Longarm Kingdom
- Name
- 手長族 (Tenaga-zoku)
- Region
- Grand Line
- First seen
- Ch. 594
- Name meaning
- Named for the **Longarm Tribe** (手長族 Tenaga-zoku, 'Long-Arm Tribe') who populate it — a people with double-jointed, extra-elbow arms based on the Japanese long-armed yokai **Tenaga-jin** (手長人), folklorically paired with the long-legged Ashinaga-jin as Ashinaga-tenaga. Full name-meaning lives on the race note; the kingdom simply inherits the tribe's name.
Grand Line · first appeared: Ch. 594
Profile
The kingdom where Brook is being displayed during the two-year separation, billed as “the world’s only living skeleton” (page 17). Named on-page caption “Longarm Kingdom.” Homeland of the long-armed tribe (the Longarms), though the tribe’s distinctive double-jointed arms are not clearly shown on-page this chapter — a dedicated race note is deferred until the tribe is first clearly depicted.
Etymology
Named for the Longarm Tribe (手長族 Tenaga-zoku, “Long-Arm Tribe”) who inhabit it — a sapient people with double-jointed, extra-elbow arms modelled on the Japanese long-armed yokai Tenaga-jin (手長人), folklorically paired with the long-legged Ashinaga-jin (the “Ashinaga-tenaga” fishing duo). The full name-meaning is documented on the race note; the kingdom inherits the tribe’s name. (Confidence: high.) Source: One Piece Wiki — Longarm Tribe.
Key chapters
- Ch. 594 — first appearance; Brook’s two-year display venue
Cross-links
- Characters from here: (the Longarm tribe — race note deferred)
- Events here: Brook reads Luffy’s coded message while on display (0594)
- Mysteries set here: