Gonta Gokuhara

**Gonta Gokuhara** (獄原 ゴン太 *Gokuhara Gonta*) is a character featured in *Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony* and a participant of the Killing School Semester.

As a young child, he became lost in the woods, where he was raised by a pack of wolves. There, he learned how to communicate with animals and bugs, which later earned him the title of the **Ultimate Entomologist** (超高校級の「昆虫博士」*chō kōkō kyū no “konchū hakase” lit.* Super High School Level Entomologist).

## Appearance

Gonta is a very tall and muscular teen. He has a noticeably angular face and long, messy brown hair. He has red eyes and wears round glasses.

Gonta wears a brown suit and matching brown pants, green tie, and no shoes. He carries a bug terrarium strapped around his body, the strap matching the color of his tie.

As his appearance suggests, Gonta has superhuman strength, but he claims that he never killed a bug. His angry face is also especially fierce, supposedly due to his upbringing in the wild.

In the prologue, he wears the uniform of his original high school. He also wears shoes, which is something he normally doesn't like to do. He awkwardly fitted his well-trained body into the uniform, but his manliness originating from the wealthy family overwhelms the people who look at him. His gakuran's color is uncommon persimmon indigo (dark slate blue), which somehow seems to look noble.[6]

## Personality

Gonta likes animals very much, especially insects, and he can even speak with them. He is a kind-hearted, gentle, and polite person. He is very pure and naive, as he easily believes strangers and can get easily discouraged by other people's comments, and also does not seem to understand sexual matters very well. He himself acknowledges and often points out that he is dumb, which is one of the reasons why he listens to other people so much. Naturally, he strongly dislikes killing and cruelty, which can rather easily make him cry. However, despite his gentle nature, he can turn very angry if he sees or hears someone hating on insects, and he believes bug lovers can't be bad.[7] Due to his strong love for bugs, he is often seen searching and yelling for them to come out, claiming that he wants to talk with them.

In order to repay his woodland family, he aims to become a true gentleman. He wants to be useful to others, but he prefers not to do physical fighting and violence. He also gets very ashamed of himself if he does something a gentleman wouldn't do, like telling lies, losing his temper, making rude assumptions, seeing someone naked or half-naked, or accidentally touching someone inappropriately. It's noted that he isn't very gentlemanly yet, as he's a bit clumsy and sometimes gets controlled by sudden and strong emotions (which is implied to be a result of being raised in the wild), but he tries very hard. He occasionally gets very scary with intense expressions, especially when talking about bugs or if he is otherwise upset or frustrated, making other people afraid. He sometimes does not seem to notice that he is unintentionally scaring others, while during some other moments he can be very perceptive of others' feelings. He sometimes fears he might never become a gentleman and he can be very hard on himself.

Because he spent his childhood in the forest, Gonta is lacking general cultural knowledge and in the English version even has trouble with language, and so he often has trouble speaking with the other students. This is made worse by his intimidating appearance, which made him somewhat of an outcast even when he was a very young kid. Because of his appearance, he doesn't like to start conversations, and as a result, when someone approaches him, he would like to say "thank you" as in "thank you for talking to me". He also has notable difficulties with understanding the virtual world and computers, so much in fact that the other students often don't even try to explain it to him, though he does seem to understand television and movies. Due to his background, he prefers being barefoot over wearing shoes. He also prefers sleeping naked for the same reason—however, after Kaede points out it isn't very gentlemanly, he supposedly tries to change this habit.

He is very protective towards his friends during the Killing Game, promising to protect them from any harm caused by the Killing Game. He states that in order to fulfill that goal, he will go as far as to risk his own life. Whenever he failed to fulfill this promise, he would cry and regret that he couldn't save his classmate. Notable events are when he tried to prevent Kaede Akamatsu from being dragged into her execution and he tried to be a substitute for the executed one, Kirumi Tojo. Because he couldn't use his strength against the Exisals and wasn't smart, he felt horrible because he couldn't be useful.

Gonta seemingly wishes to have a motherly figure to take care of him, possibly because he was separated from his own mother for many years during his childhood. When Kokichi asks Kirumi to be his mom, Gonta innocently but seriously asks the same, and he later imagines Angie's god as a gentle grandmother type.

