The GG's

The GG's
Leader	Beat
Members	Gum Corn/Tab Combo Cube Garam Mew/Bis Yo-Yo Piranha/Sugar Slate/Soda Pots

The GG's are the main playable cast of characters of Jet Set Radio. The gang consists of 11 members in total in this game. Their home base of operations is the garage and their home turf is the Shibuya-cho district of Tokyo-to. They can be considered the overall protagonists of the Jet Set Radio series as well.

Story

Described as terminally hip and trendy, along with having a policy of "no policy", and a gang where "selfish people gather at their own whim", the GG's was formed by Beat, Gum, and Corn during the start of Jet Set Radio, with them claiming Shibuya-cho as their territory. The GG's are a part of an ongoing turf war with rival gangs such as Poison Jam, the Noise Tanks, and newcomers the Love Shockers. Throughout the story, the GG's claim back their territory while simultaneously taking over both Kogane-cho and Benten-cho. During the story, the GG's have to put up with the police and Captain Onishima, and have to take back their territories from the Golden Rhinos later on. They eventually put a stop to them, the Rokkaku Group, and Goji Rokkaku's plans to take over Tokyo-to.

Relationship with DJ Professor K

In this game, the GG's connections with DJ Professor K is not as prevalent compared to their Jet Set Radio Future counterparts and his. Although after the Love Attack mission he questions if the GG's will take back the territories they claimed from the Golden Rhinos. In the following cutscenes after the first three chapter 3 missions, DJ Professor K encourages the GG's to go after the Golden Rhinos and celebrates the gang reclaiming Tokyo-to from them. He also tells them to head to the new Rokkaku Headquarters to take down Goji after the gang received info on the "Devil's Contract" from Poison Jam.

Official profiles

Manuals

• JSR (JP)/De La JSR: シブヤチョウのプレイヤーチーム。「ポリシーがない」というポリシーを持った連中が勝手に集まり、センター街裏路地のガレージをアジトにしている。トーキョーでもっともにぎわっている場所のためか、他のチームによく狙われている。ガレージは趣味で集められたものや拾ったものでごった返している。散歩を怠っているので機嫌が悪いペットの犬がいる。

• JGR: This team hangs out in Shibuya-cho. Their policy is one of "no policy." Their hideout is a garage located in the backstreets of central Shibuya. Because this is the coolest place in Tokyo-to they are often challenged by other gangs. Their pet dog is mad cause they never take it for walks.

Famitsu DC #23

• JP: DJ-Kのもと、GGで活躍するルーディーズ。トウキョーを制するのは、ビートなのか？

• EN: The Rudies are active in the GG's under DJ-K. Will Beat win the streets of Tokyo?

Jet Set Radio Perfect Guide

• JP: ポリシーがないのがポリシーという連中が勝手に集まり、裏路地の廃虚ガレージにたむろしている。トーキョー中でも、比較的にぎわった場所に位置するため、他のチームに狙われやすい。散歩を怠っているので（といっても勝手に住み着いたのだが）機嫌の悪い、ペットの犬がいる。

• EN: The GGs, whose policy is one of no policy, hang out on their own accord in a garage situated in the backstreets of Shibuya. This location is a relatively popular and bustling spot in Tokyo, so they're often challenged by rival gangs. They also have a pet dog who isn't in the best of moods because no one takes it for walks.

Jet Grind Radio IGN Guide

• The GG's are the hip trendy gang from central Tokyo's Shibuya-Cho hood. They are made up of teenage punks who ran away from home to come to Tokyo and become Rudies. This is the Rudie Gang you belong to, this is your crew. Due to their hood being bombed by other Rudies the GG's have had to declare war on the other gangs.

Other appearances

ESPN NFL Football

In ESPN NFL Football, Beat and Combo make appearances as unlockable "characters" in the game.

Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity

In Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity, both Beat and Gum make cameo appears on the '90s Boulevard circuit, via a Jet Grind Radio sign.

Sega Superstars Tennis

In Sega Superstars Tennis, five members of the GG's from appear in the game. Beat and Gum appear as playable characters while Tab, Combo, and Piranha all make cameo appearances on the Jet Set Radio court. Combo also appears during Beat's Superstar State and appears in two missions for the stage as well. Beat also has a voice-line referring to his gang with: "Here comes the GG's!"

Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing

In Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing, Gum and Tab are mentioned in Beat's character profile and the GG's is name dropped in it as well.

Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed

In Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed, nearly all members of the GG's appear in the game, besides Combo, Cube, and Pots. Beat and Gum reappear as playable characters, while Tab, Garam, Mew, Yo-Yo, Piranha, and Slate make cameo appearances via collectable stickers.

Hi-sCoool! SeHa Girls

In Hi-sCoool! SeHa Girls, the GG's as a collective are mentioned in Shibuya-cho's 16-BITpedia entry, in the episode, "Broken Jet Set Radio". Additionally, Beat and Gum have multiple cameos in the show, while Corn cameos in the Jet Set Radio focused episode.

Sega Heroes

In Sega Heroes, the only members from the GG's to appear in the game are Beat and Gum.

Roller Champions

In Roller Champions, Beat and Gum were available to be purchased or earned in the game for a limited time of two weeks.

Members

Beat

Gum

Corn/Tab

Combo

Cube

Garam

Mew/Bis

Yo-Yo

Piranha/Sugar

Slate/Soda

Pots

Gallery

The GG's profile from the Jet Grind Radio manual.

The GG's profile alongside with Gum's from the Jet Set Radio Perfect Guide.

The GG's translated profile alongside Gum's from the perfect guide.

GG's acrylic standee bundle by Limited Run Games.

Trivia

• According to Hideki Naganuma, GG's stands for "Grace & Glory", the same name as the music track that plays in the last stages and final missions of both games. Although, the developer team themselves are not aware of this.
  • However, this might have been him doing a wordplay joke with "GGs" and "Grace & Glory"
• If one were to consider it, "Humming the Bassline" by Hideki Naganuma could be considered the GG's theme as it only plays while in the garage, and nowhere else in game.
• Even though the game never clarifies or goes into full detail about the leadership of the GG's and their relationship with DJ Professor K, it seems that the 23rd Famitsu DC issue confirms that Beat is the leader of the gang, as it specifies him winning the streets of Tokyo-to, and at some point in the game they follow DJ-K's word. Most likely referring to some events such as Pots' kidnapping and the endgame missions against the Golden Rhinos.
• Nearly all the GG's from Jet Set Radio have made appearances in crossover titles with the exception of Cube and Pots. However, their JSRF counterparts have made cameo appearances. In comparison, the JSRF iterations of Corn, Combo, and Soda have yet to make crossover appearances, while their JSR iterations have.
• The GG's logo would be featured in the Roller Champions Jet Set Radio Park alongside various other character logos as well.

Credits

• Translation of the Jet Set Radio Perfect Guide profile by 6eat.