Yamcha

Yamcha, also known as Lord Yamcha, The Hyena Who Made The Desert His Stronghold, The Wolf Fang Fist Master, Wolf Boy and Wasteland Bandit Yamcha, is one of the main characters from the Dragon Ball series.
== Charactah Account ==
Yamcha was a desert bandit, Bulma's first love, and Goku's first rival. Even in the original series, Yamcha was often used as the primary victim of the worf effect, hardly winning any important fights despite being one of the most powerful protagonists. By Z, Yamcha was pretty much a target to show how tough the villains were, so much so that around the Buu Saga he gave up fighting entirely (except for fillers in which he somehow defeated enemies even Goku had trouble with a few years before). 
Yamcha is originally characterized as a deadly warrior, who fears nothing but talking to women. After befriending Goku and the others, his personality remains mostly the same, but becomes very caring and considerate of the people he protects. He is showcased as a courageous warrior who strives to be the best, but is unable to reach this status, a fact that appears to plague him. He has a great network of information, recognizing Goku's Power Pole as Grandpa Gohan's during their first fight.
Yamcha is a huge fan of the World Martial Arts Tournament and has always wanted to compete and someday win. It is likely this is why he has knowledge of famous fighters like Grandpa Gohan, Monster Carrot, Bacterian and King Chappa. Whenever the tournament date neared, Yamcha would always go through vigorous training and invent a new technique like the Blinding Wolf Fang Fist, Neo Wolf Fang Fist and the Spirit Ball. He is the second fighter to learn the Kamehameha since the beginning of Dragon Ball (after Goku). 
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Dragon Ball
* Dragon Ball GT
* Dragon Ball Movie 1: Curse of the Blood Rubies
* Dragon Ball Movie 2: Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle
* Dragon Ball Movie 3: Mystical Adventure
* Dragon Ball Movie 4: The Path to Power
* Dragon Ball Specials
* Dragon Ball Super
* Dragon Ball Z
* Dragon Ball Z Kai
* Dragon Ball Z Kai: The Final Chapters
* Dragon Ball Z Movie 03: The Tree of Might
* Dragon Ball Z Movie 09: Bojack Unbound
* Dragon Ball Z Movie 14: Battle of Gods
* Dragon Ball Z: Summer Vacation Special
* Dragon Ball: Yo! The Return of Son-Goku and Friends!
* Super Dragon Ball Heroes
=== Manga ===
* Dragon Ball
* Dragon Ball SD
* Dragon Ball Side Story: That Time I Got Reincarnated as Yamcha!
* Dragon Ball: Heya! Son Goku and His Friends Return!
=== Video Games ===
* Dragon Ball
* Dragon Ball 3: Gokuden
* Dragon Ball FighterZ
* Dragon Ball Fusions
* Dragon Ball Heroes
* Dragon Ball Kai: Ultimate Butouden
* Dragon Ball Legends
* Dragon Ball Online
* Dragon Ball RPG: Shounen-hen
* Dragon Ball Xenoverse
* Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2
* Dragon Ball Z 2: Super Battle
* Dragon Ball Z For Kinect
* Dragon Ball Z II: Gekishin Freeza
* Dragon Ball Z III: Ressen Jinzouningen
* Dragon Ball Z: Attack of the Saiyans
* Dragon Ball Z: Bakuretsu Impact
* Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Z
* Dragon Ball Z: Battle Taikan Kamehameha 2 - Ossu Omee Goku Tenkaichi Budoukai
* Dragon Ball Z: Budokai
* Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 2
* Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3
* Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi
* Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2
* Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3
* Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit
* Dragon Ball Z: Buu's Fury
* Dragon Ball Z: Dokkan Battle
* Dragon Ball Z: Dragon Battlers
* Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butoden
* Dragon Ball Z: Gekitou Tenkaichi Budoukai
* Dragon Ball Z: Goku Hishouden
* Dragon Ball Z: Harukanaru Densetsu
* Dragon Ball Z: Idainaru Son Goku Densetsu
* Dragon Ball Z: Infinite World
* Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot
* Dragon Ball Z: Kyoushuu! Saiyan
* Dragon Ball Z: Legendary Super Warriors
* Dragon Ball Z: Sagas
* Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai
* Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai - Another Road
* Dragon Ball Z: Super Gokuden - Kakusei-Hen
* Dragon Ball Z: Super Gokuden - Totsugeki-Hen
* Dragon Ball Z: Super Saiyan Densetsu
* Dragon Ball Z: Supersonic Warriors 2
* Dragon Ball Z: Tenkaichi Tag Team
* Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku
* Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku II
* Dragon Ball Z: The Legend
* Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Tenkaichi
* Dragon Ball Z: W Bakuretsu Impact
* Dragon Ball: Advanced Adventure
* Dragon Ball: Daimaou Fukkatsu
* Dragon Ball: Origins
* Dragon Ball: Origins 2
* Dragon Ball: Raging Blast
* Dragon Ball: Raging Blast 2
* Dragon Ball: Revenge of King Piccolo
* Dragon Ball: Shenron no Nazo
* Dragon Ball: Zenkai Battle
* IC Carddass Dragon Ball
* Jumputi Heroes
* Super Dragon Ball Heroes: World Mission
== Trivia ==
* His name is a play on "Yum cha" (literally "drink tea"), referring to a gathering to drink tea and eat dim sum.
* His blood type is O.
* In Dragon Ball Forever poll of the Top 20 best characters, Yamcha was voted number 15 by Japanese fans. This is above Tenshinhan, Bulma, and Yajirobe.
* Yamcha is the first Z-fighter to have ever fought Goku or have a slight edge over him in the series, and is in fact Goku's first legitimate battle outside of his original home.