In Chapter 4, while being an avatar in the Neo World Program created by Miu Iruma, Gonta's idea of protecting his friends changes after he learns the horrifying truth of the outside world. Agreeing with Kokichi that mercy killing the others while they were not aware of the horrible situation would be the best option, he obeys Kokichi's order to protect him from Miu who was planning to kill him. After he returned to the real world, he did not receive the avatar's memories, and was guilt-ridden when he found out what had happened. He is deeply sorry for his actions and believes he can never become a gentleman after what he has done, considering himself "bad". He takes full responsibility for his actions, stating that he was not tricked by Kokichi and the choice was ultimately his own. Despite everything, Gonta once again shows how good his heart is, as he is willing to forgive Kokichi and tells the others not to blame him. He claims that he does not fear death, and that his biggest regret is that he couldn't protect everyone. In his final scene, he bid his friends a farewell and said he loves them all before his execution.

It should be noted that while he is not very smart, he is not as unintelligent as he believes himself to be, and has a very vast knowledge on animals and insects. He also has extraordinary knowledge of ropes and climbing, due to using them for searching bugs.

## Talent and Abilities

### Ultimate Entomologist

Gonta's talent as the Ultimate Entomologist is a fabrication made by Team Danganronpa. Due to that fact, it is unclear whether Gonta is an entomologist in the past.
Gonta has been interested in insects since childhood. Because he was raised by animals in the forest, he can speak with them.

### Superhuman Strength

Gonta possesses an incredibly superhuman strength, though as a pacifistic person he refuses to use it against other people. His strength is emphasized by the powerful aura he possesses whenever he gets very angry.

A notable event is in Chapter 1, when he easily lifted up a heavy iron manhole with just one hand using only his thumb and finger and threw it as far as four to five meters away from him. During the investigation, he also mentioned that it would have been very easy for him to kill Rantaro Amami by throwing a shot accurately from the AV Room to the library where Rantaro was located. Even Tenko herself admitted that her Neo-Aikido is no match for Gonta's superhuman strength.

### Enhanced Eyesight

Gonta's eyesight is 20/0.625. He at one point notices extremely tiny bugs, though even he cannot see them clearly, which much later turn out to be Nanokumas.

### Thermal Resistance

According to Kazutaka Kodaka, Gonta is one of the series' characters with the strongest resistance towards the heat.[10] This is most likely due to his background.

## Free Time

### Presents

 **Likes:** | 007. Sugar, 009. Astro Cake, 012. Greek Yogurt, 014. Rock Hard Ice Cream, 023. Workout Clothes, 027. Cheer Coat Uniform, 031. Ladybug Brooch, 041. Fun Book of Animals, 064. Sketchbook, 069. Potted Banyan Tree, 080. Aluminum Water Bottle, 084. Semazen Doll, 091. Space Egg, 093. Survival Flag, 094. Helping Yacchi, 095. Home Planet, 101. Marigold Seeds, 105. Bear Ears, 110. Fully-Automated Shaved Ice Machine, 113. Dark Belt

## Quotes

*Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony (Demo Version)* (English)

**Introduction:**

* "Oh! Sorry for scaring! Gonta scary-looking. Most people not wanna talk to Gonta when meeting for first time. So, like gentleman, Gonta say thank you! Thank you for talking to Gonta!" (*meeting Kaede Akamatsuand Makoto Naegi*)
* "Oh... right! Gonta need to make introduction! Ummm... Gonta's name is Gonta Gokuhara. Gonta's talent is Ultimate Entomologist. Gonta want to become gentleman! Becoming true gentleman Gonta's goal!" (*introducing himself to Kaede and Makoto*)
* "No, is okay. Gonta used to it. Gonta called scary since he was a kid." (*to Kaede*)
* "That good. No bad person likes bugs." (*to Kaede*)

**Class Trial:**

* "Gonta could maybe use fists as weapons...but then, Gonta would be no gentleman!"
* "Gonta not good at tough subjects...but Gonta will work hard for everyone's sake!" (*After being encouraged during the Class Trial*)

*Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony* (English)

**Prologue:**

* "Cuz of forest family, Gonta learn to speak bug and animal. As thanks Gonta wanna show forest family what great gentleman Gonta is!"
* "Gentlemen not hurt people!"

