Zoro is a relatively tall man with a muscular physique and light tanned skin with distinctive spiky green hair which Sanji regularly ridicules him for by calling him “Moss Head”. He has a stitched scar on his chest which he got from his first duel with Dracule Mihawk and has multple scars on his body from his days as a bounty hunter (which sometimes appear in the manga). He also has a set of three golden earrings on his left ear and wears a black bandana wrapped around his left arm which he wears on his head whenever he gets serious in a fight. He holds his signature three swords on the right side of his hips due to being left-handed.
His main Pre-Timeskip attire is normally a white plain shirt with three unbuttoned buttons, black trousers with a green haramaki, and black boots though his outfit varies throughout the series.
After the 2-year timeskip, Zoro has gotten notably more muscular and his hair has grown longer. He also has a new scar over his left eye, which he has closed; how he acquired it is unknown. He now wears an open long green coat, held together with a red sash that leaves his chest and his green haramaki exposed.
Unarguably an extremely powerful and strong young fighter with immense potential, Zoro is one of the Straw Hat Crew’s top three fighters, and his strength is considered so great that, when taking his stern personality into account, people occasionally mistake him as the captain of the Straw Hat Crew after witnessing his skills in battle.
He is the second strongest on crew with fighting potential comparable to his captain Luffy. While Luffy always fights the strongest enemy, Zoro usually takes on the second strongest with Sanji taking on the third strongest and Jinbe taking on the fourth to fifth strongest.
He is among the two swordsmen who wounded and left a permanent scar on Kaido, after Oden, a feat not even the other Emperors could do in their clashes; more so, in his full dragon, then hybrid form. Zoro was also the sole character to have stopped a combined assault from two of the strongest and oldest Emperors, and survived it, albiet severely wounded afterwards.
Zoro holds the fourth highest bounty (not direct indication of fighting strength or potential) in crew after Luffy, Jinbe and Sanji.
Physical Abilities
- Expert Hand to Hand Combatant: When not armed with his swords, Zoro has shown to be skilled in hand to hand combat. He has been known to effectively knock out much larger creatures with unarmed strikes and defeat opponents with massive punches and kicks. Zoro has also been shown to fight on par with Sanji during their arguments, even without his swords at times.
- Superhuman Reflexes: Zoro’s agility, speed, and overall reflexes are also extraordinary. He has shown that he is quick enough to keep up with Sanji, who is a master of his own leg-based style, as well as two Soru users simultaneously (Kaku and Jabra). He can move at nearly imperceptible speeds, jump to astonishing heights, and dodge bullets with ease.
- Superhuman Speed: On numerous occasions, Zoro has shown being able to evade (or block) high-speed attacks and projectiles like bullets that move so fast that it would normally be impossible for an average human to even notice them, much less evade them. Thus, Zoro was able to dodge simultaneous pressure shots as well as a laser blast from Bartholomew Kuma, both of which travel at extremely high speed, even after being heavily injured from his previous fights with Oars and fatigued from his fight with Ryuma.
- Speed Swimming: After the two years of training, Zoro can even move underwater at a speed faster than a fishman. This was mentioned by a member of the New Fishman Pirates, who exclaimed that it was inconceivable for the human swordsman to be faster than a fishman (referring to the aforementioned battle with Hody Jones) underwater.