Marshall D. Teach

Marshall D. Teach

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Japanese Name:     マーシャル・D・ティーチ
Romanized Name:     Māsharu Dī Tīchi
English Name:     Marshall D. Teech (Viz, FUNimation subs, edited dub);
Marshall D. Teach (FUNimation uncut dub)
First Appearance:     Chapter 223; Episode 146
Affiliations:     Blackbeard Pirates; Yonko; Shichibukai (former); Whitebeard Pirates (defected)
Occupations:     Pirate; Captain; Shichibukai (former)
Epithet:     Blackbeard (黒ひげ Kurohige?)
Japanese VA:     Akio Ōtsuka
4Kids English VA:     Unknown
Funi English VA:     Cole Brown
Age:     38 (debut)[1]
40 (after timeskip)[2]
Birthday:     August 3rd[3]
Height:     344cm (11'2")[1]
Devil Fruit
Japanese Name:     Yami Yami no Mi
English Name:     Dark-Dark Fruit
Meaning:     Yami (闇) is the Japanese word for "darkness"
Type:     Logia
Second Devil Fruit
Japanese Name:     Gura Gura no Mi
English Name:     Tremor-Tremor Fruit
Meaning:     Gura Gura is the sound of shaking.
Type:     Paramecia

Marshall D. Teach (マーシャル・D・ティーチ Māsharu Dī Tīchi?), commonly referred to as Blackbeard (黒ひげ Kurohige?), is the captain of the Blackbeard Pirates and one of the Yonko who rule over the second half of the Grand Line, the New World. He was formerly a member of the Whitebeard Pirates' second division until he murdered Fourth Division commander Thatch for the Yami Yami no Mi, and defected from the crew. He briefly held the position of Shichibukai after handing Ace over to the Marines and is one of the main antagonists of the series.

Appearance

Blackbeard is a middle-aged looking man with a massive build, a big mouth with several broken or missing teeth (though sometimes he does have a full set; whether this is an inconsistency error made by Oda or part of the story is unknown), a pronounced crooked nose and a very large and hairy chest and torso. Long, thick, curly black hair falls down the back of his neck, underneath a black bandana, and a small scruffy black beard (hence his epithet) grows around his jawline. As the series progresses, his beard becomes longer and scruffier. He is extremely tall, being exactly twice Luffy's (pre-timeskip) height.

At his first appearance in Mock Town, Teach wears an open buttoned white shirt with rolled up sleeves, green trousers with black line patterns, a yellow sash around his waist and classic black swashbuckler boots complete with large bronze buckles.

During his raid on Banaro Island, he has added a large black and gold captain's coat over his attire, along with white beads on each wrist as bracelets and rings with gemstones on all of the fingers of both his hands (similar to his predecessor, Crocodile).

At the Shichibukai meeting at the Marine Headquarters, he added a pair of necklaces of red as well as golden-yellow and blue beads to his dark orange sash and a traditional black tricorne hat over his grey bandana, as well as switching to a red shirt. He also has three flintlocks and a flask tied to his sash around his waist.

In Volume 63 SBS Oda drew the Shichibukai as children. Teach is shown wearing a baseball cap with a rolled up long sleeve shirt and dark shorts. He is also wearing black curled tip shoes, and unlike his usual cheerful expression, is crying for an unknown reason.