Yamcha

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Yamcha
Japanese	ヤムチャ
Romaji	Yamucha
Anime Name	Yamcha
Manga Name	Yamcha
Alternate Name(s)	Zedaki (Harmony Gold dub) Yamchu Yamacha Yumcha
First Appearance	Book 1 (Chapter 7) (Manga) Episode 5 of Dragon Ball (Anime)
Appears in
Race	Human
Family Unknown
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Yamcha, the notorious desert bandit, is a fictional character from the manga Dragon Ball and the anime Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball GT. He is a human who has started out as an antagonist of Goku but quickly reformed and became his friend. His constant companion is the shape-changing cat Pu'ar.

For most of the original series and the first half of the second, he had a relationship with Bulma.

Contents 1 Dragon Ball 1.1 Quest for the Dragon Balls 1.2 21st Tenkaichi Budokai and Uranai Baba 1.3 22nd Tenkaichi Budokai 1.4 Piccolo Daimaō Saga 1.5 23rd Tenkaichi Budokai 2 Dragon Ball Z 2.1 Saiyans and the Afterlife 2.2 The Androids and Cell 2.3 Majin Buu 3 Non-manga 3.1 Anime filler 3.1.1 Garlic Jr. 3.2 Dragon Ball GT 3.3 Dragon Ball movies 3.4 Video games 4 Special abilities 5 Wolf Hurricane (Urufu Harikên) 5.1 Lyrics 5.2 Info 6 Trivia 7 References

[edit] Dragon Ball

[edit] Quest for the Dragon Balls

Yamcha entered the series early in Dragon Ball as a desert bandit; he ambushed Son Goku, Bulma and Oolong as they were traveling the desert in order to steal their money and capsules. When challenged by Goku, they fought each other until the presence of Bulma made him retreat due to his fear of women. Yamcha returned to their camp that night and, while spying on them, learned of the Dragon Balls and their ability to grant a wish, he then decided to steal their Dragon Balls and make a wish to overcome his phobia. He and his companion Puar broke into the group's van one night to do so, but were foiled when the orbs under the sheet which Yamcha thought were Dragon Balls were actually the breasts of a nude and sleeping Bulma, causing him to leave in a confused daze. He attacked again the following day, destroying the group's van with a panzerfaust, but was again challenged by Goku and retreated when Goku damaged his vanity by knocking one of his teeth out.

Realizing that he couldn't beat Goku, Yamcha instead decided to let the group collect all seven balls and then steal them. He again came to the group, this time apologizing for his behavior, and gave them a car to make up for destroying their van; the car of course had a tracking device in it.

While on the groups trail, Yamcha encounters a mysterious girl; she mistakes him for a monster and attacks him, causing him to retaliate and knock her out. Later, when eavesdropping on Goku's conversation with Gyu Mao (the Ox King), he realizes that the girl is Chi-Chi, Gyu Mao's daughter. Not wanting to face the wrath of an angry Gyu Mao, Yamcha races back to the scene and apologizes to Chi-Chi, saying he did what he did because he is crazy with love for her. He quickly hides when he sees Goku coming and, by luck, witnesses Chi-Chi pull Goku's tail, exposing his weak spot. Yamcha returns to Gyu Mao's castle and remains hidden as Goku returns with Chi-Chi and Muten-Rôshi, the legendary martial arts master who trained both Gyu Mao and Goku's grandfather Son Gohan. He is awed by Rôshi's display of the Kamehameha, an energy wave Rôshi used with the intention of putting out the massive fire at Gyu Mao's residence but instead destroyed the castle and the entire mountain it was on. He also can't help but be somewhat envious after Goku is chosen by Rôshi to be his disciple.

Yamcha continues to tail the group after they recover the sixth Dragon Ball from Gyu Mao into a remote village; there, he has to intervene and help Goku after Bulma is turned into a carrot by Toninjinka. He orders Puar to turn into a bird and rescue the hostage carrot-Bulma while he takes out Toninjinka's two henchmen; Yamcha quickly hides again after this, letting Goku deal with the gang without having to worry about Bulma's safety.

