Yamato

Yamato is the daughter of Kaido. They often present as a man as a result of their aspiration to emulate the legendary samurai Kozuki Oden, and are widely referred to as Kaido's son.

Appearance


Yamato is tall, though not nearly as tall as their father, being slightly over twice Luffy's height. They hves long, light-colored hair that is tied into a ponytail at the back, which turns dark further down and ends in rectangular locks similar to their father's. Their horns are similar to Black Maria's, in that the pair of horns are atop their head, and start out light-colored but then turn darker. They have large eyes with prominent eyelashes, and wears hoop earrings on their ears. Much like Oden, Yamato wears a large nio-daisuki on their back. They wear a pair of hakama pants and sandals, and had exploding cuffs around their wrists with a short chain attached to each of them until Luffy removed them.

When in disguise, they wear a hannya mask over their face, which has a wig of an extremely long and wild mane attached to the top and a long goatee attached to the bottom. They wear a multi-colored kimono with a diamond-shaped design on both sides of their chest; they wear the kimono traditionally when disguised, but after revealing their face to Luffy they ripped off the sleeves and made the garment more form-fitting.

Personality
Yamato holds immense admiration for the legendary samurai Kozuki Oden, emulating every aspect of him, including his appearance, goals, and even his gender, reasoning that, since Oden was a man, they themselves chose to become a man. Yamato wishes to fulfill Oden's dream of reopening the borders of Wano Country. Due to their admiration of Oden, they often confuse themselves with the samurai.

Kaido
Damn it, that bull-gorilla!! He was seriously trying to kill me!!! I understand!! He is not a parent anymore!!!

Yamato and their father Kaido have a strained relationship, as Yamato idolizes Kaido's enemy Kozuki Oden. When Yamato told Kaido they wanted to be Oden, Kaido responded by beating them up. However, Yamato has emulated Oden for the past 20 years to the point of even dressing up as a man like him, and although Kaido disapproves of their idolizing him, he does refer to Yamato as his son. Kaido does not seem to be aware that Yamato wishes to fulfill Oden's dream of opening Wano's borders, a cause which he is opposed to. Kaido has been cruel to Yamato as he has beaten them numerous times since their childhood and kept them imprisoned on Onigashima since they was eight years old. He even put explosive handcuffs on them to keep them from leaving; Yamato doubted the handcuffs were explosive, but after they were freed and the cuffs did in fact explode, Yamato realized that Kaido was actually willing to kill them and disowned him as a result. She even does not care if he were killed during the raid on Onigashima. Kaido's overall view of Yamato is unknown; though he has called them an "idiot", he wished to have them participate in his party during the Fire Festival and later announced across Onigashima his intention for them to replace Orochi as shogun which, unknown to him, they flat-out rejected.

Monkey D. Luffy


After failing to set sail with Ace, Yamato had been waiting for his brother, Monkey D. Luffy, to arrive at Onigashima. For this reason, they chased and clashed with Luffy, ignoring his time constraints in order to talk to him, even if for just five minutes. They trusted Luffy enough to request his help in achieving Oden's dream of opening Wano's borders. Yamato wished to be saved from their father and intends to leave Wano with Luffy's crew as a means to be free and explore the sea like Oden did. Therefore, after Luffy removed the explosive handcuffs Kaido had used to imprison them, the two decided they would fight Kaido together. Luffy has come to trust them enough to ask them in helping protect Momonosuke.

Luffy refers to Yamato by the nickname "Yama-o" (ヤマ男), similar to the nickname he uses for Trafalgar Law. Yamato appears to dislike this nickname, as they corrected Luffy with their actual name.

Portgas D. Ace
Yamato had met Ace at some point in the past. They had tried to sail out of Wano with him, but their father's handcuffs kept them prisoner on Onigashima. They seems to respect him, as they fondly stated that Luffy reminds them of him and that while they could not leave Onigashima with Ace, they would set sail on Luffy's ship due to them being brothers.

Abilities and Powers
Yamato is a very powerful warrior, with Black Maria noting that bringing them back to Kaido's fortress after they had left would be a difficult task.

Physical Abilities
Yamato possesses monstrous strength resembling their father's, being capable of wielding a large and heavy kanabo and using it to knock out Ulti, an Ancient Zoan user and one of the Tobiroppo, with just one blow. They were able to physically match Luffy's strength with relative ease, even when the pirate increased his strength exponentially with Gear Second and Gear Third. Yamato countered a punch from Luffy with their foot, resulting in a powerful collision that destroyed much of the surrounding wall and ceiling and blew back the Beasts Pirates around them. Due to their large size, they arecapable of easily picking up the average-sized Luffy and holding him with just one arm while running.

