Pikkon

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"He's either a fighting genius...or a total fool."
— Pikkon talking about Goku in "Final Round"

Pikkon, known as Paikuhan (パイクーハン, Paikūhan) in the original Japanese version, is a fighter of the Other World who first appears as the main fighting antagonist of the Other World Saga. He does not appear in the original Dragon Ball manga. Acting as a substitute for Piccolo in terms of appearance, role, and personality, he is introduced in the filler episodes of Dragon Ball Z, and later appears in Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn.

Concept and creation[]

Pikkon(SGD) — Pikkon concept art (*Son Goku Densetsu*)

It is stated on the Pikkon concept art by Akira Toriyama that Pikkon is a Piccolo-type character. There are even memos left for the anime's production staff that say, "use Piccolo as a reference for the facial expressions."^[4]

Appearance[]

PikkonGrandKaisPlanet — Pikkon's physical similarities to Piccolo can clearly be seen

Pikkon is a tall (a few inches taller than Goku), humanoid, muscular, green warrior. He has thick pink lips with big red irises with black pupils, no visible nose, and a pronounced hairless brow. His head is bald with black spots atop it and flat, square-shaped ears.

PikkonDBZ — Pikkon without his weighted clothing

He wears a long, blue-sleeved shirt with white gi pants secured with a red sash and brown boots with beige footing. Normally, to intensify his training, he dons extra garbs of extremely weighted clothing. This includes white robes secured with a brown belt with a golden circle in the middle, and a tall turban-like hat that has a matching golden circle in the middle with a long flowing white bandana over it.

Personality[]

Pikkon is a very wise fighter. He uses this to his advantage by planning out attacks. Pikkon even goes as far to correct Goku on his "sloppy" dodging and inability to concentrate, offering advice even in battle. When he first appears, he hardly speaks a word, but later opens up during his bout against Goku. Pikkon has heroic characteristics similar to Goku's, and fights for the good. Goku compares his personality to that of Piccolo, and even states that Pikkon and Piccolo would "get along great". In Fusion Reborn, he is seen becoming jealous when Goku gets to battle Janemba and he does not. He is also seen just as impatient when he asks Janemba where he came from, and he is shown to get quite angry when things do not go his way (an example being him yelling while trying to get the barrier encased around the Check-In Station to break).

Biography[]

Background[]

Pikkon was once a fighter who lived in an unknown location in the West Quadrant of the universe. After dying a heroic unknown death, Pikkon was permitted to journey to the planet of West Kai, where he trained hard and became West Kai's best student.

Dragon Ball Z[]

Majin Buu Saga[]

PikkonPose — Pikkon at the Other World Tournament

Pikkon is seen shortly after Goku and King Kai arrive for a meeting with Grand Kai, at the same time as Pikkon and West Kai, who is then revealed to be on bad terms with King Kai. After an argument in which West Kai suggests that Goku and Pikkon have a sparring match, Grand Kai appears and asks Pikkon and Goku to go to Hell and take care of a few deceased villains who are causing trouble down there, namely Frieza, King Cold, Cell, Recoome, Burter, Jeice, and Guldo. In Hell, Goku defeats the Ginyu Force and Pikkon easily defeats Frieza, King Cold, and Perfect Cell, impaling them on a huge ball of spikes and putting all of them into a spirit prison.

Later on, after Goku and Pikkon have struck up a friendship, an Other World Tournament is held in honor of King Kai's death. Eventually, Goku and Pikkon make it to the final round and battle it out ferociously for the prize: a private lesson with the Grand Kai. As the battle goes on, Pikkon seems to have the upper hand, but Goku finally finds the weakness of Pikkon's Thunder Flash Attack and uses it against him, knocking Pikkon out of the ring with his Instant Kamehameha. However, both Goku and Pikkon are disqualified due to having touched the roof of the arena earlier on, though it's hinted Grand Kai just said this because both Pikkon and Goku were stronger than him. Pikkon still says that he is going to train to defeat Goku someday, just as Piccolo once did.

