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Cipher Pol (サイファーポール, Saifāru pōru) is an organization in the popular manga and anime series One Piece. The Cipher Pols serve the World Government along with the Shichibukai (or Seven Warlords) and the Navy, as a police force. The Cipher Pols number from 1-8; however, there is also a secret ninth Cipher Pol, Cipher Pol Number Nine (サイファーポールナンバーナイン, Saifāru pōru nanbā nain). 'Cipher' means number and 'Pol' is short for Police (as in Interpol), giving Cipher Pol the meaning "Number Police" denoting the numbered squads (1-9).

CP9

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Cipher Pol No. 9 members. From left to right: Blueno, Fukurou, Spandam, Kaku, Hattori (on Lucci's shoulder), Rob Lucci, Jyabura, Kalifa and Kumadori

CP9 (シーピーナイン, Shī pī nain) is a "secret" organization, formed of people able to use Rokushiki, six powerful skills only known to its members. CP9 also has special privileges not available to normal Cipher Pol squadrons, like the ability to kill any person perceived as a threat to world stability. More recently, CP9 was gifted, under the authority of Admiral Aokiji, the ability to initiate a "Buster Call", a powerful strike force of ten warships which hunt down and destroy any particular criminal group unfortunate enough to be targeted, along with the island. There are currently eight members of CP9 (Formerly nine, and currently ten members including Hattori and Funkfreed).

Four of CP9's agents have spent the last five years in the One Piece timeline undercover as shipwrights in the Water 7 based Galley-La Company. The organization seeks the plans to a powerful, ancient warship, called Pluton, the same ship mentioned in Alabasta's Poneglyph that was Sir Crocodile's main objective, in order to bring an end to the "Great Pirate Age," sparked by the death of Gol D. Roger. Due to their extreme power, it seems that they all have extremely arrogant and pompous attitudes. It was also stated that this generation of CP9 is the strongest in its history.

The CP9 are based in Enies Lobbys' Tower of Justice, where they act as the final guardians of the Gate of Justice. It has been said that Enies Lobby's reputation of being impossible to conquer is because of the generations of CP9, and their strength. It seems as though each CP9 member's behavior or appearance resembles that of different animals. Currently, they have been defeated by the Straw Hat Pirates and have not been heard of since because of Enies Lobby being obliterated by the Buster Call.

Spandam

9 Dourikis

Age: 39

The overseer of CP9 and one of the two main antagonists of the Enies Lobby arc along with Rob Lucci, Spandam (スパンダム, Supandamu) used to be the CP5 leader and was the first one to come after the Pluton blueprints held by Tom. When Tom refused, Spandam framed him by using Franky's battleships on a judiciary ship, making it seem like Tom and his apprentices Cutty Flam (Franky) and Iceburg were the culprits. In the end though, Spandam was outsmarted, as Tom safely hid the plans away, and only got a very scarred face for his trouble (courtesy of Cutty Flam). Now, Spandam is back with a mask forged onto his face and raring to finish what he started long ago.

Spandam is the least powerful of the group as he has a douriki level of only 9; a normal, armed marine has a douriki level of 10. Being this way, he is incapable of learning and knowing any Rokushiki moves. This said, the rest of the Cipher Pol 9 do not mind and "respect" him as the overseer from the Marines.

Because of his physical weakness, Spandam relies on his natural talents of deception and cunning, as opposed to actual combat. He also often reveals extreme cowardice, though he doesn't hesitate to use his rank to boss around subordinates (though he fears the power of the CP9 agents, especially Lucci's) - he even threatens to fire them or have them killed in order to get a job done.

Spandam is very clumsy, often spilling his coffee, and short tempered, with special sensitivity towards his name. Franky's nickname for him, "Spanda", likely given due to his panda-like markings around the eyes, always causes him to lose his head. He is also very inadequate in his use of Den-Den-Mushis: often leaving phones off receivers, which causes him to miss important calls; getting one Den-Den-Mushi mistaken for another, which caused him to accidentally summon a Buster Call on Enies Lobby; and forgetting to turn Den-Den-Mushi's off, which caused Enies Lobby's Marines to find out that he was willing to sacrifice them all for his promotion.

Spandam's physical weakness and strange quirks often make him come off as a comedic villain like Buggy. However, these quirks are often overshadowed by his malicousness. He is egotistical and constantly chasing after higher status. He will stoop to low means to get promotions and further his Marine career, such as sacrificing the thousands of Marines at Enies Lobby. He sees himself as the world's greatest hero for capturing Robin, and is very interested in his rank and prestige, often coming across as extremely power hungry, contemplating even using the weapons' power for his own benefit, instead of the world's -unlike the other agents, who don't want any recognition whatsoever, and, in at least Lucci's case. are only in CP9 to be legally allowed to kill people. He takes special pleasure in abusing prisoners, as seen when he broke his promise of the Straw Hat pirates' safety, and proceeded to beat on his defenseless captives Nico Robin and Franky. Spandam appears to be a great believer of the "absolute justice" conveyed by admiral Akainu, and claims that if an end justifies the means, the means is then necessary, no matter how many lives are killed or ruined in the process. However, it is more likely that he does not truly believe in absolute justice and only uses it as justification for his many amoral deeds.

He is the son of Spandine, the CP9 director of 20 years ago, who initiated the Buster Call on Robin's home, Ohara. Spandam has apparently seen it as his duty to fulfill his father's mission, and bring an end to the "demons of Ohara" by capturing the one person who escaped his father: Nico Robin.

