Kuririn

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Kuririn
Dragon Ball character
Kuririn by Akira Toriyama
First appearance	Dragon Ball chapter #25 Dragon Ball episode #14
Last appearance	Dragon Ball chapter 519 Dragon Ball GT episode 64
Created by	Akira Toriyama
Voiced by	Japanese Mayumi Tanaka English Terry Klassen (Ocean Group) Laurie Steele (Funimation - child) Sonny Strait (Funimation - adult)
Profile
Aliases	Bongo (Harmony Gold dub)[1] Krillin Krillen Kurilyn
Gender	Male
Species	Earthling
Known relatives	No. 18 (wife)[2] Marron (daughter)[3] No. 17 (brother-in-law)

Kuririn (クリリン, Kuririn^?, Krillin in most English adaptations) is a fictional character in the Dragon Ball manga, authored by Akira Toriyama, and adapted to the Dragon Ball anime, Dragon Ball Z, and Dragon Ball GT.

Kuririn is introduced in Dragon Ball as a rival (and later friend) of the main character, Son Goku. Later in the series, he can also be seen to have a close relationship with Goku's child, Son Gohan. Kuririn eventually settles down and marries No. 18 after the cliff-hanger Cell Games to have a child named Maron.^[2]

Contents 1 Creation and conception 2 Appearance 3 Plot overview 4 Abilities 5 Video games 6 References 7 External links

[edit] Creation and conception

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[edit] Appearance

Kuririn's appearance stays relatively the same for the majority of the series. He is first introduced (Chapter 25) at the age of thirteen, with a shaved head and still dressed in the clothing worn at the monastery he had been training at. He does not possess a nose, and sports six incense burns on his forehead, a reference to the practice of Shaolin monks. After the end of the Cell Games Saga Kuririn stops shaving his head, and grows his hair out.^[4] His outfit also changes as the series progress. When he first appears in Dragon Ball, he wears the yellow-and-orange garb of a monk. Later, he wears the orange-red gi that is presented to both himself and Son Goku by Muten Roshi in honor of their first martial arts competition.^[5] Occasionally he is seen in casual clothes, but for the most part continues to dress for training or fighting at all times. At the end of Dragon Ball and the beginning of Dragon Ball Z, he is depicted wearing an orange gi of the same design.^[6] During the Freeza Saga, he wears Saiyan armor provided by prince Vegeta,^[7] but during the Cell Saga he returns to wearing the orange gi, accompanied by a blue short-sleeved undershirt and boots.^[8] Prior to the Majin Boo Saga, Kuririn opted to settle down with his new family, and allows his black hair to finally grow out. From this point on he is shown wearing a workout outfit consisting of a red short-sleeved shirt and brown drawstring pants.^[9] Finally, he is shown in GT sporting a moustache, wearing grey pants, shirt and tie with a cardigan in his few appearances.

[edit] Plot overview

Kuririn first appears in the original Dragon Ball series when he arrives at Muten-Roshi's island to become his apprentice. ^[10] Kuririn did this because he wanted to become a powerful fighter that could impress the ladies. Originally, Goku and Kuririn were rivals, with Kuririn using dirty tricks to outdo Goku during training, but eventually they become close friends. At finishing their training, Muten-Roshi has the two compete in the 21st Tenkaichi Budokai.^[11] Kuririn makes it to the semi-finals (after defeating Bacterian in the quarter finals), but is defeated by Jackie Chun, who was really Muten-Roshi in disguise, preventing his students from becoming arrogant with too many victories. Kuririn continues to train with Roshi while Goku is collecting the Dragon Balls and helps him retrieve one of them, at which point he fights General Blue. He also participates in Baba's tournament with Goku, Yamucha, Puar and Upa, but loses in the first fight to Fangs the Vampire.3 years later, Kuririn enters the 22nd Tenkaichi Budokai.^[12] Again he makes it to the semi-finals (defeating Chaozu) but loses to Goku. Soon after however, Kuririn is killed by a henchman of Piccolo Daimao known as Tambourine.^[13] After Goku defeats Piccolo Daimao, Kuririn is revived by the Dragon Balls. Another 3 years later, Kuririn enters the 23rd Tenkaichi Budokai.^[14] This time however, he only makes it to the quarter-finals, losing to Piccolo Junior.

At the beginning of Dragon Ball Z, Kuririn is of the few Z Fighters to survive the fight against Vegeta and Nappa during the battle he manages to kills three out of the six Saibaimen, and he travels with Son Gohan and Bulma to Planet Namek to use the Namekian Dragon Balls to revive their dead friends.^[15] Once there, they save Dende from death at the hands of Dodoria. After Dende learns of their cause, he leads Kuririn to Saichoro (Grand Elder) who unlocks Kuririn's hidden potential as well as giving the earthlings their first Namekian Dragon Ball. After a few close encounters with Vegeta, Kuririn and Gohan are forced to team up with him in order to fight the powerful Ginyu Special Corps, though they defeat Ghurd they still are defeated by ReaCoom. Luckily, Goku arrives and defeats the Corps with ease.^[16] Kuririn is shortly after involved in a battle with Commander Ginyu, who has taken over Goku's body, and together with Gohan deals him enough damage that Ginyu is forced to find a new strategy. A prominent episode that was heavily edited for North American broadcast featured Freeza, in his second form, impaling Kuririn through the chest and disposing of his body in a lake, leading to Gohan furiously attacking Freeza and nearly being killed. However, Dende was able to heal Kuririn, who launched a surprise attack and severed Frieza's tail. Later in the saga, they thought Freeza to be defeated by Goku's enormous Genki Dama, Freeza reappeared and used his abilities to lift Kuririn high into the air and detonate him from the inside, killing him instantly. His death enrages Goku, causing him to become a Super Saiyan, and from there, defeat Freeza.^[17] Kuririn is later revived by the Namekian Dragon Balls.