Yamato is quite fast, being able to lunge forward with blinding speed to attack their targets as well as outrun members of the Beasts Pirates chasing after them. They was also able to completely elude the pirates around them in the aftermath of their clash with Luffy and take him to the attic without anyone seeing them.

Weapons


Yamato wields a giant kanabo club much like their father, though their kanabo is studded and more slender, while Kaido's is spiked and a bit thicker. In addition to the kanabo being a powerful blunt weapon, Yamato has masterful technique with it, being capable of moving it to counter Luffy's rapid attacks with little effort.

Attacks

 * Raimei Hakke (雷鳴八卦): A technique used by their father Kaido and imitated by Yamato, in which they lunge forward at their target with blinding speed and swings their kanabo horizontally, striking the target with tremendous force. The attack was first seen used against Ulti in her full-beast transformation, knocking her out instantly. It is called Thunder Bagua in the VIZ translation. However, while Kaido uses only one hand to swing his kanabo, Yamato swings it with both hands instead, and Ulti considers this attack to only be half as powerful as Kaido's, calling it Raimei Yonke (雷鳴四卦) instead, though the people around her pointed out that it still hurt her greatly.

Past
At some point in the past, Yamato went to their father Kaido and told him that they wanted to be the great samurai Kozuki Oden, resulting in Kaido beating them. They were present during Oden's execution in the Legendary Hour 20 years ago, and became very sorrowful at the samurai's death. Later, Yamato found Oden's logbook in Kuri and held onto it dearly while starting to emulate everything about Oden. Yamato began presenting as a man to emulate Oden's gender, and has since been widely referred to as Kaido's son. Around this time, Kaido placed explosive shackles on Yamato, preventing them from leaving Onigashima.

At some point between two and five years ago, Yamato met the pirate Portgas D. Ace. At a later point, Yamato began waiting for Monkey D. Luffy to come to Onigashima.

Wano Country Arc


On the day of Kaido and Kurozumi Orochi's party during the Fire Festival, Yamato disappeared from Kaido's mansion to look for Luffy. They passed Eustass Kid's group which raised a small commotion, and ended up finding Luffy fighting Ulti near the front entrance of the mansion. Yamato used their kanabo to knock Ulti out in one blow, and introduced themselves as they tried to take Luffy to a private spot to talk. Luffy had no desire to meet with Yamato and so attacked them, but Yamato managed to counter his attacks before the duo engaged in a powerful and destructive clash. In the immediate aftermath of the clash, Yamato took Luffy to the attic and was able to get him to stay and talk for five minutes. As Yamato took off their mask and revealed their real appearance, they told Luffy about their devotion to Oden and asked him to fight with them to achieve the legendary samurai's dream of opening Wano's borders. When Luffy was incredulous, Yamato remarked that Luffy reminded them of Ace. During their conversation with him, Yamato revealed to Luffy not only why they never left Onigashima (despite their wanting to do so) but also their desire to leave Wano with his crew. They then listened to Kaido's speech, but they fell out of the attic when the floor below them collapsed. When Yamato heard that Kaido planned on making them the next shogun of Wano, they immediately refused.

As they fought through the Beasts Pirates, Luffy informed Yamato that Momonosuke and his retainers were alive the whole time. Luffy then removed Yamato's handcuffs and tossed them away before they detonated and caused a huge explosion that sent them flying to the Performance Stage. Realizing that their father was really willing to kill them, Yamato disowned Kaido. When they and Luffy arrived at the Live Stage, Yamato clashed against Ulti again. When one of the Beast Pirates reported on Kaido being attacked by the Scabbards, Yamato made it clear that they were not supporting their father and that they were also willing to allow him to die.

After Momonosuke was freed from the crucifix, Luffy asked Yamato to help Shinobu protect him.

Major Battles

 * Yamato vs. Monkey D. Luffy
 * Yamato vs. Ulti (Onigashima Live Stage)

Trivia

 * "Yamato", meaning "Great Harmony", is an ancient name for Japan (originating from the Yamato Province) and can can also refer to the Yamato period of Japanese history, which lasted into the 8th century. Relating to that, Yamato is the dynastic name of the ruling Imperial House of Japan and further refers to the dominant ethnic group of Japan, the Yamato people. Otherwise:
 * Yamato Takeru is a legendary Japanese prince of the Yamato dynasty, prominent in mythology.
 * Yamato is the name of a prominent WWII-era Japanese battleship.

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