Xolo Mariduena Joins Season 3 of Netflix’s One Piece

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Netflix announced today that Xolo Maridueña (Blue Beetle, Cobra Kai) has been cast to star as Portgas D. Ace in season three of ONE PIECE, which is set to resume production later this year in Cape Town, South Africa. The announcement asset is available on the ONE PIECE Instagram.

Maridueña joins Cole Escola, who was previously announced as Bon Clay. Additional cast members will be announced at a later date.

Season two, ONE PIECE: INTO THE GRAND LINE, premieres March 10, 2026, exclusively on Netflix.

ONE PIECE is a live-action pirate adventure created in partnership with Shueisha and produced by Tomorrow Studios (an ITV Studios partner) and Netflix. The third season is led by S3 co-showrunners and writers Joe Tracz and Ian Stokes, with executive producers Eiichiro Oda, Marty Adelstein, and Becky Clements through Tomorrow Studios, along with Tetsu Fujimura, Chris Symes, Christoph Schrewe, and Steven Maeda.