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*Yamcha shouts out his trademark move Rôgafûfû Ken three times in Wolf Hurricane.
*Yamcha shouts out his trademark move Rôgafûfû Ken three times in Wolf Hurricane.


*During Yamcha's Dragonworld storyline in [[Dragonball Z: Budokai 3]], Yamcha finds out [[Vegeta]] was telling everyone about how Yamcha and [[Bulma]] broke up. he sends an invite to Vegeta to comete against him in a tournament. Yamcha's last battle in dragonworld before the credits is him defeating Vegeta in a tournament and finally getting even with him.
*During Yamcha's Dragonworld storyline in [[Dragonball Z: Budokai 3]], Yamcha finds out [[Vegeta]] was telling everyone about how Yamcha and [[Bulma]] broke up. The second time you play through the whole story, during the last chapter he sends an invite to Vegeta to comete against him in a tournament. Yamcha's last battle in dragonworld before the credits is him defeating Vegeta in a tournament and finally getting even with him.





Revision as of 19:27, 11 July 2006

This article is about the Dragon Ball character. For Chinese custom, please see Yum cha.

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Yamcha, the desert bandit, is a fictional character from the manga Dragon Ball/Dragon Ball Z and the anime Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z. He is a human who was introduced early in the series as an antagonist of Goku but quickly reformed and became an ally. His constant companion is the shape-changing Puar and, for most of the original series and the first half of the second, he had a relationship with Bulma.

In the early Harmony Gold English Dragon Ball dub from the 1980's, he is known as Zedaki.

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Dragon Ball

Origins

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Yamcha as the Desert Bandit in The Path to Power.

Yamcha entered the series early in Dragon Ball as an antagonistic 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 fear. He and Puar broke into the groups van to do so, but were foiled when the orbs under the sheet which Yamcha thought were Dragon Balls was actually a sleeping and nude 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 probably can't beat Goku in a fight, Yamcha instead decided to let the group collect all seven balls and steal them then. 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 see 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 the Carrot Master. He orders Puar to turn into a bird and rescue the hostage carrot-Bulma while he takes out the Carrot Master's two henchmen; Yamcha quickly hides again after this, letting Goku deal with the gang.

Emperor Pilaf and the 21st Tenkaichi Budokai

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 stop it. Pilaf's wish is interrupted 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 tranforms into a giant ape and destroys their cell by the light of the full moon. Just as Goku's about to crush a pinned Bulma, 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 Dragon 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.

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.

Versus Uranai Baba's fighters

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Yamcha and Puar in Dragonball manga

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 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, the mummy, who is both fast and strong. Things look poor for Yamcha until he manages a quick sneak attack, tripping the mummy off the ledge; it is futile though 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 rest of Baba's fighters. It isn't in vain for Yamcha though, as Roshi accepts him to become one of his students.

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. Tenshinhan has the numbering fixed so that he and Yamcha face off first in the quarter-finals. 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. 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.

King Piccolo Saga

Due to his injuries, Yamcha spends the majority of the following 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 Demon King. When he learns of King Piccolo's takeover of the world capital, and 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 desolate; he soon finds a battered Tenshinhan who fills him in that Goku's actually alive and defeated the Demon King. He assists Tenshinhan in getting back to the Kame House to recover where Goku quickly bursts in and announces that he is training with Kami-sama before taking off again. This knowledge causes Yamcha to redouble his preparation for the next Tenka'ichi Budokai. Then he trains along with Tenshinhan and 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 are 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.

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 interevene.

Dragon Ball Z

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 Cultavers after Tenshinhan defeats one. Yamcha's fight with the Cultiver 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 Kaio-sama in the afterlife just as Goku did. 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.

Freeza, Trunks, and the break-up

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 listens 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; Yamcha listened and spent the next three years in training for their arrival. During this time, he and Bulma breakup once and for all, though the exact circumstances are unknown.

The Androids' arrival

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Yamcha is mortally wounded by Android 20.

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, but is quickly grabbed around the mouth by Android 20 (a.k.a Dr. Gero), both draining his energy and preventing him from calling for backup. 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 continiously 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.

Involvement in the Cell Games

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. Yamcha attempts to fend his off but is overwhelmed by the small, savage warrior, and he is beaten unconscious. 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.

25th Tenkaichi Budokai and Majin Buu

Yamcha in the Buu Saga of Dragon Ball Z

Seven years later Yamcha attends the 25th Tenkaichi Budokai as a spectator snice he gives up fighting. After Majin Vegeta attacked the crowd, he went with Bulma and a few others to ask ShenLong to resurrect all non-evil-doers who were killed that day. He then heads to Kami's Lookout to take refuge from Buu's assault where he witnesses Goten and Trunks first attempts at fusion. When Buu does attack though, he's 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.

In the last book, one of the final panels has a picture of Yamcha ten years after the Buu Saga where he's grown a ponytail.