During the Garlic Jr Saga (anime only), Kuririn plays a lead role along with Gohan and Piccolo. He introduces his first girlfriend, 'Maron'. When everyone is affected by the Aquamist, only Kuririn, Gohan, Piccolo, Maron, Kami, Mr Popo, Yajirobe, Korin and Haiya Dragon are unaffected. Gohan and Kuririn lead an assault on Garlic Jr and the Spice Boys for the Ultra Holy Water, the only cure. Kuririn faces Tarudo and protects Gohan from an attack by Zald, causing Gohan's anger level to rise, resulting in the deaths of Zald and Tarudo. Piccolo, now affected by the Aquamist, bites Kuririn and both begin to attack Gohan. However, this was a staged diversion to free Kami and Mr Popo. Kuririn and Gohan fight Gayishu and Vinaiga and they are quickly dispatched. Together with Piccolo, they then fight Garlic Jr long enough for Kami to release the ultra holy water. His plans foiled, Garlic Jr re-opens the Dead Zone only to be sucked in again. After the fight and a failed effort to propose, Kuririn decides to break up with Maron, considering himself to be not good enough for her.

During the Artificial Human Saga, Kuririn trains for the three years and is on the front lines in all the fighting, tagging Dr Gero to his base and reporting it to the Z Fighters. When the Artificial Humans, #16, #17 and #18 are released he stays out of the fight due to fear. He becomes infatuated with the female #18 which causes him to resist deactivating her with a controller Bulma created, though because of this, regardless of his efforts, Cell is able to absorb her and achieve his perfect form.^[18] Kuririn is the first to face Cell in his perfect form and is defeated with one kick. He later participates in the Cell Games, a martial arts tournament created by Cell for entertainment, and fights one of the Cell Juniors who attack the Z Fighters, though he is easily beaten. He is saved from the Cell Juniors by Gohan who achieves Super Saiyan 2.^[19] In the final beam struggle between Gohan and Cell, Kuririn, Tenshinhan, Yamucha, Piccolo and Vegeta try to help him. Kuririn uses the second wish to remove the bomb from No. 18.

By the time of the Majin Boo Saga, Kuririn has quit fighting and married #18, and has a daughter named Marron.^[20] However, after learning of Goku's return from the Afterlife to compete in the 25th Tenkaichi Budokai, he decides to also participate (after 18 orders him). After Kaioshin enlists the Z Fighters to help him defeat the wizard Babidi, Kuririn joins them, but is turned into stone by Dabura, along with Piccolo.^[21] He is later released after Dabra is killed by Majin Boo. Kuririn is later turned into chocolate and eaten by Super Boo, losing his life for the third time.^[22] While in other world, Kuririn, Pauhikan, Olibu and Yamucha fight Kid Boo to no avail and are almost destroyed by Kid Boo. During Goku and Vegeta's fight against Kid Boo, Kuririn is brought back to life by the Namekian Dragon Balls and gives his energy to Goku's Genki-Dama, which is used to destroy Boo and return the world to peace.^[23]

His role in GT is minimal with a brief cameo in the Baby Saga. In the Super Artificial Human #17 arc, he is killed by Artificial Human #17. He is revived by Shen Long after the defeat of Yi Xing Long and has a match with Goku, which he wins.

Kuririn is seen in 2 of the Dragon Ball films, 12 of the Dragon Ball Z films, is seen briefly in the History of Trunks TV special and is shown in the Bardock TV special through flashbacks of Goku and Kuririn's training with Muten Roshi.

[edit] Abilities

Kuririn has many abilities including, super-strength, super-speed, and the ability to fly using his chi energy, also known as Bukujutsu. His main techniques include the Kamehameha, an attack he learned from Muten Roshi, which enables him to emit a powerful chi energy blast from his hands.^[24] Kakusandan, another chi attack, involves firing two blasts, one from each hand, and merging them before directing the blast above an opponent where it will break up and rain down on them, he was only seen using this twice the first time was very successful as he managed to wipe out three Saibamen with it. He has also been known to use the Tsuihikidan double-chi-blast attack. From Tenshinhan, he obtained the Taikyoken, an attack Kuririn is capable of using to blind his opponents, sometimes used to make a quick escape.^[25] A technique unique to him is the Kienzan (which is also known as the "Destructo Disc") , which he does by putting his hand in the air and creating an electric floating disc, using it to slice through his enemies, he only managed to successfully do this to an enemy three times, first when he cuts off Frieza's tail, when he cuts off Bio Broly's head and also when attempting to protect his family and friends from Boo. Kuririn can easily manipulate his energy which allows him to maneuver at high-speeds as shown in his fight with Piccolo Daimaoh, the Saibaimen and against Garlic Jr. Kuririn has also used the Zanzoken after-image evasion technique, but on only two occasions in the anime version. In the anime filler, Kuririn is also shown using the Multi-Form technique during the fight with Nappa.

[edit] Video games

Kuririn is a playable character in:

Dragon Ball

• Advanced Adventure

Dragon Ball Z

• Buyū Retsuden
• Ultimate Battle 22
• Legendary Super Warriors
• Taiketsu
• Super Dragon Ball Z
• Sagas
• Harukanaru Densetsu (card only)

As well as all of the Supersonic Warriors, Shin Budokai, Budokai and Tenkaichi video game series. He is also in the game Burst Limit as both a playable character and support character.

This only includes games from the Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, Nintendo Gamecube, Nintendo Wii, Playstation, Playstation 2, Playstation 3, Playstation Portable, Xbox and Xbox 360.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Profile at http://www.absoluteanime.com/

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