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Minor Characters
Boodle
is the mayor of the town that was attacked by Buggy the Clown early on in the series. He wears a suit of armor, and is quite fearless, risking his life (though he is outmatched) for the sake of his town. With the help of Luffy, Zoro and Nami (and you could count the help of the dog Chouchou), Boodle is able to defeat Buggy's crew and drive them out of the town, even though he was knocked out by Luffy so he doesn't get in the way.
Carne
Carne is one of the main cooks from the floating restaurant ship, Baratie, and is good friends with Patty since both applied for restaurant cooks together. He and Patty became very essential in defending the Baratie when Don Krieg attempted to take the restaurant by force.
Like most of the Baratie's cooking staff, Carne prides himself on being a fighting chef; when the restaurant comes under attack by the Krieg armada, he and the other chefs take up arms to defend it.
Chabo
A young boy from Gosa village, he wanted to kill Arlong to avenge his father's death, but Nami paid him and told him to leave. He attacked Usopp, thinking that Usopp was a fish-man (due to Usopp's long nose), but Nojiko stopped him. He later called the Navy to come rescue the suvivors from Gosa but they were defeated by Arlong's crew. He brings Nojiko to the scene to see the Navy fight Arlong, but it is all in vain. However after the fall of Arlong Park, he decides to forget about avenging his father himself and celebrates with the rest of Cocoyashi Village.
Chaka
Chaka is one of two head guards in the Alabasta kingdom that serve under Igaram, the other being Pell. He is the acting captain of the royal guard in Igaram's absence. He ate the Inu Inu no Mi, Model Jackal, Dog Dog Fruit: Model Jackal), a Zoan-type Devil Fruit that allows him to transform into a jackal or a human/jackal hybrid. He tried to save Princess Vivi from Sir Crocodile outside of the Alubarna palace, but Crocodile easily defeated him.
Chimney
Chimney is the hyperactive granddaughter of Sea Train conductor Kokoro, and owner of the cabbit, Gonbe (which thinks it's a cat). She takes a liking to the Straw Hat Pirates instantly when the crew meets her outside of Water Seven. She also tends to notice things that others cannot, such as when she spotted Luffy wedged between two buildings (which is where he landed after Rob Lucci knocked him out of Galley-La Corporation Headquarters). She, along with Gonbe, later sneak aboard the prototype Sea Train, Rocketman, and accompany the Straw Hats, Franky Family, and Galley-La foremen to Enies Lobby.
As Kokoro is revealed to be a mermaid, it is possible that she may have some mermaid's ability.
Currently, she is in Water Seven.
Chou-Chou
Chou-Chou is a dog from Port Town who guards a pet shop, day and night, unmoving, as it belonged to his dead master. But, still being loyal to his master, a friend of mayor Boodle, Chou-Chou kept guard over the pet shop.
When first meeting Monkey D. Luffy, Chou-Chou swallowed the key to cage Luffy was in at the time. Then Mohji and Richie appeared to search for Luffy, Zoro, and Nami. When Richie spotted the pet shop they headed for it to get a quick snack. Chou-Chou fought against Richie to defend the shop, but got beaten. In the end, he could only watch his master's pet shop burn to the ground. Luffy, out of his cage thanks to Richie, saw how sad the dog was for the loss of his only treasure, and defeated Mohji and Richie as payback for Chou-Chou. After the battle, Luffy presented Chou-Chou with a bag of dog food, the last one from his master's shop. Chou-Chou later helps the trio escape from the angry townspeople after Luffy reveals that he was the one who knocked out the mayor, as well as a pirate. Chou-Chou is last spotted in Buggy's mini story in volume 5. Chou-Chou is shown biting Mohji on his rear end.
