Woonan

Woonan (ウーナン, Ūnan) was the legendary Great Gold Pirate from the East Blue. He was also a childhood friend of the oden chef Ganzo.

When they were young, Ganzo and Woonan had an argument about how important gold really is. Woonan was bitter about how little his father earned in his lifetime and was determined to make a mountain of gold. During the fight, they fell over the cliff they were on, hanging onto Woonan's pirate flag. Ganzo lets go so the flag wouldn't be ruined and Woonan could climb up. Fortunately, Ganzo was rescued by a passing ship and woke up days after the accident to find that Woonan had already left to become a pirate. They never saw each other again. Over the years, it was said he stole up to a third of the world's gold which he piled as high as a mountain on his secret Gold Island.

However as the Straw Hats, Ganzo and Tobio find where he hid his gold, they find none but Woonan's remains and a note telling them that he realized that the gold he dedicated his life to wasn't what was important, but the adventure and the friendship he had with Ganzo.