When Pilaf's henchmen ambush Goku, Bulma and Oolong, stealing five of their six balls along with destroying their car, Yamcha has to again intervene, this time joining the group. They track the balls to Pilaf's castle but are soon trapped. From a hole blasted in the wall by Goku they witness Pilaf summoning the dragon and Yamcha orders Puar to go with Oolong and stop it. Pilaf's wish is interrupted by Oolong and, as punishment, the group is moved into a giant solar-oven like cell to die the next day when the sun comes up; they are not contained long though before Goku transforms into a giant ape and destroys their cell by the light of the full moon. Just as Goku iss about to crush Bulma, pinned by some rubble, Yamcha comes to the rescue and grabs his tail, stunning him long enough for Puar to transform into a giant pair of scissors and cut the tail off, returning Goku to his normal state. The next morning, with the balls now inert, the gang goes their separate ways. Yamcha and Bulma are satisfied though, as they now have each other and, therefore, no need to make any wishes. They go with Bulma back to the city while Goku goes off to train with Muten-Rôshi.

[edit] 21st Tenkaichi Budokai and Uranai Baba

Yamcha next meets up with Goku at the 21st Tenkaichi Budokai where he makes it to the quarter-finals, but is eliminated by Jackie Chun, who dodges all of Yamcha's attacks and knocks him out of the ring with a simple hand gesture; this level of power, along with the physical likeness causes Yamcha to (rightly) suspect Chun is Muten-Rôshi in disguise.

After the tournament Yamcha is not seen again until near the end of the Red Ribbon Army Saga when he is informed that Goku is making a head-on assault at Red Ribbon's headquarters and is called by Bulma to assist. By the time Yamcha and the others arrive though, the battle is over, with Goku victorious.

Regardless, Yamcha decides to accompany Goku and travels with him to see the fortune-teller Uranai Baba and learn the location of the last Dragon Ball. Baba doesn't give readings free though and will only do it after her five warriors are beaten. Yamcha faces her second warrior, the invisible man.

Unable to see his opponent Yamcha can’t land a blow and was losing the match. He tried to locate his opponent by sound, but is foiled when Baba starts singing. Kuririn thinks quickly though and brings both Bulma and Roshi to the ring; he then exposes Bulma's breasts causing Roshi to have a nose bleed which covers the invisible man. With his opponent now visible, Yamcha uses his Rogafufuken and quickly dispatches him.

Baba then takes the warriors to a new ring, the Devil's toilet which has a thin platform over a pool of powerful acid. In this arena Yamcha battles his next opponent, Myra, who is both a fast and strong mummy. Things look bad for Yamcha until he manages a quick sneak attack, tripping the mummy off the ledge; though it is proved futile as the mummy is able to use his bandages like a rope and climb his way back up. They fight again, and again Yamcha is pummeled until, being held up by his neck over the ledge, he surrenders.

Goku takes over the fighting at this point and defeats the mummy with one hit, as well as the rest of Baba's fighters. It isn't in vain for Yamcha though, as Roshi accepts him to become one of his students.

[edit] 22nd Tenkaichi Budokai

Three years later, Yamcha competes in the 22nd Tenkaichi Budokai.

While in the preliminaries he has confrontational words with Tenshinhan, the prize student of a rival school. When the finals are about to begin, Tenshinhan has his partner Chaozu magically fix the fight schedule numbering so that he and Yamcha face off first in the quarterfinals.

In their fight, they seem to be relatively even at the start, trading an equal number of blows. Yamcha then attempts his Shin Rogafufuken, but it is beaten by Tenshihan who parries the assault and counters with a quick punch to Yamcha's gut. Yamcha decides to go all out and utilizes, to everyone's surprise, the Kamehameha; this is stopped by Tenshinhan who reflects the attack back at Yamcha and quickly counters, knocking him out. Tenshinhan does not stop at that though, and shatters the unconscious Yamcha's leg with a diving knee attack. (Note that this is Yamcha's only tournament match where he is defeated by KO rather than ring-out).

Yamcha is eliminated by KO and goes to the local hospital and can only listen to the remainder of the fights on the radio. He arrives back at the arena once the tournament is over where a now reformed Tenshinhan apologizes for the unnecessary beating.

