Hotei
- Name
- ホテイ (Hotei)
- Status
- alive
- Affiliation
- MimawarigumiKaido
- First seen
- Ch. 986
First seenCh. 986Last seenCh. 1007
alive · former captain of the Mimawarigumi · pledges Orochi’s 5,000 samurai to Kaido
Profile
Former captain of the Mimawarigumi, Orochi’s elite samurai police force (the shogunate counterpart to Fukurokuju’s Oniwabanshu ninja). With Orochi fallen, he transfers the loyalty of the leaderless Mimawarigumi to Kaido. First named + shown Ch. 986 (label box, p. 6: “Former Mimawarigumi Captain Hotei”).
Arc-by-arc updates
Wano Country — Onigashima Raid (Ch. 986) — first appearance
- Pledges the 5,000 samurai of the Mimawarigumi to Kaido after the shogun Orochi’s fall (p. 6) — together with Fukurokuju’s Oniwabanshu, settling the Beasts’ “manpower question.” See Mimawarigumi.
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first_mentioned/first_appearance/last_appearanceSET 0986.)
Wano Country — Onigashima Raid (Ch. 1007)
- “Commander Hotei” is reported among the Oniwabanshu/Mimawarigumi captains felled by Hyogoro’s legendary yakuza on the Performance Floor (p.2). Down, not confirmed dead.