Yonkou
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The Yonkou(四皇) is a title given to four fictional pirates from the manga/anime One Piece.
About the Yonkou
The Yonkou (四皇, Yonkō), literally Four Emperors, are the 4 great pirates who rule the second half of the Grand Line (known as 'the New World'). This is the stage where the battle to be the next Pirate King will be fought, with the Yonkou as the most likely candidates - Ace, subordinate of Yonkou member Whitebeard, has stated that he is working towards making his captain King.
They are one of The Three Great Powers, the others being the Shichibukai and Navy Headquarters, who are both more or less at the command of the World Government (although the Shichibukai mostly do what they please and are not guaranteed to follow its orders ). The Yonkou live quite literally as though they are Emperors, doing mostly as they please.
The other three Yonkou are said to be on the same level of strength as Whitebeard, who himself could stand up to the late Pirate King Gol D. Roger, suggesting that the Yonkou are all incredibly powerful. Whenever there is a shift in the balance of the three powers, one of the Yonkou makes a move. This is the reason for Sir Crocodile's defeat being such a crisis for the World Government.
Unlike the Shichibukai, the Yonkou themselves are not united together as one group, and live by their own individual paths in life. For that reason, the World Government does not want a meeting between Red-Haired Shanks and Whitebeard, fearing the two of them may unite together creating a stronger threat. But not only are the Yonkou themselves extremely powerful, they have also enormous fleets and powerful crews under their control.
For the World Government, these are the greatest pirate threats in the world. The Navy Headquarters and the Shichibukai balance the powers out.
Four Emperors
- Whitebeard (Edward Newgate)
- Red-Haired Shanks
- Kaidou (has not yet made a physical appearance)
There is one unknown Yonkou member yet to be revealed and two to make a physical appearance.He appears to be very strong as it was said that the best swordsman in the world Mihawk used to be the fourth division captain in this crew until he goes out and become a shichibukai
See also
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