He owns a sword, "Funk Freed" (ファンクフリード Fankufurīdo), which absorbed a Devil Fruit, Zou Zou no Mi (ゾウゾウの実 Elephant Elephant Fruit). Using this fruit, it can turn into an elephant. This phenomenon has only been witnessed once before in the series, with Mr. 4's gun-dog, Lassou.

In Enies Lobby, Spandam was assisted by Lucci to take Robin to the Gates of Justice. Along the way, Lucci stayed behind to fight Luffy, and Spandam foolishly activates the Buster Call by accident, causing chaos and confusion to ensue on the island. Near reaching the gate however he was hit at long-range with one of Sogeking's explosive projectile attacks, allowing Nico Robin to escape and break free of her handcuffs, much to Spandam's horror when he realizes that the "unbeatable" CP9 has indeed been defeated. When he tried to attack Robin to prevent her from escaping, Franky crushed him with his own sword, finally settling his vendetta for what he did to Tom. Near the end of the arc as the Straw Hats are escaping on the returned Going Merry, he recovers, though now horribly bruised and swollen, and gives the order to fire stating Aokiji gave him permission to do so despite Robin being on board; though obviously this is just another lie, Robin notices this and uses her "Seis Fleur Clutch" (six flower clutch) to break his back as her group sails off.

Following CP9's animal theme, he has a panda theme, because not only does he have markings around his eyes and nose resembling that of a panda, but his name also has the word panda in it. This is also presumably the reason behind why Franky calls him Spanda, much to Spandam's chagrin.

In a recent Weekly Shonen Jump poll to determine the most popular One Piece characters, Spandam ranked at 28th with 179 votes.

Trivia

  • In the Volume 44 SBS, Oda drew pictures of the CP9 agents as children. Based on these illustrations, it seems Spandam has had Funk Freed ever since he was young. It also seems that animals created by Devil Fruits can age, as Funk Freed looks younger as well.
  • Many villains in One Piece were given distinct laughs. Spandam follows in this tradition with a short "wa" at the beginning of his laugh (i.e. "Wa ha ha ha ha!"), though it sounds more like "Da" in the anime.
  • Both he and his father, Spandine, were voiced by the same seiyū.
  • Spandam's mask is almost exactly identical to that of the Professional Wrestler Mankind.
  • Spandam is available as an unlockable hidden character in One Piece: Unlimited Adventure.

Rob Lucci

Seiyū: Tomokazu Seki

4000 Dourikis

Age: 28

Rob Lucci (ロブ・ルッチ, Robu Rucchi) shares the position of main antagonist of the Enies Lobby arc along with Spandam. He is first seen as one of the five foremen of Galley-La Company's Dock One, he appears to be a ventriloquist using his pigeon, Hattori (ハットリ, Hattori), to speak for him. He also shows very impressive skills when he gets into a fight with Paulie and, later on, Luffy. It is soon revealed he is the unquestioned leader of the Water 7 CP9 unit which infiltrated the Galley-La company, and perfectly capable of speaking for himself. Lucci ate the Neko Neko no Mi, Model: Leopard (ネコネコの実 モデル豹(レオパルド), Cat Cat Fruit, Model: Leopard ), which allows him to turn into a huge leopard-human hybrid and a full leopard. This coupled with his mastered martial arts style of rokushiki, makes him a resilient foe, and he has been ranked as the strongest CP9 agent by far. Lucci can perform Life Return, like Kumadori, and use it to alter his body into forms that amplify his skills in a specific rokushiki ability, though only Kami-e Form, which makes his man-beast form smaller and thinner, has been seen. He is currently twenty-eight years old.

In the anime, Lucci's backstory to his admission in CP9 is revealed by a Vice Admiral during the Buster Call on Enies Lobby. Fifteen years prior, a kingdom had 500 of its soldiers and its king taken hostage by a pirate crew, with the captain demanding to be made the new king of the kingdom. As the government saw the king beginning to admit defeat, they sent in the then thirteen year-old Rob Lucci, who mercilessly killed all 500 hostages to get to the captain, whom he killed without mercy. During this incident, he gained a back full of scars from the pirate crew's guns, vaguely scarred in the shape of the World Government's symbol. Shortly after that he became a CP9 member, and gained the reputation of being the group's most cold-hearted and efficient assassin in its entire history. As such, he is a very valuable asset to the World Government, almost to the point of legend; the other vice admirals believe that he can even survive a Buster Call attack.

At the Galley-La headquarters in Water 7, Lucci effortlessly defeated Luffy in a relatively short fight. Later in Enies Lobby, Luffy chased after Lucci and initiated a second fight with him. The two engaged in an extremely long, hectic and boisterous fight in which Luffy eventually emerged victorious. Lucci respectively bested, withstood and survived Luffy's attacks and various states until he was defeated. However, it took Luffy's last bits of energy to defeat him. This proves how much of a monster Lucci was, but also how much stronger Luffy has become.

Lucci comes off as the most cold and collected member of CP9, almost never displaying any emotions. An example is the brutal assault on his friend of five years, Paulie, whom he even tried to kill after the CP9's identities have been revealed. He also states that he feels no real bond with the city he's lived in for those five years. He also seems to have no feelings for his fellow CP9 colleagues, least of all Spandam. His emotionless nature includes anger and distress (he's "kept together" all through his fight with Luffy, unlike all the previous villains). Even while taunting or demoralizing Luffy, he keeps a passive face, and refrains from the classic "villain laugh". However, during the final moments of his fight with Luffy, he expresses surprise and anger prior to being defeated.

