Shiki

Shiki the Golden Lion (金獅子のシキ), is a notorious pirate who is known to be the first prisoner to have ever escaped Impel Down. He was a pirate that wreaked havoc during Roger's time and is the main antagonist of the 10th One Piece Movie. His nickname, Kinjishi, means "golden lion."

Appearance
Shiki is a pirate dressed in traditional Japanese clothes consisting of a yellow, a red and a black robe tied together with a dark green sash and he wears a yellow stripped tattered coat drapped to his shoulders. He has golden mane-like hair and on the top of his head is a part of steering wheel that got lodged into his head after his battle with Roger.

Due to him cutting off his shackled legs to escape Impel Down, he now uses his own personal swords for prosthetic legs for which he can easily stand upon without much trouble. His overall design resembles a typical shogun.

Personality
Shiki is usually a calm person at most times. He takes most thing's with a cheerful smile and even getting a steering wheel stuck in his head or cutting of his feet didn't bring him down much. The only thing so far that has been shown to make him angry was when the Marines "captured" Roger. This made him angry because he rightfully regarded the Marines to be too weak to beat Roger. If he actually gets angry he is prone to making rash decisions like shooting a crewmember and challenging Marineford by himself (which got him captured). He possesses an extreme amount of patience as show by the fact he was not upset at all about having to wait for 20 years before he could complete his plan.

Abilities
Shiki commands a large pirate crew, of at least 51 divisions, somewhat similar to Don Krieg's Pirate Armada and the Whitebeard Pirates. It is unknown how strong his crew his.

He posses great skill's as a swordsman and were able to kill a mountain of marine's before getting captured. Shiki is also capable of sending slashes from his sword legs in a Rankyaku like fashion.

Devil Fruit
Shiki apparently has some sort of ability that allows him to levitate things such as ships, as well as himself, allowing flight. It is currently unknown if this is related to his Devil Fruit power or not. While he is confirmed to be a Devil Fruit user, its name and abilities are yet to be revealed.

History
Twenty five years ago, two years before Gol D. Roger and his crew reached Raftel, Shiki had learned that the Pirate King had located an ancient weapon. Seeing the opportunity, he asked Roger if they could join forces. With his large pirate fleet and Roger's weapon, Shiki believed that together they could take over the whole world. Roger however refused Shiki's offer saying that there was no point in being a pirate if he could not do as he wished. A great sea battle soon ensued between their crews. Due to a storm that happened during their fight, Shiki unfortunately lost and half of his fleet sunk. Despite this and getting a piece of a steering wheel lodged into his head that almost killed him, Shiki came to have great respect for Roger.

After hearing that Roger had been captured Shiki shot the man who had informed him and went to Marineford on his own where he beat up several Marine soldiers. He yelled out how he could not believe how such "wimps" could have captured Roger and told them to bring him out if they had him so that he could kill him with his own hands. Shiki was suddenly approached by Sengoku and Monkey D. Garp and Sengoku went on to explain that he would never have another fight with Roger as he was to be executed in Loguetown within a week and that the execution was ment to put a scare in every pirate. As Shiki lamentet on the fact that the "Legend of the Pirate King, Roger" would end in the weakest sea, Garp tells him that East Blue was a symbol of peace while Sengoku explains that they won't let him interfere in the execution. An unseen battle began between the three that wrecked half of Marineford but in the end Shiki lost and was imprisoned in Impel Down.

Shiki layed broken in his cell and thought to himself that he would prove to the world how pirates were the rulers of the world. Twenty years ago, Shiki was the first prisoner to escape from the great prison Impel Down, by cutting off his own shackled legs and later replaced them using his own personal swords as prostetics. Because of this event, Sengoku states it was a serious mistake on their part to let him escape.

He later sought out Whitebeard and offered him to be a part of his plan although he was cut short as Whitebeard threatened to throw him overboard if he did not cut his crap. Shiki then revealed to Whitebeard that he would disappear for a while and that he would show the real fear of pirates to the rookie pirates. Shiki is then seen at a mountain on a unexplored Grand Line island. He asked Dr. Indigo how the experiment is coming and is told by Dr. Indigo that he made a discovery that there is balance between the plants and animals on the island. He also explains that many plants and animals can not be found elsewhere to which Shiki interrupts him. Shiki orders him to get straight to the point and asks Dr. Indigo how long will his plan take and is told that it will take 20 years, at least. Shiki said that he will then carry his plan in 20 years and then he will show them hell on Earth.

Major Battles

 * The Flying Pirates vs. The Jolly Roger Pirates.
 * Shiki vs. Sengoku and Monkey D. Garp

Trivia

 * Like other characters in One Piece, he has a distinct laughter which is "Ji ha ha ha ha".
 * A fan noticed Shiki being mentioned in the manga and asked Oda if the character was one and the same with the character in the movie. Oda confirmed that the two characters were one and the same, and explained more about him. Originally, Oda wanted to include Shiki to be mentioned during the meeting between Shanks and Whitebeard. He however held back because he thought it might be too much info for readers and confusing. At the time also, he did not know that the story about the pirate who caused havoc during Roger's time would be made into a movie.
 * Oda personally selected Takenaka for Shiki due to his large range of character roles.