Hayato Gokudera
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| Hayato Gokudera | |
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| Info | |
| Title | Vongola Storm Guardian, Hurricane Bomb Hayato |
| Gender | Male |
| Age | 15, 25 in the future |
| Weapon | Bombs, Flame Arrow, Contact Lens |
| Box Animal | Uri |
| Flame | Storm, Rain, Lighting, Cloud, Sun |
| Status | Alive |
| Date of Birth | September 9 |
| Blood Type | B |
| Height | 168cm |
| Weight | 54kg |
| Seiyu | Hidekazu Ichinose |
| Manga Debut | Chapter 3 |
| Anime Debut | Episode 2 |
Contents |
[edit] Character outline
Gokudera was born in Italy and is 3/4 Italian and 1/4 (mother) Japanese. His blood type is B, is 168cm tall, weighs 54kg and his hair is silver. His future dream is to become the tenth's right-hand man. He has an ability to play the piano. He dislikes people that are older than him, Bianchi, Adult Lambo, and Dino.[1]
At school, Hayato is adored by many of the female classmates who view him as the "rebellious badboy." During Valentine's Day, a large group of females constantly followed him around trying to give him chocolate, although Hayato seemed to be more annoyed than flattered by this. Despite his image of a rebel, Hayato excels in his schoolwork and aces all his tests, much to the surprise of Tsuna. This is probably due to his rich upbringing, suggesting that he probably had a multitude of private tutors when he was young. He idolizes Tsuna greatly and considers himself to be Tsuna's right-hand man. In the manga he is a chain-smoker; often he uses his cigarettes to light his dynamite.
[edit] History
Due to a traumatic childhood experience, every time he sees the face of his older sister, Bianchi, he becomes sick, sometimes even falling unconscious. Oddly enough, he is immune to his sister when she happens to be wearing something that covers part of her face (i.e. glasses or goggles).
When he was younger, he was a talented pianist. However, he soon grew tired of playing after his 'trauma', and instead, decided to join the Mafia. Unfortunately, since he was considered to be a mere pianist, no one wanted to accept him into their family; the fact that he was an oriental half-breed lessened his chances of finding a willing Mafia family to take him in. To become stronger, he sought advice from Dr. Shamal, who, at the time, was working for his family. Hayato seemed to have looked up to Shamal, to the point that Shamal believed Hayato to have copied his hairstyle, and even wanted to learn his assassination technique, the Trident Mosquito. Instead, Shamal taught him how to use sticks of dynamite, which caused Hayato's fascination with explosives, eventually choosing them as his main weapons. This choice of weapon lead Gokudera to become known as a human explosive because he hides dynamite all over his body, giving him the nickname "Hurricane Bomb" Hayato. ("Smokin' Bomb Hayato" in the manga, respectively.)
In the future arc, more was revealed of Gokudera's past. He and Bianchi are actually half siblings, born by different mothers. Bianchi's mother was married to their father but Gokudera's mother was a woman with whom he had an affair. Gokudera's mother was a young, beautiful woman and a very talented pianist, whom their father fell in love with at first sight. Not long after, they became involved and the woman bore a child. However, in the mafia, illegitimate children are not tolerated, and everyone was told that Gokudera Hayato was actually from the same mother as Bianchi.
His real mother was allowed to see him three times a year until he was three, when she was killed after driving off a cliff on her way to see her son. It was probably not an accident, because, as Reborn says, "It slid off the road at an impossible location. It's been said that there weren't even tire marks. It was instant death." Suicide was considered, but she had been looking forward to that day and had even brought a present for the young Gokudera. Gokudera himself was unaware of what had happened until he was eight. He had overheard some servants gossiping and fled the mansion the day following.
[edit] Plot Overview
[edit] Daily Life Arc
Hayato "tests" Tsuna's worthiness for becoming the heir to the Vongola Family. Hayato becomes the first member of Tsuna's "family" after he saves Hayato from his wayward dynamite. After this, Hayato becomes fiercely loyal to Tsuna, and admires Tsuna to the point of extremes.
[edit] Kokuyo Arc
Gokudera was ranked third strongest in Namimori Middle School and was attacked by Chikusa. During the fight Chikusa realises he is part of the Vongola. When Tsuna arrived, Chikusa struck at Tsuna, forcing Hayato to take the brunt of his attack.
Hayato was healed by Dr Shamal and joined in the assault on the enemy base, however he becomes a liability through out, due to the side effects of his treatment. Later Gokudera battled with Chikusa again, however Ken was able to strike from behind. Gokudera was able to free Hibari who fought them off. Hayato then gave Hibari Shamal's cure to the Sakura virus.
