Beasts Pirates

The Beasts Pirates are an extremely infamous and powerful pirate crew led by Kaido of the Four Emperors. They are based in Wano Country, specifically headquartered on Onigashima.

For the past 25 years, the crew consolidated its power in Wano, which they occupied through an alliance with the country's shogun, Kurozumi Orochi. In the present time, the Beasts Pirates have entered into a new alliance with the Big Mom Pirates, another Emperor crew, for plans to conquer the world; these plans, per Kaido's "New Onigashima Project", eventually saw Orochi be deemed unnecessary and disposed of by Kaido during the latest Fire Festival.

Due to their actions and role, they are the main antagonists of the Zou Arc and Wano Country Arc, and one of the central antagonist groups of the Four Emperors Saga.

Jolly Roger
The crew's Jolly Roger consists of a skull placed centrally above four intersected crossbones (one vertical, one horizontal, and a diagonal pair, similar to the Blackbeard Pirates's flag). The skull is leaner than the traditional shape, mildly frowning based on its narrowed eye sockets, has upward-curving horns like Kaido's, and is further flanked left and right by two long rectangles that are slightly bent into outward-facing arcs, set behind the horns and crossbones. Initially seen depicted as white, the rectangles are colored lavender on the sails of Queen's ship.

Overview


The Beasts Pirates are a massive pirate organization; a roughly 20,000-strong army organized along simple yet strict hierarchical lines, effectively able to operate as a massive fleet. Kaido as the Governor-General (総督) is at the top holding complete dominance over everyone. Directly below him rank his three executive officers (the All-Stars or "Disasters") to whom a large number of second-ranking officers (the Shinuchi) answer. The latter are spearheaded by a select few: the Tobiroppo, who are the strongest of them. The bottom ranks, comprised of legions of rank and file, are further grouped into three divisions: the roughly 500 "elite" Gifters (all granted Artificial Zoan powers in Kaido's efforts to create the world's strongest crew made up entirely of Devil Fruit users), roughly nine times as many Pleasures (those who have failed to gain abilities from eating Artificial Zoan fruits), and finally the lowest-level foot soldiers (and presumably the most numerous) called Waiters (those who await their chance to get Artificial Zoan powers). The Numbers (artifical imitations of the ancient giant race) are yet another special group, although where precisely, if at all, they fit into the hierarchy is unknown.



To bolster his forces, Kaido is ever on the lookout for strong new fighters to forcibly recruit, most notably seeming to target distinguished New World pirate captains, whose crews will see themselves fully subsumed into the Beasts Pirates over time. Of desired recruits, those that willingly submit to Kaido are gladly welcomed, whereas those that resist and stand against him are crushed, captured, and then continuously tortured and forced into penal labor until their spirit breaks and they submit as well.

Three crews led by members of the Worst Generation—the Drake Pirates, On Air Pirates, and Hawkins Pirates—have at one point been subordinate to the Beasts Pirates, with X Drake and Basil Hawkins serving as Shinuchi (Drake formerly so, and having also been one of the Tobiroppo, who count at least two other ex-pirate captains among them), and Apoo acting as an "informant".



The Beasts Pirates follow a strength-based system of meritocracy wherein crew members will rank higher the greater their fighting ability. It is possible, even encouraged, among them to challenge those holding a higher post than theirs in order to take it from them; this is shown with the Tobiroppo, who, with Kaido's assent, may fight an acting All-Star and, in case of victory, take their spot. The reverse holds true as well, where especially the upper ranks may seek to eliminate those ranked below them if they feel like it, as shown with Queen expressing his intent to kill one of the Tobiroppo and create an open seat (though this turned out to be due to Drake's treachery). As a result of this system, an air of very outright hostility is generated in the crew, especially among higher-ups, where those of the same rank may see themselves as rivals or those differing in rank may seek to kill (and replace) one another. Some may show no interest in answering to their superiors due to viewing them as mere obstacles to their aims of moving up the ranks.

Most of the crew, befitting its "beastly" theme, tend to be wild, savage, and bloodthirsty in demeanor, with Kaido himself feared by most of his men, especially due to his mood-swinging, violent tendencies while drunk. Most of the Beasts Pirates dress scantily with a darkish color motif, resembling a blend of barbarian and biker/gangster fashion: donning the likes of metal helmets, leather caps, leather belts and straps tied especially around their torsos (the former usually seen with skull buckles), furred and shoulder-padded cloaks/capes, fur-lined pauldrons, open leather jackets, gloves, bracelets, pants often knee-padded and made of leather as well, i.a., with spikes and studs oft seen; most male members go bare-chested, and most female ones wear brassieres and panties of the aforesaid style. Like their horned general, many crew members bear artificial horns of some kind on their bare heads or ornamental headpieces (e.g., helmets) that are horned, while others are even seen with fangs, among other animal traits (often courtesy of their SMILE powers), and a large portion of the crew is shown sporting hair that is some combination of long, wild, or flowing.

Otherwise noteworthy, compared to other large pirate crews (e.g., the Donquixote Pirates or Whitebeard Pirates), is that there is a fairly more evenly balanced ratio of male-to-female in the lower ranks of the Beasts Pirates, whereas most other large pirate groups typically see women only in the upper echelons, if at all. The gender ratio remains somewhat close to even in the higher ranks as well, with many Shinuchi and two of the Tobiroppo being women.

The Beasts Pirates occupy Wano at large to use as their base of operations, and specifically are headquartered on Onigashima where Kaido himself in his castle and the crew's higher-ups tend to reside, and where the whole crew and its allies, especially Orochi and his followers, assemble during the annual Fire Festival.

