World Tournament Announcer

The is the man who hosts every World Martial Arts Tournament from the beginning of Dragon Ball to Dragon Ball GT. Along with commentating, he sometimes acts as a referee for tournament matches other than the preliminary matches, usually counting when a contestant is down.
==Appearance==
The announcer has blonde hair and wears sunglasses with a navy-blue/black business suit, a pink shirt and red necktie. By the 23rd World Martial Arts Tournament, he has grown a black pencil mustache, which is consistent for the rest of his appearances. Between Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z, he loses one tiny hair bang probably due to age. Ten years after Kid Buu's defeat, his age starts to show as his hairline has receded and his face has developed noticeable wrinkles.
==Personality==
For the most part, he is shown to have an eccentric personality, being very loud and demonstrative whenever describing the battle occurring in front of him, along with showing the amazement of the unique techniques every fighter he sees uses. But a major flaw he is shown to have is not starting the countdown at the correct time due to him being too distracted with the events occurring around him, and if he did not have this trait, many fights would have ended differently or earlier based on the time he started the countdown. He seems to have an understanding of ki techniques and is familiar with a select few of them.
The announcer is also one of the few Earthlings to know full well that Goku and his friends were responsible for Cell's defeat at the Cell Games instead of Mr. Satan, and refuses to believe Mr. Satan's claims of ki attacks being mere "tricks" due to his passion, familiarity, and understanding of the techniques. His amazement in Goku's abilities also caused him to view regular human's matches as boring, and he spent numerous years craving for Goku's return to the tournaments. This has put him on good terms with Goku and co., even Piccolo, who he jokingly reminds not to destroy the tournament stage, even earning a smirk from the Namekian.
==Biography==
===Dragon Ball===
====Tournament Saga====
The announcer is mostly known for forgetting to count when an opponent is down as he does this very often. In the 21st World Martial Art Tournament, during the first battle of Krillin vs. Bacterian, a helper is seen counting instead of the announcer. 
====Tien Shinhan Saga====
 
In the 22nd World Martial Art Tournament, when Krillin brings Goku down by grabbing his tail, the announcer gets distracted after he said '9' by an audience member who complemented him on his hair. In every tournament, aside from the 21st, an unfortunate event occurs that enhances his role, such as in the King Piccolo Saga when he witnessed Krillin slain by Tambourine.
====Piccolo Jr. Saga====
Later, he becomes very important as he witnesses Goku's fight with Piccolo from the sidelines along with Goku's friends; the World Martial Arts Announcer is the only non-Z Fighter not to abandon the tournament when Piccolo states he will slaughter everyone. When Piccolo is later assumed knocked out when Goku uses his Meteor Combination, the announcer counts down, however, Piccolo makes a quick recovery when the announcer counts to 9 and use a mouth blast to impale Goku through the chest, continuing the brutal torture with Goku. He eventually declares Goku the winner of the tournament match when Piccolo is knocked out of the arena by Goku's headbutt, making him one of the few civilians to know the truth (this event was later referenced in the World Tournament Saga when Piccolo competes in the tournament, where he jokingly asks him not to destroy the ring again).
===Dragon Ball Z===
====Cell Saga====
The World Tournament Announcer is seen in a flashback.
====Majin Buu Saga====
Over the years, he has become an acquaintance with the Dragon Team, and knows that they, not Mr. Satan, are responsible for saving the Earth. He thought that it was Goku that killed Cell, as he was witness to Goku's feats of power in the 21st, 22nd, and 23rd tournaments (although it was Gohan who actually destroyed the villain, even though Goku did somewhat helped him to bring out the energy that was hidden in Gohan). He exhibits doubts over Mr. Satan's abilities, such as when Vegeta who was under the control of Babidi goes out of control. Although he believes Mr. Satan is not the hero he claims to be, he praises him in order to make fans cheer and hides the secret about Mr. Satan not being the one who defeated Cell.
====Peaceful World Saga====
He rates Goku on par with Majin Buu in the 28th World Martial Arts Tournament, saying they would be in the finals.
===Dragon Ball GT===
====Super 17 Saga ====
6 years later in Dragon Ball GT, he is seen hosting the 31st World Martial Arts Tournament, as Goku competes in the Junior Division, and Pan along with Mr. Satan and Majuub (as Papayaman) compete in the Adult Division.
====Shadow Dragon Saga====
The World Tournament Announcer is seen in a flashback.
==Appearances==
===Manga===
===Anime===
==Appearances in other media==
===Nippon Ijin Taishō===
The World Tournament Announcer appears in anime segment in the 2007 Nippon Ijin Taishō · Saikyō no Ijin wa Dare? (日本偉人大賞・最強の偉人は誰？; lit. "Japan's Great Awards - Who is the Strongest Hero?"), along with Goku who is a commentator with the Fuji TV announcer Masaharu Miyake. The segment featured a special World Martial Arts Tournament that was to decide who was the greatest person in Japanese history. The fighters were Musashibo Benkei, Himiko, Prince Shotoku, and Amakusa Shiro. The winner was Prince Shotoku, who defeated Benkei in the final.
