Gorilla (豪里羅 Gorira?) was a member of Team Spirit Warriors who fought in the first round of the Dark Tournament. He and the rest of his team were killed by Younger Toguro single-handedly with the latter only using 45% of his full strength.
Appearance[]
Gorilla was a larger demon with faded brown shoulder-length hair. His height was slightly greater than the majority of the Spirit Warriors with only their leader Topaz dwarfing him. Fitting his namesake, Gorilla's facial features were vaguely ape-like along pale yellow sclera similar to a chimpanzee. In addition, his arms and chest were covered in thick body hair. Aside from a thin yellow headband, his only other items of clothing were grayish pants held up by larger black suspenders with a thin string. His weapon of choice was an oversized wooden mallet. His manga appearance was drastically different with short dark hair and no suspenders. His hammer was also made of steel with two sharp prongs on each side.
Personality[]
From what little was heard from him in the anime, Gorilla seemed fairly confident in his team's strength to the point of arrogantly laughing at Younger Toguro for thinking he'd be a match for the Spirit Warriors all alone. He also had no problem double-teaming with Babaki to take down his competition after Toguro killed Dosukoi and Gagaki.
Synopsis[]
Dark Tournament Saga[]
Team Spirit Warriors was matched up against Team Toguro during the Dark Tournament's first round. However, only Younger Toguro appears in person to fight with him requesting to fight all of the Spirit Warriors in the ring single-handedly. Gorilla incredulously laughed at this proposal, thinking that Toguro's fame was making him arrogant, but the team ultimately accepted the condition and began the fight. Once Dosukoi and Gagaki had been killed (in the anime), both Gorilla and Babaki ganged up on Toguro and attempted to strike him with their weapons, but were both killed when Toguro blew holes through their torsos, with Gorilla passing on mere moments after his aforementioned teammate. The manga had Toguro punch his head off at the same time he killed Dosukoi without either getting a chance to attack him.
Trivia[]
- Gorilla is named after an ape and is pronounced Gorira in Japanese, fitting his slightly simian features.
- He is the fourth of his team to die in both in the manga and anime, though in the former, it was alongside Dosukoi whilst the latter had him die moments afterward alongside Babaki.