Clover
A professor and scholar from the Tree of Knowledge in Ohara, he helped Nico Robin become an official archaeologist. However, he forbade her from studying Ohara's Poneglyph, not wanting her to fall prey to the World Government like her mother Olvia did. Sadly, it was not to be as the World Government found out about Ohara's research and dispatched the CP9 to take care of them. Clover tried to persuade Robin to escape as the CP9 rounded the archaeologists up. The reason for this is that Clover spoke to the World Government regarding the scholar's findings in the Poneglyphs. He did not want Robin to know those results; for fear that she will also be targeted by the World Government.
Clover stated that before the World Government was formed, the Grand Line was ruled by an ancient kingdom. But they were wiped out by a group that would one day become the World Government. However before Clover could reveal the name, he was shot and mortally wounded. The Buster Call was then initiated and Navy ships began to assault Ohara. Clover, along with Olvia and the other scholars, stayed behind to save as many books as they can from the Tree of Knowledge for future generations. Afterwards, he and the scholars all stayed in the tree as it burned down around them, and as Ohara was destroyed.
Conis
Conis is a citizen of Skypiea who befriends Luffy and his crew after their arrival. She greets the Straw-Hats once they reach the island and introduces them to her peoples' customs. She is Pagaya's daughter and owner of a cloud fox, Suu. At first glance, Sanji thinks that she is an angel and predictably tries to woo her. Thus she becomes an important character in the Skypiea arc because of her interaction with the Straw Hat pirates. Once it is discovered that the crew has not paid Skypiea's exorbitant toll, however, she regretfully reports them to their "god" Enel, following the mandatory commands that he had placed upon her people. She makes up for her actions, however, by guiding the Going Merry through Upper Yard, warning her people of Enel's attack, and helping the Straw Hats back down to earth after they had defeated Enel.
Crocus
Laboon's caretaker and overseer of the lighthouse that guides ships coming down from Reverse Mountain into the Grand Line. He is the one who explains to the Straw Hats how the Grand Line works, about Log Poses (Grand Compasses in the English version), Raftel (the last island of the Grand Line and supposed resting place of One Piece) and Laboon's situation. He also has a house inside Laboon when he's not working the lighthouse. He may have had a past connection with Gold Roger. He also has a running gag where he does a glare to increase tension, often for no particular reason. He was removed from the English dub.(also spelled Krokos occasionally)
Dalton
Dalton used to be a guard who served under King Wapol, but was opposed to Wapol's treatment of his subjects. He was seen with Wapol in Alabasta in a meeting with Princess Nefertari Vivi's father. He was inspired to rebel by Hiruluk. After seeing Hirluk's noble sacrifice, he turned against Wapol, but was subdued and thrown in prison, constantly mocked by Wapol and his henchmen, Chess and Kuromarimo. After Wapol abandoned his kingdom when Blackbeard invaded, Dalton took charge and kept the island from falling into disarray, soon gaining the trust of the people.
When Monkey D. Luffy and his crew came to Drum Island in search of a doctor to cure Nami of her illness during the mission to get Princess Nefertari Vivi to Alabasta Kingdom, they encountered Dalton and some men who thought they were here to rob the island. When asked about a doctor, the only one who could heal Nami was a witch named Dr. Kureha.
Even after Wapol returned and once again subdued him, the people and even the top 20 doctors continued to help out Dalton. He was later seriously wounded by Wapol because he defended the townsfolk from arrows lauched by one of Wapol's bodyguards. And he in turn then, even almost going to extreme measures such as planning to blow up Wapol's castle. Luckily, Luffy defeated Wapol and knocked him off the island, after which the people of Drum elected Dalton as their new king and renamed the island, Sakura Kingdom (inspiried from the special chemical created by Hilruk, which turned the snow pink).
He has eaten the Devil Fruit known as the Ushi Ushi no Mi, Model: Bison (Cow Cow Fruit, Model Bison) which gives him the ability to transform into a bison and into a half human/half bison form that resembles a minotaur. In the English anime the fruit is called the "Ox Ox Fruit" and the animal he turns to is an Ox.
