Kizaru

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Borsalino 13 104
Alias(es)	Kizaru (黄猿)
Gender	Male 16
Affiliation	Marines; Marine Headquarters 13 104
Occupation/Role	Admiral; recruitment assessor for Ryokugyu 13 16
Status	Alive; remains active as an Admiral 153 203
Devil Fruit	Glint-Glint Fruit, a Logia-type fruit that allows him to become and manipulate light 107 111 113
First Appearance	First appearance in the supplied material: military draft assessment 13

Background / History

Kizaru trained under Zephyr at the Marine academy, but their relationship was strained both during his education and afterward. Zephyr criticized his dependence on his Devil Fruit, while Kizaru resisted his lectures. Their Endpoint Island confrontation is identified as their second fight since Kizaru left the academy 107 108.

By the World Military Draft, Kizaru is already an Admiral and one of the Marines’ highest combat powers. Sakazuki assigns him to assess whether Ryokugyu possesses strength worthy of the same position 13 16.

Appearance

• Build: Tall and thin 16.
• Hair and facial hair: Black curly hair and a ring of beard around his face 16.
• Clothing: A yellow-and-white striped suit beneath a Marine coat marked “Justice,” worn with its sleeves hanging empty 16 111.
• Sunglasses: Wears sunglasses and carries an identical replacement pair, which he uses after his original pair is damaged during Ryokugyu’s assessment 16.
• Elemental form: His body glows yellow and disperses into luminous particles when he transforms into light 16 111.

Personality

Kizaru presents himself as lazy, slow-speaking, and reluctant to exert unnecessary effort. He complains about assessing Ryokugyu, accepts the assignment because he is collecting a salary, and gives Sakazuki an improper salute. During the assessment, he repeatedly tries to end the fighting after recognizing Ryokugyu’s qualification 13 16.

His casual manner masks caution and considerable combat judgment. Both Ryokugyu and Zephyr force him into visibly focused defensive responses. Nevertheless, overconfidence can interrupt that discipline: watching the departing Straw Hats gives Zephyr an opening to trap his leg and detonate the Crusher 16 107 110.

Kizaru frequently belittles opponents through conversational taunts. He dismisses Zephyr as a relic of an earlier era, calls his fight with Luffy a break from work, and invokes Luffy’s experience at the Paramount War before attacking him. His composure gives way to fury when the Endpoint Island crisis threatens to become an uncontrollable disaster 107 112 120 138.

He is also observant and methodical. Wuli’s concealed identity, unusual ability, and unexplained absence lead Kizaru to request information from Sentomaru and secretly test him at Headquarters. He withholds a public accusation but continues pursuing his suspicions privately 133 153 154.

Abilities & Skills

Glint-Glint Fruit

Kizaru’s Logia power allows him to transform into light, disperse his body, and reconstruct his human form 111 113.

• Intangibility: Luffy’s punches without Haki scatter his body into light but cause no damage 113.
• Elemental evasion: He transforms before Zephyr’s Crusher reaches him, allowing the attack to pass through his light form 111.
• Reconstruction: He rebuilds his body after Zephyr’s explosive attack destroys most of it, including part of his head 111.
• Recovery from unusual attacks: Brook cuts him in half and freezes the wound with soul-affecting Underworld Chill, but Kizaru survives and reforms 121.
• Limits: Reconstruction does not mean he is unhurt; blood remains at his mouth after Zephyr’s explosion. Haki can touch a Logia user, although Kizaru’s speed and elemental evasion make landing an attack difficult 111.

Light-Speed Movement

Kizaru travels as a streak of light and materializes beside or behind opponents 111 118.

• Overtakes the retreating Straw Hats and blocks their escape route 111.
• Moves between targets faster than nearby allies can consistently intervene 114 115.
• Dodges every punch in Luffy’s rapid Rubber Eagle Rifle barrage 119.
• Escapes Bins’s restraints by transforming into light 124.
• Can be disrupted: he senses a two-second delay during Wuli’s rescue of Robin and Chopper 118.

