Gojira

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

• 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

• 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

See also

• Godzilla (disambiguation)