He seems to derive amusement and gratification from inflicting physical and emotional pain on others, making him a typical sadist. These scenes, along with when he anticipates battle, are the only times where he smirks. In Enies Lobby, he reveals that he works so he could be legally allowed to kill people. An example of Lucci's lust for violence is when he compromised the mission of bringing Robin to the Gates of Justice by allowing Luffy to tail him, for the sole purpose of having a battle. Lucci's violent and predatory nature is also shown when he goes into full-beast mode during battle, in order to attack Luffy more violently.

However, while Lucci does love the benefits of his job (killing people), he seems to be completely devoted to the government he serves as a tool from the shadows. He speaks of pirates as "evil", and sees it as his duty to hunt down and eliminate Nico Robin. All this is revealed towards the end of his battle with Luffy, and is a sudden departure from his "care for nothing but blood" attitude. This may be because he was dominating the fight at the time, and his bloodlust, which otherwise overshadows his better judgement, had worn off since Luffy was no longer fun to fight. However, as his flashback in the anime shows, this moral isn't just limited to pirates. If Lucci sees anybody that he believes to have faltered in the face of justice, they have "sinned" in his eyes and must be eliminated. This is his own sense of justice which he calls "dark justice".

Lucci also appears to exhibit a rather high level of intelligence. It was he who deduced the connection between Iceburg and Franky, figured out the principles behind Luffy's Gear 2nd "upgrade", and showed extensive knowledge about Devil Fruit. On Enies Lobby, he even effortlessly jeopardized the lives of Luffy's crewmates and friends, as well as their mission to save Robin, by flooding the underwater passageway to the Gates of Justice. Although this might just as well be yet another display of sadism, where he removes Luffy's chances of "having everything" just for the sake of angering him.

Lucci has a complete mastery of Rokushiki, having not only used at least one or more moves from each of the different forms with ease, but to such an extent that he can mix two or more forms together to great effect. He demonstrates this when he unveils the Rokushiki hidden technique, Rokuougan, during his fight with Luffy. The massively powerful technique, usable only by one who has literally mastered all six forms as stated by Lucci himself, is so strong that it causes severe internal injury to Luffy's body; no small feat considering he has a rubber body. Luffy described it as if an 'Impact Dial' with much more greatly amplified power went off inside his chest.

Not much is known about Hattori, the pigeon that is constantly seen perched on Lucci's shoulder. It appears to have no special significance. While acting as Lucci's voice Hattori expresses human body language, matching the behavior of a professional shipwright: constantly insulting and lecturing Paulie because of his reckless lifestyle. After the CP9 reveal their identities, Hattori loses many of his human characteristics, although he is seen wearing a coat and drinking from a cocktail glass. Hattori seems to have affection for his emotionless and bloodthirsty master, as seen when he flew to Lucci's unconscious body. He also seems to leave his master when he enters any sort of battle, returning directly afterwards. Hattori's name presumably comes from combining the Japanese word for pigeon, hato (鳩) with the word for bird, tori (鳥).

Trivia

  • In the Volume 44 SBS, it was revealed that Lucci has had Hattori ever since he was a child. It also appears that Hattori was wearing ties before Lucci was. It also revealed Lucci may not have always been so sadistic and evil, as he had the kanji for "peace" on his shirt. Also, when he was a child he had a stick like Luffy's in the Skypiea arc, so he might have been like Luffy as a kid.
  • Lucci's name comes from the italian word for light "Luce" and his first name "Rob" can be interpreted as "to steal", thus his full name can be interpreted as "To steal the light"[1]
  • He has a leopard theme, due to his Devil Fruit and his tendency to play games with his opponents.
  • Lucci's birthday was revealed in a Volume 43 SBS to be June 2. This is because in the Japanese language, 6 can be pronounced as ro, and 2 can be pronounced as bu. Put together, these make Robu, the Japanese pronunciation of "Rob".[2]
  • Lucci ranked at 12th in the most recent popularity contest with 647 votes.
  • Rob Lucci and his leopard form are playable in One Piece: Unlimited Adventure as an unlockable character.

Kaku

Key: 5 (This is the key that opened Robin's handcuffs)

2200 Dourikis

Age: 23

Kaku (カク, Kaku) is first seen as the especially friendly chief mechanic of the five foremen of Galley-La Company's Dock One. Kaku's name most likely comes from the Japanese word kaku (角, angle), a reference to his rectangular nose. It was Kaku that inspected the Going Merry and informed the Straw Hats that it was irreparable. He is able to move incredibly fast and leap from amazing heights and distances without a scratch, and enjoys doing so very much. This earned him the nickname "Yamakaze" or "Mountain Wind" by the admiring people of Water 7, though some of the Straw Hats called him "Monkey Boy" instead. A lot of the characters mistook him for Usopp since he too has a long nose. During his disguise as a shipwright, Kaku uses a variety of pavers/files as projectile weapons, used against Luffy in Dock 1. After his true identity is revealed, he clashed with Zoro using two giant files as swords in Iceburg's room. Kaku was also the one responsible for sending the Going Merry into the midst of the Aqua Laguna and to its apparent demise.

After being revealed as one of the Water 7 CP9 agents, Kaku's personality becomes cold and rather emotionless in contrast to his character on Water 7 where he was mainly seen laughing and smiling. Despite this, he will often laugh and openly enjoy himself in combat because he considers fighting fun. He often taunts his opponents during battle, ate a Devil Fruit for the fun of it, and exclaimed "This is fun!" during his life-and-death battle with Zoro. He also seems to place a chance to fight over easy accomplishment of a mission; when Zoro and Sogeking were cuffed together he wished to help them, so he wouldn't be forced to share his target with Jyabura. When neither agent had the key that would unlock the handcuffs, each agreed that the prey was up for grabs, and raced to be the one to catch them first. It would appear that his coldness as a CP9 member does not override his sense of adventure and need for fun.

