Piccolo

Japanese Names: Pikkoro (ピッコロ)Name Pun: PiccoloFUNimation Name: Piccolo Silver Shenron Name: PiccoloOther Names: Big Green, Junior (Jr.), Ma Junior, Majunior, Green ManRace: NamekianHeight: 7'4" / 226 cm (adult)Weight: 255 lbs. / 116 cm (adult)Birth Year: Age 753 Death Year: Age 762 (revived), Age 767 (Trunks/Cell universe, virus), Age 774 (revived), Age 789 (final time)Hobbies: meditating in quiet places Favorite Food: water (particularly the thawed ice water in the north area) Favorite Vehicle: N/AFirst Appears: Chapter 135 [Manga], Episode 133 [Anime, DB]Appearances: DB, DBZ, DBGTSeiyuu: Hiromi Tsuru (Chibi) and Toshio Furukawa (Teen/Adult) Voice Actor: Daveigh Chase (Chibi) and Christopher R. Sabat (Teen/Adult) Named Piccolo Jr. or Ma Junior, he is the reincarnation and the last son of Piccolo Daimao, who died at the hands of Son Goku's attack. Piccolo spent the next three years in intensive training, preparing himself for the 23rd Tenkaichi Budokai where he knew Goku would be a contestant, with the intent to kill him and realize his father's dream of taking over the world. In the end, Piccolo lost narrowly to Goku, but was shown mercy as Goku gave him a Senzu Bean, which fully healed him instantly. Piccolo held little gratitude for this act though, and promised to continue his quest to destroy Goku and take over the world before he left. In the fight with Raditz, he joined up with Goku and was barely successful in crushing Raditz with a Makankosappo. After that, he trains Goku's son, Son Gohan, in preparation to battle the Saiyans who would be arriving in a year. In the beginning he said he was going to make Gohan into an evil demon, but before long they formed a teacher-student relationship. In the fight with Vegeta and Nappa, he sacrificed his own life to protect Gohan. After that, Piccolo protects the Earth's peace along with Goku and friends On Namek, he shows an intelligent side when he suggested reviving him with a wish to revive Kami-sama of Earth. After that he merges with Nail and gains powers that exceed Freeza's second form. Even later, he merged with Kami-sama, becoming a Super Namekian. He ended up usually fighting formidable enemies together with Goku. He is one of the Earth's first-rate warriors. After merging, he fights Imperfect Cell and Jinzoningen #17, and has gained enough power to overwhelm his opponents from beginning to end, but afterwards was almost killed by Cell after Cell powered up by absorbing life extract. During the battle with Dabra, he was turned to stone before he could fight. During the battle with Majin Buu he was absorbed along with Gotenks.After being rescued by Goku and Vegeta (as Vegito, who was purposely absorbed by Buu to free the others), Piccolo was then destroyed along with Goten, Gohan, and Trunks when Kid Buu (the original Buu) blew up the Earth. Piccolo was soon revived, along with the Earth and all its inhabitants, by wishes granted by Polunga. He then gave his energy to help form a Genki-Dama being created by Goku to finish off Kid Buu after receiving Vegeta's planet-wide message, broadcasted by Kaio-sama.

Near the end of the series, he is seen at a party at Bulma's house sometime after the battle with Kid Buu. Piccolo's last action in the series was, along with most major characters, to attend the 28th Tenkaichi Budokai ten years after the Kid Buu saga and witness the emergence of Uub, the good, human reincarnation of Kid Buu.

Five years later, Piccolo detects the evil presence of Bebi after he possesses Goten and then shows up briefly after Bebi transfers bodies to Gohan. On arrival though, he is quickly blasted by the possessed Super Saiyan Gohan's Kamehameha, but survives the attack. He does not appear again until later  when he saves a young boy who was left behind during the evacuation of Earth, as it was about to explode. When Goku returns to teleport both Piccolo and the boy away, Piccolo gives him the energy he needs to do so, but remains behind.

The reason for the Earth's destruction was due to the Black Star Dragon Balls, artifacts made by Kami-sama before he split with Piccolo Daimao; by Piccolo's sacrifice, the Black Star Dragon Balls would be turned eternally to stone due to being not worth of using them. His last moments show him having a telepathic farewell conversation with Gohan before dying again in the explosion on Earth. He does not wish to be brought back to life, so the Earth can be at peace from the Black Star Dragon Balls. Enma-Daio sent him to Heaven instead. Later, Piccolo starts blasting Heaven, so that Enma-Daio is forced to send him to Hell, where he and Dende can create a gateway between Earth and Hell that allows Goku to make it back and fight Super 17.

In the end, his ally, Son Goku goes to Hell to say good-bye, and promising to get him back into Heaven, where he rightfully belongs. Ironically, Piccolo seems to have become a protector of Hell, as we see him defeat a giant monster who was causing trouble, while the watch-keepers from Hell cheer him on.

This is Akira Toriyama's favourite characters. He explains thoroughly "I believe mine would be Piccolo. He was the first character in my manga where I was like, 'He has a scary face, but he's so cool!' It really is cliché when bad guys turn into good guys, but it just feels great drawing it!"

He is a Namekian originally of the Dragon Clan lineage, but who currently has inherited the abilities of a Warrior-type. While his hearing and memory are outstanding, high frequency sounds such as whistling cause him pain. His entire body can freely expand and contract, most prominently his arms, giving him the ability to unleash surprising attacks.