Yamcha

Yamcha is a major character in the Japanese martial arts fantasy franchise .
The best friend of Puar and a former desert bandit, Yamcha was once an enemy of Goku, but quickly reformed and became a lifelong friend and ally. Brave, boastful and dependable, Yamcha is a very talented martial artist and one of the most gifted Humans on Earth, possessing skills and traits that allow him to fight alongside his fellow Z Fighters when major threats loom. Although by the latter half of Dragon Ball Z, he retires from fighting, but still trains and fights on occasions when needed.
He is voiced by Toru Furuya in Japanese version of the anime, while in the English version by Funimation, he is voiced by Christopher Sabat, who also voiced Vegeta and Piccolo in the same franchise.
==Personality==
At the beginning of Dragon Ball, Yamcha was a deadly bandit who feared nothing (except girls). After being reformed since his constant encounters with Goku, he becomes an invaluable ally who will come to his friends assistance. He is shown to be a very loyal and dependable person, looking out for his allies in any way he can.
Yamcha is very brave and is willing to risk his own life for the sake of the Earth. He also displayed habits of boastfulness - often to the point of overconfidence, such as making the decision of taking on all of the Saibamen at once by himself; another example of this trait was during the Universe 6 vs Universe 7 baseball match is when he tells everyone that his "Wolf Fang Pitching Fist" technique was unbeatable. In Super, during the Galactic Prisoner Saga, Yamcha is eager to help defend the Earth from Moro and his Galactic Brigade, whan one of the convicts assumed him to be weak, he confidently admits to being one of the three strongest Earthlings.
His main weakness was girls in the early Dragon Ball series initially, whenever he was in close proximity, he would stop at whatever he's doing and run away. Since dating Bulma, he slowly becomes comfortable around her, and in an ironic twist: Yamcha expressed the desire for marriage and having a family. However Toriyama states in an interview that Yamaha never got over his fear of women.
==Powers and Abilities==
Yamcha is among the most gifted humans on Earth, like many other characters, he has the ability to fly and manipulate ki. Yamcha's signature fighting technique is titled the Wolf Fang Fist, a flurry of strikes that imitate a wolf's bite, creating techniques that revolves around it.
Yamcha is able to use the Kamehameha Wave (and the second person to learn it after Goku). While training on King Kai's planet in Other World, he developed the Ki-Blast Thrust technique (a ki empowered punch that he had used to defeat Recoome, sending the latter flying off of King Kai's planet). Yamcha's strongest ki technique is the Spirit Ball, an attack that allows Yamcha to use his index and middle-finger to change its trajectory, allowing for multi-directional assaults and can explode on contact.
Yamcha has displayed an aptitude for baseball: During the Universe 6 vs Universe 7 baseball match, he has invented a new technique titled: "Wolf Fang Pitching Fist" (the speed of the Wolf Fang Fist, and controllability of the Spirit Ball), which proved extremely effective in striking out Universe 6 during the first half of the 1st set.
==Quotes==
==Trivia==
* He is likely based on Sha Wujing from Journey to the West. His name is a play on "Yum cha", referring to a gathering to drink tea and eat dim sum.
* According to the Databooks:
** Yamcha's favourite food is hard-baked soba.
** Yamcha's hobbies are grappling and baseball.
** Yamcha's favorite vehicle is the Mighty Mouse, his old-fashioned buggy.
** Akira Toriyama states that Yamcha is one of the best cooks (alongside the Ox-King).
* Yamcha is the first Z-fighter to have a full-time paying job, his baseball team was called the Taitans (which is the name of several real life sports teams).
* Despite his supposed retirement, he still trains and fights (or at least prepared to) on occasion if he has to, such moments include:
** Kid Buu - He and Krillin were the last ones on their feet, after all the dead fighters were defeated.
** Abo-Cado - Feeling that the alien duo were not much of a threat, he (like everyone else) decided to let Goten and Kid Trunks fight instead. When Aka's attacks were getting chaotic, Yamcha jumps into action and uses his Spirit Ball to save Bulma, Oolong, and Puar from large rubble. During that moment, he is revealed to be wearing their gi under his suit (much to Goku's surprise).
** Beerus - After witnessing Goku's defeat, Yamcha (along with the others) was prepared to fight the God of Destruction.
*** In Super, Yamcha is seen training with Piccolo. Yamcha later proclaimed himself as one of the strongest warrior present to Beerus, and gives the God of Destruction a pat on the back, which caused him to stumble (much to Vegeta's worry).
*** In the Universal Survival Saga manga bonus panel, Toyotaru confirms that Yamcha occasionally trains as a martial artist, telling Puar that it's "just in case of an emergency".
**In the Galactic Patrol Prisoner Saga, Yamcha makes his official return to help defend Earth from Moro and his Galactic Brigade.
*Yamcha's animal motif is a wolf.
*In the Legacy of Goku video game, Yamcha admits to sometimes skipping baseball in favor of martial arts training.
*Although Future Trunks mentions that Future Yamcha has moved on from Future Bulma and found love again, it appears that present Yamcha is still single in Super and GT.
**In the Xenoverse 2 Infinite History Saga, Yamcha acts as a self proclaimed ladies man. However this is non canon.
**In FighterZ, Yamcha exhibits noticeable envy towards his married friends in one of his personal dialogues.
**In Xenoverse 2 radio broadcast, Yamcha mentions to Trunks and Chronoa if his failed chances at finding a soulmate are the result of an anomally, althought the two tells him it's not and wishes him luck at someday finding love.
**In another Xenoverse 2 radio broadcast, Chrona asks several of Goku's friends of their wish from the Dragon Balls, Yamcha wishes to find his soulmate (leaving Chronoa to remark that he is just as predictable as Goku wanting to wish for a poweful opponent).
*Yamcha holds the distinction of being Goku's first fighting ally within the series.
*Yamcha has the most design changes, whether it be his attire and/or hairstyle.
*In Fusions, Yamcha admits to Tekka of being more of a sea person.
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