At Enies Lobby, he and Califa were given Devil Fruits by Spandam and, under the urging of Lucci, ate them. Kaku's fruit is Ushi Ushi no Mi Model: Giraffe (ウシウシの実 モデル麒麟(ジラフ) Cow Cow Fruit, Model: Giraffe), which allows him to transform into a giraffe-human hybrid and a full giraffe. Although he was initially going to face off with Zoro, he ended up causing the floor to cave in by transforming into his full giraffe form instead of his half-giraffe form. The two fell into the room where Sogeking and Jyabura were fighting, and were involved in that fight as well. The individual fights went on, until Kaku was defeated by Zoro and gave him his key. Kaku may have died as when he was defeated, his hand dropped as he passed the key and he stopped moving (Though he may have passed out), Zoro also says "Sorry" when Kaku does this. If he was still alive at this moment, it is likely that the Buster Call killed him, although this remains unknown.

Despite his coldheartedness and love of bloodshed and battle, Kaku also appears to be one of the few villains in the series to have a sense of honor. Kaku showed great sportsmanship after his defeat where he laughed at Zoro's comment of working in a zoo, and handed over his key without Zoro having to say a word, leading one to believe that he is not as cold-hearted or evil as he appears. He also seems to show genuine remorse for betraying Paulie who saw him as his companion, making him the only CP9 member to show any trace of penitence.

Despite their comical appearances, Kaku is proud of his giraffe forms and claims to love giraffes very much. Because of this, he is angered whenever anyone makes fun of his giraffe forms; which happens quite often. After endless taunting by Jyabura, Zoro, and Usopp during their battle in Enies Lobby, Kaku becomes furious and unleashes an attack that slices the Tower of Justice in half. Kaku also claims to love meat and called himself a carnivore when Jyabura and Zoro called him a "weak plant-eater".

Kaku has a tendency to talk like an old man, Luffy even asked him if he was an old man, which Kaku replied by saying "I'm 23." Even then, the way Kaku said this was in the style of an old man (when Luffy asks whether he's an old man, he replies "Nijuusan ja", which Usopp then points out as an old man's way of saying "I'm 23".) This is ironic as Kaku is the youngest member of CP9.

Kaku's expertise seems to be in rankyaku, due to his many variations of it. He is also the most proficient and only swordsman, save Spandam, of CP9, being a user of the Yontou-Ryuu Attacks (四刀流, Four Swords Style) by the use of two swords and both legs with rankyaku.

Trivia

  • In the Volume 44 SBS, it was revealed that when Kaku was younger, he enjoyed building model ships.
  • He has a giraffe theme, due to his devil fruit.
  • Kaku's birthday was revealed in a Volume 43 SBS to be August 7. This is because in Japanese, 8 can be pronounced as ha, and 7 can be pronounced as na. Put together, these make hana, the Japanese word for nose.[2]
  • In episode 299 of the anime, Kaku's swords were overgrown and were bigger than Zoro. Although this could be a different pair of swords.
  • Kaku ranked 9th place in the most recent popularity contest, making him the most popular CP9 member, as well as the most popular villain in general and the second most popular character outside the Straw Hat crew (However, in the last fan poll, Mr. 2 Bon Clay had the same spot as Kaku does now).
  • Kaku's half-giraffe form is a hidden character in the game One Piece: Unlimited Adventure.

Jyabura

Seiyū: Masaya Takatsuka

Key: 1

2180 Dourikis

Age: 35

Jyabura (ジャブラ, Jabura) is the supposed leader of his team. His devil fruit is the Inu Inu no Mi Model: Wolf (イヌイヌの実 モデル狼(ウルフ) Dog Dog Fruit, Model: Wolf), which gives him the power to change into a full wolf and a human-wolf hybrid that resembles a werewolf.

Jyabura seems to believe that he has a fierce rivalry with Lucci, although Lucci seems fairly uninterested; this may be due to their large difference in strength, although it is also likely that Lucci simply doesn't care. Jyabura however is extremely competitive, and was outraged that both Lucci and Kaku were deemed stronger than him. Apparently to one-up Lucci's pet pigeon Hattori, Jyabura has a pet rooster he uses as an alarm. Before Lucci's group had left for Water 7, Kaku had been weaker than Jyabura, and Lucci most likely was closer to Jyabura's level.

While in their human form, Jyabura is weaker than Kaku by 20 douriki, however he believes he is superior to him due to him having much more experience with his devil fruit, and because it is a carnivorous Zoan, which are stated by Chopper to be more dangerous than herbivore Zoans. Jyabura is very short tempered, and combined with his superstitiousness, he believes devil fruits are inhabited by devils, and feeble attempts at preventing Kaku from getting stronger, by eating a devil fruit, he often comes across as a comedic character. It is therefore surprising that he's actually the most rational member of CP9. Lucci, who's always calm and in control, is also sadistic and lusts for battle, whereas Jyabura insists that he's "a nice guy", and proposes a quick, painless death to his victims. However, in battle a more predatory side of Jyabura apparently takes over, and he howls, licks his lips, and mocks and laughs at his prey. Jyabura is also commonly known to deceive his opponents like traditional fairy-tale wolves, as shown when he lied to Sogeking that he did not enjoy killing and dropped his key on the floor to end the battle. When Sogeking bends down to pick it up, Jyabura attacks him.

