Whitebeard Pirates
The Whitebeard Pirates (白ひげ海賊団, Shirohige Kaizokudan?) are the strongest pirate crew in the world. They are led by Edward "Whitebeard" Newgate and sixteen division commanders, each in charge of one hundred men. Members of the Whitebeard Pirates include the first division commander "Phoenix" Marco (不死鳥のマルコ, Fushichō no Maruko), who can transform into a phoenix or phoenix-human hybrid and is a skilled user of Haki, the second division commander Portgaz D. Ace, the third division commander "Diamond" Jozu (ダイヤモンド・ジョズ, Daiyamondo Jozu), who can turn parts of his body into diamond, and Marshall D. Teech, who starts calling himself "Blackbeard" after leaving the crew.
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