Black Cage Hina
Black Cage Hina is a Marine HQ Captain known as Hina the Black Cage who commands forces in pursuit of pirate targets. She serves the Marines with a focus on capturing enemies using her unique abilities and maintains long-term professional ties with figures like Smoker. Hina is recognized for her role in operations against groups such as the Straw Hat Pirates and for her command of specialized marine formations during key encounters.
Throughout her service Hina demonstrates consistent leadership in marine operations from initial coin flip decisions to later blockades and pursuits. Her actions include ordering ships back to headquarters and personally engaging threats when subordinates are instructed to stand back. Hina's presence spans multiple incidents involving deception by opponents and direct confrontations that highlight her authority in the region.
Appearance
Black Cage Hina appears in a long black coat with white cuffs and Marine insignia along with a dark suit and gloves. She maintains long flowing hair and is often shown with a cigarette in her mouth during operations. Her full body views emphasize the coat draped over her shoulders while close-ups highlight her glaring eye and irritated expressions marked by impact symbols.12
In later depictions Hina wears a WAPD badge on her chest and projects a fierce grin with sunglasses during command moments. Her dynamic movement creates motion lines and blurred afterimages as her coat and hair flow during high speed actions.34
Personality
Hina reacts with calm dismissal to unnecessary gestures from subordinates such as flowers presented by Jango and Fullbody. She bluntly orders them to their posts and later expresses that she is raving mad with irritation at events though not at her own incompetence. Hina states she will be upset if anyone gets in her way during operations.567
Abilities and powers
Black Cage Hina possesses Ori-Ori Fruit powers that allow her to form iron rings and cages from her body. She passes her arm through an opponent to create a binding iron ring around their waist and arms then declares that everything that passes through her body will be locked. Hina uses this to effortlessly subdue a masked pirate who lunges at her from behind.86
Hina declares the Awase Baori technique with intent to trap the target and states that her body will lock anyone passing through it. She realizes she is outmatched after being struck during the confrontation.9
History
Black Cage Hina wins a coin flip against Smoker while aboard a Marine ship in the company of Tashigi who greets her after time apart. She is present at the dock with Smoker during this period and later receives apologies from late-arriving subordinates after being referenced by name in narration.101112
Hina holds three illustrated cards while smoking a cigarette in close profile view with her long hair and dark coat visible as she is identified as a well-informed young Marine. She leads the Black Cage Squad using Black Spear Formation and commands the Marine blockade in the area while wearing a WAPD badge.131415
Arabasta
Alabasta departure
Relationships
Black Cage Hina shares a long-term association with Smoker as fellow Marines who have known each other since his recruit days. She accuses him of appropriating her elite troops and expresses disappointment in his unchanged behavior while he grumbles about her excuses. Hina mentions sympathizing with Tashigi's troubles in their shared professional circle.2526
Hina commands subordinates including Jango and Fullbody who present flowers and cheer her catch-phrase during combat. She dismisses their gestures as unnecessary and orders them to posts while they apologize for arriving late. Hina receives reports from marines and issues direct orders that they follow with responses of yes ma'am.527
Major battles
Black Cage Hina confronts Mr. 2 Bon Kurei who disguises himself as Luffy to deceive her forces during a pursuit of the Straw Hat crew. She realizes the trick after the sheep-ship heads east and declares herself humiliated before engaging the opponent who challenges her to come at him if she dares. Hina later identifies the target as Straw Hat Luffy in a subsequent encounter.2829
Hina engages Luffy directly during a later confrontation where she activates Awase Baori to prevent escape. Luffy recognizes her from a previous Arabasta meeting and she is struck acknowledging that she is outmatched as the technique fails. Hina holds three cards depicting individuals in another context while remaining active in marine pursuits.3031
Hina is present on the marine vessel during the pursuit where she reacts with visible shock and expresses anger toward Bon Clay. She watches intently with narrowed gaze and visible sweat while glaring coldly during the events.3233
Hina narrows her eyes and declares the target while a marine reports the sheep ship slipping to the east. She taps a transponder snail with a sly grin saying just kidding before her eyes widen in shock at the reveal of Mr. 2 Bon Clay as a master of disguise.34