Kozuki Oden

Kozuki Oden was the daimyo of Kuri in Wano Country and was Momonosuke's father. He was also a member of the Roger Pirates.

Personality
Oden was extremely noble and selfless, as he sacrificed himself in order to allow his son and retainers to escape Wano Country. A man of great compassion, Oden defended Nekomamushi and Inuarashi from discrimination in Wano and also reformed the criminals of Kuri into becoming law biding citizens. Even Roger and Newgate held incredible respect for him.

He had somewhat of a disregard for rules, as he left Wano Country despite that being a crime.

Family
Oden cared deeply for his clan as he sacrificed himself to enable his son and retainers to escape the Beasts Pirates. Kin'emon, Kanjuro, Raizo, and Momonosuke were shown grieving over his death.

Mink Tribe
Due to the loyalty of their rulers, all the minks on Zou respect Oden and the Kozuki Family enough to sacrifice their lives for one of their retainers.

Inuarashi and Nekomamushi
As retainers, Inuarashi and Nekomamushi are very loyal to Oden. However, when Momonosuke saw Inuarashi and Nekomamushi, he questioned whether Oden was the reason for their bitterness toward each other. Momonosuke claimed that his father would be saddened if he saw them fighting, a remark that caused the two to reconcile their feud, showing their respect toward his father. Alongside Momonosuke, Kin'emon, Kanjuro and Raizo, they too grieved at the mention of Oden's demise.

Beasts Pirates
Kaido sought the Kozuki Family because Oden had been to Raftel. Not wanting Kaido to get the information, Oden sacrificed himself to allow the rest of his family to escape. The Beasts Pirates were eager to kill him in sadistic ways, including boiling him like his namesake.

Abilities and Powers
As a descendant of the Kozuki Family, Oden inherited from his ancestors the knowledge and skill to read poneglyphs and write its ancient language and was the last member of the family with the skill as he failed to pass on the philological knowledge to his son before he was murdered by the Beast Pirates. As daimyo, Oden had a large amount of power and influence over the area he ruled over before his death. Nami deduced that given his position, he must have had a large amount of wealth. He also had the ability to hear the "Voice of All Things".

Physical Abilities
Oden was an extremely powerful samurai, as according to Kinemon, Oden singlehandedly defeated Ashura Douji the most dangerous criminal of that time and restored order to the extremely chaotic land of Kuri which is rampant with dangerous criminals and and outlaws of Wano.

Swordsmanship
In a flashback during his fight wth Ashura Douji, Oden wielded a katana and was capable of defeating him in battle.

History
His clan formed a pact with Inuarashi and Nekomamushi and he traveled the seas together with them. For a time, they traveled on Whitebeard's ship and later with Gol D. Roger's crew on the Oro Jackson. Oden also had been to Raftel with Roger.

Sometime before the present, he and his wife were executed by Kaido and Kurozumi Orochi for refusing to divulge information of Raftel, and he died without passing on the knowledge of the Poneglyphs to his son. His last words to his son and retainers were to open Wano to the outside world.

A simple grave with a wooden post bearing his name was later made for him on the ruins of his old castle which stood alongside the "graves" of his son and retainers who are apparently presumed deceased by Wano's natives.

Trivia

 * Oden is the name of a traditional Japanese winter dish.

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