Master Roshi

Reading magazines

Eating

His Turtle

Universal Villains

Being insulted

Chi Chi's wrath

Master Roshi is a perverted hermit and a master of martial arts who lives at Kame Island which is a isolated island where he trains his students to be very strong warriors.

He is also the originator of the Kamehameha Wave.

Despite his lecherous tendencies and his old age, Roshi is an extremely respected and capable warrior, serving as the master of Gohan, Ox-King, Goku, Krillin, and Yamcha. His drive to push his students to new heights and support them on their martial arts journeys makes him one of the most notable supporting characters in the series.

## Powers and Abilities

Master Roshi is one of the strongest humans in history, and the strongest fighter of his generation. A legendary champion of the World Martial Arts Tournament, simply knowing that students of his were competing in the said tournament left all spectators in awe. Despite his advanced age reducing his natural stamina and endurance while also reducing his peak performance, he makes up for it with super efficiency both physically and mentally, able to easily read his opponent's movements and battle tactics, allowing him to move with minimal needed effort. His experience and intuition have honed his natural instincts to become fully aware of his surroundings to the point practically being able to move against threats automatically. A grandmaster of all martial arts and hand-to-hand combat styles, along with their respective techniques and skills, Roshi is an outstandingly versatile fighter and tactician, able to quickly see through an opponent's skills and effortlessly change his own methods to best suit the situation. At the same time, he is deceptively strong for his frail form, able to move at blazing speeds and move massive structures with his bare hands, all while at base power.

* **Flight** – The Ability to fly through the use of *ki*. Though Roshi cannot fly in the manga, he is capable of flight in some video games, he was also able to fly in the anime while he was a Jiang Shi.
* **Hikou** – The ability to fly without the use of *ki* through the use of wings or special mechanisms. In *Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2*, Master Roshi is capable of flight by twirling his staff at high speeds like a helicopter, or by running at high speeds while in the air. In *Dokkan Battle*, he uses a jetpack to fly like most characters that can't use *ki* based flight.

* ***Ki* Blast** – The most basic form of energy wave.
* ***Ki* Sense** – The ability to sense the energy of other beings.
* **Kamehameha** – A powerful Ki blast fired with two hands after concentrating a large amount of *Ki*.
	+ **The Original Kamehameha** – The technique involves wide sweeping arm movements and cupping the hands together before bringing them forward to fire a blue wave of energy.
	+ **MAX Power Kamehameha** – While the fundamentals of the technique are exactly the same as a regular Kamehameha, the overall power of this Kamehameha is even greater due to Master Roshi being in his MAX Power form.
		- **Moon-Destroying Kamehameha**
		- **Life Force MAX Power Kamehameha** - A life-force powered, last-resort Kamehameha at a full power, used by Roshi in his MAX Power form.
	+ **Master-Student Kamehameha** – A triple Kamehameha performed by Goku, Krillin, and Master Roshi in *Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest*.
* **One-Handed Kamehameha** - A variation of the Kamehameha that is performed with one hand.
* **God Kamehameha** - A powerful version of the Kamehameha used by Master Roshi in *Dragon Ball Heroes* as of GDM7, when he is preparing the attack, he will unleash his Max Power form.

* **Afterimage Technique** – An ability to move so swiftly that an image of the user is left behind. He also uses it in the *Butōden* series.
	+ **Afterimage Strike** - A variation in which the user distracts their opponent with several afterimages. Used by Master Roshi in the *Budokai Tenkaichi* series.
* **Kiai** – A technique where the user affects the air currents around him with *ki* to produce powerful shockwaves in order to strike the opponent at mid range. Also called *Sawayaka Na Kaze*. He uses the technique in *Dragon Ball: Origins*.
* **Hypnosis Technique** – A technique that can hypnotize and control the mind of the opponent.
	+ **Sleepy Boy Technique** – A hypnosis move used to put the opponent to sleep, by using hand motions and weird voice sounds.
* **Telepathy** – A way to communicate with others using one's mind.
* **Thunder Shock Surprise** – The user shoots a lightning blast towards the target using both hands and traps the opponent within an electric field.
* **Evil Containment Wave** – A technique designed to seal demons away by sucking them into a container with a special "Demon Seal" ofuda on it. The move requires huge stamina and endurance to perform, if user does not have enough life force they will die soon after performing it, despite the success of the technique.
	+ **Meteo Telekinesis** – Master Roshi's Meteor Attack in *Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Battle 22*. He yells *Mafuba* and uses his telekinesis to control and attack his opponent.
* **Turtle Orb** - The user throws a small blue energy sphere and redirects it to where they point.

* **Principles of Ultra Instinct** - Thanks to his many years of martial arts experience Master Roshi became capable of utilizing a similar but not quite as advanced automatic dodging technique by the time of the Tournament of Power - causing Beerus to believe he was actually using Ultra Instinct itself.
* **3D Scan Mode** – A mode that allows for advanced scanning of enemies. Roshi uses this in *Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound* when he finds some ladies sitting at a table.
* **Special Beam Cannon** – The move is performed by touching the index and middle fingers of one hand to the forehead and charging enough *ki* to attack. Its speed changes to the power level of the user performing the move. When ready, the fingers are extended forward, and two thin energy beams are unleashed from the fingers. One remains straight while the other coils around the straight beam. The resulting beam is quite powerful, drilling through most targets, and exploding on the ones it can't. Master Roshi was shown to use this technique in *Dragon Ball Z: Atsumare! Gokū Wārudo*.
* **High Speed Rush** – Master Roshi's Blast 2 rush attack in the *Budokai Tenkaichi* series.
* **Turtle School Ultimate Fist** – Master Roshi's Blast 2 rush attack in his Max Power form in the *Budokai Tenkaichi* series.
* **False Courage** – One of Master Roshi's Blast 1 in the *Budokai Tenkaichi* series.
* **Pump Up** – One of Master Roshi's Blast 1 in his Max Power form in the *Budokai Tenkaichi* series.
* **Rock, Scissors 'N' Paper** – In the original version, the user shouts "Jan Ken", then a name corresponding to the attack: "Gu", equals rock and will be a strong punch. "Chyoki", equals scissors and will be a poke in the eyes. "Pa", equals paper and will be an open palm strike. Master Roshi taught Gohan this technique, but it's unknown whether he is the inventor of the technique.
* **Drunken Fist** – A fighting style that imitate the movements of a drunk person.
	+ **Drunken Turtle Punch** – A cane smack performed while acting drunk. Used in the *Butōden* series.
	+ **Drunken Turtle Kick** – A kick performed while acting drunk. Used in the *Butōden* series.
* **Cobra Twist** – Roshi never showed this technique. However, during the climax of his fight against Goku in the 21st World Martial Arts Tournament he considered using it, but desisted because such move would not work on an opponent with short limbs like Goku at that time, so it can be assumed it is some sort of throw or holding move.
* **Elephant Punch** – A punch performed with the back of an opened hand. Used in the *Butōden* series.
* **Pressure Point Attack** – A technique which, by touching or hitting weakly certain pressure points on an opponent's body, can incite effects such as paralysis or knock the opponent out. Enough prolonged pressure on the pressure points can also kill the opponent.
* **Two-Level Knee Hit** – A jumping knee strike followed by a kick. Used in the *Butōden* series.
* **Farting** Expelling gas from the rear end potent enough to stun opponents. Used against a dinosaur during the Majin Buu conflict.
* **Witchcraft** - A team attack where Yurin turns Roshi into a Jiang Shi after she counters his unwanted advances and commands him to fire a MAX Power Kamehameha.
* **Shock Tornado** - Used against Miza.