Attack Names in Games - English vs Japanese

[Casual Matt]

Simply because I'm cuious to the actual names of the attacks in the games, here's a thread dedicated to showing what they are actually called in the Japanese version. I will edit this first post with a list of attacks (expanding when I think of more or get more in) from Budokai 1, 2, 3, Tenkaichi, and Tenkaichi 2. What I want from people here is the romanized Japanese names of the attacks from DBZ 1, 2, 3, Sparking, and Sparking Neo. I want romanizations and not translations. The exception being when the attack actually uses English words, such as Big Bang Attack. This should be fairly simple since the attack names are all written in the pause menus. Post any additions or corrections you may hame here.

List of Attacks from DBZ PS2 Games

10x Kamegameha - 10x Kamehameha
100% Final Form - 100% Full Power Jotai

Afterimage - Zanzoken
Angry Kamehameha - Ikari Kamehameha

Bakuretsu Ranma - ???
Berserk Fist - Sozetsu Renda Ken
Big Bang Attack - Big Bang Attack
Blast Attack - Blast Attack
Break Cannon - Break Cannon
Breakstorm - Break Storm
Bros Kamehameha - Kyodai Kamehameha
Body Change - Body Change
Bomber DX - Deluxe Bomber
Burning Attack - Burning Attack
Burning Slash - Burning Slash
Burst Rust - ???
Buster Cannon - Buster Cannon
Buster Swing - Buster Swing

Chou Maretsugeki - ???
Chou Soukidan - Chou Sokidan
Continuous Kamehameha - Renzoku Kamehameha
Continuous Ki Blast Wave - Renzoku Kikoha
Cybernetic Pain - Cybernetic Pain
Cybernetic Radar - Cybernetic Radar

Death Ball - Death Ball
Death Beam - Death Beam
Death Wave - Death Wave
Destructive Wave - Bakurikimaha
Destructo Disc - Kienzan
Devil Crush - ???
Dodon Ray - Dodonpa
Dodoria Beam - ???
Dodoria Big Blaster - ???
Dodoria Ultra Spike - ???
Double Buster - Double Buster
Double Sunday - Double Sunday
Dragon Fist - Ryuken
Dragon Throw - Ryu Tonyu
Dragon Thunder - Dragon Thunder
Dynamite Kick - Dynamite Kick
Dynamite Monday - ???

Energy Field - Energy Field
Eraser Gun - Eraser Gun
Evil Dance - ???
Exciting Year - ???
Expanding Energy Blast - ???
Explosive Wave - ???
Extra Graceful Cannon - ???

Father-Son Kamehameha - Oyako Kamehameha
Fierce Ranma - ???
Final Bash - ???
Final Flash - Final Flash
Final Form - Saishu Keitai
Final Shine - Final Shine Attack
Finish Buster - Finish Buster
Finishing Splash - ???
Frieza Nightmare - ???
Full Power Energy Barrage Wave - ???
Full Power Energy Blast Volley - ???
Fuse With Kami - Kami To Yugo
Fusion - Fusion

Galick Cannon - Gyallic-Ho
Galick Gun - Gyallic-Ho
Gekiretsu Madan - ???
Giant Attack - ???
Ginyu Special - ???

Hell Flash - Hell Flash
Hellzone Grenade - Kakusan Yudo Kikoha
Hercule Critical Attack - ???
Hercule Special - Satan Special
Hercule Ultra Dynamite - ???
High Speed Hammer - ???
High Tension - High Tension Jotai
Hyper Elegant Magnum - ???

Instant Kamehameha - Shunkan-Ido Kamehameha
Instant Kill Quick - ???

Justice Carvival - ???
Justice Finisher - ???
Justice Flash - ???
Justice Judgement - ???
Justice Kick - Justice Kick
Justice Punch - Justice Punch
Justice Slash - ???