[edit] Piccolo Daimaō Saga

Main article: King Piccolo Saga

Due to his injuries, Yamcha spends the majority of the following the King Piccolo Saga on the sidelines. He is powerless to intervene as first Kuririn, followed by Goku, and then Roshi and Chaozu are killed by the Evil Demon King. When he learns of King Piccolo's takeover of the world capital, as well as Tenshinhan's seemingly suicidal mission to take him out, Yamcha joins in and races to the scene. He arrives with Bulma and Lunch only to find it a desolate wasteland. They soon encounter a battered Tenshinhan who fills them in that Goku's actually alive and defeated the Demon King; Yamcha then assists Tenshinhan in getting back to the Turtle House to recover.

Not long after, Goku quickly bursts in and announces that he is training with Kami before taking off again after recovering his nyoi-bō (Power Pole). This knowledge causes Yamcha to redouble his preparation for the next Tenka'ichi Budokai.

Yamcha trains along with Tenshinhan and the resurrected Kuririn and Chaozu until Kame Sen'nin informed them that, to be able to reach Goku's level of power, they are going to need to find better ways to train than those available at the Kame House. After that, they all head to Karin's Tower and train with him before each going their own separate way in preparing for the next, 23rd Tenkaichi Budokai.

[edit] 23rd Tenkaichi Budokai

Yamcha next meets with the group at the 23rd Tenkaichi Budokai, he has trained for last three years for this tournament (earning his trademark scars in the process) and looks forward to the fights.

Yamcha makes it to the quarter-finals and must contend with a nerdish human named Shen and finds himself injured by what seem like accidental clumsy mistakes made by his opponent. When they both state that they'll fight seriously, Shen proves to be a fighter in a class well beyond Yamcha and quickly counters every move Yamcha makes. In desperation Yamcha uses his secret weapon, the Sokidan, a powerful ball of guided energy. While it proves to be an effective attack, it's ultimately futile as Shen (who is actually Kami) recovers from being hit with it and knocks Yamcha out of the ring.

Yamcha can only watch from there on out, in awe at the massive power displayed in the fight between Goku and Piccolo at which he is powerless to intervene. When Goku eventually does defeat Piccolo, Yamcha joins the others in celebrating his victory.

[edit] Dragon Ball Z

[edit] Saiyans and the Afterlife

After Goku sacrifices his life to defeat Raditz, Yamcha is summoned along with Yajirobe, Tenshinhan, Kuririn and Chaozu train at Kami's Lookout for the battle against Vegeta and Nappa. After completing Kami's training he then trains on his own until the Saiyans arrive.

Yamcha arrives at the battlefield just prior to the fight beginning, and volunteers to do battle with one of Nappa's spawned Saibaimen after Tenshinhan defeats one. Yamcha's fight with the Saibaiman is fast, and he seemingly defeats the creature after evading its attack and smashing it with a Kamehameha from behind. He then lowers his guard, thinking the creature is destroyed, but it was quite alive and was able to leap and cling onto him and self-destruct, killing both Yamcha and itself.

Yamcha, along with Tenshinhan, Chaozu and Piccolo (who were also killed in the battle with the Saiyans), goes on to train with North Kaiō in the afterlife just as Goku did, growing greatly in power. Through Kaio, he is able to witness his friends battles on Planet Namek; when Goku is thought to have been killed in the destruction of Namek after defeating Freeza, Yamcha relays the information to everyone through Bulma. He is returned to life 130 days later in the first batch of wishes from Porunga and continues to live at Capsule Corp with Bulma and now Vegeta.

[edit] The Androids and Cell

When a rebuilt Freeza and his father invades the Earth, Yamcha is one of the defenders who prepares to confront him, though he is overwhelmed by the tyrants' power. He is just as amazed as everyone else though when a mysterious youth suddenly appears and quickly destroys Freeza and his force. He listened to the youth, who claims that Goku will be arriving shortly and, after waiting for Goku's return, witnesses their sparring in awe. He was then filled in by Piccolo, who could hear the entire conversation between the two, that in three years powerful androids will appear and kill everyone if they are not fully prepared; Goku invited Yamcha to train with him, but Yamcha refused, saying that he liked training at his own pace. Nevertheless, he spent the next three years in training for the Androids' arrival. During this time, he and Bulma breakup once and for all.

