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Donkey Kong (character)

This article is about the character. For the franchise, see Donkey Kong. For the 1981 arcade videogame, see Donkey Kong (1981 video game). For other uses, see Donkey Kong (disambiguation).
Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong and Mario character
Promotional art by Shigehisa Nakaue (2019)
First gameDonkey Kong (1981)
Created byShigeru Miyamoto
Designed byShigeru Miyamoto (1981–1994)
Kevin Bayliss (1994–present)
Voiced by
Language-neutral
English
Other languages
  • Koichi Yamadera (Japanese dub of Donkey Kong Country animated series, 1999–2000)
  • Koji Takeda (Japanese dub of The Super Mario Bros. Movie)
  • Franck Capillery (French dub of Donkey Kong Country animated series, 1996–2000)[8]
  • Christophe Albertini/Nicolas Bienvenu (1996–2001; The Planet of Donkey Kong)[9]
  • Park Jo-ho (Korean dub of Donkey Kong Country animated series, 1999-2000)
  • Choi Seok-pil (Korean dub of Donkey Kong Country Returns Commercial, 2013)[10]
In-universe information
NicknameDK
SpeciesGorilla
GenderMale

Donkey Kong, also shortened to DK, is a fictional gorilla in the Donkey Kong and Mario franchise, created by Japanese video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. Donkey Kong is depicted as a large and powerful ape wearing a red necktie sporting the initials “D.K.” in a bright gold font. First appearing as the title character and antagonist of the 1981 arcade platformer, Donkey Kong was originally introduced as a villain whom Mario, the playable character, must defeat to rescue a damsel in distress. His namesake is derived from the character of King Kong from the 1933 film of the same name.

The success of Miyamoto’s arcade game launched both the highly successful Donkey Kong and Mario multimedia franchises. In 1994, Nintendo and British developer Rare published the Donkey Kong Country series on the SNES, which rebranded Donkey Kong as a playable protagonist who must join forces with his allies Diddy Kong, Dixie Kong, and Cranky Kong to defend their prized banana hoard from the villainous King K. Rool. The manual for Donkey Kong Country described the term “Donkey Kong” as a hereditary title previously belonging to Cranky Kong, who himself has been retroactively regarded as being the original ape from the 1981 arcade game.

Donkey Kong is also regularly featured as a character in the Mario games, being playable in numerous spin-off titles such as the Mario Kart and Mario Party series. He has also been playable in every entry of the Super Smash Bros. crossover fighting series, and serves as the main antagonist of the Mario vs. Donkey Kong series from 2004 to 2024.[11] Outside of video games, the Donkey Kong character has appeared in film, television shows, merchandise, and his own theme park attraction in Universal Studios Japan. Donkey Kong’s vocal effects have been performed by Takashi Nagasako since 2004, while Seth Rogen voiced the character in the Illumination Entertainment feature film The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023).[7]

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