Kaikosen - ???
Kaioken - Kaioken
Kaioken x20 - Kaioken x20
Kaioken Attack - ???
Kamehameha - Kamehameha
Ki Blast Cannon - Kikoho
Kill Quick
Killer Ball - ???
King Kai Fist x2 - Kaioken x2
King Kai Fist x5 - Kaioken x5
King Kai Fist x10 - Kaioken x10

Life Drain - Drain Life
Light Grenade - Gekiretsu Kodan

Machinegun Fist - ???
Masenko - ???
Meteor Break - ???
Meteor Flash - ???
Meteor Smash - ???
Milky Cannon - Milky Cannon
Missing Screw - ???
Monster Form - ???

Negative Power Rain - ???
Neo Tri-Beam - Shin Kikoho

Original Kamehameha - ???

Parmesan Shower - ???
Perfect Form - Kanzentai
Perfect Form (Power Weighted) - ???
Photon Shot - ???
Possibility Cannon - ???
Power Blitz - Power Blitz
Power Break - ???
Power Falling Star - ???
Power Strike - ???
Present For You - Present For You
Processed Power Crush - ???

Recoome Bomber - Reacoom Ultra Fighting Bomber
Recoome Buster Magnum - ???
Recoome Eraser Gun - Eraser Gun
Recoome Hyper Swing - ???
Recoome Max Vulcan - ???
Rocket Punch - Rocket Punch

Saturday Crush - Saturday Crush
Second Form - Dai Ni Keitai
Special Beam Cannon - Makankosappo
Special Fighting Pose 1 - Special Fighting Pose #1
Special Fighting Pose 2 - Special Fighting Pose #2
Special Fighting Pose 3 - Special Fighting Pose #3
Special Fighting Pose 4 - Special Fighting Pose #4
Spirit Bomb - Genki Dama
Super Beautiful Arrow - ???
Super Dragon Fist - Ryuken
Super Explosive Wave - ???
Super Kamehameha - Chou Kamehameha
Super Perfect Form - Chou Kanzentai
Super Spirit Bomb - Chou Genki Dama
Super Saiyan - Super Saiyajin
Super Saiyan 2 - Super Saiyajin 2
Super Saiyan 3 - Super Saiyajin 3
Super Saiyan 4 - Super Saiyajin 4
Super Trunks - ???
Super Trunks2 - ???
Super Vegeta - ???
Supernova - Super Nova
Sync With Nail - Nail To Doka

Tiger Jackhammer - ???
Tri-Beam - Kikoho

Ultimate Attack - ???
Unlock Potential - Senzai Noryoku Kaiho

Vanishing Ball - Vanishing Ball

Warp Kamehameha - Shunkan-Ido Kamehameha
Weekly Special - ???
Wolf Fang Blast - ???
Wolf Fang Fist - Rogafufuken
Wolf Slice Fist - ???

Zanku Fist - Zankuken

[The Tori-bot]

Buster Cannon - Buster Cannon
Dragon Throw - Ryu Tonyu
Hellzone Grenade - Kakusan Yudo Kikoha
Light Grenade - Chobakuretsumaha
Masenko - Masenko
Warp Kamehameha - Shunkan-Ido Kamehameha

[kvon]

Most of these use Katakana, so it's pretty easy to Romanize them and find out their origin. (I found the names in a Budokai 3 strategy guide at a Japanese Website that I used to visit a while ago.)

Break Cannon - Bureiku Kyanon (Break Cannon)
Bomber DX - Derakkusu Bonba (Deluxe Bomber)
Burning Slash - Baningu Surasshu (Burning Slash)
Buster Cannon - Basuta Kyanon (Buster Cannon)
Death Ball - Desu Boru (Death Ball)
Death Beam - Desu Bimu (Death Beam)
Death Wave - Desu Uebu (Death Wave)
Double Buster - Daburu Basuta (Double Buster)

Light Grenade - Chobakuretsumaha

The site I went to had stated that it's 激烈光弾, which romanizes into Gekiretsu Kodan, instead of the Bakuretsu Maha that Piccolo Daimao used.

Edit- Piccolo Jr. might've used Bakuretsu Maha, though. But 激烈光弾 was definitely used in the Japanese version of the game.

