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Yoshioka Sato

Character

Yoshioka Sato is a first-year student and cooking club member at Uwazumi High School in the spin-off One Piece in Love. A proud young chef, she gets folded into Nakatsugawa Usopp's pretend pirate crew as its Sanji stand-in despite knowing almost nothing about the series.

Japanese Voice: Akari Kitou
Status: Alive
Gender: Female
First Appearance (Manga): Chapter 6
First Appearance (Anime): One Piece in Love Episode 3
Crew & Affiliations: Uwazumi High School, Cooking Club
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Appearance

Sato is a teenage girl whose long blonde hair falls down her back. Her usual look is a green school uniform set off by a blue collar and skirt, though she switches to relaxed casual wear on her own time. When she steps into the kitchen to cook or bake, she ties on an apron decorated with rabbits.

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Personality

Cooking is Sato's passion, and she takes real pride in her skill as a chef and baker. Being outdone sends her spiraling into a gloomy, competitive funk where she is determined to prove herself the best. Otherwise she is laid-back enough to humor Nakatsugawa Usopp's games, answering to the name Sanji even though One Piece means nothing to her. She does her best to keep up with his enthusiasm and toss in references of her own, though she tends to botch them. Eventually she reads a little of the manga to do better, yet stays mostly in the dark about it.

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History

Sato pitched in to help Koyama Nami bake a birthday cake for Yamamoto Luffy, and during the effort Usopp drafted her into his make-believe crew as the Sanji role, a part she did not really understand without having read the source. By the next time his antics swept her up, she had gotten through a bit of One Piece, though still not much. She regularly spends time with Nami and keeps getting pulled into Usopp's One Piece shenanigans as a result.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is there a One Piece spinoff anime?

Yes, Yoshioka Sato appears in One Piece in Love, a spin-off following high schoolers who act out their own pretend version of the Straw Hats.

Who is Yoshioka Sato in One Piece?

Yoshioka Sato is a first-year student and cooking club member at Uwazumi High School in the spin-off One Piece in Love who gets cast as the group's Sanji stand-in.

Why is Yoshioka Sato cast as Sanji in Usopp's pretend crew?

Nakatsugawa Usopp drafted Sato into his make-believe pirate crew as the Sanji role, even though she knew almost nothing about One Piece at the time.

What is Yoshioka Sato's personality like?

Yoshioka Sato takes real pride in her cooking and baking skill, turning gloomy and competitive when outdone, though she is otherwise laid back enough to humor Usopp's games.

How does Yoshioka Sato know Koyama Nami?

Yoshioka Sato is friends with Koyama Nami, and it was while helping Nami bake a birthday cake for Yamamoto Luffy that Usopp first roped her into his pretend One Piece crew.

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