Jinbe/Misc.

Early Concepts
Some early concepts of Jinbe were revealed in One Piece Green: Secret Pieces. Apparently, he was originally designed to look more like an umibozu of Japanese folklore, with a gallant, but hotheaded personality befitting a mafia boss.

Moreover, according to the Vivre Card databook, Jinbe was originally supposed to be an actual antagonist, who was, in fact, controlling Arlong from the shadows.

As an early member of the Straw Hats, Jinbe was going to be a Helmsman named "Saigo" and described as a good friend of Roronoa Zoro.

Impel Down Arc
In the manga, Minozebra and Minorhinoceros are defeated by Crocodile's Sables and Jinbe's Gosenmaigawara Seiken respectively. In the anime, Minozebra is defeated by Jinbe and Minorhinoceros is defeated by Crocodile.

Marineford Arc
In Episode 470, Jinbe had a short duel with Mihawk during the Summit War of Marineford which was not seen happening in the manga. During the battle, Jinbe comes to Luffy's aid and challenges the swordsman. He uses his Fish-Man Karate to slow the oncoming cannon balls shot at him that Mihawk then cuts. The two then engage in a short clash, sending Jinbe flying back as Mihawk continues to pursue Luffy. Jinbe turned around for a brief moment when Whitebeard died. Jinbe's flashback of Ace and Luffy was longer. The scene where Akainu attacked Jinbe and Luffy was extended along with exchange in dialogue. Aokiji's and Kizaru's attacks on the Heart Pirates, Luffy, and Jinbe were shown in greater depth.

Post-War Arc
When the Heart Pirates arrive at Amazon Lily in the anime, they enter the harbor with the Kuja Pirates. Jinbe had to convince Elder Nyon that Law is needed to treat Luffy's wounds.

Fish-Man Island Arc
The anime added a scene of Jinbe in a bar stopping some human pirates from causing a scene. The scene in which Arlong was telling Jinbe that he's beating already unconscious marines is omitted in the anime. During Rear Admiral Strawberry's explanation of the Sun Pirates, which shows the silhouettes of Tiger, Jinbe, and Arlong, Jinbe's silhouette is incorrectly shown with its current appearance of 46 years, instead of its appearance 31 years, as a member of the Sun Pirates. The anime also added a scene in which a marine provoked Jinbe.

The anime shows Jinbe directly attacking Rear Admiral Strawberry. In the anime, Tiger's last flashback shows that he had to fight other fish-men to gain leadership of the Fish-Man District, including Jinbe and Arlong. The fight between Arlong and Jinbe is extended. In the manga, the talk between Arlong and Jinbe, about his becoming a Shichibukai happens at Impel Down, the fight between the two happens at an unknown island of the Grand Line, and the conversation between Jinbe and Aladdin on Arlong not understanding the will of Tiger happens on the ship. But in the anime, all the scenes occur at the same unknown island.

Major Battles

 * Sun Pirates vs. Marines (numerous times at sea)
 * Sun Pirates vs. Marines (Foolshout Island)
 * Jinbe vs. Arlong
 * Jinbe vs. Portgas D. Ace
 * Jinbe, Monkey D. Luffy, and Crocodile vs. Minorhinoceros, Minokoala, and Minozebra (Impel Down Level 4)
 * Jinbe and Monkey D. Luffy vs. Jailer Beasts (Impel Down Level 1)
 * Jinbe, Emporio Ivankov, Luffy vs. Marines
 * Jinbe vs. Gecko Moria
 * Jinbe vs. Akainu
 * Jinbe vs. Luffy (Amazon Lily)
 * Jinbe vs. Luffy (Sea Forest)
 * Straw Hat Pirates vs. New Fish-Man Pirates
 * Jinbe and Sanji vs. Wadatsumi
 * Sanji Retrieval Team vs. Big Mom Pirates
 * Jinbe vs. Charlotte High-Fat, Charlotte Tablet, and Charlotte Poire
 * Jinbe, Capone Bege, and Pedro vs. Charlotte Katakuri
 * Jinbe and Luffy vs. Prometheus
 * Jinbe, Nami, Tony Tony Chopper, and Brook vs. Big Mom, Zeus, Prometheus, and Napoleon
 * The Ninja-Pirate-Mink-Samurai Alliance vs. Beasts Pirates scouts ships
 * Jinbe and Nico Robin vs. Big Mom
 * Jinbe, Luffy, Zoro, and X Drake vs. Goki and Juki
 * Jinbe, Luffy, and Sanji vs. Beasts Pirates
 * Jinbe vs. Briscola
 * Jinbe and Sanji vs. Hamlet and Fourtricks
 * Jinbe vs. Who's-Who and his crew

