Every pirate who defeated Roronoa Zoro in one piece

Swordsman of the Straw Hat Pirates, Zoro is an incredibly powerful individual who has greatly excelled as a swordsman over the years. Zoro aims to become the world's strongest swordsmanand because of that he has fought in many high level battles.

Considering Zoro is a pirate hunter turned pirate, he has been in many pirate battles, and while he has defeated most of his enemies, some have actually taken him over and completely outclassed him in battle in one way or another. It's rare for Zoro to be surpassed, but these individuals have actually managed to pull it off.

Buggy

Beat Zoro in Orange Town

While it may be hard for some fans to believe that Buggy managed to accomplish this incredible feat, it is absolutely true that Buggy defeated Zoro in battle once. When Buggy first fought Zoro, he gave him the impression that he was completely hacked. But by using the power of his Devil Fruit, Buggy was able to sneakily stab him from the back and this completely took Zoro out of the fight.

Buggy could have actually killed Zoro there and then. He spared his vitals on purpose, which just goes to show that Buggy didn't just go easy on them, he spared his life on purpose in this battle. Zoro lost this fight horribly.

Arlong

Was overwhelmingly stronger than Zoro

Arlong is the former captain of the Arlong Pirates and Fishman who terrorized the Konomi Islands for quite some time. In Arlong Park Arc of One Piecefans got to see Arlong and his forces being taken on by the Strawhat Pirates. Of course the fans know that Luffy ended up defeating ArlongBut while Luffy was stuck in his own predicament, the Straw Hat Pirates did their best to hold off the captain of the enemy crew.

Specifically, Zoro and Sanji tried their best against him, but both failed. Zoro was essentially handled by Arlongand much of that was due to the fact that he was no match for him, and that he was already carrying serious injuries from his fight against Mihawk. Regardless, Zoro lost in this battle and could very well have died right there if Luffy hadn't saved his life.

Bartholomew Kuma

Defeated Zoro in Thriller Bark

Bartholomew Kuma has taken on Zoro on more than one occasion and has defeated him every time. The first time they fought was at Thriller Bark. Obviously Zoro did well against him, but he quickly realized that there was nothing he could do to defeat Kuma. As such, Zoro accepted that he was outclassed and offered his own head instead of Luffy's. Kuma graciously accepted and put him through a test by giving him Luffy's pain.

Of course, Zoro couldn't even scratch Kuma's cyborg bodyand it only showed the difference in terms of overall strength. Had Kuma wanted to, he could have easily killed Zoro there, and this is another battle that Zoro lost.

Dracule Mihawk

Beat Zoro in Baratie

Perhaps the pirate who gave Zoro his most bitter defeat Dracule Mihawk. These two individuals ended up fighting each other in the Baratie arc One Piece. The, Zoro had hopes of defeating Mihawk and claim the title of the strongest for himself. Much to his surprise, Mihawk was way above his level. In fact, Mihawk used a pocketknife to defeat Zoro, despite using all three of his swords.

Eventually, Zoro was utterly humiliated and cut across the chest, leaving a scar that he will carry for life. Mihawk could have killed Zoro, but he spared his life because he saw great potential in him. Mihawk has since decided to wait for Zoro at the top so that he can one day come to challenge and surpass him.

Kaido

Beat Zoro in Wano

The last pirate to defeat Zoro in battle is none other than Kaido. On the roof of Onigashima, Zoro and the members of the Worst Generation battled the monstrous Kaido. Although Zoro certainly performed well against him and landed some impressive punches, he eventually couldn't stand up to the Yonko's power.

Specifically, after Zoro launched his ultimate attack, Dead Man's Game, and scarred the Yonko, Kaido decided to get serious and unleashed his own powerful attack on him. Using his Conqueror's Haki, Kaido used a powerful Thunder Bagua and took out both Zoro and Law at the same time. Zoro was already weakened from Hakai at the time, and taking on a peaked Thunder Bagua was impossible for him. Zoro ended up losing all his senses and passed out immediately. Impressively, Law was able to sustain this attack and keep his senses. Luffy woke up soon after and asked Law to go down and help there, promising that he would defeat Kaido himself. It was when Zoro was taken by Law after his bitter defeat at the hands of Kaido and he then went on to fight King, a battle he narrowly won.

One Piece Chapter 1165 is out this week. As usual, One Piece will be released on Sunday. In Japan, One Piece will be released at 12pm JST on Monday. However, the vast majority of international readers will see the chapter available on November 9th. The official release date of One Piece Chapter 1165 is November 9, 2025. Fans can read the chapter for free on Manga Plus.

Release date

October 20, 1999

Network

Fuji TV

Directors

Hiroaki Miyamoto, Konosuke Uda, Junji Shimizu, Satoshi Itō, Munehisa Sakai, Katsumi Tokoro, Yutaka Nakajima, Yoshihiro Ueda, Kenichi Takeshita, Yoko Ikeda, Ryota Nakamura, Hiroyuki Kakudou, Takahiro Imamura, Toshihiro Ma Shihi Endo, Toshihiro Ma Shihi Endo, Kadota, Sumio Watanabe, Harume Kosaka, Yasuhiro Tanabe, Yukihiko Nakao, Keisuke Onishi, Junichi Fujise, Hiroyuki Satou

Author

Jin Tanaka, Akiko Inoue, Junki Takegami, Shinzo Fujita, Shouji Yonemura, Yoshiyuki Suga, Atsuhiro Tomioka, Hirohiko Uesaka, Michiru Shimada, Isao Murayama, Takuya Masumoto, Yoichi Takahashi, Momoka Toyoda

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  Mayumi Tanaka

  Monkey D. Luffy (voice)

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  Kazuya Nakai

  Roronoa Zoro (voice)