Sanji (One Piece)

Sanji
One Piece character
Sanji illustrated by Eiichiro Oda on the cover of Volume 100
First appearance	One Piece chapter 43: "Sanji" (Weekly Shōnen Jump No. 28, June 8, 1998)
Created by	Eiichiro Oda
Portrayed by	Taz Skylar (live-action television series) Christian Convery (live-action television series; young) Hayato Nakamura (Super Kabuki II: One Piece)
Voiced by	Japanese Hiroaki Hirata Ikue Ōtani (young) English Eric Vale (Funimation) Christen Auten (Funimation; young) Megan Shipman (Funimation; young, 2019+) David Moo (4Kids Entertainment) Veronica Taylor (4Kids Entertainment; young) Joseph Murray (Odex) Paul Pistore (Odex)
Birthday	March 2
In-universe information
Full name	Vinsmoke Sanji
Alias	(Black Leg)
Relatives	Zeff (foster father) Vinsmoke Judge (father) Vinsmoke Sora (mother) Vinsmoke Reiju (older sister) Vinsmoke Ichiji (quadruplet brother) Vinsmoke Niji (quadruplet brother) Vinsmoke Yonji (quadruplet brother)
Occupation	Pirate Sous-chef (formerly) Prince (renounced)
Affiliation	Straw Hat Pirates (cook) Baratie Restaurant (former sous-chef) Germa Kingdom (abandoned)[1] Ninja-Pirate-Mink-Samurai Alliance (Disbanded)[2]
Age	19 (debut) 21 (after the timeskip)
Bounties	1,032,000,000 (current) 330,000,000 (third)[3] 177,000,000 (second; Only Alive)[4] 77,000,000 (first)[5]

Sanji (サンジ, Sanji), born as Vinsmoke Sanji (ヴィンスモーク・サンジ, Vinsumōku Sanji) and also known as "Black Leg" Sanji (黒足のサンジ, Kuro Ashi no Sanji), is a fictional character in the One Piece franchise created by Eiichiro Oda. The character made his first appearance in the 43rd chapter of the series, which was first published in Japan in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine on June 8, 1998. He is the fifth member of the Straw Hat Pirates and the fourth to join, serving as their cook.

A native to the North Blue, Sanji grew up as part of the Vinsmoke family under his father Vinsmoke Judge, king of the fallen Germa Kingdom, and mother Vinsmoke Sora.^[6] Judge sought to regain the family's long lost glory by creating the strongest army, using his expertise as a scientist to create hundreds of clones of his best soldiers. Blinded by the pursuit of power, he even experimented on his five children. Sora, who didn't like that they would practically become inhuman, tried to undo said experiments by taking a powerful drug. However, amongst them, only Sanji was affected by this, being the only one without any powers and with the ability to feel emotions; as such, Judge resented Sanji, deeming him a "failure" and imprisoning him. Sanji escaped through the help of his sister, and after later surviving a shipwreck and almost starving to death on a rock, he was taken under the wing of "Red Foot" Zeff,^[7] a former pirate and owner of the floating restaurant Baratie who taught him cooking and his fighting style, which is characterized by the use of legs in combat, leaving his hands for cooking. Following a battle against Don Krieg, Sanji joins the Straw Hats in order to fulfill his dream of finding the All Blue, a mythical sea said to have fish from around the world. Although his demeanor mostly consists of him being calm and collected, he is also shown to have a heavy attraction to beautiful women, as exemplified via the hearts in his eyes. His chivalrous nature also prevents him from attacking any women.