Dorry & Brogy
The two legendary giants who fight an endless battle on Little Garden, an island in the Grand Line. Each giant has a bounty of 100,000,000 berries on their heads. The two of them battle with incredible passion and drive, the rules of Giant combat dicatating the fight must be fought to the death, though neither of them really remember why they started fighting in the first place (It was over a dispute on who had caught a larger prize on a hunting expedition). They are edited out in the English dub, by 4kids Entertainment, along with the entire Little Garden story arc.
Eyelashes
It Accompanied the Strawhats during the Alabasta Arc. Would only let Nami and Vivi ride, and so got beat up by the rest of the crew. Also disguised himself as Vivi by riding a Spot-Billed Duck and wearing a white cape. Got paired up with Usopp and got chased by Mr. 2. Took 1 second for Mr. 2 to beat him up. After the Alabasta Arc, Eyelashes wanted to, and was allowed to, join the Super Spot-Billed Ducks Squad (even though he's a camel).
Gaimon
Gaimon (ガイモン) is a character that gets his body imprisoned in an empty treasure chest after he loses his grip while scaling a small cliff on the mysterious Island of Rare Animals (Gold Island in the English anime) trying to find some treasure with his pirate crew. The crew leaves Gaimon stranded on the island. The treasure chest becomes his body and cannot be removed, however, he can still use his hands, head and feet. It takes 20 years for another person to find him.
After Gaimon shrinks when he gets stuck in the chest, he can no longer scale the cliff. He has to protect his treasures somehow, so he would use his gun and his spooky voice to drive away intruders. Monkey D. Luffy and the whole crew passes the trial and they begin to become friends. However, when Luffy finally gets to the top of the cliff, Gaimon realized that the treasure chests were empty too and he had been protecting a nonexistent "treasure" for 20 years. Then, he considers the animals as his treasures, and vows to protect them.
Chibi Buggy eventually meets, and befriends, Gaimon in the "Special Cover Miniseries".
EiichirÅ Oda has stated that Gaimon is his favorite character to draw.
Gan Fall
He was the previous God of Skypiea. He strove to create peace between them and the Cyandians, and was close to doing so. However, before it could be achieved, Eneru attacked with his army, and soundly defeated Gan Fall and the Cyandians at the same time. Eneru then took the position of God of Skypiea for himself. Despite being ousted from his position, as the Sky Knight, Gan Fall still continuosly patrols the land helping out those in need (such as Tony Tony Chopper when he was attacked by Shura, and later Nami against Hotori and Kotori). After Monkey D. Luffy defeated Eneru, the people of Skypiea begged him take back his rightful position, which he did.
Gan Fall mentioned at the end of Skypiea Arc that he had previously met Gold Roger over 20 years in ago the past.
Pierre:
His pet bird Pierre has eaten a Devil Fruit known as the Uma Uma no Mi (Horse Horse Fruit ) which enabled Pierre to turn into a pegasus or a full horse. Gan Fall uses Pierre and his Devil Fruit power to get around Skypiea.
Genzo
The sheriff and mayor of Cocoyashi Village (Coco Village in the 4kids version), which is Nami's home town. He has had close ties with Nami and Nojiko since they were kids and he knew their adoptive mother, Belle-Mère, quite well. He also kept the town together after Arlong took over the island, making sure everyone was safe and able to pay his tax.
Genzo wears a pinwheel on his hat because he used to make Nami laugh when she was a baby (this pinwheel also inspired an attack for Luffy during their fight with Arlong). He played a role in rescuing Luffy after Arlong threw him into the ocean. All of Genzo's scars are from his first encounter with Arlong when he tried to stop him from taking Nami, he made Kuroobi cut every part of his body with a sword. He was also almost killed by Arlong for hoarding novelty swords, until Usopp saved him.