===Dream 9 Toriko x One Piece x Dragon Ball Z Super Collaboration Special===
He appears as an announcer in the World's Best Eating Tournament (Tenkaichi Kuōkai) hosted by the International Gourmet Organization (IGO). He takes the commentary in the race and the battle between the lead characters Goku, Luffy, and Toriko.
===Video Game Appearances===
The announcer appears in the following games:
*Dragon Ball 3: Gokuden
*Dragon Ball Z
*Dragon Ball Z 2: Super Battle
*Dragon Ball Z: Idainaru Son Goku Densetsu
*Dragon Ball Z: Goku Hishōden
*Dragon Ball Z: Goku Gekitōden
*Dragon Ball Z: Super Gokuden: Totsugeki-Hen
*Dragon Ball Z: Super Gokuden: Kakusei-Hen
*Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Battle 22
*Dragon Ball Z: Shin Butōden
*Dragon Ball Z: Legendary Super Warriors
*Dragon Ball Z: Supersonic Warriors 2
*Dragon Ball Z: Budokai
*Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 2
*Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3
*Dragon Ball: Advanced Adventure
*Dragon Ball Z: Buu's Fury
*Super Dragon Ball Z
*Dragon Ball Z: Bakuretsu Impact
*Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3
*Dragon Ball: Origins
*Dragon Ball Z: Attack of the Saiyans
*Dragon Ball: Revenge of King Piccolo
*Dragon Ball Online
*Dragon Ball: Raging Blast 2
*Dragon Ball Heroes
*Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Tenkaichi
*Dragon Ball FighterZ
*Dragon Ball RPG: Shōnen-hen
*Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot
*Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero
In Raging Blast 2, the World Tournament Announcer talks but cannot be seen.
In FighterZ, the World Tournament Announcer appears as the default Replay Commentator under the name Announcer in replay commentary settings.
==Voice Actors==
*Japanese: Kenji Utsumi † (DB, Revenge of King Piccolo), Hirotaka Suzuoki † (DBZ, video games until 2005), Yukimasa Kishino (DBGT), Ryūzaburō Ōtomo (Budokai Tenkaichi 3), Tamotsu Nishiwaki (DBZ Kai, Kakarot)
*English:
**Ocean Group dubs: Michael Dobson
**Funimation dub: Eric Vale, Justin Briner (DBZ: Kakarot, Hub world only)
*Spanish:
**Castilian Spanish dub: Félix Benito (DB eps. 1-26), Antonio Villar (DB eps. 27-153), Daniel Ramos (DBZ Majin Buu Saga), Enrique Rodríguez (DBZ Peaceful World Saga), Alberto Hidalgo (DBGT)
**Latin American Spanish dub: Rafael Rivera (DB first dub), Salvador Delgado (DB redub, DBZ, DBGT), Pedro D'Aguillón Jr (DBZ Kai)
*Brazilian Portuguese dub: Wellington Lima (21st Tournament), Tatá Guarnieri (22nd and 23rd Tournament), Cassius Romero (DBZ)
*Italian dub: Claudio Moneta
*Polish dub: Artur Kaczmarski (DBZ Kai)
*Hebrew dub: Nir Ron (DBZ & DBGT)
==Trivia==
*The announcer seems to have a form of dyslexia; he has trouble reading Goku's and Chiaotzu's names the first time they enter the tournament. He also announces one entrant as Wolf-Man instead of Man-Wolf.Dragon Ball episode 97, "Yamcha vs. Tien" This, however, is a dubism, as the Japanese versions have him mispronounce the hanzi/kanji used in their names. The change in setup is due to linguistic differences between written Japanese and written English.
**In Goku's case, he reads his name in kun'yomi (as "Mago Gosora") instead of fully-rendered on'yomi (as "Son Gokuu").
*In the (English version) manga, the announcer says that Chi-Chi was the first female ever to be in the finals in the 23rd World Tournament, but Ranfan was in the finals of the 21st tournament.
thumb|The new announcer at the end of Dragon Ball GT
*In the last episode of Dragon Ball GT, there is a new announcer with white hair who is most likely a descendant of the announcer. However, this is not confirmed. He does seem to know Mr. Satan and Goku well since he introduces the Goku and Mr. Satan Statue at the beginning of the tournament. His enthusiasm is also identical to the previous announcer's.
*The announcer is one of the few humans to recognize Goku and the Z-fighters' power/talent, and that they are the true Earth's defenders, as shown when viewing them as the ones who saved Earth.
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