Pikkon laughs at Kid Buu — Pikkon risks his existence by taunting Kid Buu

After Super Buu appears and starts a killing spree on Earth, Krillin and Yamcha are sent to Grand Kai's Planet for special training, where they meet Pikkon and other deceased fighters. When Kid Buu travels to Grand Kai's planet during his search for Goku and Vegeta, Pikkon approaches the mute monster and makes taunting remarks about him, not knowing about the terrible Buu and unknowingly risking his entire existence. Just as Kid Buu prepares to destroy the planet with a Shocking Ball, Pikkon and the others are saved at the last minute when Kid Buu teleports himself to the Sacred World of the Kai, having finally found Goku's and Vegeta's ki. Through the duration of the battle in the Sacred World of the Kais, Pikkon looks on with the other dead warriors as the incredible final battle gets underway.

Super Dragon Ball Heroes[]

Supreme Kai of Time Saga[]

An incarnation of Pikkon appears as one of the summoned heroes during the final battle against Dark King Demigra and his army of villains, flying in to knock Fin away from Hit with a powerful punch.

After Demigra is defeated, his summoned warriors are returned to their own Space-Times. As the tournament continues, Pikkon battles against Piccolo.

Demon Invader Saga[]

In one particular Space-Time, Pikkon is absorbed by Majin Ozotto.^[5]

Film appearances[]

Fusion Reborn[]

Pikkon defeats Arqua and makes it to the final in the Other World Tournament. When he is about to face Goku, their fight is interrupted by the emergence of the demon Janemba, who has trapped King Yemma and made almost the entire Other World into a field of crystal jellies. When Goku and Pikkon are sent to investigate, they come face to face with Janemba (in his first form) after failing to destroy King Yemma's entrapment. While Goku lures Janemba away, Pikkon attempts several times to free King Yemma with his strongest energy blasts, but to no avail, until King Yemma's complaints push Pikkon over the edge and force him to throw an insult at King Yemma, causing the jelly to crack. From then on, Pikkon uses his frustration to come up with more insults and crack the trap even more.

"You're part of that insidious barrier, aren't you? Which means you must have the same weakness... DISGUSTING FREAK!!"
— Pikkon to Janemba

200px-PikkonJanemba — Pikkon stalls Janemba

Eventually, Pikkon realizes that the only way to free King Yemma is to defeat Janemba, so he goes to aid Goku and a recently arrived Vegeta in the battle against Janemba. Pikkon arrives just when Goku and Vegeta attempt to fuse. He faces Janemba by himself, and even manages to wound Janemba, cracking his armor by insulting him (due to Janemba being made of exactly the same substance as the jelly) and hitting him with a few ki blasts; however, Pikkon is quickly defeated by Janemba (who materializes behind him and slams his fists into the sides of Pikkon's head). Luckily, Pikkon's efforts bought Goku and Vegeta enough time to fuse successfully and form the fearsome Gogeta, who effortlessly destroys Janemba and restores the natural order of the Other World. Pikkon is last seen commenting on Gogeta's incredible appearance before falling unconscious.

Power[]

Anime

Pikkon is the strongest warrior in the history of Universe 7's West Galaxy. Even with his extremely heavy weighted clothing on, he showed no noticeable diminishment in his natural performance. His prowess was asked for personally by Grand Kai to take care of the villains' rebellion in Hell. Without asking for any information on the foes, he calmly rushed to his assignment and swiftly defeats the strongest of enemies, knocking out Frieza and King Cold each with one hit, and similarly defeating Cell in two blows.

During the Other World Tournament, Pikkon was able to easily advance to the finals, defeating Olibu, one of the North Galaxy's strongest warriors, with only minor difficulty. In the finals against base Goku, Pikkon remained virtually unfazed by Goku's initial assault. Once Goku fought seriously and his strength proved slightly ahead of Pikkon in his restrained state, he removed his weights, prompting Goku to use Super Saiyan. Despite Goku's large power increase, the two warriors were on par with another (although Pikkon's profile in Dragon Ball: Raging Blast 2 stating that Pikkon had the upperhand), and he was able to withstand Goku's Super Kaio-ken. As noted by Goku, Pikkon is a very efficient warrior with virtually no blind-spots. This forced Goku to feign defeat long enough to catch Pikkon off-guard to finally eliminate the mighty warrior.

