Every pirate who defeated Roronoa Zoro in one piece

Swordsman of the Straw Hat Pirates, Zoro is an incredibly powerful man who has excelled as a swordsman over the years. Zoro aims to become the strongest swordsman in the worldAnd because of that he has fought many high level battles.

Considering Zoro is a pirate hunter turned pirate, he's been in a lot of pirate battles, and he's defeated most of his enemies, some actually besting him and somehow completely outsmarting him in battle. It's rare for Zoro to be great, but these guys have really managed to pull it off.

Buggy

Defeat Zoro in Orange Town

While it may be hard for some fans to believe that Buggy managed to achieve this incredible feat, it is absolutely true. Buggy once defeated Zoro in battle. When Buggy first fought Zoro, he gave him the impression of being cut in half. However, using the power of his Devil Fruit, Buggy was able to stab him from behind and it completely knocked Zoro out of the battle.

In fact, Buggy could have essentially killed Zoro there and then. He saved his vitals on purpose, which just goes to show that Buggy didn't take it easy on them, but he saved his life on purpose in this battle. Zoro lost this battle badly.

Arlong

Was much stronger than Zoro

Arlong Arlong is the former captain of the Pirates and the fishman who terrorized the Konomi Islands for so long. In Arlong Park Arch a pieceFans saw Arlong and his forces being taken by the Strawhat Pirates. Of course, the fans know Luffy defeats ArlongHowever, while Luffy was caught up in his own troubles, the Straw Hat Pirates were doing their best to stop the captain of the enemy team.

In particular, Zoro and Sanji excelled against him, however, they both failed. Zoro was inevitably struck by ArlongAnd that was mostly due to the fact that he was no match for her, and he was already carrying serious injuries from his fight against Mihawk. After all, Zoro had lost this fight and could very well have died there if Luffy hadn't saved his life.

Bartholomew Kuma

Defeated Zoro in Thriller Bark

Bartholomew the potter beats Zoro On more than one occasion and has defeated him every time. The first time they fought was on the Thriller Bark. Obviously, Zoro did well against him, however, he quickly realized that there was nothing he could do to defeat Kuma. Thus, Zoro admitted that he was outclassed, and offered his own head instead of Luffy's. Kuma graciously accepted and put him to the test by inflicting Luffy's pain.

of course, Zoro couldn't even scratch Kuma's cyborg bodyAnd that only went to show the difference in terms of overall strength. If Kuma had wanted to, he could have easily killed Zoro right then and there, and it would have been yet another battle that Zoro lost.

Dracul Mihawk

Defeat Zoro in Baraati

Perhaps the pirate who gave Zoro his bitterest defeat Dracul Mihawk. These two people ended up fighting each other in the Baraati arc a piece. there, Zoro hoped to defeat Mihawk And claim the title of the strongest for himself. To his surprise, Mihawk was far above his level. In fact, Mihawk used a pocket knife to defeat Zoro, even though he used all three of his swords.

finally, Zoro was completely humiliated And cut in the chest, he received a scar that he would carry for life. Mihawk could have killed Zoro, but he saved his life because he saw great potential in him. Mihawk, since then, has decided to wait for Zoro at the top so that he can one day challenge and surpass him.

Kaido

Defeat Zoro in Wano

Be the latest pirate to defeat Zoro in battle None other than Kaido. On the roof of Onigashima, Zoro and members of the Worst Generation fought against the monstrous Kaido. Zoro certainly did well against him, landing some impressive blows, ultimately, he couldn't stand up to Yonko's power.

In particular, after Zoro launched his final attack, the Dead Man's Game, and scarred the Yonko, Kaido decided to get serious and unleashed a powerful attack of his own on him. Using your conqueror's hockey, Kaido uses the powerful Thunder Bagua to take out both Zoro and Law at the same time. Zoro was already weakened by the Hakai, and it was impossible for him to take the Thunder Bagua above. Zoro lost all consciousness and immediately passed out. Impressively, Law was able to sustain this attack and retain his senses. Luffy quickly wakes up and tells Law to go down and help out there, promising that he will defeat Kaido on his own. This is when Zoro was captured by the law after his heavy defeat at the hands of Kaido and then he went to fight against the king, a battle he barely won.

One Piece Chapter 1165 will be out this week. As usual, a piece is dropping on Sunday. In Japan, a piece falls on Monday at 12am JST. However, the majority of international readers will see the chapter available on November 9. The official release date of One Piece Chapter 1165 is November 9, 2025. Fans can read the chapter for free on Manga Plus.

Release date

October 20, 1999

network

Fuji TV

directors

Hiroaki Miyamoto, Konosuke Uda, Junji Shimizu, Satoshi Ito, Munehisa Sakai, Katsumi Tokoro, Yutaka Nakajima, Yoshihiro Ueda, Kenichi Takeshita, Yoko Ikeda, Ryota Nakamura, Hiroyuki Kakudou, Takahiro Noimauji, Tokahiro, Enoji Maudo Shishido, Hidehiko Kadota, Sumio Watanabe, Harume Kosaka, Yasuhiro Tanabe, Yukihiko Nakao, Keisuke Onishi, Junichi Fujise, Hiroyuki Satou

The authors

Jin Tanaka, Akiko Inoue, Junki Takegami, Shinzo Fujita, Shouji Yonemura, Yoshiyuki Suga, Atsuhiro Tomioka, Hirohiko Usaka, Michiru Shimada, Isao Murayama, Takuya Masumoto, Yoichi Takahashi, Momoka Toyoda

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  Mayumi Tanaka

  Monkey d. Luffy (voice)

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  Kazuya Nakai

  Roronoa Zoro (voice)