When Luffy appeared alone before the CP9 headquarters, Jyabura suggested that the CP9 team up and take him down quickly: in order to instantly crush the uprising. His competitiveness and rivalry with the others overshadows his rationality, and could be part of his wolf nature to establish himself as the "alpha male" or leader. As a wolf (or dog) he would find it especially aggravating that Lucci the leopard (or cat) would be stronger than him, given the natural rivalry between cats and dogs.

In Enies Lobby, it was initially seen that Jyabura would fight Sogeking, but their fight was interrupted by Sanji. Sanji and Jyabura fought evenly, until Sanji revealed his "Devil Leg" technique, breaking through Jyabura's tekkai and sending him to the bottom of the Tower of Justice.

Jyabura is the Tekkai expert of CP9, his fighting style is based around Tekkai Kenpo, a technique which allows him to move while using tekkai. He is the only rokushiki user capable of doing so, his tekkai is arguably the strongest one in CP9 as he is the only one to hone this technique to actually be able to move in it, a feat not even the strongest CP9 member Rob Lucci could duplicate.

Trivia

  • Jyabura's name has many spelling variations. Some English-speaking fans spell it "Jabura", although the spelling of "Jyabura" is far more common. Japanese fans, on the other hand, seem to prefer spell it "Jabra". Eiichiro Oda himself has spelled it "Jabra", although as other spellings given at the same time were inaccurate it is unknown if this should be considered the correct spelling.
  • In the Volume 44 SBS, it was revealed that Jyabura already had the scar across his eye when he was a child.
  • He has a wolf theme due to his devil fruit, and he tends to trick people like wolves do in folklore.
  • Jyabura ranked at 17th in the most recent popularity contest with 461 votes.
  • In the version of chapter 413 published in Shonen Jump, Jyabura's mustache was missing in more than half the panels he appeared in. However, this was fixed in the tankoubon, and only three panels remained with the mustache missing.
  • Jyabura has a tattoo on the front of his shoulder that is the kanji for "wolf" (狼, ookami). However, his shirt entirely covers his tattoo when he is in human form.
  • Despite the fact that at least Lucci, Kaku, and Kalifa have rooms that are listed as their own, Jyabura instead has a Japanese-style garden that is simply listed as the "wolf's den" (狼の間, ookami no ma).
  • Many villains in One Piece were given distinct laughs. Jyabura follows in this tradition with a long "gya" at the beginning of his laugh (i.e. "Gyaaaa ha ha ha ha!)

Blueno

Seiyū: Seiji Sasaki

820 Dourikis

Age: 30

Blueno (ブルーノ, Burūno, or "Bruno") is first seen as a bartender in Water 7 and seems to be the most friendly with Franky and Paulie. However, he soon shows his true nature when he, along with the rest of CP9, attacks Paulie and Iceburg for the Pluton blueprints. He is the agent that Robin ran into on the streets in Water 7 while she was with Chopper, as well as the agent whose devil fruit powers were used in both attempted assassinations of Iceburg.

While the entire Water 7 CP9 unit gives the first expression of emotionless justice-devoted killing machines, Blueno is the only one to maintain such a façade. While the others, Kaku, Lucci, Kalifa and Jyabura, are shown taking pleasure in fighting, toying with their opponents and so on, Blueno remains calm and collected nearly all the time. As a result, Blueno comes to symbolize the cynical, evil actions of the world government, namely using Nico Robin, blackmailing her through traumas inflicted by the World Government in the first place.

Blueno ate the Doa Doa no Mi (ドアドアの実 Door Door Fruit) which allows him to create doors on any surface. He has even created "air doors", doors in the air itself, which lead to what seems to be another dimension. Blueno is also able to create doors on people, and did so to Luffy's face, causing it to spin like a revolving door. In battle, Blueno also uses his door to move freely through the entire environment, setting himself up for sneak attacks, and even creating small doors wherein he traps his opponents' feet.

Blueno's tekkai seems to be the one of the more powerful ones of the group, and he was the first to reveal any variations of the move. However, despite this advantage, Luffy was able to use his new Gear 2 abilities to defeat him when they fought in Enies Lobby. Lucci stated that Blueno's bartending job has dulled his senses, but it might just be another show of the arrogance of most of the CP9 unit.

Trivia

  • In the Volume 44 SBS, it was revealed that when Blueno was younger, he loved baseball.
  • He has a bull theme, due to his horn-like hair and his tendency to attack like an angered bull. He is also referred to as a cow by Luffy numerous times.
  • In a recent Weekly Shonen Jump, in a poll to determine the most popular One Piece characters, Blueno ranked at 81st.
  • Blueno's name most likely comes from the German/Scandinavian word for brown: "brun", and in that case probably should be spelled "Bruno", just like the German/Scandinavian name.

Kumadori

Seiyū: Hiroaki Yoshida

Key: 3

810 Dourikis

Age: 34

Kumadori (クマドリ, Kumadori) is one of the last members of CP9 to be revealed, and is recognizable by his large frame, huge mane of pinkish hair, and a right eye that never seems to be open. He seems to honor the samurai honor code very heavily as he comically attempts to take his own life after dishonoring himself. As he accepts the blame for nearly anything, even faults of others, this happens quite often in his appearances. Before he commits seppuku, however, he instinctively uses tekkai every time, unintentionally saving his own life.

