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This page is about the Goropikadon character Goro. For other uses, see Goro (disambiguation).

Goropikadon (ゴロピカドン, Goropikadon) is a group of Sanrio characters who are cavepeople. They are three cheeky brothers from the land of thunder.

Goro, Pika, and Don are each dating the Lightning Girls, Ai, Shi, and Teru, who are sisters and attend the same Thunder School as Goropikadon. Ai is dating Goro and has freckles, Shi is dating Pika and enjoys sports, and Teru is dating Don and always wears a ribbon. This fact was introduced in the 211th volume of Sanrio News of the Strawberry News.

History[]

Goropikadon were created sometime in the early 80s, when their original designer was trying to develop a character that was going to be attached to a light bulb shaped piggy bank from Sanrio. In the end, another character was chosen and their original designs got thrown out.

Some time afterwards, Goropikadon first appeared in The Strawberry News in a special section which showcased rejected Sanrio character designs that ended up not being used, which included an early design of Goropikadon among others.

Shortly after the article was published, many readers sent in letters supporting Goropikadon with as many as 5000 in total. The attention from fans helped reintroduce Goropikadon in volume 173 before officially debuting three magazines later in 178, where they finally had names along with newer designs.

Their hair colors were also chosen by the readers of The Strawberry News, in which they had to color in an image of Goropikadon and send it in (and be sent back a gift in return!).

Appearances[]

  • The Big Adventure - When Keroppi and his friends venture to Cloud Mountain, they meet Goropikadon. Although the triplets initially try and kick them out, Keroppi helps to retrieve Pika's drums when they fall into the water.
  • Sam to Chip no wa Hachamecha Dai Race - Can be seen in various crowd shots.
  • Appears in the Sanrio Anime Festival opening, where Goropikadon falls from the clouds.

Ranking in the Sanrio Character Ranking[]

In the 2013 Character Ranking, if Goropikadon reaches 20th place, they will help with the weather forecast. However, they failed to reach that rank.

  • From 1986 to 2009, they were below top 10.
  • 2010: Below top 20
  • 2011: 22nd placce
  • 2012: 27th place
  • 2013: 38th place
  • 2014: Below top 20 (9th place in Group C)
  • 2015: 41st place
  • 2016: 46th place
  • 2017: 43rd place
  • 2018: 43rd place
  • 2019: 46th place
  • 2020: 43rd place
  • 2021: 43rd place
  • 2022: 45th place
  • 2023: 36th place

Trivia[]

  • Together Ai, Shi, and Teru's names mean "I Love You" in Japanese.
  • Sometime in The Strawberry News during the 80s, Goropikadon starred in a series of comics titled "Goropikadon, What will YOU do?". In this series, readers could send in ideas for the comics and have a chance to see them drawn.

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