Piririn

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Piririn
ピリリン (Piririn)
Design Game
English Name(s)	Prillin (Bandai Namco)
Name Pun	Piccolo + Kuririn
Game Debut	Dragon Ball Fusions

Piririn is a fusion of Piccolo and Kuririn in the Dragon Ball franchise. While Piririn does not appear in the original serialization, he was designed by original author Akira Toriyama in 1995 and made a formal debut in the 2016 Nintendo 3DS video game Dragon Ball Fusions.

Biography

Kuririn and Piccolo demonstrate the Metamoran dance fusion technique in episode 249 of the Dragon Ball Z television series

ピッコロとクリリンがフュージョンした常。常にハイテンションなお調子者。驚異的な強さと謎のキメポーズで蔵を翻弄する。

Name

Piririn's name is a clear combination of Piccolo (ピッコロ, Pikkoro) and Kuririn (クリリン, Kuririn), in line with other similar combinations of character names for fusions.

Production

Piririn illustration debut from 1995 No. 13 issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump

Piririn character render from Dragon Ball Fusions

Piririn used as an example to demonstrate the fusion options in Dragon Ball Fusions in the June 2016 issue of V-Jump

Piririn attacks with a special move in Dragon Ball Fusions

Following up on other demonstrations, Piccolo and Kuririn demonstrate—but do not actually complete—the fusion dance for Goten and Trunks in episode 249 of the Dragon Ball Z television series (originally aired 07 December 1994 in Japan).

The 1995 No. 13 issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump (published 28 February 1995 in Japan alongside chapter 508 of the original manga)... contest information... shows screen from anime episode...

The 1995 No. 13 issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump (published 11 April 1995 in Japan alongside chapter 514 of the original manga)... contest winners...

Piririn was revealed as a forthcoming playable character in Dragon Ball Fusions in the May 2016 issue of Shueisha's V-Jump magazine alongside the game's name change from its "Project Fusion" codename. Piririn was often used in promotional coverage leading up to the game's release (typically in the same pose as his original Toriyama design), such as the June 2016 issue of V-Jump's coverage which uses Piririn to note the difference between standard fusion and EX Fusion.

Performance

Piririn is played in the standard dual-voice role in Dragon Ball Fusions by Toshio Furukawa and Mayumi Tanaka (as Piccolo and Kuririn, respectively).

Notable Appearances

Beyond his original Toriyama design publication in Weekly Jump (and subsequent reprint in the Daizenshuu/Chouzenshuu), Piririn thus far exclusively appears in Dragon Ball Fusions on the Nintendo 3DS. Players must first recruit Kuririn as a team member by completing the sub-event "An Old Rivalry" as well as Piccolo by completing the sub-event "Teach Me, Piccolo!"

Piririn (Metamoran/Dance Fusion)

With Piccolo and Kuririn as active team members, players may use the standard Metamoran fusion in-battle as a regular special move to create Piririn. Following the battle, the fusion will revert back to separate Piccolo and Kuririn playable characters.

EX Piririn (EX Fusion)

Players may create EX Piririn by meeting the following requirements:

• Piccolo is at least level 40
• Kuririn is at least level 40
• Received the title "Expert Team Player" (unlocked by having two teammates join in a support attack twenty times)

With these met, "EX Piririn" becomes an available EX Fusion option for the characters.

• Piririn EX Fusion process
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Notes

The Dragon Ball Z Online Card Game ("a fan recreation of the original Dragon Ball Z Collectible Card Game ... produced by Score Entertainment") features a "Fusion Frenzy" pack with new theoretical fusions; a fusion for Piccolo and Kuririn (named as "Krillin" in line with FUNimation's English dub of the franchise) is represented by a "Piccillin" card.