Master Roshi
Master Roshi is an anime and manga character who features in Dragon Ball.
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Biography
Dragon Ball
Master Roshi (Japanese: 武む天てん老ろう師し, Hepburn: Muten Rōshi, lit. "Old Heavenly Martial Arts Master") was a male human who was the younger brother of the Fortuneteller Baba (占うらないババ Uranai Baba) where in his youth around several centuries ago he came to be trained by the great Master Mutaito (武泰斗 Mutaito). He was noted as being the first on to climb the massive Korin Tower (カリン塔 Karin-tō) and came to be trained by the legendary Korin (カリン Karin). Whilst there, his training that he underwent involved trying to catch the wise cat who had incredible speed where it was said that he could drink from the Sacred Water (超聖水 Chōseisui, lit. "Super Holy Water") that could impart one incredible strength and speed. It took Roshi 3 years to be able to catch Korin where he drank the water but found it to be simple tap water as the true strength gained was from the training.
Prior to King Piccolo's rampage on Earth, Master Roshi was said to had been a rival of Master Shen with the two later becoming friends. Working together, they came to aid master Mutaito in his battle against King Piccolo though the three of them were no match against their foe. This led to Mutaito using his special Evil Containment Wave technique to seal the demonic foe away but died in the process. Roshi and Shen then threw his prison which was an electric rice cooker into the ocean with the intention that this would mean King Piccolo would never be released.
After his friend the Turtle had been lost for a whole year, Roshi is taken to the people who brought him back which are a boy named Goku and a girl named Bulma. Roshi ends up giving his Flying Nimbus to Goku and is surprised that he is pure-hearted and able to ride it. Roshi also gets to see under Bulma's nightgown in exchange for his Three-Star Dragon Ball. When returning to his house he sees that Emperor Pilaf and his minions have raided his house looking for the Dragon Ball which he gave away. While Pilaf and his minions ask for help to pushing his ship back in the water to catch them, Roshi pokes a hole in it causing Pilaf to sink to the bottom of the ocean. A few days later, Goku returns with the Ox-King's daughter Chi-Chi to borrow the Bansho Fan to put out the flames on Fire Mountain. Unfortunately for them, he threw it away when he accidentally got it messy from using it as a placemat, but decides to use Baby Gamera to fly over to Fire Mountain and put out the flames using the MAX Power Kamehameha in exchange to touch Bulma's breasts. When Roshi destroys the fire, he realizes that he accidentally put too much power into his Kamehameha and destroys Ox-King's entire castle. When he is finished putting out the flames he sees Goku deciding to try the Kamehameha on a car and destroys it. Being surprised that he can manage to do an attack that took him decades to master, Roshi decides to take Goku in as his student, after Goku is finished with his quest gathering the Dragon Balls.
When Goku returns to Roshi's house to start his training, Roshi has Goku find him a female companion. After Goku fails to find him an attractive woman, a former Orin Temple student named Krillin comes and requests to train under Roshi as well. After being bribed with Dirty Magazines, Roshi decides to allow him to train under him with Goku if they can bring him a beautiful girl. They eventually bring back a girl named Launch. Roshi packs up his house in a capsule and moves the ladder over to his special Training Island. He makes Goku and Krillin wear Turtle Shells as he puts them through tough and 'unique' physical training, which begins at 4:30 A.M. and includes early morning milk delivery, tilling land bare handed, construction work and even studying. After eight months have passed, Roshi brings them to Papaya Island to participate in the annual 21st World Martial Arts Tournament and test out their strength and skill. Master Roshi enters the tournament himself in disguise as Jackie Chun in order to make sure that his students will not win; he does this so that they will still feel challenged and will not become overconfident. Roshi easily wins the elimination rounds and is matched against Yamcha and defeats him with ease. Next, Roshi is matched with Krillin in the semi-final. Krillin distracts him by throwing panties into the arena, but Roshi still wins. When Goku beats Nam in his semi-final match, Roshi reads Nam's mind and helps him out by giving him a storage capsule to fill with free water for his village. In exchange, Roshi has Nam pose as Master Roshi in the crowd to convince Yamcha that Jackie Chun and Master Roshi are not the same person. Roshi fights Goku in the final match. When Goku looks at the full moon, he turns into a Great Ape, and Roshi is forced to destroy the moon with a Kamehameha to restore Goku back to his original form. When the fight restarts, Roshi and Goku charge at each other, both kicking each other in the face, but ultimately, Roshi just barely wins, as he has slightly more energy than Goku, and his legs are longer than Goku's, so his kick did more damage. Once the tournament is over, Roshi teaches Goku that there is always someone better out there and that he should never think of himself as the best. Having said this, Roshi decides that Goku should go out into the world and begin a journey of his own.
