Tien Shinhan, known as Tenshinhan in Japanese media and Viz Media's release of the manga, is a fictional character in the Dragon Ball manga series created by Akira Toriyama.
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Tien Shinhan, known as Tenshinhan in Japanese media and Viz Media's release of the manga, is a fictional character in the Dragon Ball manga series created by Akira Toriyama.
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Character of Tien Shinhan has received praise from reviewers of manga and anime.
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Tien Shinhan is one of the strongest humans on Earth in the series.
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Tien Shinhan was voiced by Hirotaka Suzuoki in most media, with the exception of episodes 82 and 84 of Dragon Ball Z, where he is voiced by Koichi Yamadera.
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Tien Shinhan is introduced as the star pupil of Kame-Sen'nin's rival, Tsuru-Sen'nin, who has him and Chaozu enter the Tenka'ichi Budokai to prove his students' superiority.
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Launch falls in love with him and asks him to live at Kame House with her and Roshi, but Tien Shinhan refuses, saying that he does not want to live with the rival of his former master.
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Tien Shinhan participates in the next Tenka'ichi Budokai, where he fights the previously assumed dead Taopaipai, who had been saved by cybernetics and wants revenge on both Tien Shinhan, for turning his back on him and his brother, and Goku.
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Tien Shinhan prepares for training along with the other heroes at Kami's in order to fight the invading Saiyans.
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Tien Shinhan manages to defeat a Saibaman, but when Chaozu sacrifices his life in a failed attempt to kill Nappa, he knowingly uses the last of his power attempting to kill Nappa, but fails.
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Tien Shinhan accompanies Piccolo and Goku to fight Android 20 and Android 19.
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Tien Shinhan saves Android 18 and Android 16 from being absorbed by Cell and gives them time to escape by continuously attacking Cell, expending all his energy and having to be rescued by Goku.
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Tien Shinhan then participates in the battle against the Cell Jr.
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Tien Shinhan initially turns down Goku's request and works with Goku, Chaozu, and Master Roshi to reverse the brainwashing of his students by Yurin, a woman that Tien Shinhan used to be classmates with during his time at Crane School who had sworn revenge on him after he left and declined fighting her.
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Tien Shinhan is part of the group that adheres to Gohan's plan of remaining together and later fights Universe 2's Harmira, using his multiplication technique to give himself time against Harmira.
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Tien Shinhan makes very brief appearances in Dragon Ball GT, the anime-only sequel to the series.
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Tien Shinhan is referenced by American rapper Soulja Boy in the uncut version of his song "Goku", where he states that he "feels like Tien" along with other Dragon Ball characters and Pikachu.
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Tien Shinhan is a popular character in the series, in 2004 fans of the series voted him the sixteenth most popular character for the book Dragon Ball Forever.
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Tien Shinhan has received both praise and criticism from numerous publications.
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Smith said that Tien Shinhan's fight against Piccolo Daimao's minions was entertaining, but the conclusion of his fight against Goku was random.
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