After the three years, Yamcha meets Goku, Gohan, Piccolo and Tenshinhan at the location of the androids arrival. Realizing that they can't sense the androids, the group splits up and searches the city for them. Yamcha is the first to find them, and unaware that the two are the androids is quickly grabbed around the mouth by Android 20 (Dr. Gero), draining his energy and preventing him from calling for backup or battling them. Yamcha is then incapacitated after Dr. Gero punches a hole clean through his mid-section; the sudden drop in his ki alerts the rest of the group though, and they arrive shortly after.

Kuririn quickly takes Yamcha away from the battle and gives him a senzu, causing him to recover to full strength. Though he doesn't want to fight the androids again, he then tags along to watch the fight and, after Goku succumbs to his heart disease, takes him home to get him his medicine. Yamcha soon after transports Goku to Kame House to hide him from androids 16, 17 and 18.

From watching the news he hears of the new threat, Cell, a monster that goes around absorbing people. He aids Piccolo on the search for Cell by piloting a plane so it won't detect their ki, but it continuously evades them. When the androids later arrive on Roshi's island looking for Goku, Yamcha stays behind while Piccolo goes off with them to fight on a deserted island.

When Cell broadcasts his intentions to hold his Cell Games, a tournament of sorts with himself as the only opponent, Yamcha decides to enter. Yamcha does not get the opportunity to fight until Cell creates his Cell Juniors, who attack the Z Fighters and quickly take most of them, including Yamcha, out. He quickly recovers after eating a senzu once Gohan destroys the Cell Jr's and spends the rest of the match as an observer.

Once Gohan finally destroys Cell, he carries Gohan back to Kami's Lookout and then makes the wish to resurrect everyone killed by Cell. When the group has difficulty thinking of a second wish, he jokingly contemplates asking the dragon for an expensive diamond necklace for the girl he's going out with. He and the rest of the group see Trunks off as he leaves for his own time and then they go their separate ways.

[edit] Majin Buu

Seven years later, Yamcha attends the 25th Tenkaichi Budokai as a spectator since he gave up fighting. Soon the tournament is interrupted though as the other Z Fighters leave, and then return with Vegeta now possessed by an evil wizard.

After Majin Vegeta attacked the crowd, Yamcha went with Bulma and a few others to ask Shenron to resurrect all non-evil-doers who were killed that day. He then heads to Kami's Lookout to take refuge from the assault of the new terror, Buu, and witnesses Goten and Trunks first attempts at fusion. When Buu eventually finds them and attacks, Yamcha is quickly turned into chocolate and eaten with the others.

After being resurrected, Yamcha's last real action in the series is giving Goku his energy to help form the Genki Dama that defeats Kid Buu. After that he is seen along with the rest of the Z Warriors at 28th Tenkaichi Budokai and witness the emergence of Uub, the good, human reincarnation of Buu.

