Yamcha (That Time I Got Reincarnated as Yamcha)

Articles About Yamcha
Main Series	Dragon Ball
Movies	Toei Movies
Other Media	Super Dragon Ball Heroes - Reborn As Yamcha

Background

A normal human boy who died in his life and was transferred to the Reincarnation Game, a game created and played by Beerus and Champa, to participate as Yamcha.

This dropdown contains the synopsis of Yamcha’s story. Read at your own risk as you may be spoiled otherwise!

Pre-Reincarnation This boy was an avid fan of Dragon Ball and would participate in Dragon Ball Z: Dokkan Battle tournaments, usually winning when "Oushou" was not participating. One day when he tried to get a good look at a girl's skirt, he accidentally fell down the stairs in which resulted in the boy's death. The boy's soul was caught and reincarnated into a Reincarnation Game created by Beerus and Champa as Yamcha to participate against "Oushou", the reincarnated being that is known as Chiaotzu. Dragon Ball The boy finds himself reincarnated as Yamcha, immediately realizing he could take advantage of this situation due to his knowledge of Dragon Ball lore. After the battle against Pilaf, Yamcha instead chose to join Goku in training with Master Roshi. Dragon Ball Z Later, in preparation for the battle against Vegeta and Nappa, after completing training under Kami and Mr. Popo, rather than continuing his training with the others, Yamcha instead asks Mr. Popo for a spaceship to reach Planet Namek. He lands on Planet Namek and immediately seeks out Nail (who turns down his request at first). He then goes off to go find the Grand Elder Guru (who sees that the boy is from another world) to request that he have his potential unlocked. Guru accepts and also has Nail train Yamcha for six months. While resting inside the spaceship, Bulma calls him and says that the two Saiyans are on their way. The boy suddenly realizes that the time-frame is different in the manga and asks to use the Namekian Dragon Balls. Porunga is summoned and the boy uses the first of three wishes to warp back to Earth. After returning to Earth, Yamcha rushes to the battlefield and defeats all the Saibamen. He then squares off against Nappa and beats him with no trouble at all. Yamcha then teams up with Goku against Vegeta. The boy has a hard time against the Saiyan prince until realizing Vegeta's bingo dance was when Beerus was on Earth. He distracts Vegeta by calling out Beerus' name and knocks him into the air for Goku to fire a charged-up Kamehameha Wave. Vegeta is defeated and escapes. The boy attempts to shoot down the Attack Ball, but stops upon realizing future events would require the reformed Vegeta (i.e. Future Trunks), and decides not to. Since the Saibamen and Saiyans were defeated compared to the original timeline, none of the Z-Fighters die in the battle. The boy begins to worry about the Earthlings characters being far surpassed in the battles later on in the story against villains such as Frieza, Cell, and Majin Buu. Unknown to everybody else, Kami senses Oushou's mysterious presence, likening it to that of the boy's soul and implying they come from the same world. Following the appearance of Future Trunks and his warning of the Androids, Yamcha is aware that it is almost time for him to lose Bulma to Vegeta and so vows to make a move on her before it is too late. Requiring advice, he seeks out Krillin at Kame House who advises him to change his haircut and get more stylish clothing. Upon doing so in the city, he comes across two criminals holding a girl at hostage. Yamcha effortlessly takes them down but rejects the girls offer for a date. At Capsule Corporation, Yamcha becomes nervous at seeing Bulma and her interaction with Vegeta. He follows Vegeta outside and without warning leaps into a fight with him though he is easily beaten. Laying on the floor, Yamcha decides he can finally get over Bulma and tells Vegeta to take good care of her. 10 years later, the boy heads off to the Cell Games arena where Goku and the others were, but instead takes a different course of action by instead confronting an opponent who is reincarnated in the body of Chiaotzu. Yamcha tells Chiaotzu that he always knew something was up with his actions and behavior and the latter admits that he plans on ruling the Dragon Ball World. Soon, the two reincarnated souls fought against one-another. Chiaotzu used his Telekinesis powers to hurl rocks at Yamcha, but the latter counters with his Wolf Fang Fist; just then Chaiotzu uses the Dodon Ray to shoot Yamcha at point-blank range. Yamcha quickly eats a Senzu Bean as Chiatozu moves in for the kill and dodges just in time. Having little choice in regards of not killing an ally nor will the other soul listen to reason, Yamcha uses a capsule to summon a jar to use the Evil Containment Wave in order to seal the latter away; it nearly worked until he becomes too exhausted to seal away Chaiotzu. Reminiscing the fight between Chiaotzu and Krillin, the boy asks the latter of his birth-date, with him guessing wrong, allowing Yamcha the advantage. The battle ends with the person inhabiting Chiaotzu's body realizing the error of his ways; the two souls peacefully conversed and realized how much they have in common regarding the Dragon Ball world, as well as the idea of spending the rest of their lives in the bodies of Yamcha and Chiaotzu respectively. Following their battle, Yamcha suggests to Oushou that they try using Fusion. Oushou thinks it is a good idea but realises that they need to have near identical energy levels and body types for it to work. Oushou remembers Ex-Fusion from the video game Dragon Ball Fusions in which Bulma created a special type of arm-band that allowed anyone to fuse. The two head off to Kame House to meet with Bulma who creates the arm bands in just thirty minutes. The two successfully pull off the fusion and are overjoyed at the power they now wield and decide to head for the Cell Games Arena. Before doing so they wonder to go by the name Yamzu or Chaocha and take a look in the mirror to see how the fusion turned out. Seeing the less than desirable result, they defuse and decide to give up on fusion entirely. The scene then shifts, revealing that Beerus and Champa were playing a game of reincarnation and their game ended in a tie (with Whis and Vados standing besides them). The two Gods of Destruction bickered and destroyed their game; Whis simply returns the two souls back to their original world. The boy wakes up standing outside of his school with his friend informing him of the stairs incident. The boy waves his hand that summons a gust of wind that lifts up a female student's skirt, and he wonders about the ability. The boy's friend asks how he did that, but dismisses it as some form of coincidence. The final chapter closes while implying that the boy had retained some powers from his time in the Dragon Ball Universe (with the original image of Yamcha besides him).

