Yamcha — Dragon Ball Z Character Profile

Yamcha — Character Profile

Affiliations

• Z-Fighters
• Dragon Ball universe

Quick Facts about Yamcha

Occupation

bodyguard, swordfighter

Yamcha's Known Relations

• Bulma — Unmarried partner
• Puar — Significant person
• Z-Fighters — Member of

Yamcha appears in 2 titles

• Dragon Ball Z (1989)
• Dragonball Evolution (2009) — character page

Character Facts

Played by

Toru Furuya

Appears in

Dragon Ball Z (1989)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (6)

• Yamcha — Master and Student — Master Roshi (Kohei Miyauchi)

  Direct training relationship, with Roshi guiding Yamcha's combat development.

  S1E1: Goku arrives at Master Roshi's island. S1E5: Yajirobe appears with a task for Krillin: he must bring Yamcha, Tien, and Chiaotzu to Korin Tower.

• Yamcha — Lethal Opponents — Vegeta (Ryo Horikawa)

  Vegeta's forces directly caused Yamcha's death, cementing a permanent enmity.

  S1E17: Yamcha is killed by a Saibaman. S1E18: Krillin fights remaining Saibamen.

• Yamcha — Battle Companions — Piccolo (Toshio Furukawa)

  Fought together against Saiyan forces, maintained a respectful alliance through shared losses.

  S1E17: Yamcha is killed by a Saibaman. S1E18: Krillin fights remaining Saibamen with Piccolo.

• Yamcha — Former Adversaries Turned Allies — Android 18 (Miki Ito)

  Initially combatants, later aligned through mutual survival and shared goals.

  S4E29: Android 18 defeats Vegeta. S6E28: Krillin saves Android 18. S7E12: Videl meets Chi-Chi.

• Yamcha — Fellow Parents — Chi-Chi (Mayumi Shou)

  Shared concerns about the next generation's path, connected through mutual friends.

  S1E1: Goku informs friends that Chi-Chi refuses to allow Gohan to fight. S1E5: Chi-Chi arrives to search for Goku and Gohan.

• Yamcha — Indirect Allies — Kibit (Shin Aomori)

  Connected through shared training lineage and Earth defense efforts.

  S1E17: Yamcha is killed by a Saibaman. S7E19: Trunks fights an exhibition match against Mr. Satan. S8E15: Goten and Trunks stumble upon Piccolo.

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More characters from Dragon Ball Z

• Son Goku / Son Gohan / Son Goten (Masako Nozawa)
• Vegeta (Ryo Horikawa)
• Piccolo (Toshio Furukawa)
• Krillin / Uranai Baba (Mayumi Tanaka)
• Oolong / Karin (Naoki Tatsuta)
• Freeza (Ryusei Nakao)
• Dr. Briefs (Joji Yanami)
• Puar / Chi-Chi (Naoko Watanabe)
• Tien Shinhan (Hirotaka Suzuoki)
• Android 18 (Miki Ito)
• Videl, Pan (Yuko Minaguchi)
• Mama / Chaozu / Bulma / Bulla (Hiroko Emori)