[edit] Non-manga

[edit] Anime filler

• Between the battles of General White and General Blue, Goku goes to West City and meets up with Bulma and Yamcha for two episodes. Yamcha helps defeat the anime-only character Hasky.
• During the "Demon King Piccolo" Saga, Yamcha engages in a brief battle with Tambourine, a servant of King Piccolo's who has been sent to kill all the fighters who have participated in the Tenkaichi Budokai 10 years prior to ensure that they do not pose a threat to King Piccolo's plans. Although he holds his own against Tambourine, Yamcha's injured leg puts him at a disadvantage. Before the fight reaches a definite conclusion, Tambourine is summoned away by King Piccolo. Although this fight did not occur in the original manga, there is a scene where Tambourine is seen looking at the list of warriors who have participated in the Tenkaichi Budokai and sees that Yamcha is his next target; it's at this point that King Piccolo summons Tambourine to deal with Goku, so their battle does not occur.
• On their journey to train at Karin Tower Yamcha, Tenshinhan, Kuririn, and Chaozu rescue a village from a rampaging volcano.
• Upon learning of the impending arrival of more Saiyans, Bulma goes to enlist Yamcha's aid. He is found playing professional baseball for a team named the "Taitans." Due to his martial arts training, Yamcha is an athlete without peer--but he is bored by the lack of challenge and delights when both teams charge the field to brawl, prancing through the chaos and easily dispatching the angry ballplayers. (Yamcha's baseball career was one of several filler ideas contributed to the anime production staff by Akira Toriyama himself.^[1])
• In the Vegeta Saga, while training with Kami, Yamcha and the others become impatient with the fact that Kami has yet to teach them anything they could not have learned on their own. After insisting that they are ready for a bigger challenge, Mr. Popo shows them a special chamber, the Pendulum Room, which Goku had used while training to fight Piccolo in the 23rd Tenkaichi Budokai. The chamber apparently transports Yamcha, along with Chaozu, Tenshinhan, and Kuririn, to another world several years in the past. Here, they encounter a duo of deadly Saiyan warriors, who quickly dispose of Chaozu and Kuririn. Tenshinhan and Yamcha team up to try and stop the Saiyans, with Yamcha using a super powerful version of his Sokidan attack. Ultimately, however, they fail, and are killed by the Saiyans...or so it seems. Yamcha and Tenshinhan awake after their "death" to discover that the battle they had experienced was merely an illusion, meant to illustrate the deadly power of the Saiyans. Kami reveals that the Saiyans encountered in the illusion are only half as powerful as the two coming to Earth (putting their power level at at least 2000), and asks if Yamcha and the others still wish to prepare for that battle. Yamcha boldly states that he will train as hard as he can to defeat the Saiyans, no matter how strong they are.
• In the Freeza Saga, while training with Kaio-sama, the recently killed members of the Ginyu Force attack Kaio's planet, battling against Yamcha, Tenshinhan, and Chaozu. They beat them and send them flying back down to the depths of Hell. In this battle Yamcha confronts and defeats Reacoom.
• While battling against the Cell Jr., Yamcha and Tenshinhan double-team one of them, saving Goku's life before they are overwhelmed.
• In the Cell Games, after Cell returns as Super Perfect Cell, Yamcha, along with the other Z Fighters, blast Cell in the back to try and help Gohan.
• After he is killed by Buu, Yamcha trains very hard in the other world and enters competitive battles against opponents who participated in the Other-World Tournament. His opponents are Olibu and two other fighters from mentioned tournament, whom Yamcha very easily defeats. During this fight Kuririn declares Yamcha the star of the Other World. How Yamcha became powerful enough in such a short amount of time to defeat a warrior (power of the other one in unknown, but can safely be assumed to be equal to Olibu's) who is a match for Super Saiyan Son Goku effortlessly is never explained, although it is implied that, without fear of death holding him back, Yamcha is able to use more of his power than normal.

[edit] Garlic Jr.

At the beginning of Garlic Jr. saga Yamcha is seen at Kame House along with Kuririn, Bulma, Oolong, Puar, Muten Roshi and Maron. After Kuririn states that he and Maron are not officially dating, she flirts with Yamcha. When Garlic Jr. releases the Black Water Mist upon the Earth, Yamcha is infected by it, and attacks Piccolo, eventually biting him in the neck. After he is healed by Sacred Water Yamcha continues his baseball career and training. Later on he is summoned along with the rest of the gang for Turtle's 1000 birthday.

[edit] Dragon Ball GT

Yamcha makes cameo appearances in Dragon Ball GT in episodes 40, "Piccolo's Decision" and 64, "Until We Meet Again...". By the end of Dragon Ball GT (In the final episode "Until we meet again"), Yamcha is seen fixing his car in the middle of the desert and probably returns to his vagabond life roaming the desert with Puar.

[edit] Dragon Ball movies

Yamcha appears in following Dragon Ball Movies and Specials:

Curse of the Blood Rubies

Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle

Mystical Adventure

Yamcha is first seen accompanying Bulma, Oolong and Puar to find the Dragon Balls. When they are discovered in Emperor Chaozu's palace, Yamcha enters the Tenkaichi Budokai held there to try and recover it. He first faces a giant man, whom he defeats with a single Rogafufuken hit, then battles against Bora. The match is indecisive until Roshi shouts out to Yamcha, distracting him for long enough to allow Bora to land a solid hit that knocks him out of the ring. Yamcha later appears to grab Bulma out of the path of an energy blast fired by the Crane Hermit (called "Master Shen" in the dub).

The Path to Power

The Tree of Might

Yamcha first appears with Pu'ar flying a new hover car, which he intends to show to Bulma to impress her. On the way, however, his car is attacked and destroyed by an unseen Tullece because he has flown too close to the Tree of Might that Tullece has planted.

