Whitebeard

Captain Whitebeard (白ひげ, Shirohige?), his real name is Edward Newgate (エドワード・ニューゲート, Edowādo Nyūgēto?), is the captain of the Whitebeard Pirates, one of the Four Emperors,ch.432 and regarded as the world's strongest pirate.ch.234 Whitebeard is a very large human with a large white mustache in the shape of an upward bound crescent moon. He is usually seen attached to medical equipment and surrounded by nurses. Fighting with a bisento as his weapon,ch.434 he was the only man who was able to match Gol D. Roger in combat and is the one closest to obtaining his treasure, "One Piece."ch.233 Whitebeard ate a paramecia Devil Fruit called the Tremor-Tremor Fruit (グラグラの実, Gura Gura no Mi?), which allows him to create shock waves powerful enough to cause earthquakes, tsunamis and even split an island in two. He also has King Ambition. Fleet Admiral Sengoku even claims that Whitebeard's powers could destroy the world.ch.552 He considers all his crewmen as his sons and will protect them with all his might if they are threatened.ch.434 Whitebeard believes it is impossible to live in the world without humanity and justice.ch.434 However, in the "Battle of Marineford", Whitebeard is killed at the hands of the Blackbeard Pirates. He is voiced by Kinryu Arimoto in the Japanese version of the anime.ep.151 In the English dub, he is voiced by R. Bruce Elliott for Funimation.ep.151