Super Dragon Ball Heroes

In the Supreme Kai of Time Saga, Pikkon was able to knock Fin away from Hit with a single punch.

Films

In Bio-Broly, Pikkon was called for to aid Goku in detaining the rampaging Broly in Hell, showing that the gods had faith in his might against the Legendary Super Saiyan.

In Fusion Reborn, Pikkon is completely outclassed when faced against Janemba, being flicked away by Janemba in his first form and nearly killed with one blow by Super Janemba. By comparison, Super Saiyan 3 Goku beat Janemba's first form with a few blows and put up a fight against Super Janemba.

Video Games

In Dragon Ball Heroes, during the Reborn Broly Saga, Super Pikkon was comparable to Super Saiyan 4 Goku and Super Saiyan 4 Vegeta.

In Xenoverse 2 with the assistance of the Time Patrol, Pikkon is able to hold his own against Golden Frieza, Legendary Super Saiyan Broly, Dabura, and Kid Buu (after he is killed by Goku but before his reincarnation into Uub, with Pikkon noting he is stronger than when they fought on Grand Kai's planet). When revived during the Tournament of Power, Pikkon with assistance of the Time Patrol is able to hold his own against Super Saiyan Cabba, Final Form Frost, Hit, Super Saiyan Kefla, Ribrianne, Jiren, and Destroyer Form Top. He is also able to hold his own against the Time Patrol, SSGSS Kaio-ken Goku, and Golden Frieza if he has more than 10% health after Jiren and Destroyer Form Top are defeated.

Abilities[]

Flight – The ability to fly through the use of ki.
Ki Blast – The most basic form of energy wave.
Burning Shoot – As he shouts, "Don't run!", Pikkon charges at the opponent and uppercuts them up into the air. Then, he powers a flaming aura around his body and charges up in the air at the opponent to kick them away. Finally, Pikkon charges after the opponent and backhand slaps them down to the ground, inflicting a massive amount of damage.
Hyper Tornado – First, Pikkon powers up and rotates his body at high speed until he appears as a tornado. Then, the base of the tornado drills down to the opponent and traps them in the tornado. This allows Pikkon to be able to attack the trapped opponent while the latter is incapable of fighting back. The air speed is so fast that it creates blades of wind capable of cutting into flesh.
- I won't let you! – Pikkon moves quickly, causing a whirlwind, to get directly in front of his opponent. Used in Dragon Ball: Zenkai Battle
Kiai – It is a technique where the user affects the air currents around him with ki to produce powerful shockwaves in order to strike the opponent.
Homing Energy Wave – A move where Pikkon fires a Ki Blast that targets his enemy. He used it against Goku in the episode "Final Round".