Yamcha gathers with the other heroes at Goku's house and tells them about the attack, and agrees to go with them to investigate the Tree. He joins them in an unsuccessful attack on the Tree's roots, and soon takes on the android warrior Kakao, one of Tullece's soldiers. Despite using his powerful Sokidan attack, he is ultimately defeated by the alien warrior.

Later on, when Goku is grievously injured in his fight with Tullece, Yamcha, despite his injuries, joins the other fighters in holding Tullece off long enough for Goku to charge up his Genki Dama.

He is seen at the end camping out by a stream with his friends, bandaged but in good humor.

Bojack Unbound

Yamcha is one of the participants in Gyosan Money's tournament; however, upon learning that Future Trunks and Gohan are in the tournament as well, he gives up all hope of winning and sits atop one of the towers in the arena. When the tower is knocked over, Yamcha is caught off guard and falls off the arena, disqualifying him. However, when he realizes Gohan and the others are in real danger from Bojack and his pirates, he and Tenshinhan head off to try and help. Yamcha and Tenshinhan fought Zangya, Bido, Bujin and Gokua but are defeated fairly quickly.

The History of Trunks

Yamcha is seen briefly at the beginning being killed by the Androids.

[edit] Video games

Yamcha is a playable character in:

• Dragon Ball Z: Budokai
• Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 2
• Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3
• Dragon Ball: Advanced Adventure
• Dragon Ball Z: Sagas
• Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi
• Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2
• Dragonball Z: The Legend
• Legend of the Super Saiyan
• The Mystery of Shenlong
• DB 3: The Story of Goku
• Dragon Ball Z: Kyoushuu! Saiyajin
• Dragon Ball Z II: Gekigami Freeza
• Dragon Ball Z III: Ressen Jinzou Ningen
• DBZ: Goku Hishouden
• Super Gokuden 1
• Super Gokuden 2

He also appears as a Boss/NPC in the following:

• Dragon Power (named Lancer in the English translation)
• Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku II

[edit] Special abilities

Kamehameha

Yamcha is able to pull off the basic Kamehameha attack.

Rōgafūfūken (Wolf Fang Hurricane Fist)

Yamcha's trademark attack, it's a fast series of powerful swipes, grips and kicks. Usually in the anime, while executing this move, Yamcha's body is overlayed with the symbolic image of a wolf.

During his fight with Tenshinhan in the 22nd World Martial Arts Tournament, Yamcha uses an improved version called Shin Rogafufuken (New Wolf Fang Hurricane Fist).

Sokidan

An energy ball that Yamcha can guide with great precision and control. Unlike other homing attacks, the sokidan doesn't automatically follow its target, as Yamcha has full control of it at all times. He must remain stationary and focused to manipulate the attack. In the English anime version, this is called the Spirit Ball, which has led some to mistake it for Goku's Spirit Bomb attack.

Bukujutsu

This is the ability to fly using one's ki. The name 'Bukujutsu' means 'Air Dance'.

[edit] Wolf Hurricane (Urufu Harikên)

[edit] Lyrics

Rôga-Fûfû-Ken!

Kuuru na manazashi Hotto na haato
Ore ga uwasa no naisu gai Yamu Cha sa
Meppou tsuyoi ga onna nya Upui
Hana mo hajirau yume wo miru

Ai no buuke ni yoishirete
Itsumo kimi dake jitto mitsumete ita no sa
Furimukanaide ite kure yo
Kimi no hitomi ni yowai kara

Ronrii urufu Sabaku no Yamu Cha
Hoshi no hikari ga mune wo utsu toki
Ronrii urufu Kaze ga natte mo
Ore no ashiato nokoru no sa

Rôga-Fûfû-Ken!

Namida wa misezu ni gattsu de shoubu
Ore wa itsu demo naisu gai Yamu Cha sa
Enjin zenkai taabo na kibun
Asu wo mezashite toppashiru

Ai no yakusoku shitai kedo
Ribon-musubi ja hakanaku yowasugiru no sa
Chikayoranaide ite kure yo
Kimi no subete ga suki da kara

Ronrii urufu Kouya no Yamu Cha
Sazan Kurosu ga nagareochireba
Ronrii urufu Sora no kanata e
Ore no sekai ga moeagaru

Ronrii urufu Sabaku no Yamu Cha
Hoshi no hikari ga mune wo utsu toki
Ronrii urufu Kaze ga natte mo
Ore no ashiato nokoru no sa.

