Hatchan

Seiyuu: Toshiyuki Morikawa

Hatchan (はっちゃん, Hacchan, called "Hachi" by most characters) is an octopus fish-man. Hatchan is not very bright but a skilled swordsman, using rokutōryū ("six sword style"). He fights with Zoro during the Arlong arc. Despite Zoro suffering a fever and severe blood loss from his unhealed wounds (which he got eariler fighting Mihawk), Hatchan is still defeated by him. Later in the manga (in a title page arc that was never animated), Hatchan goes on many adventures, which end up in him opening a floating takoyaki restaurant.

Hatchan's name is quite strange. In the Japanese language, chan is a diminutive suffix, added to the end of someone's name, giving it the meaning of "cute" or "little". However, Hatchan insists that his name is Hatchan and that Hachi is just a nickname. When questioned on this, Oda replied that the chan is the same as the last name of "Chan" common in Chinese, rather than the suffix -chan.

Early Life
8 years ago, Hatchan was a member of the Arlong Pirates. After Arlong killed Bellemare, Hatchan went in her house and found many charts, Nami angerliy charged at him, telling him that it's her charts and drew them up herself and demanding them back. Arlong who read the charts was amazed at her telant ordered Hatchan to bring her with them. Hatchan grabs Nami by the nack and went to where Arlong Park will now stand. Compared to his present appearance, the only difference in his past appearance was that Hatchan wore a diamond-checkered outfit as opposed to the striped outfit he wears today.

Arlong Arc
Hatchan frist appeared escorting Captain Nezumi in an Octopus Pot. He was Arlong's Frist Mate. Before he escort Nezumi, he made a comment on how Nezumi's mouse face made him laugh, Arlong repemaid him. Hatchan then went on to escort Nezumi out of Arlong Park.

Later, he was seen again after Arlong went to Cocoyashi, he was alone cooking a giant boar for Mohmoo, he called out for him with his tube mouth as a horn, however Mohmoo did not come but Zoro who was in Arlong Park also and unknown to Hatchan; Zoro recently slashed up his buddies. Hatchan, thinking Zoro was a guest escorted him to Cocoyashi to find Arlong. Hatchan went back to Arlong Park and welcomed an angrey Arlong who returned, angerily asked where has he's been. Hatchan saw many of his buddies slashed up, he angerily swore revange but when his crewmate asked him if he someone like Zoro appeared, Hatchan then started to describe a guest's appearance, he was yelled at; saying that was Roronoa Zoro. Hatchan was shocked that he escorted a pirate hunter sweatly tried to explian that he thought Zoro was a guest a towed him.

Later an Marine Banch 77 under Commandore Purin Purin came to ruscue the Gosa citizens decided to attack Arlong Park. Chew, Kuroobi and Hatchen formed a teamwork to handle them. Hatchan's job was shaking a reef to create a maelestorm.

Hatchan's Sea-Floor Stroll
Shortly after the defeat of Arlong, Hatchan was brougth on a Marine prison ship. He escaped and decided to go home. He initially does some simple good deeds, including removing a hook from a striped dolphin, giving food to a stranded islander and finding a ring for a goldfish bride. Gaining a trident from the goldfish kingdom, he used it to stab a monster attempting to eat a sea boar. After saving the boar, it unexpectedly spits out a small mermaid named Camie and a starfish named Pappug, whom Hatchan befriends with little problem. But he betrays Camie when the Macro Fishman Pirates give him a map to help him find the artifacts needed to create his most prized talent: takoyaki. Unfortunately, the map merely directs Hatchan to the octo-creature Mash, whom he defeats but helps him in no way towards making his takoyaki.

Feeling betrayed by the Macro Pirates and soon encountering a saddened Pappagg still wanting Camie back, Hatchan attacks their ship and reunites starfish and mermaid. But when he returns to the creature, he discovered that the creature helped him after all: under his shell was a massive jar of the best takoyaki-cooking sauce.

Taking the creature, the sauce and a ton of treasure stolen from the Macro Pirates, Hatchan continued his journey until he arrived at a town of catfish, ruined and desolate and particularly hungry. Hoping to help them out, Hatchan sells off all his treasure for cooking equipment and a cart, using it to create enough takoyaki not just to help the catfish but to propose to his girlfriend, Octopako. His girlfriend turned him down, but the catfish were grateful and in love with the takoyaki created by the octopus man. While originally dejected by his initial failure, encouragement from Camie, his original dreams and a new ship built in gratitude by the catfish let Hatchan decide to stay true to himself. In the end, he decides to go through and open up a new floating takoyaki stand Takoyaki 8, with the mermaid and starfish occasionally helping on support.

Shabondy
Hatchan is currently held as a hostage by the Macro gang and Flying Fish Riders. The StrawHat is currently trying to rescue him, without realizing who it is their trying to rescue, though Zoro, Sanji and Nami have made references on how he seems to be familiar.

Trivia

 * In Hatchan's Sea-Floor Stroll, it's revealed that Hatchan, along with Kuroobi, planned to open a takoyaki store when they were younger, proving that they have been friends before meeting Jimbei and joining his crew.


 * His dumbness could be a ironic reference on the high intelligence of the octopus: As seen when Hatchan is stunned in a flinching manner thinking the Usopp Rubberband attack was coming straight for him when Usopp was far away.


 * Another irony is the fact that he sells takoyaki, a food made of octopus. However, to prevent it from being cannibalism, Hatchan creates his takoyaki from other tentacled creatures, such as the sea monster Mash.