Goki

* Debut
* VOICEVOX
* pitagoe

* Human
* Athro-Demon

**Goki** (後(ご)鬼(き)), formerly referred to as **Wate** (わて) is a character created by the "Tsuina, the Ogre Hunter Project" (鬼っ子ハンターついなちゃん). She received a voicebank for *VOICEVOX* on September 30, 2022. She later received a *pitagoe* wave file collection released in February 2023.

Her voice provider is Nanami Eiko (七(なな)海(み)映(えい)子(こ)).

## Concept

Goki is one of Tsuina-chan's shikigami, the front and back demons (式神). One-half of a pair of demons originally of a married couple who serve as Tsuina-chan's companions. Goki appears as a blue stuffed animal in her normal form with a round body together with her partner Zenki, who appears as a red stuffed animal. The souls of the married couple were transferred into the stuffed animals. Goki's true identity is the demon of the same name that followed En no Gyōja in the past. Like Tsuina-chan, she and Zenki are enshrined at the Kisshō-ji Temple (吉祥草寺) and the Benitomidaiji Temple (紅冨台寺).

Goki also has a human form. She takes on the appearance of a beautiful female teacher. She often assumes this form when acting under cover in the human world. She is noted to have a beauty that makes everyone turn around. Her tone changes greatly from when she was a stuffed animal, and she speaks like a mature adult woman.

Goki's human form also has an Oni (鬼) form that reflects Goki's demonic nature, with two horns growing from her forehead.
Ever since her shakubuku teachings by En no Gyōja, she has dressed as a mountain monk, and takes on this appearance during full-scale battle. Her body is also slightly larger than when she was in human form and carries a scepter on her back. She fights with a water bottle in her hand, specializing in defense-oriented battles that use water as the main weapon.

### Appearance

Goki's stuffed animal form is blue has a long, thin tail and the letter "B" on its forehead.

### Relations

* Zenki - Spouse.
* Kisaragi Tsuina - Companion of hers.

## History

### 2011 Beginnings

Goki resulted from a member of the "Hinomoto Oniko Project," Oohenri Saki, as a character accompanying Tsuina-chan Tsuina-chan, along with Zenki and Goki made their official online debut on Oohenri's pixiv on February 3rd, 2011 (the initial upload has since been deleted, however).

### 2016 Drama series

In August 2016, Tsuina's voice drama series, "Demon Hunter Tsuina", began. While it's primarily an audio-only series detailing her attempts at capturing demons (usually resulting in failure), there have been many guest appearances including both Zenki & Goki.

### 2021

#### Tsuina-chan Synthesizer V campaign

As a reward tier for Tsuina-chan's Synthesizer V crowdfund, supporters of the digital 10,000 yen plan and above received a pack of 50 sample voices performed by Eiko Nanami for Goki on May 5, 2021.

#### Design Contest

An illustration contest to create an original anthropomorphic design for Goki was held beginning on December 26, 2021 (Sunday) and running to February 17, 2022 (Thursday) 23:59 was decided. Applicants were tasked with creating two designs for Goki: one for a human version (adult sister-type) of Goki and the other for demon version. It was then announced that Goki would be receiving additional voice recording material for pitagoe.

### 2022

Goki was then announced on February 8 to be releasing as a text-to-speech library for VOICEVOX at the time with no clear release date.

The illustration contest concluded on February 23, where the winning entry was decided. The winning entry was illustrated by Amamine Coco (天巫音ココ) and it was announced that the illustration would be used for Goki's upcoming pitagoe and VOICEVOX libraries.

On September 9, Goki was announced to be releasing on September 30, 2022 alongside WhiteCUL and No.7. All three were released on September 30, as intended.

## Voicebanks

Goki
A feminine vocal capable of Japanese speech synthesis, available in two expressions "Human Version" and "Plush Version".

* Goki (*VOICEVOX*), September 30, 2022
	+ Goki Human Ver. (人間ver.), September 30, 2022
	+ Goki Plush Ver. (ぬいぐるみver.), September 30, 2022
* Goki (*pitagoe*), February 3, 2023

## References

1. ↑ https://ついなちゃん.com/character/
2. ↑ https://fantia.jp/posts/1497166
3. ↑ https://twitter.com/tuina\_chan\_pj/status/802704488775548928
4. ↑ https://twitter.com/Tuina\_chan\_PJ/status/801940848589950980
5. ↑ https://xn--n8jychz0k1d.com/character/
6. ↑ https://camp-fire.jp/projects/334914/activities/266496
7. ↑ https://fantia.jp/posts/1049066
8. ↑ https://twitter.com/voicevox\_pj/status/1490691661638561793
9. ↑ https://fantia.jp/posts/1084319
10. ↑ https://twitter.com/voicevox\_pj/status/1568147202739937280
11. ↑ https://fantia.jp/posts/1468938
12. ↑ https://twitter.com/Tuina\_chan\_PJ/status/1575789725381963779

## External links

### Official

* Tsuina, the Ogre Hunter Project Fantia
* Character Profile