The best part about watching Netflix's One Piece live action series is being introduced to the faces who would play the characters fans have known and loved for so long. Particularly with the upcoming second season, fans have hardly been able to contain their excitement about certain characters like Vivi, and more recently, Monkey D. Dragon.

James Hiroyuki Liao plays the role of Ipponmatsu. The actor starred in several episodes of Barry in the role of Albert Nguyen. He also starred in nine episodes of Orphan Black: Echoes. Much of Liao’s career has seen him star in small roles, but his credits include titles such as:

One Piece Season 2 is expected to be among Netflix's 2025 releases, but we don't know that for sure. Continue to stick with CinemaBlend as we get hype for the series' return, and keep an eye on what's happening in the manga and anime as well!

The second season of Netflix’s live-action “One Piece” series has added three new cast members, Variety has learned exclusively. Rigo Sanchez (“Outerbanks,” “Goliath”), Yonda Thomas (“Redemption,” “Seriously Single”),

Dragon will be played by Rigo Sanchez (Outer Banks, Station 19) whose role in season two will be interesting to see considering the anime character’s place in the series overall. Keen-eyed One Piece fans might have spotted what they believed was Monkey D.

Netflix's hit series One Piece has added three new cast members to the second season of the hit fantasy adventure series

Netflix has added three new actors to the cast of One Piece season 2: Rigo Sanchez, James Hiroyuki Liao, and Yonda Thomas, according to Variety. Sanchez will star in the series as Dragon, alongside Liao as Ipponmatsu and Thomas as Igaram.