Edit 2 - Here's more

Here's more:

Body Change - Bodi Chenji (Body Change)
Energy Field - Enerugi Firudo (Energy Field)
Fuse with Kami - Kami to Yugo (Fuse with God)( )
Hercule Special - Satan Supesharu (Satan Special)
High Tensioin - Hai Tenshen Jotai (High Tension Mode/State)
Life Drain - Dorein Raifu (Drain Life)
Milky Cannon - Miruki Kyanon (Milky Cannon)
Perfect Form - Kanzentai
Power Blitz - Pawa Burittsu (Power Blitz)
Present For You - Purezento Bo Yu (Present For You)
Second Form - Dai Ni Keitai
Special Fighting Pose - Supesharu Faitingu Pozu (Special Fighting Pose)
Super Dragon Fist - Ryu Ken (without the "super", which was added by Atari for unknown reason)
Sync With Nail - Neiru to Doka
Unlock Potential - Senzai Noryoku Kaiho (Liberization of Hidden Power?)

[VegettoEX]

The site I went to had stated that it's 激烈光弾, which romanizes into Gekiretsu Kodan, instead of the Bakuretsu Maha that Piccolo Daimao used.

Yeah, in all the DBZ games I can think of where Piccolo has that attack, it's written (and in games like Final Bout, actually spoken aloud) as "Gekiretsukodan".

[Eclipse]

Super Vegeta - ???

In the anime (and possibly Budokai 1), didn't he just call himself 'Super Vegeta'? I'm guessing you could count that.

Here's another.

Father-Son Kamehameha - Oyako Kamehameha

[kvon]

Here's more for you:

100% Final Form - 100% Furu Pawa Jotai (100% Full-Power Mode)
Final Form - Saishu Keitai
Rocket Punch - Roketto Panchi (Rocket Punch)
Super Perfect Form - Cho Kanzentai
Supernova - Supa Nova (Super Nova)

Currently looking for the original Budokai strategy on that Japanese site...hmm...Error 404... I'll be back for more.

[Casual Matt]

Super Vegeta - ???

In the anime (and possibly Budokai 1), didn't he just call himself 'Super Vegeta'? I'm guessing you could count that.

Well, I'd want to know the Japanese name of the actual capsule.

P.S. Thanks to everybody for the help thus far.

[Big Momma]

The site I went to had stated that it's 激烈光弾, which romanizes into Gekiretsu Kodan, instead of the Bakuretsu Maha that Piccolo Daimao used.

Yeah, in all the DBZ games I can think of where Piccolo has that attack, it's written (and in games like Final Bout, actually spoken aloud) as "Gekiretsukodan".

Due to me owning that wretched game, and you reminding me, I will now have Piccolo reciting that name all night in my head...thanks.

I've noticed that in BT2, some of the moves are romanjinized. Are they the romanji forms of the original moves, or new ones for the american?

[Metrite]

Here's one I've wondered about: Kid Buu's "Warp Kamehameha." I'm pretty sure that isn't also "shunkan-idou Kamehameha." What is the Japanese name of that move and would there be a better translation?

And what about Kid Buu's "Vanashing Ball"? Is it's Japanese name still "Chikyuu Hokai no Ichigeki", or did they shorten it to something else(if not, then Vanishing Ball isn't a very accurate translation)?

[kvon]

Here's one I've wondered about: Kid Buu's "Warp Kamehameha." I'm pretty sure that isn't also "shunkan-idou Kamehameha." What is the Japanese name of that move and would there be a better translation?

And what about Kid Buu's "Vanashing Ball"? Is it's Japanese name still "Chikyuu Hokai no Ichigeki", or did they shorten it to something else(if not, then Vanishing Ball isn't a very accurate translation)?

It is still Shunkan Ido Kamehameha in the Japanese version. Also in the Japanese version, the Katakana for "Vanishing Ball", "Banishingu Boru" was used. It is 100% safe to assume that Vanishing Ball is the correct translation.

[Casual Matt]

Here's one I've wondered about: Kid Buu's "Warp Kamehameha." I'm pretty sure that isn't also "shunkan-idou Kamehameha." What is the Japanese name of that move and would there be a better translation?

And what about Kid Buu's "Vanashing Ball"? Is it's Japanese name still "Chikyuu Hokai no Ichigeki", or did they shorten it to something else(if not, then Vanishing Ball isn't a very accurate translation)?

