| Toki (One Piece) | |
|---|---|
| Name | Kozuki Toki |
| Series | One Piece |
| First | "Chapter 591" |
| Creator | Eiichiro Oda |
| Occupation | Former princess of Wano Country, time traveler |
| Affiliation | Kozuki Family, formerly of Wano Country court |
| Relatives | Kozuki Oden (husband), Kozuki Momonosuke (son, adoptive), Kozuki Hiyori (daughter) |
| Nationality | Wano Country |
Toki (One Piece)
Kozuki Toki, commonly called Toki, is a fictional character in the manga and anime series One Piece by Eiichiro Oda. A noblewoman of Wano Country and spouse of Kozuki Oden, she plays a pivotal role as a time-traveling figure whose actions shape the destiny of the Kozuki Family and the political restoration of Wano. Her mystique and self-sacrifice influence major characters and events during the Wano Country arc.
Toki is portrayed as calm, dignified, and selfless, embodying the traditional virtues associated with the Kozuki lineage. As a princess and ally of Lord Kozuki Oden, she embodies loyalty to Wano's institutions and the preservation of its history through the oral and written transmission of the Poneglyphs legacy. Her unique ability to travel through time establishes her as a catalyst for generational continuity, reinforcing themes of duty, honor, and restoration central to the series.
Introduced in flashbacks during the Wano Country arc, Toki is revealed to have come to Wano from the future, a fact that intertwines her fate with the Kozuki clan's century-long struggle against Kurozumi Orochi and the Beast Pirates. Married to Kozuki Oden, she bore two children, Kozuki Momonosuke and Kozuki Hiyori. After Oden's execution by Kaido and Orochi, Toki used her temporal ability to send her children and loyal retainers forward in time to escape persecution, thereby ensuring the survival of the Kozuki bloodline and the eventual possibility of reclaiming Wano. Her departure and subsequent presumed death became a poignant element in Wano's collective memory and resistance narrative.
Toki's primary and defining ability is temporal translocation: she can send people forward in time to specific eras. This power is portrayed as rare and not fully understood within the setting, with Toki herself unable or unwilling to return to the past. The mechanism of her ability is tied to a mysterious technique rather than a named Devil Fruit; it functions narratively to preserve continuity and enable strategic resistance across generations. Beyond this, Toki is depicted as possessing poise and political acumen appropriate to a princess familiar with courtly duties and the duties of the Kozuki Family as chroniclers of history.
Toki's actions set in motion the central rescue and restoration plot of the Wano Country arc. By sending Kozuki Momonosuke and other retainers to the future, she enabled alliances that later included figures such as Monkey D. Luffy, Trafalgar D. Water Law, and members of the Straw Hat Pirates. Her foresight and sacrifice are frequently cited by surviving retainers like Kin'emon and Kanjuro (prior to his betrayal) as justification for continued resistance against occupying forces. Toki's legacy is invoked during the campaign to overthrow Kaido and Kurozumi Orochi and to reopen Wano to the wider world, linking her to the arc's climactic battles and the restoration of Shogunate authority under the Kozuki line.
Toki's closest familial ties are with Kozuki Oden, her husband, whose voyages with the Whitebeard Pirates and the Roger Pirates connect her to the wider Great Pirate Era narrative. Her maternal relationship to Kozuki Momonosuke and Kozuki Hiyori motivates her last acts and binds the Kozuki heirs to their duty. Politically, she and Oden allied with retainers such as Kin'emon, Kashu, Kikunojo and other vassals of the Kozuki Family. Toki's influence also reaches indirectly to prominent outsiders who answer the Kozuki call, including Monkey D. Luffy and the Minks of Zou, whose participation in Wano's liberation underscores the network of alliances her actions enabled.
Toki's role extends beyond immediate survival tactics to symbolic continuity: she embodies the transmission of will across time, a recurring motif in One Piece. By safeguarding the Kozuki heirs, Toki ensured that the historical record maintained by the Kozuki—especially the knowledge of the Road Poneglyphs and the true history of the Void Century—could be reclaimed. Her sacrifice motivates characters' moral commitments and legitimizes the Kozuki restoration as an act of national renewal for Wano. In the wider saga, Toki's time-travel intervention directly facilitates meetings and alliances that influence the fight against the Four Emperors, contributing to shifts in the balance of power in the New World.
Category:One Piece characters Category:Fictional time travelers Category:Wano Country characters