Alliances


For over two decades, the Beasts Pirates worked intimately with Kurozumi Orochi and his government in Wano, helping enforce his oppressive rule; Orochi boasted that he feared no one, not even the World Government, with Kaido backing him up. Some of Kaido's forces, from Waiters to Gifters, were found stationed and working throughout Wano alongside Orochi's samurai, e.g. guarding, monitoring, and generally administering towns, and took aggressive action against anyone who publicly opposed or merely spoke ill of the shogun. Additionally, it was the Beasts Pirates who ran Udon's labor camps wherein thousands of those guilty of rebellion against Orochi were held, until their liberation. It was shown that Beasts Pirates could be directly ordered by Orochi or asked for assistance by the shogun's allies, shown when "Kyoshiro" requested that Queen send assassins after someone who had defied the Kyoshiro Family. Some Beasts Pirates were permanently posted in the Flower Capital to aid Orochi however he saw fit.

Through their alliance with the Kurozumi shogunate, the Beasts Pirates have come to enjoy full access to Wano's immense natural resources (i.e., its ore deposits) with which they have high-quality weapons, including Seastone-based ones, mass-produced in factories set up across the country. Said arms the Beasts Pirates originally exported in exchange for mass-import of the SMILE fruits manufactured by Doflamingo (in addition to the World Government using the ex-Warlord's brokering to get access to said weaponry), and it was this backdoor trade that has allowed Kaido to maintain his martial power and dominion in the New World; thus, Doflamingo was Kaido's most essential trading partner and vice-versa.



Halfway through the Wano Country Arc, the Beasts Pirates entered into an alliance with the Big Mom Pirates following Big Mom's coming to Wano, which was formally announced during the latest Fire Festival. Said announcement was followed by Kaido himself bringing his alliance with Orochi's shogunate to an abrupt end, by executing Orochi and declaring his "New Onigashima Project". This project would see the Beasts Pirates seizing total control over Wano as to render it a lawless "pirate empire" (a paradise for pirates of which Kaido's child Yamato would be the new shogun), this to prepare for a coming world war wherein the Beasts Pirates would fight alongside the Big Mom Pirates, seek to acquire the Ancient Weapons to use in said war, and ultimately try to claim the One Piece itself. In the process, Kaido gave Orochi's followers the ultimatum to either take the pirates' side or be killed off, leading to them immediately pledging their loyalty to Kaido.

Overall, the forces originally under Orochi number around 10,000—the 5,000 samurai led by Hotei and the 5,000 ninja led by Fukurokuju—making for a total of 30,000 people when they and the Beasts Pirates are fully assembled together (and all of whom are presently at Kaido's beck and call, following Orochi's killing and said ten thousand swearing loyalty to Kaido).

All-Stars


Ranking highest under Kaido himself are the crew's top executives, the All-Stars (大看板). They are the crew's strongest warriors after the Governor-General and his closest confidants, handpicked by Kaido to serve him. The three men holding this rank—King, Queen, and Jack—are informally referred to as the Disasters (災害) for their respective epithets that each correspond to a type of calamity. Jack is called "the Drought" for his general destructiveness that renders any land he rampages on ruined, as if a drought has occurred. Queen is called "the Plague" for his expertise in creating and weaponizing various artificial diseases. King is called "the Conflagration" because he seems to be able to generate fire from his body through unknown means.

In terms of combat ability, the All-Stars have proven themselves very fearsome: Jack, for example, was able to fight one-on-one for five full days against the two rulers (and strongest warriors) of the Mink Tribe, who took turns against him every twelve hours, and he was never at risk of being defeated. In keeping with their status and strength, the three have incredibly high, ten-figure bounties, with Jack's at 1,000,000,000, Queen's at 1,320,000,000, and King's also over 1,000,000,000. Each All-Star possesses an Ancient Zoan-type Devil Fruit ability, greatly bolstering their physical prowess: Jack can become a woolly mammoth, Queen a brachiosaurus, and King a pteranodon. All three are also seen carrying and/or fighting with bladed weaponry, with Queen additionally using firearms to shoot his virus-loaded bullets.

While Queen is a human cyborg, Jack is a fish-man and King part of a currently unknown tribe thought to be otherwise extinct. Like Kaido himself, the All-Stars are noted for their size, dwarfing the average human; Luffy's first run-in with Kaido led some of the Beasts Pirates to assume he would be of similar size to an All-Star prior to laying eyes on him.

Thus far, Jack and Queen have been shown to captain their own personal vessels, bearing figureheads based on their respective Zoan ability. Said two are also introduced as de-facto rulers of Wano provinces, Jack sitting in control of Kuri while Queen runs Udon (specifically the prisoner mine there), and they tend to come and personally involve themselves in notable goings-on there. An All-Star may be send out to lead pivotal missions abroad, such as Jack being sent with many subordinates to find and retrieve Raizo on Zou and trying to rescue Doflamingo from the Marine convoy carrying him to Impel Down. Generally, while the All-Stars seem to share a sibling-like sense of rivalry, they are fiercely loyal to their general and carry out his orders to their best ability. Like most of the crew, they all also reside on Onigashima.

Tobiroppo


The Tobiroppo (飛び六胞) are a special group of the six strongest Shinuchi. Currently, the group consists of only five people: Page One, Ulti, Who's-Who, Black Maria, and Sasaki, with the former sixth member, X Drake, having gone renegade from the crew.

The Tobiroppo stand out significantly in the crew, given their strength, and are closest to Kaido besides the All-Stars; Kaido himself holds them in high regard. In fact, being directly below the All-Stars in the hierarchy, the Tobiroppo are specified as next in line to become an All-Star should a current one die, with some of them (expressly Who's-Who and Sasaki) wishing to personally kill an All-Star and usurp his post. Drake, Who's-Who, and Sasaki were all formerly active as captains of their own respective crews, with Drake, rather than loyal to the Kaido, having been an undercover Marine spy, something eventually discovered and leading to Drake being declared an enemy.

