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Manga Appearances
Appearances in other media
Cross Epoch
In the crossover manga Cross Epoch, Krillin runs the Kuri-Chopa Marine Train Coaster with Tony Tony Chopper. They are the first shown when they learn about Shenron's tea party. Their train is boarded by Piccolo and Roronoa Zoro, who save it from being hit by Emperor Pilaf and Buggy's falling Tettiri Number 55 airship.
Video Game Appearances
- Dragon Ball: Shenron no Nazo
- Dragon Ball: Daimaō Fukkatsu
- Dragon Ball 3: Gokuden
- Dragon Ball Z: Kyōshū! Saiyan
- Dragon Ball Z II: Gekishin Freeza
- Dragon Ball Z: Super Saiya Densetsu
- Dragon Ball Z III: Ressen Jinzōningen
- Dragon Ball Z: Gekitō Tenkaichi Budōkai
- Dragon Ball Z
- Dragon Ball Z Side Story: Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans
- Cult Jump
- Dragon Ball Z: Super Butōden 2
- Dragon Ball Z: Buyū Retsuden
- Dragon Ball Z: Idainaru Son Goku Densetsu
- Dragon Ball Z: Goku Hishōden
- Super Gokuden series
- Dragon Ball Z 2: Super Battle
- Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Battle 22
- Dragon Ball Z: Goku Gekitōden
- Dragon Ball Z: Shin Butōden
- Dragon Ball Z: The Legend
- Dragon Ball Z: Collectible CD Picture Cards
- Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku
- Dragon Ball Z: Legendary Super Warriors
- Dragon Ball Z: Budokai
- Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku II
- Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 2
- Dragon Ball Z: Taiketsu
- Dragon Ball
- Dragon Ball Z: Supersonic Warriors
- Dragon Ball Z: Buu's Fury
- Dragon Ball: Advanced Adventure
- Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3
- Data Carddass Dragon Ball Z
- Dragon Ball Z: Sagas
- Jump Super Stars
- Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi
- Dragon Ball Z: Supersonic Warriors 2
- Super Dragon Ball Z
- Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2
- Dragon Ball Z: Battle Taikan Kamehameha 2 - Ossu Omee Gokū Tenkaichi Budōkai
- Dragon Ball Z: Bakuretsu Impact
- Dragon Ball Z: Harukanaru Densetsu
- Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3
- Dragon Ball Z: W Bakuretsu Impact
- Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit
- Dragon Ball: Origins
- Dragon Ball Z: Infinite World
- Dragon Ball Z: Dragon Battlers
- Dragon Ball Z: Attack of the Saiyans
- Dragon Ball: Revenge of King Piccolo
- Dragon Ball: Raging Blast
- Dragon Ball Online
- Dragon Ball: Origins 2
- Dragon Ball Heroes
- Dragon Ball Kai: Ultimate Butōden
- Dragon Ball: Zenkai Battle
- Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Tenkaichi
- Dragon Ball Z For Kinect
- Dragon Ball: Tap Battle
- Dragon Ball RPG: Shōnen-hen
- Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Z
- Dragon Ball Xenoverse
- Dragon Ball Discross
- IC Carddass Dragon Ball
- Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butōden
- Dragon Ball Z: Dokkan Battle
- Dragon Ball Fusions
- Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2
- Dragon Ball FighterZ
- Dragon Ball Legends
- Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot
- Dragon Ball: The Breakers
- Dragon Ball Super Divers
Live-action movies
Krillin does not appear in Dragonball Evolution but will appear in the live action Gintama 2: The Law is Surely There to be Broken.[1]
Voice Actors
- Japanese: Mayumi Tanaka, Aki Kanada (Mini; Daima)
