User blog comment:OnePieceNation/F*** Togashi and his gender ambiguous characters./@comment-5780397-20150331134110/@comment-5780397-20150331134823

I just found out that Haruta has been very recently changed to a male due to Oda replying to an SBS question. Anyway, if you look at the page's History, you'll see his gender has remained unconfirmed for a long time.