Tank Lepanto

alive · Commander of the Dressrosa Self-Defense Forces · Corrida Colosseum gladiator (Block B)

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A military commander of Dressrosa’s Self-Defense Forces (caption p. 6 @0707) competing in Block B of the Corrida Colosseum tournament for the Mera Mera no Mi (“Military Captain Tank Lepanto,” p. 12 @0706). Carries an armored, tank-motif fighting style (name tell).

Arc-by-arc updates

Dressrosa — “Commander Tank” at the front (Ch. 789)

• Cheered as “Commander Tank!!” alongside King Riku at the front of the citizen line pushing back the Birdcage (pp. 2–3).

Dressrosa — evacuates the citizens (Ch. 778)

• Tasked alongside Viola with evacuating the citizens off the King’s Plateau — King Riku: “Tank, Viola!! Take everyone else below!!” (p. 5).

Dressrosa — restrains the grieving Viola; gathers the townsfolk (Ch. 777)

• Flashback: restrains the grieving Princess Viola after Scarlet’s death — “Let go of me, Tank!!” (p. 2).
• Present: helps King Riku organize gathering the townsfolk in one place at the New Palace Plateau (p. 8).

Dressrosa flashback — Commander of the Riku Army (Ch. 727) — ~10 years ago

• In the conquest flashback, “Commander Tank” leads the Riku Army through the towns by night, collecting the citizens’ wealth on King Riku’s desperate orders, then organizes the return to the palace (pp. 9–14). His role as the king’s loyal military commander predates the present-day arc by ten years.

Dressrosa — the undercity (Ch. 726) — the loyal Riku-army commander

• Captioned “Dressrosa Military Commander Tank Lepanto” (p. 4). A former Riku-army soldier, he recognizes the old gladiator in the undercity and rallies the ex-soldiers’ loyalty to the deposed King Riku (pp. 4–6, 8).

Dressrosa — Block B (Ch. 708) — eliminated

• Eliminated from the Block B royale — “down goes Tank!!! …He falls prey to the wicked Abdullah and Jeet!!! Tank Lepanto is OUT!!!” (p. 10).

Dressrosa — Block B (Ch. 707) — the Dressrosa officer who moonlights as a mercenary

• Captioned “Commander of the Dressrosa Self-Defense Forces” (p. 6); fights Block B as a paid mercenary for Dagama’s Prodence alliance. Delivers the gold-for-hire creed to Bellamy — “Money dictates everything in the world, Bellamy!!” (p. 5) / “…pick up the gold at my feet!!” (p. 6).
• That a sworn Dressrosa officer openly sells his services to a foreign tactician quietly undercuts the kingdom’s surface order.

Dressrosa — at King Riku’s side (Ch. 796)

• Attends King Riku as he resolves to retake the throne and eventually pass it to Rebecca (pp. 6–7).

Dressrosa — summons the princesses (Ch. 797)

• Named by King Riku (“Tank, will you call Viola and Rebecca here?”) and dispatched to summon them as the Riku Dynasty prepares to reclaim the throne (p. 5).