Yamato

Yamato is Kaido's son.

Appearance
Yamato is a tall man, though not nearly as tall as his father, being slightly over twice Luffy's height. He has long, wild light hair that reaches below his waist as well as a long goatee on his chin.

He wears a hannya mask over his face, which has a pair of dark horns upon its top. He wears a multi-colored kimono with a diamond-shaped design on both sides of his chest, as well as a nio-daisuki on his back. He has cuffs around his wrists with a short chain attached to each of them. He wears a pair of hakama pants and sandals.

Personality
Yamato seems to have an aversion to being around his father and his father's crew, having gone missing during the Fire Festival festivities. In contrast, he is very interested in Monkey D. Luffy, having actively worked to meet him after waiting for him to come to Onigashima. Luffy sensed that Yamato had no intention of hurting him, which Yamato quickly affirmed upon meeting him. Yamato was even willing to attack Ulti, one of the top members of his father's crew, to get to Luffy.

Abilities and Powers
Yamato is quite powerful, with Black Maria noting that bringing him back to Kaido's fortress after he had left would be a difficult task.

Physical Abilities
Like his father, Yamato possesses monsterous strength, being capable of wielding a large and heavy kanabo and using it to defeat Ulti, an Ancient Zoan user and one of the Tobiroppo, the strongest Headliners with just one blow (although it should noted that Uti was taken by surprise and preoccupied with restraining Luffy at the time). Due to his large size, he is capable of easily picking up the average-sized Luffy and holding him with just one arm while running. Yamato is quite fast, being able to lunge forward with blinding speed to attack his targets as well as outrun members of the Beasts Pirates chasing after him.

Weapons


Yamato wields a giant kanabo club much like his father, though his kanabo is studded while Kaido's is spiked. With this kanabo, Yamato is capable of unleashing powerful strikes on opponents.

Attacks

 * Raimei Hakke (雷鳴八卦): Yamato lunges forward at a blinding speed and swings his kanabo horizontally to his right, hitting his target with tremendous power. It was first seen used against Ulti. It is called Thunder Bagua in the VIZ translation. This technique is also used by Yamato's father Kaido.

Wano Country Arc
Yamato had been waiting for Monkey D. Luffy to arrive on Onigashima, and on the day of Kaido and Kurozumi Orochi's party during the Fire Festival, Yamato disappeared from Kaido's mansion. He ended up finding Luffy fighting Ulti near the front entrance of the mansion, and used his kanabo to knock Ulti out in one blow. He then picked Luffy up and ran away as the Beasts Pirates began chasing after them, and he introduced himself to Luffy while stating that he has been looking for him for a long time.

Trivia

 * "Yamato", meaning "Great Harmony", is an ancient name for Japan (originating from the Yamato Province) and can can also refer to the Yamato period of Japanese history, which lasted into the 8th century. Relating to that, Yamato is the dynastic name of the ruling Imperial House of Japan and further refers to the dominant ethnic group of Japan, the Yamato people. Otherwise:
 * Yamato Takeru is a legendary Japanese prince of the Yamato dynasty, prominent in mythology.
 * Yamato is the name of a prominent WWII-era Japanese battleship.

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