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Straw Hat Pirates

Nami

Cat Burglar

Nami is the navigator of the Straw Hat Pirates and the third member to join — a brilliant cartographer and cunning thief whose talent for reading the sea and sky keeps the crew alive on the Grand Line.

Race
Human
Crew
Straw Hat Pirates
Bounty
366M Berries
Devil Fruit
None
Debut Arc
Orange Town

Background & Origin

Orphaned as an infant during a war, Nami and her older sister Nojiko were taken in by Bell-mère, a former Marine who raised them in Cocoyasi Village in the East Blue. Even as a child Nami showed a rare gift for cartography, dreaming of one day drawing a complete map of the entire world.

That peace was shattered when the fish-man pirate Arlong seized the village. Bell-mère gave her life rather than deny her daughters, and Arlong — discovering Nami's talent — pressed her into his crew as his mapmaker, promising she could buy the village's freedom for 100 million Berries. For eight years Nami robbed pirates to raise that ransom, hiding her grief behind the mask of a heartless thief.

Story & Growth

When Nami first crossed paths with Luffy she joined his crew only as a means to an end, intending to betray them once she had what she needed. But after she learned that Arlong had bribed the Marines to keep her trapped forever, she finally broke down and asked Luffy for help. The crew liberated Cocoyasi Village, and Nami chose to truly become a Straw Hat.

From then on her role grew with every voyage — charting the impossible weather of the Grand Line and the New World. After the Wano arc she gained Zeus, a thundercloud once belonging to the Emperor Big Mom, dramatically widening her power in battle.

Abilities & Powers

Nami is one of the finest navigators on the seas, able to sense subtle shifts in weather and current that no instrument can read — an essential skill on the Grand Line, where the climate turns without warning. She is also a gifted thief and a sharp negotiator.

In combat she relies not on strength but on the Clima-Tact, a weather-based staff invented for her by Usopp. With it she conjures wind, fog, rain and lightning; its upgraded 'Sorcery' form, combined with the thundercloud Zeus, lets her strike with genuine bolts of lightning.

Nami — Attribute Profile

The eight attribute values Animedle compares against your guesses whenever Nami is the answer.

Gender
Female
Affiliation
Straw Hat Pirates
Origin
East Blue
Race
Human
Haki
None
Bounty
366 million berries
Height
170 cm (5.6 ft)
First arc
Orange Town

Also known as: Cat Burglar · Cat Burglar Nami

Game Modes Featuring Nami

Nami on OnePieceDle

Over the past year, Nami has been the OnePieceDle daily answer 2 times. Click any date for that day's full spoiler page.

  1. Puzzle #1072026-04-17View →
  2. Puzzle #332026-02-02View →

Trivia

  • Nami's lifelong dream is to draw a complete map of the entire world.
  • She tends a grove of tangerine trees first planted by her adoptive mother, Bell-mère.
  • Her bounty stands at 366,000,000 Berries.
  • Her love of money and treasure is matched only by her hatred of pirates — a scar left by her childhood under Arlong.

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