Blackbeard

Captain Blackbeard (黒ひげ Kurohige?), his real name is Marshall D. Teach[citation needed] (マーシャル・D・ティーチ Māsharu Dī Tīchi?, renamed "Marshall D. Teech" in the Shonen Jump translations and in the simulcast subs), is captain of the Blackbeard Pirates, and named after the real pirate Edward "Blackbeard" Teach.ch.474 The logia Devil Fruit called the Dark-Dark Fruit (ヤミヤミの実 Yami Yami no Mi?) grants him the ability to create and control darkness with the power of a black hole. Also, it has the ability to disable the devil fruit powers of others, as long as he is touching the person.ch.441 After killing Whitebeard, he also somehow stole the powers of the paramecia Devil Fruit called the Tremor-Tremor Fruit. As a former member of the Whitebeard Pirates,ch.159 he killed Thatch, 4th division commander of the Whitebeard Pirates, to get hold of the Dark-Dark Fruit he had sought for several decades.ch.440 For that reason, he was pursued by Ace who eventually confronts him.ch.159 After defeating Ace and turning him in to the World Government, he is appointed the replacement for Crocodile as a Warlord.ch.486 After appearing at Impel Down, Blackbeard reveals that the only reason he wanted the Warlord title was so he could gain the government's trust, pass through the Gates of Justice, and infiltrate Impel Down;ch.576 having done that, he claims he no longer needs it.ch.576 His ultimate goal, which he has already schemed, is to become King of the Pirates.ch.440 He was the only Warlord without an animal theme. He is voiced by Akio Ōtsuka in the Japanese version of the anime.ep.146 In the English dubs, he is voiced by Mike Pollock for 4Kids and by Cole Brown for Funimation.ep.146