For other characters with the same name, see Roronoa (Disambiguation). The subject of this article is sometimes called Roronoa Zolo. Roronoa Zoro , also known as "Pirate Hunter" Zoro ,[9] is the master swordsman (剣豪, kengō?) and combatant of the Straw Hat Pirates, one of the Senior Officers of the Straw Hat Grand Fleet,[4] and is publicly recognized as the right-hand man and number two of his crew's captain, Monkey D. Luffy.[20][21][22][23] Formerly a bounty hunter,[6] he is the second ... Zoro was born 21 years ago in the East Blue to Tera and Roronoa Arashi, a descendant of the Shimotsuki Family.[3][11] By the time Zoro was 8 years old, his father had already been killed in a battle against pirates threatening Shimotsuki Village, and his mother had died of illness, leaving Zoro orphaned. At the village's dojo, he trained to be a swordsman.[20] Even as a child, Zoro was strong enough to defeat most adults, but could not defeat Kuina, the daughter of the dojo's master... Zoro usually maintains a very stern, serious, and distanced personality, but often loses his temper in a goofy and exaggerated comical style. It would seem however, that this anger is the only emotion that Zoro often feels comfortable showing. Outside of situations where he feels confident in battle, he tends to smile or laugh the least out of the Straw Hats and rarely fools around with the rest of the crew and likes to distance himself more to sleep or train. In fact, his defeat at the...
