Samurai Gorou

Samurai Goroh is an F-Zero pilot first introduced in F-Zero. He is co-created by Takaya Imamura and Shigeru Miyamoto. The character's first appearance took place in the instruction manual of 1990 video game F-Zero, not until a later release has the character actually appeared in-game and his model conveyed by a computer-generated image. Outside the F-Zero series, Samurai Goroh has also appeared in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, and the later Smash Bros. games, as an Assist Trophy. Samurai Goroh wields a katana very well and is the father of Dai Goroh in the main series and the husband of Lisa Brilliant in the anime series, which has no connection to the games prior to its creation. Samurai Goroh's reason for joining F-Zero is because of his rivalry with Captain Falcon. Goroh races in an F-Zero machine called the Fire Stingray. While it was recorded to be the fastest machine out of the four original pilots, it is rumored that the Fire Stingray is actually stolen property. Although his homeworld is unknown, it's been said that he is a Japanese American and his main base of operations is Red Canyon. Despite his large frame, he is extremely athletic and can perform multiple backflips. Despite his skills in racing and fighting, Captain Falcon always manages to show him up when it comes to bounties, which fuels their rivalry. Besides Captain Falcon, Goroh has made his own share of foes in the past. During Goroh's many ventures, he left behind Antonio Guster, his former right-hand man, to be captured by the Galactic Space Federation. Goroh also has a son, Daigoroh, who is an expert swordsman and admires his father. Despite this, Goroh has little luck controlling him. Samurai Goroh competed against Pico, Dr. Stewart, and Captain Falcon in the F-Zero Grand Prix, though it is implied that Captain Falcon won from what can be inferred from a piece of artwork from an F-Zero board game. Goroh presumably returned to his space bandit ways when the F-Zero races were suspended following a huge accident three years before F-Zero X, but returned to the race track when the F-Zero races began again as the F-Zero X Grand Prix. His goal continues to be to thwart Captain Falcon, whether on or off the track. In F-Zero GP Legend, Samurai Goroh is a space thief whose motto is "Steal, but never kill." He is married to Lisa Brilliant, though the anime does not have a counterpart for Dai Goroh, his son. He has his own story path in GP Legend. He gets in a race in Red Canyon and has trouble performing due to a poisoned needle being hidden in his cockpit. He meets up with Lisa shortly after and accuses her of poisoning him, but she won't hear what he has to say unless he beats her in a race. She claims to not know who he is and Goroh concludes she has amnesia. He can't do anything about it because his own life is on the line and he continues on. He ends up running into Captain Falcon who was in the middle of hunting down a bounty. Goroh challenges Falcon to a race and after winning his 10th race against him (after 165 losses), he concludes that Falcon couldn't have been the one who did it. He ends up at the Sand Ocean and ends up running into Black Shadow, but is able to escape Black Shadow's attempt to destroy the Fire Stingray. He finally tracks Antonio down at the Grand Prix after figuring out he was the one behind it. After beat Guster in the Grand Prix, Antonio is forced to give up the antidote, allowing Goroh to return to his life of crime and villainy. (Source: F-Zero Wiki)