Barbarossa

Barbarossa is a character, only seen in the anime. He is captain of the Barbar Pirates, who are sand pirates traveling the deserts of Alabasta on a pirate ship that can run on sand. Like his crew members, he wears a little umbrella on his head. He's also a little prankster. His crew nearly believes all his jokes. He knows the danger of the desert. Despite his enormous size, he isn't super strong. The Straw Hats meet him and his crew while traveling lost in the desert after Luffy accidentally broke their ship.

Translation and Dub Issues

 * Barbarossa's name means "red beard" in Italian and Latin.

Trivia

 * In Japanese, he was voiced by Yūichi Nagashima, who would later provide the voice of Brook.
 * He seems to be loosely based on the privateer Hayreddin Barbarossa.
 * He sees his crew like his children, similar to Whitebeard.