Gintoki Sakata

Gintoki Sakata, also known as Yorozuya, Shiroyasha, Gin-san and Gin-chan, is the main protagonist of the Gintama series.
== Charactah Account ==
Gintoki is the founder and president of the Yorozuya and as well a highly skilled samurai, having fought in the Joui War in the past. During the war, he became known as the Shiroyasha (literally meaning "White Demon") due to his powerful swordsmanship and demonic white appearance.
Gintoki is extremely lazy. He is often seen wearing a dumb expression on his face and spends his days lounging around reading Shounen Jump whilst imparting wise and sage-like advice to his younger employees, even though he doesn't actually know what he's talking about most of the time. Due to his poverty and unwillingness to do mostly anything, he is always behind on his rent and often runs away when Otose, his landlady, comes to collect the payment. He often blows all of his savings on Pachinko and other gambling games, which Shinpachiand Kagura often scold him for. However, even though he is lazy, Gintoki is quite dedicated to his job and tries to help people with the best of his abilities (usually in a very strange and twisted way).
The more comical stories depict Gintoki as a coward, attempting to leave behind many of his friends to save his own life. However, he is willing to risk his life for anyone and he is shown to be extremely caring towards his friends, and has killed Naraku members, terrorists and Amanto to protect them. He is extremely frightened of ghosts, but will usually deny their existence so that he doesn't look like a coward. His fear for the supernatural is shared by Hijikata and usually results in quite a few comic interactions between the two.
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* China KFC x Gintama
* Gintama
* Gintama'
* Gintama' (2015)
* Gintama': Enchousen
* Gintama Harumatsuri 2010
* Gintama Movie 1: Benizakura Arc - A New Retelling
* Gintama Movie 1: Benizakura Arc - A New Retelling Special
* Gintama Movie 2: The Final Chapter - Be Forever Yorozuya
* Gintama on Theater 2D: Baragaki Arc
* Gintama Season 5
* Gintama x Mameshiba
* Gintama x Monster Strike
* Gintama: Jump Festa 2005 Special
* Gintama: Jump Festa 2008 Special
* Gintama: Jump Festa 2014 Special
* Gintama: Jump Festa 2015 Special
* Gintama: Love Incense Arc
* Gintama: Silver Soul Arc
* Gintama: Silver Soul Arc - Second Half War
* Gintama: Slip Arc
* Gintama: The Best of Gintama on Theater 2D
* Gintama: The Semi-Final
* Gintama: The Very Final
* Nissin Cup Noodles China x Gintama
* SKET Dance
* The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. 2
=== Light Novels ===
* 3-Z Class's Ginpachi-sensei
* Theatrical Version Gintama Complete Edition
=== Manga ===
* Gintama
* SKET Dance
=== Video Games ===
* 300 Heroes
* Gintama DS: Yorozuya Daisoudou
* Gintama Gin-San to Issho! Boku no Kabuki Machi Nikki
* Gintama no Sugoroku
* Gintama Rumble
* Gintama: Banji Oku Chuubu
* Gintama: Gintoki vs Hijikata!? Kabukichou Gintama Dai Soudatsusen!!
* Granblue Fantasy
* J-Stars Victory Vs
* J-Stars Victory Vs+
* Monster Strike
* Puyo Puyo!! Quest
* Tales of the Rays
* The King of Fighters AllStar
== Trivia ==
* Gintoki's last name & character design are recycled from Sakata Tomiko & Gorouzaemon; characters from a rejected one-shot story Sorachi wrote before Gintama.
* Sorachi gave many hints and foreshadowing of Gintoki having to kill his sensei for his friends to survive. In Episode 61 Katsura states to Takasugi that Gintoki should hate this world more than anyone for taking Shoyo away further foreshadowing that he had to take him down.
* According to Sorachi, Gintoki's name was based on Sakata Kintoki, also known as Kintaro, from a famous folk tale set in the Heian Period. Kintaro became friends with the animals that lived on the mountain where he was raised and was even capable of battling with them. After certain events, he became a samurai and eventually went under the name Sakata Kintoki. Sorachi-sensei, in one of the question corners, explains this and doesn't intend on making Gin-san a descendant of Kintaro. His robot counterpart actually does take the name of Sakata Kintoki.