General Information

Name: Yamcha (The actual boy's name is unknown)

Origin: Dragon Ball: That Time I Got Reincarnated as Yamcha

Sex: Male

Age: Unknown, 16 years old as Yamcha during Pilaf Saga, 29 years old as Yamcha during Saiyan Saga, 34 years old as Yamcha during Cell Saga

Classification: Human from another World, Possessed Body

Species: Human

Occupation: None

Height: 183 cm (Officially listed as 183 centimeters)

Weight: 68 kg (Officially listed as 68 kilograms)

Status: Alive

Alignment: Neutral Good (Even while being reborn into Yamcha's body and taking over, he still realized he couldn't do things like kill Vegeta because it would cause Trunks to never be born and cause the various future enemies to appear to be unwinnable)

Codex Statistics

Key: Dragon Ball | Saiyan Saga | Cell Saga

Tier: 9-B | 7-A | At least 7-A

Cardinality: Finite

Dimensionality: 3-D

Attack Potency: Wall level (Was reborn as Yamcha during end of Pilaf Saga. Yamcha was able to contend with Goku; Goku’s Kamehameha was able to destroy a car. The force of Yamcha’s Wolf Fang Fist sent Goku through several pillars) | Metropolis level (Fought and held off against Saiyan Saga Vegeta, making him superior to Nappa, who casually destroyed a city and stood within the blast without having any damage. Trained with Nail, giving him a power level over 10,000,) | At least Metropolis level (Fought against a soul possessing reincarnated Chiaotzu)

Durability: Wall level, Higher with Guard Up (Ki allows a fighter to extend beyond their bodies limits, allowing them to even block attacks that would otherwise kill them from raising their guard) | Metropolis level, Higher with Guard Up, Lower with Ki Control (Higher level users can lower their own durability to allow people far below them to fatally wound them) | At least Metropolis level, Higher with Guard Up, Lower with Ki Control

Striking Strength: Wall Class | Metropolis Class | At least Metropolis Class

Lifting Strength: Superhuman (Was reborn as Yamcha during end of Pilaf Saga., who was comparable to Early Dragon Ball Son Goku who could pick up and throw Bulma’s car, lift and crush a bolder with his own hands, moved a giant boulder with a lot of effort and later could somewhat move a massive boulder with some effort, etcetera) | Class 1 (Superior to Saiyan Saga Goku, who before his training with King Kai is able to barely move around and jump in gravity that multiplies his weight by ten times, where he's naturally 62 kg, thus making him 620 kg on King Kai's planet and after training with King Kai, he is able to move around naturally in ten times gravity) | At least Class 1

Travel Speed: Superhuman (Should be comparable to Son Goku, who could keep up with a pterodactyl; a pterodactyl can move at nearly 30 m/s) | High Hypersonic (Superior to Saiyan Saga Goku who traveled over a million of kilometers in two days which results in these speeds) | At least High Hypersonic

