Yamato

Epithet(s): Oni Princess Codename: Kozuki Oden (self-proclaimed Race: Oni Family: Kaidou (father) Affiliations: Beasts Pirates (formerly); Ninja-Pirate-Mink-Samurai Alliance (disbanded) Age: 28 years old Date of birth: November 3 Height: 263 cm Blood group: F

Yamato, also known as Princess Oni, is the daughter of the former Emperor Kaidou. Trained from a young age to be Kaidou's heir, Yamato instead developed a deep admiration for the samurai Kozuki Oden. Following his death, Yamato decided to "become" Oden, impersonating him and adopting his mannerisms.

After meeting Monkey D. Luffy, he joined the Ninja-Pirate-Mink-Samurai Alliance in order to defeat the Beasts Pirates and escape Onigashima.

Yamato is tall, almost twice as tall as Luffy, but not as tall as Kaidou. She has long white hair that is tied between orange sticks into a ponytail at the back, and whose color fades into an aqua green and then blue hue as it progresses, ending in rectangular locks similar to Kaidou's. Yamato also has large orange eyes with prominent eyelashes, wears gold earrings in both of her ears, and has red horns. As for clothing, she wears a pair of red hakama pants and sandals, and like Oden, wears a large purple and white nio-daisuki behind her back.

Yamato's current attire is a sleeveless white garment with a diamond-shaped design on both sides and an indigo-patterned bottom half. This garment was originally a kimono with long, white sleeves, but they were later torn off, leaving the garment sleeveless and making it more form-fitting. Additionally, while in costume, she also wore a hannya mask, which had a blue wig with an extremely long, wild mane attached to the top and a long blue goatee attached to the bottom.[10]

About four years ago, Yamato wore a similar outfit with long sleeves, but with different symbols on the chest area. The symbols resemble an oden skewer.

At age eight, Yamato's outfit was almost identical to that of today, except with a slightly different mask with shorter horns and beard and without the nio-daisuki. In the manga, his outfit lacked the diamond-shaped design.

Yamato greatly admires the legendary samurai Kozuki Oden above all else, to the point of emulating every aspect of him. She has referred to herself as Oden on multiple occasions and has even emulated his gender, referring to herself as "Kaidou's son" due to Oden being a man. [7] Though she was initially hesitant about introducing herself as Oden,[12] Yamato has become more forthright about this identity over time, even proclaiming herself as such to Oden's son Momonosuke, much to the boy's horror. [13] Though she has fully embraced this identity, Yamato has not let go of her original persona, referring to Yamato as her "other name". [11] Yamato does not seem to like people getting her name wrong, as she was quick to correct Luffy when he referred to her by a nickname. [14]

After reading of the great deeds documented by Oden in his logbook, which she considers her "bible", Yamato dreams of leaving the confines of Wano Country and setting sail with the Straw Hat Pirates, much like Oden did with the Whitebeard Pirates and Roger Pirates decades ago. [15] Yamato also desires to fulfill Oden's goals, namely opening Wano's borders, in direct defiance of her father's wishes for the country. [7] Yamato has shown to have great willpower, having put up considerable resistance to Kaidou's imprisonment despite not having fully broken free. Though she initially appeared to be more subservient to him, her sparring with Ace led to her destroying Kaidou's dragon statue in an act of defiance that has since led to more outright rebellion. [16] Yamato has engaged in combat with her father on numerous occasions, and has openly expressed her opposition and defiance to his plans for her, accompanied by insults. When the Ninja-Pirate-Mink-Samurai Alliance invaded Onigashima, Yamato was immediately willing to aid them and had no qualms about attacking her father's crew members,[10] making her intentions and positioning clear when confronted by them.[17] Yamato is also willing to go to any lengths to achieve her goals, having basically kidnapped Luffy in order to get a word in with him and continuing this tactic even after Luffy responded by attacking her.[7]

Yamato is more than willing to risk her physical safety and life to protect the people she cares about, as she believes that Oden would never abandon a comrade in danger. She steadfastly withstood a barrage of powerful artillery strikes by the Armored Division to protect Momonosuke,[18] and later single-handedly confronted Kaidou to keep him occupied until Luffy returned, despite knowing that she was no match for him.[15] However, Yamato also enjoys participating in combat; despite her plan to split up with Momonosuke being a decoy ploy to fool the Beasts Pirates, Momonosuke and Shinobu observed that Yamato seemed to be primarily interested in going off to fight.

