| “ | Dammit! Hurry up, Joker! Make preparations for the final battle! I don't care if this boring world is destroyed! Let's start the greatest war the world has ever seen! | „ |
| ~ Kaido stating his desire to destroy the world. |
| “ | I don't care! We don't need him anymore! | „ |
| ~ Kaido beheading Orochi. |
Kaido is a major antagonist of the One Piece franchise. He is the main antagonist of the Wano Country Saga. He was one of the Four Emperors of the Sea and an extremely powerful pirate with one of the highest bounties in the world. He was a tyrant that ruled Wano for over twenty years and had oppressed the people of the country. He is the governor-general of the Beasts Pirates. He was defeated by Luffy who eventually usurped his position as an Emperor.
In the anime, he is voiced by Tessho Genda, and in the Dubbed version, he is voiced by David Sobolov.
His Evil Ranking[]
What Makes Him Close to Being Pure Evil?[]
- Participated in many wars against Vodka Kingdom's neighbors.
- Kaido allied with Orochi to support him in his agenda of oppressing the people of Wano. He would force the civilians to work in factories to help build up his weapons.
- Kaido also planned to enslave 100 people of Wano every week to build his armada if Oden didn't submit to Orochi's conditions.
- Kaido fought against Kozuki Oden and the Nine Red Scabbards to maintain his oppression over the country. In the end, he was the one who executed Oden and would continue his oppressive regime unabated.
- Kaido will also order his men to kill Kozuki Toki, despite her posing no real threats to him.
- Kaido heavily abused his child, Yamato, by locking Yamato in seclusion and not feeding Yamato due to Yamato's defiance and admiration for Kozuki Oden. Kaido also placed explosive collars on Yamato to force Yamato to remain in Wano and to have control over Yamato.
- Kaido executed the Daimyos of Wano after they rebelled against him by burning them alive.
- He is shown to have grown an infamous reputation among the pirates and was feared for his wrath.
- Kaido allied with Doflamingo and Caesar Clown to make SMILEs and weapons to fund his war on the world.
- Kaido killed two of his subordinates by smashing his Hassakai into their faces after having them hold Luffy's and Law's bounties.
- He crash-landed on Kid's, Hawkins', and Apoo Scratchman's base and forced them to join his crew with threats of violence. He beats Kid very badly and imprisoned him in Wano for defying him. Kaido was also responsible for dispersing Kid's crew, leaving him on his own while he was captured and imprisoned.
- Kaido threatened to kill Big Mom when she came to Wano and even threatened her life before coming to the country. After Queen escorted Big Mom, Kaido still intends to kill her since she came to his territory.
- It was revealed that Kaido set up many factories over the years and would use them to force people into slavery. In addition, his factories polluted most of the country and Kaido purposely deprived the people of healthy food and water, leaving them all to starve.
- He launched an attack at a castle that held the Straw Hats and their allies, attempting to kill all of them in an explosion.
- Kaido engaged in a major fight against Luffy over a populated city in his dragon form endangering the civilians and some of his crewmates in the town.
- Kaido attacked Tama and Speed for no real reason.
- He ordered his men to send Luffy to Udon to try and break Luffy's will through torture so that Luffy will be an obedient follower. It's also revealed that he is attempting to do the same thing to Kid, who also opposed him.
- Due to his powers and his support of Orochi's actions, he is also culpable in some of Orochi's crimes such as having the people of Wano eat defective SMILE fruits when they were hungry, causing them to smile permanently.
- During the Onigashima celebration and declaration of his plans, Kaido beheads Orochi with King's sword, declaring Orochi is no longer any use to him and stated that he has been Kaido's pawn all along.
- Kaido declares that he plans to collect the ancient weapons, the One Piece, and go to war against the World Government to destroy them and then conquer the world. He also reveals his intentions to turn Wano into a lawless pirate paradise where pirates would have free reign to terrorize and enslave civilians at their own will.
- Kaido ordered his crew to capture Nico Robin when needing her knowledge of the Road Poneglyphs.
- After Yamato defies him for the last time, Kaido disowns him and tries to kill him for being an annoyance.
- With his powers, Kaido lifts Onigashima into the air and attempts to send it to the Flower Capital (which would’ve destroyed it). He intended to make Onigashima the new capital of Wano and showed apathy to the idea of dropping the island on the capital that had thousands of people below which would have killed them.
- After defeating Luffy the second time, Kaido declares that when he wins the war, he will have all the civilians be enslaved under his rule.
- After defeating Luffy for the third time, Kaido declared that he would murder all of the Ninja-Pirate-Mink-Samurai Alliance, only being stopped due to Hito Hito no Mi, Model: Nika's awakening.
- Despite having funny moments, such as making faces when he is drunk, he is taken completely seriously in-universe.
What Prevents Him from Being Pure Evil?[]
- Kaido is shown to have genuine respect and honor for his enemies who can fight him in fairness and sees anyone who using underhanded tactics or cheating to make him win a battle as morally wrong when he hates interference. The punishment for those daring to interfere his fights, will be killed by Kaido himself by smashing them with his mace.
- He expresses disgust when Kurozumi Higurashi deceived Kozuki Oden during his battle against Kaido by impersonating Kozuki Momonosuke and punished the "old hag" by killing her as well he apologized to Oden that they didn't have a great battle due to Higurashi's interference. Despite of him hating Oden and considered him as an "idiot lord", Kaido does respect him as one of the six legendary pirates who are capable of truly challenging him.
- During his battle against Luffy, Kaido killed the CP0 agent, Guernica, by smashing him with his mace, for pushing Luffy towards his attack seeing the Guernica's move as dishonorable similar to his battle against Oden 20 years ago.
- When Luffy (now awakened) returned to face him, Kaido was genuinely overjoyed to see Luffy alive and hearty, telling him he would never have accepted winning like that when he apologies to Luffy for Guernica's interference and called the CP0 agent as an "idiot".
- He respects Luffy's newly awakening powers when he called it ridiculous but also figured out it is a Zoan type fruit. He is glad to hear Luffy is still a big mouth when he explained the true nature of "Awakening". During his defeat, Kaido acknowledged Luffy as "Joy Boy".
- He is shown to be on good terms with higher-ranking pirates within his pirate crew. He allowed Jack to rest up from his battle against the Scabbards and congratulates him on his efforts against the enemy who was stronger. He also rescued Alber from being experimented on by the World Government and offered him to join his crew as well giving him the name as King. Flashbacks also show that he had heart-to-heart conversation with King and was respectful to him.
- After Big Mom's defeat, Kaido reminisces about a positive moment with Big Mom. He tears up when thinking about her stating that he knew her for a long time and cannot believe she was defeated by Eustass Kid and Trafalgar Law, while also commenting on their shared goal of getting the One Piece.
External Links[]
- Kaido on the Villains Wiki
- Kaido on the One Piece Wiki
- Kaido on the Moral Ranking Wiki
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