A Marine base stationed at Shells Town in the East Blue, serving as the headquarters for the 153rd division. Once ruled by the tyrannical Captain Morgan, it later became the starting point for the Marine careers of Koby and Helmeppo.
A Marine base in the East Blue commanded by the corrupt Captain Nezumi. Responsible for the Conomi Islands, it infamously ignored Arlong's tyranny in exchange for bribes, making it complicit in the suffering of Nami's home village.
A short-lived East Blue Marine unit under Commodore Pudding Pudding. Sent to relieve those crushed under Arlong's rule, the squad instead goaded the fish-man pirate and paid for it with total destruction.
A Marine base anchoring the 80th division in the West Blue. It responded to a distress call in the chaotic aftermath of Whitebeard's death, sending soldiers to shield a threatened island from pirates bound for the Grand Line.
An anime-only clan of bounty hunters headed by the patriarch Don Accino, the Accino Family serve as the lead villains driving the Ice Hunter Arc. They chased the Straw Hats across the frozen Hyokaido while amassing captured pirate flags as trophies.
A pirate crew from an unspecified region captained by Devil Dias. Their ambitions of reaching the New World ended in tragedy when Dias was enslaved on the Sabaody Archipelago and killed trying to escape.
The Age Age Super Marines make up a breakaway navy faction under the self-declared Yehudi, first staged during the 2022 edition of the One Piece Premier Show. Having turned their backs on the true Marines, they set out to destroy pirates through public spectacle and mass execution.
The Agotogi Sand Merchants were a gang of thugs operating in Arabasta, headed by the grinning ruffian Agotogi. Roughly eleven years before Princess Vivi's return home, they attempted to abduct her for ransom.
Albatross Delivery is a privately run mail and parcel service that ferries items for ordinary people across the world. Mentioned only in an SBS column, it competes with other couriers while remaining less advanced than the World Government's own system.
The Alvida Pirates were a small East Blue crew captained by the club-wielding Alvida, nicknamed Iron Mace. They hold the distinction of being the very first pirates Luffy crosses paths with, and they later folded into an alliance with Buggy.
The Amber Pirates are a non-canon crew from the game One Piece: World Seeker, captained by One-Man. They raided Amber Harbor chasing the riches said to lie on Jail Island, and ran afoul of Luffy in the process.
The Amigo Pirates are an anime-original crew tied to Shiki, appearing in the Little East Blue Arc. Themed around mariachi culture and led by Largo, they specialized in trapping difficult prey aboard their custom submarine.
The Ancient Pirates are a non-canon crew from the game Set Sail Pirate Crew!, sailing under the cursed captain Skullface. He drives them to hunt anyone chasing the Ancient Gold, and their crew is rumored to be drowned men bound to him by hypnosis.
The Aoi Kingdom was a now-destroyed nation somewhere on the Grand Line, mentioned only in an SBS column. It is remembered chiefly as the place where Issho once served as the chief of its defensive military.
A pirate crew captained by A O that once fought Whitebeard before joining his fleet as a subordinate band. Tough enough to thrive in the New World, the crew survived the great war at Marineford only to be crushed years later by Edward Weevil.
The Arlong Pirates were an all fish-man crew captained by Arlong, save for their captive navigator Nami. Convinced of their species' superiority, they seized the Conomi Islands and stand as the central villains of the Arlong Park Arc.
Bandit Nine is a non-canon outlaw band from One Piece Odyssey, headed by Gillian. The name comes from the nine separate bandit groups its leader stitched together during his travels across the islands.
The Banzai Pirates are a non-canon band captained by a man named Banzai, showing up only in the video game One Piece: Ocean's Dream! Their loose ties to Baroque Works and their brawl with the amnesiac Straw Hats are about all that is recorded about them.
Baroque Works was a secret criminal network founded by the Warlord Crocodile to topple the Arabasta Kingdom and seize the buried superweapon Pluton. Hiding behind bounty-hunting cover work and codenamed agents, it manufactured a civil war that the Straw Hats and Princess Vivi narrowly stopped.
The Barrels Pirates were a North Blue crew captained by the former Marine Diez Barrels, best known for briefly possessing the Ope Ope no Mi and for being wiped out by Doflamingo. Their only survivor was the captain's son, later famous as X Drake.
Bartolomeo, a Luffy-obsessed rookie with the Bari Bari no Mi, heads the Barto Club, a former East Blue street gang that idolizes the Straw Hats. Within the Grand Fleet they hold the number-two slot, fearsome in a brawl yet hopeless whenever they have to actually navigate.
The Bavette Family is a World Noble bloodline mentioned only in passing. Their single recorded note places them among the strongest competitors at the Native Hunting Competition held at God Valley thirty-eight years ago.
The Bayan Pirates are a non-canon, music-themed crew under Captain Bayan, who bends foes to his will through composed melodies. Aiming to force the treasure hunter Amanda into revealing her fortune, the whole band was ultimately broken by the Straw Hat Pirates.
The Beardless Pirates are a non-canon crew of bald, hairless raiders featured in the Fluffy Picture Book yonkoma drawn by Carrot. Reaching the Mokomo Dukedom deep in the New World, their pillaging is cut short by Carrot, its newly named Duke.
The Beasts Pirates were a colossal, roughly 20,000-strong crew ruled by the Emperor Kaidou from their base on Onigashima in Wano Country. Built to become an army of Devil Fruit users, they were finally shattered during the Raid on Onigashima.
Commanded by the flamboyant Cavendish, the Beautiful Pirates hold the top rank among the ships pledged to Luffy's Grand Fleet. Made up of aristocratic followers who left the Bourgeois Kingdom with their exiled prince, they swear loyalty to the Straw Hats.