He seems to have strong feelings for his deceased mother, beginning to sob, even while fighting, at the very thought of her. He claims her "divine protection" is the reason for his failed suicide-attempts. These dramatic statements are somewhat undercut by Oda's revelation that his mother is in fact alive, and working as an assassin.[3] Even Jyabura, who never showed emotions for anyone, bursted in tears, when Kumadori told a sad story of his mother. He claims to dislike lies, though he seems to have no trouble with melodramatic stories. Kumadori is a sennin (仙人, a type of hermit in Japanese mythology who can control even their body's autonomic functions, as well as live forever, similar to fellow Shonen Jump character Jiraiya of the popular series Naruto), which explains his sudden weight gain/loss as well as the ability to control his hair.

Kumadori is a very loud character, and utters very few sentences not written in bolded fonts and ending with exclamation marks. He has the strange habit of yelling something resembling "YOYOI!!" rather often. He tends to repeat or draw out syllables and words in the manner of kabuki actors. Kumadori's name most likely comes from the Japanese word kumadori (隈取り, a type of makeup used for kabuki), as his features look very similar to those of kabuki actors in their makeup. His body positions, especially his penchant for holding one hand out in front of him, are also reminiscent of mie poses, and his vocal inflection is similar to that of kabuki actors. His fighting abilities seem to revolve around controlling his hair, using it to grab his enemies and attacking them. He also has a shakujō that he occasionally uses in battle and a penchant for spouting off haiku when fighting.

Kumadori was originally fighting with Nami, who was at a severe disadvantage. However, Chopper appeared and helped Nami (after Nami had already stolen Kumadori's key) to escape, becoming Kumadori's opponent. Despite Kumadori's advantage of being a sennin, Chopper consumed a third Rumble Ball, and his subsequent "Monster Point" form severely injured Kumadori and threw him all the way back to the courthouse.

Trivia

  • In the Volume 44 SBS, it was revealed that Kumadori had been wearing his kabuki-style makeup since he was a child. Judging by how wide open his mouth is in the picture, it may be inferred that he had the same penchant for shouting as he does now.
  • He has a lion theme, due to his mane-like hair and several attacks containing "shishi", or lion. He also tends to compare himself to a lion and gets angry when compared to other animals, such as an octopus.
  • In a recent Weekly Shonen Jump, in a poll to determine the most popular One Piece characters, Kumadori ranked at 97th.
  • Very little is known about Kumadori's past, except that he supposedly underwent grueling training for a thousand years in the sea and another thousand years in the mountains to learn Semei Kikan, though this may well be simple boasting, especially as Lucci is able to use Seimei Kikan as well, although Kumadori showed much greater mastery of this technique.
  • Although he tries to commit suicide to 'join his deceased mother in heaven' Oda revealed that Kumadori's mother is still alive, and her name is Yamanbako; which is Japanese for "mountain witch".

Fukurou

Seiyū: Kumiko Watanabe

Key: 4

800 Dourikis

Age: 29

Fukurou (フクロウ, Fukurou, meaning owl) is a round, oddly-shaped man with a zipper across his mouth, which he must unzip if he needs to speak. Despite having the ability to "zip it", his biggest personality quirk is having a big mouth, both figuratively and literally; he also has the strange habit of saying "chapapa" after almost every sentence. He often blurts things out inconsiderately; in the mission they had before the Straw Hat Pirates invaded Enies Lobby, he announced his team's presence to the town and they were forced to kill 23 people instead of only the three they were supposed to. As the Straw Hat crew's assault on Enies Lobby began, Fukurou tactlessly mentions how weak Spandam is and Jyabura being dumped by his girlfriend. Strangely, he calls himself "Fukurou the Silent", and not as strangely adds: "Lover of Rumors". Fukurou's special te-awase (手合わせ, contest) ability allows him to measure the douriki (道力, power level) of his fellow teammates. Being honest, he is the one who ranks CP9 by power.

Fukurou claims he is a master of the soru technique, and is the first CP9 member to have used any variations of the move. With his soru he can move so fast that he is unable to be seen. He says that in this way he is like an owl, unseen and unheard by its prey until it is too late. Coincidentally, fukurou (梟) is the Japanese word for owl, and this is likely where his name comes from. Another possible influence on his name is the word fukuro (袋, bag or sack), as with the zipper on his mouth and his round body he somewhat resembles a bag.

Fukurou's fighting style revolves mostly around a refined punch, the jugon technique, a punch going at the speed of a Shigan making it powerful enough to damage even steel, as seen in his battle with Franky, and his strange body frame seems to require him to perform some of the rokushiki slightly different than the other CP9 members do.

In the Enies Lobby battle, Franky ran into Fukurou and fought him. Fukurou being a Soru specialist gave Franky some trouble, as speed is not Franky's strong suit. In a tumultuous fight between the two that involved fighting over the waterfall underneath the island, Franky defeated Fukurou with his powerful Coup De Vent.

Trivia

  • In the Volume 44 SBS, it was revealed that Fukurou had gotten a black belt in an unnamed martial art at an early age. He has also had the zipper across his mouth ever since he was young.
  • In the anime, Fukurou was given a female seiyuu, giving him a voice like a young child. Although this voice doesn't seem to match his appearance, it does somewhat fit his personality, as he often comes across as very playful and innocent.
  • He has an owl theme, due to his name meaning "owl" and how he compares his fighting style to it (he also makes an owl sound and facial expression when Chopper sucker-punches him.)
  • Fukurou ranked at 26th in the most recent popularity contest with 202 votes.