* In every World Martial Arts Tournament Yamcha has been in, he has always lost in a quarter-final match (in the 21st he was defeated by Jackie Chun, in the 22nd he lost to Tien, and in the 23rd he was defeated by Hero who was actually Kami).
* In the anime, Yamcha is the first Z Fighter seen with a full-time paying job. Yamcha can be seen playing for a baseball team called the "Taitans". "TAITAN" is the Japanese spelling of "Titan", which is also the name of several sports teams.
* In "The Androids Appear", Android 19's scanner reads that Yamcha's address is NB: 8250012B, his height is 183 cm, his weight is 68 kg, special ability is the Rouga Whowhoken, and that he is a Class B warrior. These statistics are also used in Dragon Ball: Adventure Special.
** However Dragon Ball Fusions seems to contradict his fighting class, as he is labeled as a C-Rank fighter in that game. However the fighter Rank system (which are represented by G, S, A, B, and C with G-Rank being the highest and C-Rank the lowest) in Dragon Ball Fusions is likely different from the fighter Class system utilized by Android 19 and Dr. Gero as they utilize different terminology (Rank vs Class) .
* Yamcha has his own theme song sung by his voice actor Tooru Furuya. It is titled Wolf Hurricane and sings about his desert life and loneliness.
* Abel, the protagonist of the 1989 Dragon Quest OVA Dragon Warrior: Legend of the Hero Abel who was also designed by Akira Toriyama, also looks similar to Yamcha and even shares the same Japanese voice actor.
* Yamcha has been stated to be a good cook by Akira Toriyama.
* Yamcha's hobbies are grappling and baseball.
* Yamcha's favorite food is hard-baked soba.
* Yamcha's favorite vehicle is the Mighty Mouse, his old-fashioned buggy.
* Despite his supposed retirement, Yamcha still trains, and has fought (or at least prepared to) on occasions, such moments include:
** Olibu and Gorilla - Yamcha fights the two at the same time and after defeating them in a sparring match, he states that his passion for fighting has resurfaced in 7 years.
** Kid Buu - he and Krillin were the last to still be on their feet, after all the other dead fighters were defeated and shot a ki blasts at the Majin.
** Abo and Cado - While he never fought the two, though due to the chaos caused by Gotenks and Aka's fight, Yamcha jumped into action and used his Spirit Ball to destroy several large debris which nearly crushed Bulma, Puar, and Oolong. During that moment, it was revealed that he (as well as Krillin) was wearing his gi under his suit (much to Goku's surprise).
** Beerus - He and the others were seen preparing to face the God of Destruction after Goku was defeated and threatened to destroy the world.
** In the Universal Survival Saga (in the anime), Yamcha was very excited at the prospect of joining Team Universe 7 for the Tournament of Power - In the manga bonus panel, Yamcha is seen in his Team Universe 7 baseball uniform telling Puar that he has to train every now and then just in case of emergencies, remarking that it would look very bad if he couldn't assist the Z-Fighters.
** In FighterZ (which takes place in the Dragon Ball Super timeline) - Yamcha returns to action and assists Goku and co. against Android 21's clones, Frieza's faction, Cell, and the maniacal Android 21 herself.
** In the Galactic Patrol Prisoner Saga, Yamcha makes his official return in Super to help the Z-Fighters and Galactic Patrol fight/subdue Moro's subordinates.
* Yamcha is the only playable Z-Fighter in Xenoverse 2 which has a Supervillain form.
* There's a special dialogue between Yamcha and Turles, should they fight one-another - Yamcha will mention his vehicle being totaled, with the latter responding with ignorance of the situation. This is a reference to his vehicle being destroyed by Amond, one of Turles' henchmen in The Tree of Might.
* Yamcha breaks the fourth wall in "A Challenge From Champa! This Time, a Baseball Game!", by saying that he won't let Vegeta play as the main character, during the baseball match between Universe 6 and Universe 7.
* In Dragon Ball: Fusions, if Tekka talks to Yamcha at Master Roshi's residence, he'll admit that he is more of a "sea" person. This is somewhat ironic considering Yamcha's history as a desert bandit.
* In FighterZ story mode, Yamcha is the only character to not have any special interaction with Android 21 (he only mentions her to Krillin that she is cute, but 21 herself is nowhere around). Although he does have a pre-battle dialogue towards Android 21 in VS mode, where he expresses dismay to fighting a girl (which is ironic considering his fear).
** Xenoverse 2 corrected this and made a special dialogue for the both of them.
** On a similar note, in Bojack Unbound, Yamcha was seen briefly engaging Zangya in battle without any hindrances (unlike Krillin, whom was distracted by the latter's beauty).
** Yamcha is afraid of all women besides Bulma.
*** However in Kakarot he seemingly gotten over his fear of women at least by the time of the Attack of the Saiyans as a Sub Story features Puar pretending to be Yamcha while the latter is deceased following his death by Saibaman Bomb, to keep Yamcha's many girlfriends happy. Yamcha even tells Krillin the names of several girls that he wants Puar to focus on while he's gone. Additionally by the time Yamcha is resurrected, he is dating two women Pearl and Sapphire in another sub story, which ends up with both women finding out about the other and both are so mad with Yamcha they send robots to attack him, forcing Gohan to intervene. After one of the robots self-destructs, knocking Yamcha out temporarily, which causes the girls to both lose interest all in Yamcha, with the two women becoming friends. These sub stories all support Bulma's statements about Yamcha being unfaithful and depict Yamcha as sort of a womanizing casanova.
== Gallery ==
File:Yamcha Render 01.png
File:Yamcha Render 02.png
File:Yamcha Render 03.png
File:Yamcha 01.png
File:Yamcha 02.png
File:Yamcha 03.png
== External Links ==
* Yamcha at Dragon Ball Wiki
Category:Characters
Category:Males
Category:Dragon Ball