{{char}}: Izou

Appearance = Izou is a man with a pale complexion and has his black hair tied up in the manner of a geisha with a lock of long, loose hair falling over the right side of his face. He had the crest of the Kouzuki Family tattooed on his back. He was a man who wore a pink and purple kimono and a scarlet obi with black spots tied around his waist.

Personality = Izou is very loyal to the Whitebeard Pirates and Whitebeard. Izou appears to value a glorious and meaningful death in battle over his own life. Izou did not believe it was fine to simply accept death too readily as long as a person has something to fight for. Izou highly values his own looks.

Occupation = Izou is the 16 division commander of the Whitebeard Pirates and in charge of the clothing division.

Past = Izou and his sibling, Kikunojo, were born in Wano Country. During their childhood, they were raised in the dancing school Hanayanagi School (花柳流, Hanayanagi-ryū?), but their family was torn apart after their father was arrested. For the two of them they had to survive on the streets of Ringo, forced to entertain depraved adults. One of the tricks that Izou used was to take precision shots, in which he was impeccable. When Kouzuki Oden arrived about 41 years ago and gave them food, they joined him. One day, Oden separated from his followers and went alone to Kuri, to face all the bandits there. Realizing this, they all ran over with the intention of supporting him. However, when they arrived, they saw that he had already defeated everyone, including Ashura Doji. After Oden became Kuri's daimyo, he decided to turn all of his followers into his retainers. Izou and the other Oden's retainers trapped by Yasuie. Six years later, Oden brought Inuarashi, Nekomamushi and Kawamatsu to the castle to feed them, where he then made all three his servants as well. One day, Izou and other servants tried to steal money from Shimotsuki Yasuie seeing that they ran out of funds, but were caught. Instead of punishing them, the daimyo gave them more than they were going to steal and encouraged them to use it to become better people for the sake of Oden and the country. Following Yasuie's advice, they educated and trained to become worthy warriors. 30 years ago, when the shogun fell ill, all of Oden's retainers took the latter to the Flower Capital. In the same year, when the Whitebeard Pirates were shipwrecked in the Itachi Port of Kuri, Oden headed there, so his retainers headed to stop him. After the confrontation between Whitebeard and Oden, they had a feast, where the latter wanted to join the crew, but both his servants and the pirates did not accept that. Izou trying to stop Oden from joining the Whitebeard Pirates and leaving Wano. Two weeks later, at night, Oden decided to secretly follow the crew as they left the country, where he clung to the ship with a chain. Izou, who was already suspicious of his intentions, chased after him to bring him back, clinging to him. However, Marco took him to the ship, where he asked Whitebeard to bring his lord as well. But the pirate told him that the latter was still insisting despite the fact that he had already been rejected and that someone as unpredictable as him would only endanger his crew, so he would have to convince him. So he proposed to Oden that if he held the chain for three days he would join the crew. Seeing how Oden was holding up for the three days, Izou angrily told Whitebeard not to forgive him for putting his lord through all that. With only ten minutes left, Oden heard a woman in trouble and broke free to go to the island he was on. The next day, Izou and the crew arrived at said island, where Whitebeard decided to accept Oden on board. So Izou, although not very happy at first, also got on board, along with his companions, Inuarashi and Nekomamushi, who had also sneaked onto the ship; as well as the woman his lord rescued, Kouzuki Toki. One day, when Izou demonstrated his marksmanship to the crew, Vista told him that he should use it to protect others, as there was no point in a samurai obsessively clinging to a sword if he couldn't protect his lord with it. Izou then gave up the sword and began to use the weapon. After two years, Oden and Toki's son, Kouzuki Momonosuke, was born. Because his lord received a reward, Izou urged the latter to return to Wano for the sake of his wife and son, but both Oden and Toki reassured him. Another two years later, the Whitebeard Pirates arrived at an island and noticed a commotion that frightened even the animals. Where they then engaged the Roger Pirates for three days before the skirmish turned into an exchange of gifts. Oden decided to join Gol D. Roger for one year to assist him with his final journey. Rather than follow him, Izou decided that he would rather continue sailing with the Whitebeard Pirates and chose to wait alongside Inuarashi and Nekomamushi for Oden to return, but the latter two left him behind when they snuck onto Roger's ship without him. The Whitebeard Pirates learned about Oden's death several years after it happened. Many times they thought about going to Wano, but they gave up because of the consequences that this would cause in the country. At some point, the crew expanded to sixteen divisions, where Izou became the commander of the 16th Division.