Goemon Ishikawa

Goemon Ishikawa (石川 五衛門) is a character who appears in Samurai Warriors. He is a professional thief who steals from the rich and gives to the poor. He is believed to be a former ninja of the Iga clan.

Samurai Warriors
He seeks to steal the Plover Urn from Hideyoshi Toyotomi. He often speaks and acts like a kabukimono (i.e., a braggart with a big ego who will loudly announce his reputation to anyone who will listen). He makes it a personal duty to keep peace in his hometown, Kyoto. He is a big fan of the dancing priestess Okuni and follows her as a self-appointed bodyguard.

He isn't playable in Samurai Warriors 2 but he appears in the mini game Sugoroku. He appears to swipe someone's gold and gives it to the person with the lowest amount of gold.

Warriors Orochi
He is playable in the crossover game Warriors Orochi, where he gets into serious trouble in the Shu storyline when he makes off with a treasure owned by Wei Yan. Wei Yan was given the treasure by Liu Bei himself, and takes off after the thief like the hound from hell. If the player destroys the boxes containing the treasure Goemon stashed, he becomes distracted and slows down. Before being caught, he manages to dupe passing swordsman Musashi Miyamoto into attacking the "thugs" pursuing him. In the Wei Storyline, Goemon apparently tried to steal from Nene's ninja army, and was locked in a cage when he got caught. If the player frees Goemon, he'll agree to help Dong Zhuo's army undo Nene's ninja magic.

Kessen
Goemon appears as a recruitable unit in the third Kessen. He needs to be defeated on the battlefield before he agrees to join Nobunaga's forces. He is one of the earliest ninja units in the game.

Appearance
His alternate outfit in Samurai Warriors has him dressed in a stylized European gentlemen outfit, with a tuba replacing the cannon on his back. His alternate outfit in Warriors Orochi makes him look like a kabukimono from a kabuki play.

Voice Actors

 * Bob Papenbrook - Samurai Warriors (English)
 * Hisao Egawa - Samurai Warriors and Warriors Orochi series (Japanese)
 * Kentarō Itō - Kessen III (Japanese)