One Piece's Wano Arc Casts Naruto's Hinata Voice Actress As Komurasaki

One Piece's Wano Arc is already promising to deliver the Straw Hat Pirates into their most [...]

By Evan Valentine

One Piece's Wano Arc is already promising to deliver the Straw Hat Pirates into their most anticipated adventure yet. Following the time skip that saw the crew break up in order to train to combat new threats, their arrival in Wano country promises to see the swashbucklers reunite under the same flag once again. Komurasaki will be one of the newest characters that the protagonists of One Piece will meet on their journey into this feudal land and her voice will be provided by a Naruto mainstay who you might recognize.

The One Piece Podcast Twitter Account shared the news from the official One Piece website, stating that Nana Mizuki, the voice of Hinata from Naruto, would be bringing the chraracter of Komurasaki to life:

Hinata in Naruto grew up to be the wife of the titular character, blossoming her crush into a full blown relationship with the wielder of the nine-tailed fox. The pair had two children, one of which is currently the protagonist of the sequel series, Boruto: Naruto Next Generations. With Naruto himself having now achieved his dream of being Hokage, Hinata continues to support him and helps in raising their two children to become great ninja in the land of the Hidden Leaf Village, Konoha.

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(Photo: Toei Animation)

To give you some back story on the chracter of Komurasaki, who will be appearing in One Piece's upcoming story arc, the young girl was once considered to be one of the highest ranking officials in the land. Though when she managed to disrespect the current shogun, she was struck down and left for dead, with nearly everyone believing that she had died. Hiding her survival, Komurasaki fled and is now looking to escape the assassin of the Shogun who is now hunting her.

What do you think of the news that the voice of Hinata will be bringing one of the most important characters in the Wano Arc to life? Do you see the character of Komurasaki potentially joining the crew of the Straw Hat Pirates? Feel free to let us know in the comments or hit me up directly on Twitter @EVComedy to talk all things comics and anime!

Eiichiro Oda's One Piece first began serialization in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump in 1997. It has since been collected into over 80 volumes, and has been a critical and commercial success worldwide with many of the volumes breaking printing records in Japan. The manga has even set a Guinness World Record for the most copies published for the same comic book by a single author, and is the best-selling manga series worldwide with over 430 million copies sold. The series still ranked number one in manga sales in 2018, which surprised fans of major new entries.

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