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Gogo Yubari is a fictional character from the 2003 Quentin Tarantino film, Kill Bill Volume 1. She is the personal bodyguard of O-Ren Ishii and is played by Japanese actress Chiaki Kuriyama.

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Gogo Yubari is a seventeen-year old schoolgirl who is lethally skilled with a Chinese martial weapon, a Meteor hammer aka a Manriki. She is Ishii's chief bodyguard and an assassin. A violent sociopath, she kills for fun and derives great pleasure in inflicting pain; it was said that what Yubari "lacks in age, she makes up for in madness." Yubari's character looks very much like and was inspired by rocker Jane Wiedlin, the rhythm guitarist of the all female multi-platinum rock band The Go-Gos, who were her mother's teenage idols during the early '80s.

When Beatrix Kiddo enters the House of Blue Leaves to exact her revenge on Ishii, loyal Yubari is the seventh bodyguard to take her on. Before their clash, Kiddo tries to persuade Yubari to desert Ishii, but she refuses. A tense battle ensues, with Yubari having the upper hand throughout much of the fight. Just as she manages to wrap the chain of her weapon around Kiddo's neck, however, Kiddo grabs a smashed table leg with a nail protruding from it, and spikes it first into Yubari's foot, and then her head, killing her.

Trivia

Supposedly, Tarantino wanted actress Kou Shibasaki to play Yubari after he saw her in Battle Royale
. However, Shibasaki had to refuse the role due to work commitments, so Kuriyama got the role instead (Kuriyama also appeared in Battle Royale, but had a much smaller part.)

Also, in the original script, Yubari had a sister called Yuki, who was to go on her own rampage of revenge to avenge her sister's death and ambush Kiddo after she killed Vernita Green. Due to running time, however, the character was cut. Gogo Yubari then inherited some of Yuki's scenes, as in the original script she had no dialogue at all.

Tarantino has stated that he intends to make a third Kill Bill movie. If so, it is likely that the character of Yuki Yubari will be included, since Tarantino also mentioned that Beatrix Kiddo would be the target of revenge should a third film be made.

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