Katayoku no Taka

Katayoku no Taka (One-Winged Hawk), is the name of a character song for Shanks. The muscial score appears throughout the early episodes of the series, up to the Loguetown arc. The lyrics are essentially sung in opera style, with classical instruments such as the piano and violin being used for the musical score.

Information

 * Lyrics by Seiko Fujibayashi
 * Music by Kouhei Tanaka
 * Arranged by Hayato Matsuo
 * Sung by Kazushige Shimura

Trivia

 * Most One Piece character songs are sung by their seiyū, this song like Talking Blues is sung by someone else other then Shūichi Ikeda.
 * Because of the title involves the mention of a hawk, it is occasionally mistaken as a character song for Mihawk.