Yamato

Yamato is the daughter of Kaido of the Yonko. She styles herself as the legendary samurai Kozuki Oden in admiration of him and frequently presents herself as a man as part of her emulation of him, causing her to be widely referred to as the son of Kaido.

Appearance


Yamato is a tall woman, though not nearly as tall as her father, being slightly over twice Luffy's height. She has long, light-colored hair that is tied into a ponytail at the back, as well as a pair of horns atop her head that start out light-colored but then turn darker. She has large eyes with prominent eyelashes, and wears hoop earrings on her ears.

When in disguise, she wears a hannya mask over her face, which has a wig of an extremely long and wild mane attached to the top and a long goatee attached to the bottom. She wears a multi-colored kimono with a diamond-shaped design on both sides of her chest; she wears the kimono traditionally when disguised in order to hide her chest, but when she revealed herself to Luffy she ripped off the sleeves and made the garment more form-fitting. Much like Oden, Yamato wears a large nio-daisuki on her back. She wears a pair of hakama pants and sandals, and has cuffs around her wrists with a short chain attached to each of them.

Personality
Yamato greatly admires the legendary samurai Kozuki Oden above anyone else, to the degree of emulating every aspect of him including his appearance, goals, and even his gender. Thus, Yamato wishes to fulfill Oden's dream of reopening the borders of Wano Country. This attachment to Oden puts Yamato at great odds with her father Kaido, who is an enemy of Oden and his family. Although Yamato and Kaido are not indicated to be enemies, Yamato has acted against her father and his crew to achieve her goals, such as attacking Ulti in order to take Monkey D. Luffy from her, and wishing to work with Luffy, another enemy of her father, to achieve Oden's goal.

Kaido
Kaido is Yamato's father. The two of them have a strained relationship, as Yamato idolizes Kaido's enemy Kozuki Oden. When Yamato told Kaido she wanted to be Oden, Kaido responded by beating her. However, Yamato has emulated Oden for the past 20 years to the point of even presenting as a man like him, and although Kaido disapproves of her idolizing him, he does refer to Yamato as his son for unclear reasons. 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's overall view of Yamato is unknown; he has called her an "idiot", though wishes to have her participate in his party during the Fire Festival.

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

Physical Abilities
Yamato possesses monstrous strength resembling her father's, being capable of wielding a large and heavy kanabo and using it to defeat Ulti, an Ancient Zoan user and one of the Tobiroppo, with just one blow. She was 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 her 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 her large size, she is capable 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 her targets as well as outrun members of the Beasts Pirates chasing after her. She was also able to completely elude the pirates around her in the aftermath of her clash with Luffy and take him to the attic without anyone seeing them.

Weapons


Yamato wields a giant kanabo club much like her father, though her 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): Yamato lunges forward at blinding speed and swings her kanabo horizontally to the right, hitting 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. In using the attack, Yamato takes after her father, as Kaido has used it as well. However, while Kaido uses only one hand to swing his kanabo, Yamato swings with both. Ulti considers this attack to only be half as powerful as Kaido's, and so called it Raimei Yonke (雷鳴四卦) instead, though the people around her pointed out that it still hurt her greatly.

Past
Over 20 years ago, Yamato went to her father Kaido and told him that she wanted to be the great samurai Kozuki Oden, resulting in Kaido beating her. Yamato was present during Oden's execution in the Legendary Hour, 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.

At some point between two and five years ago, Yamato met the pirate Portgas D. Ace and fought with him. 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. She 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 her kanabo to knock Ulti out in one blow, and introduced herself as she tried to take Luffy to a private spot to talk. Luffy had no desire to meet with Yamato and so attacked her, 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 her mask and revealed her real appearance, she told Luffy about her devotion to Oden and asked him to fight with her to achieve the legendary samurai's dream of opening Wano's borders.

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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