2014 interview: full interview here
The above goes directly against the original manga itself where there are direct references and panels to Kaioshins of the North, South and West and that the current Kaioshin was serving as the East Kaioshin at the time. Or that Buu absorbed the West Kaioshin and Dai Kaiōshin. It also contradicts their lifespans as the current Kaioshin we know existed for over 5 million years.Q. The Kaiōshin are said to have the highest status in the universe, but how can you become a Kaiōshin?
Toriyama: No one can. Kaiōshin are born as Kaiōshin. There are three of them, and they work in shifts. Though there are two of them on duty now, if one of the Kaiōshin were to die in an accident, then the currently-inactive Kaiōshin would grow in the Kaiōshin Realm like a plant. If there aren’t any accidents, then it’s said their lifespans are about 75,000 years.
It also retcons the 2009 interview in the Super Exciting guide about the origin of the Kaioshins.
2009 interview: full interview here
In this interview the 75,000 years lifespan was for the regular Kaios. That of Kaioshins was meant to be 1000x longer (75 million years).Q. Is Kaiō-sama a hereditary position?
Toriyama: Inside the big ball I mentioned before, there is a planet, called the World Core [Kaishin-sei] where the Kaiō are born and raised. It’s a world like a gigantic Planet Kaiō, and Kaiō-sama and his peers are born as Core People [Shin-jin] from the fruit of the World Core’s giant World Tree [Kaiju]. The planet’s population is about 80. Core People are neither male nor female, and their average lifespan is said to be about 75,000 years. At a castle that’s like a school, they learn a variety of things, and live an easygoing life; however, if a Kaiō dies on one of the Kaiō Planets, the next Kaiō is chosen from among them by lottery. However, a Kaiōshin is chosen only from Core People who are born from a special golden fruit, which rarely occurs. In addition, there are occasionally delinquent Core People with evil hearts; these ones fall under the Makaiō.
Also the 2014 interview says that the Kaioshins and Gods of Destructions are holding a meeting every 1000 years.
So how in episode 3 of Dragonball Super, Kibitoshin not met Beerus but only Elder Kaioshin was really aware of him (Kibitoshin just heard of him)?Q. Who was it that sealed the Elder Kaiōshin away in the Z Sword?
Toriyama: The Kaiōshin (who create planets) and the Gods of Destruction (who destroy them) have never gotten along that well, but once every 1,000 years they go to each other’s realms and hold a coordination meeting. At this time, they got into an argument over some trifling thing, and a certain short-tempered God of Destruction sealed Elder Kaiōshin away inside a sword. Naturally, it wouldn’t have been proper for him to destroy the Kaiōshin Realm itself. By the way, that God of Destruction was Beerus.
Seems to me that the timeline is somewhat compressed. Like the events of Buu killing the Kaioshins happened only 500 years ago (instead of 5 million years ago). Which makes sense for those events to be more recent as how could King Cold know about Buu (and warn Freeza about him too) if he was a being that existed 5 million years ago and never anyone heard from him again ever since. If Cold had such knowledge and Buu really appeared 5 million years ago it would be like a legend/rumour like the Super Saiyan one (which is supposedly once every 1000 years). Yet Beerus not knowing Buu? Oh well, Toriyama doesn't give a flying f*** about consistency and continuity.
