Gonta

Gonta Takakemori is an antagonist in Pom Poko. He is very hot-headed and rather on & off ruthless. His wife is Otama.

His name in full means "Steadfast leader of the Taka woods".

Story
The militaristic Gonta, who dons a kamikaze-inspired hachimaki and pointlessly dies in an attempt to block traffic before facing the inevitability of change, symbolizes Japan's old fatalistic attitude against western influences. He would rather die than change his ways, thus resulting in the deaths of his peers that he swayed into action. Therefore, he dies as a Tanuki, rather than Seizaemon who went on living as a human and forgot his origins. His actions are driven by the destruction of Taka, his birthplace.

He leads the Red Tanukis to eliminate all humans, but all mentions of humans' food cause him to soften his approach a little. He really hates lazy tanukis. However, he, hypocritically, gets bored easily and would sometimes get distracted by a hamburger or doze off during important meetings. He even uses violence with weapons on tanukis who oppose his actions. In contrast, Shoukichi respects the opinions of other tanukis, and he and Ponkichi would shoot down Gonta's belligerent ideas by reminding him of his own need to survive.

Though he is proud and selfish, he respects Oroku, and joins in on the celebration of Master Hage's birthday.

Gonta 平成狸合戦ぽんぽこ