Kin'emon

"Foxfire Kin'emon" is a samurai from Wano Country, a retainer of the Kozuki Family, the leader of the Nine Red Scabbards, the husband of Tsuru, and a former thug. He posed as Momonosuke's father during the journey to Zou. He was born 56 years before the present day, but traveled 20 years forward in time when he was 36 years old. He is one of the central allies of the Straw Hat Pirates during the Dressrosa and Yonko Sagas. Kin'emon's appearance matches the stereotype of samurai found in ancient Japan, with a black topknot and goatee. At 295 cm (9'8"), he is taller than Brook who stands at 277 cm (9'1"). He is also quite muscular. His eyes are asymmetrical, with his right eye opening more than his left. His attire consists of a samurai gi that is black and white striped on the left side and orange on the right. Kept on the left side of his torso is a pair of katana with identical flame-patterned sheaths. For footwear, he wears simple geta sandals. He has the crest of the Kozuki Family tattooed to his back.


Over 25 years ago, he had light-colored hair and did not wear it in a top-knot. Kin'emon seems to follow the code of bushido, claiming he would commit suicide if he could, for the disgrace of being dismembered without dying. He still tried to maintain his pride, even after being completely dismembered. Like Momonosuke, Kin'emon is very stubborn, constantly refusing the help of others and claiming he does not need it. Only after nearly freezing to death did he finally forsake his pride and ask for help. He is also greatly honorable, as shown when he bowed before Sanji (in Nami's body) for saving his torso and thanked him for helping him, stating he was indebted to him.


Kin'emon has extreme amount of superhuman strength as he can easily cut through a thick steel door and break handcuff chains. With his Haki-imbued swords, Kin'emon could slow down the contraction speed of Doflamingo's Birdcage. He also possesses an immense endurance to pain and cold. His head alone was capable of withstanding Sanji's powerful kicks, and his torso can withstand extremely cold temperatures that a normal person would typically die from and even withstand being viciously bitten by a Shark. He could survive and withstand the Mountain God's violent thrashing, which had enough force to destroy buildings. He was also able to survive being petrified by Caesar's gas, whereas others were presumed finished. Even at the age of fifteen, he was stated to be stronger than the subordinates of the Hyogoro Family, the most prominent Yakuza syndicate of the Flower Capital. In a fit of rage, Kin'emon was able to injure the Mountain God with his katana, causing it to bleed. Noted by Orochi for his tactical intellect, Kin'emon is an extremely clever tactician, having been the one to formulate most of the strategies behind the alliance against the Yonko Kaido.  While in Dressrossa, Kin'emon came up with an idea of disguising Zoro, Luffy, and himself as toys with animal costumes to get away from the Marines without drawing attention and also disguising himself as Doflamingo while searching for Kanjuro in the the royal castle, allowing him to trick Gladius without the latter noticing him as an intruder. In a plan to recruit Shutenmaru, he successfully framed him for stealing supplies from the Beasts Pirates in order to provoke conflict between them.


After being dismembered, his legs were found by Luffy, Zoro, Usopp, and Robin. During this time, his legs seemed to possess the ability to speak autonomously, but after his legs are reattached to his head, it is revealed that he can speak from his legs by using his farts, which disgusted Usopp upon the revelation. As the leader of the Nine Red Scabbards of Kozuki Oden, Kin'emon is one of the most powerful samurai of Wano, noted by Orochi himself to be an incredibly strong master in swordsmanship. His skills are extremely versatile, able to wield either one or dual wield both his swords with incredible power and precision. Even after being dismembered, Kin'emon was capable of putting up a fight with his legs, recklessly attacking Luffy's party when they encountered him. His torso alone was able to match Brook in swordsmanship, utilizing a two-sword style. Alongside Zoro and Brook, Kin'emon was able to cut down multiple G-5 Marines with great ease. During his youth, Kin'emon's skills were acknowledged by Hyogoro, who stated that his subordinates would never stand a chance against him. He was shown being able to fight on par with Ashura Doji when they sparred during their youth. Kin'emon specializes in a sword style he calls Kitsunebi-ryu (狐火流 Kitsunebi-ryū?, literally "Fox-Fire Style"). He is somehow capable of generating, attacking with, and cutting fire with one of his swords. He was able to use this technique to clear the way off the Slime and even cut through the subsequent explosion caused by its detonation after being ignited. His fire enhanced sword slashes are powerful enough to seriously injure a dragon, despite its scales being stronger than steel. Kin'emon ate the Fuku Fuku no Mi, a Paramecia-type Devil Fruit that allows him to transform objects placed on a person's heads into various kinds of clothing, which disappear once removed. Furthermore he must first visualize the appearance of the clothes, otherwise his creations would be limited. However, he was not aware that what he ate was a Devil Fruit, but he does know about the weaknesses involved with it. Kin'emon has shown the ability to use Kenbunshoku Haki, as even after being dismembered by Law, his legs and his torso were able to fight, and even defeat people without being attached to his head. When Kin'emon's disembodied legs first "spoke", it said it could feel the "aura" of other people and accurately attacked his opponents. Furthermore, his separated body parts navigated by 'sensing' their surroundings (though his legs still managed to somehow get stuck to a dragon). Kin'emon displayed the ability to use Busoshoku Haki, known in Wano as "Ryuo", when he hardened his sword to slow down Doflamingo's Birdcage. His Busoshoku Haki is strong enough to withstand the Birdcage's razor sharp threads that can slice cannon balls with ease.