Tairaa is the Captain of the Grand Pirates, and is a very powerful Devil Fruit user. He is almost invincible and is one of the top-ranking pirates that are in the Grand Line.
Appearance
Tairaa is normally seen wearing sandals, blue shorts, a white shirt with the Grand Pirates jollyroger on it, and a floppy hat that blocks the sun. When he was on Arctic Island, he wore a white jacket, and when he was on Desert Island, he wore no shirt.
Personality
Tairaa is normally relaxed and very lazy, going as far as almost being left behind when Burendan and the rest of the crew were preparing to set sail, because he found a nice shady spot under a tree. He is very protective of his crewmates and will fight to the death to protect them. This is shown when he went against Aokiji even though he risked the chance of being killed because he is vulnerable to fire and ice.
History
Tairaa is originally from Skypiea, but does not look like a Skypiea native at all. When he was ten, he was in a cafe on Angel Island and was eating fruits out of a fruit bowl. He accidentally ate the Shou Shou No Mi, which was mixed in with the other fruit for some reason. After he ate it, he thought he had eaten something poisonous because the inside of his mouth was burning. So he ran outside to the dock to rinse out his mouth, after he did he decided to go for a swim. So he jumped in the water, but, because of the Devil Fruit, he fell through the clouds and fell all the way down to the ocean. Normally this would have killed a regular person, but the Shou Shou No Mi absorbed the impact of hitting the water and he was rescued by a passing fishing ship. After he was rescued, he was dropped off at the Sabaody Archipelago. There he grew up and eventually left, heading to the West Blue in search of members for a pirate crew he wanted to start.