n the original Japanese version of the One Piece anime series, Zoro is voiced by Kazuya Nakai as

an adult and Megumi Urawa as a child. In the first OVA Defeat Him! The Pirate Ganzack from 1998
is voiced by Wataru Takagi.
In Odex's dubs of the first 104 episodes of One Piece in Singapore, Zoro was voiced by Brian
Zimmerman. In the 4kids Entertainment's dub of the first 104 episodes of One Piece, Zoro was
renamed "Zolo," which was later influenced and implemented in the Viz Media adaption of the
manga series; he was voiced by Marc Diraison. In Funimation Entertainment's dubs of the
entire One Piece franchise, adult Zoro is voiced by Christopher Sabat with Cynthia Cranz playing the
role of child Zoro for episode 2 and by Brina Palencia for the rest of the franchise. Sabat compared
Zoro's characterization with Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle's Kurogane and YuYu Hakusho's Kazuma
Kuwabara, describing them as "the tough guy with a heart of gold". As a result, Sabat feared that he
sometimes performs similar voices despite the fact the characters are different. He also tried seeing
the original actors' works to avoid getting a more specific delivery.[6] In the game One Piece:
Unlimited Adventure, Sabat reprises his role as adult Zoro, with child Zoro voiced by Aaron Dismuke.
Zoro is portrayed by Mackenyu in the live action adaptation of One Piece.[7]

Zoro's loyalty to Luffy is incomparable among the crew and develops through the series. Even
though he joined Luffy's crew, his main goal was to become the strongest swordsman. Originally
Zoro threatened to kill Luffy if he ever got in the way of this goal. He listens to his captain's order and
follows the order until the very end. On Jaya, Zoro followed Luffy's orders not to fight an enemy in a
bar no matter what and followed it without hesitation. In "Water 7," Zoro upholds the authority of
Luffy as captain during Luffy's fight with Usopp and Usopp's leaving of the crew. Zoro pointedly
refuses to allow Usopp to rejoin the crew without an apology and threatens to be the next to leave
because to let Usopp "back as if nothing happened was an insult to Luffy's authority as captain. He
even slapped Luffy with the reality that being a pirate isn't a game." [12]