this and the notion of him being a previous roger crew member. Many possibilities!

wut. i had no idea.
please indulge me
i have no knowledge of any japanese actors. so pictures would be nice tooo plzzz

me too, didn't know this

The model of Kizaru's face is the Japanese actor, Kunie Tanaka. Along with that, Kizaru's clothes, real name and birthday, Borsalino, are apparently based on a movie character that Kunie Tanaka played in his youth. The character, Borsalino, from the old Japanese film Truck Yarō (トラック野郎), wore a suit and shades similar to Kizaru's design.


The design for Aokiji's face is based on the late actor Yusaku Matsuda. The character that the actor played in the TV series and movie "Detective Story" (Tantei Monogatari) even had a similar hairstyle, clothing and wore the same sleep mask design. Aokiji's birthday is even based upon Matsuda's.

http://2.bp.blog spot.com/_hLY9DmXXlH4/TMh73-wU8mI/AAAAAAAACKI/aHmecFe3jJE/s1600/img_1222818093906.jpg
The way Akainu's character design is drawn resembles the famous Japanese actor, Bunta Sugawara. Akainu's real name, Sakazuki is apparently based on the three movies of Bunta Sugawara with "Sakazuki" in the title. Even Akainu's birthday is based on Sugawara's

Edit: taken from the one piece wikia
According to other people the blind swordsman is based on Zatoichi which is Shintaro Katsu most famous role
http://2.bp.blog spot.com/_pZ29ZOXcK3Q/SkRFc8K0QTI/AAAAAAAAAIg/s7NW57RaPdo/s320/ShintaroKatsu-ZatoichiChikenuriKaido.jpg

This post was edited by LyZeR on Mar 6 2013 05:34pm

learn something new errday

other 2 pics have broken links tho maybe upload on imageshack?

most likely this

wow

i knew kirazu was but i didnt know the others were

wow oda. this shit is crazy

the original Shichibukai's (Warlords) are animals (flamingo, crocodile, jimbe(?), kuma, snake, gecko, hawk).
Yonkou (4 Emperors) are colors (red hair, whitebeard,....???)
admirals are actors as just proven.

before i just thought;
kizaru is light-headed
akainu is hot-headed
aokiji is cold-headed (chill)

maybe this admiral (if he is one) is deep headed....?
as in his a thinker and contemplates a lot
i say this because his technique was either a giant wave of gravity or tunnel fruit (which could explain how he got their so quickly)
or (which is more likely) a sword technique similar to zoro's # pound slashes seeing that he did draw his sword.

This post was edited by lyzerggg on Mar 6 2013 09:55pm