Katayoku no Taka

Katayoku no Taka (One-Winged Hawk) is the name of a character song for Shanks. The musical 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.