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GMKGoji Type Suit, CGI Nicknames SokogekiGoji, Godzilla 2001 Portrayed by Mizuho Yoshida Used in Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack

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This page covers the 2001 Godzilla design. For the Godzilla incarnation, see Godzilla (GMK).

The GMKGoji (GMKゴジ,   Jīemukeigoji) is the Godzilla suit used in the 2001 Godzilla film Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack.

Name

The GMKGoji nickname comes from Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack's abbreviation, GMK, and Goji, which comes from Godzilla's Japanese name, Gojira (ゴジラ).

The SokogekiGoji nickname comes from Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack's Japanese title, specifically sōkōgeki (総攻撃), meaning all-out attack, and Goji, which comes from Godzilla's Japanese name, Gojira (ゴジラ).

Detail

For Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack, director Shusuke Kaneko hired Fuyuki Shinada to design a more traditional Godzilla than the MireGoji design featured in the previous two films, using elements from the ShodaiGoji and the MosuGoji. The skin of the suit returned to its original texture and charcoal-black color, while the dorsal plates became smooth and bone-white again. Significant muscle was given to this suit and the pointer and thumb claws were made longer than the other two. Most distinctly, the eyes are white and surrounded by grey veins, to suggest a more malevolent and mystical Godzilla, akin to the design of Ghost Godzilla, an unused kaiju. When Godzilla charges and expels his atomic breath, the dorsal plates on the suit shift slightly via a mechanism on its back.

The GMKGoji is the tallest Godzilla suit ever used in a film and the second-tallest suit in the history of the Godzilla franchise, only surpassed by the Godzilla suit from a 2014 Snickers commercial. Shinada and Takuya Yamabe built four Godzillas in total for the film: a regular suit capable of moving its mouth and neck, a more expressive performance suit, an animatronic for close-ups, and an altered MireGoji attraction suit for the scene where King Ghidorah blasts Godzilla into Yokohama Bay. Actor Mizuho Yoshida drew from Haruo Nakajima's fight scenes in King Kong vs. Godzilla and Kenpachiro Satsuma's walking technique when portraying Godzilla, while also taking advantage of the improved motion of the suit's claws.

Use in other media

Video games

• Godzilla: Giant Monsters All-Out Typing Attack (2001) - IBM PC/AT, NEC PC98-NX
• Godzilla Kaiju Collection (2015) - Android and iOS
• Godzilla Defense Force (2019) - Android and iOS
• XR World (2022) - Android, iOS, and PC
• Godzilla Battle Line (2021; added in 2023) - Android, iOS, and PC

Comics

• Godzilla in Hell #4 (2015)
• Godzilla vs. The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #5 (2022, cameo)

Gallery

Concept art

Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack

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Production

Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack

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Screenshots

Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack

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Post-production

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  GMKGoji along with GiraGoji, KiryuGoji, SOSGoji, and FinalGoji

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  NHK 2014 documentary

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  Ueno park

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Merchandise

Covers

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  The cover for the soundtrack of Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack

Toys

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  HG Series Set 8 Godzilla 2001

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  Bandai 2001 Movie Monster Series Godzilla 2001

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  Bandai 2001 Movie Monster Series Theatre Exclusive Godzilla 2001

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  A figure of GMKGoji by Bandai America

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  A GMKGoji Beanie Baby Plush

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  ToyVault 50th Anniversary GMKGoji Godzilla Origins Plush

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  American X-Plus Godzilla 2001

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  Hazawa-Gumi Godzilla 2001

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  Yubi's Figurines

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  X-Plus Defo-Real Godzilla 2001 w/ Baragon

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  X-Plus 25-centimeter Godzilla 2001 figure

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  X-Plus 30cm Godzilla 2001 Figure

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  X-Plus 30cm Godzilla 2001 Yuji Sakai Sculpt

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  X-Plus Favorite Sculptors Line 30cm Godzilla 2001

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  X-Plus Gigantic Series Godzilla 2001

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  X-Plus Gigantic Series Godzilla 2001 Reissue with blue fins

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  S.H. MonsterArts Godzilla 2001

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  NECA Godzilla 2001

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  NECA Godzilla 2001 Atomic Blast

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  Bandai Godzilla 2001 vs Gokoku set

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  Bandai Real Action Godzilla 2001

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  Bandai DX remote controlled Godzilla 2001

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  Bandai Hyper Godzilla Godzilla 2001

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  Bandai Hyper Godzilla +1 Godzilla 2001

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  Bandai Godzilla Complete Works Godzilla 2001

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  Bandai Mini Battle G Godzilla 2001

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  Sunguts Godzilla 2001

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  Sunguts Godzilla vs. Baragon set

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  CCP Godzilla 2001

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  Godzilla 2001 finger puppet

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  Godzilla 2001 finger puppet (translucent ver.)

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  Godzilla vs. Baragon finger puppet

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  Yubi Godzilla 2001 finger puppet

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  Yubi Godzilla 2001 finger puppet

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  SD Godzilla 2001 coaster

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  Godzilla 2001 Netsuke

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  Bandai Polystone Collection Godzilla vs. Baragon

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  Bandai Polystone Collection Godzilla 2001

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  Monogram International Figural Bag Clips

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  Monogram International Crunchyroll Store Exclusive Figural Bag Clip Set

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  Monogram International GMK Godzilla 3D Foam Magnet

Magazines

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Books

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Trivia

• This suit directly inspired the appearance of the Third Street Godzilla design used for Godzilla's cameo appearance in Always: Sunset on Third Street 2.
• This suit is the only main series Godzilla design to lack any irises or pupils.
• Originally, the suit was meant to lean forward and possess a horizontal posture like a theropod dinosaur, similar to the TriStar Godzilla, but the suit's build made it impossible. Instead, it possesses a pronounced hunched posture, similar to Godzilla Junior.
• The performance suit possesses mechanisms that move all three rows of Godzilla's dorsal plates, though the effect is difficult to see on film.
• The GMKGoji is the only Godzilla suit in the Millennium series to not be portrayed by actor Tsutomu Kitagawa. Instead, it is portrayed by Mizuho Yoshida, whose larger stature allowed him to operate the suit more effectively. Yoshida had previously portrayed the Mother Legion in Gamera 2: Attack of Legion, Desghidorah in Rebirth of Mothra, and Dagahra in Rebirth of Mothra 2, and would go on to portray Zedus in Gamera the Brave.

References

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