In her youth, she was quite beautiful and had dark blue hair tied up in a loose ponytail, with side bangs that framed both sides of her face. She wore a standard Marine uniform with a rifle strapped to her back. Tsuru ate the Woshu Woshu no Mi,[17] a Paramecia-type Devil Fruit that allows her to literally "wash and hang out to dry" people and objects as if they were clothes, turning them into flat and malleable like fabric.[18] This disables the opponents by rendering them unable to move. This power can also "clean" a limited amount of evil off the victims, which is considered a dangerous ability against pirates. Tsuru joined the Marines 56 years ago along with Sengoku and Monkey D. Garp.[2] 27 years ago, Tsuru was walking with fellow vice admirals Garp, Jaguar D. Saul, Kuzan, and Sakazuki. Garp asked her if he could borrow a ship, but she refused because he always broke them.[6] At some point in her life, Tsuru started a family and had a granddaughter named Kujaku, who would go on to follow in her footsteps and become a Marine Rear Admiral.