- English:
- Harmony Gold dub: Wanda Nowicki (Mystical Adventure)
- Ocean Group dubs: Terry Klassen
- Funimation dub: Laurie Steele (kid/pre-teen), Sonny Strait (teen/adult)
- Blue Water dub: Mike Thiessen (DB), Dan Gascon (GT)
- AB Groupe dub: Sharon Mann
- Bang Zoom! dub: Brian Beacock (adult), Julie Maddalena (kid)
- Creative Products Corporation dub: Apollo Abraham
- Hebrew dub: Simcha Barbiro
- Spanish:
- Latin American Spanish dub: Ana María Grey (DB first dub), Rossy Aguirre (DB redub, DBZ ep. 1-60, child DBZ Kai, TFC, and DBS flashbacks), Eduardo Garza (rest of Frieza Saga, Cell Saga, DBZ Kai, and DBS), Luis Daniel Ramírez (Buu Saga, GT flashbacks), Alejandro Illescas (†) (GT)
- Castilian Spanish dub: Francesc Figuerola (DB ep. 14-26) (†), Ángeles Neira (DB ep. 27-153; DBZ, DBZ Kai, DBS, all movies), Alejandro Albaiceta (GT, except flashbacks)
- Catalan dub: Francesc Figuerola (DB ep. 14-26) (†); Marta Barbarà (Rest of DB, DBZ, and DBZ Kai); Carles di Blasi (GT)
- Valencian dub: Xus Romero; Marina Vinyals (Battle of Gods)
- Galician dub: Carolina Vázquez (DB ep. 14-26); Óscar Fernández (DB ep 27-153; DBZ; GT; DBZ Kai); Dámaso Domínguez (DBZ ep 237-243)
- Basque dub: Mikel Martínez (DBZ); Alazne Erdozia (2nd voice; DBZ); Kepa Cueto (GT); Josu Díaz (DBZ Kai)
- Portuguese:
- Brazilian Portuguese dub: Fábio Lucindo (most media), Thelma Lúcia (DB old dub), Alex Minei (DBZ Kai, TFC), Yuri Chessman (Battle of Gods - DVD dub)
- European Portuguese dub: Fernanda Figueiredo (DB, DBZ), João Loy (GT), Romeu Vala (DBS)
- German dub: Norman Matt (DB TV version), Wanja Gerick (DB movies, DBZ, & onward), Daniel Gärtner (DBZ Kai and DBS)
- Italian dub: Veronica Pivetti (DB ep.14-99), Marcella Silvestri (DB, DBZ Saiyan saga, Frieza saga, and Cell saga), Luigi Scribani (Buu saga and DBS),George Castiglia (Dynit dub child), Davide Lepore (Dynit dub adult), Leonardo Caneva (DBZ movie 14 & 15)
- Croatian dub: Lucija Barišić (DBZ)
- Hungarian dub: Péter Galambos (DB & GT), János Háda (DB), Zoltán Breyer (DB & DBZ)
- Indonesian dub: Hanis Ujang (†) (DB/DBZ (2nd voice), Indosiar), Ferry Kurniawan (DBZ (1st voice), Indosiar), Linda (DBZ movies), Iphie Lubis (DBZK, Indosiar), Violet Enoy (DB, Global TV), Hardi (DBS, RCTI)
- Arabic dub: Hanan Choucair (DB, DBZ episodes 1–53, DBZ Kai episodes 41–54) Amirah Hudhaifi (DBZ episodes 54–104, DBZ Kai episodes 1–40)
- Mandarin dub: Feng Yuwei (DB episode 105-present), Lü Peiyu (DBZ series - 1st dub), Fu Shuang (DBGT), Zheng Renjun (DBGT flashbacks), Cian Sin-Yu (DBZ Kai, DBS), Liu Ruping (Battle of Gods, Resurrection ‘F’)
- Cantonese dub: Au Sui Wah (DBZ), Lam Pou-chuen (DBGT), Yuan Shuzen (DBZ Kai), Phoebe Chow Yan Yan (DBS)
- Thai dub: Viphada Jatuyosporn (DB - DEX dub), Itthipol Mameket (DBZ, DBGT, DBZ Kai - DEX dub)
- Serbian dub: Dragan Vujić (Old Serbian dub)
- French dub: Claude Chantal (†) (DB and DBZ), Thierry Mercier (DBGT), Monique Nevers (DBZ Kai and DBS)
- Polish dub: Jacek Braciak (adult, movie 13), Grzegorz Borowski (adult, DBS, Super Hero), Dariusz Kosmowski (child, DBS)
- Tagalog dub: Apollo Abraham
