Banjo

Banjo is a fictional bear character, and is the one of the two titular protagonists of the Banjo-Kazooie series, along with his pal Kazooie. He is also regarded as a close friend of Diddy Kong and Timber whom he aided during Wizpig's invasion of Timber's Island in the game, Diddy Kong Racing. In fact, Diddy Kong Racing, a Donkey Kong game, marks as the debut of Banjo's character before his first appearance in his own game Banjo-Kazooie.

Because Rare always owned Banjo's copyrights, he and Conker were replaced with Tiny Kong and Dixie Kong respectively in the remake Diddy Kong Racing DS.

Banjo is known to be the hero of Spiral Mountain, and he resides there with his pal Kazooie, his sister Tooty, and many other friends such as Mumbo Jumbo and Bottles. His own archnemesis is a witch known as Gruntilda.