PikDoubleBlast — Pikkon's Double Energy Wave

Double Energy Wave – A technique used against Goku in the episode "Final Round".
Continuous Energy Bullet – Used against Goku in the episode "Final Round".
Nova Strike-like attack – Pikkon surrounds his body in a blue sphere of energy and charges at the opponent using the blue sphere as a shield. He used an attack similar to Frieza's Nova Strike in a Energy Clash against Super Saiyan Goku.
Blazing Zephyr – First, Pikkon hook kicks the opponent away. Then, he follows them to knock them away with a roundhouse kick, inflicting a high amount of damage.
Flawless Stance - Pikkon sways his arms around his body as he produces a blue flame-like aura that reduces the amount of Ki required to perform his Thunder Flash Attack while at the same time enhancing its power.
- Thunder Flash Attack – First, Pikkon sways his arms around his body as he produces a blue flame-like aura. Then, he draws his hands out to his sides and closes them into fists as he crosses his arms on his chest. Finally, Pikkon draws his fists together in front of him and fires a huge storm of flames at the opponent, inflicting a massive amount of damage through a fiery explosion. It is a technique that appears to require a heavy amount of focus, as Pikkon must maintain his position in order to perform it.
Namekian Final Flash – Pikkon first flies into the sky, widens his eyes, and then charges a very powerful energy blast from his right palm.
Super Kick - A kick Pikkon uses against Super Saiyan Goku, who blocks it during their battle in the sky. Named in the Dragon Ball Z Collectible Card Game.
Voltage Missile – Pikkon charges a yellow energy sphere with both hands to his left side and then fires it from both hands.
Super Energy Bomb – Pikkon charges a green energy sphere in his hand and hurls it at the target, inflicting a great deal of damage.
Trap Shooter – The user draws their right hand back and charges a green or yellow energy sphere. Then, they wave their hand forward and fire several, compact, powerful energy sphere bullets that follow the opponent's movements, inflicting considerable damage.
No Running – As he says, "You won't get past me", Pikkon jumps to hook kick the opponent from above. Then, he hits them with a Kiai and jumps to fire a Trap Shooter at the opponent, inflicting a high amount of damage.
Hi-Tension – One of Pikkon's Blast 1 in the Budokai Tenkaichi series and in Dragon Ball: Raging Blast 2.
Wild Sense – One of Pikkon's Blast 1 in the Budokai Tenkaichi series and in Raging Blast 2.
Quick Rush - Pikkon's signature attack in Raging Blast 2.
Scatter Shot - One of Pikkon's Special Moves in Dragon Ball Fusions.
- Super Scatter Shot - A stronger version of Scatter Shot that appears as one of Pikkon's Special Moves in Dragon Ball Fusions.
  - Full Power Scatter Shot - A full power version of Scatter Shot even stronger than Super Scatter Shot. One of Pikkon's Special Moves in Dragon Ball Fusions.
EX-Fusion - An unnatural Fusion technique created by Capsule Corporation through Bulma's development of the Metamo-Ring.
Reverse Mabakusenko - One of Pikkon's Ultimate Skills in Xenoverse 2 as part of the Legendary Pack 1 DLC.
Pride of the West Quadrant - A supportive technique used by Pikkon (DBL24-15S) as his Special Quirk Skill Arts for his Weighted Clothing "base form" in Dragon Ball Legends.

Agile Style

DB Legends Pikkon (DBL24-15S) Thunder Flash (Agile Style Special Move Arts - Character Illustration) — Alternate Character Illustration of Pikkon (DBL24-15S) in his Agile Style form in *Dragon Ball Legends*

By removing his Weighted Clothing, Pikkon's power level and agility increases due to him being unburdened by the extra weight allowing him to fight seriously using a more Agile fighting style hence its name. In Dragon Ball Legends, Agile Style appears as a "transformation" for Pikkon (DBL24-15S).

Super Pikkon

Super Pikkon (スーパーパイクーハン, Super Pikkon) is a state taken on by Pikkon in Dragon Ball Heroes after training with King Kai^[6]. The only notable physical difference in this form are the lines under his eyes. In this state Pikkon's attire changes to clothing similar to his master West Kai's, with cloth over his mouth. Unlike his normal form, he does not have a halo over his head, implying that he was resurrected.

In the Jaaku Mission 7 animated trailer's portrayal of the Reborn Broly Saga, Super Pikkon arrives to block Super Saiyan 4 Broly's attack on Goku, and then he and the others attack the Legendary Super Saiyan together.

Picohan

Piccon — Picohan in *Dragon Ball Fusions*

The EX-Fusion Pikkon and Piccolo who was introduced in Dragon Ball Fusions.

Weighted Clothing - Like Piccolo, Pikkon normally wears Weighted Clothing which he only removes when fighting seriously.
Metamo-Ring - A device invented by Bulma during the Timespace Tournament that allows two people wearing them to perform EX-Fusion while performing the Fusion Dance. Used by Pikkon to perform EX-Fusion with either Piccolo or Tekka.

Video Game Appearances[]

Raging Blast 2 - Pikkon — Pikkon as he appears in *Raging Blast 2*

Pikkon is an assist character in Extreme Butōden.

Pikkon debuted in the opening trailer of Jaaku Mission 7 with Updated Clothing helping in the fight against Super Saiyan 4 Broly.

