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Kill Bill Character
Gogo Yubari
Alias	School Girl Psycho
Gender	Female
Occupation	O-Ren Ishii's Bodyguard
Affiliation	Crazy 88
Location	Japan, Tokyo
Family	Yuki Yubari (Sister)
Status	Deceased
Filmography
First appearance	Volume 1
Last appearance	Volume 1
Portrayed by	Chiaki Kuriyama
Created by	Quentin Tarantino

Gogo Yubari (played by Japanese actress Chiaki Kuriyama), is a fictional character from the 2003 Quentin Tarantino film, Kill Bill Volume 1. She is a sadistic 17-year-old girl who is lethally skilled with a Meteor hammer. She was born on May 15, 1987 in Tokyo, Japan Shinjuku District^{[citation needed]}

When Kiddo enters the House of Blue Leaves to kill Ishii, Yubari, who has a chain ball, is the seventh bodyguard to take her on. Before their fight, Kiddo tries to persuade Yubari to stop protecting Ishii, but she refuses and swings the ball over her head.

A tense battle ensues, with Yubari having the upper hand throughout much of the fight. Kiddo is struck many times and dodges the ball repeatedly. At one point, Yubari is hit at the back of her head and falls through the table she's standing on after the ball flies backwards and into her, but she carries on attacking Kiddo. Just as she manages to wrap the chain of her weapon around Kiddo's neck, however, Kiddo grabs a smashed chair leg with nails protruding from it and drives it into Yubari's left foot.

Whimpering, Yubari loosens her grip on the chain around Kiddo's neck. Kiddo then drives the chair leg into the side of Yubari's head, killing her instantly. Kiddo is looking startled at Yubari, and we then see she's crying tears of blood, but whether she is actually "crying" is unknown. A possibility could be the feeling of being defeated.

• 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 lines, as in the original script she had no dialogue at all. Many of Yuki Yubari's actions were a mimic/allusions to the Battle Royale characters actions i.e: Yuki shining a flashlight below her face in a sinister manner ala Mitsuko Souma.
• Tarantino wanted actresses Kou Shibasaki and Chiaki Kuriyama to play the Yubari sisters, after he saw their performances in Battle Royale. However, Shibasaki had to refuse the role due to work commitments, so Kuriyama got the role and the character of Yuki was instead dropped.
• 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. The original script for Kill Bill (before the volume cut) includes a chapter featuring Yuki seeking revenge on Kiddo, stalking her with an ice cream truck (the sound effect can still be heard in the shot outside Vernita Green's house, where Yuki had followed her).
• Gogo Yubari was named after a small town, Yūbari, Hokkaidō, where Quentin Tarantino received an award for Reservoir Dogs at the Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival in 1993.
• In an episode of Gilmore Girls, Rory Gilmore dresses up as Gogo for a Tarantino themed party.
• Glitch-hop producer edIT released a song called Battling Go-Go Yubari in LA

• Gogo Yubari at the Internet Movie Database
• 120 Image Gogo Yubari Photo Gallery