[edit] Varia Arc
Gokudera along with Yamamoto and Tsuna were defeated by Squalo. He was then given the Storm half Vongola ring. After causing much injury to himself while training alone Shamal decided train him but not heal his wounds.
In the Ring Tournament, Hayato fought against Belphegor in the Storm Ring Battle. Explosives were set up to explode after a certain time so Tsuna convinced Hayato not to risk his life. When the explosives went off, both Hayato and Belphegor survived but Belphegor was deemed the winner.
Along with the other Guardians, Gokudera took part in the Sky Ring Battle and was poisoned untill Hibari gave him the cure. Gokudera then defeated Levi and cured Lambo. He then cured Ryohei and met up with Yamamoto later. While trying to rescue Chrome both were caught in Mammon's illusion untill they were saved by Ryohei.
[edit] Future Arc
After Hayato was transported to the future, he decoded a note left by his future self written in G-script. After learning of what their purpose is in the future, Hayato and Tsuna were attacked by Lal Mirch. Lal later lead the two to the Vongola Base meeting Adult Yamamoto on the way. After setting out again with Yamamoto and Tsuna, the three see the Adult I-Pin, Lambo and Haru and being attacked by Millfiore members, Nosaru and Tazaru. Yamamoto then explained the use of waves and boxes to Gokudera. Gokudera manages to activate his future self's Box Weapon defeat Nosaru.
Hayato and Takeshi went to follow up a lead at Nammimori Shrine. They then encountered Gamma. Gokudera initially took Gamma on alone refusing to cooperate with Takeshi and was easily overpowered, but even when they worked together, Gamma far outmatched them both. During the battle Gokudera gave away that Tsuna is alive and was tortured. Hibari then showed up and saved them from Gamma. After recovering Gokudera then begain his training with his sister. However the two worked badly together even after she gave him the box weapons his future self left behind. He later escaped from her training and was not heard of again for some time.
After setting out and reaching Melone Base the group was split due to the base moving. Gokudera and Ryohei encountered, a recovered Gamma, who explained the layout of the base. Ryohei then tied Gokudera up in order to prevent him rushing in but was defeated while protecting him from Gamma's attack, leaving Gokudera with a rematch. Although at first Gokudera appeared to have an advantage with his Sisteima CAI, Gamma succeded in breaking his defenses and defeating Gokudera. However thanks to Ryohei's sun activation Gokudera's cat Uri grew up and helped in the fight against Gamma. Gokudera and Gamma exchanged final shots, resulting in an explosion that knocked the two out. Gokudera was later saved by the support group.
Along with the other guardians Gokudera was given a new Vongola box from his adult self. Hayato was later assigned by Dino to train Lambo and Ryohei (who had recently been replaced with his past self) in the use Rings and Boxes. He was chosen as one of the participants in the first Choice Battle. Gokudera was later confronted by Kikyo and had his Sistema C.A.I rendered useless by Kikyo's Bellflowers. Gokudera then attempted to pursue Kikyo on his motorcycle. However, his attacks were blocked and he was knocked off his bike.
[edit] Relationships
[edit] Bianchi
Bianchi is Gokudera's half-sister, although they have a difficult relationship. In the future arc Binachi reveals that their common parent is their father and Gokudera is an illegitimate child. Gokudera can't see her without becoming very ill. Bianchi later remedies this by wearing glasses, goggles, or anything that covers her face around him. Their strained relationship stems from their youth, when Bianchi would use Gokudera as a test subject for her latest poisonous creation.
[edit] Parents
Gokudera loved his mother very much, but she died in a car accident on the way to see him. It turned out that his father had her "taken care of" as she was his mistress and not his wife.
Gokudera had a bad relationship with his father. He was the boss of another mafia family and as Gokudera was his illegitimate child he paid less attention to him and favoured Bianchi, his legitimate child.
[edit] Tsuna
After being saved by Tsuna, Gokudera pledged his loyalty to Tsuna as the tenth boss of the Vongola family. He is fiercely loyal to him, but shows that he wants to be his friend, not just his subordinate. This comes from Gokudera overhearing Tsuna and Reborn discussing their relationship. With this information, he became a better friend to Tsuna and turned down a promotion from the ninth (IX) boss that was actually a test to gauge his loyalty. When highly praising Tsuna, he is depicted as a dog sometimes.
