Yukimura is an anime-original Marine rear admiral nicknamed Slayer of a Thousand Men. He appears at the Marineford clash, shielding the young recruit Koby before the Whitebeard forces strike him down, and later turns up in other non-canon stories.
Towering and broad, Yukimura sports a head of long curly brown locks paired with bushy brows that call to mind Franky's own. His face carries a stern set of creases, framing a wide nose and a heavy pair of lips. His look shifted across stories: a mustache sprouted for a time, then vanished again by the hunt for the Pure Gold.
For his uniform he keeps to the formal officer code, a navy suit over a gray shirt, finished with a deep red tie. The standard Marine overcoat sits across his back, worn loose like a cloak rather than fitted through the sleeves.
Loyalty toward his fellow servicemen drives Yukimura. He steps in to guard Koby when a pirate lunges at the rookie, scolding the attacker and noting that a battlefield is no place for those who have not steeled themselves for it.

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Holding the rank of rear admiral grants Yukimura command over those beneath him, and Koby speaks of his grim reputation as a man said to have cut down more than a thousand opponents. His speed lets him slip between an oncoming pirate and Koby in time, though the first surge from Whitebeard's allies soon overwhelms him. He wields a long katana with clear skill during the Marineford battle.
In One Piece Film: Z he sits in on Sakazuki's strategy meeting about the former admiral Zephyr, given a seat among vice admirals despite his lower station. During the Heart of Gold events he oversees the Marines tasked with holding Myskina Olga and the Pure Gold for the government, working beside CP0. When Mad Treasure's crew descends, Yukimura is baffled by arrows striking from nowhere, then loses a duel to the invisible Psycho P, his warship the last to be destroyed.
Yukimura in One Piece is male, introduced as a Marine rear admiral nicknamed Slayer of a Thousand Men.
Yukimura is an anime-original Marine rear admiral known as Slayer of a Thousand Men who appears at the Battle of Marineford protecting the young recruit Koby.
Yukimura shields Koby from an attacking pirate at Marineford, but he is quickly overwhelmed once Whitebeard's allies launch their first assault.
Yukimura fights with a long katana, which he wields with clear skill during the Battle of Marineford.
During the Heart of Gold story, Yukimura oversees the Marines guarding Myskina Olga and the Pure Gold, but he is baffled by an unseen attacker and loses a duel to the invisible Psycho P, resulting in his warship's destruction.
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