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Shutenmaru is the leader of the Atamayama Thieves who reside somewhere in Wano Country.

Appearance
Shutenmaru is a large man with light puffy hair that is gathered into a topknot. He wears an open kimono with flowers on it that leaves his chest exposed.

Personality
Shutenmaru is a thief who is out to support himself and is callous towards everyone he steals from regardless of what position they are in. He has stolen both from Wano's shogun, Kurozumi Orochi, and from the most impoverished citizens through the exact same motive of self-service. He is also very aggressive and prideful, as shown when he attacked Jack and was utterly fearless about facing the Disaster. However, he would not recklessly fight someone as powerful as Kaido, though he was prepared to fight if he needs to.

Abilities and Powers
Proving his skills as a thief, Shutenmaru, leading his followers, conducted a successful raid of Orochi's personal farm whilst not able to be stopped by anyone serving the shogun (be it samurai or Beasts Pirates), at the same time remaining in successful hiding.

In combat terms, Shutenmaru is highly powerful, enough so for Kaido himself, one of the Yonko, to seek recruiting him. This fact alone would imply that the Yonko acknowledges Shutenmaru's might as a warrior and sees the thief more useful as an asset than dead. Headliner Holdem of the Beast Pirates surmised that Monkey D. Luffy (going by the strength that he demonstrated) may be Shutenmaru's subordinate. Most impressively yet, Shutenmaru was able to clash about equivalently against Jack, Kaido's right hand worth a 1,000,000,000 bounty, even wounding him. However, he knows that he is no match for the Yonko Kaido and has no intention to ever fight him.

Physical Abilities
Shutenmaru can apply tremendous strength in his swordsmanship, able to clash with Jack, one of the Three Disasters of the Beast Pirates, and even giving the latter a massive wound across his chest. Despite his large size, Shutenmaru is extremely fast, being capable of charging towards Jack in an instant. He also possesses a fair amount of endurance, as he was seemingly unaffected when Jack cut him in the shoulder.

He once fought against Kaido himself while the latter was in dragon form, achieving a noteworthy feat of surviving in the process.

Swordsmanship
Shutenmaru is a powerful master swordsman. With one slash, he was able to give Jack a large cut across his chest and break one of his shotel blades. He then proceeded to fight evenly with Kaido's right-hand man in what spectators considered to be a high-level duel.

Past
At some point in the past, he encountered Kaido.

A few weeks before Monkey D. Luffy's arrival at Wano Country, Shutenmaru and other thieves managed to steal food from the farm of the shogun, Kurozumi Orochi, in Kuri.

Wano Country Arc
Shutenmaru and his thieves came to Okobore Town, where they stole the fresh food that Luffy had given to the residents there. He was confronted by an old woman who believed that the samurai would return to protect them, but before he could attack her, he was confronted by Jack of the Beasts Pirates. Jack asked about the Straw Hat Pirates, saying Shutenmaru had only been left alive because Kaido wanted him as his subordinate. Shutenmaru refused this offer as he gave Jack a massive cut, and the two began fighting. Jack managed to wound Shutenmaru, but he was unwavering. However, their duel was interrupted when Kaido came flying in to tell Jack to bring the Straw Hats to him.

Shutenmaru and his gang then began retreating to the forest. Kaido spotted him and asked him to become his subordinate. Shutenmaru prepared for a fight, but Hawkins drew Kaido's attention to Oden Castle. The thief was then angry at Kaido for destroying the castle ruins.

After Luffy attacked Kaido, Shutenmaru told his men to retreat to the mountain before watching Luffy's futile attempt to defeat Kaido.

Major Battles

 * Shutenmaru vs. Kaido (past)
 * Shutenmaru vs. Jack

Trivia

 * His appearance looks similar to the silhouette of Ashura Doji.
 * The middle kanji of his name, "天" (ten) is the Japanese kanji for "Heaven". This same kanji is seen on the sake bottle he carries.
 * Like O-Tama, he speaks in a dialect that is unique to a specific region of Japan. This area is known as Kagoshima, one of the prefectures created during the Meiji Era as the country transitioned from the isolationism enforced by the Shogunate.

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