Bolneze Pierrot (or Bolneze the Clown) is the announcer involved in the Cup. Dresses like a clown. His name is pronounced "Pierrot Bolneze" in Japanese since the surnames precede first names. His friends (such as the ring master) refer to him as Bolneze, whereas people trying to act respectful (like Kazuma) call him Pierrot or Mr. Pierrot (Pierrot-san). In the manga, however, Kazuma developed a habit calling him "Pierrot-oniisan".
He is a master of the Cloning technique (first introduced in the anime via Kageto) and is able to make at least 135 of them.
Like Ryo, Bolneze is 22 years old and gets offended when Kazuma calls him an old man.
He was found as a "lost item" in the Quedam Circus. The ringmaster Don decided to keep him. When it came to naming the lost baby, since the current clown performer had found him, he said "Pierrot" first (which, in Japanese convention, the last name comes first) and for a first name, "Bolneze" was a clothing design company that created clown costumes.
His hair is naturally white, as can be seen when he was a baby.
Bolneze came up with the cloning technique after seeing the Castella can-can commercials in Japan. His circus was in trouble and they weren't selling enough tickets.
While staying in Japan, he fell in love with Megumi Kimura, who was the only person he met that recognized him out of his clown make up. Most of the other fangirls instead went for the trapeze artist Carn, which had gotten Bolneze all depressed and drinking alcohol deeply.
Pierrot REALLY hates microwaves as was shown in the Cup. However, his opinion changed when he was told that the story regarding the microwave was false.
Abiltiies
Besides his cloning ability, when justifying why he is able to disqualify certain countries' breads, he states "because I am a clown (pierrot)!" and then defines specific abilities that world-class clowns possess. These include but are not limited to:
- The ability to discern between which and where a person of 10 000 audience laughs (while awarding 0 to the Russian team in episode 32)
- The ability to discern between the different perfumes of 10 000 audience members (while eliminating the Russian team in episode 33)
- The ability to discern between the different skin textures of 10 000 customers (while eliminating the UK team at the start of episode 36)
- He appears to have a wide voice level range, as during the Cup he has a very high voice, whereas when speaking to Don he uses his normal voice, which is average for a man.
- He's a master of disguise, as seen when he dresses up as Detective Conan.
Travia
- Both Bolneze Pierrot and Pierrot from the Smile Pretty Cure! have similar to name.