- Greek dub: Maria Bonikou (kid; DB, DBZ eps. 38-40, 42, 56-59), Matina Karra (DB eps. 68, 84, 108, 125, 127-129, 132-136, 138-148, DBZ eps. 2-10, 14-23, 25-35, 41, 44-51, 54-55, 64-65, 80-81, 86-87, 101, 107, 109-110, 113-114, 179, 185-189, 192-193, 235, 237, 240-245, 278-281), Zoi Rigopoulou (DBZ eps. 60-63, 66-77), Chrysa Samara (DBZ eps. 78-79, 82-85), Maria Plakidi (DB eps. 61, 83, 104, 126, DBZ eps. 11-12, 22, 24, 36-37, 41, 43-44, 52-53, 88-96, 105, 108, 111-112, 115-178, 180-184, Super Hero), Chrysa Spilioti (DBZ eps. 190-191), Themis Psihogios (DBZ eps. 205, 208, 256-258, 284, 289), Yiannis Papaioannou (DBZ eps. 206, 209-214, 218-219, 235-236, 246-255, 259-260, 270, 272, 288, 291), Stelios Kalathas (DBZ eps. 215-216, 221, 238-239, GT, DB ep. 77 redub), Emi Stilianidou (GT ep. 55), Konstantina Koutsiou (DB Movies, DBZ Movies 1-9), Sotiris Laskaris (DBZ Movie 10), Panagiotis Tsitsas (DBZ Movie 11), Dimitris Antoniou (DBZ Movie 13), Pimis Petrou (DBS), Ifigenia Staikou (kid; DBS)
Battles
- Dragon Ball
- Krillin vs. Goku
- Krillin vs. Fighter 97
- Krillin vs. Great Lee
- Krillin vs. Bacterian
- Krillin vs. Master Roshi (Jackie Chun)
- Krillin vs. General Blue
- Krillin vs. Fangs the Vampire
- Krillin vs. Yamcha (Training, Anime only)
- Krillin vs. Chiaotzu
- Krillin and Goku vs. Master Shen and Tien Shinhan (Anime only)
- Krillin vs. Goku
- Krillin vs. Tambourine (Anime only, in the Manga he did get killed by him but it was never shown how)
- Krillin vs. Tien Shinhan (Anime only)
- Krillin vs. Piccolo
- Dragon Ball Z
- Krillin vs. Raditz
- Krillin vs. Tien Shinhan (anime only)
- Krillin vs. Mr. Popo (manga only)
- Krillin, Chiaotzu, Tien Shinhan, and Yamcha vs. Scarface and Shorty (anime only)
- Krillin vs. Yajirobe (anime only)
- Krillin, Piccolo, and Gohan vs. Saibamen (anime only)
- Krillin vs. Vegeta, Nappa and Saibamen
- Krillin, Piccolo, Tien Shinhan, Chiaotzu, and Gohan vs. Nappa
- Krillin and Piccolo vs. Nappa
- Krillin, Piccolo, and Gohan vs. Nappa
- Krillin, and Yajirobe vs. Vegeta (Great Ape)
- Krillin and Gohan vs. Vegeta
- Krillin and Gohan vs. Vegeta
- Krillin vs. Gohan (Image Training)
- Krillin and Gohan vs. Stone Giant (anime only)
- Krillin and Gohan vs. Sea Creatures (anime only)
- Krillin and Gohan vs. Raiti and Zaacro (anime only)
- Krillin and Gohan vs. Banan and Sūi
- Krillin and Gohan vs. Dodoria
- Krillin and Gohan vs. Guldo
- Krillin vs. Recoome
- Krillin and Gohan vs. Captain Ginyu (Goku's body)
- Krillin, Gohan, and Goku (Captain Ginyu's body) vs. Captain Ginyu (Goku's body)
- Krillin, Gohan, and Vegeta vs. Frieza (First Form) (anime only)
- Krillin vs. Frieza (Second Form)
- Krillin vs. Frieza (Second Form)
- Krillin, Gohan, and Vegeta vs. Frieza (Second Form) (anime only)
- Krillin, Piccolo and Gohan vs. Frieza (Final Form)
- Krillin vs. Yamcha (Infected) (anime only)
- Krillin vs. Master Roshi (Infected) (anime only)
- Krillin vs. Master Roshi (Infected) (anime only)
- Krillin vs. Mustard (anime only)
- Krillin vs. Garlic Jr. (anime only)
- Krillin vs. Vinegar (Super Vinegar) (anime only)
- Krillin, Piccolo, and Gohan vs. Garlic Jr. (Super Garlic Jr.) (anime only)
- Krillin and Gohan vs. Giant Eel (anime only)
- Krillin vs. Dr. Gero (Anime only)
- Krillin, Goku, Future Trunks, and Gohan vs. Android 17 and Android 18 (dream; anime only)
- Krillin vs. Cell (Imperfect Form) (Anime only)
- Krillin, Android 16 and Android 18 vs. Cell (Semi Perfect Form)
- Krillin vs. Cell (Semi Perfect Form)
- Krillin and Future Trunks (Super Saiyan Second Grade) vs. Cell (Perfect Form)
- Krillin vs. Yamcha (Anime only)
- Krillin vs. Cell Jr.