Kalifa

Seiyū: Naomi Shindō

Key: 2 (The key that opened Zoro and Usopp's handcuffs)

630 Dourikis

Age: 25

First seen as Iceburg's secretary, Kalifa (カリファ, Karifa) seems to care the most about him, going so far as to attack anyone who insults him with very swift and powerful kicks (which Luffy finds out the hard way when he makes a somewhat rude remark toward Iceburg). When she reveals herself to be a member of CP9, she also shows that she is handy with using a thorn whip along with Rokushiki. On their arrival at Enies Lobby, Kalifa and Kaku were given devil fruits by Spandam, and they ate them under the encouragement of the other CP9 members (particularly Lucci). It is also known that before Kalifa ate the devil fruit, she was the weakest of all the fighting CP9 members. Now that she has eaten a fruit it is unknown if her power has surpassed the second weakest member.

Despite her loyalty to Iceburg, Kalifa hates men, considering their speech, actions, and existence, especially Spandam's, as sexual harassment. That being said, she never hesitated to use her femininity to her utmost advantage in her battle with Sanji, where she teased and pummeled him rather than demanding "equal treatment". She also adjusts her glasses when she speaks.

Although it initially seemed that Kalifa would fight Sanji in Enies Lobby, even though the cook completely outclassed her in speed and power, he refused to strike her and was temporarily defeated by her, as he believed that even death was preferable to harming a woman. She turned Sanji into a slippery mannequin, due to her Awa Awa no Mi (アワアワの実 Bubble Bubble Fruit), which turns her into a soap-woman. Kalifa displays high intelligence since exhibited surprising proficiency in utilizing her devil fruit's powers, considering that she had consumed her fruit only recently, not past 24 hours at the time, and almost outsmarting and outmaneuvering even Nami. Her foam can not only clean off dirt, but can also "cleanse" a person's power, essentially draining one's energy and leaving them clean and shiny. She can also wash away a persons "curves" making them look like a cartoony yet morbid looking doll, which is what she had done to Sanji and Nami in her fights with them. Her power's weakness is water, even if she isn't submerged in it, as it washes away her soap. However, this new power made her more cocky then she normally was, which proves to be her undoing when she was defeated by Nami with a new move of hers, Thunder Lance Tempo, which struck through her chest and knocks her out. But not before making it a tough effort for the one who defeated her. After Kalifa defeated Sanji, Nami came quickly to confront her. However, Kalifa has already set up a trap for her: she dispersed a huge bulk of foam using her powers on her room. The trap succeeded and Nami slipped helplessly into the room, and began to feel weak as her strength was literally washed away from her. The fact that she was wearing a rather skimpy and revealing attire further the effect.

Trivia

  • In the Volume 44 SBS, it was revealed that Kalifa was very bookish as a child.
  • She's the only Water 7 CP9 member to make a comedic angry face.
  • She has a sheep theme, as seen in one of her attacks involves her gathering up bubbles to resemble one.
  • Kalifa's birthday was revealed in a Volume 43 SBS to be April 23. This is because Secretary's Day is celebrated on this day.[2]
  • Kalifa ranked at 23rd in the most recent popularity contest with 346 votes.
  • Oda has named several female characters after birds. Kalifa seems to be named after the Kalij Pheasant (or in German, "Kalifasan").

Former CP9

Nero

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Nero of CP9

Seiyū: Hidenobu Kiuchi

Known as the "Nero the Sea Weasel" (海イタチのネロ, Umi Itachi no Nero), Nero was considered the newest member of CP9. He was first introduced on the Puffing Tom, where he was helping to escort Nico Robin to Enies Lobby. However, as Nero is still a new recruit, he is only a yonshiki-tsukai (四式使い, four-power user), instead of a rokushiki-tsukai (六式使い, six-power user). The rokushiki that Nero has mastered are soru, geppou, kami-e, and rankyaku. He is still unable to use tekkai and shigan. However, he compensates for his lack of shigan by carrying guns with him, and compensates for his lack of tekkai by being very careful to avoid taking blows.

Nero attempted to stop Franky from rescuing Robin but was punched through the roof of Puffing Tom, into the room where the rest of CP9 was. Nero then continued to try to fight Franky and stated he would kill him, but Lucci wouldn't allow this, as they were simply supposed to be capturing him. Lucci then gave Nero three seconds to escape, at which point Lucci quickly took him out with five shigan attacks. Lucci then personally disbanded him from CP9. It is unknown whether or not Nero is dead or alive, as Lucci is a very skilled, shoot-to-kill sort of person, and Nero's limp body was thrown into the ocean during Aqua Laguna, one of the biggest storms in the world. However, since deaths are rare in the present time of One Piece, it's possible he may be alive.

Trivia

  • He has a weasel theme, due to his nickname, whiskers, ear-like hair, and tendency to say "shao" (a weasel noise) when he speaks.
  • In a recent Weekly Shonen Jump, in a poll to determine the most popular One Piece characters, Nero ranked at 98th.

Spandine

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The former leader of CP9, Spandine

Seiyū: Masaya Onosaka

Spandine (スパンダイン, Supandain) was the director of CP9 twenty years ago, and is the father of Spandam. Like Spandam, he has none of the strength of his subordinates (who seem to possess some form of rokushiki. He is also an extremely cowardly and gloating character. In addition to the similarities between their names, he says at one point "If I die, give my position to my son!", after having a hole shot in his jacket.