The six are well-reputed for their strength; during the raid on Onigashima, it was noted that the Tobiroppo might eliminate a hundred enemies at a time and that the enemy alliance's elite samurai may only manage to slow them down. Unlike most Shinuchi, the Tobiroppo have eaten real Devil Fruits, Ancient Zoans like the All-Stars: Page One can become a spinosaurus, Ulti a pachycephalosaurus, Who's-Who a saber-toothed tiger, Black Maria a Rosamygale grauvogeli spider, Sasaki a triceratops, and the ex-Tobiroppo Drake can become an allosaurus. Most of the Tobiroppo have weapons: ex-member Drake uses an axe and rapier in battle, Who's-Who and Sasaki carry a sword each, Ulti wields a morning star, and Black Maria uses knuckledusters as well as a flaming, wanyudo-headed polearm.

The Tobiroppo's duties include the assassination of assailants of either the Beasts Pirates' or (formerly) shogun Orochi's associates (e.g., the Kyoshiro Family), with an All-Star dispatching them in the process, though some of the Tobiroppo are known to ignore calls from All-Stars. During the latest Fire Festival, the Tobiroppo were the ones with whom Kaido entrusted the task of finding and retrieving his son Yamato.

Shinuchi
The Shinuchi (真打ち) are the crew's second-grade officers—most of whom are elite Gifters—who are responsible for leading the Waiters, Pleasures, and lower Gifters.

Powerful people who join the crew may attain this rank over a short time span, as Hawkins did, and X Drake was even able to become one of the Tobiroppo. This also shows that holding the powers of a SMILE fruit is not a prerequisite for the position.

Apart from the Tobiroppo, the Shinuchi's strength seems to vary from individual to individual and depend on whom they are fighting. For example, Sheepshead was easily fended off by Brook and taken out by a single strike from Sanji, Holdem was defeated in one blow from Luffy, and Dobon was easily beaten by Eustass Kid and Luffy when both were Seastone-shackled. Hawkins, on the other hand, held his own against others from the Worst Generation, easily threatening Roronoa Zoro and Luffy simultaneously and clashing with Trafalgar Law.

Shinuchi are typically the highest crew authorities in Wano's towns and villages (outside the Flower Capital) that high-class officials reside in, and so are usually the ones to address smaller-scale issues happening nearby. Bakura Town, for example, has three Shinuchi stationed there. There are Shinuchi who hold other positions in a region, such as Babanuki being the warden in the Udon region's prisoner mines, and fellow Shinuchi Daifugo, Solitaire, and Dobon working under Babanuki as vice wardens. Shinuchi may even be granted personal vessels to captain.

Gifters


The Gifters (ギフターズ) are the crew's elite infantry, comprised of nearly 500 Artificial Zoan users. Having eaten SMILEs, they have Zoan-like abilities, equipped with the strength and attributes of animals. Only 10% of the people who have eaten SMILEs gain powers and are thus considered "gifted" (hence their name). Overall, Kaido seems to highly value the Gifters due to his dream of creating an all-Zoan pirate crew.

Said Zoan-like powers allow their wielders to transform parts of their body, e.g. their heads or limbs, into non-corresponding animal body parts. Some Gifters have permanent animal attributes, in some cases taking the form of extra appendages (even sentient animal heads), and may gain certain bodily faculties associated with the animal in question (e.g., enhanced senses). How powerful a given transformation turns out to be is considered a gamble, and only those with advanced mastery of their ability are able to deactivate their transformation at will (though this seems rare). In the crew, Gifters go by codenames corresponding with their animal power rather than their actual names (the name of the animal plus either "-man" or "-lady" depending on their sex), and have pairs of black horns on their heads.

As ability users, the Gifters are formidable especially in cumulative numbers, and some, possibly many, of them used to be independent pirates who once dreamt of becoming Pirate King, before being beaten and broken into submission by Kaido and introduced into his ranks; especially in terms of physical strength, the Gifters tend to be far above normal rank and file.

With the defeat of Doflamingo and Caesar Clown's capture, Kaido's building up his army of Gifters was brought to an abrupt end, leaving them permanently curtailed to their current numbers. Many of the Gifters defected from the crew amid the Wano rebellion on Onigashima, because Tama fed them dangos created by her Devil Fruit ability to brainwash and "tame" them.

Armored Division


The Armored Division (装甲部隊) is a group of Gifters led by Sasaki of the Tobiroppo. True to their name, they wield powerful defenses thanks to their armored-type SMILE abilities (based on hard-shelled/skinned animals such as rhinos, scorpions, and urchins), as well as powerful bazookas for offense and seemingly steel-made ballistic shields for additional protection. Sasaki tends to let himself be carried on a throne, similar to Queen's, atop a large rhinoceros SMILE user, from there letting the Armored Division deal with enemies until his own involvement is required. The group is currently tamed by Tama and now fights with the Ninja-Pirate-Mink-Samurai Alliance.

Pleasures


The Pleasures (プレジャーズ) are the crew's mid-level foot soldiers, only above the Waiters. While having been found worthy of eating SMILE fruits at some point, they are the unfortunate many who failed to gain any animal traits after eating one, being in the 90% who ate dud fruits (and since for every Gifter there are nine Pleasures, one could infer the number of Pleasures to stand at around 4,500, though any specific number has not been mentioned yet).

The Pleasures not only failed to gain abilities from partaking of the faulty fruits; due to their side effects, they always express emotions of pleasure (hence their name), smiling and laughing all the time regardless of their true feelings, even when taking harm. In addition to being unable to express any other emotion, they share the standard Devil Fruit weakness of being unable to swim. They all have single white horns on their heads and have been seen serving as patrolling scouts in Wano.

Some of the Pleasures defected from the crew during the Wano rebellion at Onigashima after Queen attempted to sacrifice them to his Ice Oni virus, calling them expendable and easily replaceable.

