Nobutaka (町村信孝, Nobuotaka) or other wise known by his nickname the Ringer (輪, Ringuru?) is the Navigator and Strategist of the Roronoa Pirates. Nobutaka originally was a local assassin working in a few different islands and cities. Doing simple assassin jobs for gang members and marines, however he was set up and his own lover was killed by the gang members. Because he had failed in an assassin attempt, so this had sent Nobutaka into a state of madness and within a few months he had hunt down the gang members who had killed off his lover.