Genzo's pinwheel inspired Nami's new tattoo--a pinwheel to represent him with a tangerine to represent Belle-Mère. After Nami sails off with Luffy and crew, Genzo says he no longer needs his pinwheel, placing it by Bellemere's grave. The origin of the pinwheel is then revealed. Bell-Mere said that Nami cried when she saw Genzo because he looked scary, but then Genzo put his pinwheel on to make Nami laugh. It is revealed later in the manga that Luffy is very interested in the pinwheel, not even noticing the Navy who are trying to find Nami, just Genzo's pinwheel. However, this could be a put down in reference to Luffy's simple-mindedness.
In the American dub of One Piece, Genzo is played by Marc Diraison and speaks with a thick Italian accent.
Gonbe
Chimney's pet rabbit, who thinks it's a cat.
Higuma
During the childhood of Monkey D. Luffy (covered in the first chapter of the manga and a flashback early on in the anime), Higuma was a mountain bandit, leader of a band of similar bandits. The band swept into the town where Luffy lived and demanded grog, only to find that the last of it had been purchased by Red-Haired Shanks and his crew. Higuma personally insulted him before storming out of the town; while Shanks laughed it off, Luffy was furious that Higuma had disrespected his hero.
Shortly afterward, while Shanks' crew was out on a voyage, Higuma and his band returned to town. While drinking at the same pub where they'd caused trouble before, Higuma insulted Shanks behind his back - and in earshot of Luffy. Infuriated, Luffy attacked the bandit, only to be thrown down and beaten by the entire group of bandits. Undaunted, Luffy insulted Higuma, and the bandit tried to kill him.
He was interrupted by the return of Shanks and his crew. Seeing what the bandits were doing to Luffy, the pirates attacked and defeated them, driving most of them back into the mountains.
Higuma, though, had escaped with Luffy in tow. He set out to sea, reasoning that given his attitude towards pirates, no one would look for him on the water. He then kicked Luffy out to sea, knowing the boy couldn't swim due to the Devil Fruit curse.
Immediately afterward, however, a Sea King rose from the waters. Higuma, terrified, could do nothing as the creature destroyed his boat and devoured the bandit with one bite.
Before his death, Higuma bragged about having an 8,000,000 beli bounty on his head; he carried his own "Wanted" poster to prove it. This is the first mention of bounties in the manga.
Hiruluk
Hiruluk (Hiriluk in the English anime) was a quack doctor from Drum Island and Tony Tony Chopper's father figure. After Wapol declared any doctor not under his rule to be outlaws, he and Doctor Kureha were the only free doctors left. However, unlike Kureha, Hiruluk ended up doing more damage than good to his patients by accident.
He found Chopper one day while traveling home in a blizzard. At first Chopper tried to knock him away, but Hiruluk earned his trust by stripping naked in the cold, showing that he didn't have any weapons and had no intent on hurting Chopper. From then on, the two slowly formed a sort of father/son relationship, traveling (and in a way terrorizing) the island trying to cure patients. After one year had passed, Hiruluk reluctantly kicked Chopper out of his house, the reason being that he was going to die from a terminal illness (possibly tuberculosis). Hiruluk didn't want his friend to worry about him. After Chopper learned the truth, he went on a journey for an Amiudake mushroom. Sadly, unknown to the reindeer, the mushroom turned out be poisonous but Hiruluk, who did know this, took it anyway because he was so impressed by Chopper's pure and innocent will. (Hiruluk had always called the skull and crossbones pirate emblem a symbol of vitality and Chopper took literally, not realizing that the crossbones symbol in the medicine book he read meant that the mushroom was poisonous.)
