35 Facts About Yamcha

Yamcha is a fictional character in the Dragon Ball manga series created by Akira Toriyama.

Yamcha is eventually depicted as being reformed, becoming an ally of Goku's.

Yamcha has received mixed reviews since his inception, being criticized for his weak abilities compared to other characters, but he has been praised as being a fun character.

Yamcha's name is a pun on a form of Cantonese brunch called yum cha.

Yamcha has the ability to perform the Kamehameha, a concentrated beam of a chi energy blast that many other characters in the series have the ability to perform as well.

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Yamcha uses the Sokidan, a technique that forms a ball of chi energy to assault an opponent with.

Yamcha enters the series ambushing Goku, Bulma, and Oolong as they are traveling through his territory and attempts to rob them of their money and hoi poi capsules.

Yamcha becomes a student under Kame-Sennin, known as Master Roshi in the English anime, and loses a long-held fear of women through his relationship with Bulma.

Yamcha enters the 21st, 22nd, and 23rd Tenkaichi Budokai along with Goku, but loses in the first round of each tournament, to "Jackie Chun", Tien Shinhan, and Shen respectively.

Yamcha is shown to be a baseball player in the anime filler material for Dragon Ball Z This was suggested by the series creator Akira Toriyama.

Yamcha becomes a major league baseball player for the West City Titans.

Later, Yamcha is killed along with Tien Shinhan, Chaozu, and Piccolo in a battle against the Saiyans.

Yamcha is killed when a Saibaiman grabs onto him and self-destructs.

Yamcha goes on to train with Kaio-sama in the afterlife just as Goku did, growing greatly in power.

Yamcha is later returned to life from a wish to Porunga and continues to live at Capsule Corp with Bulma and, after the two finally end their relationship, she and Vegeta enter a long-term relationship.

Yamcha later joins the others in the Cell Games and teams up with Tien Shinhan to protect the weakened Goku from the Cell Juniors, before losing to them.

Yamcha is later killed again when Majin Buu turns him into chocolate and eats him, along with Krillin, Bulma, and the other allies.

Yamcha plays a prominent role during the baseball match between Universe 6 and Universe 7, he is the team's captain uses his newly invented technique to effortlessly strike out Universe 6 during the first half of the first set, afterwards both Whis and Vados call off the match after Beerus and Champa started fighting physically, not before Vados points down to Yamcha laying at home base, scoring the winning run.

Yamcha soon finds himself in a difficult battle against Saganbo's adviser Zauyogi.

Luckily for the three, Son Goku intervenes and easily beats Zauyogi, Yamcha informs Goku to assist Son Gohan and Piccolo, whilst assuring the Saiyan that he, Tenshinhan, and Chaozu can handle the rest of the remaining convicts.

Yamcha later appears and collectively lends his energy to Vegeta in order for Goku to re-awaken Mastered Ultra Instinct.

Yamcha is the main subject of the spin-off manga Dragon Ball Side Story: The Case of Being Reincarnated as Yamcha.

Yamcha is a playable character in multiple Dragon Ball-related video games, including the Dragon Ball Z: Budokai series, the Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi series, and Dragon Ball FighterZ.

Yamcha appears in an unofficial Chinese live-action remake of the first Dragon Ball feature film, played by Cheng Tung-Chuen.

Yamcha joins Monkey Boy, Sparkle, Turtle Man and Seeto in the quest to destroy King Horn and his powerful warriors.

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Yamcha was played by Korean pop singer Joon Park in the film Dragonball Evolution, for which James Kyson Lee auditioned.

Yamcha is one of the oldest protagonists in the Dragon Ball series.

Yamcha is a skilled human martial artist, in the Wolf Fang Fist style.

Yamcha is commonly described as useless and outclassed as a fighter in the Dragon Ball series yet has been described as fun and an iconic anime character to other publishers.

Yamcha was ranked as the thirty-eighth greatest Dragon Ball Z character of all time by Complex describing his willing to sacrifice himself as being the best part of his character.

Yamcha is commonly joked about as one of the weaker fighters by fans of the series.

Yamcha felt that despite being a weaker fighter he still is an important character from the Dragon Ball mythos since the creation of the manga and felt that he deserves respect as "an iconic Dragon Ball character".

Yamcha described Yamcha as Goku's first real rival in the series.

Yamcha praised the revealing of him mastering the Spirit Ball technique and him being the first one who realized that he should cut Goku's tail to stop Goku in ape form.

The first was the way Yamcha was murdered by a Saibaman despite his constant training during the Saiyan Arc which made him a supporting character in following arcs.