Waiters


The Waiters (ウェイターズ) are the crew's low-level foot soldiers who have yet to eat the SMILEs, still waiting for their chance to gain animal powers (hence their name). Following Doflamingo's defeat, since SMILE fruits are no longer produced, the Waiters have permanently lost the chance to become Gifters.

The first confirmed Waiters were shown in Udon's Prisoner Mine, there to fight Luffy and Hyogoro in a sumo match and wielded various swords. However, none of those particular Waiters were of notable strength, as they were all knocked out by Luffy's Haoshoku Haki. Unlike the Pleasures and Gifters, none of the Waiters have horns, signifying their lack of having eaten SMILEs.

Numbers


The Numbers (ナンバーズ) are a group of ten former science subjects who went through Gigantification experiments on Punk Hazard in order to recreate the ancient giant race, but were deemed failures for some reason. They were also mentioned to have been bought by Kaido instead of joining him, making them akin to living weapons. Twenty years ago, they were already present among Kaido's forces.

If they have a specific role in the Beasts Pirates, apart from being a brute fighting force, is unknown, but they are infamous enough to be known and feared by children in Hakumai. At least some of them appear to wield spiked clubs similar to Kaido's kanabo, and generally possess immense strength that befits their size. Appearance-wise, they are not only more massive than normal giants, but also horned like natural ancient giants are, and some are more inhumanly proportioned than others. It is implied that the Numbers all have drinking problems.

Marys


The Marys (メアリーズ) are the Beasts Pirates' surveillance force. They consist of both humans and cyborg animals, all of which have a special paper mask with an eye shape on it covering their face, with whatever is beneath letting them transmit everything they see and hear to other Marys. This enables them to know of everything going on within the bounds of Onigashima, with many of the cyborg animals stealthily perched on the rafters of the side rooms in Kaido's castle, to spy on the goings-on in those places. If a human Mary wishes, they can broadcast the sounds they hear out of the other Marys' masks, enabling people's voices to reach the entire castle. The human Marys may also use an electronic scope from under the mask (similar to that of Pacifistas) to identify individuals, even ones who are hidden.

Currently, the Gifters Bao Huang (a Shinuchi) and Caimanlady are the only named human members of the Marys. The name "Mary" is likely a pun on "me ari" (目あり), literally meaning "having eyes".

Territories
The Beasts Pirates are known to have the following territories under their control:
 * Unnamed Winter Island protected by Scotch and where the revolutionary Gaburu and his army operated.
 * Wano Country, allied with the Kurozumi Family after usurping the previous shogunate twenty years ago.
 * Onigashima, the official base of operations for the Beasts Pirates.

Crew Strength
The Beasts Pirates are led by the Emperor Kaido, making them one of the four most powerful pirate crews in the world. Donquixote Doflamingo, a former Warlord of the Sea and the former leader of an incredibly powerful pirate crew of his own who usually maintains a fearless attitude, was deeply scared of Kaido. Kaido also defeated another Warlord of the Sea, Gecko Moria, and massacred his crew. They attempted to attack the Whitebeard Pirates in the hope of killing Whitebeard, something few would dare, and took on the Red Hair Pirates. They were stated by the Five Elders to be one of the few entities capable of stopping Blackbeard and his crew. During the timeskip, they formed an alliance with the Drake Pirates, a crew from the Worst Generation. However, after Drake was exposed to have freed Law from his imprisonment, he and his crew became enemies of the Beasts Pirates. They also formed alliances with the On Air Pirates and Hawkins Pirates, two other Worst Generation crews, possibly after Kaido himself defeated Eustass Kid, another member of the Worst Generation with apparent ease. According to Yasuie, the samurai who supported the Kozuki Family failed in their first rebellion against Orochi due to Kaido's protection.

After conquering Wano Country, the Beasts Pirates have many of the country's samurai working for them as subordinates. These samurai are renowned across the world, as they keep Wano safe from threats and even the Marines fear their power. However, some samurai secretly oppose the Beasts Pirates and Wano's shogun, Kurozumi Orochi.

Like the other Emperor-led crews, the Beasts Pirates possess territory in the New World, where they rule with an iron fist and brutally stifle any insurrections. Kaido currently possesses a "Road Poneglyph".

Like with the other crews captained by an Emperor the range higher-ranked members of the Beast Pirates, the All-Stars and the Tobi Roppo, are extremely powerful pirates with Six of them being confirmed to have Ancient Zoan devil fruits that make them tremendously endurant and strong close combat fighters. The crew has also absorbed numerous strong Pirates such as X-Drake, Scratchmen Apoo, Basil Hawkins of the Worst Generation or Who's-Who and Sasaki into their ranks after they joined willingly the crew or were beaten and broken into servitude in Udon.



The true strength of this crew lies in their Underworld connections. Due to Kaido's alliance with Donquixote Doflamingo and Caesar Clown, they had access to SMILEs to help form an army of over 500 artificial Zoan Devil Fruit users. Indeed, the sheer amount of members with SMILE Devil Fruit powers is enough to overwhelm and force both the likes of Monkey D. Luffy and Roronoa Zoro to retreat after attempting a frontal assault on Kaido's castle, with the latter noting that many of the Gifters were highly skilled warriors that could wear them down quickly. They also have access to Caesar's poison gas weapons, which they used to destroy a city of minks. The Beasts Pirates also have at their disposal weapons made of Seastone, long-range cannons, and biological weapons created by Queen.

With the destruction of Caesar and Doflamingo's operations, Kaido can no longer gain more Gifters for his army. Jack's failure to retrieve Doflamingo also cost them a great ally.

During the Wano Country Arc, Kaido formed an alliance with fellow Emperor Charlotte Linlin, captain of the Big Mom Pirates, increasing their power. After Kaido decapitated Orochi, the ninja and samurais who once served the shogun also swore allegiance to Kaido and joined his forces.