[edit] Yamamoto
Gokudera sees Yamamoto as a rival for the position of Tsuna's right-hand man, and as such seems to dislike him intensely. He is also sometimes very jealous of him, of either his talent or his close relationship with Tsuna. Despite Gokudera's strained opinion, the two are friends and spend a lot of time together; Yamamoto often holds Gokudera back when he's upset or the two fight together as a team. Although he states that he hates Yamamoto, due to his all-around good-guy personality, he sees him as one of his few close friends. Gokudera seems to trust Yamamoto, enough to leave things to him and entrust Tsuna's safety to him.
[edit] Dr. Shamal
Gokudera met the good doctor when he was young. He wanted to be his apprentice, but was turned down. The doctor turned him on to his current form of attack, dynamite. Shamal also agreed to train him during the Varia Arc. Their relationship is strained, at best, but it could be viewed as similar to Tsuna's relationship with his father, as both the older men have only the best intentions for their younger counterparts.
[edit] Abilities
Gokudera is known as "Smokin' Bomb Hayato" (スモーキン・ボム 隼人, Sumōkin Bomu Hayato?) in the manga and Hurricane Bomb Hayato in the anime, using dynamite as his signature weapon. During Gokudera's "dynamite maintenance", it is revealed that he carries huge amounts of dynamite on him at all times. The bombs he has used in the series are:
| Skill | Description |
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| Pick Pocket Bomb | Puts a single bomb on target using his agile movements. First used against Namimori High School Karate Club. |
| Double Bomb | Double the bombs. First used against Tsuna. |
| Triple Bomb | Triple the bombs. First used against Tsuna, perfected in the Storm Ring Battle against Belphegor. |
| Double Bomb with Mini Bombs | Double the bombs with mini bombs added in. First used against Chikusa, threw small bombs before normal bombs to create an illusion that they were all the same size |
| Speed Bomb | First used against Chikusa Kakimoto. He used a small bomb, threw it up in the air which created an explosion and made a momentum. |
| Bomb Sprays | First used against Storm Ring Battle. Gokudera throws a lot of bombs in close proximity to his opponent. |
| Rocket Bomb | First used against Bel. Rocket Bombs were meant to offset the fact that although all of Gokudera's attacks were powerful, they were slow and inaccurate. |
| Smoke Bomb | Uses a bomb as a smokescreen so he can flee or attack. |
Originally, Gokudera's main weakness was the fact that although his bombs made a deadly weapon, it was difficult to pinpoint and calculate the exact distance between himself and his target and sync it with the amount of time it would take for the bombs to actually explode. In order to remedy this, during the Varia arc, Gokudera invented a new type of bombs accurately dubbed "Rocket Bombs." Each one, once thrown, causes the backside of the bombs to fire up and rocket towards his opponent like high-speed missiles, which then explode on impact. It was this technique, coupled with Gokudera's cunning that allowed him to match Belphegor. Also, he appears extremely skilled at this, to the point of Gamma, one of the fake Six Funeral Wreaths, thought for a second that it was homing,
As one of the Vongola families tenth generation guardians, and the guardian of the Vongola Ring of Storm, Gokudera has access to great power. In the Future Arc, his ring transforms into a specific weapon when combined with its ring boxes, also emitting its own Dying Will flame.
Flame Arrow - When combined with the box he received during his fight with the Black Spell, Gokudera's ring transforms into a metallic mini "cannon" with a skull at the end, and then attaches to his arm. So far the cannon has shown two abilities. When loaded with lit dynamite, Flame Arrow expels a gust of Storm Flame. With this powerful Storm Flame gust, the cannon can temporarily diffuse the Dying Will Flames of others. Aside from diffusing the flames it does no damage, however. The second ability, the more offensive one, is uitlized by loading an unlit dynamite stick. It allows the cannon to shoot a destructive explosive blast.. Flame Arrow communicates its needs through a projection of italian words. It is later revealed to be the main offensive weapon in the Sistema C.A.I. and gains new functions with each Flame Attribute.In chapter 257, Gokudera has a box weapon that contains a storm flame missile. It is unknown if he had the box weapon in his sistema C.A.I or he was given another storm box weapon.
- Rain: By coating the storm rockets with the Rain's Tranquility, enemy's flames are weakened, allowing the rockets to bypass the enemy's defense.
- Sun: The Sun's "activation" and high power output increases the speed of the storm rockets, creating a attack with an unpredictable acceleration.
- Cloud: The cannon fires one shot that spreads in a tree-diagram like fashion, due to Cloud's propagation, creating a wide spread attack that is difficult to avoid.
