Goro Majima

Goro Majima in GrayLore Volume 1

Goro Majima is the main character of *GrayLore.*  He is originally from the Like a Dragon (Yakuza) series of video games.

## Profile

### Appearance

Goro Majima is a Japanese man, and is rather tall, 6’1” (185 cm), and 180 pounds (82 kg).  He is built muscular but very slim with a small waist.  He has several shifts in appearances, though he mostly is depicted with short , side-parted black hair that is undercut.  He has a Roman nose, high cheekbones, and somewhat sunken eyes.  For most of the comic, he only has a right eye, which is usually brown, but has been depicted as golden as well.  He wears an eyepatch that will sometimes have a snake emblem, though it is also depicted as blank.

In the late 1980s, Majima had long hair, usually tied into a ponytail, and wore a tuxedo.  He was clean shaven.  Majima gained a goatee in the early 1990s.

### Tattoo

Majima has an irezumi that covers a large portion of his body.  It covers his back from his shoulders to his mid-thigh and wraps around his shoulders and covers his chest.  The tattoo consists of black and white spiral waves, flowers, twin snakes, and a Hannya mask on his back.

### Outfit

Majima is depicted with many outfits, but he is most partial to two.  He frequently wears a suit with a black jacket and pants and a red shirt and black tie.  He also is typically seen wearing a snakeskin blazer, leather pants, and black gloves.  The shoes he most often wears are steel-toed dress shoes with a black snakeskin texture.  They evolve over time to more of a boot shape as he ages, as well as his addition of insoles by his admission.

Majima wears a winter outfit in Volume 1.  It consists of a black frock coat with a gray belt, black gloves, gray shirt, white scarf, black leather pants, and his normal shoes.

### Personality

Majima is depicted closer to his actual personality in the comic - a stoic, calculated man with a lot of wit and a very sharp tongue.  He is often the straight man to the antics around him.  He is exhausted and irritated by most of what he experiences and freely expresses said irritation.  He fronts a wild and unhinged personality to certain people, but doesn’t keep up the facade around people who know his real personality.  Around those that truly know him, he is a curt, easily angered man who seems to hate everything about life.  He is serious and down to earth and can’t always grasp the otherworldly knowledge thrust upon him.

Despite his dissatisfaction with the world, he has a caring spirit.  He can’t stand to see others in pain or upset and will put others before himself.  Most of the people around him he pretends to be outwardly agitated by but he appreciates company and being included on adventures.  Majima can be very sarcastic and snarky, sometimes to the point it goes too far and upsets others.

## Backstory

**| This section contains potential spoilers for Yakuza 0**

Majima was born on May 14, 1964.  He lost his parents at the age of 13, making it his life mission to get revenge once he discovered their murders were tied to the yakuza.  He was taken in by a family friend and raised until the age of 18.  After joining the yakuza himself to infiltrate from the inside, he was kicked out of the house and forced to find his own residence.  Around this time, he reconnected with Taiga Saejima, a friend he’d lost contact with in his youth, who had also joined the yakuza young.  Saejima heard his plight and agreed to let Majima stay with him and stepsister, Yasuko.

When Saejima and Majima were 20 years old, they agreed to take part in a hit against the Ueno Seiwa clan in order to elevate the family Saejima was a part of.  On the day the hit was supposed to be carried out, Majima was stopped and told not to pursue it.  The Dojima Family refused to be held liable for the hit,  but Majima refused to back down and abandon Saejima.  Majima was subdued by grunts and his eye was removed.  Due to his refusal to listen to orders, he was tortured in The Pit for a year before being released on a short leash in Sotenbori.  He managed The Grand for a few years to buy his way back into the clan, which culminated in the Empty Lot dispute and protecting Makoto Makimura.

### Volume 1

When the dust had settled in 1988, he started to build his Mad Dog persona, but it was not quite solidified as it would be in later years.  Majima’s worldview would be shaken in the next couple months of 1989, as it would be revealed to him that Homare Nishitani had risen from the dead, coming back as a demon.  Though Majima had kind words to say about Nishitani at his fake funeral, it all disappeared when he realized Nishitani would be in his life again.  He is frequently irritated with Nishitani’s mere presence, but little can be done, as Nishitani is under contractual obligation to watch over him.

## Gallery

Nishitani revealing himself to MajimaMajima happening upon Nishitani's casketMajima agreeing to alone time with NishitaniMajima's secondary cover for GrayLore Volume 1
## Trivia

* Majima has synesthesia,  His sense of color overlaps with every sense other than sight.  Colors have a certain scent and taste to him.  He is also grossed out more by unsanitary images due to being able to smell and taste them.
* Majima’s headcanon English voice according to GraySlate is Mark Hamil, known most for voicing Joker and playing Luke Skywalker in Star Wars.  Mark Hamil voiced Majima in the original Yakuza 1 dub.
* Majma’s favorite genre of music is metal, though his favorite artist is G.G. Allin.
* Majima can play drums and guitar, as well as a smattering of piano because of what Nishitani taught him.
* Majima has Delayed Sleep Phase Disorder (DSPD).  This is a sleep disorder where one’s circadian rhythm is incredibly delayed.  He wakes up around noon or 1 PM, and goes to bed around 4 or 5 AM.
* Majima has a baritenor range when singing.  He is best at fry screams when it comes to rough vocals.

## References

https://www.grayslatesstash.com/graylore

https://yakuza.fandom.com/wiki/Goro\_Majima