Goemon (ゴエモン Goemon?) is a video game character and the main protagonist of Konami's extensive Ganbare Goemon saga (known in the West as Mystical Ninja).
Goemon is a heroic bandit ninja whose actions are always motivated by a noble cause and his strong sense of justice. In his first appearances, he was a simple thief ninja who infiltrated castles and had to outwit the guards, but as the series evolved he became a warrior hero who fights against powerful villains with his friends to defend the ancient Edo and its inhabitants.
Goemon was renamed "Kid Ying" in the North American localization of the game The Legend of the Mystical Ninja, but in later adaptations he retained his original name.