**Chapter 1:**

* "Gonta gonna escape. Become friends with everyone. Gentlemen...never give up!"
* "Gonta not give up! Gentleman not give up that easy!"
* "Come, everyone! Gonta use body, keep everyone safe!"
* "Gonta not smart. Not sure Gonta be much help. But Gonta do his best for everyone!"
* "N-No judge Gonta by his outside. On inside, Gonta gentleman."
* "Gonta not eat door for breakfast! Breakfast most important meal of any gentleman's day!"
* "Careful, everyone! If bad things happen, get behind Gonta!"
* "Gonta is gentleman! Gentlemen not hurt people!"
* "Wait! Gonta never hurt anyone! Not even insect! Gonta telling truth! Gentelmen never tell lies!"
* "Gonta believe in Shuichi, too! Gentlemen always believe in friends!"
* "Gontta will face you all! Times like this are why Gonta became strong! Gentlemen never back down, and neither will Gonta!"
* "Gonta work hard and keep friends safe till very end!"
* "Gonta not sure it waste of time. But Gonta agree, fighting not good..."

**Chapter 2:**

* "But...no person who likes bug can be bad person."
* "Pretty...! Bugs shine brighter than sparkly rocks!"
* "No more... Gonta no wanna investigate friends... No wanna suspect friends..."
* "No...Gonta not really understand it...Gonta not smart enough to be help..."
* "Is okay to be idiot! As long as you believe in people!"
* "Then Gonta will believe friends."
* "Yes, but...Gonta wouldn't do that! Gentlemen not chuck dead bodies!"
* "Gentlemen not throw dead bodies! Or ladders!"
* "Gonta... not smart boy, but even Gonta understand what everyone saying. Kirumi should live, not Gonta! World needs her!"
* "It's just...even when all this bad stuff happens, stars are always so pretty."

**Chapter 3:**

* "If you find dangerous place, come get Gonta. Gonta will protect you."
* "Don't worry, Gonta will protect you no matter what."
* "Forest family teach Gonta... Everything that born and everything that die...is part of grand flow. And flow never rewind... Gonta would be happy if everything that die could come back... But even Gonta know, there no way to take back what already happen...!"
* "N-Not Gonta! No way Gonta ever get used to this!"
* "It's all Gonta's fault...! Gonta fail to protect friends again!"
* "Gonta so ashamed...! Why Gonta no could protect friends!?"
* "Himiko! Hey, Himiko! Be strong, Himiko!"
* "Less friends mean it that much harder to solve mystery."
* "Y-Yeah...Gonta do his best to help."
* "Gonta definitely not hurt anyone. Torture Gonta if you don't believe."
* "No, is not. We gotta be strong. Gotta keep thinking. Then we might find new truth. So no give up, Himiko!"
* "That's right! So let's do our best!"
* "Then Gonta do his best to keep everyone safe! Gonta wanna protect everyone!"

