Kure S. Akira was born the son of Kure S. Ishimaru, a powerful pirate in the New World who has been active even before Roger's era, and a woman named Myogo. He is also the grandson of a Tenryuubito and a martial arts master. 800 years ago, his family ruled over the kingdom of Hoan. Since his family was one of the 20 Royal families who established the World Government, Akira was born a Tenryuubito. The family, however, didn't condone nor accept the actions and feelings of the other Tenryuubitos towards the common people and appeared different from the others, as they respected everyone and had no human or fishman slaves. Most of the Kure family bought the slaves and freed them, instead of using them, as a sign of peace and equality. They had even made friendly relations with the Ryugu Kingd