Torino Kingdom

The Torino Kingdom is an island in the South Blue that some call "Treasure Island" (宝島). It is a relatively small island with a huge tree growing in the middle of it.

At first glance the island seems savage and its inhabitants seem primitive, in reality however, the locals have an extensive library and the great tree in the middle of the island is covered in plants that are excellent for making various medicines.

Tony Tony Chopper was sent here by Bartholomew Kuma during the events in the Sabaody Archipelago Arc. He spent two years here in order to train.

Inhabitants
The human inhabitants of the Torino Kingdom have so far been shown as overweight people dressed only in grass skirts with knotted black hair, seemingly having the stereotypical caveman intelligence. Some bear an eye tattoo symbol on either of their upper arms and all adults seem wear a simple necklace. Despite this, it has been revealed that they have a vast library of books about different herbs and their medicinal purposes as well as weapons that suggest a mechanical nature. This implies that they have an advanced culture and perhaps a higher intelligence than what was initially presumed. All of them are extremely short, only being about twice as tall as Tony Tony Chopper's hybrid form. The only named inhabitant of the island is Shanba.

History
The natives of the island were ruled by the gigantic birds known as Masukeredomo Goayu Birds (マスケレドモ・ゴアユー鳥（バード）) that live in the tree above. Four years ago, the natives were visited by Bartholomew Kuma to inquire about a cure for a specific disease. Two years later, Chopper was sent flying here by Kuma from the Sabaody Archipelago. Chopper was then seen running from several natives, who were trying to catch him for food.

Eventually, Chopper came to good terms with the natives and resolved the conflict between them and the giant birds. After receiving Luffy's secret message, Chopper stayed on the island for the next two years to train.

After Doflamingo's defeat at Dressrosa, the citizens received Chopper's new wanted poster. They also built a drug store in Chopper's honor, called Tanukichi Drug Store.

Trivia

 * The kingdom's Japanese name, Torino Ōkoku, is a play on Tori no Ōkoku (鳥の王国), which means "Bird Kingdom".
 * Torino is the local name of the northern Italian city of Turin, capital of the Piedmont region.
 * In Vivre Card - One Piece Visual Dictionary, the name of the giant birds is revealed to be Masukeredomo Goayu Birds (マスケレドモ・ゴアユー鳥（バード）) which when translated into standard Japanese is ゴアといいますけれども鳥, which roughly means "My name is Goa Bird" or "Bird that cries Goa", due that it makes a "Goa" sound.
 * In One Piece Treasure Cruise, the Goayu Birds were called Birdie Kingdom Rocs, with Rocs being gigantic birds from real life Arabic folklore, which had also previously appeared in Romance Dawn, Version 2.
 * One of the Masukeredomo Goayu Birds' birthday is December 8th.

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