- Krillin, Yamcha, Tien Shinhan, Vegeta (Super Saiyan/Second Grade Super Saiyan),[2] Future Trunks (Super Saiyan/Second Grade Super Saiyan),[2] Goku (Super Saiyan Full Power), and Piccolo vs. Cell Juniors
- Krillin, Gohan (Super Saiyan 2), Piccolo, Tien Shinhan, and Yamcha vs. Cell (Super Perfect Form) (anime only)
- Krillin vs. Android 18 (Anime only)
- Krillin vs. Pintar
- Krillin, Goku, Vegeta, and Piccolo vs. Dabura
- Krillin vs. Goten (training; Anime only)
- Krillin vs. Super Buu (Anime only)
- Krillin vs. Yamcha (training; Anime only)
- Krillin vs. Kid Buu (Anime only)
- Krillin and Yamcha vs. Kid Buu (anime only)
- Dragon Ball Super
- Anime
- Krillin, Gohan, Piccolo, Master Roshi, Tien Shinhan, and Jaco vs. Frieza Force
- Krillin, Gohan, Piccolo, Master Roshi, and Tien Shinhan vs. Captain Ginyu (Tagoma's body)
- Krillin vs. Goku
- Krillin vs. Goku (Weighted Turtle Suit)
- Krillin and Goku (Base/Super Saiyan/Super Saiyan 3/Super Saiyan Blue) vs. Tambourine (illusion), King Piccolo (illusion), Vegeta (illusion), Nappa (illusion), Ginyu (illusion), Burter (illusion), Jeice (illusion), Recoome (illusion), Guldo (illusion), Frieza (Final Form) (illusion), Cell (Perfect Form) (illusion), Super Buu (illusion), Dabura (illusion), Raditz (illusion), Bulma (illusion), and Super Shenron (illusion)
- Krillin vs. Basil (Image Training)
- Krillin vs. Gohan
- Krillin and Android 18 vs. Goku (Base/Super Saiyan/Super Saiyan Blue)
- Krillin vs. Android 18
- Krillin, Gohan, Piccolo, Tien Shinhan, & Master Roshi (Base/Max Power) vs. Botamo, Lavender, Shosa, Comfrey, and Dercori
- Krillin, Gohan, Piccolo, Tien Shinhan, & Master Roshi vs. Dium
- Krillin, & Master Roshi (Max Power) vs.
