Master Goken

This article, Master Goken, is the creative property of GokaiWhite.

Master Goken
Origin	Kingdom Hearts: Getterborn Rising
Type	Human
Role	ally
Age	Middle to Old age
Gender	Male
Alignment	Heroic Neutral
Home World	Unknown, likely Radiant Garden or The Land of Departure
Weapon	unknown keyblade (formerly)
Status	Alive
English Voice	GokaiWhite (young) Patrick Stewart or GokaiWhite (old)
Japanese Voice	TBD

Master Goken is a former Keyblade Master, a researcher on Getter Rays, and an OC created for Kingdom Hearts: Getterborn Rising.

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Appearance

As an older teen/young adult, Goken resembled a mix of Touji Suzuhara from Evangelion, and Go from Getter Robo Armageddon. He has green eyes, black hair, wore a red short-sleeved open vest/shirt with green chest pockets that left his midriff and the center of his torso exposed, white pants with yellow tights worn over, and red shoes. He also had the japanese kanji 剛(strong)拳(fist) written on his bare chest in red body paint.

During the events of Getterborn Rising, Goken is already an elderly man wearing a fully buttoned white uniform with green and yellow accents, a red lab coat, and red geta sandals.

Personality

In his younger days, Goken was an excessively wisecracking, skirt-chasing, big-mouthed, flamboyant, charismatic guy who liked admiring his unmentionables in the privacy his room, among other weird habits. He didn't have a strong respect for his elders(save for his parents and his hot nurse) because of their idolizing individuals Goken personally considered to be the worst people around, but he still took his training seriously enough to maintain his handsome physique for the sake of his female peers. He also mentioned wanting to find a way to recover hearts without abusing the Power of Waking, as well as a way to save victims of the power's abuse, showing that he has an altruistic, caring side as well; this is probably where his interest in Getter Rays and their related lore originated from.

Goken later dropped some of his eccentric habits, became a very intelligent, well renowned scientist, and is said to have been so dedicated to his research, he abandoned his fellow Keyblade Masters, taking his only pupil with him. He also held some contempt for Xehanort, though his splitting into Ansem the Dark and Xemnas, and the consequences that followed, did not dissuade Goken from furthering his own scientific endeavors. Goken would also only give sensitive information to those who prove to be worthy of his trust and friendship.

Story

Goken discovered stones infused with Getter Rays in the Realm of Light roughly 20 to 25 years ago and developed a fascination with the mysterious radiation. He left the Keyblade Masters' guild to conduct his research and had not been heard from since. When the Getterborn Riots start, Benkei Kuruma informs Sora about Goken, claiming that he may know how to destroy the new meance. Unfortunately, his facility was long left in shambles by the time Sora reaches him.

Etymology

Goken's name is derived from Go Nagai and Ken Ishikawa, the original authors of the Getter Robo Saga. It can also have other meanings, depending on who it is written in japanese script; the kanji form(剛拳) for example, means "Constitutionality" or "Strong Fist", the latter especially in the context of the Street Fighter series' Gouken. It is also this translation that means Goken relied on his fists in combat more often than whatever Keyblade he once used.

Trivia

• The outfit he wears makes him look almost like a humanized Getter Robo.
• Goken is not only similar to Ansem the Wise, as a researcher, but also a Kingdom Hearts analogue to Dr. Saotome from the Getter Robo franchise.
  • This similarity may be strengthened by the possibility that he may have studied with Ansem.