Kikunojo

O-Kiku is a tea house poster girl who lives in the region of Kuri in Wano Country. According to her, she is also a samurai.

Appearance
Kiku is a young woman with long dark hair that falls into her back. She wears sandals and a kimono with chrysanthemum floral patterns. She is a very tall woman, easily towering over Luffy, Zoro, and Tsuru.

Personality
Kiku is a friendly and polite woman, but is also firm, as shown when she turned down Urashima's proposal. She is helpful and nurturing, as seen when she treated Zoro's injuries and tended to Tama when she was being healed of her poisoning. She is also very courageous, as she quickly went to rescue Tama after the latter was captured by the Beasts Pirates.

She refers to herself with "sessha" (拙者 or せっしゃ), an archaic form of "I" used by male samurai.

Tsuru
As an employee under Tsuru, Kiku listens to her orders.

Swordsmanship
Kiku owns a katana and is a skilled swordswoman. She can wield it with skillful precision, as she was capable of cutting off Urashima's topknot effortlessly.

Wano Country Arc
Kiku was working in the tea house when Urashima, a sumo wrestler from the capital, tried courting her to become his wife. She brushed him off and told him to place an order or leave, but Urashima simply continued bragging about his status. The situation was interrupted when Tsuru arrived with Monkey D. Luffy, Roronoa Zoro, and the ill Tama. Tsuru told Kiku to boil medicinal herbs for Tama, which she rushed to do. Before leaving, Urashima told Kiku about an upcoming sumo wrestling tournament at Bakura Town.

As Tsuru healed Tama, Kiku bandaged Zoro's wounds. Kiku then sat next to Tama while she was sleeping. She was alarmed when the gifter Batman attacked Tsuru. Another gifter Gazelleman abducted Tama during the confusion. After grabbing a sword and jumping on Komachiyo, Kiku then pursued Gazelleman along with Luffy and Zoro and head for Bakura Town.

At the town's gates, Kiku tried to stop Luffy from causing a scene when he was yelling for Tama. The group was then confronted by some swordsmen, but Luffy knocked them out with Haoshoku Haki. While traveling through the town, Kiku told Luffy and Zoro about the town's history. A defeated sumo wrestler was suddenly hurled at them, but Luffy caught him with one hand. They then came across the tournament that Urashima mentioned and when Urashima spotted Kiku, he ordered his men to bring Kiku to him. After hearing about how Urashima looked down on commoners, Kiku sliced off his top-knot with her sword.

Trivia

 * Kiku (菊) is Japanese for "chrysanthemum".

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