Attack Speed: Superhuman | High Hypersonic | High Hypersonic

Reaction Speed: Superhuman | High Hypersonic (Far beyond 22nd Budokai Son Goku, who could dodge a mouth blast from Tambourine, which he used to tag the flying nimbus where even post King Kai training Goku used the flying nimbus to make it to the saiyans implying it is at least comparable to his flight speed by then, with Goku being capable of traveling over a million of kilometers in two days which results in these speeds. Should be far faster than Mercenary Tao, who stated that a jet would take too long and used his pillar, with fighter jets reaching up to 1000 mph) | High Hypersonic

Stamina: Unknown | Superhuman (Should be comparable to Vegeta who stood thinking for three days without showing any signs of tiring or growing hungry) | Superhuman

Range: Standard Melee, Extended Melee with Sword | Standard Melee, Interstellar with Ki Attacks (Ki attacks can reach out of the planet and to other planets. All ki attacks should be comparable to Goku's kamehameha, which reached all the way to the sun) (Ki attacks can reach out of the planet and to other planets. All ki attacks should be comparable to Goku's kamehameha, which reached all the way to the sun) | Standard Melee, Interplanetary with Ki Blasts

Intelligence: Genius Intelligence (Yamcha spent the first 16 years of his life alone in a wasteland, and yet could still adapt to school life incredibly easily. He was the one to figure out that an Oozaru’s weak point was its tail, as well as the first person to suspect that Jackie Chun was Master Roshi. He was able to perform the Kamehameha after only viewing it, despite Master Roshi claiming it takes 50 years of hard training to learn)

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Powers and Techniques

Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Chi Manipulation & Ki Manipulation (Yamcha can generate Ki and control its movement. All beings in Dragon Ball have ki , the very life force energy of all characters, ki allows a fighter to extend beyond their bodies limits, allowing them to even block attacks that would otherwise kill them from raising their guard, higher level users can lower their own durability to allow people far below them to fatally wound them. A users ki aura can exert itself as a weapon to attack), Attack Reflection (All Ki users are able to reflect attacks just by being stronger than their opponent. Examples include, Nappa deflecting a masenko from Son Gohan, Son Gohan being able to bounce back the spirit bomb, Son Goku deflecting a crusher ball from Jeice, Frieza deflecting a Final Burst Cannon from Vegeta, Son Goku reflecting multiple death beams back to back from Frieza, and Future Trunks being able to completely repel an energy blast with his hand from a Frieza Soldier just by being much stronger than them), Homing Attack (Ki users can create attacks that will home in and chase a target forever), Mind Manipulation (Characters can link their ki together and train within each other’s mind enacting in image training), Power Absorption & Transferal (Ki users can transfer their ki to others and absorb the ki given to them from others), Aura (He can surround himself in an aura of Ki. Has an aura of ki surrounding him whenever he exerts ki), Vibration Manipulation (Powerful ki users can cause the very ground itself to shake when they power up), Intimidation, Spirit Manipulation & Pain Manipulation ( Ki is the manifestation of one’s lifeforce, along with the aura giving one the feeling of being crushed, exerting fear into the target, sometimes making them incapable of moving as their body is instinctively stuck due to the sheer difference in power), Energy Manipulation (Ki is the latent power in one's body, this latent power allows them to form and create energy from controlling their ki, which can be used to shoot out energy blast), Explosion Manipulation (Ki attacks can create massive explosions, control the ki to set off a huge explosion under the enemy, or in front of them), Heat Manipulation (Ki user's ki attacks produce heat allowing them to cook and grill animals and raw meat, along with leaving behind steam after the attacks hit an area, showing its latent heat), Nullification (Attack Nullification; Those with ki can nullify attacks of lesser ki with their ki alone. They can also catch and nullify ki attacks around their level through focusing enough. Power Nullification; Through having greater ki, one can nullify the powers done through ki attacks, such as Frieza being able to nullify a hakai ball, which fully destroys a target, though he is unable to resist a hakai ball from Toppo due to him being stronger, this ability however only works on ki, attacks unrelated, characters cannot resist through being stronger, such as how Vegeta, Krillin, & Son Gohan are unable to resist Guldo's psychic powers, along with even the likes of Son Goku), Forcefield Creation (Ki users such as Cell can generate forcefields around themselves. These forcefields can be expanded, and used to protect others and defend against attacks far higher then the user), Super Armor (Through releasing one's ki, they enter a state known as "Hyper Mode", in this state they do not flinch from weak melee attacks), Self-Destruction (Ki users in Dragon Ball are able to release all of the energy within them to cause a massive self-destruction of energy that normally kills the user and turns them into dust though one can control it to surviving but having no stamina or energy left), Light Manipulation (Ki can be used as a flash of light, Degisu seeing ki attacks be fired notes that the characters are "firing light from their hands"), Dreaming Existence (Characters in Shin Budokai have shown to create physical bodies in alternate timelines through dreaming), Non-Standard Interaction (Intangible Interaction; Those with ki can block intangible attacks when they focus and notices them. Space-Time Interaction; Characters can blast space-time distortions to close them), Healing (Can heal downed allies to give them ki back. Ki can be used to heal beings, allowing them to survive even with half their torso, it can also heal from near death), Fusionism (With the fusion dance, Yamcha is able to fuse with another to amplify his strength to unimaginable levels).

