Takeshi Rogers

Takeshi Rogers (ロジャース) is a member of the, the Captain of the Mecha Pirates, and a master. A rising Rookie Pirate, Rogers boasts an incredible set of skills that has enabled him to cruise the first half of the Grand Line, and hold his own against more experienced foes on the.

Raised in by a master shipwright and mechanic, and later joining the  at a very young age, Rogers gained vast amounts of experience and strength traversing the waters of the Grand Line, which has aided him on his personal journey as a pirate years later.

History
Takeshi Rogers was found abandoned in an island by members of the Happo Navy, while on a journey through the New World. One of the fleet's shipwrights took the child in, and raised him as his own, alongside his wife and clansmen. Rogers endured a though childhood and struggled to make friends, because of his third eye, which caused him to train it to keep it closed at all times.

When he was still a toddler, he threw his first punch and grabbed his first hammer, which was just enough for his adoptive family to begin teaching him the ways of boat-building, engineering, and martial arts. Maybe because building things was something he was surrounded with, at a young age he built various gadgets from toys and household items. A five year old Rogers declared about how he was going to sail with the Happo Navy, even when he was still laughed at about it. However, his adoptive father, a former member, prohibited Rogers from doing so, instead insisting him on either joining the Kano Royal Army or taking over their business as a shipwright and mechanic.

Rogers, still determined, took his training seriously and by age 10, he was strong enough to kill a sea monster, while underwater. Even his adoptive father admitted the boy's incredible potential, and with that demonstration, the Happo Navy accepted the boy, though his father was to accompany him as their shipwright, and to also keep teaching him the craft. His adoptive uncle, a Grandmaster of Hasshoken and Rogers's master, also joined them at that time as an official member of the fleet.

Since then, Rogers sailed with the Happo, learning Hasshoken, swordsmanship and working as a shipwright. They often sailed home, and Rogers would then take time to spend with the few friends he had and work on his adoptive family's shipwright company and mechanic shop. At thirteen-years old, Rogers was finally allowed to participate in the Happo's raid's and battles, having already been taught the basics of Haki. It was also during this time that Rogers sought to develop his style of shipwright, using more advanced technological features on the ships he built and fixed.

At seventeen years of age, Rogers decided to not sail with the Happo for a while, and focus on working at his family's companies. Because of his height, skills, looks and superhuman strength, Rogers became famous on the country and people often visited the docks to see his craftsmanship. Two years later, he decided to get even stronger, both at his craftsmanship and fighting capabilities, in order to prepare for a dangerous journey ahead. Rogers isolated himself on a small, uninhabited archipelago nearby, for three and a half years. When he returned, Rogers had transformed from an already powerful and skilled young man, into an absolute master shipwright and an astonishingly monstrous fighter.

During that time, he created his own Hasshoken style, and built various towns with advanced systems for food gathering, water filtering, and more, and hundreds of ships all by himself, by using only the resources he had at his disposal, and gifted them to the Kano Country, offering homes and work to the homeless, and resources to the country. He remained in Kano, further polishing his skills with the aid of his adoptive family. When he hit his 26th birthday, Rogers decided to embark on his own journey. He took his sword, a ship crafted by him and his father, some "mechas" he had built which composed his crew, and his best friend as the first mate, and went forward to sail the Grand Line.