Ships
As one of the most powerful pirate crews in the world, the Beasts Pirates possess a fleet of pirate ships. Among them are a series of ships with scorpion figureheads, which were used during the war against the Mink Tribe in order to bring reinforcements. These ships were also utilized in a rescue attempt on Doflamingo's prison convoy, and though unsuccessful, they managed to survive. The fleet later returned to Zou in preparation for resuming its attack on the Mink Tribe. Though the fleet launched an attack on Zunesha attempting to kill it, the giant elephant was ordered to fight back, who then destroyed the entire fleet with one swing of its gargantuan trunk.

In addition to this, the Beasts Pirates possess a fleet of ships that are seemingly used for internal affairs within their home territory of Wano. These ships, which are large enough to dwarf even the Thousand Sunny, feature a figurehead of the crew's Jolly Roger and sails marked with a "百". Notably, three of these ships were sent to sink the Nine Red Scabbards on their way to Onigashima. Those ships are armed with high-quality, long-ranged cannons manufactured in Wano's factories, allowing them to easily hit enemy ships from afar.

Personal Ships
Notable members of the crew have their own personal vessels, from the All-Stars to even Shinuchi.

Mammoth
The Mammoth (マンモス号) was the ship captained by Jack. It was a fairly large pirate ship, with its most noticeable trait being its mammoth head figurehead. Jack sailed it into battle against Doflamingo's Marine escort, and he was defeated and reported as deceased. Both the ship and the captain survived, albeit heavily battered. However, it was fully destroyed by Zunesha during Jack's second attack on Zou.

Queen's Ship


Queen's primary mode of transportation is a currently unnamed ship. This vessel appears to be far more intricate than the Mammoth, containing elements of both a traditional galleon and a more modernized battleship. The ship contains a large tower along with multiple sets of turrets. The central sail is inscribed with Queen's name, while a pair of smaller sails on either side contain the crew's jolly roger. Notably, the sail on the right takes on a standard appearance while the design on the left sail closely resembles the variant of the Jolly Roger present in Queen's tattoo. The figurehead resembles a brachiosaurus, which is Queen's Devil Fruit transformation. There is also a "Q 03" written on the port side of the ship.

Scratchmen Apoo and Numbers' Ship


Apoo and the Numbers were shown returning to Wano on a vessel resembling Queen's personal ship, including a large tower in its center, with multiple side and central sails in black. However, the ship's figurehead has yet to be (canonically) shown, and it is currently unknown who captains it.

Speed's Ship
The Shinuchi Speed is shown to have a personal vessel with a horse-shaped figurehead and a dark-colored central sail bearing her name in block capitals, with the kanji for "horse" (馬) in-between the "SP" and "EED", with smaller side sails in the back showing the crew's Jolly Roger.

Past
At least 33 years ago, Kaido formed the Beasts Pirates in hopes of fulfilling his dream of forming a crew consisting solely of Devil Fruit users.

After Orochi took the position of shogun during Kozuki Oden's absence, Kaido and his crew allied with Orochi and began occupying Wano Country in order to monopolize its resources. Twenty-three years ago, Kaido fought Moria and killed his crew on Wano. By the time Oden returned to Wano four years after he left to leave his wife and children in the care of his retainers, weapon factories were already built. During the years Oden was away, the Beasts Pirates aided Orochi with his oppression. Around half a year before Oden finished his voyage, the Beasts Pirates tried to threaten Oden's family, but they were driven back by Kawamatsu and Inuarashi. The Beasts Pirates continued to occupy Wano for the next five years after Oden's return from his voyage.

Twenty years ago, the Beasts Pirates captured Hyogoro and killed his wife and many of his followers. While Oden and the Nine Red Scabbards were on their way to Onigashima, Kaido and his crew confronted them in Udon. Oden managed to wound Kaido, but in the end, Oden and his allies were defeated and imprisoned.



After Oden's execution, Kaido and his All-Stars proceeded to burn down Oden Castle in order to kill the last two Kozuko descendants, Momonosuke and Hiyori. However, Oden's wife sent Momonosuke, Kin'emon, Kanjuro, Raizo, and Kikunojo 20 years into the future while Kawamatsu helped Hiyori escape Oden Castle.

When the daimyos including Yasuie and Ushimaru tried to avenge Oden by staging a massive rebellion with the countless supporters of the Kozuki Family, Kaido personally intervened and the rebellion failed with a majority of them killed along with their families and the surviving dissidents were condemned to life imprisonment in Udon.

Sometime within the last four years, they formed an alliance with Donquixote Doflamingo and Caesar Clown in order to gain an army of artificial Zoan Devil Fruit users.

Marineford Arc
Upon hearing that the Whitebeard Pirates were headed to Marineford, the Beasts Pirates tried to intercept them so their captain could kill Whitebeard. However, they were stopped by the Red Hair Pirates.

Post-War Arc
After the Summit War of Marineford, X Drake docked at one of Kaido's islands. When Scotch confronted him, Drake asked him if Kaido would be angry if he were to be attacked, which Scotch confirmed, prompting Drake to transform into a dinosaur and attack him. Sometime after this, Drake began serving under Kaido.

Timeskip
When Momonosuke and his retainers returned, the Beasts Pirates discovered them when they left Wano Country and pursued them.

Caribou's Kehihihihi in the New World


On one of the islands Kaido ruled in the New World, a revolution had been going on. The rebelling soldiers picked up their attack when the pirate Caribou entered the island, who they thought to be their deceased leader Gaburu. Scotch easily put a stop to the rebellion and later captured Gaburu's grandmother, planning to use her as an example for the revolutionaries.

However, Caribou staged a counterattack and succeeded in defeating Scotch. Suddenly, Drake arrived and defeated Caribou, carrying the pirate onto his ship.

