About

The Brazilian Luffy Dance refers to an animation of a Brazilian Luffy D. Monkey, from the anime and manga One Piece, dancing on the Rio de Janeiro staircase, the Escadaria Selarón, or Lapa Steps. Brazilian Luffy is seen picking his nose and then dancing by lifting up his shirt, showing his belly and thrusting his hips forward. The dance's song is "Forte Forte de Lacoste: Pra Começar o Final de Semana" by DJ Jeeh FDC, MC LCKaiique and MC Celo BK, featuring DJ Arana and DJ Menezes. The Brazilian Luffy Dance animation was created by animator Guto Kenji, who shared it to TikTok, Instagram and YouTube in July 2023. The Brazilian Luffy Dance resurfaced in mid-2025, inspiring several animation memes and a dance trend on TikTok.

Origin

On July 9th, 2023, animator Guto Kenji (@guto_kenji) posted an animation to TikTok^[1] of a Brazilian Luffy dancing on Rio de Janeiro's Escadaria Selarón. He's seen lifting his shirt up and thrusting his hips forward. The song used was "Forte Forte de Lacoste" by DJ Jeeh FDC, MC LCKaiique and MC Celo BK, featuring DJ Arana and DJ Menezes.^[2][3] Over two years, the video received roughly 7.1 million plays and 569,000 likes (shown below).

Guto Kenji also posted the animation to Instagram^[4] and YouTube^[5] on the same day, gaining over 4.8 million views and 7,100 views, respectively, over two years.

Spread

Guto Kenji shared more edits of Brazilian anime characters dancing on the Lapa Steps heading into 2024. For instance, on April 28th, 2024, Guto Kenji shared a TikTok^[6] of Luffy and other One Piece characters like Zoro and Sanji dancing, gaining over 74,200 likes in a year (shown below).

On January 5th, 2025, TikToker^[7] @imnotaprofit posted a video that used the Brazilian Luffy Dance animation as part of an edit with dance scenes from One Piece. Over five months, the video gained over 67,300 likes (shown below).

On February 6th, TikToker^[8] @.mayapayaa posted a video with text reading, "Okay big three this is how to pull," which used the Brazilian Luffy Dance as a punchline. Over four months, the video gained over 16,300 likes (shown below).

On March 5th, 2025, TikToker^[9] @ramiyaarlexis posted a video of herself doing the Brazilian Luffy Dance, with a caption reading, "Since my GOAT was forced to do it, I had to." Over three months, the video received over 9,800 likes (shown below).

In the following months, others did the dance, like TikToker^[10] @curiosityphox on April 11th, whose video gained over 559,500 likes in two months (shown below).

On May 10th, 2025, TikToker^[11] @marsthemartiann_ posted a re-animation of the original video, showing Gumball from The Amazing World of Gumball, gaining over 198,300 likes in a month (shown below).

During the same timeframe, Brazilian Luffy Dance memes surfaced on other video platforms like YouTube. For instance, on May 10th, YouTuber^[12] AiMemer1 posted a Red Circle Perpetrators meme, gaining over 8,700 views in a month (shown below).

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