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Gojira (ゴジラ) is the original Japanese name for Godzilla, a giant monster at the center of a media franchise. It may also refer to:
Films
[edit]- Godzilla franchise, known as Gojira (ゴジラ) in Japan
- Godzilla (1954 film), released as Gojira (ゴジラ) in Japan
- The Return of Godzilla, released as Gojira (ゴジラ) in Japan
- Godzilla (1998 film), an American film released as Gojira (ゴジラ) in Japan
- Zilla (Godzilla) (ジラ, Jira), the title character of 1998's Godzilla
- Godzilla (2014 film), an American film released as Gojira (ゴジラ) in Japan
- Shin Godzilla, released as Shin Gojira (シン・ゴジラ), a 2016 reboot
Derivative usages
[edit]- Gojira (band), a French heavy metal band
- 101781 Gojira, an asteroid
- Gojirasaurus, the "Godzilla lizard", a Triassic-period dinosaur
- Gojiro, a 1991 novel by Mark Jacobson
- MV Gojira, the original name of the MV Brigitte Bardot
- A nickname given to Japanese baseball player Hideki Matsui
- Jira (software), a software product developed by Atlassian