Punk Hazard Arc
Upon seeing Caesar Clown being defeated by Monkey D. Luffy, a man with two horns told another that he was going to inform Jack about what just transpired. The other man was scared, however, fearing what would happen if Jack got involved.

Invasion of Zou
Led by Jack, an All-Star and one of the three Disasters, several of the Beasts Pirates entered Zou to search for Raizo the ninja. They came into conflict with the Mink Tribe, who easily beat back the Pleasures, leading Jack to send in the Gifters. Soon afterward, Jack and the Gifters came into conflict with the Musketeers led by Inuarashi. However, when the sunset, the Musketeers were forced to retreat and the Guardians took over. Their leader, Nekomamushi, dealt a powerful blow to Jack, and the battle between the Beasts Pirates and the Guardians commenced.



The battle lasted for five days, with the Musketeers and Guardians switching out every 12 hours. The minks eventually managed to gain the upper hand, though they were never able to suppress Jack himself. Finally, Jack lost his patience and used Koro, a gas weapon invented by Caesar, covering the Mokomo Dukedom in poisonous gas. With the minks now easily subdued, the Beasts Pirates began slaughtering the warriors. Jack crucified Inuarashi, Nekomamushi, and the strongest warriors and tortured them to find Raizo's location. However, they received no answers as the minks passed out.

Dressrosa Arc
While this happened, other members of the Beasts Pirates received word that Donquixote Doflamingo had fallen.



The next day, Jack received word of Doflamingo's downfall and left Zou to go rescue him, leaving behind some subordinates. Led by Gifters Shinuchi Sheepshead, the remaining pirates continued terrorizing the survivors and searching for Raizo. The Straw Hat Pirates led by Sanji entered the island and came into conflict with the Beasts Pirates by preventing Sheepshead from chasing after a mink. The Straw Hats managed to defeat Sheepshead, and the pirates following him retreated. Tired of Raizo not showing himself after all their effort, the Beasts Pirates decided to report that Raizo was not there, and it was reported that they left the island.

Meanwhile, Kaido attempted suicide by jumping off a Sky Island and landed on the Kid Pirates' base. However, he survived the fall and prepared to have Doflamingo help him start the greatest war in the world.

A few days later, Jack attacked the Marine convoy that was escorting Doflamingo. Though he succeeded in sinking two of the ships, Jack was eventually brought down and reported as dead, though his body was not found.

Zou Arc


Jack survived the battle and recovered from his wounds on the Mammoth, which was surrounded by other Beasts Pirates ships. Soon after, the fleet returned to Zou as Jack punished Sheepshead for having failed his search for Raizo. A subordinate suggested that they attack the minks while they were still weakened, but Jack declared that he would simply kill Zunesha instead.



The attack commenced, with the fleet shooting at Zunesha's front left leg in order to bring it down, with Jack intending to make it kneel so he could attack its face. They succeeded in bringing the elephant to a knee, but Zunesha immediately stood back up after conversing with Kozuki Momonosuke. Under Momonosuke's command, it annihilated the entire fleet with a swing of its trunk.

Immediately afterwards, Scratchmen Apoo reported to Kaido that they had lost contact with Jack's fleet.

After hearing about Jack's failure to rescue Doflamingo, Kaido lamented on the loss of SMILE, growing emotional that he could no longer have a crew of entirely Devil Fruit users. Some of his subordinates wondered if they should start taking the Straw Hat and Heart Alliance seriously, but Kaido hit them out of the building with his mace, saying that they were nowhere near his level and pointing to the defeated Eustass Kid as an example. As for Jack, he remained underwater, impatiently waiting for rescue.

Levely Arc
Kaido was contacted by Big Mom and the two Emperors argued over the right to kill Luffy.

Wano Country Arc


While at the market in Kuri, a group of scouts harassed a girl named Tama with their baboon Hihimaru. Tama rashly mentioned the Kozuki Family, leading them to capture her. They then went on to attack Luffy, who had come to Wano illegally, at Kuri Beach. Luffy defeated the scouts and rescued Tama, and she tamed Hihimaru with her Devil Fruit power. Hawkins heard about this and decided to go after Luffy himself, and he confronted Luffy, Tama, and Roronoa Zoro at a wasteland near the ruins of Amigasa Village. Luffy, Zoro, and Tama managed to escape to Okobore Town, but Holdem had heard about Tama taming Hihimaru and so had the Gifters Gazelleman and Batman kidnap her and bring her to Bakura Town.



After discovering that Zoro, who was a nationally wanted criminal, was in Bakura Town, the Gifters and samurai there attacked him, Luffy, and a female samurai named Kiku, but were overpowered. Holdem then confronted Luffy with Tama as a hostage as Hawkins and his men headed into Bakura Town to provide backup, but were intercepted by Trafalgar Law. As the Shinuchi Speed arrived at the scene, Luffy managed to overwhelm Holdem and free Tama, and Tama tamed Speed with her abilities. The Beasts Pirates were left powerless to stop Luffy's group, and Jack was notified about Holdem's defeat.



Jack went to Okobore Town to search for Luffy but got into a fight with Shutenmaru. The battle was interrupted when a drunk Kaido arrived, looking for Luffy and Law. When Hawkins informed Kaido that Luffy and Law were hiding in Oden Castle, Kaido proceeded to destroy the castle ruins. Luffy then came out and attacked Kaido, but was swiftly defeated by the Emperor. Law attempted to rescue Luffy, but was attacked by Hawkins and forced to flee. Luffy was then brought to a prison in Udon.

Some members of the Kyoshiro Family were attacked by Sanji when they tried extorting him, and they contacted Queen, who sent X Drake and Page One to kill him. Page One went on a rampage looking for Sanji, and Sanji confronted him. The two fought, with Sanji utilizing the powers of his Raid Suit, and Sanji eventually escaped unscathed.

