not much of his life is detailed, his parent were known thieves in Iwagakure, which shows where his attitude develops of things that dont belong to him, his parent left him while he was 12 as that felt as though there was nothing else of value in Iwa worth stealing so they left giving him the option to stay or go with them. He opted to stay and later joined the Iwa Explosive corps after showing the talent he possessed in making bombs, it was unknown why he left the corps and how he later became a pirate , but it was around this time he met Hekuta, his soon to be captain on the seas