Shiki

Shiki the Golden Lion (金獅子のシキ), is a notorious pirate who is known to be the first prisoner to have ever escaped Impel Down. He was a pirate that wreaked havoc during Roger's time and is the main antagonist of the 10th One Piece Movie. His nickname, Kinjishi, means "golden lion."

Appearance
Shiki is a pirate dressed in yellow traditional Japanese clothes. He has golden mane-like hair and on the top of his head is a part of steering wheel that got lodged into his head after his battle with Roger. Due to him cutting off his shackled legs to escape Impel Down, he has swords for prosthetic legs for which he can easily stand upon without much trouble. His overall design resembles a typical shogun.

Abilities
Shiki commands a large pirate crew, of at least 51 divisions, somewhat similar to Don Krieg's Pirate Armada and the Whitebeard Pirates. It is unknown how strong his crew his.

Shiki apparently has some sort of ability that allows him to levitate things such as ships, as well as himself, allowing flight. It is currently unknown if this is related to his Devil Fruit power or not. While he is confirmed to be a Devil Fruit user, its name and abilities are yet to be revealed.

Shiki is also capable of sending slashes from his sword legs in a Rankyaku like fashion.

History
Twenty five years ago, two years before Gold Roger and his crew reached Raftel, Shiki had learned that the Pirate King had located an ancient weapon. Seeing the opportunity, he asked Roger if they could join forces. With his large pirate fleet and Roger's weapon, Shiki believed that together they could take over the whole world. Roger however refused Shiki's offer and a great sea battle soon ensued between their crews. Due to a storm that happened during their fight, Shiki unfortunately lost and half of his fleet sunk. Despite this and getting a piece of a steering wheel lodged into his head that almost killed him, Shiki came to have great respect for Roger.

Twenty years ago, Shiki was the first prisoner to escape from the great prison Impel Down. He escaped the prison by cutting off his own shackled legs. Because of this event, Sengoku states it was a serious mistake on their part to let him escape.

Major Battles

 * The Flying Pirates vs. The Jolly Roger Pirates
 * Shiki vs. Sengoku and Garp

Trivia

 * A fan noticed Shiki being mentioned in the manga and asked Oda if the character was one and the same with the character in the movie. Oda confirmed that the two characters were one and the same, and explained more about him. Originally, Oda wanted to include Shiki to be mentioned during the meeting between Shanks and Whitebeard. He however held back because he thought it might be too much info for readers and confusing. At the time also, he did not know that the story about the pirate who caused havoc during Roger's time would be made into a movie.
 * Oda personally selected Takenaka for Shiki due to his large range of character roles.