Afterward, Hiruluk heard news that Wapol's top 20 doctors were sick and rushed to the castle, only to find out it was a trap by Wapol to draw Hiruluk out and kill him. He thanked Chopper for a wonderful life just as Chopper was about to reach the castle. Hiruluk realized that his life would soon end and so too would his country if nothing was done about Wapol. Hiruluk truly believed that his country would be healed in time and his death would not be in vain. Thus with clear and hopeful eyes, and so as not to die from the poisonous medicine Chopper had made, he drank one of his own failed medicines and was blown up in an explosive blast. His final words were:
In his early days, Hiruluk was a thief who was diagnosed with a fatal illness. What he believed cured him was the serene vision of a grove of cherry trees. After being cured he came to believe that there is no diease in the world that cannot be cured. He returned to Drum Island, the island he was born on to help cure an dire sickness. Hiruluk's main dream was to cure the people of island of their frozen hearts which had formed because of Wapol's selfishness. He never lived to see his dream come true, which was made a reality years later. Kureha and the people of Drum would use Hiruluk's final invention, a special chemical to turn snow pink, creating the illusion of cherry blossoms blooming in the snow.
Igaram
Captain of the royal guards, he is Chaka and Pell's boss. He and Princess Vivi infiltrated Baroque Works and manage to become Frontier Agents in order to learn the organization's true boss and objectives. He was known as Mr. 8 by most of the Baroque Works before being exposed, and introduces himself as Igarappoi when he is first seen in Whiskey Peak. Igaram fights with a saxophone that shoots bullets when played, and he also has small guns hidden in his hair that fire when he pulls on his neck tie. After he and Vivi were found out, he dressed up as Vivi to act as decoy while the Straw Hats helped Vivi get back to Alabasta. But Nico Robin (Miss All Sunday at the time) blew up his ship and he was presumed dead until the end of the Alabasta arc, where he emerged alive and well in Nanohana (which appears to be what Nico intended). He finally caught up with the rebellion carrying a witness, Kappa, who saw Mr. 2 Bon Clay remove his disguise as Cobra, the king of Alabasta, proof that the rebellion was started by Baroque Works and not by the faults of the king. He was again seen decoying as Vivi, during a speech to the people of Alabasta, so she could sneak away secretly to say goodbye to the Straw-Hats. Later in the Rainbow Mist Arc, he is seen placing Rainbow Mist Volume X on a shelf in Alabasta.
Johnny and Yosaku
Johnny and Yosaku are old friends and former bounty hunting partners of Roronoa Zoro. They first appear during the Baratie arc and stay in the story until the end of the Arlong arc, both times helping out the Straw Hats. They arrive on the scene after Usopp and Luffy unknowingly shoot at the tiny island they're on for target practice. The partners had to stop because Yosaku was suffering from scurvy, but Nami was able to diagnose and treat him.
Johnny and Yosaku are very close to each other and go way back. According to the anime, they met Zoro after he helped save them from a bounty hunt gone wrong. After that, they followed Zoro loyally until he left them under fine circumstances. Johnny tends to be slightly more honorable and Yosaku is more of a realist--but both are downright silly together.
The two have a habit of adding a "brother" or "sister" prefix to whomever they are talking to; this derives from the two addressing others with the "aniki" (male) or "aneki" (female) suffix in the Japanese version. For example, Zoro is "Brother Zoro" (Zoro-aniki), and Nami is "Sister Nami" (Nami-aneki).
The kanji on Johnny's left cheek translates to 'sea'. He supposedly wears it because his hero--a bounty hunter that saved his childhood home from bandits--had the same kanji on his outfit.
In episode 44 of the anime they decide to go back to bounty hunting, and are seen giving their farewells to the Straw-Hat crew in Cocoyashi village. However, this was not seen in the English dub, as the entire Episode 44 was cut from the episode list. They try to defeat Arlong and his crew, but are easily defeated.
In the english dub, Johnny is played by Dan Green and Yosaku is played by Wayne Grayson.
Kappa
Kappa is a young Alabasta child who wanted to join the Rebellion against the king; however, Koza refused to let him join because he was so young. Kappa later fell upon the secret of Baroque Works and learned that the king was framed. Daz Bones and Miss Doublefinger attacked him to keep him quiet. Igaram later finds him, and Kappa soon tells all of Alabasta about what was really going on. It was his eyewitness that officially ended the war.
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