XV2 - Thunder Flash Attack — Pikkon performing Thunder Flash in *Xenoverse 2*

In Xenoverse 2, while Pikkon didn't initially appear, his weighted training clothes appear as clothing options under the name Pikkon's Clothes and his hat appears as an accessory under the name Pikkon's Hat. As part of the Legendary Pack 1 DLC, Pikkon appears as a playable character. Additionally, his future counterpart makes an appearance in the game's Legendary Pack 1 story. During New Parallel Quest 145: "Other World Challenger", a Halo-less Pikkon appears as an NPC supporter and as an enemy if the Ultimate Finish requirements are met by keeping Pikkon's health over 10%.

Voice Actors[]

Japanese: Hikaru Midorikawa
English:
- Ocean Group dubs: Brian Drummond
- Funimation dub: Kyle Hebert
Italian dub: Pino Pirovano
Spanish:
- Latin American Spanish dub: Enrique Mederos (†)
- Castilian Spanish dub: Juanma Nogales (DBZ), Alejandro Albaiceta (Fusion Reborn)
Galician dub: Xesús Iglesias
Catalan dub: Carles di Blasi (DBZ Ep. 281)
Valencian dub: Allfred Pico
Portuguese:
- Brazilian Portuguese dub: Marcelo Pissardini (DBZ); Fábio Moura (Fusion Reborn)
- European Portuguese dub: Joaquim Monchique
French dub: Frederic Bouraly
Polish dub: Sebastian Konrad (Fusion Reborn), Miłosz Majchrzak (DBZ Kai)
Hebrew dub: Yoav Bar Lev
Greek dub: Stelios Kalathas (DBZ eps. 195-199), Yiannis Papaioannou (DBZ eps. 278-279), Dimitris Papadatos (redub of DBZ ep. 197), Dimitris Antoniou (Fusion Reborn)

Battles[]

Dragon Ball Z

Pikkon vs. Cell (Perfect Form), Frieza (Final Form), and King Cold (anime only)
Pikkon vs. Other World Fighter (anime only)
Pikkon vs. Olibu (anime only)
Pikkon vs. Torbie (anime only)
Pikkon vs. Goku (Base/Super Saiyan/Super Kaio-ken) (anime only)
Pikkon and Olibu vs. Kid Buu (anime only)

Super Dragon Ball Heroes
Anime

Pikkon vs. Piccolo

Films

Pikkon vs. Arqua
Pikkon vs. Goku
Pikkon vs. Janemba (Super Janemba)

Trivia[]

Pikkon's name is a based on the food, pecans. However, his original Japanese name, Paikū Han, literally means "Pork-Rib Rice." It is based on the Taiwanese dish Páigǔ fàn (排骨飯). His name is pronounced differently in the two English dubs of the anime. In the Ocean Group dubs, the "i" in his name is pronounced like "EE" while in the Funimation dub, the "i" is pronounced like "eye."
Pikkon was the first major Dragon Ball character Kyle Hebert played.
Despite the Other World Saga being omitted from Dragon Ball Z Kai: Final Chapters, Pikkon still appears in the Kid Buu Saga along with West Kai and Olibu.
In June 2017, a V-Jump survey was conducted before the anime adaptation of the Tournament of Power began and Pikkon was voted by Japanese fans as the one they'd like to see as a replacement for Good Buu as the tenth member to represent Team Universe 7.^[7]
- In Xenoverse 2, there is a Parallel Quest where the Time Patrol assist Pikkon after he suddenly finds himself as a member of Team Universe 7 during an altered version of the Tournament of Power.

Gallery[]

References[]

↑ Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai, 2006
↑ Dragon Ball Collectible Card Game, 2000
↑ Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2, 2016
↑ Son Goku Densetsu. daizex (October 3, 2003).
↑ Super Dragon Ball Heroes: Meteor Mission! chapter 5, "Ozotto's Palace"
↑ Super Dragon Ball Heroes: World Mission, 2019
↑ Animedia, September 2017 issue.

Site Navigation[]

[1] Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai, 2006

[2] Dragon Ball Collectible Card Game, 2000

[XV2-3] Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2, 2016

[4] Son Goku Densetsu. daizex (October 3, 2003).

[5] Super Dragon Ball Heroes: Meteor Mission! chapter 5, "Ozotto's Palace"

[SDBHWM-6] Super Dragon Ball Heroes: World Mission, 2019

[7] Animedia, September 2017 issue.

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