Eiichirou Oda

__Favorite Animal:__ Big gentle dogs __Favorite Mangaka:__ [Akira Toriyama](https://anilist.co/staff/96901/Akira-Toriyama) __Favorite Music:__ '70s soul music __Favorite Real-Life Pirate:__ Edward Teach (Blackbeard) __Favorite Video Game:__ Puyo Puyo __Trivia:__ - Oda is married to Chiaki Inaba, who had played Nami during Jump Festa One Piece stage performances. - In a recent Japanese fan poll, Oda is currently ranked the 48th Most Popular Character in [One Piece](https://anilist.co/manga/30013/One-Piece/), despite the fact that he has never included himself in any issue of the manga (excluding SBS). - He voiced the character ["Odacchi" (オダッチ)](https://anilist.co/character/12281/Eiichirou-Oda) in a [soccer-themed short](https://anilist.co/anime/2386/ONE-PIECE-Yume-no-Soccer-Ou/) that aired with the [3rd One Piece Movie](https://anilist.co/anime/461/One-Piece-Choppers-Kingdom-on-the-Island-of-Strange-Animals/). "Odacchi" is Oda's nickname, and he played soccer when he was younger. - Oda is a fan of rapper Eminem, filmmaker Quentin Tarantino and [Tim Burton](https://anilist.co/staff/323667/Timothy-Walter-Burton). - Oda's 3 favorite movies are Seven Samurai, The Nightmare Before Christmas, and Young Guns. - According to Oda in an interview for US Shonen Jump, his favorite villain in One Piece is [Buggy the Clown](https://anilist.co/character/725/Buggy) (he joked that he literally threw him together).