Dragon Ball Z
Five years later, Master Roshi was at his home when a reunion was held with Krillian, Bulma and Goku arriving to meet one another. He and the others were shocked though to find that Goku had a son over the years with the child being named Son Gohan. Their gathering was interrupted though by a warrior named Raditz who revealed that he was Goku's brother and they were both members of an alien species called Saiyans. He added that Gok had been sent to Planet Earth as a baby in order to wipe it of all life so that it could be sold to prospective clients. Master Roshi came to confirm part of this story as he revealed that Grandpa Gohan once told him a story on how he found Goku who emerged from an alien craft but came to bang his head leading to the child forgetting his past.
Dragon Ball Super
Overview
Personality and attributes
In appearance, Roshi was a male human who in his youth had black hair and was noted for being handsome at one point. By his latter years, he had become bald, sported a thick van dyke beard with him often wearing hs sunglasses, beach clothes, or martial arts suits. He came to be known as the Turtle Hermit (亀かめ仙せん人にん Kamesen'nin) where his fighting ability had led to him being called the God of Martial Arts (武道の神様 Budō no Kamisama). At the annual 21st World Martial Arts Tournament, he came to join the event as a contestant where he hid his true identity by using the name Jackie Chun.
He had consistently been depicted as a pervert who frequently flirted with or harassed physically attractive female characters.
Despite his lechery, cantankerousness and occasional whimsy or foolishness, he was often depicted as being wise and perceptive.
He had said that to become a master of martial arts one needed to break the wall of humanity with this being a challenge.
Roshi's Turtle Hermit way was said to teach a person to work hard, study well, and eat and sleep plenty. Its adherents were said to have to master the art of peace in addition to the art of war.
His students Gok and Krillin both came to show him that despite his old age he still had much to give to the world.
Powers and abilities
Master Roshi was born a human but came to be regarded as among the strongest in the history of his planet and the strongest fighter of his generation. He came to be trained in the martial arts by the legendary trainer Master Mutaito. It was shown that he could manipulate the power of ki and channel it to achieve various feats. Among these included using it for flight, speed and channelling it into various forms of energy attacks.
Among the techniques known to him included:
- Drunken Fist (酔拳 Suiken) :
- Rock, Scissors 'N' Paper (ジャン拳 Jan Ken) :
- Thunder Shock Surprise (萬ばん國こく驚びっ天くり掌しょう Bankoku Bikkuri Shō, lit. "Worldwide Surprise Palm") :
- Kamehameha (かめはめ波は Kamehameha) : a energy wave technique first developed by Roshi over a 50 year period and involved gathering all of the latent energy in the body and releasing all of it at once.
- Evil Containment Wave (魔封波 Mafūba, lit. "Demon Sealing Wave") : a sealing technique invented by Master Mutaito and one that Roshi came to learn as well.
He had the ability to greatly increase his energy. In this state, his appearance changed dramatically as it led to an an enormous increase in muscle mass and height. Despite the bulky state, his natural precision in battle meant that his speed and agility was not affected. In this state, he could perform many ki attacks at their maximum potential such as an enhanced version of the Kamehameha that was so powerful that it was able to destroy the moon. Roshi later embarked on secretly training to increase his power and began holding back his true strength,
Notes
- Master Roshi was created by Akira Toriyama and featured in the setting of Dragon Ball.
Alternate Versions
- In Dragon Ball GT, an alternate version of Master Roshi appeared in the setting set many years after the Majin Buu Saga.
In other media
Television
Films
- In Dragon Ball Evolution, Master Roshi appeared in the setting of the 2009 live-action film where he was portrayed by actor Chow Yun-fat.
Video games
- In Dragon Ball FighterZ, Master Roshi was introduced as a playable character in DLC for the fighting video game where he was voiced by Japanese actor Masaharu Sato and English actor Mike McFarland in the dub.
Appearances
- Dragon Ball:
- Dragon Ball Z:
- Dragon Ball Super:
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