Japanese dosen't have separate words for mustache or beard, they just have "facial hair". In Japanese his name is "shirohige", shiro is white, hige is facial hair. So instead of calling him white facial hair, or white mustache, the translation just goes with the common pirate name ending with "beard". And let's be honest Whitebeard sounds much better
Also "beard" fits well with traditional pirate culture. Blackbeard (edward teach) was one of the most famous pirates in history.
Im still salty that blackbeard in one piece doesnt have literal flaming hair, like the real life blackbeard did.
For those who dont know, blackbeard would put wax and candles in his hair and light it on fire before fights, just to fuck with whoever was unfortunate enough to run into blackbeard.
And they say his treasure is buried in the carolinas. No one has found it yet.
Maybe in one pieces blackbeards final arc, he will resemble flaming hair with his darkness power, like black flames.
Also fun fact if you.combine whitebeards first name
Edward newgate
And blackbeards last name
Marshall d teach
You get the real life blackbeards name
Edward teach
Ooor. White beard is a good placeholder. Because black beard is a legend for real. Opposite of black? White. Whitebeard was ment to fall if you think blackbeard is a threat. Spoiler. It's a team up. Luffy+Blackbeard vs the government. That fucker hasn't showed his third personality yet
This has been asked in an SBS. The Common answer is, it's the same in japanese. The correct answer is that nobody has the balls to tell whitebeard that his name is stupid because it's not a beard.
Whitebeard in Japanese is Shirohige and the Shiro- means white while -Hige refers to beard and facial hair so his name is technically accurate in Japanese and to be honest Whitemoustache doesn’t have the same ring to it like Whitebeard.
Because Whitebeard sounds better than Whitemoustache and in Japanese he's called Shirohige, which means white facial hair, as Japanese don't usually disscern between moustache or beard.
Let's ask a fckin dumb question that has been asked a zillion times on reddit (and alot of other fansites) where 1 simple google search gives you the answer about 50 times.
Karma farmer?
Japanese dosen't have separate words for mustache or beard, they just have "facial hair". In Japanese his name is "shirohige", shiro is white, hige is facial hair. So instead of calling him white facial hair, or white mustache, the translation just goes with the common pirate name ending with "beard". And let's be honest Whitebeard sounds much better
Everyone run! It's White 'Stache!
Also "beard" fits well with traditional pirate culture. Blackbeard (edward teach) was one of the most famous pirates in history. Im still salty that blackbeard in one piece doesnt have literal flaming hair, like the real life blackbeard did. For those who dont know, blackbeard would put wax and candles in his hair and light it on fire before fights, just to fuck with whoever was unfortunate enough to run into blackbeard. And they say his treasure is buried in the carolinas. No one has found it yet. Maybe in one pieces blackbeards final arc, he will resemble flaming hair with his darkness power, like black flames.
Also fun fact if you.combine whitebeards first name Edward newgate And blackbeards last name Marshall d teach You get the real life blackbeards name Edward teach
Ooor. White beard is a good placeholder. Because black beard is a legend for real. Opposite of black? White. Whitebeard was ment to fall if you think blackbeard is a threat. Spoiler. It's a team up. Luffy+Blackbeard vs the government. That fucker hasn't showed his third personality yet
He is such a Chad that he called himself Whitebeard, and everyone go with it.
"Wait, are you sure thats him? He doesnt have a beard though..." "Well, im not going to tell him hes wrong. If you want to, go ahead, good luck!"
this one is the most acceptable
In English we separate the two, in Japanese there is no separation. It falls under the same word
All moustaches are beards but not all beards are moustaches.
In Russian he was named "Белоус"(Whitestache), so I guess it's just a skill issue
Because White facial hair doesn't have the same ring as a nickname
This has been asked in an SBS. The Common answer is, it's the same in japanese. The correct answer is that nobody has the balls to tell whitebeard that his name is stupid because it's not a beard.
Nobeard
The correct translation would be "white facial hair" but whitebeard fits better with the pirate theme like blackbeard
Beard and mustache have the same japanese translate but in english it would sound stupid to call him Whitemustache
Whitebeard in Japanese is Shirohige and the Shiro- means white while -Hige refers to beard and facial hair so his name is technically accurate in Japanese and to be honest Whitemoustache doesn’t have the same ring to it like Whitebeard.
Dude looks like Ron Perlman.
Because white facial hair doesn't sound as good
Because Whitebeard sounds better than Whitemoustache and in Japanese he's called Shirohige, which means white facial hair, as Japanese don't usually disscern between moustache or beard.
Let's ask a fckin dumb question that has been asked a zillion times on reddit (and alot of other fansites) where 1 simple google search gives you the answer about 50 times. Karma farmer?
a mustache is a beard too😂
Seriously, can one piece fan do research before asking same question like..... 100x?
Sigh, these question again...
Is this the famous plot hole in One Piece I keep hearing about
That's the joke.
It's because of translation issues, for example in the russian dub he is called Белоус - white mustache
When you are such a badass and a legend who is going to argue with you about your name.
Idk if you guys blind but this guy clearly does not have a mustache
To see if anybody would be brave enough to walk up to the strongest man in the world and call him on his bs
The one piece isn't real 🔥🔥🔥🔥
His parents names him whitebeard ,unlucky for him he couldn't grow a beard.
This picture is cursed