Goro Maki

Goro Maki Species Human Nationality Japanese Occupation ReporterSoG, G84, ZoologistG:R Related to Saeko Matsumiya (Love interest)SoG, Naoko Okumura (Love interest)G84 First appearance Son of Godzilla Played by Akira KuboSoG, Ken TanakaG84

Goro Maki (牧 吾郎,   Maki Gorō) is the main human protagonist in the 1967 and 1984 Godzilla films, Son of Godzilla and The Return of Godzilla.

History

Showa Series

Son of Godzilla

While flying over Sollgel island, Goro feels a pain in his stomach, a sign that there is a scoop in the area. At first, the team of scientists on the island do not take kindly to him, but later warm up when the group leader reasons that they are short handed, there is no quick way off the island, and that need someone to cook and clean. At first Maki does not want to do this, but is met with the choice of that, or swimming home. On Goro's first night, a Kamacuras nears the camp. Goro is at first quite surprised at them, and gives them their name. Shortly after Goro's arrival, the weather conditions mellow to a point where the team's weather experiments are able to begin. after the experiment, Goro expresses concern for the "native girl" he saw in the forest earlier that day. his concerns are scoffed at, under the proclamation that the island is uninhabited. Later on, when items dissapear from the camp, Maki is proven to be right, as the thief was in fact the "native girl". Shortly after the discovery of the girl, Riko Matsumiya, the Kamacuras make a pilgrimage to a place where there is radio interference. It is then revealed that the Kamacuras have gone to terminate the source of the interference, Minilla. Godzilla appears, and the fighting drives the scientists and Goro out of the base, and into Riko's cave. Goro, Riko, and the team are then rescued by a United Nations submarine.

Heisei Series

The Return of Godzilla

Goro is sailing on a small boat in the waters off Japan earlier one morning when he notices a badly damaged fishing boat floating not far from him. Goro calls out to the ship hoping for someone to answer him, but no one responds. Goro climbs aboard the vessel, and finds it mostly abandoned. As Goro moves further into the ship he finds several dead bodies, drained of all blood. Goro then discovers Hiroshi Okamura, one of the crew members, unconscious but alive, hiding in a locker. Goro is then attacked by Shockirus, the creature responsible for killing most of the crew. Okamura regains consciousness and stabs the Shockirus with a hatchet before it can kill Goro. Goro takes Okamura to his boat and asks him what happened. Okamura responds that a monster did this. When Goro asks if he means the giant sea louse, Okamura responds that there was something much bigger that attacked the boat first, but he could only see part of it. Goro returns to the headquarters of the newspaper he works for in Tokyo to report his story, only to be told it is being censored by the government. When Goro asks his editor why, he responds that the government believes Godzilla destroyed the ship. Goro is instructed to speak to Professor Hayashida, a local scientist who is an expert on Godzilla. Goro visits Hayashida's lab, where Hayashida explains that Godzilla is a monster created by man, and is beyond the human construction of good or evil. At the lab, Goro meets Naoko Okamura, Hayshida's assistant, and learns that she is Okamura's sister. Goro decides to take Naoko to the hospital where her brother is being held, only to take photographs of their reunion, angering them both.

After the government reveals that Godzilla has in fact return, Goro works with Hayashida, Naoko, and Okamura to find a way to stop him. When Godzilla comes ashore near a nuclear plant, Goro, Hayshida, and Okamura arrive at the scene and watch Godzilla feed on a reactor before suddenly leaving. At Hayashida's laboratory, they develop a plan to use magnetic waves to lure Godzilla into Mt. Mihara and imprison him under tons of molten lava. Okamura leaves to work with Hayashida's friend Dr. Minami in setting up the charges on Mt. Mihara. Hayashida, Naoko, and Goro prepare the magnetic transmitter to lure Godzilla, just as Godzilla arrives in Tokyo. Godzilla nears the building and damages it, closing off the elevators and trapping the three. Fortunately, Okamura arrives in a J.S.D.F. helicopter and picks up Hayashida to take him to Oshima Island. The chopper is forced to leave Goro and Naoko behind, as the turbulence is too great. Goro and Naoko leave the building through the bottom, helped by a homeless vagabond who holds a rope allowing them to rappel down. Goro and Naoko reach the streets just as Godzilla destroys the Super X and begins approaching them. Thankfully, Hayshida activates the transmitter in time and Godzilla leaves for Oshima Island. Goro and Naoko, now attracted to each other after their ordeal, take a helicopter to Oshima Island and arrive just in time to witness Godzilla being imprisoned in Mt. Mihara.

Post-Millennium Series

Godzilla: Resurgence

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A Japanese zoologist, Goro Maki was investigating mutations caused by nuclear pollution. While examining nuclear waste that had been dumped in Japanese waters 60 years ago by the United States, Maki discovered a bizarre new lifeform. A collection of ancient radiation-consuming mixotrophs had been consuming this nuclear waste on the sea floor, which was allowing them to evolve rapidly. As the microorganisms evolved, they began merging together and absorbing other lifeforms to grow and adapt. Maki, believing this creature the most evolutionarily advanced lifeform ever seen, gave it the name "Godzilla," which was the name of a mythological deity on his home of Odo Island. When the U.S. government learned of Maki's research, it documented it but prevented it from being made public. Eventually, Maki learned that Godzilla's rate of evolution was causing it to reach gigantic size and it would soon make landfall, in which case it could potentially wipe out humanity. Horrified by his discovery, Maki gathered all of his research and placed it on his yacht in Tokyo Bay where it would be easily discovered. Maki left a note warning of the terrifying discovery he had made, then committed suicide.

When Godzilla finally made landfall in Japan, the United States government revealed all of its data concerning Godzilla that it had recovered from Maki to the Japanese. Consulting all of Maki's remaining notes and research, Cabinet official Rando Yaguchi and his team concluded that Godzilla was fueled by nuclear fission, which generated a tremendous amount of heat. Because Godzilla's blood and Template:Scutes acted as a natural coolant system, they concluded that a blood coagulant could cause Godzilla to overheat. The plan was put into action and Godzilla froze himself solid as a defense measure to prevent himself from overheating. Thanks to Maki's research, Godzilla had been defeated in a manner not requiring the use of nuclear weapons.

Gallery

Son of Godzilla

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