On Onigashima, Kaido received reports that the Big Mom Pirates were approaching Wano. However, the issue was quickly solved when King flew in and attacked their ship, preventing it from scaling the waterfall.

In the Prisoner Mine, the vice warden and Shinuchi Dobon attacked Luffy and Eustass Kid for depleting the food storage with the meal tickets they earned through working, but they knocked him out without anyone seeing. Luffy then gave some of his meal tickets to the old prisoner Hyo, but this caused Hyo to be attacked by Vice Warden Daifugo. Luffy attacked Daifugo and was eventually brought before Queen and the warden Babanuki to be punished along with Hyogoro.

Queen decided to punish them by having them fight against numerous members of the Beasts Pirates and put special collars on them that would behead them if they got pushed out of the wrestling ring.

Sometime later, the Beasts Pirates found out about Kin'emon's secret message and arrested several of his supporters in the capital.

Back in Udon, Queen was confronted by Big Mom, and after a brief fight, he managed to capture her. When taking Big Mom to Onigashima, he unknowingly allowed Luffy to roam free and regroup with his allies to take over Udon and recruit the prisoners to fight against the Beasts Pirates. After the warden, Babanuki, was defeated, the Beasts Pirates lost control of Udon. However, in order to hide their movements, Babanuki was fed one of Tama's dango's, instantly making him friendly to the alliance, and happily feeding the Beasts Pirates the wrong information.

After Big Mom was brought to Onigashima, Kaido had them unlock her chains and fought with her. However, the two Emperors eventually decided to form an alliance to take over the world.

In Ringo, some Beast Pirate Waiters attacked Gyukimaru, due to a personal grudge after having their weapons stolen by the thief. They also planned to take all the weapons Gyukimaru stole, but were defeated by Zoro and Kawamatsu, who were also present.

Two days prior to the Fire Festival, the Beasts Pirates, having received a tip from Orochi, acted on the shoguns orders and destroyed all of Wano's interconnecting bridges, as well as attacking the ships in Port Itachi and the Thousand Sunny.

On the day of the Festival, three ships were assigned to destroy the Nine Red Scabbards as well as pick up Orochi's spy, Kurozumi Kanjuro. However, having been (unintentionally) fed false information, the Beasts Pirates actions were shown to be fruitless, when all the alliance members assembled, with the Kid Pirates accompanying them. They held brief hope when Kyoshiro arrived with the Kyoshiro Family, however, it was quickly dashed when he revealed himself to be none other than Denjiro of the Scabbards, who had also freed the prisoners in Rasetsu Town, and brought them as reinforcements for the enemy. After the three pirate captains quickly finished of two ships the third one created enough distance to barrage the enemy using super long distance cannons. However, this ship was also sunk thanks to Jinbe, who came to join the Straw Hats. Later, at the fortified Torii, the partying Beasts Pirates stationed there soon found themselves under attack and thoroughly defeated by the Straw Hats.

On Onigashima, the Beasts Pirates were holding a grand party, celebrating the Fire Festival together with Orochi and his samurai, unaware that they were being infiltrated by the Ninja-Pirate-Mink-Samurai Alliance in Beasts Pirates disguise. Kaido had the Tobiroppo assemble in order to introduce them to Big Mom, but King had them summoned, using them to find Kadio's missing son, Yamato, with the reward being the right to challenge the All-Stars for their position.

Meanwhile, elsewhere in the castle, Luffy and Zoro had revealed themselves (after beating up an enemy for wasting food), followed by Kid and Killer, who attacked Apoo (who was DJing) in rage due to his betrayal. This prompts Queen to order his men to take them down, offering a position in the Tobiroppo if they do, though only the Gifters and Shinuchi were motivated by this. The Beasts Pirates vast numbers ended up separating the four.

When Kanjuro appeared before Orochi and Kaido with Kozuki Momonosuke, revealing news about the alliance, the Beasts Pirates remained relaxed, since besides Luffy, Zoro, Kid and Killer, no other invaders, or their ships, were seen. However Orochi organized an execution for Momonosuke, both to draw out the enemy, as well as end the Kozuki line for good, though when he introduced the crucified Momonosuke to the audience and started talking about time travel, most of the pirates didn't believe him.

By the Sacred Tree, Sasaki of the Tobiroppo was tricked by Denjiro, and ended up being tied and gagged. Elsewhere, Ulti and Page One, also of the Tobiroppo, stumbled into Luffy, and after a brief scuffle, Ulti managed to grab hold of the Straw Hat captain, but ended up getting briefly knocked out by the person she was searching for, Yamato, who then carried Luffy away. The Beasts Pirates then soon lost sight of the two after they had a brief fight.

At the rear entrance of Kaido's castle, Kanjuro confronted the Scabbards and Law, who had just reunited with Nekomamushi and Izo. The spy attempted to block their path with several Gifters as back up, but he and the Beasts Pirates ended up losing.

Back on the Performance Floor, Kaido intervened with Orochi's execution, where he publicly announced the alliance with the Big Mom Pirates, as well as the New Onigashima Project. When Orochi raised his voice in protest, Kaido chopped the shoguns head off on the spot, before giving his samurais an ultimatum: join his crew or die. The samurais quickly agreed, and Kaido decided to continue Momonosuke's execution. However, just as he was about to kill the boy, the Nine Red Scabbards and Izo appeared and attempted to assassinate him, pushing the Governor-General, and even successfully drawing blood. It was at this point the disguised Ninja-Pirate-Mink-Samurai Alliance members finally revealed themselves, with Luffy publicly announcing that their alliance was here for an all-out war against the Beasts-Big Mom Pirates alliance. During the confusion, Momonosuke is freed and manages to escape with Shinobu and Yamato acting as his escort. This causes King to direct the Beasts Pirates into specifically targeting Momonosuke, knowing that the majority of the enemy is united by the boy's presence, and eliminating him could very well break the enemy.

