This caused the Black Cat Pirates to cheer and chant his name, and Kuro had to remind them that this plan was to allow him to leave behind the name "Captain Kuro" for good.

Over 300,000 English translations He was once the familiar of Shiro Fujimoto until his death at the hands of Satan.

It encompasses some aspects of Swahili, English and other languages and is mostly spoken by the youth. His inhuman speed is also due to his highly powerful legs.

During his time as a pirate, he wore a standard black captain's coat with the Black Cat Pirates' symbol on the epaulets over a simple white shirt hanging over a pair of black pants reaching down to his knees, and his trademark shoes. His strength is so great that he can topple bulldozers and other construction equipment easily. Kuro's beliefs for the pirate’s life angered It was due to Kuro's defeat by Luffy and Usopp that he suffered, for the first time, a failure in the plan he was so proud of, and the shattering of his dream of a peaceful, luxurious retirement when Luffy unceremoniously threw him off the island, where the Marines eventually learned of Kuro's deception, thus forcing him to endure constant pursuit of being a wanted man once more. Once his true intentions came to light and his patience with his crew waned, Kuro bluntly stated that he would kill, even directing such cruelty to Kaya when she confronted him.

However, he does have a fierce side, as shown when he attacked the humans bulldozing his shrine. Kuro has proven himself to be quite a hypocrite. kuro = black. After that incident, Kuro grows close to Rin and becomes his own familiar. The locals turned to the True Cross Academy, who sent a team of Kuro is guarding the Southern Rear Entrance of the When Rin realizes that Kuro is simply lonely and does not want to accept Shiro's death, he stops Yukio from using the "poison" against Kuro and convinces him to give Rin a chance to reason with Kuro. His alias has been translated in different ways. Kuro attempted to attack Luffy with his Stealth Foot, but Luffy was able to keep up with it and hit Kuro into the cliff face. Kuro can detect ground nearby that is untouched by the Impure King for Ryuji to chant his spell and put a barrier over. The lower half of his face is covered with chocolate-brown fur, which slopes upward between his eyes, while his chest fur is white. Kuro is an extremely intelligent man (having the second highest IQ in East Blue, behind He also seems to like the glasses he wears very much, even though they tend to slip down his nose every so often.

There is a ring of white fur on his upper right leg. Sheng is somewhat like Pidgin.

While discussing his plans regarding Kaya with Jango, Kuro would avoid using the word "kill" due to believing it to be barbaric, referring to her planned death as an "accident" to make it sound more civilized.

He held himself in very high regard, having a standard for people no one but himself seemed able to live up to.

Kuro is a tall and slim man with glasses and slicked black hair, though during his fight with Luffy strands fell off onto his face. He has incredible physical prowess, as he has sufficient strength in his arms and hands to wield his overly large Cat Claws which consist of one full-sized katana blade per finger without any strain while still retaining his superhuman speed.

Kuro can effectively enter a state of automatic blood-lust during any phase of a "crescent moon", leading to an increase in brutality. When Kuro goes into his nekomata form, he becomes enormous, easily towering over human adults.

He later revealed that he never intended to let his crew leave Gecko Island alive despite his earlier claim that three years of inactivity had softened his heart (hence giving his crew five minutes to redeem themselves).