Yamato held a certain amount of authority, as Black Maria referred to her as "young master". Black Maria also noted that bringing Yamato back to Kaidou's fortress would be a difficult task. [8] From a young age, Yamato has shown great strength, having defeated several of Kaidou's subordinates. Another testament to her strength is being able to go toe-to-toe with Portgas D. Ace before he had yet to consume his Devil Fruit, however the greatest display of her power is being able to fight her father and cause him some minor injuries.

Physical Abilities: She is shown to have enormous physical strength, as she was able to knock out Ulti with a single blow from her transformed mace. Due to her large size, she is able to easily lift Luffy up and grab him with just one arm while running. Yamato is quite fast, being able to dash forward with blinding speed to attack her targets, as well as escape from the pursuing members of the Beasts Pirates. [10] Yamato also possesses great endurance, easily withstanding explosions and direct slashes, ending up with only superficial bruises and cuts. [11] As a child, Yamato was able to withstand the beatings her father gave her and managed to go without eating for a while.

Yamato wields a giant kanabo named Takeru, closely resembling Kaidou's Hassaikai, albeit studded and thinner, while Kaidou's is spiked and slightly thicker. Along with its immense strength, the kanabo can deal tremendous damage to objects and opponents with a single blow,[10] and with Haki, it can be used to perform ranged attacks that can even resemble energy blasts.[18] In addition to the kanabo being a powerful and blunt weapon, Yamato has masterful technique with it, being able to move it to counter Luffy's quick attacks with little effort.

As a child, Yamato told Kaidou of her personal wish to become the great samurai Kozuki Oden, which displeased her father, who beat Yamato up afterward. Yamato later attended Oden's execution during the Legendary Hour twenty years ago, becoming emotional over Shinobu's speech and grieving the death of her idol. [9][11] After the execution, Yamato rushed to Oden's castle to save Momonosuke, but could only watch as Kaidou threatened the boy. [5]

Despite being angry and saddened by Oden's death at the hands of Kaidou and Orochi, Yamato felt a strong willpower, causing her to go to Oden's castle in Kuri. Arriving late enough for the attack to have ended, Yamato found Oden's logbook stranded. Yamato then began to impersonate Oden, causing commotion and chaos in Onigashima for a week. Eventually becoming very hungry, the rank and file managed to bind her with chains, but she accidentally used Haoshoku Haki against her captors, which Kaidou watched in amazement. Seeing her daughter's insistence on impersonating her enemy, she decided to lock her in a cave for a month with three samurai to kill each other for a ration of food. Frightened by this and thinking that they would resent her for being the daughter of Oden's murderer, Yamato was surprised to see that she was allowed to eat. Greatly impressed by his willpower, the four of them began to bond, reading Oden's notebook together. After ten days, Yamato declared that he would fight in the future battle against Kaidou, whereupon the samurai destroyed the cave and escaped to allow him to live to see it. At some point after that, Kaidou fitted Yamato with explosive shackles made of sea stone to prevent any chance of escaping Onigashima.

"Yamato" (大和やまと, "Yamato"?), meaning "great harmony", is an ancient name for Japan (originating from Yamato Province) and may also refer to the Yamato period of Japanese history, which lasted until the 8th century. Relatedly, Yamato is the dynastic name of the Japanese imperial family and also refers to Japan's dominant ethnic group, the Yamato people. Some of the possible inspirations for Yamato are: Yamato Takeru, a legendary Japanese prince of the Yamato dynasty in mythology. Yamato Takeru was aided according to legend by the Okuchi no Makami, coinciding with Yamato's power. Khutulun, the warrior daughter of the Mongol khan Kaidu. Oscar François de Jarjayes from the manga The Rose of Versailles who is a woman raised by her father as if she were a child to succeed him as commander of the Royal Guard at the Palace of Versailles. Additionally, in the author's notes for Chapter 945, Oda talks about his experience reading The Rose of Versailles for the first time and his surprise at discovering that Oscar was a woman. His mask clearly represents the hannya, demons from Japanese folklore that represent women's jealousy. She is the second character to allude to these demons, the first being Hannyabal, both by name and appearance. One Piece Magazine Vol. 16 showed an alternate reality in which Yamato was the number one oiran of Wano Country.[71] The first name considered for Yamato, Ninigi, is based on Ninigi no Mikoto, a mythical character from Japan. He was the grandson of Amaterasu, as well as the one in charge of bringing rice to humans. Yamato is the third female character shown to possess Haoshoku Haki. She is also the third female character to possess all three types of Haki.

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