Limited Resistance to Durability Negation (Ki users can focus their energy to localize an object to a specific spot to stop them from attempting to destroy their organs/insides), Resistance to Poison Manipulation (Can resist poisons through Forcefield Creation)

Martial Arts (Went to train with Master Roshi earlier then Yamcha was supposed to), Weapon Mastery (Can use a sword in combat. Used a rocket launcher to destroy part of a car and was going to use his automatic rifle afterwards), Genius Intelligence, Enhanced Senses, Immortality (Reliance on Reincarnation Cycle; Like Oushou, the soul inside of Yamcha should be able to repeatedly be reborn in the timeline as many times as Beerus and Champa are willing to keep playing their bet. With Oushou even noting that this is the Yamcha's first time), Flight, Extrasensory Perception, Afterimage Creation (Yamcha can use afterimages), Vibration Manipulation & Limited Air Manipulation (Yamcha can make a shockwave with Heel Crash. His Wolf Fang Fist generated a wind blast that tore down a castle wall), Accelerated Development & Reactive Power Level (Yamcha’s power level will grow at a higher rate than some humans who have trained for their entire lives, in order to keep up with the other Z Fighters. With this version of Yamcha growing far more powerful then his canon self during the saiyan saga through getting his potential unlocked. Trained with Nail, giving him a power level over 10,000), Mimicry (Power Mimicry & Technique Mimicry; Yamcha could replicate the Kamehameha after only seeing it be performed)

All previous powers and abilities to a much greater extent, Awakening (Woke up the dormant power within him), Fusionism (Offered the idea to Oushou before they both declined based off needing identical ki and body size).

All previous powers and abilities, Sealing (With the mafuba seal)

Healing (Low-Mid; After being shot by the Dodon Ray he healed with a senzu bean)

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Equipment

Weapons

• Azure Dragon Sword: The sword Yamcha wielded during his time as a bandit.
• Nunchucks: Yamcha owns a pair of nunchucks that he used in his youth.
• Submachine Gun: Yamcha owned a machine gun during his first meetings with Goku.
• Panzerfaust: This is Yamcha’s rocket launcher, that he was going to use against Goku.

Vehicles

• Jet Squirrel: A flying jet scooter that Yamcha used to traverse the wasteland.
• Mighty Mouse: A small little buggy that doubles as Yamcha’s favorite car, which he’s owned his entire life.
• Silverstar 4: Yamcha’s hover car.

Items

• Senzu Bean: A mystical bean that the Z Fighters always make sure to keep with them. It instantly eliminates fatigue, restores stamina and Ki, recovers their physical health, and is so nourishing that it keeps them full for the next ten days.
• Ultra Divine Water: Used to prepare to against the Saiyans.
• Azure Dragon Sword: Used against Great Ape Vegeta.
• Metamo-Ring: A device created by Bulma (as a result of Oushou remembering her Timespace Rift counterpart invented the device in Dragon Ball Fusions) that allows two beings to perform EX-Fusion by performing the Fusion Dance while both are wearing one.

• Gi (Turtle School): The orange Gi that Yamcha usually wears, which was given to him during his time under Master Roshi’s tutelage. It has the insignia of the Turtle School on it.
• Bandit Garbs: The green outfits that Yamcha wore during his time as a bandit, complete with a red headband. He eventually abandoned this costume when he was taught by Master Roshi.
• Weighted Clothing: This is clothing that Yamcha wears under his usual Gi, much like Goku does. They have built-in weights, specifically made for training, so that Yamcha can move much faster when they’re removed.

