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==Notes==

* His stage persona, Ishikawa Goemon, is based on Japanese legendary noble thief from Momoyama period, who stole from the rich and give them to the poor.

* His charge skill, Sanmon Gosan no Kiri, is a reference to a famous kabuki play featuring Ishikawa Goemon, which is still performed to this day.

* Goemon being a shapeshifting tanuki with a kettle sacred artifact is based on Bunbuku Chagama (Bunbuku Tea-Kettle), a Japanese fairy tale about a tanuki who is rescued from ill-treatment by priests at a temple. He paid the kindness of his rescuer by helping them became wealthier by doing acrobatic performance or shapeshifting into a kettle so they can sold it off for a profit.

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 ==Notes==
+* His stage persona, Ishikawa Goemon, is based on Japanese legendary noble thief from Momoyama period, who stole from the rich and give them to the poor.
+* His charge skill, Sanmon Gosan no Kiri, is a reference to a famous kabuki play featuring Ishikawa Goemon, which is still performed to this day.
+* Goemon being a shapeshifting tanuki with a kettle sacred artifact is based on Bunbuku Chagama (Bunbuku Tea-Kettle), a Japanese fairy tale about a tanuki who is rescued from ill-treatment by priests at a temple. He paid the kindness of his rescuer by helping them became wealthier by doing acrobatic performance or shapeshifting into a kettle so they can sold it off for a profit.
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