Non-canon

Anime filler

  • On their way to train with Karin; Yamcha, Tenshinhan, Kuririn and Chaozu rescue a village from an active volcano.
  • In the Vegeta Saga, while training with Kami, Yamcha and the others enter the Pendulum room which leads them to planet Vegeta to virtually battle some Saiyans from the past. After Chaozu and Kuririn are defeated, Yamcha and Tenshinhan team up. While Tien prepares his Shishin No Ken followed by a Kikôhô, and Yamcha charges a Sokidan. They unleash their attacks on the Saiyans, who are having hard time dodging it, but it has little effect, due to the fact that the Saiyans they fought have half a power level of Nappa and Vegeta (official power level is unknown) and the two are quickly defeated afterwards. After they returned to the Pendulum room, Yamcha and Tenshinhan saw that everyone was still alive.
  • 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 Recoome.
  • 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.

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.

Dragon Ball GT

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Yamcha as he appeared in DBGT.

Yamcha appears very briefly in Dragon Ball GT in episodes 40, "Piccolo's Decision" and 64, "Until We Meet Again...", as well as some flashbacks and ending credits. 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.

Dragon Ball movies

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Yamcha in DBZ Movie 3 - The Tree of Might, using Sokidan.

Yamcha appears in following Dragon Ball Movies and Specials:


Video games

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Yamcha in DBZ: Budokai 3

Yamcha is a playable character in:

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

Special abilities

Kamehameha
Yamcha is able to pull off the basic Kamehameha attack.
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Wolf Fang Hurricane Fist
Rōgafūfūken (Wolf Fang Hurricane Fist)
Yamcha's trademark attack, it's a fast series of powerful swipes, grips and kicks. While executing this move, Yamcha's body is seemingly replaced by that of a wolf (only in the anime).
During his fight with Tenshinhan in the 22nd World Martial Arts Tournament, Yamcha uses an improved version called Shinrogafufuken (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.
Bukujutsu
This is the ability to fly using one's ki. The name 'Bukujutsu' means 'Air Dance'.
Zanzoken
User moves very quickly over a short distance, so fast that it leaves an after-image of where he was. It's almost like a mini-teleport. Called the After-image technique in the U.S. Every powerful fighter in Dragon Ball can use Zanzoken. Its originator is Muten Roshi.


Wolf Hurricane (Urufu Harikên)

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!

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).

Trivia

  • His name comes from the Cantonese pronouciation of "to drink tea"（飲茶 'yum cha'), referring to a gathering to drink tea and eat dim sum.
  • 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 with no one ever questioning where or how he got them.
  • According to Android 19's scanner, Yamcha is 183 cm (roughly six feet) tall and weigh 68 kilograms (150 pounds).
  • At the very beginning of Dragon Ball and in Dragonball movie "The Path to Power", in the Japanese version of the movie and series, Puar refers to him as Master (Yamucha-sama). Reason for this is unknown.
  • In each of the Tenkaichi Budokai tournaments that he enters, Yamcha is eliminated in the quarter-finals. In almost all cases (except when Kami got sealed by Piccolo's reversed Mafuba) Yamcha's opponent in quarter-finals is Goku's opponent in finals.
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Yamhan (Tiencha in US version of DBZ: Budokai 2)
  • In GT, Yamcha looks very similar to how he appeared at the end of DBZ. The only notable differences is his black shirt which replaces the white one he wore. He also has few strands of gray hair which 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.
  • A Yamcha-like character is the main character in Akira Toriyama's short manga Mr. Ho. He is leading member of Black Berets who retired and disposes of entire army (in similar way Goku destroys Red Ribbon Army). He is accompanied by a Bulma-like character. A character that looks just like Yamcha in also shown in Dr. Slump anime and manga. His name is Tsukutsun Tsun and his girlfriend is Akane Kimidori. In a series of manga even rescues her from a mad scientist.
  • The first kanji Yamcha has on his clothes "楽" stands for "happy" or "music". After training with Muten Roshi, he takes turtle kanji "亀" as sign of respect. Later, after training with King Kai, he wears both kame and kai kanji. He wears them the opposite way Goku did (Kame on the back, Kai on the chest).
  • Yamcha changed his hair style 9 times through the series. In 4 cases his hair was very long (On the beginning of Dragonball, during 23rd Tenkaichi Budokai, during the Saiyan and Freeza saga, and he had grown a ponytail at the end of Dragonball Z and during GT). In 2 cases his hair was medium long (During the 22nd Tenkaichi Budokai, Trunks saga and beginning of the Android saga) , and in 3 cases it was quite short (During 21st Tenkaichi Budokai, During Cell and Cell Games Saga and Buu Saga).
  • After the Saiyan saga in manga his scars are drawn in opposite places (Scar on his eye on the left, and the "x" mark on the right).
  • Yamcha shouts out his trademark move Rôgafûfû Ken three times in Wolf Hurricane.
  • During Yamcha's Dragonworld storyline in Dragonball Z: Budokai 3, Yamcha finds out Vegeta was telling everyone about how Yamcha and Bulma broke up. The second time you play through the whole story, during the last chapter he sends an invite to Vegeta to comete against him in a tournament. Yamcha's last battle in dragonworld before the credits is him defeating Vegeta in a tournament and finally getting even with him.
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