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Notable Techniques

• Flight: With a mastery of Ki control, Yamcha is able to fly at incredibly high speeds.
• Ki Blast: Using Ki, Yamcha can concentrate it into a ball that he uses as a projectile attack.
• Ki Sense: Yamcha is able to detect lifeforms and power levels from far off.
• Ah! Lord Beerus!: A feint that tricks the opponent into looking away, normally by saying that Lord Beerus is right behind them.
• Evil Containment Wave: A sealing technique, which can seal anything in a container if successful.
• Kiai: An invisible wave of ki used to produce powerful shockwaves in order to strike the opponent.
• Saw It Coming: The ability of Yamcha (Reincarnation)'s PJS-31 card in Dragon Ball Heroes, that greatly increase the enemy's Charge Impact speed when attacked.
• Shield Break: A Burst CAA used by Yamcha (Reincarnation)'s PJS-31 card in Dragon Ball Heroes. Increased damage is dealt to the enemy when Yamcha performs a Super Attack, and achieving a Super Burst adds a -50% to the attacked enemy's damage reduction.
• Wolf Fang Fist: Yamcha’s most famous attack, which sees him do a barrage of claw swipes and punches, before finishing by sending the opponent hurtling with a palm strike and a howl.
  • Blinding Wolf Fang Fist: Yamcha charges at the foe and kicks them high into the air, before charging power in his palms and rushing at them and blasting right through them.
  • Neo Wolf Fang Fist: A much more powerful version of the Wolf Fang Fist, which is amplified in power by his Ki.
• Kamehameha: The iconic move coined by Master Roshi, which Yamcha has adopted for himself. This starts as a blue Ki ball, which is charged in Yamcha’s hands before releasing as an incredibly powerful beam.
  • Super Kamehameha: This is an amplified version of the Kamehameha which has a larger and more devastating beam, which Yamcha uses by first bolstering his Ki.
• Spirit Ball: One of Yamcha’s original attacks, which has him hold out his hand facing upwards and form a large yellow Ki ball within it. He then launches this at the enemy, and can control its trajectory completely with the movement of his hands.
  • Super Spirit Ball: Called an “Extra Large Spirit Ball” by Yamcha himself, this is simply a larger and more powerful version of the original, which he uses when his Ki is bolstered.
• Fusion Dance: This is a technique that Yamcha learned, which allows him to temporarily fuse bodies with another who performs the dance. Usually he does this with Tien.

• Unlock Potential: He has his potential unlocked by both the Ultra Divine Water and later Guru in the spin-off manga, That Time I Got Reincarnated as Yamcha.

• Yamzu/Chaiochu: The result of Yamcha and Chiaotzu using Ex-Fusion. Oushou believes they have the strength to possibly take down a Cell Jr. though based on their appearance they decide to never fuse again.

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Other

Standard Tactics: Just like the original Yamcha he opts for hand to hand combat along with ki attacks.

Weaknesses

• Standard Ki Weaknesses: Due to the nature of ki draining stamina and energy, Dragon Ball characters ki usage requires them to usually use their higher levels of energy in short bursts, using a large amount of ki overtime can greatly weaken them to the point that characters far lower then them can actually harm them with attacks. Taking large amounts of damage can greatly deplete a ki users attacks, making it where attacks that would otherwise kill massively weakened characters, only pushes them back. Despite some ki users being able to reach to higher tiers such as planetary through charged attacks or techniques, they have not shown to be able to tank planets themself being destroyed, with attacks that have destroyed several planets in the series always killing the character. Even characters such as Majin Buu's body cannot withstand the energy of a plant exploding.
• Unique Weaknesses: Unlike the original Yamcha, seems to carry none of his weaknesses.

Note

• Some clips used on the profile come from an anime or movie due to the fact that some abilities from ki use shouldn't function much differently from how they can in canon, along with this sometimes the anime version/video game version of a scene will be used for cleaner visuals. Toriyama himself directly overlooks scenes in the anime and movies and gives Toei the thumbs up.
• The speed scaling for PLs are taken with a grain of salt as there are noticeable times where someone's speed isn't equal to their power, such as Burter being faster then Recoome and Jeice, along with Super Saiyan Grade 3 Trunks having his power greatly increased but his speed decreased.

Trivia

• Though the boy mentions Dokkan Battle tournaments, there are no direct PvP modes in the game, although if one considers the World Tournament mode, it is possible that the boy typically got the top ranking (locals, worldwide, etcetera) whenever Oushou was not also participating in a World Tournament.

Battle Records

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