Sha Gojyo (Saiyuki)
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Sha Gojyo (沙悟凈 Sha Gojō) in a character in the manga and anime Saiyuki. He is the half-demon companion of the Sanzo-ikkou (Genjyo Sanzo's party), armed with a summoned, dual-bladed shakujou. Its crescent blade is attached to a chain and he can control it for a mortally accurate long-distance attack.
Gojyo is the product of a demon father and a human mother. His unusual genetic heritage resulted in crimson eyes and crimson hair, and earned him the label 'child of taboo' (kinki no ko). For a short part of his childhood, he lived with his stepmother and stepbrother, Jien (Dokugakuji). Gojyo tried his best to win his stepmother's love, but was unsuccessful in all attempts as his hair and eyes were a constant reminder of her husband's infidelity. Finally, when he was 12, Gojyo's stepmother tried to kill him. During that same incident she caused the two wounds that scar Gojyo's left cheek. He was saved by Jien, and both brothers went separate ways and left home.
Several years later, the 19-year-old Gojyo was walking home in the rain after a short gambling session and found a man face-down in the mud with his insides coming out -- Cho Hakkai (Zhu Bajie's Saiyuki counterpart). He took the man in, got a doctor and gave him a place to stay. He encountered Genjyo Sanzo (Sanzang) and Son Goku (Sun Wukong) when they were looking for Hakkai, who had murdered a thousand demons and half a human village, and somehow the four ended up as the motley group heading West to Tenjiku today. He still remains close friends with Hakkai, enough so that Gojyo/Hakkai or Hakkai/Gojyo (58/85) remain two of the popular pairings in the fandom.
Gojyo is an incurable playboy, cracking dirty jokes at Sanzo and hitting on virtually any pretty girl in sight. He doesn't seem to have run out of pick-up lines yet, but he hasn't made a single lasting hit in ten-plus volumes of manga, three anime series and a movie. He also has incredible luck in gambling games, with only Hakkai able to consistently beat him at a game of poker. He also smokes (his brand is Hi-Lites) and holds his liquor well. He gets touchy, however, when people talk about his hair and eyes. The symbol on his headband in the manga means 'pleasure.'