stephanie Young (Funimation)Lera AbovaFrankyShipwrightCyborg body with superhuman strength, built-in weapons (lasers, cannons, missiles)"Cyborg" Franky394,000,000 Kazuki YaoSubaru KimuraPatrick Seitz (Funimation)TBDBrookMusicianSuper speed, ice-based sword techniques, soul projection, water walkingParamecia-type Revive-Revive Fruit"Soul King" Brook383,000,000 ChōIan Sinclair (Funimation)Martial T. BatchamenJimbeiHelmsmanFish-Man Karate & Jujutsu, super strength, water manipulation, Armament and Observation Haki"First Son of the Sea" "Knight of the Sea"1,100,000,000 Daisuke GōriKatsuhisa HōkiDaniel Baugh (Funimation)TBD
Crew members Monkey D. Luffy
is the captain of the Straw Hat Crew and the main protagonist of the One Piece franchise. At age seven, he admires and tries to join the pirates of the "Red-Haired" Shanks. Ridiculed and rejected, he inadvertently eats their treasure, the Paramecia-type , which grants his body the properties of rubber. His reckless actions ultimately lead him into grave peril causing Shanks to lose an arm while rescuing him from a Sea King. After this, Luffy gives up on joining Shanks, resolving instead to start a crew of his own and become King of the Pirates. Displeased by Shanks influencing his grandson, Monkey D. Garp takes Luffy to be raised by Curly Dadan, a mountain bandit, and her team of bandits, who he strong-arms into taking him in. During Luffy's time there, he becomes a sworn brother with Portgas D. Ace, Garp's other ward, and Sabo, a young local runaway noble. Ten years later and still wearing Shanks' treasured straw hat, Luffy forms and commands his own pirate crew called the Straw Hat Pirates and sets sail for the Grand Line, quickly gaining infamy as . Eventually, after his strength proves insufficient to save Ace from execution, he spends two years on a secluded island, practising the use of all three types of Haki as well as developing his rubber ability's Fourth Gear with Silvers Rayleigh, before heading to the New World. Due to his infamy, he is one of the eleven pirates who are known as "The Worst Generation". After the defeat of Kaido and Big Mom, he was subsequently named one of the newest members of the Four Emperors. Luffy is also capable of using the advanced application for all three types of Haki. During his fight with Kaido, his Devil Fruit power awakened, revealing its true nature as the Mythical Zoan-type .
Roronoa Zoro
is a proficient swordsman who is the only known user of the Three-Sword Style (Santoryu), holding one in each hand and a third in his mouth, although he is also capable of fighting with only one or two swords. To fulfill a promise to Kuina, his deceased childhood friend and rival, he aims to defeat Dracule Mihawk and become the world's greatest swordsman. Traveling the seas in search of Mihawk and making a living as a bounty hunter, he became infamously known as , a title he rejects.
Eventually, he comes into conflict with Helmeppo, the spoiled son of a navy officer named Axe-Hand Morgan. To prevent the harm of innocent civilians, Zoro allows himself to be incarcerated temporarily, while Helmeppo plots to have him killed. Zoro is saved from execution by Luffy in exchange for becoming his first crewman. Initially, Zoro makes it clear that he would turn on his captain if he ever stepped between him and his dream. However, Zoro grows fond of his crew and becomes extremely loyal towards Luffy, and after several defeats in their defense, his priorities change and he convinces Mihawk to take him on as a student during the two-year timeskip. Zoro is capable of utilizing all three types of Haki and is capable of using the advanced application for both Haoshoku and Busoshoku Haki. He is known for his complete lack of a sense of direction and constantly gets lost when traveling.
Nami
, adopted and raised by Marine officer turned tangerine farmer Belle-Mère, in her childhood witnessed her mother being murdered by the infamous Arlong, whose pirate gang occupies their island and extracts tribute from the population. Striking a deal with him, Nami, still a child, but already an accomplished cartographer who dreams of drawing a complete map of the world, joins the pirates, hoping to buy freedom for her village eventually. Growing up as a pirate-hating thief drawing maps for Arlong and stealing treasure from other pirates, Nami becomes an excellent burglar, pickpocket, and navigator with an exceptional ability to forecast weather. After Arlong betrays her, and he and his gang are defeated by the Straw Hat Pirates, Nami joins them in pursuit of her dream and acquires infamy herself as .
Zeus is a cloud Homie who Big Mom created, originally being one of her main sidekicks. He was captured by Nami in Whole Cake Island, and after escaping he partnered up with her, residing inside Nami's Sorcery Clima-Tact.
Zeus is voiced by Yū Mizushima in the original Japanese version and by Kevin D. Thelwell in the Funimation dub.
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