Kaido then transformed and took the Scabbards and Izo to the top of the Skull Dome to battle, though knowing that Kaido would need a large open space to fight as a dragon, the enemy had already stationed the Mink Tribe's Guardians and the Musketeer Squad, who all turned into Sulong. However, Kaido also gained backup, with Jack, Nangi of the Numbers and a large group of Beasts Pirates. In the end, all but Jack were defeated, and it took the transformed Inuarashi and Nekomamushi to take him down. It finally came down to the Scabbards and Kaido, with the Scabbards managing to inflict several wounds on the dragon.

Meanwhile, within the castle, the Beasts Pirates targeted the Straw Hats who have gathered on the Live Performance stage. The Beasts Pirates attempt to surround them, even using three of the Numbers, Jaki, Goki and Juki, to do so, though Jaki was quickly defeated by Franky. Close by, X Drake was exposed as a traitor, and was beaten by Who's-Who of the Tobiroppo, Queen and Hawkins. However, thanks to an explosion from the neighboring room, Drake managed to escape, and used this opportunity to defeat Juki, just as Luffy uses Gear Fourth to defeat Goki, while at the same time offering to join the Straw Hat's side.

Queen then adds to the chaos by indiscriminately firing Excite Bullets of Ice Oni into the battlefield, before giving Apoo the antidote, causing everyone, including fellow Beasts Pirate members, to target him. Apoo was eventually defeated, and the antidote was entrusted to Chopper, who promised to give some to everyone including the Beasts Pirates, once he produced enough of it. Yet Queen ordered his lackeys to attack Chopper, as well as the one suppressing their disease with his ability, Marco, which left many of the Beasts Pirates conflicted, though some still acted on his order.

Meanwhile, Ulti and Page One were lured away by Nami and Usopp, and later Tama; Sasaki, who was inadvertently freed earlier thanks to an attack from Big Mom, faced Franky after failing to eliminate Momonosuke due to Hatcha and Yamato; Sanji was captured and surrounded by Black Maria and her subordinates; while Jinbe confronted Who's-Who.

Back outside, Kaido transformed back into his human form and defeated the Red Scabbards and Izo. He then used his Flame Clouds to levitate the entire island of Onigashima, with the intent of dropping it onto the Kozuki's castle in the Flower Capital. He is joined by Big Mom, and they discussed capturing Nico Robin in order to find the One Piece.

Translation and Dub Issues
The crew's name, Hyakujū Kaizokudan (百獣海賊団), literally translates to something along the lines of "Many Beasts Pirates", "All Beasts Pirates", or "Hundreds of Beasts Pirates".

The term "Hyakuju", meaning many or all kinds of beasts, is a compound word that combines the characters for Hundred (百) and Beast (獣). It is seldom used and most often found within the Japanese idiom Hyakujū no Ō (百獣の王), or "King of Beasts" in English, consequently causing confusion amongst One Piece translators on how to render the term.

Additionally, Viz decided to take the translation into a whole new direction by opting to use the title "Animal Kingdom Pirates". According to Stephen Paul, the translator of One Piece for VIZ, "Animal Kingdom came from 'Hyaku-juu' which literally is the kanji for "hundred" and "animal" but it actually means 'all manner of beast/animal.' A common use of that is 'hyaku-juu no ou' which is 'king of the beasts' aka Lion. Kaido's title is 'Hyaku-juu no Kaido' so, given the implication, and the reference to him as the strongest creature alive, I called him 'Kaido, King of the Beasts.' As an analogue I decided to go with Animal Kingdom for his crew, since it's implied that he rules over them, and they obviously have a wide variety of animal-powers in the Gifters."

Trivia

 * The crew seems to have a playing card theme, with the All-Stars being named after playing card ranks, the Numbers being the pip cards, and the Shinuchi (save those from the Worst Generation) being named after card games, as well as Scotch. They share this theme with one of their former allies, the Donquixote Pirates.
 * The crew's card motif bears resemblance to (and was possibly inspired by) KING, a gang from Fist of the North Star.
 * In addition, Queen bears a resemblance to Heart, a minor antagonist and member of KING.
 * In keeping with the crew’s association with Wano Country, a country inspired by Feudal Japan, many senior positions within the crew take their names from traditional Japanese performing arts or types of theatre.
 * All-Stars take their name from the word Ōkanban (大看板), which has come to denote a first-rate influential performer or leading star of theatre/film, due to the custom of writing such a person’s name larger than those of other performers on billboards and other signage.
 * Shinuchi is derived from Shin'uchi (真打), a term used to describe a person of the highest ability or popularity in Rakugo, a traditional Japanese solo performing art.
 * The strongest of the Shinuchi, the Flying Six, are named after a form of dramatic exit in Kabuki called Roppō (六方) that involves exaggerated movements of the performer’s hands and feet towards north, west, south and east, as well as up and down. Tobi roppō (飛び六方) is a particularly famous variation from the play "Kanjinchō" performed by one of the lead characters, the warrior Benkei.
 * The Beasts Pirates currently have the highest number of known Devil Fruit users of any pirate crew currently due to many of their members having eaten SMILEs.
 * They have the largest number of Zoan fruit users in a single organization, with 9 natural Devil Fruit users (10 if the traitorous X Drake is included), plus over 500 Gifters.
 * Given the total number of Beasts Pirates members, the current number of Gifters and the success rate of the SMILE, it can be surmised that the number of Pleasures in their crew is around 4,500 while the Waiters is 15,000.

Site Navigation
Pirates Bèsties Piratas de las Bestias L'Équipage aux Cent Bêtes Bajak Laut Beasts Pirati delle cento bestie Załoga Królestwa Zwierząt Piratas das Feras Пираты Звери 百獸海賊團