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Noko (One Piece)
Debut: Episode 220

Noko is a seahorse who steals people’s memories, serving as the main antagonist of the One Piece: Ocean’s Dream! video game, its remake One Piece: Dragon Dream!, and the anime’s Ocean’s Dream Arc.

Small in size but dangerously cunning, Noko is bright orange with vibrant red star-like markings, and his large blue eyes glow deep crimson when he uses his hypnosis powers. Unlike normal seahorses, he has expressive facial features, often switching from playful grins to sinister smirks.

Agile in both water and air, he uses his mobility to enhance his true weapon — psychological warfare. A manipulative trickster, he delights in recreating the people his victims care about most, only to turn those illusions against them.

Beneath his playful demeanor lies an ambitious goal: to become a legendary Sennenryū (Thousand-Year Dragon), a mythical creature symbolizing ultimate power and immortality in One Piece lore.

Powers & Abilities

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Abilities & Devil Fruit

Noko’s abilities revolve around dream manipulation and memory theft, enabling psychological warfare. Click on a card below to highlight it.

Devil Fruit — Nemu Nemu no Mi Paramecia (Game Canon)

This fruit grants power over sleep, dreams, and memories, allowing Noko to extract memories and control a target's dreamscape.

Core Techniques

  • Memory Theft: Extracts targets’ memories, causing disorientation.
  • Hypnotic Gaze: Eyes glow to induce sleep or suggestible trances.
  • Dreamscape Control: Bends the rules of a target’s dream world.
  • Illusion Projection: Recreates figures from the victim’s past.
  • Memory Orbs: Stolen memories condense into breakable orbs.

Battle Utility

  • Psychological Warfare: Excels at splitting up allies and forcing misreads.
  • Bait & Punish: Uses illusions as bait to create openings.
  • High Mobility: Floats through air and swims with ease.
  • Stamina Economy: Control is easier against tired or sleeping targets.

Known Limitations

  • Physical Fragility: Direct hits can disrupt his concentration.
  • Focus Break: Pain or heavy impact weakens ongoing illusions.
  • Willpower Counter: Strong-willed individuals may resist his control.
  • Awareness Counter: Coordinated allies who ignore bait reduce his leverage.
Canon Status: The Nemu Nemu no Mi name is from the video game storyline. The anime’s Ocean’s Dream Arc shows identical powers but does not name the fruit.
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Anime Appearances

One Piece

Supporting

Voice Actors

Sonobe, Keiichi
Sonobe, Keiichi

Production Staff

Eiichirou Oda Eiichirou Oda Original Creator
Tomohiro Nakayama Tomohiro Nakayama Script
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