Filler Battles

 * Jinbe, Arlong, and other Fish-Man District citizens vs. Fisher Tiger
 * Jinbe vs. Strawberry
 * Jinbe vs. Dracule Mihawk
 * Jinbe vs. Charlotte High-Fat

Songs

 * "Chura Heart"

Playable Appearances

 * One Piece: Unlimited Cruise SP
 * One Piece: Gigant Battle
 * One Piece: Gigant Battle! 2 New World
 * One Piece: Pirate Warriors
 * One Piece: Pirate Warriors 2
 * One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3
 * One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4
 * One Piece: Unlimited World Red
 * One Piece: Super Grand Battle! X
 * One Py Berry Match
 * One Piece: Burning Blood
 * One Piece Thousand Storm
 * One Piece: Great Pirate Colosseum
 * One Piece Bounty Rush
 * One Piece Bon! Bon! Journey!!
 * One Piece Treasure Cruise

Support Appearances

 * One Piece Romance Dawn: The Dawn of the Adventure

Other Media

 * In One Piece Premier Show 2013, Jinbe and Kuzan come to aid the Straw Hat Pirates on Paradise Island. They fend off Doflamingo and chase away Caribou and Coribou, allowing Luffy to fight Lambor Bukini one-on-one and defeat the slave trader.
 * Jinbe appears in Super Kabuki II: One Piece during the retelling of the Summit War Saga.
 * Jinbe appears in One Piece Water Spectacle 2.
 * Jinbe appears in the Zoro and Marineford versions of the Hungry Days commercials.
 * A bronze statue of Jinbe was dedicated in Kumamoto as part of the Kumamoto Revival Project.

Translation and Dub Issues
His name comes from jinbei-zame (甚平鮫), which means "whale shark" in Japanese. It could also mean the type of clothing worn by Japanese during the summer, Jinbei.

Jinbe's name is sometimes spelled as Jimbei because when pronouncing it, the n of the name often sounds like a m to some. However, the fourth databook and later Chapter 829 confirmed that the correct spelling is indeed Jinbe. The English versions spell his name as Jimbei. However, the official Japanese website for One Piece: Burning Blood has the name "Jimbei" on his bounty.

His epithet, Kaikyō, would normally translate into "Strait" or "Channel". However since the kanji for it is written as (海侠) and not (海峡), the kyō part (侠) of it comes from (任侠), an honorific used when addressing a high ranking yakuza member, thus making his epithet a Japanese pun. Because this honorific is used for addressing high ranking yakuza members, it does not have a literal English translation. The closest translations used of the epithet that can be interpreted into English are made up based on the pun's meaning. These include "Yakuza of the Sea" and "Knight of the Sea" among others. These however are not literal translations, but titles made to convey the idea behind the original Japanese term used. In the Viz Manga and FUNimation adaptations, his epithet is translated as "First Son of the Sea".

Trivia

 * As the rest of the Straw Hats, and some other characters, Jinbe has his own jolly roger. It is a rough drawing of his face with the Sun Pirates jolly roger in the background.
 * As shown in SBS Volume 100, this jolly roger is in fact a reimagining of a user sent image.
 * After his initial silhouette in Chapter 523, at the JUMP Festa 2009 Oda decided to a show a preview of Jinbe and drew a rough sketch of what he looked like.
 * Among the Seven Warlords, Jinbe has a whale shark animal theme. He was also the only fish-man Warlord.
 * In the 5th fan poll, Jinbe ranked at 35th place, was also ranked at 6th place in the 6th fan poll and 18th place in the 7th poll, making him the most popular fish-man in the series.
 * Jinbe is the first known fish-man able to use Busoshoku Haki.
 * While his name was first mentioned by Yosaku in the Arlong Park Arc when he was explaining about the Seven Warlords of the Sea, he was not formally introduced until the Impel Down Arc, 459 chapters later.
 * Jinbe is the only known Warlord who is absolutely confirmed to have not eaten a Devil Fruit, given his ability to swim.
 * Having been a member of the Big Mom Pirates and now the official Helmsman of the Straw Hat Pirates, Jinbe is one of only two confirmed characters to have sailed under more than one crew of the Four Emperors, the other being Marshall D. Teach, who is an Emperor himself.

