What ethnicity is Franky One Piece?

Oda replied that, one way or another, the characters do have a certain “image” and in the original article, listed the countries next to each character's name in parenthesis. Franky (U.S.) *Oda wrote “Africa,” which, of course, is a continent and not a country.
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What ethnicity is Nico Robin?

According to Oda, Robin is a 30-year-old, has her birthday on February 6, and is 6.2 feet tall which is around 188 cm. When asked by a fan what the nationalities of the members of the Straw Hat Pirates would be if One Piece was set in the real world, Oda replied that Robin would be Russian.
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What is Zoro's ethnicity?

Roronoa Zoro: German (Lederhosen)
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What ethnicity are the One Piece characters?

The answer they received wasn't quite what some fans had in mind, though…
  • Luffy (Brazil)
  • Zoro (Japan)
  • Nami (Sweden)
  • Usopp (Africa)
  • Sanji (France)
  • Chopper (Canada)
  • Robin (Russia)
  • Franky (America)
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What ethnicity is Chopper?

Early life. Read was born on 17 November 1954 to a former army and World War II veteran father Keith Read of Irish descent and a mother who was a devout Seventh-day Adventist. He was placed in a children's home for the first five years of his life. He grew up in the Melbourne suburbs of Collingwood and Fitzroy.
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What race is Shanks?

Shanks, who is of Cherokee and Illini descent, appeared in the film The Last Sin Eater as a Native American chief.
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What ethnicity is Nami?

Concerning her ethnic appearance, Oda revealed that he imagines Nami to be of Swedish nationality, albeit in a real-world context.
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Is Usopp African?

While answering the question, Oda said that Usopp was from Africa. Of course, this ignores the fact that Africa isn't a country but rather a continent -- a continent made up of 54 very different countries, including densely populated, culturally diverse ones like Nigeria and Egypt.
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Is Brook a black?

Despite having no skin, he still has an afro which he says is because his hair has very strong roots. Brook's style was that of a gentleman consisting of a coat, top hat, trousers and afro, which were black, while the inner linings of his coat were yellow-orange.
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Is Monkey D Luffy Latino?

Monkey D.

When Eiichiro Oda, the author of the manga, was asked where the characters would be from if they existed in the real world, he said Luffy would be Brazilian. This makes Luffy a rare - and awesome - example of a Latino anime protagonist.
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Is Franky American?

Oda replied that, one way or another, the characters do have a certain “image” and in the original article, listed the countries next to each character's name in parenthesis. Franky (U.S.) *Oda wrote “Africa,” which, of course, is a continent and not a country.
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What is Trafalgar Law's nationality?

Law's surname, Trafalgar, was taken from cape Trafalgar in the south-west of Spain. Its name is Arabic in origin, meaning "Western Cape". It was a famous naval battle between the British and the French/Spanish fleet during the Napoleonic Wars, dubbed the Battle of Trafalgar.
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What ethnicity is Jinbei?

Jinbe's real life nationality would be Indian.
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Is Robin Latina One Piece?

8 Speaking Spanish

Well into her run in the series, fans were shocked to learn that Eiichiro Oda intended for Robin to appear Russian. This confusion among fans may be due to her original costume choices, dark skin within the anime, and, the most obliquely deceptive of all, her tendency to name her moves in Spanish.
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Why is Luffy Brazilian?

Luffy's real-world nationality analogue is Brazilian — Luffy is from the Goa Kingdom, named after an Indian city colonized by the Portuguese Empire. In the Netflix adaptation, Luffy will be portrayed by Iñaki Godoy, a Mexican actor.
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Is Robin One Piece black?

Robin was always supposed to be light-skinned. What happened was that Oda had not produced a colored image of her before she first appeared in the anime, and so Toei made a guess about her skin color that turned out to be wrong. In addition, Robin's eyes were supposed to be brown, but the anime made them blue instead.
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Is Luffy from the East Blue?

Many other powerful and world renowned characters also hail from the East Blue: Marine hero and vice-admiral, Monkey D. Garp; pirates of the Worst Generation, Monkey D. Luffy and Roronoa Zoro, as well as their crewmates Nami, a navigator, and Usopp, a sniper; and the Revolutionary Army leader, Monkey D.
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What race is Brook?

Brook and Robin Lopez's father is Heriberto Lopez who is Cuban. Their brothers' mother was born Deborah Ledford (before hyphenating in Lopez to her surname), and she is of German, English, and Scottish descent.
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Is Sanji stealth black?

Sanji in his Raid Suit, which apparently heavily resembles Stealth Black. According to Trafalgar Law, Sanji in his raid suit heavily resembles Stealth Black, a fictional character from Sora, Warrior of the Sea.
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Why is Usopp's nose so long?

Usopp is a slim tan-skinned teenager with medium-length black curly hair, prominent lips and a long nose, which is apparently an allusion to Pinocchio (a wooden boy from a story of the same name who possessed a nose that would stretch after he lied).
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What does Sanji smell like?

32 'Sanji' (3=San - 2=ji) 59 'Cook' (5=Ko - 9=kku) [Blue] Smells like Cigarettes and Seafood.
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Is roronoa Zoro Japanese?

Concerning his ethnic appearance, Oda revealed that he imagines Zoro to be of Japanese descent, albeit in a real-world context.
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Is Trafalgar Law Black?

His hair color is depicted as black in both the anime and manga, though sometimes the manga depicts it as blue. He has many tribal-style tattoos on his arms; on both of his hands are letters spelled as D E A T H tattooed in black on each of the back of his fingers.
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Is doflamingo French?

Donquixote Doflamingo takes his name from another Spanish story: El Ingenioso Hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha, or The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quijote of La Mancha. In the story, Don Alonso Quijano was a Spanish noble who read so many books on chivalry that he decided to become a knight-errant.
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