- Krillin and Android 18 vs. Shosa
- Krillin and Android 18 vs. Majora
- Krillin vs. Majora
- Krillin vs. Frost (Final Form)
- Manga
- Krillin, Gohan (Potential Unleashed), Piccolo, Tien Shinhan, and Master Roshi vs. Auta Magetta
- Krillin vs. Frost (Final Form)
- Krillin vs. Yunba
- Krillin, Gohan (Potential Unleashed), Piccolo, and Jaco vs. Seven-Three, Shimorekka, and Yunba
- Krillin vs. Yunba
- Krillin and Master Roshi vs. Miza Iwaza Kikaza Fusion
- Krillin vs. Hachimaru
- Krillin, Piccolo (Potential Unleashed), Gohan (Super Saiyan), Android 18, Gotenks (Fat), Gamma 1, and Gamma 2 vs. Cell Max
- Krillin, Piccolo (Potential Unleashed/Orange Piccolo/Great Namekian), Gohan (Super Saiyan), and Gotenks (Fat) vs. Cell Max
- Krillin, Piccolo (Orange Piccolo; Great Namekian), Gohan (Super Saiyan), Android 18, Gotenks (Fat), and Gamma 1 vs. Cell Max
- Super Dragon Ball Heroes
- Anime
- Krillin vs. Android 17 (Sparring)
- Krillin vs. Tien Shinhan
- Manga
- Krillin and Hearts (Super Hearts) vs. Majin Ozotto South Supreme Kai (Clone), Majin Ozotto (West Supreme Kai) (Clone) and Majin Ozotto (North Supreme Kai) (Clone)
- Dragon Ball GT
- Krillin vs. Goku
- Films
- Krillin, Gohan, and Goku vs. Ebifurya and Kishime
- Krillin, Gohan, and Master Roshi vs. Dr. Kochin
- Krillin, Piccolo, Gohan, Goku, and Master Roshi vs. Dr. Wheelo
- Krillin, Gohan, and Piccolo vs. Dr. Wheelo
- Krillin vs. Amond
- Krillin, Piccolo, Yamcha, Tien Shinhan, and Chiaotzu vs. Turles
- Krillin vs. Lord Slug
- Krillin and Gohan vs. Salza
- Krillin, Piccolo, and Gohan vs. Cyclopian Guards
- Krillin and Gohan vs. Android 13 (Fusion)
- Krillin vs. Zangya
- Krillin and Gohan vs. Broly (Legendary Super Saiyan)
- Krillin and Android 18 vs. Bio-Broly
- Krillin, Goten (Super Saiyan), and Trunks (Super Saiyan) vs. Bio-Broly
- Krillin, Goku, Piccolo and Vegeta (Super Saiyan) vs. Frieza (Final Form)
- Krillin, Piccolo, Gohan, Master Roshi (Full Power), Tien Shinhan, and Jaco vs. Frieza Force
- Krillin, Gohan (Super Saiyan), Piccolo (Potential Unleashed), Android 18, Gamma 1, Gamma 2, and Gotenks (Fat Gotenks) vs. Cell Max
- Krillin, Piccolo (Potential Unleashed/Orange Piccolo/Great Namekian), Gohan (Super Saiyan), and Gotenks (Fat Gotenks) vs. Cell Max
- Krillin, Gotenks (Fat Gotenks), Android 18, and Gamma 1 vs. Cell Max
- 4-D attractions
- Krillin and Android 18 vs. Gohan (Great Saiyaman) vs. Piccolo
List of characters killed by Krillin
- Dragon Ball Z
- Saibamen - Killed three of them with his Scattering Bullet.
- Banan - Kicked in the face by Krillin, causing him to fall into a lake.
- Present Cell – Killed by Krillin and Future Trunks using the Burning Storm while he was still in larval form inside his test tube.
- Films
- Cyclopian Guards - Several of them were killed by Krillin, Piccolo, and Gohan.
Trivia
- In-universe, his name has been shown to be spelt as Kulilin.[3]
- Like most characters in the series, the name Krillin is a pun. In his case, its Japanese source, Kuririn, is made up of two parts. The first two syllables come from 栗 (kuri), which means "chestnut" in reference to his shaved head (the "chestnut" pun is also carried over to his daughter Marron). The second part of his name comes from 少林 (Shōrin; "Shaolin" in Chinese), as his early character designs were closely modeled on Shaolin monks. Other beliefs are that his name comes from kuri-kuri/kurin-kurin (an onomatopoeia for something cute and round), kuri-kuri shita me (meaning "big round eyes"), or the words kurikuri (which can mean "bald") and rin (a word added to the end of a name to make it sound cute). His English name, meanwhile, seems to be a play on "krill" (both a minuscule species of shrimp-like crustacean and the Swedish term for a small fry of fish) in reference to his diminutive stature.
