Koza

Koza is Princess Nefertari Vivi's childhood friend. As a child, he was the leader of the Suna Suna Clan. As an adult, he became the leader of the Alabasta Rebellion. He later became the environmental minister of the Alabasta Kingdom.

Appearance
Koza is a young blond man from the Alabasta Kingdom.

He wears purple-tinted glasses and has a scar on his left eye that he received as a young boy from his fight against Agotogi. During the Battle of Alabasta, he wore a blue scarf around his neck, a dark purple jacket that was going all the way down to his ankles, a white shirt with an ornament of some sort hanging on his neck, black pants and a yellow sash around his waist.

After two years he is seen in Yuba reading news about the Straw Hats. He has grown more muscular. He is wearing a short-sleeve shirt with black pants. He still wears the purple-tinted glasses and has desert goggles around his shirt collar. He also has a pistol attached to his belt and pair of gloves on his hands.

Personality
One of the main characteristics of Koza's personality, which is reflected throughout the Alabasta arc, is his love for his country, family and friends. He goes through a lot to protect what he values. As a child, he is seen willing to risk his own life to protect members of the Suna Suna Clan. As an adult, he stands for what he believes, leading a whole army with the aim to protect his country. Cobra took notice of his powerful belief in the country since Koza was a kid. When the two met again during the period of drought in Alabasta, Cobra remarked that he has not changed a bit from his childhood, which Koza also admitted himself when he prevented a young boy from joining the rebel army.

A natural born leader, he was the captain of the Suna Suna Clan when he was a kid, and later took the head of the Rebel Army. He is seen to be quite influential to others, since he was able to lead an army of 2 million warriors to a battle against the Royal Palace. After the timeskip, he still holds an influential role as Environmental Minister of Alabasta.

Courageous, he always tries to protect his friends, his village, or his country when he thinks they are in danger. As a child, he did not hesitate to attack a bandit who was threatening Vivi. This is valued from his friends and followers, who put their trust and love in him.

Koza can also be characterized as short tempered and he does not hesitate to break rules if they go against what he considers just. This has led him to rebel against the king, against his father's judgment. However, his motivation is always pure and he only wishes for the prosperity of his country and the well-being of his friends. This is proved by his actions, such as his effort to stop the war between the royal army and the rebels, once he finds out the truth about the Baroque Works conspiracy.

Abilities and Powers
Koza has possessed great courage and leadership abilities since childhood; as an adult, he was able to raise and direct an army of millions against Alabasta's reigning monarch, and quell that same army with a single command.

Physical Abilities
While his strength and speed do not appear to surpass that of an ordinary human, Koza at least possesses some incredible endurance and stamina, as he not only survived multiple gunshots to the torso, but was able to speak and fight less than a day afterward.

Weapons
Like all members of the Suna Suna Clan, Koza fought with a crude wooden club as a youth; despite his small size, he could swing it hard enough to knock out a grown man.

As leader of the rebel army, Koza wielded several firearms as well as a sword; his swordsmanship, borne out of childhood training from Chaka, was competent if unremarkable.

In his post as Environment Minister, he still carries a pistol at his side.

The Young Rebel


Born in an unnamed village outside Alubarna, Koza was primarily raised by his father Toto. At ten years old, he witnessed his home succumbing to drought, and personally traveled to Alubarna to rebuke King Nefertari Cobra for "allowing" so many villagers to suffer. While Cobra patiently explained that no king could command nature, a horrified Toto found and restrained Koza, begging forgiveness for his son's impudence.

Instead, Cobra expressed admiration for Koza's fierce courage and love for his people, and promised a royal fund for the village's relief, even offering to resettle Koza and his family in Alubarna. While Toto was immediately grateful, Koza accused the king of belittling their pain, and quit his "audience" in a tearful rage. Subsequently, he encountered the six-year-old Princess Nefertari Vivi, who mocked his tears and goaded him into a fight.

On finding the scraped and bloodied - but defiant - Vivi, Igaram broke into a violent rage, while Toto offered to kill himself in penance. However, Cobra dismissed the incident as an ordinary childhood squabble, and left his proposals open.

The Suna Suna Clan


After his family resettled to a small farm on Alubarna's outskirts, Koza gathered dozens of local children into a gang called the Suna Suna Clan. Eventually, Vivi learned of this gang and demanded a rematch; while still unable to outfight Koza, she impressed him enough to win his friendship and be named deputy leader of the Suna Suna Clan.