**Chapter 4:**

* "Gonta never do that! Gonta never make trouble for everyone! It's...ungentlemanly."
* "...Gonta just glad to help. Gonta want to help, even little. Tell Gonta if you need help with something, okay?"
* "Shuichi is so amazing. Gonta wanna be useful to everyone too."
* "Miu, calm down! It's okay! Gonta will protect you!"
* "Watching friends disappear... Seeing everyone get weaker... Gonta no can take this anymore! That's why Gonta go fight Monokuma! Gonta know it reckless...but it only way to save everyone."
* "Waiting around, doing nothing just make more victims... That why Gonta gotta risk his life! Real gentleman would risk life! Gonta gladly give up life to save everyone!"
* "If friends are gonna fight like this, then Gonta go fight Monokuma."
* "Himiko decide to work hard, and live for Angie and Tenko's sake, right? Gonta very moved by Himiko's feelings! So Gonta wanna help Himiko stay positive Gonta wanna be useful, even just a little!"
* "It's important to smile, too! Smile like Gonta! Smile like gentleman!"
* "N-No! If Gonta not strong, Gonta no can protect everyone!"
* "Gonta not understand what's going on. Gonta not sure how helpful he can be... But Gonta can watch Kokichi so he not do anything weird!"
* "Thank you...but Gonta okay. Gonta not smart enough to get sick."
* "Urgh... Gonta no can forgive this. Gonta...never forgive this. Never forgive culprit, either... But Gont anever forgive self! Gonta swear to protect everyone! But Gonta fail to protect Miu! Gonta no could protect anyone again! Gonta is a failure as gentleman!"
* "Gonta not understand... Gonta not understand anything... ...But Gonta frustrated and sad! Gonta no could protect Miu!"
* "Gonta do his best to find culprit! Gonta...definitely do his best this time!"
* "Gonta do his best, too! Gonta do his best to be even little bit useful for everyone!"
* "Y-Yeah! Gonta will help, even though Gonta not know what you're talking about!"
* "And also...Gonta not tell lies. And Gonta not make trouble for others... Cuz that not how gentleman act! That why Gonta \*not\* culprit!"
* "It true! You gotta believe Gonta! Gonta would never hurt anyone!"
* "Gonta just wanna help everyone! Like true gentleman!"
* "M-Memory or no memory... Gonta...never hurt anyone!"
* "S-Sorry... Gonta not really understand. Cuz...Gonta not smart boy... But...if everyone agree, then...everyone probably right. Gonta...trust everyone!"
* "Gonta is sorry for being stupid! Gonta is sorry he make everyone suffer! Gonta so sorry!"
* "Just promise Gonta...that everyone forgive each other and be friends. Okay?"
* "Yeah...Gonta not cry...Gonta's...really not scared... B-But... Gonta upset! Gonta upset...he no could protect everyone!"
* "Gonta love you all...!"

**Gonta Alter Ego:**

* "Gonta just...want to...save everyone."
* "Academy that force students to be part of killing game is hell. Best way to save everyone from hell, is to put them out of misery while they still not know. And only one who could do such dirty work...is Gonta."
* "But...Gonta's plan to save everyone fail... Gonta not save anyone... Gonta just make everyone suffer more... Gonta...is stupid! So stupid! How can gonta call himself gentleman!?"
* "Gonta is so sorry...for being stupid!"

**Chapter 6 (Fake Memory):**

* "Gonta agree! Gonta want to be friends with everyone!"

**TMNT X Pokemon:**

* "Gonta doesn't understand what's going on but Gonta doesn't like it."
* "Comic books? Gonta don't know what comic books are."
* "Gonta is having lots of fun with Mikey."
* "Gonta loves giving hugs to Gonta's friends! (hugs everyone)"
* "Gonta believes in Leonardo. Karai can be good if she wants to."
* "Gonta won't forgive those who wants to hurt Gonta's friends. Gonta will protect Gonta's friends like true gentleman!"
* "Fluttershy is very kind and shy. Gonta think I like her more then a friend."

## TMNT X Pokemon

Gonta is very kind and always helps his friends like a true gentleman. He hangs out with Fluttershy and Gundham due to their abilities to speak to animals. Gonta believes in his friends and will punish anyone who wants to hurt his friends. But still, he's very gentle yet gullible at times.

## Trivia

* Similar to Gundham Tanaka, Gonta is rumored to be capable of speaking with animals, although Gonta's ability is supposedly much better, as he was raised by wild animals. In the bonus mode, they bond over their shared ability to talk to animals.
* Gonta is the youngest and tallest male character of *Danganronpa V3*.[11]
* He has never killed an insect before.[12]
* Other characters who also speak in third person within the series beside Gonta are Ibuki Mioda, Monaca Towa, Tenko Chabashira, and Angie Yonaga(the latter two in Japanese only).
* Gonta's English voice actor, Kaiji Tang, also voices Yasuhiro Hagakure in *Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc* and Koichi Kizakura from *Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School*.
* In a poll hosted by MyNavi, fans voted Gonta the 12th most popular *Danganronpa V3* student.[13]
* In his Love Suite scene, his fantasy shows him having a male friend being his practice partner for a party, as he wishes to be a true gentleman. The friend has the role of 'a lady' and Gonta wishes he could return the favor somehow. They accidentally fall into the bed and Gonta blames himself for not being a gentleman and scaring his partner. However, he is forgiven and they continue practicing.