Founded in the North Blue by Bellamy the Hyena, the Bellamy Pirates gained notoriety in early Paradise while serving under the Donquixote Pirates. Their fall began after Bellamy lost a single punch to Luffy and fell out of Doflamingo's favor.
A minor pirate band captained by Mikazuki, the Big Helmet Pirates turn up at Water 7 seeking ship repairs. When they refuse to pay and threaten the shipwrights, the Galley-La carpenters crush the entire crew on the spot.
Ruled by the Emperor Charlotte Linlin, the woman most people call Big Mom, the Big Mom Pirates govern the nation of Totto Land from their seat on Whole Cake Island. Their bid to seize the world beside Kaidou ended when their captain fell at Onigashima.
A non-canon crew allied with the Blackbeard Pirates, the BIG Pirates first appeared in the One Piece Premier Show 2017. Under their captain Bad One Gracie, they served in the Payback War and afterward pursued the last of the Whitebeard loyalists.
Led by Marshall D. Teach, the Blackbeard Pirates rose from a five-man raft to one of the four mightiest fleets in the world. Built around stolen Devil Fruits and the Ten Titanic Captains, they reshaped the balance of power by killing Whitebeard and seizing his place among the Emperors.
Once feared across the East Blue, the Black Cat Pirates answered to the scheming Captain Kuro before Jango briefly took the helm. Their cat motif and quiet menace mask a crew kept obedient by terror, and they stand as the central threat of the Syrup Village Arc.
The Black Kingdom is a non-canon faction created for the One Piece Premier Show 2023, operating out of Atarashi Island under the manipulative Ven Vendler. By weaponizing his powers to frame innocent royals, the group sets the stage's central conflict in motion.
The Bliking Pirates formed when the tyrant Wapol abandoned his throne and took to the sea with his loyalists after the Blackbeard Pirates overran Drum Island. Greedy and cruel, they serve as the main antagonists of the Drum Island Arc.
A small East Blue crew serving under the pirate Bluejam. Seen only in flashback, they crossed the young Luffy, Ace, and Sabo on Dawn Island and later carried out the Goa nobles' dirty work by setting Gray Terminal ablaze before being abandoned to the flames themselves.
A rookie band from the South Blue, the Bonney Pirates burst onto the Sabaody Archipelago alongside the Straw Hats and earned a place among the Worst Generation. Founded by former fishermen, they sailed in search of their captain's lost father, Bartholomew Kuma.
Created for the One Piece Premier Show 2018, the Bounties Pirates are a non-canon crew tied to the Beasts Pirates. Led by the brothers Bounty and Prize, they plotted to wipe out every king at the Levely using poison gas.
Appearing only in the video game One Piece Odyssey, the Bounty Pirates are a non-canon crew assembled by Margin from the criminals he was supposed to turn in. They stand out as the rare non-canon group whose every member carries a bounty.
A minor pirate outfit captained by the self-declared princess Pururu. Sailing beneath the emperor Shanks as one of the lesser allied crews in his fleet, they are widely reckoned to be weak and appeared on Elbaph during the Egghead Arc.
A non-canon retail building from the one-shot Future Present from God. Its downfall came through divine clumsiness: a heaven-sent meteor, misdirected by a spelling error, flattened the store rather than the pickpocket it was meant to punish.
An anime-only crew founded by Breed, the Breed Pirates went through two incarnations after their captain's human followers betrayed him. Swearing off people entirely, Breed rebuilt the crew from enslaved animals controlled by his Devil Fruit.
The Buggy and Alvida Alliance brought together two East Blue pirate captains who shared a grudge against Luffy. Though the Straw Hats had beaten them both early on, the partnership endured, hunting lost treasure before growing into a far larger mercenary outfit.
Led by the former Roger Pirates apprentice Buggy, this circus-flavored band climbed from a minor East Blue nuisance to an Emperor's crew through sheer dumb luck. Repeated twists reshaped it into an alliance with Alvida, then Buggy's Delivery, and finally the Cross Guild.
A pirate-for-hire venture built by Buggy the Star Clown, leasing out formidable warriors to any faction fighting a war. Buggy's Warlord seat kept it legal for a time, and once that title vanished the whole operation was folded into the Cross Guild.
A non-canon crew appearing in the video game One Piece Odyssey, led by the sniper Sogekiller. For all their pirate branding, no one aboard can actually sail, so the group never puts to sea and instead menaces a desert with long-range gunfire.
A non-canon research group of three brothers first shown in the One Piece Premier Show 2015 stage production. Bent on ruling the world through science, they brainwash and kidnap Nami, only for Luffy and Sabo to bring them down.
The Caribou Pirates are a North Blue rookie crew led by the brothers Caribou and Coribou, who reached Sabaody as the Straw Hats reunited. Notorious for killing Marines, they briefly joined the Fake Straw Hat Crew while plotting betrayal.
The private, feline-styled retinue that answers to Who's-Who inside the Beasts Pirates. Recruited from the crew he formerly captained, its members echo the cat motif of his Ancient Zoan fruit and fight at his side through the Onigashima raid.
A family-run business combine believed to belong to the Cefran family, this zaibatsu surfaces in the story only through a proposed political match. The head's daughter, a top graduate of Enoa Academy, was once put forward as a bride for royalty roughly eight decades in the past.
Centaurea is a South Blue nation referenced only in passing, remembered as one of the regimes that toppled when the Revolutionary Army seized control of it. The country itself has never appeared on the page, so almost nothing concrete about it is known.
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