Boukerin Ieharu

Boukerin Ieharu, known popularly as the White-Storm (白嵐), is an Adventurer, and the of the "Ivorian Crusaders, thereby making him one of the main characters of ---. Born at sea, Ieharu was the child of a sickly Samurai and noblewoman from Wano. The Samurai's last wish before dying was to travel the seas and leave Wano, and his wife refused to stay behind, so she came with, and Haru was born. From a young age, Haru was brought up with the way of the sword, with his father teaching him the signature style of the now-extinct Boukerin Clan, Suitoryu. Though his father was sickly, he was still strong, and was capable to teaching him the fundamentals and more. At the age of eight, however, a storm hit their ship, and Haru and his mother fell into the sea.

Ietsuna jumped into the sea in order to save the two, but was only capable of saving the drowning Haru. As Ietsuna was saving Haru, the young boy watched his mother drown and sink to the bottom of the ocean. When the two made it back on the now heavily damaged ship, Ietsuna having exerted all of the energy he could muster in saving Haru, died on the deck of the ship, leaving Haru alone. Years later, when Haru was fifteen, he was living on Tropea, an Island in the Nalu Archipelago. He first encountered Kevu and co after Kevu's defeat by Iskandar on Montinui. Haru's new home was terrorized by Iskandar as well, andhe agreed to travel with the group in order to defeat Iskandar. After the Shichibukai's defeat, the people of Tropea requested for Kevu to take Ieharu along in order to give him a proper home, of which Kevu happily obliged, making Haru the fifth member to join along with Ada.

Ieharu's dream to travel back to Wano in order to see where his parents came from, and learn of the Boukerin Clan's history, while mastering the Suitoryu and the various forms he created along the way.