Roronoa Zoro

"Over the 9 mountains and 8 seas... Throughout the world itself... There is nothing I cannot cut!!!"

- Roronoa Zoro Roronoa Zoro is a character from One Piece. He appeared in the 70th episode of DEATH BATTLE!, Zoro VS Erza, where he fought against Erza Scarlet from Fairy Tail. He was voiced by Kaiji Tang.

History
Roronoa Zoro trained as a swordsman at a very young age at the Shimotsuki Village dojo, where he gained experience in the way of the sword. When his childhood friend Kuina died, he honored her legacy by inheriting her sword, and created his signature "Santoryu" which had him use three swords at once.

He went of to find Dracule "Hawk-Eye" Mihawk, the best swordsman in the world so he could take the title from him, but was captured by a Marine Corp after saving a little girl from the Captain's son's dog. He would eventually meet Monkey D. Luffy, and after rescuing him, agreed to a part of Luffy's crew as Luffy's first mate.

Background

 * Full Name: Roronoa Zoro
 * Height: 5'11''/181 cm
 * Age: 21
 * Birthday: November 11
 * Bounty: 320,000,000 belly
 * Former Occupation: Bounty Hunter
 * Member of the Straw Hat Pirates
 * Trained under Dracule Mihawk
 * Awful sense of direction

Arsenal & Skills

 * Santoryu: Three-Sword Style
 * Oni Giri
 * Tatsu Maki
 * 1080 Pound Cannon
 * Kyutoryu: Nine Sword Style
 * Armament Haki
 * Observation Haki

Feats

 * Cut through a mountain-sized man
 * Dodged point-blank cannon fire
 * Decapitated a dragon
 * Survived certain death from Kuma
 * Moved 9000 miles per hour
 * Strong enough to lift a building
 * Survived 30 million volts of electricity
 * Defeated Mr. 1
 * Punched a hole through a tidal wave

Death Battle Quotes

 * Oh! Sorry lady. Could you point me in the way of the shipyard? I've been looking around for hours...
 * Sorry, I'm busy. Maybe later.
 * I told you I'm busy!
 * Well I guess we're doing THIS now...
 * Woah! What?
 * Neat trick...
 * Try laughing at this!
 * Ugh, don't start crying woman...
 * So much for all that "true strength" bullshit huh?
 * Bring it on!
 * You're not the only one who fights for their friends!
 * sigh* Now, where the hell is that shipyard?
 * sigh* Now, where the hell is that shipyard?

One Minute Melee
Zoro appeared as a combatant in One Minute Melee, where he fought against Himura Kenshin from Rurouni Kenshin and won. Later, he appeared in episode Oni VS Kenpachi Round 3, where he, Luffy, and Ichigo are shown trying to find a way out of the forest. After the fight, they remain trapped in the forest, much to the dismay of Zoro, who uses his swords to outright attack the camera in frustration.

DBX
Zoro appeared as a combatant on DBX, where he fought against Himura Kenshin and won once again.

Trivia

 * Zoro is the first One Piece character to appear in Death Battle.
 * Zoro and his opponent are the eleventh and twelfth Anime/Manga Combatants to be featured in Death Battle. the first being Vegeta, Goku, Strider Hiryu, Gundam Epyon, Majin Buu, Gaara, Guts, Hercule Satan, Astro Boy and Agumon and after them are Voltron Lion Force, Natsu Dragneel, Portgas D. Ace, Android 18 and Renamon.
 * Zoro's sprite comes from One Piece: Gigant Battle! 2 - New World for Nintendo DS
 * Zoro is the 3rd male character to defeat a female character (the 1st two were Yoshi & Dante)
 * Zoro is the first character to appear in Death Battle, One Minute Melee, and DBX and win in all three series. The second was Raiden from Metal Gear.
 * Zoro is the first Shonen Jump character since Hercule Satan to win a Death Battle.
 * Zoro is the final DEATH BATTLE! Season 3 Winner.