* Gintoki likes to order a custom "red beans on rice"(Uji-Gintoki-do) dish at his local restaurant.
* He might not look like it, but Gintoki was noted by Sorachi as a skilled chef. It was said that he was at the "steel man" level when it comes to cooking  (mentioned in episode 92's behind the scenes). He is also a capable baker, being able to bake his own strawberry cake at Shinpachi's house as shown in episode 2.
* His design was actually meant for Hijikata when Sorachi lost his first design.
* Until now fans created a 'Shinsengumi' version of him which included Hijikata Toushirou, Shimura Shinpachi, Kondou Isao, and Okita Sougo.
* It is only during the second part of Episode 97 that Gintoki did not assault Sarutobi Ayame. This is maybe due to him being sick and feeble, or it could be in the way Sarutobi approached him and slept next to him enchantingly that made him unable to beat to her.
* Gintoki bows to the Shinsengumi for the first time in Lesson 406 in order to save Obi Hajime, which caused Sougo to take pictures or record Gintoki on his phone.
* Gintoki's nickname Shiroyasha in the Japanese manga meaning White Yaksha is changed to White Knightin the English translation VIZ media.
* Ketsuno Cristel is the only female character to not really know him well and not to attack him at all.
* In Episode 111, it was shown that Gintoki has at least 3 pairs of his normal attire (consisting of yukata and his black pants and shirt) when Shinpachi was hanging laundry inside their house.
* In Episode 45, Gintoki accidentally revealed his genitals on the national news after forgetting to zip up his pants.
* Whenever he loses after he gambles, he is commonly shown wearing pink boxers with a strawberry pattern. In episode 111, some of his undergarments were shown hanging including the strawberry-patterned one.
* Gintoki's dominant hand is his right one.
* Apparently, Gintoki can sleep with his eyes open.
* His favorite drink is strawberry milk.
* Shinpachi, Kagura, and Sadaharu have mentioned in episode 283 that his feet stink.
* It is mentioned in episodes 167 and shown in episode 177 that he has a fear of spiders.
* In the Yoshiwara Arc, Gintoki stated he dislikes women that are clingy.
* In Episode 175, it is revealed that Gintoki (as well as Hijikata) is afraid of dentists even though they are old enough to be not afraid of them anymore.
* Gintoki shares many traits to the main protagonist of the Gundam anime, Amuro Ray. As they earn the same title - White Devil - after putting an end of a great war in its final moments, however being traumatized throughout the war, decided to become a NEET for a decade until they return back to the battlefield to protect The Earth.
* Lu Lingqi, a character from Dynasty Warriors, seems to be based on Gintoki's Gender Bender form.
* Gintoki's voice actor, Sugita Tomokazu, also voices Switch from SKET Dance, another Jump Manga Series, and Alvin from Tales of Xillia.
** He also voiced Gintoki when SKET Dance had a crossover with Gin Tama due to "Time Slot" Argument.
** In Tales of the Rays, Gintoki appears as a playable character in the collaboration event with Gin Tama. While he does gain an original arteset, his mirrage arte, Radiant Howl, is a parody of Luke fon Fabre's Radiant Howl.
*** In the same collaboration event, as Sugita Tomokazu also voices Alvin, Alvin gains the mirrage arte Bullet Cross Border, which grants him a costume of Gintoki.
* He cannot swim (as confirmed by Tama in Lesson 472 and hinted at by him using floaties in/avoiding the water throughout the series, and in episodes 290-291 among others).
* Gintoki used to have scooter goggles fastened around his neck during the early stages of the manga, but they soon disappeared due to Sorachi Hideaki stating that they were a pain to draw.
* Sakamoto often mistakenly calls him Kintoki, which Gintoki highly annoyed too. This is a joke to the fact that Gin in Gintoki's name means Silver and is used in the title (Gintama). Kintama is a common Japanese word for testicles.
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== External Links ==
* Sakata Gintoki at Gintama Wiki
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