Light-Based Attacks

Kizaru concentrates light into explosive projectiles and powerful close-range strikes 107 115 129.

Technique / Application	Description
Laser beams	Fires beams from his fingertips. He attacks Franky, Robin, and Chopper in rapid succession, producing large explosions 115.
Multiple lasers	Prepares three fingertip beams aimed at Wuli, Luffy, and Zoro’s foreheads 135.
Flash Kick / Light-Speed Kick	Uses a luminous leg to deliver crushing blows, defeating Wuli alone and launching Luffy hundreds of meters 120 132.
Light arrow	Fires an arrow-shaped projectile at Ain; its impact fractures the ground and causes an explosion 129.
Light ring	Creates a brilliant ring before his hand to block Ain’s sword attack 129.
Blinding radiance	Releases light visible from distant islands during the final clash. Some spectators who force their eyes open permanently lose their sight 136.

Ama no Murakumo

Kizaru gathers photons into Ama no Murakumo, a sword of light 16.

• Meets Ryokugyu’s renewed punch head-on during the recruitment assessment 16.
• Counters Zephyr’s Crush Burst 107.
• Dissolves the sword into particles that merge back into his body when he puts it away 108.

Observation Haki

Kizaru uses formidable Observation Haki to evade Luffy’s Armament Haki-coated Gum-Gum Elephant Gatling, weaving through the punches without being struck 113.

Strength and Suppressive Pressure

Kizaru possesses enough physical force to overpower Zoro in a direct clash and block Luffy’s Conqueror’s Haki-coated kick with one hand 113 120.

• Localized suppression: Exerts an invisible, domain-like pressure around himself that pins Zoro beneath his foot 121 122.
• Wide-area pressure: His unleashed aura makes breathing difficult and splits the ground 138.
• Killing intent: Further injures the already-wounded Wuli, Luffy, and Zoro, causing their bones to creak and blood to flow from their faces 138.
• Environmental danger: His pressure fractures Kuzan’s ice around the Dyna Stone, forcing him to restrain himself to avoid accelerating its explosion 138.

Combat Limits

• Distraction: Zephyr traps his leg and detonates the Crusher when Kizaru looks toward the Straw Hats 110.
• Sustained pressure: Sanji’s intensified, rainbow-colored flames repeatedly scatter Kizaru’s light form before it fully reassembles; the exchange ends with Kizaru being sent flying 116.
• Coordinated opposition: Wuli, Luffy, and Zoro initially lose against him together, but their later combined attack forces him to fight all-out and ends in a draw 134 135 138.

Equipment / Items

• Sunglasses and spare pair — Replaces damaged glasses during Ryokugyu’s recruitment assessment 16.
• Marine “Justice” coat — Worn over his striped suit 16 104.
• Den Den Mushi — Uses one to communicate with Headquarters and Sakazuki 83 146.
• Black Den Den Mushi — Repeatedly mistakes this non-calling device for a telephone; a Marine corrects him after the destruction of the second Endpoint Island 83.