It is still Shunkan Ido Kamehameha in the Japanese version. Also in the Japanese version, the Katakana for "Vanishing Ball", "Banishingu Boru" was used. It is 100% safe to assume that Vanishing Ball is the correct translation.

Couldn't it also be "Banishing Ball"?

[kvon]

Couldn't it also be "Banishing Ball"?

Or "Burnishing Ball". "Vanish" sounds the best in the context because the victim would "vanish", or "banished" to the Other World. Arrgh!! I don't know!!!

[The S]

I'm 99.9% sure Continuous Kamehameha was Renzoku Kamehameha, and Zanku Fist was Zankuken.

[Anonymous Friend]

Question: I see Buu's teleport Kamehameha as Warp Kamehameha, but what about Goku's? Should it be Warp Kamehameha or Instant Kamehameha or Instant Transmittion Kamehameha?

[Mr.Piccolo]

I have a quick question dealing with attacks in the series: What exactly does the term(s) 'Renzoku Energy Dan' mean and also, who can preform this? Is this just a standard series of ki blasts? Sorry if this is a bit off topic..
-Rick

[Metrite]

It is still Shunkan Ido Kamehameha in the Japanese version. Also in the Japanese version, the Katakana for "Vanishing Ball", "Banishingu Boru" was used. It is 100% safe to assume that Vanishing Ball is the correct translation.

Strange, I could've swore when I played DBZ 3 the text for the two super moves was different. And it doesn't make any sense at all for it to be called "Shunkan-idou Kamehameha" because Buu doesn't teleport at all when doing the move...

[kvon]

Strange, I could've swore when I played DBZ 3 the text for the two super moves was different. And it doesn't make any sense at all for it to be called "Shunkan-idou Kamehameha" because Buu doesn't teleport at all when doing the move...

Check this out:

Apparently, it seems to be Dimps' fault for naming that attack because the way I see it, I agree with you that the attack should be named something else.

And now the rest of the names (Some are missing Romanization. Please help!):

