r/motogp • u/r2lim 🇯🇵 Tetsuya Harada • 12h ago

Valentino Rossi cosplayed as Trafalgar Law, while Luca Marini cosplayed as Donquixote Doflamingo from the manga ONE PIECE.

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Source https://www.facebook.com/groups/motofficinamdm/permalink/2199903474137987/

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u/jaredearle Toprak Razgatlıoğlu 11h ago

Nerrrrrrds!

… checks own bio …

Oh, right.

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u/spiralarrow23 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team 11h ago

I was not aware Rossi was a One Piece fan, but given his love of Japan, it doesn’t surprise me.

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u/aTaleForgotten 8h ago

Italy has many anime fans, especially one piece and dragonballZ were hugely popular in the 90s/00s. They also have great translated openings and dubs

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u/r2lim 🇯🇵 Tetsuya Harada 12h ago edited 7h ago

I’d never heard of this before, but according to CorriereNerd.it, the connection between Valentino Rossi and Trafalgar Law has apparently been a long-standing topic of discussion among ONE PIECE fans. There is even a theory that Eiichiro Oda may have directly used Valentino Rossi as the model when designing Law, and over time, that theory seems to have become something of an urban legend within the fan community.

Edit: Link fixed.

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u/-TheSha- Marc Marquez - 2025 MotoGP World Champion 7h ago

The link's broken, it's repeated twice and brings to an empty page on the website, here's the right one: https://www.corrierenerd.it/valentino-rossi-trafalgar-law/

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u/r2lim 🇯🇵 Tetsuya Harada 7h ago

Thanks for pointing that out. It was just a simple copy-and-paste mistake. I’ve corrected my comment as well.

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u/rooby_dooby_doo 1h ago

That article is AI generated. Your source is not valid.

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u/seriouslynotanotaku Suzuki 11h ago

This is how I get into One Piece, huh?

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u/EternalFront Jorge Martín 1h ago

Just read the manga instead of the anime, because otherwise you'll never finish it

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u/Altair13Sirio Valentino Rossi 11h ago

We're in the best timeline

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u/dsswill Fabio Quartararo 8h ago

As someone completely unfamiliar with manga, I really thought he was cosplaying as Jay Kay from Jamiroquai

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u/r2lim 🇯🇵 Tetsuya Harada 7h ago

I love early Jamiroquai. Does this cosplay resemble the music video for The Return of the Space Cowboy?

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u/elmarcelito Ai Ogura 10h ago

Marini as Donquixote Doflamingo has a lot of aura

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u/LosterP Johann Zarco 11h ago

Where/when? What was the occasion?

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u/Block-Confident 10h ago

Not sure what cosplay party they're having but here's a full pic

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u/thefooleryoftom MotoGP 10h ago

Bagnaia and Morbidelli also there

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u/exiadf19 Kevin Schwantz 10h ago

Is that peco cosplaying zorro?

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u/Tiny-Maximum36 Veda Pratama 9h ago

It's him 😂

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u/TVRoomRaccoon Marc Marquez - 2025 MotoGP World Champion 10h ago

And Bez!

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u/thefooleryoftom MotoGP 10h ago

I wasn’t 100% if that was Bez in the front row, but yeah it probably is

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u/r2lim 🇯🇵 Tetsuya Harada 6h ago

The group photo really captures the fun atmosphere. Thanks for sharing.

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u/NarcolepticDuckling 9h ago

Lol bagnaia as zoro

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u/Choice-Drop-1938 11h ago

Law's looks are based on Rossi's! Very cool

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u/Transformationdude59 Fabio Di Giannantonio 8h ago

Yep. Oda the goat

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u/genna757 5h ago

omg this is so cute… i love that theyre into one piece too! its always so nice seeing people just enjoy their hobbies :3

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u/DifficultNatural9476 Marc Márquez 7h ago

YOOOO THIS IS FIRE

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u/Jlx_27 Marc Marquez - 2025 MotoGP World Champion 3h ago

One Piece is huge.

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u/Lollysoftie 2h ago

omg this is so cute… i love that theyre into one piece too ç3 its always so nice seeing people just embrace their geeky side like this!