Spandine led the "investigation" of Ohara, which in truth was nothing but a formality before he initialized the Buster Call on the island, through the Golden Den Den Mushi, which was entrusted to him by Admiral Sengoku, who is now the Fleet Admiral of the entire marines. Spandine was the one who shot Robin's mentor, Professor Clover, before he could reveal the result of the Oharan scholars' work, and also briefly recaptured Robin's mother, Nico Olvia. It was through this he learned of Robin, and her knowledge of the Poneglyphs. It is because of him that a seventy-nine million Beli bounty was put on Robin. However, he indirectly saved her by having her denied access to the Oharan refugee ship, which was destroyed by Vice Admiral Sakazuki, who would later become Admiral Akainu (Red Dog).

As Spandine is Spandam's father, Spandam's efforts to capture Robin were partly out of revenge for his father's failed attempt to kill "the last devil of Ohara".

In a recent fan poll to determine the most popular One Piece characters, Spandine ranked at 96th.


Spandine's subordinates

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The two identified members of CP9 from twenty years ago

The picture above shows the two identified yet unnamed members of CP9 of twenty years ago, who went on the "inspection" to Ohara with Spandine. They have displayed use of Soru and seem to possess some form of Tekkai, as when a bomb lands just a few inches past them, they simply step aside, unlike their director, who panics. They did not seem concerned even after their director was hit almost directly with a bomb, and just suggested taking Olvia with them - the only reason they could not do so was because Spandine panicked again and ordered them to get away, saying: "Our first priority is my life!".

Douriki

Fukurou's te-awase (手合わせ, contest) ability allows him to measure the douriki (道力, similar to power level) of his fellow teammates. A common, armed soldier on average has around ten douriki, and according to Spandam a douriki of 500 or higher is easily super-human. It is unknown exactly what douriki measures. According to Jyabura, it measures only physical power, and most likely does not take into account Devil Fruit powers. It appears douriki also reflects the power of one's rokushiki abilities, as Franky noted that Lucci's tekkai was much stronger than Fukurou's. Nero's douriki is never given; whether this is because Fukurou never measured it or because Nero was already defeated by the time douriki was mentioned is unknown. However, as he was the only agent of CP9 to not have mastered all six rokushiki techniques, his douriki was the most likely the lowest of CP9's fighting members.

CP8

The story did not say. Although they are referenced in chapter 323 to have some very new abilities readers have yet to see.

CP7

Wanze

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Wanze of CP7

Seiyū: Yasuhiro Takato

Wanze (ワンゼ, Wanze) is the cook aboard the Puffing Tom and CP7 Ace. He has a peculiar face resembling that of a snail or leech and becomes dizzy when he sees spirals, such as Sanji's eyebrow.

He fights using "Ramen Kenpo" - where he puts flour into his mouth and makes ramen come out of his nose. He can also perform special variations of this technique; e.g., a ramen battle suit.

During his fight with Sanji, he angers Sanji by saying that Robin deceived the Straw Hats and is a cold person. He further irritated Sanji by wasting food, which Sanji simply cannot forgive. During the fight, Sanji uses a knife to cut his ramen battle vest; he explains that he used his hands, because he is fighting food.

Like some of the other characters of One Piece, Wanze had a unique laugh, he started it with a "Sa" (i.e. sa sa sa sa sa!)

He had no agents with him on the sea train.

He appears in episode 258 of the anime.

Trivia

  • According to Oda in an SBS column in Vol. 42, Wanze was originally going to be a sexy female chef, but was changed to a male "surfer dude" with goggles. His 3rd design resembled a stereotypical French chef, his 4th design was very close to Wanze's bishōnen look, and his 5th design had apelike features and goggles.
  • In a recent poll in Shonen Jump to determine the most popular One Piece characters, Wanze ranked at 75th.
  • According to another SBS question, Wanze wears the goggles on his head so his eyes don't get teary when he cuts onions. This statement proves to be contradictory because an anonymous fan of One Piece wrote to Oda that the onions go through the nose to make the onion cutter teary.
  • Wanze makes a cameo appearance in the background of episode 303 of the anime, even flashing the V Sign to the viewers in one scene.

CP6

Jerry

Seiyū: Naomi Kusumi

Jerry (ジェリー, Jerī) is the leader of CP6 as well as the first agent Sanji comes across when he invades the Puffing Tom. Jerry is an extremely tall man, so much so that he must bend double to fit into the Sea Train. He comes from Karate Island in South Blue, and claims to be a boxing champion. But the small space doesn't give him much room to attack properly. Trying to make up for this, he folds his body over in what he claims is a yoga style, only to find that he no longer has a long enough reach to hit Sanji. So, he simply charges at Sanji with a jumping move, only to be taken down in one hit.

The only agents with him aboard the sea train were generic soldiers.

He appears and is beaten in episode 253 of the Anime and in Chapter 362 of the Manga.

CP5

In the manga, there were at one point at least ten CP5 members. Four went with Spandam to question Tom, and five were sent to use Franky's ships and attack the Judicial Ship.

None of them have been named. They also do not seem to possess any special skills, unlike the CP9, and when arresting people, the CP5 threaten people with guns as opposed to brute force.


CP1-CP4

No information yet.

References

  1. ^ SBS questions: One Piece Manga - Vol.42 Chapter 406, Rob Lucci's name explained?
  2. ^ a b c SBS questions: One Piece Manga - Vol.43 Chapter 415, Water 7 and CP9 Birthdays
  3. ^ SBS questions: One Piece Manga - Vol.44 Chapter 422, Fan question: What was Kumadori's mother like?
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