Relationships

• Zephyr / Z — Former teacher and later enemy. Their longstanding disagreement over Kizaru’s reliance on his Devil Fruit becomes a lethal confrontation over Zephyr’s Dyna Stone plan 107 108 128.
• Sakazuki — Fleet Admiral who assigns Kizaru recruitment work and receives his report after the Endpoint incident 13 146.
• Sentomaru — Coordinates Marine rescue efforts during Kizaru’s assessment battle and later gathers information about Wuli at his request. Addresses Kizaru as “old man” 16 153 203.
• Ryokugyu — Recruitment candidate whose strength Kizaru acknowledges. Ryokugyu insists on continuing their destructive fight after Kizaru declares that he has passed 16.
• Monkey D. Luffy — Recurring enemy. Kizaru recognizes the danger of Luffy’s growth and family connections, while Luffy fights to prevent another defeat like those at Sabaody and Marineford 112 119.
• Roronoa Zoro — Repeatedly obstructs Kizaru’s pursuit of Zephyr. Kizaru shoots both his shoulders and pins him beneath his foot, but Zoro resists and escapes the suppression 120 121 122.
• Sanji — Opponent whose protective fury briefly turns an exchange against Kizaru; Sanji is subsequently left gravely injured and unconscious 116 118.
• Wuli — Initially an unidentified swordsman whose slowing ability intrigues Kizaru. After fighting him, Kizaru suspects the Marine captain concealed his identity to assist Zephyr 118 133 153 154.
• Kuzan — Former Marine comrade who intervenes when Kizaru’s anger threatens the unstable Dyna Stone. Kizaru questions whether he came to save Zephyr 131 138.
• Garp — Marine Hero whom Kizaru respects enough to stop secretly pressuring Wuli when Garp arrives 153.
• Ain and Bins — Zephyr’s loyal subordinates, whom Kizaru overpowers while pursuing their teacher 124 129 130 135.

Story Role / Major Arcs

World Military Draft

• Sakazuki appoints Kizaru to assess Ryokugyu’s suitability for an Admiral position 13.
• Kizaru declares Ryokugyu qualified and tries to stop the battle. Ryokugyu refuses, prompting another clash against Ama no Murakumo. Their fighting sinks half the island and damages a distant Marine warship 16.
• At the assessment’s conclusion, Kizaru observes the devastation surrounding Sakazuki and Fujitora’s battle and privately questions whether the new strength at Headquarters benefits him 23.

Endpoint Island Crisis

• After the second Endpoint Island is destroyed, Kizaru contacts Headquarters, initially using the wrong Den Den Mushi 83.
• At the next battlefield, he hopes to benefit from the conflict between Luffy and Zephyr without intervening, but the masked Wuli disrupts that opportunity 104.
• Kizaru engages Zephyr, overpowers him, and survives the Crusher’s explosive counterattack. He then leaves Zephyr to intercept the escaping Straw Hats 105 107 108 110 111.
• He defeats or severely pressures several crew members. Wuli rescues Robin and Chopper by slowing the attack, drawing Kizaru’s attention to the unidentified swordsman 115 116 118.
• Returning to his assignment, Kizaru pursues Zephyr through resistance from Zoro, Luffy, the Neo Navy, and Bins. He prevents Zephyr from activating the Dyna Stone timer and leaves him gravely wounded 120 123 124 128 129.
• Wuli, Luffy, and Zoro initially fail to defeat him. Ain interrupts their planned execution, and Zephyr breaks several Dyna Stone casings, creating an opening for the trio’s coordinated assault 134 135.
• The final clash ends in a draw but splits the island and awakens its volcano. Furious at the apparent failure of his mission, Kizaru unleashes his pressure until Kuzan warns him that it could hasten the Dyna Stone’s detonation 136 138.

Aftermath and Wuli’s Concealed Identity

• Kizaru reports that the situation has been handled. He believes a fleeing one-legged bird and its passenger were struck by his light and fell into the sea; Sakazuki orders him back to Headquarters 146.
• At Headquarters, he secretly pressures Wuli and investigates his missing whereabouts. Garp’s arrival interrupts the test 153.
• He considers exposing Wuli publicly but does not act during the promotion meeting. Wuli becomes a commodore, while Kizaru retains his suspicions and intends to investigate further 154.
• Wuli later suspects Kizaru’s involvement in difficulties obtaining provisions from branch bases, but the supplied passage does not confirm that involvement 172.
• When Sentomaru reports Wuli’s victory over Edward Weevil, Kizaru questions how the newcomer has already gained strength sufficient to defeat such an opponent 203.

Notable Quotes

“Since I'm collecting a salary, I ought to do some work.” 13

“Teacher Zephyr, don't bother lecturing me. You're old now. This era doesn't belong to you.” 107

“Teacher, have you gotten slower, or have I gotten faster?” 111

“You stole a few seconds from my speed and rescued those two from my attack. Now you've got me curious.” 118