Gundham Tanaka

Gundham Tanaka is a character from the Danganronpa fandom.

Character
Gundham Tanaka is one of the students featured in Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair. A student of Hope's Peak Academy, Gundham is considered the Ultimate Breeder and is a participant in the Killing School Trip.

In Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak Academy, Gundham is still the Ultimate Breeder, enrolled in Class 77-B along with his other classmates at Hope's Peak Academy.

He, along with his classmates, were brainwashed by Junko Enoshima into becoming her Ultimate Despair. Following the fall of Hope's Peak and the beginning of The Tragedy, Gundham joined the rest of Ultimate Despair in spreading chaos across the ruined world. He was eventually apprehended by the Future Foundation and put into the Neo World Program for rehabilitation.

During the events of the Killing School Trip, Gundham was presented with the Fun House motive. In an attempt to preserve his classmates' lives, Gundham murdered Nekomaru Nidai and was executed by Monokuma. However, due to the nature of the Neo World Program, Gundham was left in a comatose state following the simulation.

Gundham later awakens with the rest of his classmates and helps them stop Ryota Mitarai from using the Hope Video to brainwash the world. With the other awakened Remnants of Despair, Gundham chooses to atone for his sins as a despair.

Het

 * Sondam - the ship between Gundham and Sonia Nevermind
 * Tanakiri - the ship between Gundham and Kyoko Kirigiri

Slash

 * Hinaka - the ship between Gundham and Hajime Hinata
 * Nekodam - the ship between Gundham and Nekomaru Nidai
 * Roulette - the ship between Gundham and Nagito Komaeda
 * Soudam - the ship between Gundham and Kazuichi Souda

Poly

 * Komahinaka - the ship between Gundham, Hajime Hinata and Nagito Komaeda
 * Sondhime - the ship between Gundham, Hajime Hinata and Sonia Nevermind
 * Sonsoudam - the ship between Gundham, Kazuichi Souda and Sonia Nevermind

Family

 * Dark Devas of Tanaka - the ship between Gundham and the Dark Devas of Destruction

Fandom
FAN FICTION
 * Tanaka Gundham tag on AO3
 * Tanaka G. on FanFiction.Net

Trivia

 * The kanji in Tanaka means "rice field" and "center". Together this may mean "central rice field". The kanji for Gundham use irregular readings, though can roughly mean "snake eye dreams".


 * Gundham's title in the original Japanese release, "Super High School Level Breeding Club Member", is a bit more specific than his English title. The Breeding Club (whose Japanese name could also be interpreted as "Animal Care Club") is a common after-school club in many Japanese schools dedicated to taking care of the animals (usually small birds, reptiles and rodents) kept within the school grounds. As made clear by his many achievements as a Breeder, Gundham has transcended the regular Breeding Club member's expertise by leaps and bounds - which may be the basis for his claims about his existence being superior to that of humans'.


 * In Island Mode, Gundham states that he isn't very effective against "water-types", possibly hinting that he can't swim.
 * Gundham is of the belief that his body carries natural poison due to the poor quality of his mother's cooking. Because of this, he believes that he cannot touch anyone without them withering away.
 * Because of this, Gundham has not touched anyone since a very young age.


 * His name is a reference to the popular Japanese mecha anime, Mobile Suit Gundam, which later spawned an entire long-running series. His execution refers to a particular scene from the original anime as well.
 * The choice of his Japanese voice actor, Tomokazu Sugita, is a meta joke to his name, as Sugita, though always express his desired to voice act a Gundam pilot, is one of the few major Sunrise-aligned voice actors who never gets to voice act a major character (Gundam pilots) in the Gundam series.
 * In Danganronpa 3, Gundham's first name is never mentioned, not even in the credits. This may be due to risking copyright infringement from Sunrise - in-universe, Gundham claims that his first name is "cursed" and cannot be spoken aloud.
 * However, in the Side: Hope, Gundham breaks the seal on his name and declares himself to be Gundham Tanaka. Interestingly, in the speech he makes prior, he mentions about a rising sun (or even sunrise in some translations), most likely a reference to the Sunrise company.
 * His nickname in Danganronpa 3, "Tanaka the Forbidden One", is a direct reference to the Yu-Gi-Oh!card, "Exodia the Forbidden One".


 * The names of Gundham's four hamsters are: San-D, Jum-P, Maga-Z and Cham-P. All of the names are references to shōnen manga magazines (Sunday, Jump, Magazine, and Champion).


 * In the Danganronpa Another Episode artbook, a beta model who appears to be Gundham controlling Robo Justice robot is seen. This could hint that Gundham was originally going to appear probably as a boss as part of the Ultimate Despair.
 * This could also be a reference of the anime of Mobile Suit Gundam as Gundham's name is a reference to that anime.


 * Gundham and his hamsters are included in the collaboration of Danganronpa 3 x Hōkai Gakuen.
 * Gundham's English voice actor, Chris Tergliafera, also voices Ryoma Hoshi in Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony.[7]
 * Gundham's stage actor, Masahiro Inoue, is married to Sonia's 2015 stage actress, Jamie Natsuki.[8]
 * Gundam has been shown to possibly possess magical abilities in the games, but has never shown a actual work of his magic. However, in many other games which Gunma has appeared in, he has been shown to use magic symbols. Another possible magic ability is his power upon animals. As in Danganronpa 3’s Hope Arc, Gundham miraculously summoned the eagle from on of the SHSL Elite Task Force Member.