- Thunder: A solid beam, due to the lightning's solidification. Gokudera claims it is his strongest attack.
Uri fully Matured
Uri - A Storm attribute animal box containing a wild cat (later revealed to be a baby leopard). At first seemingly useless, it is revealed that when charged with the Sun Flames "activation" he becomes a large, powerful leopard with skulls on his sides capable of taking on Gamma's full power Electtrico Vulpi single handedly. Since Gokudera received his Vongola Storm Box, Uri's appearance has changed a bit. He has a crest on his forehead, a red round crystal.
Gokudera also seems to have a knack for school and is quite intelligent; he even created his own code system which we see in the future arc ( which he calls the G-Script). He also seems to be highly superstitious, knowing the chants for exorcism that he tries to use on Rokudo Mukuro during his possession of Bianchi. He also believes in modern legends like the Yeti and aliens invading the planet.
[edit] Win-Loss Battle Record
- vs Tsuna - Lost
- vs Hibari - Lost
- vs Chikusa - Lost
- vs Chikusa - Undetermined
- vs Squalo - Lost
- vs Belphegor - Lost
- vs Leviathan - Won
- + Yamamoto vs Mammon -Lost
- vs Lal Mirch - Lost
- vs Nosaru - Won
- + Yamamoto vs Gamma - Lost
- vs Gamma - Draw
- vs Kikyo - Lost
[edit] Trivia
- He is often referred to as 59 in the Reborn! fandom as '5' in Japanese is 'go' and '9' in Japanese can be pronounced 'ku', hence 'goku'(dera).
- In the Future Arc, it is hinted by Gamma (during their second fight) that Gokudera succeeds at becoming Tsuna's (feared) right hand.
- In the manga, Gokudera chain-smokes cigarettes, but in the anime he doesn`t smoke.
- In a recent popularity poll, Gokudera ranked third, with 13,618 votes.
- It is observed that he loves skulls. Examples: He specially put a skull on flame arrow & all of his other rings are black skulls.
- Gokudera believes Dino's turtle, Enzio, is a mountain god.
- In a flashback, Shamal mentioned Gokudera "copied" his hairstyle. Gokudera also attempted to get Shamal to teach him how to use Trident Mosquito. This shows how much Gokudera actually looks up to Shamal.
- Openings Featured In:
- Gokudera is shown to be able to use 5 of the 7 dying will flames. The only two Dying will flames that Gokudera is shown not to have are the Sky Flame and the Mist Flame, both of which would probably not be of much use to Gokudera because the Mist Flame is associated with illusions and Gokudera can't use illusions. The Sky Flame's unique quality is that it allows the user to use the other boxes but this would be potentially useless since Gokudera can already use the other flames, and all his attacks would be weaker.
- It is hinted that Gokudera is very skilled at piano as he played performances, which were incidently the times when he would be fed by Bianchi's poison cooking.
- Gokudera faints when he seeing his sister's face (Bianchi)
- Known as "Octopus-Head" by Ryohei.
- Sometimes called "Stupid-dera" by Lambo
- Gokudera ranked first on the first popularity poll.
[edit] References
- ↑ Reborn! Official Character Book
| Vongola Famiglia | |
|---|---|
| Tsuna's Family: | Tsunayoshi Sawada | Hayato Gokudera | Takeshi Yamamoto | Ryohei Sasagawa | Kyoya Hibari | Lambo | Chrome Dokuro | Mukuro Rokudo |
| Allies | |
| CEDEF: | Iemitsu Sawada | Basil | Lal Mirch | Turmeric | Oregano |
| Varia: | Xanxus | Superbi Squalo | Leviathan | Marmon | Belphegor | Fran | Lussuria |
| Foundation: | Tetsuya Kusakabe |
| Individuals: | Kyoko Sasagawa | Haru Miura | I-Pin | Lanchia | | Futa | Mochida | Hana Kurokawa | Nana Sawada |
| Vongola Subordinates: | Shoichi Irie | Spanner | Giannini | Moretti |
| Home Tutors: | Reborn | Lal Mirch | Colonnello | Shamal | Dino | Bianchi |
| Kokuyo Junior High Gang: | Ken Joshima | Chikusa Kakimoto | M.M. | Birds |
| Allied Families: | Chiavorone Family | Tomaso Family | Bovino Family |
| Abilities | |
| Weapons: | Rings | Box Weapons | Dying Will Flame |
| Specials: | Shigure Soen | Dynamite | Six Paths of Reincarnation | Ten Year Bazooka | Illusion | Motorcycle |