Rôga-Fûfû-Ken!

[edit] Info

Dragon Ball Series Insert Song (Episode 87)
Lyrics: Toshiki Inoue
Music: Takeshi Ike
Arrangement: Seiichi Kyôda
Performance: Tôru Furuya
English Translation: Julian Grybowski

This song was released in 1991 as part of first CD: DragonBall - Complete Song Collection. Later on it was on Digital DragonBall: The World (1994) and DragonBall - Complete Song Collection (Reissued version in 2003).

[edit] Trivia

• Yamcha is likely based off Sha Wujing from 'Journey to the West', the Chinese novel that Dragon Ball is based on. Both are powerful bandits (Yamcha from a sandy desert and Wujing from the Sand River), who atone and help the heroes on their quest.
• His name comes from the Cantonese pronunciation of "to drink tea"（飲茶 'yum cha'), referring to a gathering to drink tea and eat dim sum.
• His seiyuu is Tōru Furuya. In the English dub he was originally voiced by Ted Cole and later Christopher Sabat.
• The scars on Yamcha's face are from when he was training, but how he got them was never explained. He merely shows up with them at the 23rd Tenkaichi Budokai tournament. After the Saiyan saga, in manga his scars are drawn on the opposite sides of his face. In the anime, they are consistently on the same sides of his face from when they first appear onwards.
• In each of the Tenkaichi Budokai tournaments that he enters, Yamcha is eliminated in the quarterfinals. In two out of three cases Yamcha is defeated by the fighter who goes on to be Goku's opponent in the finals.
• In GT, Yamcha looks very similar to how he appeared at the end of DBZ. The only notable difference is his black shirt that replaces the white one he wore. He also has few strands of gray hair that are slightly visible in the back of his hair during his brief cameo in the final episode. Other than this, he does not show any notable signs of aging, unlike Kuririn.
• Yamcha-like characters appear in other Akira Toriyama works, namely Mr. Ho as the titular character and in Dr. Slump as Tsukutsun Tsun.
• The first kanji Yamcha has on his clothes "樂" stands for "happy" or "music". After training with Muten Roshi, he takes turtle kanji "亀" as sign of respect. Later, after training with North Kaio, he wears both Kame and Kaio kanji. He wears them the opposite way Goku did (Kame on the back, Kaio on the chest, except in "The Tree of Might" where he wears Kaio kanji on the back and Kame on the chest).
• Yamcha changed his hair style nine times through the series. In four cases his hair was very long (the beginning of Dragon Ball, during 23rd Tenkaichi Budokai, during the Saiyan and Freeza saga, and he had grown a ponytail at the end of Dragon Ball Z and during Dragon Ball GT). In two cases his hair was medium long (During the 22nd Tenkaichi Budokai, Trunks saga and beginning of the Android saga) , and in three cases it was quite short (21st Tenkaichi Budokai, Cell and Cell Games Saga and Buu Saga). Several of these hairstyles are also used (most likely coincidentally) by Son Gohan at various points in his life.
• Full readings of Android 19 scanner:

• Yamcha *(flashes)
• Level: NB: 8250012N
• Height: 183cm
• Weight: 068 Kilos
• Special Ability: Rouga WhoWhoKen (Roga Fu Fu Ken)
• Opinion: "Stratos Plamodel Saihansa Te Ureshii" [Some parts are blocked off].

• Yamcha replaces Gotenks (from Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi) on all loading screens in Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2. Here he is seen charging up Sokidan. Players can move two Sokidan attacks to breaks the bricks which are appearing around Yamcha.
• There is a Doujinshi featuring Yamcha called Dragon Ball Z: Elsewhere that follows his story during the 7 years between the Cell Games and the Buu saga. While not drawn by Toriyama (hence it being a Doujinshi), the art style resembles his and the storytelling methods do as well.

[edit] References

Dragon Ball characters
Saiyans:	Son Goku • Son Gohan • Vegeta • Future Trunks • Son Goten • Trunks • Pan • Broly
Humans:	Bulma • Muten-Rôshi • Yamcha • Kuririn • Tenshinhan • Mr. Satan
Androids:	Android 17 • Android 18 • Cell
Aliens:	Piccolo • Freeza • Majin Buu • Baby • Coola
Character lists:	Saiyans • Earthlings • Aliens • Supernatural beings