For a time, the Suna Suna Clan fearlessly explored Alubarna and its surrounding ruins, even forming a "secret base" in the city's central clock tower. Believing such friendship important to her development as a future ruler, Cobra regularly allowed Vivi to join these games; eventually, Igaram, Chaka, and Pell grew to care for Koza as well.

These games became deadly, however, when a bandit named Agotogi tried to kidnap Vivi. Without hesitation, Koza ordered the Suna Suna Clan - himself included - to protect Vivi with their lives. The Clan was no match for the kidnappers, and Vivi was chased to the ruins to hide, while Koza followed them to stop them.

Despite the leader of the kidnapping group being armed with a knife, Koza bravely attacked him with a wooden club. Koza was slashed across the left eye, gaining a scar there, but successfully knocked him out with the club. When the other men came, King Cobra himself came to the rescue and beat them up.

Although he saved Vivi's life, and she was grateful for this, Vivi was terrified that he would fight for her even if it meant death, and pleaded he never do such a thing again. Cobra asked Koza if he loved the country, and he replied yes as he was born there.

Starting a New Town
Toto decided to start a new town in an empty oasis, and Koza went to tell Vivi this and say a final farewell. Koza explained to Vivi that though his father wants him to stay at home, he is determined to assist him with the founding of the new town. When he gave his final farewell, he gave his assurance she will be a great princess.

A major drought occurred over Alabasta, making Koza and many others frustrated at the king's perceived lack of action. However Toto, after meeting the king refused to doubt, and was optimistic about the weather, saying the rain will fall one day.

One year passed, and Koza pleaded to King Cobra to use Dance Powder over the lands where the drought affected most, but the king refused saying in the long-term, it will bring misery to many others. Koza swore to fight and take the Dance Powder, by force if need be.

Alabasta Arc
Three years after the drought began, the king was set up by Crocodile, he was led to believe that the king was corrupt. This caused him to create an army and rebel against the king. Initially, he was more reluctant to but felt that it was necessary, if the rumors of King Cobra using Dance Powder over his own city are true to save the country. This appeared to be true, when a man who appeared to be King Cobra kicked a child, and "admitted" to using Dance Powder over the capital.

However, unbeknownst to the rebels, "Cobra" was really Mr. 2 Bon Kurei in disguise. Koza was furious when he believed that the king would be so callous, while Cobra ordered his soldiers to shoot him. Enraged, Koza moved his men to war against the Royal Palace. This worked well for Crocodile.



Though he headed the assault on the Royal Palace, once he realized what was really going on, he rushed to stop the rebellion, only to be shot several times by a Baroque Works agent in disguise of a Royal Guardsman. Koza continues to plead for the fighting to end, but amidst the confusion caused by Baroque Works on both the Rebels and Royal Guards, along with the sand shrouding the battlefield, his pleads fall on deaf ears.

When Crocodile, the mastermind behind the unrest was defeated by Luffy, the rain miraculously returned and the fighting stopped. Though gravely wounded in the battle, he recovered and helped his father Toto rebuild the city of Yuba.

Founding of Ukkari Hot-Spring Island
Koza was later seen at Ukkari Hot-Spring Island, owned and operated by his uncle Goro, along with Enel's ex-high priest, Gedatsu.

From the Decks of the World


Sometime afterwards, Koza became the Environmental Minister of the kingdom of Alabasta. Smiling, he read the latest news about the Straw Hats in the newspaper.

Whole Cake Island Arc
As Vivi and her father departed Alabasta for the upcoming Levely, Koza was there to see their departure.

Major Battles

 * Koza vs. Nefertari Vivi (Twice)
 * Suna Suna Clan vs. Agotogi and his bandit gang
 * Koza vs. Agotogi
 * Rebel Army vs. Alabasta Kingdom

Playable Appearances

 * One Piece: Going Baseball

Support Appearances

 * One Piece: Gear Spirit

Non-Playable Appearances

 * One Piece: Grand Battle! Rush!
 * Dragon Dream!
 * One Piece: Pirates Carnival

Trivia

 * Despite his central role in the events of the Alabasta Arc, Koza never met any of the Straw Hat Pirates (aside from a brief encounter with future member Nico Robin).

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