Divine Figure Characters

Manga Characters

The following characters appear in Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball manga series.

Earth

Dende (デンデ) Japanese VA: Tomiko Suzuki (Z Child), Hiro Yūki (Z Youth, GT), Aya Hirano (Kai, DBZ: Battle of Gods) Description.

God Japanese VA: Takeshi Aono (DB, Z, Kai 4-51), Bin Shimada (Kai 66-68) Description.

Karin Japanese VA: Ichirō Nagai (DB, Z, Kai), Naoki Tatsuta (Z 217-241) A cat sage who lives at the top of Karin Tower, located in the Karin Holy Land. He serves as a go-between for the God of Earth and everyone else, and originally came from the afterlife. He grows the senzu and is the keeper of the large Kinto-Un from which all smaller ones come. He trains Goku to defeat Tao Pai-pai, and later gives him the Super God Water to make him strong enough to defeat Piccolo Daimaō. After that he continues to serve as an adviser to Goku for the rest of the series.

Mister Popo Japanese VA: Toku Nishio (DB, Z, GT), Dai Matsumoto (PS2 Games), Yasuhiko Kawazu (Kai) Description.

Afterlife

King Enma Japanese VA: Daisuke Gōri Description.

Guide Oni Japanese VA: Hirohiko Kakegawa (Z), Yūsei Oda (Kai) Description.

Kaiō

North Kaiō Japanese VA: Jōji Yanami Description.

South Kaiō Japanese VA: Toku Nishio Description.

Kaiōshin

Dai Kaiōshin Japanese VA: Mahito Tsujimura Description.

East Kaiōshin Japanese VA: Yūji Mitsuya (Z, DBZ: Battle of Gods), Shin'ichirō Ōta (GT), Yumiko Kobayashi (Daima) Description.

Elder Kaiōshin Japanese VA: Reizō Nomoto Description.

Kibito Japanese VA: Shin Aomori Description.

South Kaiōshin Japanese VA: Kazuyuki Sogabe Description.

Dragon Gods

Porunga Japanese VA: Junpei Takiguchi (Z), Masaharu Satō (Z 101, PS2 Games), Daisuke Gōri (Z 283-286, Kai 36), Ryūzaburō Ōtomo (Kai 51-54) Description.

Shenlong Japanese VA: Kenji Utsumi (DB, Z 21-100, Kai 8-51), Masaharu Satō (Z 192-193), Shin Aomori (Z 240, Z M13), Tesshō Genda (Z M12), Daisuke Gōri (GT), Ryūzaburō Ōtomo (Kai 97) Shenlong is the dragon that appears when all seven of the Earth's Dragon Balls have been gathered together. Shenlong, and the Dragon Balls themselves, have many restrictions and rules in place regarding the types and amounts of wishes. As a general note, be sure to know what you're wishing for in advance, as Shenlong can become quite impatient and irritable.

Anime Original Characters

Further information: Afterlife Tournament Characters

The following characters are original to Toei Animation's animated adaptation based on Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball manga series.

Afterlife

An'nin Japanese VA: Keiko Yokozawa Description.

God of the Previous Generation Description.

Goz Japanese VA: Masaharu Satō (Z 13), Ryōichi Tanaka (Z 95), Hisao Egawa (Z 195), Ryō Horikawa (Z 280) Description.

Mez Japanese VA: Kōji Totani (Z 13), Hirotaka Suzuoki (Z 95), Masaharu Satō (Z 195), Daisuke Gōri (Z 280) Description.

Shimoto Japanese VA: Unknown An oni at the airport near King Enma's castle. He helps good souls to board the correct plane to heaven.

Snake Princess Japanese VA: Mariko Mukai Description.

Snake Princess's Servants Japanese VA: Yumi Tōma, Hiroko Emori, Mayumi Tanaka Description.

Suenaga Japanese VA: Uncredited An airport worker at the airport near King Enma's castle. He helped guide good souls to heaven using his trusty bullhorn.

Yama Japanese VA: Uncredited An easily excited office worker for King Enma.

Kaiōshin

North Kaiōshin Japanese VA: Yukitoshi Hori Description.

West Kaiōshin Japanese VA: Hiromi Tsuru Description.