Shiki

Kinjishi the "Flying Pirate" (空飛ぶ海賊 金獅子) is a notorious pirate. His name, Kinjishi, means "golden lion".

20 years ago, Kinjishi was the first prisoner to escape from Impel Down, due to a mistake made by the Marines.

Also worthy of note is that in the preview of the 10th One Piece movie scheduled to be released in December 2009, mention is made several times of a character in the movie bearing the exact same name, as well as supposedly being missing for twenty years, the approximate time of the Impel Down's escape.

Recently a new trailer for the movie has revealed him fully and as the major antagonist of the film. He appears to have swords for prosthetic legs and can send slashes from them in a Rankyaku like fashion.

Trivia

 * A fan noticed the Kinjishi being mentioned 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 Kinjinshi 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 confuse. 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.