Straw Hat Pirate Trivia

 * Jinbe is the first member to join the Straw Hat Pirates after the two-year timeskip.
 * He is also the first member to join them since entering the New World. Although he was invited to join the crew after the battle with the New Fish-Man Pirates on Fish-Man Island, he did not officially accept the offer until crashing Big Mom's Tea Party on Whole Cake Island.
 * Jinbe is the first member of the Straw Hat Pirates who was affiliated with the World Government.
 * At age 46 and 301 cm, Jinbe is the tallest and second oldest member of the Straw Hat Pirates.
 * Jinbe is the third member of the Straw Hat Pirates who was once the captain of his own pirate crew, with the first two being Usopp of the Usopp Pirates and Brook of the Rumbar Pirates.
 * Similar to Brook, Jinbe became the captain after the previous captain had no longer been available (Yorki for Brook and Fisher Tiger for Jinbe).
 * Jinbe is currently member of the Straw Hat Pirates to share the same blood type (F) as his captain.
 * Although Luffy stated that Jinbe was his subordinate in Chapter 901, and Jinbe was stated to be a Straw Hat in Vivre Card - One Piece Visual Dictionary, he was notably excluded from other media depicting the current Straw Hats as a group while physically absent from the manga between Chapters 901-976.
 * Jinbe was not featured with the crew on any color spreads until Chapter 987.
 * Chapter 967's cover is the exception, with Jinbe appearing in the promotion for A-ra-shi: Reborn.
 * Jinbe was not included in any Straw Hats collectives in volumes until Volume 99.
 * Jinbe has not been listed with the Straw Hats in the character pages at the beginning of volumes.
 * Jinbe's name for Sanji's Raid Suit wearing persona was not revealed in SBS Volume 94.
 * Jinbe's potential Devil Fruit was not revealed in SBS Volume 98.
 * Jinbe is the only current member of the Straw Hat Pirates who was not featured in One Piece: Stampede.
 * Jinbe is the only current member of the Straw Hat Pirates who was not featured in OVER THE TOP.
 * While Jinbe does appear in DREAMIN' ON, he does not appear in any of the group shots of the crew until Episode 981.
 * Jinbe is the only current member of the Straw Hat Pirates who is not known to have ever lived in one of the Four Blues (Chopper lived and trained on Torino Kingdom of South Blue during the timeskip).
 * Out of all the Straw Hat Pirates, Jinbe currently has the longest gap between his first appearance (Chapter 528 and Episode 430) and officially joining the crew (Chapter 901 and Episode 876), a full 373 chapters and 446 episodes.
 * During the second One Piece Knowledge King quiz, it was revealed that Jinbe would place tenth and last place in the 50-meters race from SBS Volume 85.

SBS-Based Trivia

 * Jinbe's favorite foods are mozuku seaweed in vinegar and fruits. Also, his favorite food from Wano Country is ochazuke. His least favorite food is parfait because it is hard to eat.
 * Oda has revealed Jinbe's favorite foods twice, first in Vivre Card and then in SBS.
 * He shares his like of fruits with Nami.
 * Jinbe swallows ice cubes.
 * Jinbe's favorite dish to cook is Bonito Tataki.
 * Jinbe likes fried egg, sunny side up, steamed with salt.
 * Jinbe's favorite type of island and season is autumn on a summer island.
 * Jinbe's specific number is 10.
 * Jinbe's specific color is ochre.
 * Jinbe smells like seawater.
 * If the Straw Hat Pirates were a family, then Jinbe would be the father.
 * Jinbe's animal resemblances is a bear.
 * If One Piece was set in the real world, then Jinbe would be from India.
 * Jinbe's thoughts are "Virtue, Virtue, Fist, Water, Wiseness", and like the rest of the Straw Hat Pirates, "Friendship".
 * When a fan asked which flower Jinbe resembles the most, Oda answered he most resembles a peony.
 * Jinbe represents the prefecture of Kagoshima.
 * Jinbe typically sleeps at 3:00 A.M. and wakes up at 9:00 A.M.
 * If the Straw Hat Pirates were not pirates, then Jinbe would be a train station attendant.
 * If Jinbe were to be given a Devil Fruit, he would have any model of the Tori Tori no Mi, in order to compensate the loss of his swimming abilities with flight.