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The Secret Organization is poised to make a major impact in the forthcoming season on Netflix of One Piece, even if the true confrontation won’t take place until the next season, and a adored, popular member has now been chosen.

The platform declared recently that Cole Escola will appear in the One Piece upcoming season’s lineup and will embody Bentham. This character has the ability to change into an perfect replica of any individual they’ve touched with their dominant hand. Escola, who is identifies as non-binary and prefers they/them pronouns, will depict a version of that role reinterpreted as gender non-binary, instead of as a drag artist, in the live-action show, unlike the source material and animated series.

Escola joins multiple new cast members tasked with bringing the group to life, including head Sir Crocodile, played by the seasoned performer, Sophia Anne Caruso as another operative, and a familiar face, who also joins the cast as the ruler of Alabasta.

Even though this character is a key figure of Baroque Works, the individual won’t appear until One Piece the third season. Considering season 2 set to cover the Little Garden storyline, this signals a significant shift in the schedule of the character’s debut, one that could signal further changes to the story’s structure.

Escola’s blend of precise humor and profound feeling makes them a perfect fit for the part. Along with their recent voice performance in the youth-focused cartoon movie Boys Go to Jupiter, they earned widespread acclaim and several accolades for penning and acting in the successful stage production Oh Mary!, highlighting the versatility they’ll bring to one of One Piece’s widely praised roles.

The streaming service’s real-life One Piece program is scheduled to come back for its second season on March 10, 2026.