- He has a blood type of A.[4]
- Krillin was introduced into the series due to Akira Toriyama's editor at the time, Kazuhiko Torishima, considering Goku too bland in personality, and wanted another character to make things more interesting.[5]
- In the poll of the top 20 best characters featured in the book Dragon Ball Forever, Krillin was voted number 7 by Japanese fans. He was the highest of the humans by a large margin.
- Krillin is the only person to come face to face with every form of each main villain in Dragon Ball Z (if filler is included). He was there when Vegeta first came, he went back to help Goku and saw his Great Ape form. He was there for all 5 of Frieza's forms (unless one counts his 100% state as a different form, and his Golden Frieza form), he tried to fight all forms of Cell, and he saw both of Garlic Jr.'s forms. He was there at the release of Fat Majin Buu, tried to fight Super Buu, and in filler, tried to fight Kid Buu. Although he did not see every absorption of Super Buu, those weren't really transformations but rather absorptions.
- Krillin breaks the fourth wall in Broly: The Second Coming by saying "None of you would have lasted a season without me!" Although he might have been referring to the weather seasons.
- Krillin appears on the cover art of the Voodoo Glow Skulls: Who Is, This Is album in his Battle Armor.
- In January 2007, Oricon conducted a poll in which they asked Japanese manga/anime fans which characters from any anime/manga they would most like to see in their own spinoff series; Krillin ranked third in the men's poll and sixth in the overall poll.[6]
- Krillin is one of the few characters who have broken the fourth wall in the manga. In his case, he suspects that the various sequences of Goten & Trunks performing the fusion dance are all photocopies of the same set of drawings due to how each set of panels appears to be identical.
- Krillin has died more times than any other character in the series, having been killed by Tambourine (in the original series), Frieza, Androids 17 and 18 (in Future Trunks's timeline), Super Buu, and Android 17 (in GT).
- In Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection ‘F’, when Bulma calls Krillin on his cellphone to inform him about Frieza's return, the ringtone that plays is We Are!, which is the original opening theme for the One Piece anime. This is likely a reference to Krillin's seiyū, Mayumi Tanaka's role voicing the One Piece series' main protagonist, Monkey D. Luffy. This also applies to the Funimation dub, where Krillin's voice, Sonny Strait, voices Usopp.
- It also appears in "episode 17" of Dragon Ball Super, when Gohan calls Krillin's cellphone.
- Krillin's hobby is karaoke.[7]
- Krillin's favorite food is Chinese buffet.[7]
- Krillin's favorite vehicle is a sports car.[7]
- Even though Toriyama designed Krillin for GT (giving him the moustache and grey hair like in the anime) the design he had differs from his GT one; in Toriyama's design, he has dungarees and a shirt, while, in the GT anime, he has an "old man" style suit with a tie.[8]
- Krillin is the strongest non-android earthling, excluding Uub.
- In Dragon Ball Z, the moxibustion burns on Krillin's head were no longer drawn after he had grown his hair out following Cell's defeat, despite the fact they were positioned on his forehead where hair would not grow over. This was retained for his appearances in Dragon Ball GT. In Dragon Ball Super, the burn marks are still visible on his forehead despite having his hair grown out.
References
- ↑ Gintama 2 "Dragon Ball Wind" trailer. youtube (August 7, 2018).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 In the manga, they were only Super Saiyan. However, the animators gave them grossly enlarged muscles in the anime, indicating that they might have been Super Saiyan Second Grade
- ↑ Dragon Ball chapter 247, "Planet Namek, Cold and Dark"
- ↑ Weekly Shōnen Jump, issue #37, 1986
- ↑ Daizenshuu 2, 1995
- ↑ Oricon: Fans Want L, Char Aznable Spinoffs. Anime News Network. Retrieved on January 8, 2007.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Dragon Ball: Super Exciting Guide, 2009
- ↑ Krillin's GT Design by Toriyama. kanzenshuu.