Kaido

Biodata

Background and History

Kaido joined the Rocks Pirates after his strength caught Rocks’s attention. Whitebeard later explained that he had invited Kaido on Rocks’s behalf, and that Kaido had not joined through the crew’s pirate games. Kaido stood with Rocks against Imu at God Valley 194 226.

Before becoming an Emperor, Kaido was captured by the Marines several times. They failed to kill him through methods including a guillotine and feeding him a second Devil Fruit 121 234. His first bounty was 70 million Beli, issued when he was eleven 33.

Kaido later occupied Wano Country and backed Kurozumi Orochi as its shogun. His weapons factories discharged wastewater into the rivers, contributing to widespread famine outside the Flower Capital 102 113.

Personality

Kaido enjoys combat and becomes excited when faced with a strong opponent. He treated the attack on Orochi as a welcome break from his dull days and, after fighting Samael, invited him to join his crew 104 106.

He is dismissive of people he considers expendable: he called Orochi “trash” and showed little concern over his death. He also enjoys drinking and took an interest in Longevity Wine for that reason rather than to regain his youth 104 189.

Abilities and Skills

Fish-Fish Fruit, Model: Azure Dragon

Kaido possesses a Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit that lets him transform into an enormous azure dragon or a human-beast hybrid. Vegapunk scientifically replicated its power in an artificial fruit that Dimon later animated as Sigma 6 41 194.

• Flight: Kaido travels through the air in dragon form 104.
• Bolo Breath: He fires a powerful breath attack, which he used against Whitebeard at Hachinosu 187.
• Wind blades: He spat a blade capable of splitting a mountain peak at Nika 228.
• Flame Dragon Torch: Kaido surrounds his dragon form with flames and charges his target. Against Nika, he combined the technique with Samael’s lingering black flames 200 234.
• Limitation: His Flame Dragon Torch cracked the barrier of Uta’s World of Song but could not break through it 200.

Haki

Kaido combines powerful Haki with his club fighting and possesses Future Sight 63 106.

• Conqueror’s Coating: His attacks damaged Samael’s physical body and carried a mental impact that knocked Lycaon unconscious despite his formidable defenses 106 127.
• Observation Haki: He used Future Sight to react to Dimon’s surprise attack with Shusui and Raiu. Nika later struck him before he could evade despite seeing the attack coming 106 228.
• Suppression: He used Conqueror’s Haki to suppress Samael’s black flames, but they returned when he stopped 107 179.

Durability and Club Techniques

Kaido’s defenses are strong enough that Shusui’s ability to pierce his chest shocked both him and King. Lycaon’s bedrock defenses, however, withstood Kaido’s physical attacks 106 107 127.

• Thunder Bagua: A club attack used against Samael and Shanks 106 194.
• Roaring Thunder Bagua: A Conqueror’s Haki-coated blow that knocked Raiu away; Kaido later used it against Nika 106 234.
• Ragnarok: A leaping club strike that drove Lycaon deep underground 107.

Equipment

• Kanabo — Kaido’s spiked club, used with Conqueror’s Haki in battle 106 190.

Relationships

• Yamato — Kaido’s daughter. He imprisoned her on Onigashima, recaptured her after she escaped, and withheld food during her imprisonment 98 115 127.
• King — A Beasts Pirates subordinate who reports to Kaido and came to his aid during the Flower Capital battle 104 107.
• Rocks — Kaido’s former captain. Kaido later joined an alliance headed by the revived Rocks, though he was displeased when its immediate plan involved searching for a Devil Fruit 186 226.
• Whitebeard — A former Rocks crewmate who invited Kaido to join the crew. The two later fought Shanks on Hachinosu 194.
• Charlotte Linlin — A former Rocks crewmate and fellow Emperor. She fought alongside Kaido against Shanks, then later restrained Kaido with Seastone chains 186 190 201.
• Samael — An officer of the Seven Deadly Sins. Their battle awakened Samael’s unusual Haki-fused black flames, which continued to cling to Kaido 106 179.
• Nika — The Seven Deadly Sins officer who defeated Kaido and secured his help in searching for the Time-Time Fruit 234.
• Doflamingo — A Shichibukai secretly in league with Kaido 24.
• Hanafuda — A Shichibukai and friend of Kaido, who provided him backing 64.

Story Role

Battle in the Flower Capital

After Dimon’s group attacked Orochi, Kaido flew from Onigashima to the Flower Capital and fought Samael. Dimon had deliberately sought Kaido out, believing that fighting him could help Samael awaken Haki 101 104.

During the battle, Samael abandoned the body he had been using and awakened Haki that fused with his flames. Dimon sent the animated swords Shusui and Raiu after Kaido; Shusui pierced his chest, allowing Dimon to collect a small sample of his blood. Kaido then struck Lycaon with Ragnarok, leading to Lycaon’s capture 106 107 127.

Samael’s black flames remained on Kaido long after the fight. They were not a serious threat to him, but repeatedly suppressing them was a persistent irritation 179.

Hachinosu and the New World Pirate Alliance

After reading reports of Rocks’s return, Kaido traveled to Hachinosu. He attacked Whitebeard, then fought Shanks alongside Charlotte Linlin and later Whitebeard. Uta pulled Kaido, Shanks, and Whitebeard into her World of Song, where they agreed to work together to escape 179 187 190 194 200 201.

The Beasts Pirates subsequently joined the New World Pirate Alliance with the New Rocks, Big Mom, Whitebeard, and Flying Pirates. Kaido expected a war against the World Government and reminded Rocks that the alliance’s ultimate goal was to bring down the Celestial Dragons 226 227.

Defeat by Nika

Kaido returned to Onigashima to find Nika and Lycaon had taken over his base and ordered his crew to search for a Devil Fruit. He fought Nika for several days, but their final clash sent him from Onigashima to the Udon quarry 227 228 234.

After admitting defeat, Kaido agreed to have the Beasts Pirates help search for the Time-Time Fruit. He then asked whether Nika was the strongest officer of the Seven Deadly Sins and whether someone so powerful believed in the Lord 234.

Trivia

• Dimon nicknamed him “Master Teacher Kaido,” claiming that his blows could help opponents awaken powerful abilities. Samael embraced the title after awakening his own Haki during their fight 101 106.
• Kaido objected to the existence of another dragon after learning of Sigma, whose artificial fruit replicated his own power 104.