Angry Kamehameha - Ikari Kamehameha (Kamehameha of Anger?)
Berserk Fist - Sozetsu Renda Ken (Correct yet stupid translation: Grand/Heroic Continuous Punch Fist)
Blast Attack - Burasuto Atakku (Blast Attack)
Breakstorm - Bureiku Sutomu (Break Storm)
Bros Kamehameha - Kyodai Kamehameha (Brothers Kamehameha)
Buster Swing - Basuta Suingu (Buster Swing)
Chou Maretsugeki - 超魔烈斬　(No clue how to Romanize this, but it means Super Demon Extreme Slash)
Continuous Ki Blast Wave - Renzoku Kiko Ha (Continuous Qigong Wave)
Cybernetic Pain - Saibanetikku Pein (Cybernetic Pain)
Cybernetic Radar - Saibanetikku Reida (Cybernetic Radar)
Devil Crush - Debiru Kurasshu (Devil Crush)
Dodoria Beam - Dodoria Bimu (Dodoria Beam)
Dodoria Big Blaster - Dodoria Biggu Burasuta (Dodoria Big Blaster)
Dodoria Ultra Spike - Dodoria Urutora Supaiku (Dodoria Ultra Spike)
Dynamite Monday - Dainamaito Mande (Dynamite Monday)
Evil Dance - Ebiru Dansu (Evil Dance)
Exciting Year - Ekisaitingu Iya (Exciting Year)
Expanding Energy Blast - Kakusan Enerugi Dan (Diffusing Energy Bullet)
Explosive Wave - Bakuhatsu Ha (Explosive Wave)
Extra Graceful Cannon - Ekusutora Gureisu Kyanon (Extra Grace Cannon)
Fierce Ranma - 激絶乱魔 (Same issue with Romanization, but probably means Ultra Lethal Rebel Demon, I know, stupid translation)
Final Bash - Fainaru Buriddo (Final...something)
Finishing Splash - Finishingu Supurasshu (Finishing Splash)
Frieza Nightmare - Furiza Naitomea (Freeza Nightmare)
Full Power Energy Barrage Wave - Furu Pawa Renzoku Enerugi Ha (Full Power Continuous Energy Wave)
Full Power Energy Blast Volley - Furu Pawa Renzoku Enerugi Dan (Full Power Continuous Energy Bullet)
Gekiretsu Madan - Gekiretsu Madan (Extreme Demon Bullet)
Giant Attack - Jaianto Atakku (Giant Attack)
Ginyu Special - Ginyu Supesharu (Ginyu Special)
Hercule Critical Attack - Satan Kuritikaru Atakku (Satan Critical Attack)
Hercule Ultra Dynamite - Satan Urutora Dainamaito (Satan Ultra Dynamite)
High Speed Hammer - Rengeki Mageki Dan (Combined Ultra Demon Attack Bullet)
Hyper Elegant Magnum - Haipa Eregansu Magunamu (Hyper Elegance Magnum)
Instant Kill Quick - 瞬魔烈殺 (Someone help me out)
Justice Carvival - Jasutisu Kanibaru (Justice Carnival)
Justice Finisher - Jasutisu Finisha (Justice Finisher)
Justice Flash - Jasutisu Furasshu (Justice Flash)
Justice Judgement - Jasutisu Jajjimento (Justice Judgement)
Justice Slash - Jasutisu Surasshu (Justice Slash)
Kaikosen - Kaiko Sen (Mysterious Beam of Light)
Kaioken Attack - Kaio Ken Atakku (Fist of the Lord of the World Attack)
Killer Ball - Kira Boru (Killer Ball)
Machinegun Fist - Mashingan Ken (Machinegun Fist)
Masenko - Masenko (Demon Light)
Meteor Break - Meteo Bureiku (Meteor Break)
Meteor Flash - Meteo Furasshu (Meteor Flash)
Meteor Smash - Meteo Sumasshu (Meteor Smash)
Missing Screw - Misshingu Sukuryu (Missing Screw)
Monster Form - Monsuta Fomu (Monster Form)
Negative Power Rain - Negatibu Pawa Rein (Negative Power Rain)
Original Kamehameha - Ganso Kamehameha (Original Kamehameha)
Parmesan Shower - Parumezan Shawa (Parmesan Shower)
Perfect Form (Power Weighted) - Kanzentai (Pawa Joshi) (Complete Body (Power-stressed))
Photon Shot - Foton Shuto (Photon Shoot)
Possibility Cannon - Poshiburu Kyanon (Possible Cannon)
Power Break - Pawa Bureiku (Power Break)
Processed Power Crush - Purosesu Power Kurasshu (Process Power Crush)
Recoome Buster Magnum - Rikumu Basuta Magunamu (Reacoom Buster Magnum)
Recoome Hyper Swing- Rikumu Haipa Suingu (Reacoom Hyper Swing)
Recoome Max Vulcan - Rikumu Makishimamu Barukan (Reacoom Maximum Vulcan)
Super Beautiful Arrow - Supa Byutifo Aro (Super Beautiful Arrow)
Super Trunks - Supa Torankusu (Super Trunks)
Super Trunks 2 - Supa Torankusu 2 (Super Trunks 2)
Super Vegeta - Supa Bejita (Super Vegeta)
Tiger Jackhammer - Tora Rensatsu (Possibly incorrect Romanization, but anyways, it means Tiger Chain Kill)
Ultimate Attack - Arutimetto Atakku (Ultimate Attack)
Weekly Special - Uikuri Supesharu (Weekly Special)
Wolf Fang Blast - 牙狼気連弾 (Romanization unknown. Translation: Wolf Fang Continuous Ki Bullet)
Wolf Slice Fist - 斬天狼拳

Whew! This is certainly great practice for my Japanese class!

[The S]

I have a quick question dealing with attacks in the series: What exactly does the term(s) 'Renzoku Energy Dan' mean and also, who can preform this? Is this just a standard series of ki blasts? Sorry if this is a bit off topic..
-Rick

Renzoku Energy Dan means "Continuous Energy Bullet" and is performed by just about anybody who is able to use ki blasts. It is just a rapid-fire ki blast attack.