Chinjao

Don Chinjao (首領（ドン）・チンジャオ) is a former pirate and the leader of the Chinjao Family. He also joined as a gladiator at the Corrida Colosseum to compete for the Mera Mera no Mi.

Appearance
He is an elderly man, with a light-colored long beard and mustache. He is a large human, around as tall as late Edward Newgate, roughly three to four times in height when compared to the normal-sized Luffy. He is bald, with a dent on the crown of his head, and has the number "12" tattooed on his left temple. Chinjao sports a black shirt, that shows his chest and round belly.

Although Chinjao's expression is usually calm and serene-looking, when enraged, his expression changes to a fiercer look, with his facial hair waving.

Personality
He seems to be a quiet and calm person, as he did not react to Luffy defeating Spartan. He is quite perceptive, unlike many people in the Colosseum, as he saw through Luffy's disguise.

Chinjao also seems to hold grudges and would believe that a child would inherit a parent's sin, as he wanted Luffy to pay for his grandfather Garp's actions, and even commented on how he would have killed Dragon if he knew that he is Garp's son sooner. Despite his grudge, he is at least able to maintain civility by addressing his enemies with an honorific suffix. However, this is short-lived as he can enter into a violent rage at the aspect of Garp's bloodline being near him.

Like several characters, he has a unique laugh; his being "Hiyahoho".

Family
Chinjao shares an affectionate relationship with his two grandchildren, Sai and Boo. When he became enraged and tried to kill Luffy, the two of them could barely calm him down, though he did refer them with affectionate regard, and did not try to harm them for interfering as he did with Cavendish.

Monkey D. Garp
In the past, Chinjao was nearly killed by Monkey D. Garp. For this reason, he bears a grudge against Garp and wants to take it out on his grandson, Luffy. The grudge extends to Garp's son, Dragon, saying that if he (Chinjao) knew sooner that Dragon is Garp's son, he would have killed the man before Luffy could come to this world. Despite this, he shows a certain level of respect (if not out of sarcasm) by referring to Garp with the honorific suffix "-san".

Monkey D. Luffy
Although barely meeting Luffy for the first time in the Corrida Colosseum, with Luffy never offending Chinjao personally, Chinjao nevertheless saw Luffy as an enemy based on his heritage with Garp. Due to this, Chinjao desired to take out his grudge against Garp on Luffy. As with Garp, Chinjao shows a level of civility by referring to Luffy with the honorific suffix "-kun". However, this was short-lived, as Chinjao lost control of himself and tried to kill Luffy, ignoring his primary reason for entering the tournament and nearly getting himself disqualified.

Abilities and Powers
In his golden age, when he was still a pirate, he had a bounty of over 500,000,000. However, the bystanders watching him attack Luffy implied that he may have weakened with age. He was also able to survive an encounter with the famous Marine, Vice Admiral Garp, enforcing a good deal of power.

Physical Abilities
He generally uses his head for fighting. His headbutts are so strong, it is rumored that Chinjao split the Ice Continent in two with one of them. He can easily destroy rocks and block swords with his head alone. He is also quite fast, to the point that he can headbutt his opponent fast enough to leave afterimages of his head, much like Luffy's Gomu Gomu no Gatling move.

He is also shown to have slightly bent Cavendish's "legendary sword" with the force of his head alone while not getting pierced, and got up quickly and unscathed after receiving a Jet Pistol to the back of the head.


 * Buto (武頭): He jumps in reverse and headbutts the enemy. The strike is strong enough to stop Cavendish's Durandal. It was first seen used against Cavendish in Corrida Colosseum.

Past
In the past, Chinjao was a pirate. In one encounter with Monkey D. Garp, he was nearly killed by the vice admiral. This led Chinjao to develop a life-long hatred for the man and his descendants.

A legend says Chinjao was able to split the Ice Continent in two with a headbutt.

Dressrosa Arc
Chinjao came with Boo and Sai from the country of flowers to participate for the Mera Mera no Mi. Chinjao witnessed Luffy defeating Spartan. He sat quietly as Boo and Sai spoke to Luffy. For the battle royale, Chinjao was placed in Block C.

Later on, as Luffy and Cavendish were watching the fights of Block B, Chinjao approaches Luffy and asks him how Garp is doing and tells him that he once nearly died by Garp's hand, declaring soon after how he will seek revenge on Garp's grandson.

Before Cavendish can attack Luffy, Chinjao makes the first move, striking at Luffy with a headbutt, which he is able to dodge. Chinjao attacks again, but Cavendish stopped his attack with his sword. He then continously launch a barrage of headbutts until Luffy punches him into the ground. He gets back up unfazed and prepares to unleash his fury. Before Chinjao can cause anymore trouble, Boo and Sai stop him. The two tell him that he can just kill Luffy during the Block C fight and remind him of their true goal.

Major Battles

 * Chinjao vs Monkey D. Garp (unseen)
 * Chinjao vs Monkey D. Luffy and Cavendish.

Trivia

 * Chinjao (青椒), or qīngjiāo, means "green pepper" in Chinese.
 * As of now Chinjao has the highest known active bounty and second highest known bounty overall, standing at least 500,000,000. Due to his bounty only being an approximation at this time, it is unknown if it surpasses Portgas D. Ace's bounty of 550,000,000.
 * Chinjao is the second canon character to have the title of "Don", just after Krieg, and the third in absolute, with the non-canon Accino as second.

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