Have you seen the latest photos of Eiichiro Oda when he visited the set of One Piece live-action season 2 in South Africa yet?
All of Oda’s photos, as usual, have his face covered by a representative image of him: a man wearing a fish head mask.
So why doesn’t Eiichiro Oda like to reveal his face?
1. Oda’s Reason – The Creator of One Piece
In a recent interview, Kazutoshi Sakurai asked Oda: “So, you don’t like to show your face?”
Oda replied: “Exactly. Luffy and the friends of that crew are the real stars, so there’s no reason for me to show my face to become famous…”
This explains why Oda does not want to reveal his face. For him, Luffy and his crew members are the stars of One Piece, and he feels there is no reason to show his own face.
Of course, there are some photos that Oda has shown his face, but most are quite old.
2. The fact that manga creators prefer to keep their faces hidden is quite common
Koyoharu Gotouge, Hideaki Sorachi, and Gege Akutami are also famous manga creators who share the same trait with Oda, which is to keep their faces hidden.
The practice of manga creators keeping their faces hidden is quite common. The main reason often is privacy.
3. Note: This is not an image of Eiichiro Oda – the creator of One Piece
While we are discussing why Eiichiro Oda doesn’t like to show his face, it’s worth mentioning that the image above is mistakenly associated with the creator of One Piece. Indeed, the image shown is that of Eiichiro Oda.
However, if you search for Eiichiro Oda on Google, the face of this masked man can still appear at the top of the search results.
But in reality, this is not an image of Oda. This is Eiji Aonuma, a very important figure in the development of The Legend of Zelda.
Unlike Oda, Eiji Aonuma often appears in photographs. However, it remains unclear how many images of Eiji Aonuma frequently appear when someone searches for Eiichiro Oda on Google Image Search.
Along with Oda’s situation of not liking to reveal his face, many of the images shown are still often mistakenly attributed to Aonuma, leading to confusion over the images of Aonuma being the actual images of Oda.
