Gonta Gokuhara

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Character
Name: Kanji: 獄原 ゴン太
Katakana: ゴクハラ ゴンタ
Hiragana: ごくはらごんた
Romaji: Gokuhara Gonta
Latin Alphabet: Gonta Gokuhara
Occupation: High School Student
Relationships: Kokichi Ouma (ally; one-sided friendship on Gokuhara's end; deceased)
Ryoma Hoshi (ally; deceased)
Fandom: Dangan Ronpa
Other: Talent: 超高校級の「昆虫博士」lit. Super High School Level Entomologist
Official English Translation: The Ultimate Entomologist

JPN Voice Actor: Shunsuke Takeuchi
ENG Voice Actor: Kaiji Tang

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Gonta Gokuhara is a student from Dangan Ronpa. He was a prominent character within the series and is popular with fans. Gokuhara debuted in the third game of the main-line series, Dangan Ronpa V3: Killing Harmony, but did not survive The Mastermind's Killing Game.

Canon Overview

Pre-Game Personality

Gokuhara was an average teenage boy and a fan of Dangan Ronpa, the in-game fictional reality TV show. He auditioned for the show's 53rd season, (stylized as V3,) and got on it. In fanworks, this is considered to be his Pre-Game Personality. Like with every other Killing Harmony student, all of this info is filtered by Tsumugi Shirogane, and fans may not believe this part of his character is true.

Dangan Ronpa Personality

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Gokuhara's birthday is January 23rd. In Japan, this day is associated with wolves, something which may be referenced in fanworks. On Twitter and Pixiv, art tagged with #獄原ゴン太生誕祭[year value] are commonly released on his birthday. More birthday tag listings can be found on Dangan Ronpa Birthday and Anniversary Tag List.

Popular Tropes & Fanon

  • Sweet!Gokuhara Gonta ‎
  • Pure!Gokuhara Gonta ‎
  • Pre-Game!Gokuhara Gonta ‎
  • Autistic!Gokuhara Gonta ‎
  • Oblivious!Gokuhara Gonta ‎
  • Gokuhara Gonta Uses Regular Speech Patterns ‎
  • Trans!Gokuhara Gonta ‎

All of the above are wrangled tags on Archive of Our Own. Other places where fandom lives may portray Gokuhara with one or all of these attributes.

Subjects of Fannish Interest & Meta

Gokuhara's Speech Pattern

Gokuhara's Japanese speech pattern is overly formal, indicating to players that he likely learned Japanese through books and at a later age than native speakers. When localizing V3 for the English market, the decision was made to make his speech overly informal and simplistic to get a similar message across to players. Many English V3 fans did not and continue to not like this decision, since it portrays Gokuhara as overly childish when this was not the case in the original Japanese release.

In the game's official French localization, his Japanese speech pattern was kept.

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Relationships

  • Gokuhara's most popular pairing is with Kokichi Ouma, which is M/M, aka Boys' Love. In Japanese, this is most often called [x]. This ship is somewhat controversial in English-speaking DR fandom for being a potentially abusive relationship, though it has its fans.
  • Gokuhara is also shipped with Ryoma Hoshi, which is M/M, aka Boys' Love. In Japanese, this is most often called [x]. Fans may believe him and Hoshi work well together as friends and/or lovers, and works may be a mixture of both interpretations. This ship is more common in English-speaking DR fandom than Japanese-speaking DR fandom.

Less Popular Relationships

This is purposefully an incomplete list, as Gokuhara is shipped with much of Dangan Ronpa's cast. In Kanji, Gokuhara is usually represented in a pairing names with 獄 (goku). For Katakana, it's usually ゴン (gon). In Hiragana, ごん (gon) and ごく(goku) are common.

The order seen should be what's most popular unless marked with "possibly." ENG portmanteaus are also subject to change. Relationships listed fall into GL, NL, BL, Poly, Combi or Cargo.

With... Full Label Type Portmanteau / Phrase Kanji Hiragana or Katakana Information
Himiko Yumeno Gokuhara x Yumeno NL Gokumeno 獄夢 (Gokuyume) ごくゆめ (Gokuyume) n/a
Miu Iruma Gokuhara x Iruma NL Gokuiru 獄入 (Gokuiru) ごくいる (Gokuiru) n/a
Tsumugi Shirogane Gokuhara x Shirogane NL Tsumugon n/a つむゴン (Tsumugon) n/a
Shuichi Saihara Gokuhara x Saihara BL Saigoku 最獄 (Saigoku) and ゴン最 (Gonsai) さいごく (Saigoku) and ごんさい (Gonsai) n/a
Korekiyo Shinguji Gokuhara x Shinguji BL Gontaguuji 真獄 (Shingoku) and 獄真 (Gokushin) しんごく (Shingoku) and ごくしん (Gokushin) n/a
Kaito Momota Gokuhara x Momota BL Gokumota n/a n/a n/a
Kirumi Tojo Gokuhara x Tojo NL Kirugoku n/a n/a n/a

Example/Notable Fanac

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References/Further Reading